Numbers 35:10 YLT

⁸  And the cities which ye give 'are' of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye multiply, and from the few ye diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, doth give of his cities to the Levites.'

⁹  And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

¹⁰  'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan to the land of Canaan,

¹¹  and have prepared to yourselves cities -- cities of refuge they are to you -- then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares,

¹²  and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.