Joshua 21:40 {38}
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All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.

Joshua 21:39
and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities with their suburbs,

Joshua 21:41
So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,

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All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.

Context
Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites
39and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities with their suburbs, 40All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.41So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,…
Lexicon
Altogether
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

twelve
שְׁתֵּ֥ים (šə·têm)
Number - fd
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

cities
הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים (he·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

were
וַיְהִי֙ (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

allotted
גּוֹרָלָ֔ם (gō·w·rā·lām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1486: Lot -- a lot (for casting)

to the clans
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם (lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people

of Merari,
מְרָרִי֙ (mə·rā·rî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4847: Merari -- a son of Levi

the remaining
הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים (han·nō·w·ṯā·rîm)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve

Levite
הַלְוִיִּ֑ם (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

clans.
מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת (mim·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people


Additional Translations
Altogether twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.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.

All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

and their suburbs round about these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities: and Joshua ceased dividing the land by their borders: and the children of Israel gave a portion to Joshua because of the commandment of the Lord: they gave him the city which he asked: they gave him Thamnasachar in mount Ephraim; and Joshua built the city, and dwelt in it: and Joshua took the knives of stone, wherewith he circumcised the children of Israel that were born in the desert by the way, and put them in Thamnasachar.

[These were] all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.

All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

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.

All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.

All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities.
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