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6 The descendants of Gershon acquired thirteen cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half of Manasseh located in Bashan.
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The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 The descendants of Merari acquired twelve cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
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The descendants of Merari, according to their clans, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
8 So the Israelites gave these cities and their pasturelands to the Levites by lot, exactly as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
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So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
9 They gave the following cities, identified here by name, from the tribe of the Judahites and the tribe of the Simeonites.
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From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name
10 The cities belonged to the descendants of Aaron, one of the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the lot had fallen to them first.
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(these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):
11 They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the highlands of Judah and the pastures around it. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
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They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
12 But they had already given the fields of the city and its surrounding areas to Caleb, Jephunneh's son, as his property.
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But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
13 To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave: Hebron, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; Libnah and its pastures;
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So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,
14 Jattir and its pastures; Eshtemoa and its pastures;
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Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15 Holon and its pastures; Debir and its pastures;
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Holon, Debir,
16 Ain and its pastures; Juttah and its pastures; and Beth-shemesh and its pastures. Total from these two tribes: nine cities.
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Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.
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