40 As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.

41 (A)The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands. 42 These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So it was with all these cities.

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40 The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.(A)

41 The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands.(B) 42 Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.

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