Joshua 21:13

13 To the children of Aharon the Kohen they gave Hevron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Livna with its suburbs,

Joshua 21:13 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:13

Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest
The families of the Kohathites, that part of them which descended from him, and were priests: Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer;
that had slain a person unawares, and without design; see on ( Joshua 20:3 Joshua 20:7 ) ; and Libnah with her suburbs;
a royal city, of which see ( Joshua 10:29 Joshua 10:30 ) .

Joshua 21:13 In-Context

11 They gave them Kiryat-Arba, [which Arba was] the father of `Anak (the same is Hevron), in the hill-country of Yehudah, with the suburbs of it round about it.

12 But the fields of the city, and the villages of it, gave they to Kalev the son of Yefunneh for his possession.

13 To the children of Aharon the Kohen they gave Hevron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Livna with its suburbs,

14 and Yattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

15 and Holon with its suburbs, and Devir with its suburbs,