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Joshua 19 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Jos 19:1And the second lot came out for Simeon, even 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.
Jos 19:2And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
Jos 19:3and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
Jos 19:4and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
Jos 19:5and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
Jos 19:6and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:
Jos 19:7Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:
Jos 19:8and all the villages that were round about 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.
Jos 19:9Out 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 midst of their inheritance.

Territory of Zebulun

Jos 19:10And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families. And the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid;
Jos 19:11and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam;
Jos 19:12and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia;
Jos 19:13and from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretcheth unto Neah;
Jos 19:14and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-el;
Jos 19:15and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
Jos 19:16This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Territory of Issachar

Jos 19:17The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families.
Jos 19:18And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
Jos 19:19and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
Jos 19:20and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez,
Jos 19:21and Remeth, and Engannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez,
Jos 19:22and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
Jos 19:23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.

Territory of Asher

Jos 19:24And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
Jos 19:25And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Jos 19:26and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
Jos 19:27and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,
Jos 19:28and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Sidon;
Jos 19:29and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea by the region of Achzib;
Jos 19:30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
Jos 19:31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Territory of Naphtali

Jos 19:32The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
Jos 19:33And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at the Jordan;
Jos 19:34and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.
Jos 19:35And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Jos 19:36and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
Jos 19:37and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
Jos 19:38And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Jos 19:39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.

Territory of Dan

Jos 19:40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
Jos 19:41And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Jos 19:42and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah,
Jos 19:43and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,
Jos 19:44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
Jos 19:45and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
Jos 19:46and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.
Jos 19:47And 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 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.
Jos 19:48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Jos 19:49So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:
Jos 19:50according to the commandment of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
Jos 19:51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and 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 Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
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