Joshua - 19:39



39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 19:39.

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This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Nephtali by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.
This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their hamlets.
This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Naphtali by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.
This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, by their families, the cities and their villages.
Haec est haereditas tribus filiorum Nephtali per familias suas, urbes istae et villae earum.

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Historical Commentaries

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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali,.... Which Josephus (o) thus describes;"the country to the east, as far as Damascus the city, and upper Galilee, the Naphtalites took, unto Mount Lebanon, and the fountains of Jordan, which flow out of the mount, reaching the northern border of the city Arce:"
according to their families; which was divided among them, according to the number of their families:
the cities and their villages; before enumerated.
(o) Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22.

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