February 28, 2012 – Joshua 21:9 - 21:45

My last comment on Joshua was about the refuge cities and what the people there might have thought of being in them. We see here that most of them are given to the Levites. I guess that makes sense. The priestly people, the ones serving God, would be in the best mind set to be welcoming to someone in that situation. Plus, because they were not given a land to possess, they are probably not as concerned with someone new coming into the city, whereas other tribes would be concerned about having to give up more of their land for this new person coming in.