Joshua
Chapter 19
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1The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, by their clans. Their inheritance was inside the inheritance of the sons of Judah.
2They had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, Sheba, and Moladah,
3Hazar-shual, Balah, and Ezem,
4Eltolad, Bethul, and Hormah,
5Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
6Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and their villages.
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The list writes Beer-sheba and Sheba as two names, and it also says thirteen cities. Both the names and the number are printed. No name is dropped to make the count match.
7Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their villages.
8And all the villages that were around these cities, as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the The dry country in the south.. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, by their clans.
9The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was from the portion of the sons of Judah, for the share of the sons of Judah was too large for them. The sons of Simeon inherited inside their inheritance.
10The third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun, by their clans. The border of their inheritance went as far as Sarid.
11Their border went up westward, to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and touched the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes. that is east of Jokneam.
12It turned from Sarid eastward, toward the sunrise, along the border of Kisloth-tabor, went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.
13From there it passed eastward, toward the sunrise, to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and it went out at Rimmon, which bends to Neah.
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Ha-methoar is “which is drawn around,” the bend of the border at Rimmon toward Neah.
14The border turned around it on the north to Hannathon, and its ends were the Valley of Iphtah-el.
15Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.
16This is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun, by their clans, these cities and their villages.
17For Issachar the fourth lot came out, for the sons of Issachar, by their clans.
18Their border was Jezreel, Kesulloth, and Shunem,
19Hapharaim, Shion, and Anaharath,
20Rabbith, Kishion, and Ebez,
21Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez,
22and the border touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and the ends of their border were the Jordan: sixteen cities and their villages.
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The written consonants are ושחצומה, Shahazumah. The Masoretic reading is ושחצימה, Shahazimah. The written Shahazumah is printed.
23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, by their clans, the cities and their villages.
24The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Asher, by their clans.
25Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, and Achshaph,
26Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. It touched Carmel on the west, and Shihor-libnath.
27It turned toward the sunrise to Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el on the north, Beth-emek and Neiel, and it went out to Kabul on the left,
28Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon.
29The border turned to Ramah, and as far as the fortified city of Tyre. The border turned to Hosah, and its ends shall be at the sea, from the region of Achzib.
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The written form is ויהיו, “and they shall be.” The Masoretic reading is והיו, “and they were.” The written “shall be” is printed.
30Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities and their villages.
31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher, by their clans, these cities and their villages.
32For the sons of Naphtali the sixth lot came out, for the sons of Naphtali, by their clans.
33Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and its ends were the Jordan.
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Elon is an oak. Zaanannim is the place where that oak stood.
34The border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, went out from there to Hukkok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan, toward the sunrise.
35The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, and Kinneret,
36Adamah, Ramah, and Hazor,
37Kedesh, Edrei, and En-hazor,
38Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh: nineteen cities and their villages.
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The names in verses 35 through 38 and the total “nineteen” are both printed as written. No city is added or dropped to make the count match.
39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, by their clans, the cities and their villages.
40For the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their clans, the seventh lot came out.
41The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
42Shaalabbin, Aijalon, and Ithlah,
43Elon, Timnah, and Ekron,
44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, and Baalath,
45Jehud, Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
46Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border opposite Japho.
47The border of the sons of Dan went out from them. The sons of Dan went up and fought with Leshem, captured it, and struck it by the mouth of the sword. They took possession of it and lived 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, by their clans, these cities and their villages.
49They finished giving the land as an inheritance by its borders, and the sons of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun in their midst.
50By the mouth of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. they gave him the city that he asked for, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He built the city and lived in it.
51These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh, before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., at the entrance of the tent of meeting. They finished dividing the land.