6. The people from the Gershon family groups were given thirteen towns in the land of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the East Manasseh in Bashan.
7. The family groups of Merari were given twelve towns in the areas of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8. So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and the pastures around them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
9. These are the names of the towns that came from the lands of Judah and Simeon.
10. The first choice of towns was given to the Kohath family groups of the Levites.
11. They gave them Kiriath Arba, also called Hebron, and all its pastures in the mountains of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)