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39 Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands, for a total of four cities in all.

40 So the entire allocation to the descendants of Merari (that is, the rest of the families of the descendants of Levi) according to their families totaled twelve cities.

Summary of Allocations to the Descendants of Levi

41 All of the cities of the descendants of Levi that had been set apart[a] among the territorial[b] possession of the Israelis totaled 48, along with their pasture lands.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 21:41 The Heb. lacks that had been set apart
  2. Joshua 21:41 The Heb. lacks territorial

39 Heshbon and Jazer,(A) together with their pasturelands—four towns in all.

40 The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.(B)

41 The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands.(C)

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