New American Bible, Revised Edition

1 Chronicles 6:37-54 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

37. whose son was Meraioth, whose son was Amariah, whose son was Ahitub,

38. whose son was Zadok, whose son was Ahimaaz.

39. The following were their dwelling places, by encampments in their territories. To the sons of Aaron who belonged to the clan of the Kohathites, since the lot fell to them,

40. was assigned Hebron in the land of Judah, with its adjacent pasture lands.

41. However, the open country and the villages belonging to the city had been given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

42. There were assigned to the sons of Aaron: Hebron a city of refuge, Libnah with its pasture lands, Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

43. Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

44. Ashan with its pasture lands, Jetta with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands.

45. Also from the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, Almon with its pasture lands, Anathoth with its pasture lands. In all, they had thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

49. The Israelites assigned these cities with their pasture lands to the Levites,

50. designating them by name and assigning them by lot from the tribes of the Judahites, Simeonites, and Benjaminites.

46. The other Kohathites obtained ten cities by lot for their clans from the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

47. The clans of the Gershonites obtained thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

48. The clans of the Merarites obtained twelve cities by lot from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

51. The clans of the Kohathites obtained cities by lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

52. They were assigned cities of refuge: Shechem in the mountain region of Ephraim, with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands,

53. Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands.

54. From the tribe of Dan: Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, Aijalon with its pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands.