“Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in(A) from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands(B) around the towns.

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He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our people throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us.

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36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas(A) (which means “son of encouragement”), 37 sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet.(B)

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11 They 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.) 12 But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.(C)

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

17 And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon,(M) Geba,(N) 18 Anathoth(O) and Almon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

19 The total number of towns(P) for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.(Q)

20 The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

21 In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem(R) (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,(S) 22 Kibzaim and Beth Horon,(T) together with their pasturelands—four towns.(U)

23 Also from the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon,(V) 24 Aijalon(W) and Gath Rimmon,(X) together with their pasturelands—four towns.

25 From half the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach(Y) and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—two towns.

26 All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.(Z)

27 The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:

from the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Golan in Bashan(AA) (a city of refuge for one accused of murder(AB)) and Be Eshterah, together with their pasturelands—two towns;

28 from the tribe of Issachar,(AC)

Kishion,(AD) Daberath,(AE) 29 Jarmuth(AF) and En Gannim,(AG) together with their pasturelands—four towns;

30 from the tribe of Asher,(AH)

Mishal,(AI) Abdon,(AJ) 31 Helkath and Rehob,(AK) together with their pasturelands—four towns;

32 from the tribe of Naphtali,

Kedesh(AL) in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder(AM)), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands—three towns.

33 The total number of towns of the Gershonite(AN) clans came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

34 The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given:

from the tribe of Zebulun,(AO)

Jokneam,(AP) Kartah, 35 Dimnah and Nahalal,(AQ) together with their pasturelands—four towns;

36 from the tribe of Reuben,

Bezer,(AR) Jahaz,(AS) 37 Kedemoth and Mephaath,(AT) together with their pasturelands—four towns;

38 from the tribe of Gad,

Ramoth(AU) in Gilead(AV) (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,(AW) 39 Heshbon and Jazer,(AX) together with their pasturelands—four towns in all.

40 The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.(AY)

41 The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands.(AZ) 42 Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.

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55 They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. 56 But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.(A)

57 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,[a](B) Jattir,(C) Eshtemoa, 58 Hilen, Debir,(D) 59 Ashan,(E) Juttah[b] and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. 60 And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,[c] Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth,(F) together with their pasturelands.

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

61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

62 The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

63 The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

64 So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns(G) and their pasturelands. 65 From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.

66 Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

67 In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,[d](H) 68 Jokmeam,(I) Beth Horon,(J) 69 Aijalon(K) and Gath Rimmon,(L) together with their pasturelands.

70 And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

71 The Gershonites(M) received the following:

From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh

they received Golan in Bashan(N) and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;

72 from the tribe of Issachar

they received Kedesh, Daberath,(O) 73 Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;

74 from the tribe of Asher

they received Mashal, Abdon,(P) 75 Hukok(Q) and Rehob,(R) together with their pasturelands;

76 and from the tribe of Naphtali

they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon(S) and Kiriathaim,(T) together with their pasturelands.

77 The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following:

From the tribe of Zebulun

they received Jokneam, Kartah,[e] Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;

78 from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho

they received Bezer(U) in the wilderness, Jahzah, 79 Kedemoth(V) and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands;

80 and from the tribe of Gad

they received Ramoth in Gilead,(W) Mahanaim,(X) 81 Heshbon and Jazer,(Y) together with their pasturelands.(Z)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:57 See Joshua 21:13; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah.
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:59 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have Juttah.
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:60 See Joshua 21:17; Hebrew does not have Gibeon.
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:67 See Joshua 21:21; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Shechem, Gezer.
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:77 See Septuagint and Joshua 21:34; Hebrew does not have Jokneam, Kartah.

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