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 Asher ¹  by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

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

Merari’s descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, ¹  for the first lot belonged to them.

The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. ¹ 

There was a young man from Bethlehem ¹  in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. ² 

So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. ¹ 

Now Naomi ¹  had a relative ²  on her husband’s side of the family named Boaz. He was a wealthy, prominent man from the clan of Elimelech. ³ 

the clans of Kiriath Jearim – the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.) ¹ 

and Koz, who was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum.

These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites by their families. ¹ 

The clans of Kohath’s descendants also received territory within the tribe of Ephraim. ¹ 

Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors. ¹ 

because I was terrified ¹  of the great multitude, ²  and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors – ³ 

Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants ¹  of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation ²  of Israel.

“Because ¹  you have acted like a wanton prostitute ²  – a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, ³  who ⁴  enslaves ⁵  nations by her harlotry, ⁶  and entices peoples by her sorcery ⁷  –

Then the heads of the family groups ¹  of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses ²  and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families. ³