And the lot came out for the families ofthe Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which wereofthe Levites, had by lot out ofthetribeof Judah, and out ofthetribeofSimeon, and out ofthetribeof Benjamin, thirteen cities.
And they gave by lot out ofthetribeofthe children of Judah, and out ofthetribeofthe children ofSimeon, and out ofthetribeofthe children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for thetribeofthe children ofSimeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance ofthe children of Judah.
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath ofthe south. This isthe inheritance ofthetribeofthe children ofSimeon according to their families.
And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out ofthetribeof Issachar, and out ofthetribeof Asher, and out ofthetribeof Naphtali, and out ofthetribeof Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
And the children of Gershon had by lot out ofthe families ofthetribeof Issachar, and out ofthetribeof Asher, and out ofthetribeof Naphtali, and out ofthe half tribeof Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
And the rest ofthe children of Kohath had by lot out ofthe families ofthetribeof Ephraim, and out ofthetribeof Dan, and out ofthe half tribeof Manasseh, ten cities.
Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out ofthetribeof Reuben, and out ofthetribeof Gad, and out ofthetribeof Zebulun, twelve cities.
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out ofthetribeof Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out ofthetribeof Gad, and Golan in Bashan out ofthetribeof Manasseh.
And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left ofthe family of that tribe, were cities given out ofthe half tribe, namely, out ofthe half tribeof Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
Neither shall the inheritance remove from onetribe to another tribe; but every one ofthe tribes ofthe children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
So shall not the inheritance ofthe children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one ofthe children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance ofthetribeof his fathers.
For thetribeofthe children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and thetribeofthe children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half thetribeof Manasseh have received their inheritance:
Out ofthe portion ofthe children of Judah wasthe inheritance ofthe children ofSimeon: for the part ofthe children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children ofSimeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
And when the jubile ofthe children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance ofthetribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance ofthetribeof our fathers.