Joshua 21:40

40 All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities.

Joshua 21:40 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:40

So all the cities for the children of Merari by their
families
Which were distributed by lot to them, according to the number of their families, and were sufficient for them:

which were remaining of the families of the Levites;
the last division of them, besides those of the Kohathites, Levites, and the Gershonites:

were [by] their lot twelve cities;
four out of the tribe of Zebulun, four out of the tribe of Reuben, and four out of the tribe of Gad, whose names are before given,

Joshua 21:40 In-Context

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

39 Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs -- [in] all four cities.

40 All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities.

41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel [are] forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.

42 These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.