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OET (OET-LV) All the_cities of_descendants of_Merari to_their_clans the_remaining of_families the_Levites and_he/it_was allotted_their cities two_plus ten.
OET (OET-RV) Thus the Levite Merari clan received twelve cities in the draw, along with their surrounding fields.
Note 1 topic: translate-numbers
עָרִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה
cities two/dual teen
“12 cities in total”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וַיְהִי֙ גּוֹרָלָ֔ם עָרִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה
and=he/it_was allotted,their cities two/dual teen
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “they received these twelve cities by the casting of lots”
גּוֹרָלָ֔ם
allotted,their
A random method of choosing to remove the choice from the leader’s will, often done with the idea that God will decide the outcome. See how you translated this in Joshua 19:1.
21:9-42 The descendants of Aaron received thirteen cities, the rest of the Kohathite clan received ten, the descendants of Gershon received thirteen, and the Merari clan received twelve. There were a total of forty-eight Levitical cities. Each tribe had four Levitical cities, except Judah had eight, Simeon had one, and Naphtali had three. Six of the Levitical cities were also cities of refuge (20:7-8).
OET (OET-LV) All the_cities of_descendants of_Merari to_their_clans the_remaining of_families the_Levites and_he/it_was allotted_their cities two_plus ten.
OET (OET-RV) Thus the Levite Merari clan received twelve cities in the draw, along with their surrounding fields.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.