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OET (OET-LV) And_Lebaoth and_Shilhim and_ˊAyin and_Rimmōn all_of the_cities were_twenty and_nine and_villages_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) Lebaot, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—a total of twenty-nine cities as well as their villages.
This section describes the boundaries of the tribe of Judah and lists the towns that are within those boundaries.
Here are some other possible section headings:
The boundaries of Judah
The land of the tribe of Judah
This paragraph is a list of the towns that the tribe of Judah received in the southern part of their land. After the paragraph there are several other paragraphs that list towns throughout the territory of Judah.
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon.
Lebaoth Town and Shilhim Town and Ain Town and Rimmon Town.
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon:
twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
The total was twenty-nine towns and the villages that surrounded them.
In all there were twenty-nine (29) towns, with villages around them.
twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages: Most towns in the time of Joshua were very small. They had a wall for protection and a ruler of their own. Outside the walls of the town, there were villages that depended on that town for protection.
The list of town names in verses 15:21–32 adds up to thirty-six towns. It is not clear why the author says twenty-nine. It is possible that seven of the towns were small settlements that did not have villages attached to them. It is recommended that you translate this as twenty-nine.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
The total was twenty-nine towns and the villages that surrounded them
In all there were 29 towns, with the villages around them
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
כָּל־עָרִ֛ים
all/each/any/every cities
The author assumes that readers will know he means the cities in the southern part of Judah’s territory. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [All of the cities in the southern part of the territory of Judah]
OET (OET-LV) And_Lebaoth and_Shilhim and_ˊAyin and_Rimmōn all_of the_cities were_twenty and_nine and_villages_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) Lebaot, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—a total of twenty-nine cities as well as their villages.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.