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The descendants[a] of Gershon received by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

The descendants[b] of the Merarites[c] according to their families received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

The Israelites[d] gave to the Levites these cities and their pastureland by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 21:6 Or “sons”
  2. Joshua 21:7 Or “sons”
  3. Joshua 21:7 Hebrew “Merarite”
  4. Joshua 21:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”