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 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 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 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.

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