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Dan's Land

40-46 Dan was the seventh tribe chosen to receive land, and the region for its clans included the following towns:

Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-Shemesh,[a] Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, Elon, Timnah, Ekron, Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, Jehud, Azor,[b] Beneberak, Gath-Rimmon, Mejarkon, and Rakkon.

Dan's tribal land[c] went almost as far as Joppa.

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Footnotes

  1. 19.40-46 Ir-Shemesh: Possibly the same town as the Beth-Shemesh of 15.10.
  2. 19.40-46 Azor: Some manuscripts of one ancient translation; the Hebrew text does not have this word.
  3. 19.40-46 Gath-Rimmon, Mejarkon, and Rakkon. Dan's tribal land: Or “Gath-Rimmon, and Rakkon. Dan's tribal land also included the Yarkon River and.”

Allotment for Dan

40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. 41 The territory of their inheritance included:

Zorah, Eshtaol,(A) Ir Shemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon,(B) Ithlah,

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