The mention of Hebron and Caleb provides us with an insight into exactly what it meant for a town to become a Levitical city. Hebron remained the possession of Caleb and his descendants but the Levites were granted permission to live in the town and graze their flocks in the land immediately outside of the town.1 As a result it is generally believed that the Levites lived in these towns without actually owning them.2
11 Ils leur donnèrent Kirjath-Arba, qui est Hébron, dans la montagne de Juda, et la banlieue qui l'entoure: Arba était le père d'Anak.