Allotment for Naphtali

32 The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:

33 Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim,(A) passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel(B) to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. 34 The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok.(C) It touched Zebulun(D) on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan[a] on the east. 35 The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath,(E) Rakkath, Kinnereth,(F) 36 Adamah, Ramah,(G) Hazor,(H) 37 Kedesh,(I) Edrei,(J) En Hazor, 38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath(K) and Beth Shemesh.(L) There were nineteen towns and their villages.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:34 Septuagint; Hebrew west, and Judah, the Jordan,

The Allotment of Naphtali

32 The sixth allotment fell[a] for the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33 Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, Jabneel, up to Lakkum; it ends[b] at the Jordan; 34 then the border turns to the west, to Aznoth Tabor, and continues from there to Hukok, and it touches[c] Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah on the east[d] at the Jordan. 35 The fortified cities[e] are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, 36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, 38 Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth-anath, Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:32 Literally “came out”
  2. Joshua 19:33 Literally “the goings out of it were”
  3. Joshua 19:34 Or “reaches to”
  4. Joshua 19:34 Literally “the rising of the sun”
  5. Joshua 19:35 Literally “the cities of fortification”