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Forty-eight towns are to be given to the Levites, all with land round them.
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And these towns are to be given out of the heritage of the children of Israel, taking the greater number from those who have much, and a smaller number from those who have little: everyone, in the measure of his heritage, is to give of his property to the Levites.
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
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Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.