EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Shoftim · Passuk 19:01
When the Eternal your God cuts off the nations whose land the Eternal your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses,
Chazal / classical source (beyond TT-numbered main-ring units): Sifrei Devarim 180 / Makkos.
Lemma: וִירִשְׁתָּם וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בְעָרֵיהֶם וּבְבָתֵּיהֶם.
Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 180 / Makkos
English: ‘And you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses’ – at a time when Yisrael dwell on their land.
Derash linking the institution to settled life (Sifrei) — the cities of refuge presuppose dwelling in the Land.
Once Yisrael has taken possession and dwells in the cities and houses of the Land, the system of cities of refuge is to be established and maintained.