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1 The
second lot came
out for Simeon,
even for the tribe
of the children
of Simeon according
to their families.
Their inheritance
was in the
middle of the
inheritance of the
children of Judah.
2 They
had for their
inheritance Beersheba (or 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
that were around
these cities
to Baalath Beer, Ramah
of the South.
This is the
inheritance of the
tribe of the
children of
Simeon according to
their families.
9 Out
of the part
of the children
of Judah was
the inheritance of
the children of
Simeon; for the
portion of the
children of Judah
was too much
for them.
Therefore the
children of Simeon
had inheritance in
the middle of
their inheritance.
10 The
third lot came
up for the
children of
Zebulun according to
their families.
The border of
their inheritance
was to Sarid.
11 Their
border went up
westward, even to
Maralah, and
reached to
Dabbesheth. It
reached to the
brook that is
before Jokneam.
12 It
turned from Sarid
eastward toward
the sunrise to
the border
of Chisloth Tabor. It
went out to
Daberath, and went
up to Japhia.
13 From
there it passed
along eastward
to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin;
and it went
out at Rimmon
which stretches to
Neah.
14 The
border turned
around it on
the north to
Hannathon; and it
ended at the
valley of Iphtah El;
15 Kattath,
Nahalal, Shimron,
Idalah, and
Bethlehem: twelve
cities with their
villages.
16 This
is the inheritance
of the children
of Zebulun according
to their families,
these cities
with their villages.
17 The
fourth lot came
out for Issachar,
even for the
children of
Issachar according to
their families.
18 Their
border was to
Jezreel, Chesulloth,
Shunem,
19 Hapharaim,
Shion, Anaharath,
20 Rabbith,
Kishion, Ebez,
21 Remeth,
Engannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.
22 The
border reached to
Tabor, Shahazumah,
and Beth Shemesh. Their
border ended at
the Jordan:
sixteen cities
with their
villages.
23 This
is the inheritance
of the tribe
of the children
of Issachar according
to their families,
the cities
with their villages.
24 The
fifth lot came
out for the
tribe of the
children of Asher according
to their families.
25 Their
border was Helkath,
Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
26 Allammelech,
Amad, Mishal. It
reached to Carmel
westward, and
to Shihorlibnath.
27 It
turned toward the
sunrise to Beth Dagon,
and reached to
Zebulun, and to
the valley
of Iphtah El northward
to Beth Emek and
Neiel. It went
out to Cabul
on the left
hand,
28 and
Ebron, Rehob,
Hammon, and Kanah,
even to great
Sidon.
29 The
border turned to
Ramah, to the
fortified city of
Tyre; and the
border turned to
Hosah. It ended
at the sea
by the region
of Achzib;
30 Ummah also,
and Aphek, and
Rehob: twenty-two
cities with their
villages.
31 This
is the inheritance
of the tribe
of the children
of Asher according to their
families, these
cities with their
villages.
32 The
sixth lot came
out for the
children of
Naphtali, even for
the children of
Naphtali according to
their families.
33 Their
border was from
Heleph, from
the oak in
Zaanannim, Adami-nekeb, and
Jabneel, to Lakkum.
It ended at
the Jordan.
34 The
border turned
westward to Aznoth Tabor,
and went out
from there to
Hukkok. It reached
to Zebulun on
the south, and
reached to Asher
on the west,
and to 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
is the inheritance
of the tribe
of the children
of Naphtali according
to their families,
the cities
with their villages.
40 The
seventh lot came
out for the
tribe of the
children of
Dan according to
their families.
41 The
border of their
inheritance was
Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
42 Shaalabbin,
Aijalon, Ithlah,
43 Elon,
Timnah, Ekron,
44 Eltekeh,
Gibbethon, Baalath,
45 Jehud, Bene
Berak, Gath Rimmon,
46 Me Jarkon,
and Rakkon, with
the border
opposite Joppa.
47 The
border of the
children of Dan
went out beyond
them; for the
children of Dan
went up and
fought against
Leshem, and took
it, and struck
it with the
edge of the
sword, and
possessed it, and
lived therein, and
called Leshem, Dan,
after the name
of Dan
their forefather.
48 This
is the inheritance
of the tribe
of the children
of Dan according
to their families,
these cities with
their villages.
49 So
they finished distributing
the land for
inheritance by its
borders. The
children of Israel
gave an
inheritance to
Joshua the son
of Nun among
them.
50 According
to the LORD’s
commandment, they
gave him the
city which he
asked, even Timnathserah
in the hill
country of Ephraim;
and he built
the city, and
lived there.
51 These
are the
inheritances, which Eleazar
the priest, Joshua
the son of
Nun, and the
heads of
the fathers’ houses of
the tribes of
the children of
Israel, distributed
for inheritance by
lot in Shiloh
before the LORD,
at the door
of the Tent of
Meeting. So they
finished dividing
the land.