1 Chronicles 6:57 - Easy To Read Version 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, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To the sons of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, [Josh. 21:13.] American Standard Version (1901) 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, Common English Bible To Aaron’s family they gave the refuge cities: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, Catholic Public Domain Version Then, to the sons of Aaron, they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, and Libnah with its suburbs, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities for refuge, Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs thereof: |
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 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.