Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob were also included—twenty-two cities in total along with their surrounding villages.
This verse lists the final cities given to the tribe of Asher, totaling twenty-two cities with their villages as part of their inheritance in the Promised Land.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the description of land allocated to the tribe of Asher during Joshua's division of the Promised Land among the twelve tribes of Israel. The cities mentioned were located in the northern region of Canaan, near the Mediterranean coast and the borders with Phoenicia. This distribution fulfilled God's promise to give the descendants of Abraham the land of Canaan as their inheritance.
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