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The members of the family line of Merari were given 12 towns. They received them family group by family group. The towns were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
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So the people of Israel gave the Levites all of those towns and their grasslands.
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They gave other towns to them from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.
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Some of the family groups of Kohath were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim as their territory.
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In the hill country of Ephraim they received Shechem. Shechem was a city where people could go for safety. The Kohathites also received Gezer,