Joshua 19

¹Joshua 19:1. The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon: Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah²Joshua 19:2. and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,³Joshua 19:3. Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,⁴Joshua 19:4. Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,⁵Joshua 19:5. Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,⁶Joshua 19:6. Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities, along with their villages.⁷Joshua 19:7. Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,⁸Joshua 19:8. and 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.⁹Joshua 19:9. The 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.

¹⁰Joshua 19:10. The third lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Zebulun: The border of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid.¹¹Joshua 19:11. It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.¹²Joshua 19:12. From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.¹³Joshua 19:13. From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.¹⁴Joshua 19:14. Then the border circled around the north side of Neah to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el.¹⁵Joshua 19:15. It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.¹⁶Joshua 19:16. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Zebulun, including these cities and their villages.

¹⁷Joshua 19:17. The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:¹⁸Joshua 19:18. Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,¹⁹Joshua 19:19. Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,²⁰Joshua 19:20. Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,²¹Joshua 19:21. Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez.²²Joshua 19:22. The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.²³Joshua 19:23. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Issachar, including these cities and their villages.

²⁴Joshua 19:24. The fifth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Asher:²⁵Joshua 19:25. Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,²⁶Joshua 19:26. Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,²⁷Joshua 19:27. then 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.²⁸Joshua 19:28. It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.²⁹Joshua 19:29. The 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,³⁰Joshua 19:30. Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.³¹Joshua 19:31. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Asher, including these cities and their villages.

³²Joshua 19:32. The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali:³³Joshua 19:33. Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.³⁴Joshua 19:34. Then 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.³⁵Joshua 19:35. The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,³⁶Joshua 19:36. Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,³⁷Joshua 19:37. Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,³⁸Joshua 19:38. Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.³⁹Joshua 19:39. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Naphtali, including these cities and their villages.

⁴⁰Joshua 19:40. The seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:⁴¹Joshua 19:41. The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,⁴²Joshua 19:42. Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,⁴³Joshua 19:43. Elon, Timnah, Ekron,⁴⁴Joshua 19:44. Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,⁴⁵Joshua 19:45. Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,⁴⁶Joshua 19:46. Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa.⁴⁷Joshua 19:47. (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.)⁴⁸Joshua 19:48. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their villages.

⁴⁹Joshua 19:49. When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them,⁵⁰Joshua 19:50. as 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.⁵¹Joshua 19:51. These 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.