Magdiel, Iram. ¹  These were the tribal chiefs of Edom.

Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was the leader of the family. ¹ 

Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons; they were family leaders.

These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

On that day ¹  I will make the leaders of Judah like an igniter ²  among sticks and a burning torch among sheaves, and they will burn up all the surrounding nations right and left. Then the people of Jerusalem will settle once more in their place, the city of Jerusalem.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread ¹  over the earth after the flood.

The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. ¹ 

The first lot belonged to ¹  the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. ¹  Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him ²  among all the thousands of Judah.”

The clans of Gershom’s descendants received thirteen cities within the territory of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh (in Bashan). ¹ 

Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the rest of Kohath’s descendants received Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands. ¹ 

Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200.

So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

These were the family leaders listed in the genealogical records; they lived in Jerusalem. ¹ 

From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families. ¹ 

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength!

David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Yet he protected ¹  the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: ¹  from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of two cities;

Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest of Israel’s tribes, and is not my family clan the smallest of all the tribes of Benjamin? Why do you speak to me in this way?”