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Sources exploring the number forty-two as it appears in both the recitation of Shema and the biblical allocation of Levitical cities of refuge. The sources examine the textual basis for these two distinct applications of the same number.
וַעֲלֵיהֶם תִּתְּנוּ אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁתַּיִם עִיר