53. Zadok was Ahitub's son. And Ahimaaz was Zadok's son.
54. Here were the places where they settled. They were given to them as their territory. Some were given to the children of Aaron who were from the family group of Kohath. They were given out by using lots. The first lot was for Kohath.
55. The Kohathites were given Hebron in Judah. They also received the grasslands that were around Hebron.
56. But the fields and villages that were around the city were given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
57. So the people in the family line of Aaron received Hebron. It was a city where people could go for safety. Aaron's family line received Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
58. Hilen and Debir.
59. They also received Ashan, Juttah and Beth Shemesh. They were given all of those towns together with their grasslands.
60. From the tribe of Benjamin they received Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth. They received those towns together with their grasslands. All of those towns were handed out to the family groups of Kohath. The total number of towns was 13.
61. The rest of the members of the family line of Kohath were given ten towns. The towns were from the family groups of half of the tribe of Manasseh.
62. The members of the family line of Gershon were given 13 towns. They received them family group by family group. Most of the towns were from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali. The rest were from the other half of the tribe of Manasseh. It's in Bashan.
63. The members of the family line of Merari were given 12 towns. They received them family group by family group. The towns were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
64. So the people of Israel gave the Levites all of those towns and their grasslands.
65. They gave other towns to them from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.
66. Some of the family groups of Kohath were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim as their territory.