62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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62 The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

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71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,

75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

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71 The Gershonites(A) received the following:

From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh

they received Golan in Bashan(B) and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;

72 from the tribe of Issachar

they received Kedesh, Daberath,(C) 73 Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;

74 from the tribe of Asher

they received Mashal, Abdon,(D) 75 Hukok(E) and Rehob,(F) together with their pasturelands;

76 and from the tribe of Naphtali

they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon(G) and Kiriathaim,(H) together with their pasturelands.

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27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,

31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

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27 The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:

from the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Golan in Bashan(A) (a city of refuge for one accused of murder(B)) and Be Eshterah, together with their pasturelands—two towns;

28 from the tribe of Issachar,(C)

Kishion,(D) Daberath,(E) 29 Jarmuth(F) and En Gannim,(G) together with their pasturelands—four towns;

30 from the tribe of Asher,(H)

Mishal,(I) Abdon,(J) 31 Helkath and Rehob,(K) together with their pasturelands—four towns;

32 from the tribe of Naphtali,

Kedesh(L) in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder(M)), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands—three towns.

33 The total number of towns of the Gershonite(N) clans came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

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22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

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22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,[a](A) saying, “I have become a foreigner(B) in a foreign land.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.