8. And the cities that you will give from the property of the Israelites, you will take more from the larger group and less from the smaller group; each of them will give according to the portion of their inheritance according to the portion that he inherits.”
9. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
10. “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11. you will select for yourselves cities for your cities of refuge, that a killer who has killed a person unintentionally can flee there.
12. The cities will be to you a refuge from a redeemer, so that the killer will not die until he stands before the community for judgment.
13. The cities that you are to give will be your six cities of refuge.
14. You will give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they will be cities of refuge.