God's Word Translation

1 Chronicles 6:63-67 God's Word Translation (GW)

63. The families of Merari’s descendants were given 12 cities chosen by lot from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

64. So the Israelites gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.

65. They gave ⌊them⌋ the cities chosen by lot and mentioned here by name from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

66. Some of the families of Kohath’s descendants had cities chosen by lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

67. They were given these cities of refuge: Shechem with its pastureland in the hills of Ephraim, Gezer with its pastureland,