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1 Chronicles 6:52-66 World English Bible (WEB)

52. Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

53. Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.

54. Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),

55. to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it;

56. but the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

57. To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

58. Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

59. Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs;

60. and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

61. To the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

62. To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

63. To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

64. The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.

65. They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.

66. Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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