The Scriptures 1998

1 Chronicles 6:54-66 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

54. And these were their dwelling places throughout their settlements within their borders, of the sons of Aharon, of the clan of the Qehathites, for the lot was theirs.

55. And they gave them Ḥeḇron in the land of Yehuḏah, with its surrounding open lands.

56. But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Kalĕḇ son of Yephunneh.

57. And to the sons of Aharon they gave the cities of refuge: Ḥeḇron, and Liḇnah with its open lands, and Yattir, and Eshtemoa with its open lands,

58. and Ḥilĕn with its open lands, Deḇir with its open lands,

59. and Ashan with its open lands, and Bĕyth Shemesh with its open lands.

60. And from the tribe of Binyamin: Geḇa with its open lands, and Alemeth with its open lands, and Anathoth with its open lands. All their cities among their clans were thirteen.

61. And to the rest of the clan of the tribe of the Qehathites by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Menashsheh.

62. And to the sons of Gĕreshom, throughout their clans, thirteen cities from the tribe of Yissasḵar, and from the tribe of Ashĕr, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Menashsheh in Bashan.

63. To the sons of Merari, throughout their clans, by lot twelve cities from the tribe of Re’uḇĕn, and from the tribe of Gaḏ, and from the tribe of Zeḇulun.

64. So the children of Yisra’ĕl gave cities with their open lands to the Lĕwites.

65. And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Yehuḏah, and from the tribe of the children of Shim‛on, and from the tribe of the children of Binyamin these cities which are mentioned by name.

66. And some of the clans of the sons of Qehath had cities of their borders from the tribe of Ephrayim.