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Joshua 19
1 The second lot came out for Shim`on, even for the tribe of the children of Shim`on according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Yehudah. 2 They had for their inheritance Be'er-Sheva, or Sheva, and Moladah, 3 and Hatzar-Shu`al, and Balah, and `Etzem, 4 and Eltolad, and Beitul, and Hormah, 5 and Tziklag, and Beit-Markavot, and Hatzar-Susah, 6 and Beit-Leva'ot, and Sharuchen; thirteen cities with their villages: 7 `Ayin, Rimmon, and `Eter, and `Ashan; four cities with their villages: 8 and all the villages that were round about these cities to Ba`alat-Be'er, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Shim`on according to their families. 9 Out of the part of the children of Yehudah was the inheritance of the children of Shim`on; for the portion of the children of Yehudah was too much for them: therefore the children of Shim`on had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
10 The third lot came up for the children of Zevulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid; 11 and their border went up westward, even to Mar`alah, and reached to Dabbeshet; and it reached to the brook that is before Yokne`am; 12 and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Kislot-Tavor; and it went out to Daverat, and went up to Yafia; 13 and from there it passed along eastward to Gat-Hefer, to `Et-Katzin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Ne`ah; 14 and the border turned about it on the north to Hannaton; and the goings out of it were at the valley of Yiftach-El; 15 and Kattat, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Yid'alah, and Beit-Lechem: twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zevulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
17 The fourth lot came out for Yissakhar, even for the children of Yissakhar according to their families. 18 Their border was to Yizre`el, and Kesullot, and Shunem, 19 and Hafarayim, and Shi'on, and Anacharat, 20 and Rabbit, and Kishyon, and Evetz, 21 and Remet, and En-Gannim, and `En-Haddah, and Beit-Patztzetz, 22 and the border reached to Tavor, and Shachatzmah, and Beit-Shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Yarden: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Yissakhar 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 Helkat, and Hali, and Beten, and Akhshaf, 26 and Allammelekh, and `Am`ad, and Mish'al; and it reached to Karmel westward, and to Shichor-Livnat; 27 and it turned toward the sunrise to Beit-Dagon, and reached to Zevulun, and to the valley of Yiftach-El northward to Beit-Ha`emek and Ne`i'el; and it went out to Kavul on the left hand, 28 and `Evron, and Rechov, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Tzidon; 29 and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tzor; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out of it were at the sea by the region of Akhziv; 30 `Ummah also, and Afek, and Rechov: 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 Naftali, even for the children of Naftali according to their families. 33 Their border was from Helef, from the oak in Tza`anannim, and Adami-Nekev, and Yavne'el, to Lakkum; and the goings out of it were at the Yarden; 34 and the border turned westward to Aznot-Tavor, and went out from there to Hukok; and it reached to Zevulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Yehudah at the Yarden toward the sunrise. 35 The fortified cities were Tziddim, Tzer, and Hammat, Rakkat, and Kinneret, 36 and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hatzor, 37 and Kedesh, and Edre`i, and `En-Hatzor, 38 Yir`on, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beit-`Anat, and Beit-Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naftali 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 Tzor`ah, and Eshta'ol, and `Ir-Shamesh, 42 and Sha`alabbin, and Ayalon, and Yitlah, 43 and Elon, and Timnata, and `Ekron, 44 and Eltekeh, and Gibbeton, and Ba`alat, 45 and Yehud, and Bene-berak, and Gat-Rimmon, 46 and Meyarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Yafo. 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 father. 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 made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders of it; and the children of Yisra'el gave an inheritance to Yehoshua the son of Nun in the midst of them: 50 according to the mitzvah of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnat-Serach in the hill-country of Efrayim; and he built the city, and lived therein. 51 These are the inheritances, which El`azar the Kohen, and Yehoshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Yisra'el, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
