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Author: Ron Graham

History of IsraelTimes of Israel series

Apportionment of lands
—And the names of the tribes

Time ~ 4. Conquest of Canaan
Span ~ 170 years
Books ~ Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1Samuel
Figures ~ Joshua, Samuel
Begins with ~ Entry into promised Land across Jordan

Continuing our study of the Conquest of Canaan we note the apportionment of tribal territories.1

The numbers in brackets below are the chapters in the book of Joshua.

1 Territories East of Jordan

2 Territories West of Jordan

3 Other apportionments

Map

1Note:— Twelve Tribes. The names of the territories apportioned do not match exactly with the twelve sons of Jacob, because the sons of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh) gained separate territories, whilst the Levites had no single territory as such, but were allotted various towns.

Jacob’s Sons

The twelve sons of Jacob (Israel) from oldest to youngest were as follows.



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