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What does Joshua 21:40 mean?
"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."
— Joshua 21:40 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs: four cities.
Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs: four cities in all.
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.
All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
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