Joshua - 19:40



40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 19:40.

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For the tribe of Dan by their families the seventh heritage came out;
Tribui filiorum Dan per familias suas exivit sors septima.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Daniel,.... Which was the last lot drawn, and which appointed an inheritance to this tribe:
according to their families; the number of them.

OF DAN. (Joshua 19:40-48)
the seventh lot came out for the tribe . . . Daniel--It lay on the west of Benjamin and consisted of portions surrendered by Judah and Ephraim. Its boundaries are not stated, as they were easily distinguishable from the relative position of Daniel to the three adjoining tribes.

The Inheritance of the Tribe of Daniel. - This fell to the west of Benjamin, between Judah and Ephraim, and was formed by Judah giving up some of its northern towns, and Ephraim some of its southern towns, to the Danites, so as to furnish them with a territory proportionate to their number. It was situated for the most part in the lowland (shephelah), including, however, the hill country between the Mediterranean and the mountains, and extended over a portion of the plain of Sharon, so that it belonged to one of the most fruitful portions of Palestine. The boundaries are not given, because they could be traced from those of the adjoining territories.

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