A list of the Levitical cities, varying in some particulars from that given in this chapter, is also given in 1 Chronicles 6:54–81.

Then came near the heads, and so on. Here we have, at a later period, a narrative of what ought to have preceded. For no cities of refuge …

Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites When the land was divided to the several tribes, and everyone knew…

The Levites waited until the other tribes were provided for, before they presented their claim to Joshua. They build their claim upon a very good f…