From the land that the people of Israel possessed, a total of forty-eight cities, with the pasture lands around them, was given to the Levites.
They will teach your people to obey your Law; They will offer sacrifices on your altar.
A curse be on their anger, because it is so fierce, And on their fury, because it is so cruel. I will scatter them throughout the land of Israel. I will disperse them among its people.
So the clan of Merari was assigned a total of twelve cities.
In this way the people of Israel assigned towns for the Levites to live in, together with the pasture lands around the towns. (
So in accordance with the Lord's command the people of Israel gave the Levites certain cities and pasture lands out of their own territories.