As for the rest of the Kohathites, they received cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim. Thus they were given Shechem, a city of refuge for the slayer, in the hill country of Ephraim, with its pasturelands — Shechem, the covenant renewal site (Joshua 24), becomes a Levitical city serving both refuge and Levitical functions. The placement emphasizes Shechem's central theological significance.

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