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19:40 The allocation to Dan’s descendants

40 The final seventh draw went to Dan’s descendants according to their clans. 41 Their land included the cities of Tsorah, Eshtaol, Ir-Shemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Ayyalon, and Yitlah, 43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbeton, Baalat, 45 Yehud, Bene-Berak, Gat-Rimmon, 46 Meyarkon, Rakkon, and the area opposite Yafo (Joppa). 47 Dan’s border went out from them.[fn] Then Dan’s descendants battled against Leshem and captured it and slaughtered their inhabitants. So they took it over and settled in Leshem but they renamed it to ‘Dan’ after their ancestor.[ref] 48 That was Dan’s descendants’ inheritance according to their clans, including those cities as well as their surrounding villages.

19:47 Translations vary widely here because we’re not sure what is meant by the literal rendering that we’ve kept here.

19:47: Jdg 18:27-29.

40 for_tribe of _the _descendants of _Dān to_their_clans it _came _out the_lot the_seventh.
41 And_he/it _was the _territory inheritance_their Tsārəˊāh/(Zorah) and_ʼEshəttāʼol and_Ir-Shemesh wwww.
42 And_Shaalabbin and_ʼAyyālōn and_Ithlah.
43 And_ʼĒylōn and_Timnāh_at and_ˊEqrōn.
44 And_Eltekeh and_Gibbethon and_Baˊalath.
45 And_Jehud and_the _sons wwww and wwww.
46 And wwww and_the_Rakkon with the_territory opposite _to Joppa.
47 And_he/it _went _out the _territory of _the _descendants of _Dān from_them and_went _up the _descendants of _Dān and_fought with Leshem and_captured DOM_it and_struck DOM_it with_edge of _[the]_sword and_took _possession _of DOM_it and_they _lived in/on/at/with_it and_called in_Leshem Dān like/according _to_name of _Dān ancestor_their.
48 This [was]_the _inheritance of _the _tribe of _the _descendants of _Dān to_their_clans the_cities the_these and_villages_their.

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Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land

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).

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The allocation to Dan’s descendants

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Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land

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