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1 Chronicles 6:60-68 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

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.

67. In the hill country of Ephraim they received Shechem. Shechem was a city where people could go for safety. The Kohathites also received Gezer,

68. Jokmeam, Beth Horon,

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