56 Jezreel,(A) Jokdeam, Zanoah,(B) 57 Kain, Gibeah(C) and Timnah(D)—ten towns and their villages.

58 Halhul, Beth Zur,(E) Gedor,(F) 59 Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon—six towns and their villages.[a]

60 Kiriath Baal(G) (that is, Kiriath Jearim(H)) and Rabbah(I)—two towns and their villages.

61 In the wilderness:(J)

Beth Arabah,(K) Middin, Sekakah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt and En Gedi(L)—six towns and their villages.

63 Judah could not(M) dislodge the Jebusites(N), who were living in Jerusalem;(O) to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 15:59 The Septuagint adds another district of eleven towns, including Tekoa and Ephrathah (Bethlehem).

Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

16 The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert(A) into the hill country of Bethel.(B) It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz(C)),[a] crossed over to the territory of the Arkites(D) in Ataroth,(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 16:2 Septuagint; Hebrew Bethel to Luz

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