3. So the Israelites, by the Lord’s command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.
4. The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of Aaron the priest received 13 cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5. The remaining descendants of Kohath received 10 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
6. Gershon’s descendants received 13 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7. Merari’s descendants received 12 cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8. The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
9. The Israelites gave these cities by name from the tribes of the descendants of Judah and Simeon
10. to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot.