because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God:
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manas´seh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Be-esh´terah with her suburbs; two cities.
The children of Mera´ri by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zeb´ulun, twelve cities.