Cities for the Levites are established, as they had no tribal land set aside for them. They would be scattered throughout the nation in cities so that the nation would always have a representative of God in their near midst.
Laws concerning murder and manslaughter are given in order to differentiate between accidental and pre-meditated deaths. Cities of refuge were established so that the one guilty of causing an accidental death would not have his life taken in vengeance by members of the deceased's family.
The book closes with a statement on the inheritance of those families without male heirs to carry on the family name. All were provided for; none were left without provision!
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