Joshua Chapter 19 (ESV)

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undefined The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah.

undefined And they had for their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,

undefined Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,

undefined Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

undefined Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,

undefined Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen — thirteen cities with their villages;

undefined Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan — four cities with their villages,

undefined together with all the villages around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Simeon according to their clans.

undefined The inheritance of the people of Simeon formed part of the territory of the people of Judah. Because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them, the people of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.

undefined The third lot came up for the people of Zebulun, according to their clans. And the territory of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid.

undefined Then their boundary goes up westward and on to Mareal and touches Dabbesheth, then the brook that is east of Jokneam.

undefined From Sarid it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of Chisloth-tabor. From there it goes to Daberath, then up to Japhia.

undefined From there it passes along on the east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and going on to Rimmon it bends toward Neah,

undefined then on the north the boundary turns about to Hannathon, and it ends at the Valley of Iphtahel;

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

undefined This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun, according to their clans — these cities with their villages.

undefined The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the people of Issachar, according to their clans.

undefined Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

undefined Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

undefined Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,

undefined Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, Beth-pazzez.

undefined The boundary also touches Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and its boundary ends at the Jordan — sixteen cities with their villages.

undefined This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Issachar, according to their clans — the cities with their villages.

undefined The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans.

undefined Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

undefined Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west it touches Carmel and Shihor-libnath,

undefined then it turns eastward, it goes to Beth-dagon, and touches Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtahel northward to Beth-emek and Neiel. Then it continues in the north to Cabul,

undefined Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, as far as Sidon the Great.

undefined Then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre. Then the boundary turns to Hosah, and it ends at the sea; Mahalab, Achzib,

undefined Ummah, Aphek and Rehob — twenty-two cities with their villages.

undefined This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans — these cities with their villages.

undefined The sixth lot came out for the people of Naphtali, for the people of Naphtali, according to their clans.

undefined And their boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and it ended at the Jordan.

undefined Then the boundary turns westward to Aznoth-tabor and goes from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun at the south and Asher on the west and Judah on the east at the Jordan.

undefined The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

undefined Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

undefined Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,

undefined Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh — nineteen cities with their villages.

undefined This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Naphtali according to their clans — the cities with their villages.

undefined The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans.

undefined And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,

undefined Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

undefined Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

undefined Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

undefined Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,

undefined and Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against Joppa.

undefined When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.

undefined This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans — these cities with their villages.

undefined When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun.

undefined By command of the LORD they gave him the city that he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it.

undefined These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot at Shiloh before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

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