1 Chronicles 6
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1 Chronicles 6:54-70

54Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:

55They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands. 56But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. 57So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah,1 Jattir, Eshtemoa, 58Hilen,2 Debir, 59Ashan,3 Juttah,4 and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands. 60And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,5 Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families. 61To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

62The Gershomites,6 according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

63The Merarites, according to their clans, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

64So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands. 65They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

66And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

67They were given Shechem (a city of refuge)7 with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer, 68Jokmeam, Beth-horon, 69Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands. 70And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of the clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.

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  1. 1. 1 Chronicles 6:57 As in the parallel text at Joshua 21:13; Hebrew were given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah ↩
  2. 2. 1 Chronicles 6:58 Some Hebrew manuscripts; MT Hilez; parallel text at Joshua 21:15 Holon ↩
  3. 3. 1 Chronicles 6:59 Ashan is a variant of Ain; see Joshua 21:16. ↩
  4. 4. 1 Chronicles 6:59 Syriac and the parallel text at Joshua 21:16; MT does not include Juttah, ↩
  5. 5. 1 Chronicles 6:60 LXX, Syriac, and parallel text at Joshua 21:17; MT does not include Gibeon, ↩
  6. 6. 1 Chronicles 6:62 Gershomites is a variant of Gershonites; also in verse 71; see 1 Chronicles 23:7. ↩
  7. 7. 1 Chronicles 6:67 As in the parallel text at Joshua 21:21; Hebrew They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem ↩

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