Study Desk

And these are their dwelling places by their camps, within their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for the lot was theirs.

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its open lands all around it.

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

And to the sons of Aaron, they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, and Libnah and its open lands; and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its open lands;

and Hilen and its open lands; Debir and its open lands;

and Ashan and its open lands; and Beth-shemesh and its open lands.

And out of the tribe of Benjamin was Geba and its open lands; and Alemeth and its open lands; and Anathoth and its open lands. All their cities in their families were thirteen cities.

And to the sons of Kohath, left of the family of that tribe, ten cities out of the half tribe, the half of Manasseh by lot.

And to the sons of Gershom for 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.

To the sons of Merari by the lot, for their families: out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

And the sons of Israel gave the cities to the Levites, and their open lands.

And they gave by the lot these cities which they call by their names: out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin.

And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

And they gave to them for cities of refuge: Shechem in Mount Ephraim and its open lands; and Gezer and its open lands;

and Jokmeam and its open lands; and Beth-horon and its open lands;

and Aijalon and its open lands; and Gathrimmon and its open lands.

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its open lands; and Bileam and its open lands for the family of the rest of the sons of Kohath.

To the sons of Gershom: out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan and its open lands; and Ashtaroth and its open lands.

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh and its open lands; Daberath and its open lands;

and Ramoth and its open lands; and Anem and its open lands.

And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal and its open lands; and Abdon and its open lands;

and Hukok and its open lands; and Rehob and its open lands.

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and its open lands; and Hammon and its open lands; and Kirjath-aim and its open lands.

To the rest of the sons of Merari: out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon and its open lands; Tabor and its open lands.

And beyond Jordan, by Jericho, on the east of the Jordan: out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness, and its open lands; and Jahzah and its open lands;

and Kedemoth and its open lands; and Mephaath and its open lands.

And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its open lands; and Mahanaim and its open lands;

and Heshbon and its open lands; and Jazer and its open lands.