1 Chronicles 6:55–81

⁵⁵and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs round about it; ⁵⁶and the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs, ⁵⁸and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs, ⁵⁹and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs. ⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs. All their cities are thirteen cities, for their families. ⁶¹And to the sons of Kohath, those left of the family of the tribe, from the half of the tribe, the half of Manasseh, by lot, are ten cities. ⁶²And to the sons of Gershom, for their families, from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ⁶³To the sons of Merari, for their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities. ⁶⁴And the sons of Israel give to the Levites the cities and their suburbs. ⁶⁵And they give by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they call by name; ⁶⁶and some of the families of the sons of Kohath have cities of their border from the tribe of Ephraim; ⁶⁷and they give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs, ⁶⁸and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-Horan and its suburbs, ⁶⁹and Aijalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs; ⁷⁰and from the half tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs, for the family of the sons of Kohath who are left. ⁷¹To the sons of Gershom from the family of the half of the tribe of Manasseh are Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs; ⁷²and from the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh and its suburbs, Daberath and its suburbs, ⁷³and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs; ⁷⁴and from the tribe of Asher; Mashal and its suburbs, and Abdon and its suburbs, ⁷⁵and Hukok and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs; ⁷⁶and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs. ⁷⁷To the sons of Merari who are left, from the tribe of Zebulun, are Rimmon and its suburbs, Tabor and its suburbs; ⁷⁸and from beyond the Jordan by Jericho, at the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs, ⁷⁹and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs; ⁸⁰and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs, ⁸¹and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jazer and its suburbs.

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