to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot.
These were the places assigned to Aaron’s sons from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
Kohath’s sons by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
The Amramite clan, the Izharite clan, the Hebronite clan, and the Uzzielite clan came from Kohath; these were the Kohathites.
“Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,
They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) with its surrounding pasturelands in the hill country of Judah. Arba was the father of Anak.
The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of Aaron the priest received 13 cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
The Israelites gave these cities by name from the tribes of the descendants of Judah and Simeon