3. So the Israelites obeyed this command from the Lord and gave the Levites these towns and the land around them for their animals:
4. The Kohath family groups were descendants of Aaron the priest from the tribe of Levi. Part of the Kohath family was given 13 towns in the areas that belonged to Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5. The other Kohath families were given ten towns in the areas that belonged to Ephraim, Dan, and half of Manasseh.
6. The people from the Gershon family were given 13 towns. These towns were in the areas that belonged to Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half of Manasseh that was in Bashan.