1 Chronicles 6:57

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, [namely], Hebron, [the city] of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

And to the sons {H1121} of Aaron {H175} they gave {H5414} the cities {H5892} of Judah, namely, Hebron {H2275}, the city of refuge {H4733}, and Libnah {H3841} with her suburbs {H4054}, and Jattir {H3492}, and Eshtemoa {H851}, with their suburbs {H4054},

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,

So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 15:48 (3 votes)

    And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

  • Joshua 21:13 (3 votes)

    Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

  • Joshua 21:14 (3 votes)

    And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

  • Joshua 15:42 (2 votes)

    Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

  • 1 Chronicles 4:17 (2 votes)

    And the sons of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

  • Joshua 20:7 (2 votes)

    ¶ And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

  • Joshua 20:9 (2 votes)

    These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth [any] person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.