19:15a

It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: It is not certain where the towns of Kattath, Nahalal, and Idalah were. The town of Shimron was west of Nazareth. The town of Bethlehem which is mentioned here was northwest of Nazareth. It is not the same town as the town of Bethlehem which was in the land of Judah.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

The clans of Zebulun received the towns of Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem
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Zebulun’s land included the towns of Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem

19:15b

There were twelve cities, along with their villages: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

Altogether there were twelve towns with the villages that surrounded them
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These were included in their twelve towns and the villages that were near them

General Comment on verse 19:15

It may be more natural in some languages to reverse the order of the parts of this verse. For example:

Zebulun had twelve towns with their surrounding villages. Some of these were Katta, Nahalal, Shimron, Jiralah, and Bethlehem (Contemporary English Version)

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