Joshua 19

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

The Father's Portion for Zebulun

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

The Father's Portion for Issachar

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

The Father's Portion for Asher

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

The Father's Portion for Naphtali

³²The sixth lot came out for Naphtali's people, for Naphtali's people by their clans. ³³Their border ran from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, through Adami-nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum, ending at the Jordan. ³⁴The border turned west to Aznoth-tabor, went on from there to Hukkok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan toward sunrise. ³⁵The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, ³⁶Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, ³⁷Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, ³⁸iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh—nineteen towns with their villages. ³⁹This was the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali's descendants, by their clans—the towns with their villages.

The Father's Portion for Dan

⁴⁰The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan according to their clans. ⁴¹The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, ⁴²Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ⁴⁴Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, ⁴⁶Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory facing Joppa. ⁴⁷When Dan's territory slipped from them, they went up, fought against Leshem, captured it, struck it with the sword, took possession of it, settled there, and renamed Leshem as Dan, after their ancestor Dan. ⁴⁸This was the inheritance of Dan's tribe, by their clans—these towns and their villages.

The Father's Gift to Joshua

⁴⁹When Israel finished dividing the land by its borders, they gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them. ⁵⁰At our Father's command they gave him the city he asked for—Timnath-serah in Ephraim's hill country. He rebuilt it and settled there. ⁵¹These are the inheritances Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the family heads of the tribes of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh before our Father, at the tent of meeting's entrance. So they finished dividing the land.