In Joshua 20 cities of refuge are set up so that if you accidentally killed someone, you would have a safe place to go. A protection from the 'avenger of blood'. (presumably relatives of the dead person?)
In the next chapter, cities are doled out to the Levites because they got no inheritance of land because they were the priests. Within the cities they received, they managed to land pretty much all of the cities of refuge. I'm not sure if this would have made them happy or not. It would make some sense as these were cities that probably were a lot of work as well as would not have as great ties to the surrounding land.
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