He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)

Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors.

From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;

All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood!

From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families.

From Naphtali there were 1,000 officers, along with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears.

Now Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.

The priests and Levites who lived throughout Israel supported him, no matter where they resided.

On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

O family of Levi, praise the Lord! You loyal followers of the Lord, praise the Lord!

Reach down from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners,

The Beloved to the Maidens: I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.

the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples;

So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”),

And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.

The rest of Manasseh’s descendants were also assigned land by their clans, including the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.

(The Danites failed to conquer their territory, so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it Dan after their ancestor.)