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Joshua 15:20-63

Joshua 15:20-63 NCV

The tribe of Judah got the land God had promised them. Each family group got part of the land. The tribe of Judah got all these towns in the southern part of Canaan near the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (also called Hazor), Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet, Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. There were twenty-nine towns and their villages. The tribe of Judah got these towns in the western hills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (also called Gederothaim). There were fourteen towns and their villages. Judah was also given these towns in the western hills: Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Cabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish, Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah. There were sixteen towns and their villages. Judah was also given these towns in the western hills: Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah. There were nine towns and their villages. The tribe of Judah was also given these towns: Ekron and all the small towns and villages near it; the area west of Ekron and all the villages and small towns near Ashdod; Ashdod and the small towns and villages around it; the villages and small towns around Gaza as far as the brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The tribe of Judah was also given these towns in the mountains: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (also called Debir), Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, Goshen, Holon, and Giloh. There were eleven towns and their villages. They were also given these towns in the mountains: Arab, Dumah, Eshan, Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior. There were nine towns and their villages. Judah was also given these towns in the mountains: Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah. There were ten towns and their villages. They were also given these towns in the mountains: Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon. There were six towns and their villages. The people of Judah were also given the two towns of Rabbah and Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim) and their villages. Judah was given these towns in the desert: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi. There were six towns and all their villages. The army of Judah was not able to force out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites still live among the people of Judah to this day.