All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Yisra'el were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Ya`akov, and scatter them in Yisra'el.
The children of Yisra'el gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
They shall teach Ya`akov your ordinances, and Yisra'el your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.
The children of Yisra'el gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the mitzvah of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs.
All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.