The Merarites according to their families received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
To the Gershomites according to their families were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.
To the Merarites according to their families were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.
The Gershonites received by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
These cities and their pasture lands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.