46. Me Jarkon, Rakkon, and the area near Joppa.
47. (But the Danites had trouble taking their land. They went and fought against Leshem, defeated it, and killed the people who lived there. So the Danites moved into the town of Leshem and changed its name to Dan, because he was the father of their tribe.)
48. All of these towns and villages were given to the family groups of Dan.
49. After the leaders finished dividing the land and giving it to the different tribes, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun his land also.
50. They gave Joshua the town he asked for, Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim, just as the Lord commanded. He built up the town and lived there.
51. So these lands were given to the different tribes of Israel. Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of each tribe divided up the land by lots at Shiloh. They met in the presence of the Lord at the entrance to the Meeting Tent. Now they were finished dividing the land.