Joshua 21:10-19

King James Version

¹⁰Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

¹¹And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

¹²But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

¹⁴And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

¹⁵And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

¹⁶And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹⁷And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

¹⁸Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

¹⁹All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

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Joshua 21:10-19

New King James Version

¹⁰which 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^(A)And they gave them ^[a]Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of ^(B)Anak), ^(C)which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it. ¹²But ^(D)the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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

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Footnotes

Joshua 21:11 Lit. City of Arba

Joshua 21:10-19

New International Version

¹⁰(these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

¹¹They gave them Kiriath Arba^(A) (that is, Hebron^(B)), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) ¹²But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.^(C)

¹³So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge^(D) for one accused of murder), Libnah,^(E) ¹⁴Jattir,^(F) Eshtemoa,^(G) ¹⁵Holon,^(H) Debir,^(I) ¹⁶Ain,^(J) Juttah^(K) and Beth Shemesh,^(L) together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.