1 Chronicles 6:63-65

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁶³ And to the sons of Merari by their families out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve cities.

⁶⁴ And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities, and their suburbs.

⁶⁵ And they gave them by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Juda, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they called by their names.