The Message

Joshua 21:25-38-39 The Message (MSG)

25. And from the half-tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach and Gath Rimmon with their pastures—two towns.

26. All told, ten cities with their pastures went to the remaining Kohathite families.

27. The Gershonite families of the tribe of Levi were given from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (an asylum-city for the unconvicted killer), and Be Eshtarah, with their pastures—two cities.

28-29. And from the tribe of Issachar: Kishion, Daberath, Jarmuth, and En Gannim, with their pastures—four towns.

30-31. From the tribe of Asher: Mishal, Abdon, Helkath, and Rehob, with their pastures—four towns.

32. From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (an asylum-city for the unconvicted killer), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, with their pastures—three towns.

33. For the Gershonites and their families: thirteen towns with their pastures.

34-35. The Merari families, the remaining Levites, were given from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah, Dimnah, and Nahalal, with their pastures—four cities.

36-37. From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz, Kedemoth, and Mephaath, with their pastures—four towns.

38-39. From the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (an asylum-city for the unconvicted killer), Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer, with their pastures—a total of four towns.