As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.
Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.
The Merarites according to their clans received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.