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The Levitical cities were 48 cities in ancient Israel set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial land when the Israelites entered the Promised Land. Numbers 35:1-8 relates God's command to Moses to establish 48 cities for the Levites, of which six would also function as cities of refuge to which a manslayer could flee. Each settlement was to comprise a walled city and the common land around it for pasture, measured radially as one thousand cubits in each direction,〔Numbers 35:4〕 or as a square measuring two thousand cubits along each side.〔Numbers 35:5〕 The land for the cities was to be 'donated' by the host tribe 〔Numbers 35:2〕 and was allocated to the Levites according to their tribal sub-divisions. 13 cities were for the Aaronite priestly division. 13 cities were for the Gershonite division. 10 cities were for the Kohathite division. 12 cities were for the Merarite division. The six cities which were to be Cities of Refuge were Golan, Ramoth, and Bezer, on the east of the Jordan River,〔Deuteronomy 4:43 and Joshua 20:8〕 and Kedesh, Shechem, and Hebron on the western side.〔Joshua 20:7〕 ==Locations of Cities== Joshua 21 recounts the fulfilment of God's command at the request of the Levite leaders. A further list is provided in 1 Chronicles 6:54-81. The following table reflects the list in Joshua 21: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Levitical city」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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