7. The descendants of the Merarites according to their families received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8. The Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pastureland by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses.
9. They gave these cities, which are here mentioned by name, from the tribe of the families of Judah and from the tribe of the families of Simeon;
10. and they were for the descendants of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites, from the descendants of Levi, because the first lot was theirs.
11. And they gave to them Kiriath Arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah and the pasturelands surrounding it.
12. But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.