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The towns that you give to the Levites shall total forty-eight, with their pasture lands.
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And as for the towns that you shall give from the possession of the Israelites, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it obtains, shall give of its towns to the Levites.
10
Speak to the Israelites, and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
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then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that a slayer who kills a person without intent may flee there.
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