7. The clan of Merari was allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8. So the Israelites obeyed the lord’s command to Moses and assigned these towns and pasturelands to the Levites by casting sacred lots.
9. The Israelites gave the following towns from the tribes of Judah and Simeon
10. to the descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, since the sacred lot fell to them first:
11. Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.)
12. But the open fields beyond the town and the surrounding villages were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
13. The following towns with their pasturelands were given to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Libnah,
14. Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15. Holon, Debir,
16. Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine towns from these two tribes.
17. From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba,
18. Anathoth, and Almon—four towns.
19. So in all, thirteen towns with their pasturelands were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
20. The rest of the Kohathite clan from the tribe of Levi was allotted the following towns and pasturelands from the tribe of Ephraim:
21. Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,