1 Chronicles 6:49-69

49 Only Aaron and his descendants served as priests. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense, and they performed all the other duties related to the Most Holy Place. They made atonement for Israel by doing everything that Moses, the servant of God, had commanded them.
50 The descendants of Aaron were Eleazar, Phinehas, Abishua,
51 Bukki, Uzzi, Zerahiah,
52 Meraioth, Amariah, Ahitub,
53 Zadok, and Ahimaaz.
54 This is a record of the towns and territory assigned by means of sacred lots to the descendants of Aaron, who were from the clan of Kohath.
55 This territory included Hebron and its surrounding pasturelands in Judah,
56 but the fields and outlying areas belonging to the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
57 So the descendants of Aaron were given the following towns, each with its pasturelands: Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
58 Holon, Debir,
59 Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh.
60 And from the territory of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, each with its pasturelands. So thirteen towns were given to the descendants of Aaron.
61 The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten towns from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh by means of sacred lots.
62 The descendants of Gershon received by sacred lots thirteen towns from the territories of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and from the Bashan area of Manasseh, east of the Jordan.
63 The descendants of Merari received by sacred lots twelve towns from the territories of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
64 So the people of Israel assigned all these towns and pasturelands to the Levites.
65 The towns in the territories of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, mentioned above, were assigned to them by means of sacred lots.
66 The descendants of Kohath were given the following towns from the territory of Ephraim, each with its pasturelands:
67 Shechem (a city of refuge in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer,
68 Jokmeam, Beth-horon,
69 Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon.

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. As in parallel text at Josh 21:13 ; Hebrew reads were given the cities of refuge: Hebron, and the following towns, each with its pasturelands.
  • [b]. As in parallel text at Josh 21:15 ; Masoretic Text reads Hilez; other manuscripts read Hilen.
  • [c]. As in parallel text at Josh 21:16 ; Hebrew reads Ashan.
  • [d]. As in Syriac version (see also Josh 21:16 ); Hebrew lacks Juttah.
  • [e]. As in parallel text at Josh 21:17 ; Hebrew lacks Gibeon.
  • [f]. As in parallel text at Josh 21:21 . Hebrew text reads were given the cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and the following towns, each with its pasturelands.
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