As for the cities of the several Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the families of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.
Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands—four cities in all.
The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
The Merarites according to their families received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.