Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we finished our fifth book of the Bible. We are almost 20% of the way through and

most of the toughest stuff is behind us. You've come so far and I bet you've learned

so much. I know I have. I bet you've learned so much.

I know I have.

I'm excited to start Deuteronomy with you tomorrow,

but let's wrap up numbers first.

As you know, the Levites don't get to inherit any land.

However, they do need a place to live and a place to keep their stuff.

So God's plan for this is to have each tribe donate a little bit of the perimeter of their land for the Leibites.

48 villages in total.

This land not only housed the Levites,

but also had six portions devoted

to being cities of refuge.

Before we get into what those are,

let's back up a little bit.

In today's reading, God sets out standards for what constitutes being a murderer versus being

a manslayer.

And that involves weighing the motives of the killer.

That's a tough thing to do, since we can't see people's hearts like

God can. So God establishes a few things that tend to reveal motives. Was this person

known to hate the person they killed? Did he use a tool that would be certain to cause

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