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45 From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon with its pastures, Geba with its pastures, Almon with its pastures, and Anathoth with its pastures. There were thirteen cities for their clans.

46 The rest of the Kohathites were allotted ten cities[a] from the clans of one-half of the tribe of Manasseh. 47 The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the part of the tribe of Manasseh living in Bashan.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 6:46 Allotted ten cities: this method of assigning ownership was understood to be guided by God and therefore more fair than if left to the decision of an arbitrary person.