The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.
Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands—four towns in all.
The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands.
The descendants of Merari, according to their clans, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.