Joshua 21:40

In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

So all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families (which were the rest of the families of the Leuites) were by their lot, twelue cities.

Darby Translation

[These were] all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.

Young's Literal Translation

All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites — their lot is twelve cities.

Bible in Basic English

All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

In context

39Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.

41For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.

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