So the clan of Merari was assigned a total of twelve cities.
Heshbon, and Jazer, with their pasture lands.
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.
The families of the clan of Merari were assigned twelve cities from the territories of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.