⁴⁰ 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.

⁴⁰ 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.

⁴⁰ 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.