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62 To the Gershomites according to their families were allotted thirteen towns out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

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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 To the Gershomites: out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands; 72 and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath[a] with its pasturelands, 73 Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;(A) 74 out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, 75 Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands; 76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.(B)

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  1. 6.72 Or Dobrath

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 To the Gershonites, one of the families of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the slayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two towns.(A) 28 Out of the tribe of Issachar: Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, 29 Jarmuth with its pasturelands, En-gannim with its pasturelands—four towns. 30 Out of the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, 31 Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four towns. 32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three towns.(B) 33 The towns of the several families of the Gershonites were in all thirteen, with their pasturelands.

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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 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom,[a] for he said, “I have been an alien residing in a foreign land.”(A)

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  1. 2.22 In Heb Gershom resembles the word for alien

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