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65 They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.[a]

66 The clans of Kohath’s descendants also received cities as their territory within the tribe of Ephraim.[b] 67 They were allotted as cities[c] of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands (in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands,

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  1. 1 Chronicles 6:65 tn Heb “and they gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin these cities, which they called them by names.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:66 tn Heb “and from [it is probably preferable to read “to” here] the clans of the sons of Kohath and there were the cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:67 tn The parallel account in Josh 21:21 has the singular “city,” referring only to Shechem.