1 Chronicles 6:54-81

Evangelical Heritage Version

The Cities for the Tribe of Levi

⁵⁴ Now the following are the places they lived according to their settlements within their borders.

The first lot was for the sons of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites. ⁵⁵ To them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pastureland, ⁵⁶ but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷ To the sons of Aaron they gave Hebron, the city of refuge, and also Libnah with its surrounding pastures, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its surrounding pastures, 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]

⁶¹ To the rest of the sons of Kohath from the families of the tribe who remained without land, ten cities were given by lot from the territory of the half tribe of Manasseh.^[b]

⁶² To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, from the territory of the tribe of Issachar and the tribe of Asher and the tribe of Naphtali and the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities were given.

⁶³ To the sons of Merari, according to their families, from the territory of the tribe of Reuben and the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities were given.

⁶⁴ So the people of Israel gave the Levites these cities with their surrounding pastures. ⁶⁵ They assigned to them by lot these cities which are mentioned by name from the territory of the tribe of the sons of Judah and the tribe of the sons of Simeon and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin.

⁶⁶ Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their inheritance within the borders of the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷ They gave to them the city of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its surrounding pastures, also Gezer with its surrounding pastures, ⁶⁸ Jokmeam^[c] with its surrounding pastures, Beth Horon with its surrounding pastures, ⁶⁹ Aijalon with its surrounding pastures, Gath Rimmon with its surrounding pastures, ⁷⁰ and in the territory of the half tribe of Manasseh, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath, they gave Aner^[d] with its surrounding pastures and Bileam^[e] with its surrounding pastures.^[f]

⁷¹ To the sons of Gershom, from the clan of the half tribe of Manasseh, these cities were given: Golan in Bashan with its surrounding pastures and Ashtaroth with its surrounding pastures, ⁷² and in the territory of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh^[g] with its surrounding pastures, Daberath with its surrounding pastures, ⁷³ Ramoth^[h] with its surrounding pastures, and Anem^[i] with its surrounding pastures, ⁷⁴ and in the territory of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its surrounding pastures, Abdon with it surrounding pastures, ⁷⁵ Hukok^[j] with its surrounding pastures, and Rehob with its surrounding pastures, ⁷⁶ and in the territory of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its surrounding pastures, Hammon with its surrounding pastures, and Kiriathaim with its surrounding pastures.

⁷⁷ The rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given Jokneam with its surrounding pastures, Rimmono with its surrounding pastures, Tabor with its surrounding pastures, and Nahalal with its surrounding pastures^[k] in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun. ⁷⁸ Across the Jordan from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given cities in the territory of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its surrounding pastures, Jahzah with its surrounding pastures, ⁷⁹ Kedemoth with its surrounding pastures, and Mepha’ath with its surrounding pastures. ⁸⁰ And in the territory of the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead with its surrounding pastures, Mahanaim with its surrounding pastures, ⁸¹ Heshbon with its surrounding pastures, and Jazer with its surrounding pastures.