Joshua 19, side by side

¹The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon:

¹And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

²Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

²And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,

³Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,

³And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,

⁴Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

⁴And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

⁵Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,

⁵And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,

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

⁶And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:

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

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

⁸and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.

⁸And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

⁹The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.

⁹Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

¹⁰The third lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Zebulun:

¹⁰And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

¹¹The border of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid. It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.

¹¹And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;

¹²From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.

¹²And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,

¹³From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.

¹³And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;

¹⁴Then the border circled around the north side of Neah to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el.

¹⁴And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:

¹⁵It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.

¹⁵And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

¹⁶This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Zebulun, including these cities and their villages.

¹⁶This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

¹⁷The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:

¹⁷And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.

¹⁸Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

¹⁸And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

¹⁹Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

¹⁹And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,

²⁰Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,

²⁰And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,

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

²¹And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;

²²The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.

²²And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.

²³This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Issachar, including these cities and their villages.

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

²⁴The fifth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Asher:

²⁴And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

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

²⁵And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

²⁶Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,

²⁶And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;

²⁷then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.

²⁷And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

²⁸It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.

²⁸And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;

²⁹The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

²⁹And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:

³⁰Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.

³⁰Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.

³¹This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Asher, including these cities and their villages.

³¹This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

³²The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali:

³²The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

³³Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.

³³And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:

³⁴Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.

³⁴And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.

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

³⁵And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,

³⁶Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

³⁶And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

³⁷Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,

³⁷And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,

³⁸Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.

³⁸And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

³⁹This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Naphtali, including these cities and their villages.

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

⁴⁰The seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:

⁴⁰And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

⁴¹The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,

⁴¹And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,

⁴²Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

⁴²And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

⁴³Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

⁴³And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

⁴⁴Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

⁴⁴And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

⁴⁵Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,

⁴⁵And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,

⁴⁶Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa.

⁴⁶And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.

⁴⁷(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)

⁴⁷And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

⁴⁸This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their villages.

⁴⁸This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

⁴⁹When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them,

⁴⁹When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:

⁵⁰as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.

⁵⁰According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

⁵¹These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.

⁵¹These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.