⁸ The towns you give the Levites must come from the land the Israelites have as their own. So the number you give from each tribe will depend on the size of that tribe’s share. Take many towns from a tribe that has many towns. But take only a few towns from a tribe that has only a few.”

⁹ Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁰ “Speak to the Israelites. Tell them, ‘You will soon go across the Jordan River. You will enter Canaan.