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Version 0.35.76, 26 August 2024
Joshua Chapter 19
1And the second lot came out for Simeon – for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families – and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the sons of Judah.
2And they had as their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba and Moladah,
3and Hazar-Shual and Balah and Ezem,
4and Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah,
5and Ziklag and Beth-Marcaboth and Hazar-Susah,
6and Beth-Lebaoth and Sharuhen – thirteen cities with their villages;
7and Ain, Rimmon, and Ether and Ashan – four cities with their villages;
8and all the villages that are around these cities, up to Baalath-Beer and Ramath of the south. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.
9The inheritance of the sons of Simeon came from the portion of the sons of Judah, for the portion of the sons of Judah was too great for them, and the sons of Simeon received an inheritance within their inheritance.
10Then the third lot came up, for the sons of Zebulun, according to their families, and the border of their inheritance was up to Sarid.
11And their border went up to the west, and to Maralah, and it reached Dabbesheth, and it reached the brook which is before Jokneam.
12And it came back from Sarid eastwards, towards the sunrise, to the border of Chisloth-Tabor, and it went out to Daberath, and it went up to Japhia.
13And from there it crossed eastwards, towards the sunrise, to Gittah-Hepher and Ittah-Kazin, and it went out to Rimmon-Methoar, and to Neah.
14And the border went round it to the north at Hannathon and its limits were at the Valley of Jiphtah-El,
15and Kattath and Nahalal and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem – twelve cities with their villages.
16This was the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families – these cities with their villages.
17The fourth lot came out for Issachar – for the sons of Issachar according to their families.
18And their border was towards Jezreel and Chesuloth and Shunem,
19and Hapharaim and Shion and Anaharath,
20and Rabbith and Kishion and Ebez,
21and Remeth and En-Gannim and En-Haddah and Beth-Pazzez.
22And the border reached Tabor and Shahazumah and Beth-Shemesh, and the limits of their border were at the Jordan – sixteen cities with their villages.
23This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families – the cities with their villages.
24Then the fifth lot came out, for the tribe of the sons of Asher, according to their families.
25And their border was at Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph,
26and Alammelech and Amad and Mishal, and it reached Carmel to the west, and to Shihor-Libnath.
27And it came back eastwards to Beth-Dagon, and it reached the territory of Zebulun and the Valley of Jiphtah-El to the north of Beth-Emek and Neiel, and it went out to Cabul on the left hand side,
28and Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon.
29And the border returned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre, then the border returned to Hosah. And its limits to the west were from the region of Achzib.
30And Umah and Aphek and Rehob – twenty-two cities with their villages.
31This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families – these cities with their villages.
32The sixth lot came out for the sons of Naphtali – for the sons of Naphtali according to their families.
33And their border was from Heleph and from Elon at Zaanannim and Adami, Nekeb and Jabneel, up to Lakkum. And its limits were at the Jordan.
34And the border returned westwards to Aznoth-Tabor, and it went out from there to Hukok, and it adjoined the territory of Zebulun in the south, and it adjoined the territory of Asher in the west, and of Judah at the Jordan towards the east.
35And it took in the fortified cities of Ziddim, Zer and Hammath, Rakkath and Kinnereth,
36and Adamah and Ramah and Hazor,
37and Kedesh and Edrei and En-Hazor,
38and Iron and Migdal-El, Horem and Beth-Anath and Beth-Shemesh – nineteen cities with their villages.
39This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their families – the cities with their villages.
40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families,
41and the territory of their inheritance was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-Shemesh,
42and Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Jithlah,
43and Elon and Timnah and Ekron,
44and Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath,
45and Jehud and Bene-Berak and Gath-Rimmon,
46and Me-Jarkon and Rakkon with the border opposite Japho.
47And the border of the sons of Dan went out from them, and the sons of Dan went up and fought against Leshem and captured it, and they struck it with the edge of the sword, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it, and they called it Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
48This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families – these cities with their villages.
49And they finished inheriting the land according to its borders, and the sons of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in their midst.
50They gave him the city which he had asked for, according to the pronouncement of the Lord: Timnath-Serah on Mount Ephraim, and he built the city and dwelt in it.
51These were the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief men of the fathers caused the tribes of the sons of Israel to inherit by lot in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of contact, and they finished dividing the land.