1 Chronicles 6
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1 Chronicles 6:54-65

54Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot), 55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it; 56but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the sonH1121 of Jephunneh. 57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 58and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, 59and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; 60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

61And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribeH4294, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. 62And to the sonsH1121 of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribeH4294 of Issachar, and out of the tribeH4294 of Asher, and out of the tribeH4294 of Naphtali, and out of the tribeH4294 of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribeH4294 of ReubenH7205, and out of the tribeH4294 of Gad, and out of the tribeH4294 of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs. 65And they gave by lot out of the tribeH4294 of the children of Judah, and out of the tribeH4294 of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribeH4294 of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.

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