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13 Towns Allotted to Gershonites in Issachar, Naphtali, etc Joshua 21

Joshua 21:6 and 28-33
The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. ... The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: from the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder)
and Be Eshterah, together with their pasturelands - two towns; 
from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion,
Daberath, 
Jarmuth
and En Gannim, together with their pasturelands--four towns; 
 from the tribe of Asher, Mishal,
Abdon, 
Helkath
and Rehob, together with their pasturelands--four towns; 
from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder),
Hammoth Dor
and Kartan, together with their pasturelands - three towns. 

The total number of towns of the Gershonite clans came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands. 

16 Towns in the territory of Issachar listed in Joshua 19

Joshua 19:17-23
The fourth lot came out for Issachar according to its clans. Their territory included:

Jezreel,
Kesulloth,
Shunem,
Hapharaim,
Shion,
Anaharath,
Rabbith,
Kishion,
Ebez,
Remeth,
En Gannim,
En Haddah
and Beth Pazzez.

The boundary touched

Tabor,
Shahazumah
and Beth Shemesh,

and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to its clans.