Within the territory of the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,

He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

“Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join ¹  with you and minister to you while ²  you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.

And when the Jubilee of the Israelites is to take place, ¹  their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.” ² 

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.