Joshua 19:34-39

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Naphtali's Land

^32-34Naphtali was the sixth tribe chosen to receive land. The southern border for its clans started in the west, where the tribal lands of Asher and Zebulun meet near Hukkok. From that point it ran east and southeast along the border with Zebulun as far as Aznoth-Tabor. From there the border went east to Heleph, Adami-Nekeb, Jabneel,^[a] then to the town called Oak in Zaanannim,^[b] and Lakkum. The southern border ended at the Jordan River, at the edge of the town named Jehudah.^[c] Naphtali shared a border with Asher on the west.

^35-39The Naphtali clans received this region as their tribal land, and it included 19 towns with their surrounding villages. The following towns had walls around them:

Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, Adamah, Ramah,^[d] Hazor, Kedesh, Edrei,^[e] Enhazor, Iron, Migdalel, Horem, Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh.^[f]

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Footnotes

19.32-34 Jabneel: This town is not the same Jabneel as in 15.11.
19.32-34 the town … Zaanannim: Or “the oak tree in the town of Zaanannim.”
19.32-34 at … Jehudah: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
19.35-39 Ramah: Not the same “Ramah” as in 18.25-28 or 19.29-31.
19.35-39 Edrei: Not the same Edrei as the town in Bashan east of the Jordan River where King Og had lived (see 12.4; 13.11,12, 30,31).
19.35-39 Beth-Shemesh: Not the same Beth-Shemesh as in 15.10 or 19.17-23.