Avvim, Parah, Ophrah — The enumeration continues with smaller settlements. Ophrah will later be the birthplace of Gideon, the judge who saves Israel from Midianite oppression. The inclusion of even minor cities in the tribal inheritance list affirms that God's covenantal care extends to all settlements, major and minor. The land is comprehensively allotted; nothing is left undesignated.

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