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1 Chronicles 6:58-60
Contemporary English Version
1 Chronicles 6:58-60
Contemporary English Version
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. 60 From the Benjamin tribe they were given the towns of Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth and the pastureland around them. Thirteen towns were given to Aaron's descendants.
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- 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).
1 Chronicles 6:58-60
New International Version
1 Chronicles 6:58-60
New International Version
58 Hilen, Debir,(A) 59 Ashan,(B) Juttah[a] and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. 60 And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,[b] Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth,(C) together with their pasturelands.
The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 6:59 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have Juttah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 See Joshua 21:17; Hebrew does not have Gibeon.
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