Numbers 35:7-9

Christian Standard Bible

⁷ The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, along with their pasturelands.^{(A) 8} Of the cities that you give from the Israelites’ territory, you should take more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.^(B) Each tribe is to give some of its cities to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance it receives.”

Cities of Refuge

⁹ The Lord said to Moses,