1: And 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.
2:
And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
3: And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,
4: And Eltolad,
and Bethul, and Hormah,
5: And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and
Hazar-susah,
6: And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and
their villages:
7: Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and
their villages:
8: And all the villages that were round about these
cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. 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 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.
10: And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according
to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
11: And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached
to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
12:
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of
Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
13: And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to
Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
14: And the
border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof
are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
15: And Kattath, and Nahallal, and
Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
16: This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to
their families, these cities with their villages.
17: And the fourth
lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their
families.
18: And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth,
and Shunem,
19: And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
20: And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
21: And Remeth,
and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
22: And the coast
reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their
border were at 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: And the fifth lot came
out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
25: And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
26: And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel
westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
27: And turneth toward the sunrising
to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward
the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
28: And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great
Zidon;
29: And 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:
30: Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob:
twenty and 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 to the
children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their
families.
33: And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to
Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof
were at Jordan:
34: And then the coast turneth westward to
Aznoth-tabor, 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.
35: And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and
Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
36: And Adamah, and Ramah, and
Hazor,
37: And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
38: And
Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and 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: And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families.
41: And the coast of their inheritance
was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
42: And Shaalabbin, and
Ajalon, and Jethlah,
43: And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
44: And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
45: And
Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
46: And Me-jarkon, and
Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
47: And 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.
48: This is the inheritance of the tribe of
the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their
villages.
49: When 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:
50: According to the word of the
LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim:
and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
51: These 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.