Zebulun

²⁶ Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.

²⁷ And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.

On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.

Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

¹ Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

² The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

¹⁰ The third lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Zebulun: The border of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid.

¹¹ It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.

¹² From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.

¹³ From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.

¹⁴ Then the border circled around the north side of Neah to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el.

¹⁵ It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.

This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Zebulun, including these cities and their villages.

²⁶ Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,

²⁷ then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.

Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.

¹³ Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

¹⁴ to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁵ “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

¹⁶ the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”