Joshua 19

Revised Geneva Translation

19 And the second lot came out to Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon, according to their families. And their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.

² Now they had in their inheritance: Beersheba, 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 all around these cities, to Baalath Beer and Ramah, southward. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon, according to their families.

⁹ Out of the portion of the children of Judah came 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 their inheritance.

¹⁰ Also, the third lot arose for the children of Zebulun, according to their families. And the border of their inheritance came to Sarid.

¹¹ And their border goes up, westward, to Maralah, and reaches to Dabbasheth, and meets with the river that lies before Jokneam,

¹² and turns from Sarid, eastward, toward the Sun, rising to the border of Chisloth Tabor, and going out to Daberath, and ascending to Japhia.

¹³ And from there, it goes along, eastward, toward the Sun, rising to Gath Hepher, to Eth Kazin, and going forth to Rimmon, and turning to Neah.

¹⁴ And this border surrounds it on the northern side, to Hannathon. And its ends are in the valley of Jiphthah El,

¹⁵ Kattath, Nahallal, 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 and their villages.

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

¹⁸ And their territory was Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

¹⁹ Haphraim, Shion, Anaharath,

²⁰ Rabbith, Kishion, Abez,

²¹ Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.

²² And this border reaches Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth Shemesh. And the ends of their territory reach to 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 and their villages.

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

²⁵ And their territory was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

²⁶ Alammelech, Amad, Mishal, and comes to Carmel, westward, and to Shihor Libnath,

²⁷ and turns toward the Sun, rising to Beth Dagon, and coming to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah El, toward the northern side of Beth Emek and Neiel, and going out on the left side of Cabul

²⁸ and to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, to great Sidon.

²⁹ Then the border turns to Ramah and to the strong city of Zor. And this border turns to Hosah. And its ends are at the Sea, from Hebel to Achzib,

³⁰ Ummah, also, 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 and their villages.

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

³³ And their territory was from Heleph, from Allon in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, Jabneel, to Lakkum. And its ends are at Jordan.

³⁴ So this border turns westward to Aznoth Tabor and goes out from there to Hukkok and reaches to Zebulun on the southern side and goes to Asher on the western side and to Judah by Jordan, toward the rising Sun.

³⁵ And the strong cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, and 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 and their villages.

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

⁴¹ And the territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,

⁴² Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Jethlah,

⁴³ Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,

⁴⁶ Me Jarkon, Rakkon, with the border that lies before Japho.

⁴⁷ But the territory of the children of Dan was too little for them. Therefore, the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, and called Leshem, “Dan”, after the name of Dan their father.

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

⁴⁹ When they had made an end of dividing the land by its borders, then the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua, the son of Nun, among them.

⁵⁰ According to the Word of the LORD, they gave him the city for which he asked: Timnath Serah on Mount Ephraim. And he built the city and dwelt therein.

⁵¹ These are the heritages which Eleazar the Priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided by lot before the LORD in Shiloh, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. So they finished dividing the country.