6:63a The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities

Twelve towns were selected by lot for the clans of Merari’s descendants.
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The clans descended from ⌊Levi’s son⌋ Merari received twelve (12) towns which were distributed among them.
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The descendants of Merari, according to their families, received twelve towns by lot/stone/stick

6:63b from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

⌊They received/inherited/got these⌋ from ⌊the territory of the⌋ tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
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Reuben and Gad and Zebulun’s clans ⌊gave them these towns⌋ .
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from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun.

6:63a–b (reordered)

The descendants of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun gave/donated/allocated twelve towns to the descendants of Merari.

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