Joshua 21:19-34

¹⁹Altogether those 13 towns and surrounding pastureland were allotted to the priests who were descended from Aaron.

²⁰The other members the Kohath clan were allotted four cities and the surrounding pastureland in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.

²¹Those cities were Shechem (which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected), Gezer,

²²Kibzaim, and Beth-Horon.

²³They were also allotted four cities and surrounding pastureland in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Dan. Those cities were Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

²⁴Aijalon, and Gath-Rimmon.

²⁵They were also allotted two towns and surrounding pastureland that had been allotted to the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lived on the west side of the Jordan River. Those cities were Taanach and Gath-Rimmon.

²⁶Those were the ten cities and surrounding pastureland that were allotted to the other members of the Kohath clan.

²⁷They also allotted towns and the surrounding pastureland to the Gershon clans. Those clans were also descended from Levi. They were allotted two cities from the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Manasseh that is on the east side of the Jordan River. Those cities were Golan in the Bashan region, which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected, and Be-Eshtarah.

²⁸From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Issachar they were allotted four cities. Those cities were Kishion, Daberath,

²⁹Jarmuth, and En-Gannim.

³⁰From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Asher they were allotted four cities. Those cities were Mishal, Abdon,

³¹Helkath, and Rehob.

³²From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Naphtali they were allotted three cities. Those cities were Kedesh in the Galilee region (it was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected,) Hammoth-Dor, and Kartan.

³³So altogether the Gershon clans were allotted 13 cities and the surrounding pasturelands.

³⁴The other descendants of Levi, the ones who belonged to the Merari clans, were also allotted towns and their surrounding pasturelands. From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Zebulun they were allotted four cities. They were Jokneam, Kartah,