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1 Chronicles 6:55–81

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55They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. 56But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.t

57So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,hu Jattir,v Eshtemoa, 58Hilen, Debir,w 59Ashan,x Juttahi and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. 60And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,j Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth,y together with their pasturelands.

The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.

61The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

62The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

63The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

64So the Israelites gave the Levites these townsz and their pasturelands. 65From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.

66Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

67In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,ka 68Jokmeam,b Beth Horon,c 69Aijalond and Gath Rimmon,e together with their pasturelands.

70And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

71The Gershonitesf received the following:

From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh

they received Golan in Bashang and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;

72from the tribe of Issachar

they received Kedesh, Daberath,h 73Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;

74from the tribe of Asher

they received Mashal, Abdon,i 75Hukokj and Rehob,k together with their pasturelands;

76and from the tribe of Naphtali

they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammonl and Kiriathaim,m together with their pasturelands.

77The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following:

From the tribe of Zebulun

they received Jokneam, Kartah,l Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;

78from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho

they received Bezern in the wilderness, Jahzah, 79Kedemotho and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands;

80and from the tribe of Gad

they received Ramoth in Gilead,p Mahanaim,q 81Heshbon and Jazer,r together with their pasturelands.s

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Footnotes

  1. hSee Joshua 21:13; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah.
  2. iSyriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have Juttah.
  3. jSee Joshua 21:17; Hebrew does not have Gibeon.
  4. kSee Joshua 21:21; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Shechem, Gezer.
  5. lSee Septuagint and Joshua 21:34; Hebrew does not have Jokneam, Kartah.

Cross references

  1. tSee Jos 14:13; See 15:13
  2. uSee Nu 33:20
  3. vSee Jos 15:48
  4. wSee Jos 10:3
  5. xSee Jos 15:42
  6. yJer 1:1
  7. zNu 35:1–8
  8. aSee Jos 10:33
  9. b1 Ki 4:12
  10. cSee Jos 10:10
  11. dSee Jos 10:12
  12. eSee Jos 19:45
  13. f1 Ch 23:7
  14. gSee Jos 20:8
  15. hSee Jos 19:12
  16. iSee Jos 19:28
  17. jJos 19:34
  18. kSee Nu 13:21
  19. lJos 19:28
  20. mSee Nu 32:37
  21. nSee Jos 20:8
  22. oSee Dt 2:26
  23. pJos 20:8
  24. qSee Ge 32:2
  25. rSee Nu 21:32
  26. s2 Ch 11:14