The Descendants of Aaron
50 Now these [are] the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
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Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
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Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
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Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
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And these [are] their dwellings according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for the [first] lot [was] theirs,
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and they gave to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,
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but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
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Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
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Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-Shemesh with its pasturelands.
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And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities [were] thirteen cities throughout their clans.
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To the Kohathites who remained from the family of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, [were given] by lot ten cities.
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To the Gershomites according to their clans thirteen cities [were allotted] out of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
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To the Merarites twelve cities [were] allotted according to their clans out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
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So the {Israelites} gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.
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And they gave by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.
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And of the clans of the sons of Kohath were cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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And they gave them the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,
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Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-Horon with its pasturelands,
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Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-Rimmon with its pasturelands.
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And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands for the remaining the clans of the Kohathites.
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To the Gershomites [were given] out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.
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And out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
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Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands.
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And out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
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Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands.
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And out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.
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To the remainder of the Merarites [were allotted] out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands.
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And beyond the Jordan [at] Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,
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Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands.
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And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
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Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.