Joshua 19
1 The second lot fell to Simeon, to the tribe of the Simeonites according to their clans. Their inheritance lay within the inheritance of the Judahites.
2 Their inheritance included Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,
3 Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
5 Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,
6 Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities with their villages.
7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities with their villages.
8 And all the villages around these cities, as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites according to their clans.
9 The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the allotment of the Judahites, because the Judahites' share was too large for them. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within theirs.
10 The third lot fell to the Zebulunites according to their clans, and the boundary of their inheritance extended to Sarid.
11 Their boundary went westward to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and reached the stream opposite Jokneam.
12 From Sarid it turned eastward, toward the sunrise, to the boundary of Chisloth-tabor; it went out to Daberath and up to Japhia.
13 From there it passed eastward, toward the sunrise, to Gath-hepher and Eth-kazin; it went out to Rimmon, extending as far as Neah.
14 The boundary turned north toward Hannathon, and its farthest point was the valley of Iphtahel.
15 Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
16 This was the inheritance of the Zebulunites according to their clans: these cities with their villages.
17 The fourth lot fell to Issachar, to the Issacharites according to their clans.
18 Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,
20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,
21 Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez.
22 The boundary reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and the farthest point of their boundary was the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
23 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Issacharites according to their clans: the cities with their villages.
24 The fifth lot fell to the tribe of the Asherites according to their clans.
25 Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
26 Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. It reached Carmel to the west and Shihor-libnath.
27 It turned eastward to Beth-dagon, reached Zebulun and the valley of Iphtahel, north of Beth-emek and Neiel, and went out to Cabul on the left,
28 and to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon.
29 The boundary turned to Ramah and as far as the fortified city of Tyre. Then the boundary turned to Hosah, and its farthest point was the sea, in the region of Achzib.
30 Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
31 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Asherites according to their clans: these cities with their villages.
32 The sixth lot fell to the Naphtalites, to the Naphtalites according to their clans.
33 Their boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak at Zaanannim, through Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; its farthest point was the Jordan.
34 The boundary turned west to Aznoth-tabor, and from there went out to Hukkok. It reached Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise.
35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
37 Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,
38 Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages.
39 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Naphtalites according to their clans: the cities with their villages.
40 The seventh lot fell to the tribe of the Danites according to their clans.
41 The boundary of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
45 Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,
46 Me-jarkon and Rakkon, together with the territory opposite Joppa.
47 The territory of the Danites slipped away from them. So the Danites went up and fought against Leshem. They captured it, struck it with the sword, took possession of it, and settled there. They renamed Leshem Dan, after Dan their father.
48 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Danites according to their clans: these cities with their villages.
49 When the Israelites had finished dividing the land as an inheritance according to its boundaries, they gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them.
50 At the LORD's command, they gave him the city he had asked for, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He built up the city and lived there.
51 These were the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel allotted by lot at Shiloh, before the LORD, at the entrance to the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
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