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OET (OET-LV) All the_cities the_Levites in_the_middle of_the_possession of_the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) [were]_cities forty and_eight and_pasturelands_their.
OET (OET-RV) So altogether the Levites received forty-eight cities and their surrounding fields from with the territories of the other tribes—
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
כֹּ֚ל עָרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּ֔ם בְּת֖וֹךְ אֲחֻזַּ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
all cities the,Levites in_the=middle possession sons_of Yisrael
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: “The Levites received their cities from the middle of the land”
Note 2 topic: translate-numbers
עָרִ֛ים אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה
cities forty and=eight
“48 cities”
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 the_Levites in_the_middle of_the_possession of_the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) [were]_cities forty and_eight and_pasturelands_their.
OET (OET-RV) So altogether the Levites received forty-eight cities and their surrounding fields from with the territories of the other tribes—
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.