Joshua 21:1-7 ▼

1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders

2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, |The LORD told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.|

3 So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the LORD had instructed.

4 The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

5 The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

6 Gershon's descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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