The descendants of Merari, by their clans, received twelve towns from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun.
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5The rest of the Kohathites received ten towns by lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh. 6The descendants of Gershon received thirteen towns by lot from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 7The descendants of Merari, by their clans, received twelve towns from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun. 8So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns, with their pasturelands, by lot, as Yahweh had commanded through Moses. 9From the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Simeon they gave the towns named here,