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Numbers 35:6
Israel gives the Levites forty-eight towns with surrounding pasture lands, distributed in proportion to each tribe’s inheritance. The Levites therefore live among the tribes while serving in their distinct covenant role.
Joshua’s final total of six refuge cities is the exact number commanded in Numbers. The correspondence is exact at the institutional level: Numbers commands six, and Joshua names and establishes six in the land.
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