“And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.”
Joshua 21:7 (BSB)
Context Reading
5The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 6The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 7And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 8So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. 9From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name