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57-59 So Aaron's descendants received the following Safe Towns[a] and the pastureland around them: Hebron, Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Hilen, Debir, Ashan, and Beth-Shemesh.

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  1. 6.57-59 Safe Towns: These were special towns set aside where a person who had accidentally killed someone could run for protection from the victim's relatives (see Numbers 35.9-15; Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9).

57 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,[a](A) Jattir,(B) Eshtemoa, 58 Hilen, Debir,(C) 59 Ashan,(D) Juttah[b] and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands.

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  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.