And the Danites went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. On this account that place is called the Camp of Dan to this day; it is west of Kiriath-jearim (וַיַּעֲלוּ דָן וַיַּחֲנוּ בִקְרִיַּת־יְעָרִים בִּיהוּדָה עַל־כֵּן קָרְאוּ לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא מַחֲנֵה־דָן עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה הִנָּה־הִיא אַחֲרֵי קִרְיַת־יְעָרִים) — the Danites establish a military camp at Kiriath-jearim (in Judah, not Dan's original territory), which becomes known as Camp of Dan (מַחֲנֵה־דָן). The place-name retains the memory of Dan's passage and encampment. The narrative's note that this name persists ``to this day'' suggests that the Danite relocation left geographical marks on the Judahite landscape, testimony to the tribal migration.

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