Conquest of Canaan

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

The sixth lot came out for the descendants of Naftali, for the descendants of Naftali according to their families.

Their border went from Helef and the oak in Tza'ananim, included Adami-Nekev and Yavne'el, went on to Lakum and ended at the Yarden.

Westward the border turned to Aznot-Tavor and went out from there to Hukok, reaching to Z'vulun on the south, Asher on the west and Y'hudah at the Yarden toward the east.

The fortified cities were Tzidim, Tzer, Hamat, Rakat, Kinneret,

Adamah, Ramah, Hatzor,

Kedesh, Edre'i, 'Ein-Hatzor,

Yir'on, Migdal-El, Horem, Beit-'Anat and Beit-Shemesh - nineteen cities, together with their villages.

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Naftali according to their families, the cities with their villages.

The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families.

The territory of their inheritance included Tzor'ah, Eshta'ol, 'Ir-Shemesh,

Sha'alabin, Ayalon, Yitlah,

Eilon, Timnah, 'Ekron,

Elt'keh, Gib'ton, Ba'alat,

Y'hud, B'nei-Brak, Gat-Rimmon,

Yarkon Springs and Rakon, with the border fronting Yafo.

The territory of the descendants of Dan was too small for them, so the descendants of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, defeated it by the sword, took possession of it and lived there, calling Leshem "Dan" after Dan their ancestor.

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

When they had finished distributing the land for inheritance according to its borders, the people of Isra'el gave an inheritance within their territory to Y'hoshua the son of Nun.

According to ADONAI's order they gave him the city he had asked for, Timnat-Serach in the hills of Efrayim; so he built up the city and lived in it.

These are the inheritances which El'azar the cohen, Y'hoshua the son of Nun and the leaders of the ancestral clans of the tribes of the people of Isra'el distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before ADONAI at the door of the tent of meeting. Thus they finished dividing up the land.

ADONAI said to Y'hoshua,

"Tell the people of Isra'el, 'Select the cities of refuge about which I spoke to you through Moshe;

so that anyone who kills someone by mistake and unknowingly may escape there; they will serve as refuges for you from the next-of-kin avenger.

He is to flee to one of those cities, stand at the entrance to the city gate and state his cause to the city leaders. Then they will bring him into the city with them and give him a place, so that he may live among them.