Allotment for Dan

40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. 41 The territory of their inheritance included:

Zorah, Eshtaol,(A) Ir Shemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon,(B) Ithlah, 43 Elon, Timnah,(C) Ekron,(D) 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon,(E) Baalath,(F) 45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,(G) 46 Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.(H)

47 (When the territory of the Danites was lost to them,(I) they went up and attacked Leshem(J), took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named(K) it Dan after their ancestor.)(L)

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

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The Land Given to Dan

40 The seventh allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Dan.

41 The land allocated as their homeland included the following towns: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, 43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45 Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, 46 Me-jarkon, Rakkon, and the territory across from Joppa.

47 But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land,[a] so they attacked the town of Laish.[b] They captured it, slaughtered its people, and settled there. They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor.

48 The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Dan included these towns and their surrounding villages.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:47a Or had trouble holding on to their land.
  2. 19:47b Hebrew Leshem, a variant spelling of Laish.