Joshua 21
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Joshua 21:9-19

9They gave these cities which are mentioned here by name from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon;

10and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, because the lot fell to them first.

11They gave them [the city of] Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands.

12But the fields of the city and its villages they had given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his property.

13So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands,

14and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

15and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands,

16and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes (Judah and Simeon).

17From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, and Geba with its pasture lands,

18Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.

19All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

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