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Joshua 21:40

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So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

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  1. Joshua 21:38

    And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

  2. Joshua 21:39

    Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

  3. Joshua 21:41

    All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

  4. Joshua 21:42

    These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.