1 Chronicles 6:65

They allotted the towns already mentioned by name from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

In Context

64So the people of Israel gave the Levites these towns and their pasturelands.

66Some of the Kohathite families received as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:57So the descendants of Aaron received Hebron, a town of refuge, Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:55-81

The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1444.) 54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs,… Read the whole commentary →

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