Joshua19

¹The 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 .

²And they had for their inheritance Beersheba , Sheba , Moladah ,

³Hazar-shual , Balah , Ezem ,

⁴Eltolad , Bethul , Hormah ,

⁵Ziklag , Beth-marcaboth , Hazar-susah ,

⁶Beth-lebaoth , and Sharuhen — thirteen cities with their villages ;

⁷Ain , Rimmon , Ether , and Ashan — four cities with their villages ,

⁸together 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 .

⁹The 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 .

¹⁰The third lot came up for the people of Zebulun , according to their clans . And the territory of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid .

¹¹Then their boundary goes up westward and on to Mareal and touches Dabbesheth , then the brook that is east of Jokneam .

¹²From 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 .

¹³From 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 ,

¹⁴then on the north the boundary turns about to Hannathon , and it ends at the Valley of Iphtahel ;

¹⁵and Kattath , Nahalal , Shimron , Idalah , and Bethlehem — twelve cities with their villages .

¹⁶This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun , according to their clans —these cities with their villages .

¹⁷The fourth lot came out for Issachar , for the people of Issachar , according to their clans .

¹⁸Their territory included Jezreel , Chesulloth , Shunem ,

¹⁹Hapharaim , Shion , Anaharath ,

²⁰Rabbith , Kishion , Ebez ,

²¹Remeth , En-gannim , En-haddah , Beth-pazzez .

²²The boundary also touches Tabor , Shahazumah , and Beth-shemesh , and its boundary ends at the Jordan — sixteen cities with their villages .

²³This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Issachar , according to their clans —the cities with their villages .

²⁴The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans .

²⁵Their territory included Helkath , Hali , Beten , Achshaph ,

²⁶Allammelech , Amad , and Mishal . On the west it touches Carmel and Shihor-libnath ,

²⁷then 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 ,

²⁸Ebron , Rehob , Hammon , Kanah , as far as Sidon the Great .

²⁹Then 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 ,

³⁰Ummah , Aphek and Rehob — twenty-two cities with their villages .

³¹This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans —these cities with their villages .

³²The sixth lot came out for the people of Naphtali , for the people of Naphtali , according to their clans .

³³And 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 .

³⁴Then 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 .

³⁵The fortified cities are Ziddim , Zer , Hammath , Rakkath , Chinnereth ,

³⁶Adamah , Ramah , Hazor ,

³⁷Kedesh , Edrei , En-hazor ,

³⁸Yiron , Migdal-el , Horem , Beth-anath , and Beth-shemesh — nineteen cities with their villages .

³⁹This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Naphtali according to their clans —the cities with their villages .

⁴⁰The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan , according to their clans .

⁴¹And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah , Eshtaol , Ir-shemesh ,

⁴²Shaalabbin , Aijalon , Ithlah ,

⁴³Elon , Timnah , Ekron ,

⁴⁴Eltekeh , Gibbethon , Baalath ,

⁴⁵Jehud , Bene-berak , Gath-rimmon ,

⁴⁶and Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against Joppa .

⁴⁷When 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 .

⁴⁸This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan , according to their clans —these cities with their villages .

⁴⁹When 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 .

⁵⁰By 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.

⁵¹These 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 .