“Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;”
Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel — The Levites' petition begins the distribution of their cities. The Levites, having received no territorial inheritance in the conquest's allotment (unlike other tribes), must now request their covenant due. The three parties (Eleazar, Joshua, tribal heads) represent the leadership structure that governs covenant distribution.
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