Numbers 35:6-10

The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall provide for the one who commits manslaughter to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

The total number of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.

As for the cities which you shall give them from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger, and you shall take fewer from the smaller; each shall give some of his cities to the Levites in proportion to his inheritance which he possesses.”

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,