Joshua 19

19 ¹ The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon according to their clans. Their inheritance lay within the inheritance of the people of Judah. ² They had as their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah, ³ Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, ⁵ Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah, ⁶ Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen towns with their villages; ⁷ Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four towns with their villages; ⁸ together with all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Simeon according to their clans. ⁹ The inheritance of the people of Simeon was taken from the portion of the people of Judah, because Judah's share was too large for them; so the people of Simeon received their inheritance within Judah's territory.

The Father's Portion for Zebulun

¹⁰ The third lot came up for the people of Zebulun according to their clans. The boundary of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid. ¹¹ Their boundary went up westward to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and reached the brook east of Jokneam. ¹² From Sarid it turned eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chisloth-tabor, then went on to Daberath and up to Japhia. ¹³ From there it passed eastward to Gath-hepher and Eth-kazin, and came out at Rimmon, bending toward Neah. ¹⁴ On the north the boundary turned to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el. ¹⁵ It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve towns with their villages. ¹⁶ This was the inheritance of the people of Zebulun according to their clans—these towns with their villages.

The Father's Portion for Issachar

¹⁷ The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the people of Issachar according to their clans. ¹⁸ Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, ²⁰ Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, ²¹ Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez. ²² The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan—sixteen towns with their villages. ²³ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Issachar according to their clans—the towns with their villages.

The Father's Portion for Asher

²⁴ The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans. ²⁵ Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, ²⁶ Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal; on the west it touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath. ²⁷ Then it turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, reached Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left, ²⁸ and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. ²⁹ The boundary then turned back to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the sea in the region of Achzib, ³⁰ with Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two towns with their villages. ³¹ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans—these towns with their villages.

The Father's Portion for Naphtali

³² The sixth lot came out for the people of Naphtali, for the people of Naphtali according to their clans. ³³ Their boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, past Adami-nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan. ³⁴ Then the boundary turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and went on from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and 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 towns with their villages. ³⁹ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Naphtali according to their clans—the towns with their villages.

The Father's Portion for Dan

⁴⁰ The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan according to their clans. ⁴¹ The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, 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 territory facing Joppa. ⁴⁷ When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and struck it with the edge of the sword. They took possession of it, settled there, and renamed Leshem as Dan, after their ancestor Dan. ⁴⁸ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan according to their clans—these towns with their villages.

The Father's Gift to Joshua

⁴⁹ When they had finished distributing the land as an inheritance according to its boundaries, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them. ⁵⁰ At the command of our Father they gave him the city he asked for, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the city and settled there. ⁵¹ These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel distributed by lot at Shiloh before our Father, at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And so they finished dividing the land.