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Dan’s Tribal Lands

40 The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan[a] by its clans. 41 Their assigned land included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, 43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, 46 the waters of Jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory in front of Joppa. 47 (The Danites failed to conquer their territory,[b] so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it[c] Dan after their ancestor.[d]) 48 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan[e] by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:40 tn Heb “the seventh lot came out for the sons of Dan.”
  2. Joshua 19:47 tn Heb “the territory of the sons of Dan went out from them.”
  3. Joshua 19:47 tn Heb “Leshem.” The pronoun (“it”) has replaced the name “Leshem” in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  4. Joshua 19:47 tn Heb “according to the name of their father.”
  5. Joshua 19:48 tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan.”

Dan’s Inheritance

40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan’s descendants by their clans.

41 The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon,(A) Ithlah, 43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45 Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, 46 Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory facing Joppa.(B)

47 When the territory of the descendants of Dan slipped out of their control, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and struck it down with the sword. So they took possession of it, lived there, and renamed Leshem after their ancestor Dan.(C) 48 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Dan’s descendants by their clans, these cities with their settlements.

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