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| According to the ], Joshua divided the newly conquered land of ] into parcels, and assigned them to the ] by ]. The Book of Joshua describes the parcels by giving landmarks along the borders, or in some cases by listing the included cities. If the landmarks listed in Joshua can be identified with modern sites, the borders can be placed on a map. | |||
| A general principle, articulated by the archaeologist ], is that each town had a surrounding territory of villages and land that were dependent on it, and the tribal borders ran along the borders of these territories, rather than through the towns themselves. It may be possible to determine the borders of town territories by looking at ]s. | |||
| The division of Canaan into tribal territories is set at the time of Joshua's conquest. But by the Bible's account, and archaeologically as well, the Israelites did not conquer the plains at that time; thus, those borders that run through the plains are nominal; they partition land that Israel did not possess. | |||
| ==Galilee tribes== | |||
| *]: ] 19:32-39. | |||
| *]: ] 19:17-23. | |||
| *]: ] 19:10-16. | |||
| *]: ] 19:24-31. | |||
| ==Eastern tribes== | |||
| {{main|Transjordan (Bible)}} | |||
| *]: ] 13:15-23 | |||
| *]: ] 13:24-28 | |||
| *] (eastern half, the children of Machir): ] 13:29-31 | |||
| == West, north, and east borders Manasseh == | |||
| ] 17:1-10. | |||
| == Manasseh-Ephraim border == | |||
| ] 16:1-10 17:7-10 | |||
| *Kanah river: Wadi Qanah | |||
| *Tappuah: Tell Sheikh Abu Zarad | |||
| *Michmethath over against Shechem | |||
| *Taanath-shiloh: Khirbet Ta'na el-Foqa | |||
| *Janoah: Khirbet Yanun | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| == Ephraim-Dan border == | |||
| *], upper and lower (Ephraim list only): ] and ] | |||
| *]: ] | |||
| *]: ]/] | |||
| *] (Ephraim list only) | |||
| *]: ]/], 8 km N of ] | |||
| *]: ], 3 km NE of ] | |||
| *]: ] | |||
| *The border that faces ] | |||
| These towns are all along the Aijalon river. | |||
| == Dan-Benjamin border == | |||
| North to south | |||
| *], upper and lower: ] and ] | |||
| *] (Dan list only): ] | |||
| *] (Dan list only): ]/] | |||
| *] (Dan list only): ]/] | |||
| *] (Dan list only): ] | |||
| *]: ]/Tel ] | |||
| These towns define a line which runs along the edge of the highlands, which forms a natural border. | |||
| == Ephraim-Benjamin border == | |||
| ] 18:12-14: east to west | |||
| *]: ] | |||
| *Wilderness of Bethaven, Bethaven may be another name for Bethel | |||
| *]: ] | |||
| *]: ] | |||
| *the ], this is an Israeli clan, not a place; where they lived is unknown | |||
| *the ], also a people rather than a place, who they were and where they lived unknown | |||
| *], upper and lower: ] and ] | |||
| == Benjamin town list == | |||
| Joshua {{bibleverse-nb||Joshua|18:21-28|HE}}: | |||
| *], and ] (]), and the valley of ]; | |||
| *and ], and ] (]?), and ] (]); | |||
| *And ], and ] (Farah, c. 3 miles NE of ].), and ] (]?); | |||
| *And ], and ] (]), and Gaba; | |||
| *], and ], and ]; | |||
| *And ], and ], and ]; | |||
| *And ], and ], and ]; | |||
| *And ], ], and ], ], ]; fourteen cities with their villages. | |||
| == Dan-Judah border == | |||
| (Joshua {{bibleverse-nb||Joshua|15:10-11|HE}} & {{bibleverse-nb||Joshua|19:40-47|HE}}). Listed east to west: | |||
| *Mount Jearim: related in some way to ]: Tel Qiryat Ye'arim or Deir el-'Azar | |||
| *which ]: ] | |||
| *] (Dan list only): ]/] | |||
| *] (Dan list only): ] | |||
| *] (Irshemesh in Dan list): ] | |||
| *]: ] | |||
| *]: ] | |||
| *]/] (Judah list only): ] | |||
| *]/]: ] | |||
| *] (Judah list only): ] | |||
| *] (Dan list only): ]? | |||
| *the goings out of the border were at the sea. | |||
| These towns are all near the river ] (Wadi es-Soreq), some north and some south, and Aharoni has proposed that the Sorek was the border. The list of towns given for Dan is called a border, and it does seem to be a border list (which means that some towns listed may be in adjoining tribes). There are some towns in the Dan list that are not clearly identified: | |||
| *] is commonly identified with ], but this is criticized by Na`aman, on the grounds that Gibbeton was near a stream; he proposes ], which others think is ]. | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| == Benjamin-Judah border == | |||
| (] 15 & 18) : Listed east to west: | |||
| *Bethhoglah ('Ain Hajlah) | |||
| *the Arabah/Betharabah | |||
| *the stone of Bohan ben-Reuben | |||
| *Debir (Thoghret ed-Debr) | |||
| *the valley of Achor (Wadi Qilt?) | |||
| *Adummim (Tal`at ed-Damm) | |||
| *Geliloth; Geliloth means district, and may or may not be a place name. | |||
| *Enshemesh (`Ain el-Chod) | |||
| *Enrogel (Bir Ayyub) | |||
| *the Jebusi | |||
| *], or ben-Hinnom | |||
| *a mountain before the valley of Hinnom Jerusalem | |||
| *the well of waters of Nephtoah: Lifta | |||
| *the towns of mount Ephron | |||
| *]: Tell Qiryat Ye'arim or Deir el-'Azar | |||
| == Simeon's borders == | |||
| *]: {{bibleverse||Joshua|19:1-9|HE}}. | |||
| == Southern border of Judah == | |||
| Numbers 34:2-5, Joshua 15:1-4, Ezekiel 47:19, 48:28. East to west: | |||
| *wilderness of Zin: SW of the S end of the Dead Sea | |||
| *Edom | |||
| *Tamar: `Ain Husb | |||
| *the Salt Sea: the Dead Sea | |||
| *Akrabbim ascent: Naqb es-Safa | |||
| *Zin | |||
| *Kadesh-barnea/Meribath-kadesh: `Ain Qedeis or Khirbet el-Qudeirat | |||
| *Hazar-addar: perhaps Khirbet el-Qudeirat | |||
| *Hezron: probably the same place as Hazar-addar | |||
| *Azmon: Qesiimeh | |||
| *The Brook of Egypt: Wadi el-`Arish | |||
| *the Great Sea: the Mediterranean | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * - (studylight.org) | |||
| * | |||
| * by | |||
| ==Books and maps== | |||
| *{{cite book | author=Abu-Sitta, Salman H. | title=Atlas of Palestine, 1948 | publisher= | year=2004}} | |||
| *{{cite book | author=Aharoni, Yohanan | title=The Land of the Bible; A Historical Geography | publisher=The Westminster Press | year=1979 | isbn=0-664-24266-9}} | |||
| *{{cite book | author=Campbell, E., Jr. | title=Shechem II | publisher=ASOR | year=1991 | isbn=0-89757-062-6}} | |||
| *{{cite book | author=Dever, William G. | title=Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? | publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans | year=2003 | isbn=0-8028-0975-8}} | |||
| *{{cite book | author=Dorsey, David A. | title=The Roads and Highways of Ancient Israel | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | year=1991 | isbn=0-8018-3898-3}} | |||
| *{{cite book | author=Finkelstein, I. and Z. Lederman (eds.)| title=Highlands of Many Cultures: The Southern Samaria Survey | publisher=Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology | year=1997 | isbn=965-440-007-3}} | |||
| *{{cite book | author=May, Herbert G. | title=Oxford Bible Atlas | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1974 | isbn=0-19-211556-1}} | |||
| *{{cite book | author=Kallai, Zecharia | title=Historical Geography of the Bible; The Tribal Territories of Israel | publisher=The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University | year=1986 | isbn=965-223-631-4}} | |||
| *{{cite book | author=Miller, Robert D., II, | title=Chieftains Of The Highland Clans: A History Of Israel In The Twelfth And Eleventh Centuries B.C. | publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans | year=2005 | isbn=0-8028-0988-X}} | |||
| *{{cite book | author=Na'aman, Nadav | title=Borders and Districts in Biblical Historiography | publisher=Simor, Ltd. | year=1986 | isbn=965-242-005-0}} | |||
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