They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron,<n id="1" /> for the first lot belonged to them.

The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.p>

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,

I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land.<n id="1" /> Then I brought you out.

<p class="bodytext">Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, where his son Phinehas had been assigned land.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The first lot belonged to<n id="1" /> the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.