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The sons of Merari, family by family, were assigned by lot twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
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The sons of Israel gave the Levites both the cities and their pastures.
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They also distributed by lot cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
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Some of the Kohath families were given their cities from the tribe of Ephraim,
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cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,
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