Joshua 19:23-33

23 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.

Territory of Asher

24 Now the fifth lot fell to the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families.

25 Their territory was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph,

26 and Allammelech and Amad and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel on the west and to Shihor-libnath.

27 It turned toward the east * to Beth-dagon and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtahel northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; then it proceeded on north to ¹Cabul,

28 and Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, as far as Great ²Sidon.

29 The border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and it ended * at the sea by the region of ³Achzib.

30 Included also were Ummah, and Aphek and Rehob; twenty-two * cities with their villages.

31 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Territory of Naphtali

32 The sixth lot fell to the sons of Naphtali; to the sons of Naphtali according to their families.

33 Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and it ended * at the Jordan.

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Joshua 19:23-33 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 19

In this chapter an account is given of the lots of the six remaining tribes, and the cities in them, as of Simeon, whose cities were chiefly within the tribe of Judah, Jos 19:1-9; of Zebulun, its border and cities, Jos 19:10-16; of Issachar, its border and cities, Jos 19:17-23; of Asher, its border and cities, Jos 19:24-31; of Naphtali, its border and cities, Jos 19:32-39; of Dan, its border and titles, Jos 19:40-48; and lastly of a gift of inheritance to Joshua, Jos 19:49-51.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 3

1. 1 Kings 9:13
2. Genesis 10:19; Judges 1:31; Acts 27:3
3. Judges 1:31

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "came out"
[b]. Lit "sunrise"
[c]. Lit "from the left hand"
[d]. Lit "the goings out of it were"
[e]. Lit "came out"
[f]. Lit "the goings out of it were"