And to the sonsוְלִבְנֵיof Aaronאַהֲרֹןthey gaveנָתְנוּthe citiesאֶת עָרֵיof refuge:הַמִּקְלָטHebron;אֶת חֶבְרוֹןLibnahוְאֶת לִבְנָהwith its pasturelands,וְאֶת מִגְרָשֶׁיהָJattir,וְאֶת יַתִּרEshtemoaוְאֶת אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַwith its pasturelands,וְאֶת מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ
1 Chronicles 6:57
Study it in the app“And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron; Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 6:57, word by word
- And to the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- they gaveנָתְנוּnatnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appears- the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of refugeמִּקְלָטmiklat
refuge
Refuge, asylum: a place where someone is kept safe.
Where else “miklat” appears- Hebronחֶבְרוֹןchevron
Hebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appears- Libnahלִבְנָהlivna
Libnah
Libnah, a place in the wilderness where Israel camped; also a city in Canaan. The name means "whiteness."
Where else “livna” appears- with its pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁיmigrashe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrashe” appears- Jattirיַתִּרyatir
Jattir
Jattir: a town of Judah in the hill country.
Where else “yatir” appears- Eshtemoaאֶשְׁתְּמֹעַeshtmoa
Eshtemoa
Eshtemoa: a town of Judah in the hill country.
Where else “eshtmoa” appears
Translation note
“Cities of refuge”: places where someone who had killed a person without intending to could flee (Numbers 35). Of these cities, only Hebron was a city of refuge according to Joshua 21:13.
Places in this verse
Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
The context
56but the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 · This verse (above)
58Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,