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20 This is the possession of the lineage of the sons of Judah, by their families.

21 And the cities from the last parts of the sons of Judah, beside the terms of Edom (beside the border with Edom), from the south were these cities; Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

22 Kinah, and Dimonah, Adadah,

23 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,

24 and Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

25 and Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, (and) Hezron, this is Hazor,

26 Amam, Shema, and Moladah,

27 and Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, (and) Bethpalet,

28 and Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

29 and Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,

30 and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

31 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

32 Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities, nine and twenty, and the towns of those.

33 And in the field places, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

34 and Zanoah, and Engannim, and Tappuah, and Enam,

35 and Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

36 and Sharaim, Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities, and the towns of those;

37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,

38 Dilean, and Mizpeh, (and) Joktheel,

39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

40 Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,

41 and Gederoth, and Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities, and the towns of those,

42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

43 Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

44 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities, and the towns of those;

45 Ekron, with his towns and villages; (Ekron, and its towns and villages;)

46 from Ekron till to the sea, all that go to Ashdod, and the towns thereof; (and from Ekron to the west, all the cities close to Ashdod, and its towns;)

47 Ashdod with his towns and villages; Gaza with his towns and villages, till to the strand of Egypt; and the great sea is the term thereof; (Ashdod, and its towns and villages; Gaza, and its towns and villages, unto the River of Egypt, that is, the Nile; and the Mediterranean Sea is its border;)

48 and in the hill (country), Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

49 and Dannah, (and) Kiriathsannah, this is Debir,

50 Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

51 Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities, and the towns of those;

52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

53 and Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,

54 Humtah, and Kiriatharba, this is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities, and the towns of those;

55 Maon, and Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

56 Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

57 and Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities, and the towns of those;

58 Halhul, and Bethzur, and Gedor,

59 Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities, and the towns of those;

60 Kiriathbaal, this is Kiriathjearim, the city of (the) woods, and Rabbah; two cities, and the towns of those;

61 in the desert, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,

62 Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities, and the towns of those; the cities were (all) together an hundred and fifteen.

63 Soothly the sons of Judah might not do away Jebusites, the dweller(s) of Jerusalem; and Jebusites dwelled with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem unto this present day. (But the sons of Judah could not do away the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem unto this present day.)

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