Joshua 19:29-39

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 ¹Achzib.

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.

34 Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and proceeded from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south and touched Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the east *.

35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer and ²Hammath, Rakkath and ³Chinnereth,

36 and Adamah and Ramah and Hazor,

37 and Kedesh and Edrei and En-hazor,

38 and Yiron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen * cities with their villages.

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

Joshua 19:29-39 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.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 1:31
• 2. Genesis 10:18; 1 Kings 8:65
• 3. Deuteronomy 3:17

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "the goings out of it were"
• [b] Lit "came out"
• [c] Lit "the goings out of it were"
• [d] Or "reached to"
• [e] Lit "sunrise"