Gershon’s descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

“See, I have chosen ¹  Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

And to help you ¹  there is to be a man from each ²  tribe, each man ³  the head ⁴  of his family. ⁵ 

Next will be ¹  the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.

Next will be ¹  the tribe of Gad. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel. ² 

Next will be ¹  the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.

Next will be ¹  the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.

“Bring the tribe of Levi near, ¹  and present ²  them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. ³ 

“Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off ¹  from among the Levites;

The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah. ¹ 

You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.” ¹ 

You must take one leader from every ¹  tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance. ² 

I thought this was a good idea, ¹  so I sent ²  twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

Then we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order ¹  and the tribe of Judah was selected.

The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns. ¹ 

The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. ¹  These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans. ² 

The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin ¹  by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. ² 

The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun ¹  by its clans. The border of their territory ²  extended to Sarid.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun ¹  by its clans, including these cities and their towns.