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1 Chronicles 6:56-64 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

56. The fields and villages, however, that belonged to the city were assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

57-59. The following towns were assigned to Aaron's descendants: Hebron, a city of refuge, Jattir, and the towns of Libnah, Eshtemoa, Hilen, Debir, Ashan, and Beth Shemesh, with their pasture lands.

60. In the territory of Benjamin they were assigned the following towns with their pasture lands: Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth. This made a total of thirteen towns for all their families to live in.

61. Ten towns in the territory of West Manasseh were assigned by lot to the rest of the clan of Kohath, family by family.

62. To the clan of Gershon, family by family, were assigned thirteen towns in the territories of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and East Manasseh in Bashan.

63. In the same way, twelve towns in the territories of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun were assigned to the clan of Merari, family by family.

64. In this way the people of Israel assigned towns for the Levites to live in, together with the pasture lands round the towns.

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