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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Gill's Exposition
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…
Merarite cities. Some of these places are not found in the list of Zebulonite cities in Jos 19:10-16. The text is considered corrupt.
We have here a particular account of the cities which were given to the children of Levi out of the several tribes, not only to be occupied and inhabited by them, as tenants to the several tribes in…
The Cities of the Merarites
34. And unto the families of the children of Merari were assigned twelve cities, viz.,
(a) Four in Zebulun,
(b) Four in Reuben,
(c) Four in Gad.
Jokneam See Jos 19:11;…