Chapter 19
1 The second lot came out for Simeon , even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families . Their inheritance was in the middle of the inheritance of the children of Judah .
2 They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or 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 around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South . This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families .
9 Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon ; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them . Therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the middle of their inheritance .
10 The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families . The border of their inheritance was to Sarid .
11 Their border went up westward , even to Maralah , and reached to Dabbesheth . It reached to the brook that is before Jokneam .
12 It turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chisloth Tabor. It went out to Daberath , and went up to Japhia .
13 From there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah .
14 The border turned around it on the north to Hannathon ; and it ended at the valley of Iphtah El;
15 Kattath , Nahalal , 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 with their villages .
17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar , even for the children of Issachar according to their families .
18 Their border was to Jezreel , Chesulloth , Shunem ,
19 Hapharaim , Shion , Anaharath,
20 Rabbith , Kishion , Ebez,
21 Remeth , Engannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.
22 The border reached to Tabor , Shahazumah , and Beth Shemesh. Their border ended at the 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 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 Helkath , Hali , Beten, Achshaph,
26 Allammelech, Amad , Mishal . It reached to Carmel westward , and to Shihorlibnath.
27 It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached to Zebulun , and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel . It went out to Cabul on the left hand ,
28 and Ebron , Rehob , Hammon , and Kanah , even to great Sidon .
29 The border turned to Ramah , to the fortified city of Tyre ; and the border turned to Hosah . It ended at the sea by the region of Achzib;
30 Ummah also, and 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 with their villages .
32 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali , even for the children of Naphtali according to their families .
33 Their border was from Heleph , from the oak in Zaanannim , Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel , to Lakkum . It ended at the Jordan .
34 The border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok . It reached to Zebulun on the south , and reached to Asher on the west , and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise .
35 The fortified cities were Ziddim , Zer , Hammath , Rakkath , 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 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 Zorah , Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
42 Shaalabbin , Aijalon, Ithlah ,
43 Elon, Timnah , Ekron ,
44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon , Baalath ,
45 Jehud , Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,
46 Me Jarkon, and Rakkon , with the border opposite Joppa .
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 forefather.
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 finished distributing the land for inheritance by its borders . The children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them .
50 According to Yahweh ’s commandment , they gave him the city which he asked , even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city , and lived there .
51 These are the inheritances , which Eleazar the priest , Joshua the son of Nun , and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel , distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh , at the door of the Tent of Meeting . So they finished dividing the land .