9. From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they assigned the following cities with these names.
10. They were assigned to the descendants of Aaron, to the clans of the Kohathites of the tribe of Levi, for theirs was the first lot.
11. They assigned them Kiriath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, and the grazing lands around it.
12. (Now they had assigned the city’s fields and its surrounding villages to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)
13. So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a refuge city for people who committed manslaughter), Libnah with its pastures,
14. Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15. Holon, Debir,
16. Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, together with the grazing lands of each: nine cities from these two tribes.
17. From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned Gibeon, Geba,
18. Anathoth, and Almon, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities.
19. Altogether the descendants of Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing lands.
20. The rest of the Levites from the clans of the descendants of Kohath received cities allotted from the tribe of Ephraim.
21. They assigned them Shechem (a refuge city for people who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,
22. Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities.
23. From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon,