Joshua 19

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v1

The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. Their inheritance was in the middle of the inheritance of the children of Judah.

v2

They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

v3

Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,

v4

Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

v5

Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,

v6

Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages;

v7

Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;

v8

and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

v9

Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the middle of their inheritance.

v10

The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families. The border of their inheritance was to Sarid.

v11

Their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth. It reached to the brook that is before Jokneam.

v12

It turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chisloth Tabor. It went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.

v13

From there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah.

v14

The border turned around it on the north to Hannathon; and it ended at the valley of Iphtah El;

v15

Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

v16

This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

v17

The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families.

v18

Their border was to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

v19

Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

v20

Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,

v21

Remeth, Engannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.

v22

The border reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. Their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.

v23

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.

v24

The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

v25

Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

v26

Allammelech, Amad, Mishal. It reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath.

v27

It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel. It went out to Cabul on the left hand,

v28

and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon.

v29

The border turned to Ramah, to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah. It ended at the sea by the region of Achzib;

v30

Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.

v31

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

v32

The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

v33

Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum. It ended at the Jordan.

v34

The border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok. It reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise.

v35

The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

v36

Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

v37

Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,

v38

Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

v39

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.

v40

The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

v41

The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,

v42

Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

v43

Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

v44

Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

v45

Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,

v46

Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border opposite Joppa.

v47

The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their forefather.

v48

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

v49

So they finished distributing the land for inheritance by its borders. The children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them.

v50

According to Yahweh’s commandment, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there.

v51

These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land.


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