Joshua 19:16

‘ This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun, according to their families, these cities with their villages.’

Again we have the final seal on the allotment to a tribe in due form. Each received according to their size, ‘according to their families’. No mention has been made of Kartah and Dimnah (Joshua 21:34). Thus there may have been a special reason in the minds of the particular surveyors for numbering up to twelve.