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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.”

The Territory of Dan

40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its families. 41 The territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,(A) 43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45 Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, 46 Me-jarkon, and Rakkon at the border opposite Joppa. 47 When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, the Danites went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and putting it to the sword, they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem Dan, after their ancestor Dan.(B) 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to their families, these towns with their villages.

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