'Towns' in the Bible

Segub fathered Jair, who possessed 23 towns in the land of Gilead.

But Geshur and Aram captured Jair’s Villages along with Kenath and its villages—60 towns. All these were the sons of Machir father of Gilead.

They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.

From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had 13 towns in all among their families.

To the rest of the Kohathites, 10 towns from half the tribe of Manasseh were assigned by lot.

The Gershomites were assigned 13 towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.

The Merarites were assigned by lot 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.

So the Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites.

They assigned by lot the towns named above from the tribes of the Judahites, Simeonites, and Benjaminites.

Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. The sons of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

The first to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.