1 Chronicles 6:54-81

1599 Geneva Bible

⁵⁴ ¶ And these are the ^[a]dwelling places of them throughout their towns and coasts, even of the sons of Aaron for the family of the Kohathites, for the ^[b]lot was theirs.

⁵⁵ So they gave them ^[c]Hebron in the land of Judah and the suburbs thereof round about it.

⁵⁶ But the field of the city, and the villages thereof they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

⁵⁷ And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah for ^[d]refuge, even Hebron and Libnah with their suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with their suburbs,

⁵⁸ And ^[e]Hilen with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

⁵⁹ And Ashan and her suburbs, and Beth Shemesh and her suburbs:

⁶⁰ ¶ And of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and her suburbs, and ^[f]Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs: all their cities were thirteen cities by their families.

⁶¹ And unto the sons of ^[g]Kohath the remnant of the family of the tribe, even of the half tribe of the half of Manasseh, by lot ten cities.

⁶² And to the sons of Gershon according to their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

⁶³ Unto the sons of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities.

⁶⁴ Thus the children of Israel gave to the Levites cities with their suburbs.

⁶⁵ And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which they called by their names.

⁶⁶ And they of the families of the sons of Kohath, had cities and their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

^67 (A)And they gave unto them cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and her suburbs, and Gezer and her suburbs,

⁶⁸ Jokmeam also and her suburbs, and Beth Horon with her suburbs,

⁶⁹ And Aijalon and her suburbs, and Gath Rimmon and her suburbs.

⁷⁰ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ^[h]Aner and her suburbs, and ^[i]Bileam and her suburbs, for the families of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

⁷¹ Unto the sons of ^[j]Gershon out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, and her suburbs, and ^[k]Ashtaroth with her suburbs.

⁷² And out of the tribe of Issachar, ^[l]Kedesh and her suburbs, Daberath and her suburbs,

^73 [m]Ramoth also and her suburbs, and ^[n]Anem with her suburbs.

⁷⁴ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal and her suburbs, and Abdon and her suburbs,

⁷⁵ And ^[o]Hukok and her suburbs, and Rehob and her suburbs,

⁷⁶ And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and her suburbs, and ^[p]Hammon and her suburbs, and ^[q]Kirjathaim and her suburbs.

⁷⁷ Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun ^[r]Rimmon and her suburbs, ^[s]Tabor and her suburbs,

⁷⁸ And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, even on the Eastside of Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben, ^(B)Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

⁷⁹ And Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs.

⁸⁰ And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

⁸¹ And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.