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57 Aaron's descendants received these towns with the fields around them: Hebron (a safe city),[a] Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, 58 Hilen, Debir, 59 Ashan, Juttah and Beth-Shemesh.

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  1. 6:57 Safe cities were special cities that people could run to if they were afraid someone might kill them. See Joshua 20.

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.