Joshua 19:48

48 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.

Joshua 19:48 in Other Translations

48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans--these cities with their villages.

48 The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Dan included these towns and their surrounding villages.

48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans, these towns with their villages.

48 This was the inheritance of the Danite tribe by its clans, these cities with their villages.

Joshua 19:48 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:48

This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Dan
Before described by its cities, which were in it. This tribe was bounded by Ephraim on the north, by Judah on the east, by Simeon on the south, and by the Mediterranean sea on the west. Josephus ^F8 says, the Danites enjoyed the vale which lies to the setting sun, bounded by Azotus and Doris, and all Jamnia and Getta, from Accaron (or Ekron) to the mountain from whence the tribe of Judah begins:

according to their families;
which inheritance was distributed according to the number of their families:

their cities with their villages;
before named.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22.

Joshua 19:48 In-Context

46 Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.

47 (When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their ancestor.)

48 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.

49 When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them,

50 as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for—Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 30:6