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19. In the fields. Officers were also appointed to distribute portions to such priests and Levites as lived in the rural areas, outside the priestly cities (see Lev. 25:34; Num. 35:2-5; Joshua 14:3, 4; Joshua 21:2).

Expressed by name. In the various cities officers were designated by name to make distribution among the rural priests and Levites. Thus no one was to be neglected, not even those who lived in districts where they were likely to be forgotten.