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Joshua 19
Simeon
191The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, according to their clans. Their inheritance was located within the inheritance of the descendants of Judah.
2As their inheritance they received:
Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah, 3Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, 4Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, 5Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah, 6Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities and their villages.[]
7Also Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities and their villages.
8All the villages that are around these cities, as far as Baalath Be'er (which is Ramah of the Negev).
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Simeon according to their clans. 9Part of the share of the descendants of Judah became the inheritance of the descendants of Simeon. Because the portion of the descendants of Judah was too large for them, the descendants of Simeon received an inheritance within Judah's inheritance.
Zebulun
10The third lot came up for the descendants of Zebulun according to their clans.
The border of their inheritance reaches as far as Sarid.
11Their border ascends toward the west to Maralah and touches Dabbesheth.
Then it touches the streambed that is next to Jokneam.
12Then it turns from Sarid eastward toward the rising of the sun on the border of Kisloth Tabor. Then it goes out to Daberath and ascends to Japhia.
13From there it passes on the east, along the side that is toward the sunrise, to Gath Hepher, to Eth Kazin, and goes out to Rimmon, which is marked off to Neah.[]
14Then the border curves around it on the north to Hannathon, and it ends at the Valley of Iphtah El. 15Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem were included—twelve cities and their villages.[]
16This is the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun according to their clans—these cities and their villages.
Issachar
17The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the descendants of Issachar according to their clans.
18Their territory extended to Jezre'el, Kesulloth, Shunem, 19Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, 20Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, 21Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.
22The border touches Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth Shemesh, and their border ends at the Jordan—sixteen cities and their villages.
23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Issachar according to their clans—the cities and their villages.
Asher
24The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their clans.
25Their border enclosed Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph, 26Allammelek, Amad, and Mishal, and it touches on Carmel on the west, and on Shihor Libnath.
27Then it turns on the east to Beth Dagon and touches the territory of Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El to the north, also Beth Emek, and Neiel.
Then it goes out to Kabul in the north, 28to Ebron,[] Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon.
29Then the border turns toward Ramah, to the fortified city of Tyre.
Then the border turns toward Hosah, and it ends at the sea.
31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their clans—these cities and their villages.
Naphtali
32The sixth lot came out for the descendants of Naphtali, for the descendants of Naphtali according to their clans.
33Their border extends from Heleph, from the oak in Za'annim, past Adami Nekeb, and Jabne'el to Lakkum. It ends at the Jordan.
34Then the border turns west to Aznoth Tabor and goes out from there to Hukkok. It touches Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah[] at the Jordan on the east.
35The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinneret, 36Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 37Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, 38Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh—nineteen cities and their villages.[]
39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Naphtali according to their clans—the cities and their villages.
Dan
40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their clans.
41The territory of their inheritance includes Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, 42Sha'alabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, 43Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, 46Me Yarkon, and Rakkon, with the border close to Joppa.
47But the territory of the descendants of Dan slipped away from them. So the descendants of Dan went up and fought against Leshem. They captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword. They took possession of it and lived in it, and they named Leshem “Dan” after Dan, their forefather.
48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their clans—these cities and their villages.
An Inheritance for Joshua
49When they had finished distributing the land as an inheritance by assigning borders, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them. 50According to the command of the Lord, they gave him the city that he had requested, Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He built up the city and lived in it.
51These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leading fathers of the tribes of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished distributing the land.
Footnotes
- 19:6 There are fourteen cities in the list, if Beersheba and Sheba are counted as two cities.
- 19:13 Or turns toward Neah or is toward the neah. The meaning and identification of neah are uncertain.
- 19:15 It is uncertain how to get the count of twelve cities here.
- 19:28 Variant Abdon
- 19:29 It is uncertain if Hebel is a place name.
- 19:30 It is uncertain how the number twenty-two is to be calculated. There may be as many as twenty-five cities in the list, but some of them are uncertain.
- 19:34 Geographically, this cannot refer to the tribe of Judah. Perhaps it is a city.
- 19:38 It is uncertain how to get the count nineteen. The immediate list as translated has sixteen.