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58 Hilen with its surrounding pastures, Debir with its surrounding pastures, 59 Ashan with its surrounding pastures, and Juttah and Beth Shemesh with their surrounding pastures. 60 In the territory of the tribe of Benjamin they received Gibeon, Geba with its surrounding pastures, Allemeth with its surrounding pastures, and Anathoth with its surrounding pastures. All their cities for all their families totaled thirteen cities.[a]

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  1. 1 Chronicles 6:60 The total in verse 60 says that there are thirteen cities, but there are only eleven cities named in the Hebrew text. The two additional names Juttah and Gibeon are present in the list in Joshua 21 and in the ancient versions of this text and, therefore, are added to the translation above.

58 Hilen, Debir,(A) 59 Ashan,(B) Juttah[a] and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. 60 And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,[b] Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth,(C) together with their pasturelands.

The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:59 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have Juttah.
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:60 See Joshua 21:17; Hebrew does not have Gibeon.