LEB - Joshua - 19

19:1  The second allotment ⌞fell⌟ for Simeon, for the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, according to their families. And their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the descendants of Judah.

19:2  And they had as their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,

19:3  Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,

19:4  Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

19:5  Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,

19:6  Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages.

19:7  Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages,

19:8  and all the villages that were around these towns up to Baalat-Beor, Ramath of the Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Simeon according to their families.

19:9  Part of the portion allotted to the descendants of Judah became the inheritance of the descendants of Simeon because the portion for the descendants of Judah was ⌞too large for them⌟, so the descendants of Simeon inherited from their inheritance.

19:10  The third allotment came up for the descendants of Zebulun according to their families. The border of their inheritance went up to Sarid.

19:11  Their border goes up to the west, to Maralah; it touches Dabbesheth, then the wadi that is opposite Jokneam.

19:12  It turns from Sarid to the east to the sunrise, to the border of Kislot-Tabor; it continues to Daberath and goes up to Japhia.

19:13  From there it passes along to the east toward the sunrise, to Gath Hepher and to Eth Kazin, and continuing to Rimmon, it turns to Neah;

19:14  it changes direction from the north of Hannathon, and ⌞it ends⌟ at the valley of Yiptah-El;

19:15  Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities and their villages.

19:16  This is the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun according to their families, these cities and their villages.

19:17  The fourth allotment ⌞fell⌟ for Issachar, for the descendants of Issachar, according to their families.

19:18  Their border went to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

19:19  Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

19:20  Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,

19:21  Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez;

19:22  and the border touches Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. ⌞Its border ends⌟ at the Jordan; sixteen cities and their villages.

19:23  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

19:24  The fifth allotment ⌞fell⌟ for the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families.

19:25  Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,

19:26  Allamelech, Amad, and Mishal; it touches Carmel to the west, and Shihor-Libnat.

19:27  Then it turns ⌞eastward⌟ to Beth-dagon and touches Zebulun and the valley of Yiptah-El to the north to Beth Emeck and Neiel; it continues to Cabul from the north,

19:28  and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah up to Great Sidon;

19:29  then the border turns to Ramah, and up to the fortified city of Tyre, where the border turns to Hosah; ⌞it ends⌟ at the sea, from Hebel to Aczib.

19:30  Included were Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob; twenty-two cities and their villages.

19:31  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families, these cities and their villages.

19:32  The sixth allotment ⌞fell⌟ for the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

19:33  Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, Jabneel, up to Lakkum; ⌞it ends⌟ at the Jordan;

19:34  then the border turns to the west, to Aznoth Tabor, and continues from there to Hukok, and it touches Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah on ⌞the east⌟ at the Jordan.

19:35  ⌞The fortified cities⌟ are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,

19:36  Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

19:37  Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,

19:38  Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth-anath, Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.

19:39  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

19:40  The seventh lot ⌞fell⌟ for the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families.

19:41  The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,

19:42  Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

19:43  Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

19:44  Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

19:45  Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,

19:46  Me Jarkon, Rakkon, with the border opposite Joppa.

19:47  The border of the descendants of Dan continued ⌞beyond them⌟, because the descendants of Dan went up and fought with Lesham, and they captured and struck it with ⌞the edge of the sword⌟, and they took possession of it and settled in it; and they called Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.

19:48  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families, these cities and their villages.

19:49  They finished assigning the land according to its borders, and the ⌞Israelites⌟ gave an inheritance from among them to Joshua son of Nun.

19:50  ⌞According to the commandment of Yahweh⌟, they gave him the city that he requested, Timnath Serah, in the hill country of Ephraim, and he rebuilt the city and settled in it.

19:51  These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes, distributed by allotment to the ⌞Israelites⌟, at Shiloh ⌞before Yahweh⌟ at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And they finished dividing the land.