All 12 cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.
Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands — four cities in all.
Within the Israelite possession there were 48 cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites.
Merari’s descendants received 12 cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.