⁹They gave these cities, which are here mentioned by name, from the tribe of the families of Judah and from the tribe of the families of Simeon; ¹⁰and they were for the descendants^m of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites,ⁿ from the descendants^o of Levi, because the first lot was theirs. ¹¹And they gave to them Kiriath Arba,^p Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah and the pasturelands surrounding it. ¹²But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.

¹³To the descendants^q of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Libnah and its pasturelands, ¹⁴Jattir and its pasturelands, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, ¹⁵Holon and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, ¹⁶Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from these two tribes. ¹⁷From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands, ¹⁸Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities. ¹⁹All the cities of the descendants^r of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their pasturelands.

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Footnotes

mOr “sons”
nHebrew “Kohathite”
oOr “sons”
pOr “the city of Arba”
qOr “sons”
rOr “sons”