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The allotment fell[a] for the families of the Kohathites.[b] The descendants[c] of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, received[d] by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

The remaining descendants[e] of Kohath received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

The descendants[f] 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 21:4 Literally “came out”
  2. Joshua 21:4 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  3. Joshua 21:4 Or “sons”
  4. Joshua 21:4 Literally “they had”
  5. Joshua 21:5 Or “sons”
  6. Joshua 21:6 Or “sons”