7. The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
8. The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
9. They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:
10. and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
11. They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.
12. But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13. To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its suburbs,
14. Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
15. Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
16. Ain with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes.
17. Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
18. Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs: four cities.
19. All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20. The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21. They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
22. Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs: four cities.
23. Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
24. Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs: four cities.
25. Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs: two cities.