Joshua 19:24

The Allotment of Asher

24 The fifth allotment {fell} for the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families.

Joshua 19:24 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:24

And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of
Asher
Which entitled them to an inheritance next described:

according to their families;
which was sufficient for them, and divided to them according to their number.

Joshua 19:24 In-Context

22 and the border touches Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. {Its border ends} at the Jordan; sixteen cities and their villages.

23 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

24 The fifth allotment {fell} for the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families.

25 Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,

26 Allamelech, Amad, and Mishal; it touches Carmel to the west, and Shihor-Libnat.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "came out"
• [b] Or "sons"