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19:10 The allocation to Zebulun’s descendants
10The third draw went to Zebulun’s descendants according to their clans. The southernborder for their inheritancestarted at Sarid11and went west to Maralah and Dabbeshet then to the riverbed facing Yokneam.12Also from Sarid it went toward the east beside the border with Kislot-Tabor and then on to Daberat and then to Yafia.13From thereit extended east to Gittah-Hefer and Ittah-Katsin and north to Rimmon before turning to Neah.14Thenit passed north of Hannaton ending at Yiftah-El valley.15It included the cities ofKattat, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—a total of twelve cities as well as theirsurroundingvillages.16That was Zebulun’s descendants’ inheritanceaccording to their clans, including those cities as well as their surroundingvillages.
After the Israelites had conquered portions of the Promised Land and Joshua had grown old, the Lord directed him to divide the rest of the land among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance (Joshua 13-20). The eastern tribes had already been allotted their land under Moses’ leadership (Numbers 32), but they continued to help the other tribes drive out the Canaanites from land west of the Jordan River. The Lord also instructed the Israelites to designate several cities of refuge, where someone could flee for protection from an avenger if they accidentally killed someone (Numbers 35; Joshua 20).
