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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 Naphtali as listed in Joshua 19


Joshua 19:32-39
The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans: Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan on the east. The fortified towns were

Ziddim,
Zer,
Hammath,
Rakkath,
Kinnereth,
Adamah,
Ramah,
Hazor,
Kedesh,
Edrei,
En Hazor,
Iron,
Migdal El,
Horem,
Beth Anath
and Beth Shemesh.

There were nineteen towns and their villages. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.