World English Bible
Joshua 21:40
“All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.”
Verse in context — Joshua 21
38
Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
39
Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
40
All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
41
All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
42
Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.
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