¹³ And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, ^(A)the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, ^(B)Libnah with its pasturelands,

^42 (A)Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

⁷ So they set apart ^(A)Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and ^(B)Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and ^(C)Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) ^(D)in the hill country of Judah.

⁵⁴ Humtah, ^(A)Kiriath-arba (that is, ^(B)Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

Conquest of Southern Canaan

²⁹ Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to ^(A)Libnah and fought against Libnah.

⁸ The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against ^(A)Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left ^(B)Lachish.

^56 (A)but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ^57 (B)To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,

⁶ “The cities that you give to the Levites shall be ^(A)the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.