Merari’s descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Gershon’s descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses.

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans.

This is the land assigned to the tribe of Judah by its clans:

Now Moses had assigned land to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.

They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad by its clans.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Issachar by its clans, including the cities and their towns.

The fifth lot belonged to the tribe of Asher by its clans.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans, including the cities and their towns.

The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan by its clans.

Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho they selected Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh.

The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Moses assigned land to the half-tribe of Manasseh by its clans.

These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan by its clans, including these cities and their towns.