1 Chronicles 6:54-81 - The Settlements Of The Levites

⁵⁴ Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first allocation by lot) ⁵⁵ to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasture land; ⁵⁶ but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷ To the sons of Aaron they gave the following cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, ⁵⁸ Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, ⁵⁹ Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; ⁶⁰ and from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, with their pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

⁶¹ Then to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given ten cities by lot from the family of the tribe [of Ephraim and of Dan and], from the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh.

⁶² To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, were given thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and [the other half of] Manasseh in Bashan.

⁶³ To the sons of Merari were given twelve cities by lot, according to their families, from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. ⁶⁴ So the sons of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands. ⁶⁵ They gave by lot from the tribes of the sons of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities which are mentioned by name.

⁶⁶ Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their [allotted] territory from the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷ They gave to the Levites the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands; ⁶⁸ Jokmeam and Beth-horon with their pasture lands, ⁶⁹ Aijalon and Gath-rimmon, with their pasture lands; ⁷⁰ and from the half-tribe of Manasseh [these cities], with their pasture lands: Aner and Bileam, for the rest of the families of the sons of Kohath.

⁷¹ To the sons of Gershom were given from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and Ashtaroth, with their pasture lands; ⁷² from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and Daberath with their pasture lands, ⁷³ Ramoth and Anem with their pasture lands; ⁷⁴ from the tribe of Asher: Mashal and Abdon with their pasture lands, ⁷⁵ Hukok and Rehob with their pasture lands; ⁷⁶ and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim with their pasture lands.

⁷⁷ To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari were given, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and Tabor, with their pasture lands; ⁷⁸ and on the other side of the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan the Levites were given, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and Jahzah with their pasture lands, ⁷⁹ Kedemoth and Mephaath with their pasture lands; ⁸⁰ from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and Mahanaim with their pasture lands, ⁸¹ Heshbon and Jazer with their pasture lands.