Joshua 19 :: New International Version (NIV)

Allotment for Simeon

Jos 19:1The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon according to its clans. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah.

Jos 19:2

Jos 19:2It included: Beersheba (or Sheba),[fn] Moladah,

Jos 19:3

Jos 19:3Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,

Jos 19:4

Jos 19:4Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

Jos 19:5

Jos 19:5Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah,

Jos 19:6

Jos 19:6Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen—thirteen towns and their villages;

Jos 19:7

Jos 19:7Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan—four towns and their villages—

Jos 19:8

Jos 19:8and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev). This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans.

Jos 19:9

Jos 19:9The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah’s portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.

Allotment for Zebulun

Jos 19:10

Jos 19:10The third lot came up for Zebulun according to its clans: The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid.

Jos 19:11

Jos 19:11Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam.

Jos 19:12

Jos 19:12It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.

Jos 19:13

Jos 19:13Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon and turned toward Neah.

Jos 19:14

Jos 19:14There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El.

Jos 19:15

Jos 19:15Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.

Jos 19:16

Jos 19:16These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.

Allotment for Issachar

Jos 19:17

Jos 19:17The fourth lot came out for Issachar according to its clans.

Jos 19:18

Jos 19:18Their territory included: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,

Jos 19:19

Jos 19:19Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

Jos 19:20

Jos 19:20Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,

Jos 19:21

Jos 19:21Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez.

Jos 19:22

Jos 19:22The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.

Jos 19:23

Jos 19:23These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to its clans.

Allotment for Asher

Jos 19:24

Jos 19:24The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its clans.

Jos 19:25

Jos 19:25Their territory included: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph,

Jos 19:26

Jos 19:26Allammelek, Amad and Mishal. On the west the boundary touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath.

Jos 19:27

Jos 19:27It then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Kabul on the left.

Jos 19:28

Jos 19:28It went to Abdon,[fn] Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.

Jos 19:29

Jos 19:29The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib,

Jos 19:30

Jos 19:30Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages.

Jos 19:31

Jos 19:31These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, according to its clans.

Allotment for Naphtali

Jos 19:32

Jos 19:32The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:

Jos 19:33

Jos 19:33Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.

Jos 19:34

Jos 19:34The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan[fn] on the east.

Jos 19:35

Jos 19:35The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,

Jos 19:36

Jos 19:36Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

Jos 19:37

Jos 19:37Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,

Jos 19:38

Jos 19:38Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their villages.

Jos 19:39

Jos 19:39These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.

Allotment for Dan

Jos 19:40

Jos 19:40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans.

Jos 19:41

Jos 19:41The territory of their inheritance included: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,

Jos 19:42

Jos 19:42Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

Jos 19:43

Jos 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

Jos 19:44

Jos 19:44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

Jos 19:45

Jos 19:45Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,

Jos 19:46

Jos 19:46Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.

Jos 19:47

Jos 19:47(When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their ancestor.)

Jos 19:48

Jos 19:48These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.

Allotment for Joshua

Jos 19:49

Jos 19:49When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them,

Jos 19:50

Jos 19:50as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for—Timnath Serah[fn] in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.

Jos 19:51

Jos 19:51These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And so they finished dividing the land.

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NIV Footnotes

(19:2)

Or Beersheba, Sheba; 1 Chron. 4:28 does not have Sheba.

(19:28)

Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also 21:30); most Hebrew manuscripts Ebron

(19:34)

Septuagint; Hebrew west, and Judah, the Jordan,

(19:50)

Also known as Timnath Heres (see Judges 2:9)

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