The Levites received from the other tribes of Israel a total of forty-eight cities, each with the pasturelands around them.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath so relentless. I will divide your descendants throughout Jacob’s territory and scatter them throughout Israel.
Merarite clans of the remaining Levites received twelve cities in all.
So the people of Israel obeyed Yahweh’s command and gave the Levites some of their cities and pasturelands from their inheritance.