Joshua 21:40

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So all the cities allotted to the Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the Levite families, were twelve cities.

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Heshbon, and Jazer; four cities in all, each with its pasturelands (suburbs).

The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the Israelites were forty-eight cities in all, with their pasturelands (suburbs).

The Merarites received according to their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun twelve cities.