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1 Chronicles 6:62-71 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

62. The members of the family line of Gershon were given 13 towns. They received them family group by family group. Most of the towns were from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali. The rest were from the other half of the tribe of Manasseh. It's in Bashan.

63. The members of the family line of Merari were given 12 towns. They received them family group by family group. The towns were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

64. So the people of Israel gave the Levites all of those towns and their grasslands.

65. They gave other towns to them from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.

66. Some of the family groups of Kohath were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim as their territory.

67. In the hill country of Ephraim they received Shechem. Shechem was a city where people could go for safety. The Kohathites also received Gezer,

68. Jokmeam, Beth Horon,

69. Aijalon and Gath Rimmon. They were given all of those towns together with their grasslands.

70. From half of the tribe of Manasseh the people of Israel gave the towns of Aner and Bileam. They gave them to the rest of the family groups of Kohath. They gave them together with their grasslands.

71. Here is what the members of the family line of Gershon were given. They received Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth. They received them together with their grasslands. They received them from half of the tribe of Manasseh.

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