While in 15:1–12, the extent of Judah’s allotment is presented in terms of geographic boundaries, in 15:20–62, the same allotment is now presented in terms of towns and villages grouped into four main geographic regions. These include twenty-nine towns and their villages in the Negev in the south (15:21–32), thirty-nine in the western foothills plus three Philistine cities that were, strictly speaking, located on the coastal plains (15:33–47), thirty-eight towns in the hill country (15:48–60), and six in the desert area along the west coast of the Dead Sea (15:61–62). Note that concerning the towns in the Negev, eve…