To the sonsof Gershom,according to their families,[were given] from the tribeof Issacharand from the tribeof Asher,the tribeof Naphtali,and the tribeof Manasseh,thirteencitiesin Bashan.
Their kinsmenthe Leviteswere appointedfor allthe serviceof the tabernacleof the houseof God.
Then to the restof the sonsof Kohath[were given] by lot,from the familyof the tribe,from the half-tribe,the halfof Manasseh,tencities.
To the sonsof Merari[were given] by lot,according to their families,from the tribeof Reuben,the tribeof Gadand the tribeof Zebulun,twelvecities.
Then she gavebirthto a son,and he namedhim Gershom,for he said,"I have beena sojournerin a foreignland."
The borderreachedto Taborand Shahazumahand Beth-shemesh,and their borderendedat the Jordan;sixteencitieswith their villages.
The sonsof Gershonreceived thirteencitiesby lotfrom the familiesof the tribeof Issacharand from the tribeof Asherand from the tribeof Naphtaliand from the half-tribeof Manassehin Bashan.
The sonsof Merariaccording to their familiesreceived twelvecitiesfrom the tribeof Reubenand from the tribeof Gadand from the tribeof Zebulun.
