Joshua 19:39

39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Naph'tali according to its families--the cities with their villages.

Joshua 19:39 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:39

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Naphtali
Which Josephus F15 thus describes;

``the country to the east, as far as Damascus the city, and upper Galilee, the Naphtalites took, unto Mount Lebanon, and the fountains of Jordan, which flow out of the mount, reaching the northern border of the city Arce:''

according to their families;
which was divided among them, according to the number of their families:

the cities and their villages;
before enumerated.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22.

Joshua 19:39 In-Context

37 Kedesh, Ed're-i, En-ha'zor,
38 Yiron, Mig'dal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-she'mesh--nineteen cities with their villages.
39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Naph'tali according to its families--the cities with their villages.
40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan, according to its families.
41 And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Esh'ta-ol, Ir-she'mesh,
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