Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Joshua 15:20-63 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

20. The following is a list of the towns in each region given to the Judah clans:

21-32. The first region was in the Southern Desert along the border with Edom, and it had the following twenty-nine towns with their surrounding villages:Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Aradah, Kedesh, Hazor of Ithnan, Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor-Hadattah, Kerioth-Hezron, which is also called Hazor, Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar-Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-Pelet, Hazar-Shual, Beersheba and its surrounding villages, Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, and Enrimmon.

33-36. The second region was in the northern part of the lower foothills, and it had the following fourteen towns with their surrounding villages:Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim.

37-41. The third region was in the southern part of the lower foothills, and it had the following sixteen towns with their surrounding villages:Zenan, Hadashah, Migdalgad, Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish, Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah.

42-44. The fourth region was in the central part of the lower foothills, and it had the following nine towns with their surrounding villages:Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah.

45-47. The fifth region was along the Mediterranean coast, and it had the following towns with their surrounding settlements and villages:Ekron and the towns between there and the coast, Ashdod and the larger towns nearby, Gaza, the towns from Gaza to the Egyptian Gorge, and the towns along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

48-51. The sixth region was in the south-western part of the hill country, and it had the following eleven towns with their surrounding villages:Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, Dannah, Kiriath-Sannah, which is now called Debir, Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, Goshen, Holon, and Giloh.

52-54. The seventh region was in the south-central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following nine towns with their surrounding villages:Arab, Dumah, Eshan, Janim, Beth-Tappuah, Aphekah, Humtah, Kiriath-Arba, which is now called Hebron, and Zior.

55-57. The eighth region was in the south-eastern part of the hill country, and it had the following ten towns with their surrounding villages:Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah.

58-59. The ninth region was in the central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following six towns with their surrounding villages:Halhul, Beth-Zur, Gedor, Maarath, Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon.The tenth region was in the north-central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following eleven towns with their surrounding villages:Tekoa, Ephrath, which is also called Bethlehem, Peor, Etam, Culon, Tatam, Shoresh, Kerem, Gallim, Bether, and Manahath.

60. The eleventh region was in the northern part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following two towns with their surrounding villages:Rabbah, and Kiriath-Baal, which is also called Kiriath-Jearim.

61-62. The twelfth region was in the desert along the Dead Sea, and it had the following six towns with their surrounding villages:Beth-Arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, Salt Town, and En-Gedi.

63. The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and the people of the Judah tribe could not capture the city and get rid of them. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Judah.