Their inheritance was by lot as the Lord commanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes,

When you have written a description of the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the Lord our God.

As the men prepared to go, Joshua commanded them to write down a description of the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, write a description of it, and return to me. I will then cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord.”

Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.

Benjamin’s Inheritance

The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans, and their allotted territory lay between Judah’s descendants and Joseph’s descendants.

Simeon’s Inheritance

The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of his descendants by their clans, but their inheritance was within the portion of Judah’s descendants.

Zebulun’s Inheritance

The third lot came up for Zebulun’s descendants by their clans. The territory of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid;

Issachar’s Inheritance

The fourth lot came out for the tribe of Issachar’s descendants by their clans.

Asher’s Inheritance

The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher’s descendants by their clans.

Naphtali’s Inheritance

The sixth lot came out for Naphtali’s descendants by their clans.

Dan’s Inheritance

The seventh lot came out for the Danite tribe by its clans.

These were the portions that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed to the Israelite tribes by lot at Shiloh in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.

The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of Aaron the priest received 13 cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

The remaining descendants of Kohath received 10 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

Gershon’s descendants received 13 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot.