1 Chronicles 6
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1 Chronicles 6:54-61

54Now theseH428 were the territoriesH1366 assigned to the descendantsH1121 of AaronH175 from the KohathiteH6956 clanH4940 for their settlementsH4186H2918, becauseH3588 the first lotH1486 fellH1961 to them:

55They were givenH5414 HebronH2275 in the landH776 of JudahH3063 and its surroundingH5439 pasturelandsH4054. 56But the fieldsH7704 and villagesH2691 around the cityH5892 were givenH5414 to CalebH3612 sonH1121 of JephunnehH3312. 57So the descendantsH1121 of AaronH175 were givenH5414 HebronH2275 (a cityH5892 of refugeH4733), LibnahH3841,1 JattirH3492, EshtemoaH851, 58HilenH2432,2 DebirH1688, 59AshanH6228,3 Juttah,4 and Beth-shemeshH1053, together withH853 their pasturelandsH4054. 60And from the tribeH4294 of BenjaminH1144 they were given Gibeon,5 GebaH1387, AlemethH5964, and AnathothH6068, together withH853 their pasturelandsH4054. So they had thirteenH7969H6240H5892 citiesH5892 in allH3605 among their familiesH4940. 61To the restH3498H4940 of the KohathitesH1121H6955, tenH6235 citiesH5892 were allottedH1486 from the half-tribeH4276H4294H2677 of ManassehH4519.

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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, ↩

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