⁷ The descendants of Merari,^(A) according to their clans, received twelve^(B) towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.^(C)

⁸ So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

⁹ From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name