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To the sons of Merari according to their families twelve cities were given from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

And to the families of ^(C1)the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,

Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.

From the tribe of Reuben they gave ^(C1)Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,

Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities.

And from the tribe of Gad, they gave ^(C1)Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasture lands, ^(C2)Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.

All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.