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TOWNS FOR THE LEVITES 

God instructs Moses and the Israelites to provide towns for the Levites, who will live throughout the land instead of receiving a territory of their own. Six of these towns are designated as cities of refuge, places where someone who has killed another person unintentionally can flee for safety and await a fair trial.

God wants to spread the Levites throughout the territory, so that there are priests throughout the Promised Land.