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These are the tribes: "Dan: one portion, along the northern boundary, following the Hethlon road that turns off to the entrance of Hamath as far as Hazor-enon so that the territory of Damascus lies to the north alongside Hamath, the northern border stretching from east to west.
2
"Asher: one portion, bordering Dan from east to west.
3
"Naphtali: one portion, bordering Asher from east to west.
4
"Manasseh: one portion, bordering Naphtali from east to west.
5
"Ephraim: one portion, bordering Manasseh from east to west.
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