7 From the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun, the clans of the Merarites obtained twelve cities.
8 These cities with their pasture lands the Israelites gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
9 From the tribes of the Judahites and Simeonites they gave the following cities
10 and assigned them to the descendants of Aaron in the Kohathite clan of the Levites, since the first lot fell to them:
11 first, Kiriath-arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the mountain region of Judah, with the adjacent pasture lands,
12 although the open country and villages belonging to the city had been given to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, as his holding.
13 Thus to the descendants of Aaron the priest were given the city of refuge for homicides at Hebron, with its pasture lands; also, Libnah with its pasture lands,