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 

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.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Asher were 41,500.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.

But ¹  the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, ²  were not numbered ³  among them.

“Only the tribe of Levi ¹  you must not number ²  or count ³  with ⁴  the other Israelites.

Over the company of the tribe of Issacharites was Nathanel son of Zuar,