Joshua 19:32-39

The Allotment of Naphtali

32 The sixth allotment {fell} for the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

33 Their border was from Heleph, from [the] oak in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, Jabneel, up to Lakkum; {it ends} at the Jordan;

34 then the border turns to the west, to Aznoth Tabor, and continues from there to Hukok, and it touches Zebulun on [the] south, Asher on [the] west, and Judah on {the east} [at] the Jordan.

35 {The fortified cities} [are] Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,

36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,

38 Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth-anath, Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.

39 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

Joshua 19:32-39 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "came out"
• [b]. Literally "the goings out of it were"
• [c]. Or "reaches to"
• [d]. Literally "the rising of the sun"
• [e]. Literally "the cities of fortification"