32. The sixth part of land was given to the tribe of Naphtali. Each family in that tribe got its share of the land.
33. The border of their land started at the large tree near Zaanannim. This is near Heleph. Then the border went through Adami Nekeb and Jabneel. It continued to Lakkum and ended at the Jordan River.
34. Then the border went to the west through Aznoth Tabor. It ended at Hukkok. The southern border touched Zebulun and the western border touched Asher. The border went to Judah, at the Jordan River to the east.
35. There were some very strong cities inside these borders. They were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,
36. Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
37. Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
38. Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. In all, there were 19 towns and all the fields around them.
39. These cities and the fields around them were given to the tribe of Naphtali. Each family in that tribe got its land.
40. Then land was given to the tribe of Dan. Each family in that tribe got its land.
41. This is the land that was given to them: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
42. Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
43. Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
44. Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
45. Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,
46. Me Jarkon, Rakkon, and the area near Joppa.
47. But the people of Dan had trouble taking their land. There were strong enemies there and the people of Dan could not easily defeat them. So the people of Dan went to the northern part of Israel and fought against Laish. They defeated Laish and killed the people who lived there. So the people of Dan lived in the town of Laish. They changed the name to Dan because that was the name of the father of their tribe.
48. All these cities and fields around them were given to the tribe of Dan. Each family got its share of the land.
49. So the leaders finished dividing the land and giving it to the different tribes. After they finished, all the Israelites decided to give Joshua son of Nun some land too. This was land that was promised to him.
50. The Lord had commanded that he get this land. So they gave Joshua the town of Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. This was the town that Joshua told them he wanted. So he built the town stronger and lived there.