with their suburbs, each distributed by families
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King James Version
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.English Standard Version
As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.New International Version
All the towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, were twelve.