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(2) Cities to dwell in. — The object of the dispersion of the Levites throughout the other tribes seems to have been primarily with a view to the instruction of their brethren in the law of the Lord (Deuteronomy 33:10). It is probable that the Levites also discharged all those other functions which are now discharged by the learned professions.
And ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs... — The word migrash, “suburb,” denotes, probably, pasture ground into which flocks are driven.