Joshua 21:7

New International Reader's Version

The family groups of Merari received 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun. Each family group received its share.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:62

The members of the family line of Gershon were given 13 towns. They received them family group by family group. Most of the towns were from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali. The rest were from the other half of the tribe of Manasseh. It’s in Bashan.

1 Chronicles 6:63

The members of the family line of Merari were given 12 towns. They received them family group by family group. The towns were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

Exodus 6:19

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the family groups of Levi written in their family record.

Numbers 3:20

The major families from Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the major families of the Levites.

Joshua 21:6

The family groups of Gershon were given 13 towns. Those towns were from the family groups of the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali and half of the tribe of Manasseh. That part of Manasseh was in the land of Bashan.

Joshua 21:8

So the Israelites gave those towns and their grasslands to the Levites. They did what the Lord had commanded through Moses.