1 Chronicles 6:58-60
Good News Translation
57-59 The following towns were assigned to Aaron's descendants: Hebron, a city of refuge,[a] Jattir, and the towns of Libnah, Eshtemoa, Hilen, Debir, Ashan, and Beth Shemesh, with their pasture lands. 60 In the territory of Benjamin they were assigned the following towns with their pasture lands: Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth. This made a total of thirteen towns for all their families to live in.
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- 1 Chronicles 6:57 If anyone accidentally killed someone, he could escape to one of these cities and be safe from revenge (see Js 20.1-9).
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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