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35-39 The Naphtali clans received this region as their tribal land, and it included 19 towns with their surrounding villages. The following towns had walls around them:

Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, Adamah, Ramah,[a] Hazor, Kedesh, Edrei,[b] Enhazor, Iron, Migdalel, Horem, Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh.[c]

Dan's Land

40-46 Dan was the seventh tribe chosen to receive land, and the region for its clans included the following towns:

Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-Shemesh,[d] Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, Elon, Timnah, Ekron, Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, Jehud, Azor,[e] Beneberak, Gath-Rimmon, Mejarkon, and Rakkon.

Dan's tribal land[f] went almost as far as Joppa.

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Footnotes

  1. 19.35-39 Ramah: Not the same “Ramah” as in 18.25-28 or 19.29-31.
  2. 19.35-39 Edrei: Not the same Edrei as the town in Bashan east of the Jordan River where King Og had lived (see 12.4; 13.11,12, 30,31).
  3. 19.35-39 Beth-Shemesh: Not the same Beth-Shemesh as in 15.10 or 19.17-23.
  4. 19.40-46 Ir-Shemesh: Possibly the same town as the Beth-Shemesh of 15.10.
  5. 19.40-46 Azor: Some manuscripts of one ancient translation; the Hebrew text does not have this word.
  6. 19.40-46 Gath-Rimmon, Mejarkon, and Rakkon. Dan's tribal land: Or “Gath-Rimmon, and Rakkon. Dan's tribal land also included the Yarkon River and.”

39 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.(A)

Allotment for Dan

40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. 41 The territory of their inheritance included:

Zorah, Eshtaol,(B) Ir Shemesh,

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