Cross References

Joshua 21:7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Merari’s descendants received 12 cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

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The Gershomites were assigned 13 towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.

The Merarites were assigned by lot 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their genealogy.

Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.

Gershon’s descendants received 13 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.