31. These cities and their fields were part of the land that was given to the tribe of Asher. Each family group in that tribe received some of this land.
32. The sixth part of the land was given to the tribe of Naphtali. Each family group of Naphtali received some of the land.
33. The border of their land started at the large tree in the area of Zaanannim. This is near Heleph. Then it went through Adami Nekeb and Jabneel. It continued to the area of Lakkum and ended at the Jordan River.
34. Then it went to the west through Aznoth Tabor. It stopped at Hukkok. It went to the area of Zebulun on the south. And it went to the area of Asher on the west. It went to Judah, at the Jordan River, on the east.
35. There were some strong, walled cities inside these borders. Those cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath and Kinnereth;
36. Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
37. Kedesh, Edrei and En Hazor;
38. Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were 19 towns and all their fields.
39. The cities and the towns around them were in the land that was given to the tribe of Naphtali. Each family group in that tribe got some of this land.
40. The seventh part of the land was given to the tribe of Dan. Each family group of Dan received some of the land.
41. Their land included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
42. Shaalabbin, Aijalon and Ithlah;
43. Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
44. Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
45. Jehud, Bene Berak and Gath Rimmon;
46. Me Jarkon, Rakkon and the area near Joppa.
47. (But the Danites had trouble taking their land. There were strong enemies there. And the Danites could not easily defeat them. So the Danites went and fought against Leshem. They defeated Leshem and killed the people who lived there. So the Danites lived in the town of Leshem. They changed its name to Dan because he was the father of their tribe.)
48. All of these cities and towns were given to the tribe of Dan. Each family group got part of this land.
49. So the Israelite 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 had been promised to him.
50. The Lord had commanded that he be given this land. So they gave Joshua the town of Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim. This was the town that Joshua told them he wanted. So he built up the town and lived there.
51. So all of these lands were given to the different tribes of Israel. Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the leaders of each tribe worked together. They divided up the land while they were at Shiloh. They met before the Lord at the entrance to the Meeting Tent to do this. Now they had finished dividing the land.