The descendants of Aaron were given the city of Hebron. Hebron was a city of safety. [64] They were also given the cities of Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
Hilen, Debir,
All those cities came from the family groups of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. They decided which Levite family got which city by throwing lots. {\cf2\super [69]}
Then Joshua and all the people of Israel traveled from Makkedah. They went to Libnah and attacked that city.
The people of Judah also got these towns: Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
The people of Judah were also given towns in the hill country. Here is a list of those towns: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
In all, they gave 13 towns to the priests. (All priests were descendants of Aaron.) They also gave them some land near each town for their animals.