63
To the Merarites according to their families were allotted twelve towns out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
64
So the people of Israel gave the Levites the towns with their pasture lands.
65
They also gave them by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these towns that are mentioned by name.
66
And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had towns of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67
They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
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