Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge,

Numbers 35:1-8

On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns. Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.

The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the town wall. Outside the town, measure two thousand cubits on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west and two thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.

“Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee. In addition, give them forty-two other towns. In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands. The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: Take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few.”

Why?

The Lord did not forget his servant, Levites, who may get a total of 48 towns and pastureland for the towns. So we should take care of the life of ministers in the churches. They are the servants of the Lord.

We devote the one-tenth is obligation before the Lord, for the grace of the Lord gives us so we devote one-tenth to express our thanks to the Lord.

Refuge towns are the mercy of the Lord to his people, everyone may have a fault for doing something wrong and kill someone unintentionally.

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34~36 都在講土地，土地代表永恆產業。繼承： 代表生生不息的傳下去。

從全地的土地，再講到利未人的土地。利未人沒有分土地但是有48座城，加上四周1公里的土地。牛、羊也是來自以色列人的十一奉獻。他們得到的是十分之12。他們的收入是超過以色列人，只要以色列人實在的奉獻十一。雖然不會太充裕，但是也足夠他們生活所用。神在生活上照顧他們。利未所在的地方，就是神同在的地方，有敬拜神的地方。神要他們把信仰帶到以色列人每個地方。同樣神也讓我們住在許多人群當中，也是神量給我們，讓我們傳揚福音，影響人。神也把許多基督徒安排在我們周圍。

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How?

The mind and heart of the Lord are beyond us, and the consideration is more complete than ours.