A city of refuge allotted to the Kohathite descendants of the Levites within the tribe of Judah.
1 Chronicles 6:54These are the places where they lived, within their boundaries: To the descendants of Aaron, who were of the clans of the Kohathites, since the lot fell to them first,1 Chronicles 6:55they were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.1 Chronicles 6:56But the fields and villages of the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.1 Chronicles 6:57To the descendants of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,1 Chronicles 6:58Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,