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The delay in appointing to the Levites their cities arose from the nature of the arrangement which had to be made for the Levitical cities." [ 8 ] This "arrangement" was the fulfilment of Jacob 's prophecy in Genesis 49:5-7 - I will scatter them ( Simeon and Levi ) in Israel - which was a punishment for Simeon and Levi's massacre of the men of ...
The cities of refuge (Hebrew: ערי המקלט ‘ārê ha-miqlāṭ) were six Levitical towns in the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah in which the perpetrators of accidental manslaughter could claim the right of asylum. Maimonides, invoking talmudic literature, expands the city of refuge count to all 48 Levitical cities. [1]
Levites' principal roles in the Temple included singing Psalms during Temple services, performing construction and maintenance for the Temple, serving as guards, and performing other services. Levites also served as teachers and judges, maintaining cities of refuge in biblical times.
The daughter of a Levite is a Bat Levi (Bat being Hebrew for 'daughter'). The Tribe of Levi served particular religious duties for the Israelites and had political (administering cities of refuge) and educational responsibilities as well.
The cities may have mainly 'served as residences and places where Levites could enjoy some personal wealth and status, while performing their priestly duties elsewhere' (Deuteronomy 18:6–8; Judges 18:3-6). [12] Cities were given out of the other tribes by lot to the Levites, according to their division: [13]
Pages in category "Levitical cities" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
According to the Book of Joshua, rather than possessing a continuous territory, the Kohathites possessed several cities scattered throughout the geographic region in the Kingdom of Israel south of the Jezreel Valley, and in the region north of the Galilee, the latter being an extremely large distance apart from the former: [3]
Gezer is listed in the Book of Joshua as one of the cities allotted to the tribe of Ephraim, as well as a Levitical city, one of ten allotted to the Levite children of Kehoth – the Kohathites (Joshua, ch. 21). Eusebius (4th century CE), describing the biblical Gezer of his day, writes: Gazer . The lot of Ephraim, set aside for Levites.