Joshua completed the battles he was to fight in chapter 11, but now God is reminding him that there was another task that needed completing. The cities of refuge need to be set up. We aren't told if this was an oversight on Joshua's part or if this had to wait until the tribes received their inheritances. I lean toward the latter, but studying in the future may change my mind at a later date. Whichever it is, God is telling Joshua that they need to be set up. This seems right, because later another person with the same name, whom we know as Jesus, will, by his work, create a place of refuge for all.
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