⁵⁴Here were the places where they settled. They were given to them as their territory. Some were given to the children of Aaron who were from the family group of Kohath. They were given out by using lots. The first lot was for Kohath.

⁵⁵The Kohathites were given Hebron in Judah. They also received the grasslands that were around Hebron. ⁵⁶But the fields and villages that were around the city were given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

⁵⁷So the people in the family line of Aaron received Hebron. It was a city where people could go for safety. Aaron’s family line received Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, ⁵⁸Hilen and Debir. ⁵⁹They also received Ashan, Juttah and Beth Shemesh. They were given all of those towns together with their grasslands. ⁶⁰From the tribe of Benjamin they received Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth. They received those towns together with their grasslands.

All of those towns were handed out to the family groups of Kohath. The total number of towns was 13.

⁶¹The rest of the members of the family line of Kohath were given ten towns. The towns were from the family groups of half of the tribe of Manasseh.

⁶²The members of the family line of Gershon were given 13 towns. They received them family group by family group. Most of the towns were from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali. The rest were from the other half of the tribe of Manasseh. It’s in Bashan.

⁶³The members of the family line of Merari were given 12 towns. They received them family group by family group. The towns were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

⁶⁴So the people of Israel gave the Levites all of those towns and their grasslands. ⁶⁵They gave other towns to them from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.

⁶⁶Some of the family groups of Kohath were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim as their territory.

⁶⁷In the hill country of Ephraim they received Shechem. Shechem was a city where people could go for safety. The Kohathites also received Gezer, ⁶⁸Jokmeam, Beth Horon, ⁶⁹Aijalon and Gath Rimmon. They were given all of those towns together with their grasslands.

⁷⁰From half of the tribe of Manasseh the people of Israel gave the towns of Aner and Bileam. They gave them to the rest of the family groups of Kohath. They gave them together with their grasslands.

⁷¹Here is what the members of the family line of Gershon were given.

They received Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth. They received them together with their grasslands.

They received them from half of the tribe of Manasseh.

⁷²From the tribe of Issachar

they received Kedesh, Daberath, ⁷³Ramoth and Anem. They received them together with their grasslands.

⁷⁴From the tribe of Asher

they received Mashal, Abdon, ⁷⁵Hukok and Rehob. They received them together with their grasslands.

⁷⁶From the tribe of Naphtali

they received Kedesh in Galilee. They also received Hammon and Kiriathaim. They were given all of those towns together with their grasslands.

⁷⁷The members of the family line of Merari make up the rest of the Levites. Here is what they were given.

From the tribe of Zebulun

they received Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono and Tabor. They received them together with their grasslands.

⁷⁸The tribe of Reuben was across the Jordan River east of Jericho. From that tribe the Merarites

received Bezer in the desert, Jahzah, ⁷⁹Kedemoth and Mephaath. They received them together with their grasslands.

⁸⁰From the tribe of Gad

they received Ramoth in Gilead. They also received Mahanaim, ⁸¹Heshbon and Jazer. They received all of those towns together with their grasslands.

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