Cities assigned by lot

4Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites, and for the sons of Aaron the priest, from among the Levites, there fell by lot thirteen cities from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin.

5And for the remaining sons of Kohath, from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were by lot ten cities.

6And to the sons of Gershon, from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities.

7For the sons of Merari, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun: twelve cities.

8So the sons of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands, as Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.