10. The first choice of towns was given to the Kohath family groups of the Levites.
11. They gave them Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) and all its pastures. This was in the mountains of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
12. But the fields and the small towns around the city of Kiriath Arba had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
13. So they gave the city of Hebron to the descendants of Aaron. (Hebron was a city of safety.) They also gave them these towns: Libnah,
14. Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15. Holon, Debir,
16. Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh. They also gave them all the pastures that were around these towns. There were 9 towns given to these two groups.
17. They also gave the people of Aaron cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. These cities were Gibeon, Geba,
18. Anathoth and Almon. They gave them these 4 towns and all the pastures around them.
19. So these towns were given to the priests. These priests were from the family of Aaron. The total number of towns with their pastures was 13.
20. The other Kohathite family groups of the Levites were given these towns from the tribe of Ephraim:
21. They gave them the city of Shechem from the mountains of Ephraim. (Shechem was a city of safety.) They also gave them Gezer,
22. Kibzaim and Beth Horon. There were 4 towns and their pastures.
23. The tribe of Dan gave them Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
24. Aijalon and Gath Rimmon. There were 4 towns and their pastures.
25. The western half-tribe of Manasseh gave them Taanach and Gath Rimmon. They were also given all the pastures around these 2 towns.
26. So this was 10 more towns and all the pastures around the towns. These were given to the rest of the Kohathite family groups.