Joshua 19 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Territory of Simeon

Jos 19:1The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of Simeon, according to its families; and its inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the tribe of Judah.

Jos 19:2

Jos 19:2And it had for its inheritance Beer-sheba, Sheba, Mola'dah,

Jos 19:3

Jos 19:3Hazar-shu'al, Balah, Ezem,

Jos 19:4

Jos 19:4Elto'lad, Bethul, Hormah,

Jos 19:5

Jos 19:5Ziklag, Beth-mar'caboth, Ha'zar-su'sah,

Jos 19:6

Jos 19:6Beth-leba'oth, and Sharu'hen--thirteen cities with their villages;

Jos 19:7

Jos 19:7En-rimmon, Ether, and Ashan--four cities with their villages;

Jos 19:8

Jos 19:8together with all the villages round about these cities as far as Ba'alath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon according to its families.

Jos 19:9

Jos 19:9The inheritance of the tribe of Simeon formed part of the territory of Judah; because the portion of the tribe of Judah was too large for them, the tribe of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.

Territory of Zebulun

Jos 19:10

Jos 19:10The third lot came up for the tribe of Zeb'ulun, according to its families. And the territory of its inheritance reached as far as Sarid;

Jos 19:11

Jos 19:11then its boundary goes up westward, and on to Mar'eal, and touches Dab'besheth, then the brook which is east of Jok'ne-am;

Jos 19:12

Jos 19:12from Sarid it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of Chis'loth-ta'bor; thence it goes to Dab'erath, then up to Japhi'a;

Jos 19:13

Jos 19:13from there it passes along on the east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and going on to Rimmon it bends toward Ne'ah;

Jos 19:14

Jos 19:14then on the north the boundary turns about to Han'nathon, and it ends at the valley of Iph'tahel;

Jos 19:15

Jos 19:15and Kattath, Nahal'al, Shimron, I'dalah, and Bethlehem--twelve cities with their villages.

Jos 19:16

Jos 19:16This is the inheritance of the tribe of Zeb'ulun, according to its families--these cities with their villages.

Territory of Issachar

Jos 19:17

Jos 19:17The fourth lot came out for Is'sachar, for the tribe of Is'sachar, according to its families.

Jos 19:18

Jos 19:18Its territory included Jezreel, Chesul'loth, Shunem,

Jos 19:19

Jos 19:19Haph'ara-im, Shion, Ana'harath,

Jos 19:20

Jos 19:20Rabbith, Kish'ion, Ebez,

Jos 19:21

Jos 19:21Remeth, En-gan'nim, En-had'dah, Beth-paz'zez;

Jos 19:22

Jos 19:22the boundary also touches Tabor, Shahazu'mah, and Beth-she'mesh, and its boundary ends at the Jordan--sixteen cities with their villages.

Jos 19:23

Jos 19:23This is the inheritance of the tribe of Is'sachar, according to its families--the cities with their villages.

Territory of Asher

Jos 19:24

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

Jos 19:25

Jos 19:25Its territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Ach'shaph,

Jos 19:26

Jos 19:26Allam'melech, Amad, and Mishal; on the west it touches Carmel and Shihor-lib'nath,

Jos 19:27

Jos 19:27then it turns eastward, it goes to Beth-dagon, and touches Zeb'ulun and the valley of Iph'tahel northward to Beth-emek and Nei'el; then it continues in the north to Cabul,

Jos 19:28

Jos 19:28Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, as far as Sidon the Great;

Jos 19:29

Jos 19:29then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre; then the boundary turns to Hosah, and it ends at the sea; Mahalab, Achzib,

Jos 19:30

Jos 19:30Ummah, Aphek and Rehob--twenty-two cities with their villages.

Jos 19:31

Jos 19:31This is the inheritance of the tribe of Asher according to its families--these cities with their villages.

Territory of Naphtali

Jos 19:32

Jos 19:32The sixth lot came out for the tribe of Naph'tali, for the tribe of Naph'tali, according to its families.

Jos 19:33

Jos 19:33And its boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak in Za-anan'nim, and Ad'ami-nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; and it ended at the Jordan;

Jos 19:34

Jos 19:34then the boundary turns westward to Az'noth-tabor, and goes from there to Hukkok, touching Zeb'ulun at the south, and Asher on the west, and Judah on the east at the Jordan.

Jos 19:35

Jos 19:35The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chin'nereth,

Jos 19:36

Jos 19:36Ad'amah, Ramah, Hazor,

Jos 19:37

Jos 19:37Kedesh, Ed're-i, En-ha'zor,

Jos 19:38

Jos 19:38Yiron, Mig'dal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-she'mesh--nineteen cities with their villages.

Jos 19:39

Jos 19:39This is the inheritance of the tribe of Naph'tali according to its families--the cities with their villages.

Territory of Dan

Jos 19:40

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

Jos 19:41

Jos 19:41And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Esh'ta-ol, Ir-she'mesh,

Jos 19:42

Jos 19:42Sha-alab'bin, Ai'jalon, Ithlah,

Jos 19:43

Jos 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

Jos 19:44

Jos 19:44El'tekeh, Gib'bethon, Ba'alath,

Jos 19:45

Jos 19:45Jehud, Bene-be'rak, Gath-rim'mon,

Jos 19:46

Jos 19:46and Me-jar'kon and Rakkon with the territory over against Joppa.

Jos 19:47

Jos 19:47When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, the Danites went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and putting it to the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.

Jos 19:48

Jos 19:48This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to their families--these cities with their villages.

Jos 19:49

Jos 19:49When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun.

Jos 19:50

Jos 19:50By command of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, Tim'nath-se'rah in the hill country of E'phraim; and he rebuilt the city, and settled in it.

Jos 19:51

Jos 19:51These are the inheritances which Elea'zar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot at Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

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