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Joshua 15:16-35 New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK)

16. And Caleb said, ‘I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.’

17. Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

18. One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, ‘What can I do for you?’

19. She replied, ‘Do me a special favour. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.’ So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

20. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, according to its clans:

21. The southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev towards the boundary of Edom were:Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

22. Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,

23. Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,

24. Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

25. Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (that is, Hazor),

26. Amam, Shema, Moladah,

27. Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,

28. Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

29. Baalah, Iyim, Ezem,

30. Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah,

31. Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,

32. Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon – a total of twenty-nine towns and their villages.

33. In the western foothills:Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

34. Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,

35. Jarmuth, Adullam, Sokoh, Azekah,

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