Paragraph 15:33-36

This paragraph is a list of the towns in the western foothills that were given to the tribe of Judah.

15:33

These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah: The word foothills refers to the western foothills that were between the mountains and the coastal plain. This word was used in Joshua 9:1 and you should translate it the same way in both places.

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

The towns belonging to the tribe of Judah that were in the foothills were: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
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These are the towns that the people of Judah received in the hilly land ⌊to the west⌋ : Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

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