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The Book of Joshua, Chapter 21, Verse 11

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Which the children of Aaron, [being] of the families of the Kohathites, [who were] of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
King James Version
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which [city is] Hebron, in the hill [country] of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
American Standard Version
And they gave them Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
New English Translation
They assigned them Kiriath Arba(Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.
World English Bible
They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.
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But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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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,
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And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
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And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
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And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
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And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
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Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
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All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,