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1They gave them
2Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron,
3in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it.
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But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
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And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron,
4the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands,
5Libnah with its pasturelands,
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Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
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Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
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Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands--nine cities out of these two tribes;
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then out of the tribe of Benjamin,
6Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
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Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands--four cities.
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The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
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7As to the rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Kohathite clans of the Levites, the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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To them were given Shechem,
8the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,
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Kibzaim with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands--four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
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Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands--four cities;
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and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands--two cities.
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The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands.
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9And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands,
10the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands--two cities;
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and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
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Jarmuth with its pasturelands, En-gannim with its pasturelands--four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
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Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands--four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands,
11the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands--three cities.
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The cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
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12And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,
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Dimnah with its pasturelands, Nahalal with its pasturelands--four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Reuben,
13Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,
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Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands--four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Gad,
14Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer,
15Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
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16Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands--four cities in all.
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As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.
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17The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.
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These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So it was with all these cities.