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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Dan’s Inheritance

40 The seventh lot came out for the Danite tribe by its clans.

41 The territory of their inheritance included 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, and Rakkon, with the territory facing Joppa.

47 When the territory of the Danites slipped out of their control,[a] 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[b] their ancestor Dan. 48 This was the inheritance of the Danite tribe by its clans, these cities with their villages.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:47 Lit territory of the sons of Dan went out from them
  2. Joshua 19:47 Lit and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of