3. Out of their own heritage, according to the command of the Lord, the Israelites gave the Levites the following cities with their pasture lands.
4. When the first lot among the Levites fell to the clans of the Kohathites, the descendants of Aaron the priest obtained by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5. From the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, the rest of the Kohathites obtained by lot ten cities.
6. From the clans of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, the Gershonites obtained by lot thirteen cities.
7. From the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun, the clans of the Merarites obtained twelve cities.