TRV
Distribution of Levitical Cities
1 Chronicles 6:54-81
54
These were the settlements of the descendants of Aharon according to the territories assigned them: to the descendants of Aharon, of the clans of the K'hati -for the first lot fell to them -
55
they gave Hevron in the land of Y'hudah with the open land surrounding it,
56
but the fields and the dependent villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y'funeh.
57
To the descendants of Aharon they gave the city of refuge Hevron, also Livnah with its surrounding open land, Yatir, Esht'moa with its surrounding open land,
58
Hilen with its surrounding open land, D'vir with its surrounding open land,
59
'Ashan with its surrounding open land, Beit-Shemesh with its surrounding open land;
60
and out of the tribe of Binyamin: Geva with its surrounding open land, 'Alemet with its surrounding open land and 'Anatot with its surrounding open land. All the cities for all their clans amounted to thirteen cities.
61
The rest of the descendants of K'hat were assigned by lot, clan by clan, ten cities from the half-tribe of M'nasheh.
62
The descendants of Gershom were assigned, clan by clan, thirteen cities from the tribes of Yissakhar, Asher, Naftali and M'nasheh in Bashan.
63
To the descendants of M'rari were assigned by lot, clan by clan, twelve cities from the tribes of Re'uven, Gad and Z'vulun.
64
So the people of Isra'el gave the L'vi'im these cities with the surrounding open land.
65
From the tribes of the descendants of Y'hudah, Shim'on and Binyamin they assigned these cities mentioned by name.
66
Some of the clans of the descendants of K'hat were given cities in territory from the tribe of Efrayim.
67
They gave them the city of refuge Sh'khem in the hills of Efrayim with the surrounding open land, also Gezer with the surrounding open land,
68
Yokme'am with the surrounding open land, Beit-Horon with the surrounding open land,
69
Ayalon with the surrounding open land, and Gat-Rimmon with the surrounding open land;
70
and out of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: 'Aner with the surrounding open land and Bil'am with the surrounding open land, for the rest of the clans of the descendants of K'hat.
71
The descendants of Gershom were given, from the clans of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: Golan in Bashan with the surrounding open land and 'Ashtarot with the surrounding open land;
72
and from the tribe of Yissakhar: Kedesh with the surrounding open land, Davrat with the surrounding open land,
73
Ramot with the surrounding open land and 'Anem with the surrounding open land;
74
and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the surrounding open land, 'Avdon with the surrounding open land,
75
Hukok with the surrounding open land and Rechov with the surrounding open land;
76
and from the tribe of Naftali: Kedesh in the Galil with the surrounding open land, Hamon with the surrounding open land and Kiryatayim with the surrounding open land.
77
To the rest [of the L'vi'im], the descendants of M'rari, were given, from the tribe of Z'vulun: Rimmono with the surrounding open land and Tavor with the surrounding open land;
78
and beyond the Yarden at Yericho, on the east side of the Yarden, they were given, from the tribe of Re'uven: Betzer in the desert with the surrounding open land, Yahatz with the surrounding open land,
79
K'demot with the surrounding open land and Mefa'at with the surrounding open land;
80
and from the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil'ad with the surrounding open land, Machanayim with the surrounding open land,
81
Heshbon with the surrounding open land and Ya'zer with the surrounding open land.
Settings