Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob. Twenty two cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.'

Having completed the border description the writer now included these three cities, making twenty two in all. The count does not include those which were only border indicators. Ummah is unknown. Aphek (‘fortress') is a common name but here may be modern Tell Kurdaneh at the source of the River Na'amein which flows into the Bay of Haifa. For Rehob see on Joshua 19:28.

Again the allotment is concluded with the familiar formula, ‘this is the inheritance of --'.

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