Next to them will be the tribe of Manasseh. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

“On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, under their standards. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

Those who will be camping next to them are the tribe of Asher. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran.

He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required;

On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the Manassehites, presented an offering.

On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the Asherites, presented an offering.

On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the Naphtalites, presented an offering.

Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, “Must your brothers go to war while you remain here?

From the Josephites, Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh;

For the daughters of Zelophehad – Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah – were married to the sons of their uncles.

Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns.

(The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)

The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans. The border of their territory extended to Sarid.

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

They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.

The descendants of Merari: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Hoshea son of Azaziah led the Ephraimites, Joel son of Pedaiah led the half-tribe of Manasseh,

the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab): 2,812;

the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;