And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite families, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokne-am with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,
and their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
To the Merarites according to their families were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands,
the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokne-am in Carmel, one;
then its boundary goes up westward, and on to Mareal, and touches Dabbesheth, then the brook which is east of Jokne-am;
and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve cities with their villages.
The cities of the several families of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands—four cities;
The Merarites according to their families received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.