Joshua

Joshua 19 ©

1 The lot of Simeon, 10 of Zebulun, 17 of Issachar, 24 of Asher, 32 of Naphtali, 40 of Dan. 49 The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua.

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AND the asecond lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: band their inheritance was cwithin the inheritance of the children of Judah.

b v.9.
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And they had in their inheritance dBeer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,

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And eHazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,

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And fEltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

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And gZiklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,

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And hBeth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:

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iAin, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:

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And all the villages that were round about these cities to jBaalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

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Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was ktoo much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

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¶And the lthird lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

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And their border went up toward mthe sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before nJokneam;

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And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to oDaberath, and goeth up to Japhia,

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And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, 1and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;

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And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the *outgoings thereof are in pthe valley of Jiphthah-el:

p v.27.
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And qKattath, and Nahallal, and rShimron, and Idalah, and sBeth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.

s Not that 1Sa. 16.1,4. Mat. 2.1. Mi. 5.2.
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This is tthe inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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And uthe fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.

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And their border was toward vJezreel, and Chesulloth, and wShunem,

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And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,

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And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,

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And xRemeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;

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And the coast reacheth to yTabor, and Shahazimah, and zBeth-shemesh; and the *outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.

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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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¶And athe fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

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And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and bAchshaph,

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And Alammelech, and Amad, and cMisheal; and reacheth to dCarmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;

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And turneth toward the sunrising to eBeth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the fvalley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to gCabul on the left hand,

e Not ch. 15.41.
f v.14.
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And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and hKanah, even unto igreat Zidon;

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And then the coast turneth to jRamah, and to the strong city 2Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the *outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to kAchzib:

j Not ch. 18.25.
k Not ch. 15.44.
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Ummah also, and lAphek, and mRehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.

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This is nthe inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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¶The osixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

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And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to pZaanannim, and qAdami, Nekeb, and rJabneel, unto Lakum; and the *outgoings thereof were at Jordan:

q Not ch. 3.16.
r Not ch. 15.11.
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And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.

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And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and sHammath, Rakkath, and tChinnereth,

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And Adamah, and uRamah, and vHazor,

u Not ch. 18.25. v.29.
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And wKedesh, and xEdrei, and En-hazor,

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And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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And ythe seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

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And the coast of their inheritance was zZorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,

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And aShaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

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And Elon, and bThimnathah, and cEkron,

b Not ch. 15.10,57.
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And Eltekeh, and dGibbethon, and Baalath,

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And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and eGath-rimmon,

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And fMe-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border 3before 4Japho.

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And gthe coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan hwent up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, iDan, after the name of Dan their father.

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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan jaccording to their families, these cities with their villages.

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¶When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their *coasts, the children of Israel kgave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:

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According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even lTimnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

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These are mthe inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.