Numbers 35:8-10

New English Translation

⁸ The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.

The Cities of Refuge

⁹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses: ¹⁰ “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you cross over the Jordan River^[a] into the land of Canaan,