from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon;

From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned ¹  Gibeon, Geba,

From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho ¹  they selected ²  Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh.

The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

When Balaam lifted up his eyes, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe; ¹  and the Spirit of God came upon him.

In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred ¹  from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage.

No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance.”

The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns. ¹ 

Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to ¹  a different tribe, and no one from that tribe ²  has ever officiated at the altar.

Those of them who were numbered ¹  from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500. ² 

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Gad were 45,650.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Judah were 74,600.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Dan were 62,700.