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57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,(A)

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13 To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,(A) 14 Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,

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48 And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

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17 The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married,[a] and she conceived and bore[b] Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.

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Footnotes

  1. 4.17 The clause: These are . . . married is transposed from 4.18
  2. 4.17 Heb lacks and bore

19 The towns of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen in all, with their pasturelands.

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So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.(A) And beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they appointed Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland, from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.(B) These were the cities designated for all the Israelites and for the aliens residing among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so as not to die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until there was a trial before the congregation.(C)

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29 Then Joshua passed on from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah and fought against Libnah.(A)

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13 “The cities that you designate shall be six cities of refuge for you: 14 you shall designate three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall serve as refuge for the Israelites, for the resident or transient alien among them, so that anyone who kills a person without intent may flee there.(A)

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