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Joshua 19:43-51 Modern English Version (MEV)

43. Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

44. Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

45. Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,

46. Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, along with the territory near Joppa.

47. Yet the tribe of Dan lost their territory, so they went up to wage war against Leshem and captured it. They attacked it with the edge of the sword, took possession of it, and settled there. They called Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father.

48. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan according to their clans: these cities and their villages.

49. When they had finished allotting the land according to its boundaries, the children of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua son of Nun.

50. According to the word of the Lord, they gave him the city for which he asked: Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He built up the city and lived in it.

51. These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the family leaders of the Israelite tribes assigned by lot in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they completed dividing the land.

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