Numbers 35:8

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6 “Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint ^asix cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. And to these you shall add forty-two cities.

7 So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be ^aforty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land.

8 And the cities which you will give shall be ^afrom the possession of the children of Israel; ^bfrom the larger tribe you shall give many, from the smaller you shall give few. Each shall give some of its cities to the Levites, in proportion to the inheritance that each receives.”

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9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ^a‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

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Numbers 35:8

Nine cities were eventually given to the Levites from the large joint inheritance of Judah and Simeon; three were taken from the territory of Naphtali, and the other tribes gave each four apiece.

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