8. The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
9. The Israelites gave these cities by name from the tribes of the descendants of Judah and Simeon
10. to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot.
11. They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) with its surrounding pasturelands in the hill country of Judah. Arba was the father of Anak.
12. But they gave the fields and villages of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
13. They gave to the descendants of Aaron the priest:Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,
14. Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
15. Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
16. Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands — nine cities from these two tribes.
17. From the tribe of Benjamin they gave:Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
18. Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands — four cities.
19. All 13 cities with their pasturelands were for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
20. The allotted cities to the remaining clans of Kohath’s descendants, who were Levites, came from the tribe of Ephraim.
21. The Israelites gave them:Shechem, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,
22. Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands — four cities.
23. From the tribe of Dan they gave:Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
24. Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands — four cities.