⁴ Now the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And ^(A)the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, ^(B)had thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin.

Dwelling Places of the Levites^(A)

^54 (B)Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites: ^55 (C)They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding ^[a]common-lands. ^56 (D)But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷ And ^(E)to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands, ^58 [b]Hilen with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands, ^59 [c]Ashan with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands. ⁶⁰ And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, ^[d]Alemeth with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.

³³ And ^(A)Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to ^(B)Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.

^8 (A)And the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands by lot to the Levites, ^(B)as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.

⁹ So they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah and from the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are ^[a]designated by name, ¹⁰ which were for the children of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for the lot was theirs first. ^11 (C)And they gave them ^[b]Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of ^(D)Anak), ^(E)which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it. ¹² But ^(F)the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

¹³ Thus ^(G)to the children of Aaron the priest they gave ^(H)Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), ^(I)Libnah with its common-land, ^14 (J)Jattir with its common-land, ^(K)Eshtemoa with its common-land, ^15 (L)Holon with its common-land, ^(M)Debir with its common-land, ^16 (N)Ain with its common-land, ^(O)Juttah with its common-land, and ^(P)Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes; ¹⁷ and from the tribe of Benjamin, ^(Q)Gibeon with its common-land, ^(R)Geba with its common-land, ¹⁸ Anathoth with its common-land, and ^(S)Almon with its common-land: four cities. ¹⁹ All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common-lands.