52. Meraioth was Zerahiah’s son. Amariah was Meraioth’s son. Ahitub was Amariah’s son.
53. Zadok was Ahitub’s son. Ahimaaz was Zadok’s son.
54. These are the places where Aaron’s descendants lived. They lived in their camps in the land that was given to them. The Kohath families got the first share of the land that was given to the Levites.
55. They were given the town of Hebron and the fields around it. This was in the area of Judah.
56. But the fields farther from town and the villages near the town of Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
57. The descendants of Aaron were given the city of Hebron. Hebron was a city of safety. They were also given the cities of Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
58. Hilen, Debir,
59. Ashan, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh. They got all the cities and the fields around them.
60. From the tribe of Benjamin they got the cities of Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth. They got all the cities and the fields around them. Thirteen cities were given to the Kohath families.
61. The rest of Kohath’s descendants got ten towns from half the tribe of Manasseh.
62. The tribes that were the descendants of Gershon got 13 cities. They got the cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the part of Manasseh living in the area of Bashan.