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And these are the places where the priestly families were assigned to live. The first assignment went by lot to the sons of Aaron of the Kohathite family;
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they were given Hebron in the land of Judah and all the neighboring pastures.
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Caleb the son of Jephunneh got the fields and villages around the city.
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The family of Aaron was also given the cities of refuge, with pastures included: Hebron, Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
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