Genesis 49
BlessingJacob pictures Naphtali as free and fruitful in speech.
Blessings
What the text gives
Deuteronomy 33
BlessingMoses calls Naphtali satisfied with favor and full of Yahweh's blessing.
Territory
Joshua allotment
Naphtali lies in the north, with its border running from Heleph, the oak in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, Jabneel, Lakkum, and the Jordan.
Joshua names fortified cities including Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, and Iron.
The passage counts nineteen cities with their villages.
Where It Matters
Naphtali shares the Galilee light prophecy fulfilled in the ministry of Jesus, and Barak came from Kedesh Naphtali.
Levitical Cities
Naphtali gave Kedesh, Hammoth Dor, and Kartan to the Levites; Kedesh was a city of refuge.
KedeshHammoth DorKartan
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