¹³Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest ^pHebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and ^qLibnah with her suburbs, ¹⁴And ^rJattir with her suburbs, and ^sEshtemoa with her suburbs, ¹⁵And ^||Holon with her suburbs, and ^tDebir with her suburbs, ¹⁶And ^||Ain with her suburbs, and ^uJuttah with her suburbs, and ^xBeth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those ^ytwo tribes. ¹⁷And out of the tribe of Benjamin, ^zGibeon with her suburbs, ^||Geba with her suburbs, ¹⁸^aAnathoth with her suburbs, and ^||Almon with her suburbs; four cities. ¹⁹All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

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Footnotes

pver. 11 marg. ch. 20:7.
qSee ch. 10:29.
rch. 15:48.
sSo ch. 15:50.
||[1 Chr. 6:58, Hilen, ch. 15:51].
tch. 15:15, 49. See ch. 10:38.
||[1 Chr. 6:59, Ashan], ch. 15:42: also ch. 15:32. & 19:7.
uch. 15:55.
xSee ch. 15:10.
yver. 9.
zSee ch. 9:3.
||[ch. 18:24, Gaba], where see references.
||[1 Chr. 6:60, Alemeth].

Cross references

a 2 Sam. 23:27. 1 Kin. 2:26. Isai. 10:30. Jer. 1:1. & 11:23. & 29:27. & 32:7, 8, 9.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities out of these two tribes; then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands, Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities. The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Holon, Debir, Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.

And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba, Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

The total number of towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They gave to the descendants of the priest Aaron:

Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities from these two tribes.

From the tribe of Benjamin they gave:

Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands, Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities. All thirteen cities with their pasturelands were for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

NLTNew Living Translation

The following towns with their pasturelands were given to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Holon, Debir, Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine towns from these two tribes.

From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba, Anathoth, and Almon—four towns. So in all, thirteen towns with their pasturelands were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir and its pasturelands, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, Holon and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from these two tribes. From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands, Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities. All the cities of the descendants of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their pasturelands.