40. So twelve cities were allotted for the descendants of Merari according to their clans (the remaining Levite clans).
41. Altogether the Levites received forty-eight cities and their grazing lands within the possessions of the children of Israel.
42. Each of these cities had grazing lands surrounding them. It was this way with all these cities.
43. The Lord gave Israel all the land that He swore to give to their fathers. They took possession of it and lived in it.