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And, these, are their dwelling-places, according to their encampments, in their boundary, - pertaining to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for, theirs, was the lot:

so they gave them Hebron, in the land of Judah, and the pasture lands thereof, round about it;

but, the field-land of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

And, to the sons of Aaron, gave they, the cities of refuge - Hebron, and Libnah, with her pasture lands, - and Jattir and Eshtemoa, with her pasture lands;

and Hilen with her pasture lands, Debir, with her pasture lands;

and Ashan, with her pasture lands, and Bethshemesh, with her pasture lands;

and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba, with her pasture lands, and Allemeth, with her pasture lands, - and Anathoth, with her pasture lands; - all their cities, were thirteen cities, throughout their families.

And, unto the rest of the sons of Kohath - of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities.

And, to the sons of Gershom, by their families - out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

And, unto seas of Merari, by their families - out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities.

So then the sons of Israel gave, to the Levites, - the cities and the pasture lands thereof;

yea they gave, by lot, 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, these cities which are mentioned by name.

But, as for some of the families of the sons of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot, out of the tribe of Ephraim;

and they gave unto them the cities of refuge - Shechem and her pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, - and Gezer, with her pasture lands;

and Jokmeam, with her pasture lands, and Beth-heron, with her pasture lands;

and Aijalon, with her pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture lands;

and, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner, with her pasture lands, and Bileam, with her pasture lands, - for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

Unto the sons of Gershom - out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, with her pasture lands, - and Ashtaroth, with her pasture lands.

And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh, with her pasture lands, - Daberath, with her pasture lands;

and Ramoth, with her pasture lands, and Anem, with her pasture lands.

And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal, with her pasture lands, - and Abdon, with her pasture lands;

and Hukok, with her pasture lands, - and Rehob, with her pasture lands.

And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture lands, and Hammon, with her pasture lands, - and Kiryathaim, with her pasture lands.

Unto the rest of the sons of Merari - out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono, with her pasture lands, - Tabor, with her pasture lands.

And, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east of the Jordan - out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness, with her pasture lands, - and Jahzah, with her pasture lands;

and Kedemoth, with her pasture lands, and Mephaath, with her pasture lands.

And, out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture lands, - and Mahanaim, with her pasture lands;

and Heshbon, with her pasture lands, and Jazer, with her pasture lands.