Discovery BoxJoshua 13:7 
Context13:7 Now, divide up this land 1 among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
Joshua 15:32
Context15:32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon – a total of twenty-nine cities and their towns. 2
Joshua 15:44
Context15:44 Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah – a total of nine cities and their towns.
Joshua 15:54
Context15:54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior – a total of nine cities and their towns.
1 tn Heb “now apportion this land as an inheritance.”
2 tn The total number of names in the list is thirty-six, not twenty-nine. Perhaps (1) some of the names are alternatives (though the text appears to delineate clearly such alternative names here and elsewhere, see vv. 8, 9, 10, 13, 25b) or (2), more likely, later scribes added to a list originally numbering twenty-nine and failed to harmonize the concluding summary statement with the expanded list.
