The foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.

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

The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.

You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.

because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage.

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.

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 Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.”

Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.

Over the company of the tribe of Issacharites was Nathanel son of Zuar,

and over the company of the tribe of the Zebulunites was Elion son of Helon.

and over the company of the tribe of the Gadites was Eliasaph son of Deuel.

Over the company of the tribe of the Manassehites was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,

and over the company of the tribe of Benjaminites was Abidan son of Gideoni.

Over the company of the tribe of the Asherites was Pagiel son of Ocran,

and over the company of the tribe of the Naphtalites was Ahira son of Enan.

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

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

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