4 Moseboken 35:6

[Herren talade vidare:] ”Och städerna som ni ska ge till leviterna, ska vara de sex fristäderna som en mandråpare kan fly till, och vid sidan av dem ska ni ge dem 42 städer.

And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.