1The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their clans; and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.
2And they had within their inheritance: Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
3and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
4and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
5and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
6and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities with their villages.
7Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan: four cities with their villages,
8together with all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their clans.
9The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was taken from the portion of the sons of Judah, for the share of the sons of Judah was too large for them; so the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
10The third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun according to their clans, and the border of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid.
11Their border went up westward, to Maralah, and touched Dabbesheth, and touched the wadi that is in front of Jokneam.
12It turned back from Sarid eastward, toward the rising of the sun, to the border of Chisloth-tabor, then went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.
13From there it passed on eastward, toward the sunrise, to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; then it went out to Rimmon, which turns toward Neah.
14Then the border turned around it on the north to Hannathon, and its endpoints were at the Valley of Iphtah-el.
15Also Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
16This was the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their clans—these cities with their villages.
17For Issachar the fourth lot came out, for the sons of Issachar according to their clans.
18Their border was: Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
20and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez,
21and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez.
22The border touched Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and the endpoints of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
23This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their clans—the cities with their villages.
24The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their clans.
25Their border was: Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
26and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it touched Carmel on the west, and Shihor-libnath.
27Then it turned toward the sunrise to Beth-dagon, and touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el northward, to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left.
28and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon.
29Then the border turned back to Ramah, and as far as the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned back to Hosah, and its endpoints were at the sea, from the region toward Achzib,
30and Ummah, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their clans, these cities and their villages.
32For the sons of Naphtali the sixth lot came out, for the sons of Naphtali according to their clans.
33Their border ran from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum, and its limits were at the Jordan.
34Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and went out from there to Hukkok; it touched Zebulun on the south, and Asher it touched on the west, and Judah at the Jordan toward the rising of the sun.
35And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
36and Adamah and Ramah and Hazor,
37and Kedesh and Edrei and En-hazor,
38and Iron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh — nineteen cities and their villages.
39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their clans, the cities and their villages.
40For the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their clans, the seventh lot came out.
41And the border of their inheritance was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh,
42and Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Ithlah,
43and Elon and Timnah and Ekron,
44and Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath,
45and Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon,
46and the waters of the Jarkon and the Rakkon, with the border opposite Joppa.
47But the border of the sons of Dan went out beyond them, so the sons of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and captured it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and took possession of it and settled in it, and they called Leshem ‘Dan,’ after the name of Dan their father.
48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their clans, these cities and their villages.
49When they had finished apportioning the land according to its borders, the sons of Israel gave an inheritance in their midst to Joshua son of Nun.
50By the mouth of Yahweh they gave him the city that he asked for, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he rebuilt the city and settled in it.
51These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel apportioned by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
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