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12 Towns allotted to Merarites in Reuben, Gad and Zebulun Joshua 21

Joshua 21:7 and 35-40
The descendants of Merari, according to their clans, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun. ... The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given:

from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam,
Kartah, 
Dimnah
and Nahalal, together with their pasturelands - four towns; 
from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer,
Jahaz, 
Kedemoth
and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands - four towns; 
from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder),
Mahanaim, 
Heshbon
and Jazer, together with their pasturelands - four towns in all. 

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


5 Towns in the territory of Zebulun listed in Joshua 19

Joshua 19:15, 16

Included were

Kattath,
Nahalal,
Shimron,
Idalah
and Bethlehem.

There were twelve towns and their villages. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.