The lot came out for the clans of the Kohathites. The descendants of Aaron the priest, who were Levites, received thirteen towns by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
In context
2and spoke to them at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan: “Yahweh commanded through Moses that we be given towns to live in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.” 3So, as Yahweh had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, out of their own inheritance. 4The lot came out for the clans of the Kohathites. The descendants of Aaron the priest, who were Levites, received thirteen towns by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 5The rest of the Kohathites received ten towns by lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh. 6The descendants of Gershon received thirteen towns by lot from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
