Numbers 35:10 DBY

⁸  And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have much ye shall take much, and from them that have little ye shall take little; each one according to his inheritance which he will inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites.

⁹  And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁰  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

¹¹  then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.

¹²  And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.