CHAPTER 19

¹And the second lot fell out for Simeon, for the tribe of the Simeonites according to their clans, and their estate was within the estate of the Judahites. ²And they had in their estate Beersheba and Sheba and Moladah, ³and Hazar-Shual and Belah and Ezem, ⁴and Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah, ⁵and Ziklag and Beth-Marcaboth and Hazar-Susah, ⁶and Beth-Lebaoth and Sharuhen—thirteen towns and their pasturelands. ⁷Ayin, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan—four towns and their pasturelands, ⁸and all the pasturelands that are around these towns as far as Baalath-Beer, Ramath-Negeb—this is the estate of the tribe of the Simeonites according to their clans. ⁹The estate of the Simeonites was from the territory of the Judahites, for the share of the Judahites was too large for them, and the Simeonites took an estate within their estate. ¹⁰And the third lot fell out for the Zebulunites according to their clans, and the boundary of their estate was as far as Sarid. ¹¹And their boundary went up westward to Maralah and touched Dabbesheth and touched the wadi which is opposite Jokneam. ¹²And it turned back from Sarid eastward where the sun rises to the boundary of Cisloth-Tabor, and it went out to Dabereth and went up to Japhia. ¹³And from there it passed on eastward, toward the sunrise, to Gath-Hepher, Ittah, Kazin, and it went out and swung round to Neah. ¹⁴And the boundary on the north turned round to Hannathon, and its far reaches were the Vale of Iphtah-El, ¹⁵and Kattath and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem—twelve towns and their pasturelands. ¹⁶This is the estate of the Zebulunites according to their clans, these towns and their pasturelands. ¹⁷The fourth lot fell out for Issachar, for the Issacharites according to their clans. ¹⁸And their boundary was to Jezreel and Chesulloth and Shunem, ¹⁹and Hapharaim and Shion and Anaharath, ²⁰and Rabbith and Kishon and Ebez, ²¹and Remeth and Ein-Gannim and Ein-Haddah and Beth-Pazzez. ²²And the boundary touched Tabor and Shahazimah and Beth-Shemesh, and the far reaches of their boundary were at the Jordan—sixteen towns and their pasturelands. ²³This is the estate of the Issacharites according to their clans, and the towns and their enclosures. ²⁴And the fifth lot fell out to the tribe of the Asherites according to their clans. ²⁵And their boundary was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Akshaph, ²⁶and Alammelech and Amad and Mishal. And it touched Carmel on the west and Shihor-Libnath. ²⁷And it turned back to Beth-Dagon where the sun rises and touched Zebulun and the Vale of Iphtah-El on the north, Beth-Emek and Neiel, and the boundary came out to Cabul on the north, ²⁸and Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. ²⁹And the boundary turned back to Ramah and as far as the fortress city of Tyre, and its far reaches, and the boundary turned back to Hosah, and its far reaches were the Sea, Mehebel, to Achzib, ³⁰and Ummah and Aphek and Rehob—twenty-two towns and their pasturelands. ³¹This is the estate of the tribe of Asherites according to their clans—these towns and their pasturelands. ³²For the Naphtalites the sixth lot came out, for the Naphtalites according to their clans. ³³And their boundary was from Heleph, from Elon-in-Zaananim and Adami-Nekeb and Jabneel as far as Kum, and its far reaches were at the Jordan. ³⁴And the boundary turned back westward to Aznoth-Tabor and went from there to Hukok and touched Zebulun from the south and touched Asher from the west and Judah at the Jordan where the sun rises. ³⁵And the fortress towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hamath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, ³⁶and Adamah and Ramah and Hazor, ³⁷and Kedesh and Edrei and Ein-Hazor, ³⁸and Iron and Migdal-El, Horam, Beth-Anath and Beth-Shemesh—nineteen towns and their pasturelands. ³⁹This is the estate of the tribe of the Naphtalites according to their clans, the towns and their pasturelands. ⁴⁰For the tribe of the Danites according to their clans the seventh lot came out. ⁴¹And the territory of their estate was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-Shemesh, ⁴²and Shaalbim and Ajalon and Ithlah, ⁴³and Elon and Timnathah and Ekron, ⁴⁴and Eltekeh and Gibthon and Baalath, ⁴⁵and Jehud and Benei Brak and Gath-Rimmon, ⁴⁶and the Jarkon Waters and Rakkon by the boundary over against Joppa. ⁴⁷And the territory of the Danites fell from their hands. And the Danites went up and did battle with Leshem and took it. And they struck it with the edge of the sword and took hold of it and dwelled in it. And they called Leshem Dan, like the name of Dan their forefather. ⁴⁸This is the estate of the tribe of the Danites according to their clans—these towns and their pasturelands.

⁴⁹And they finished taking possession of the land according to its boundaries, and the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an estate in their midst. ⁵⁰At the behest of the LORD they gave him the town that he had asked for, Timnath-Serah in the high country of Ephraim, and he rebuilt the town and dwelled in it. ⁵¹These are the estates that Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the Israelite tribes conferred by lot in Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. And they finished sharing out the land.