Numbers 35:8-10

Revised Standard Version

⁸ And as for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the people of Israel, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance which it inherits, shall give of its cities to the Levites.”

Cities of Refuge

⁹ And the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁰ “Say to the people of Israel, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,