Chapter 19

¹And the second lot came forth for the children of Simeon by their kindreds: and their inheritance was ²In the midst of the possession of the children of Juda: Bersabee and Sabee and Molada, ³And Hasersual, Bala and Asem, ⁴And Eltholad, Bethul and Harma, ⁵And Siceleg and Bethmarchaboth and Hasersusa, ⁶And Bethlebaoth and Sarohen: thirteen cities, and their villages. ⁷Ain and Remmon and Athor and Asan: four cities, and their villages. ⁸And all the villages round about these cities to Baalath Beer Ramath to the south quarter. This is the inheritance of the children of Simeon according to their kindreds, ⁹In the possession and lot of the children of Juda: because it was too great, and therefore the children of Simeon had their possession in the midst of their inheritance. ¹⁰And the third lot fell to the children of Zabulon by their kindreds: and the border of their possession was unto Sarid. ¹¹And it went up from the sea and from Merala, and came to Debbaseth: as far as the torrent, which is over against Jeconam. ¹²And it returneth from Sarid eastward to the borders of Ceseleththabor: and it goeth out to Dabereth, and ascendeth towards Japhie. ¹³And it passeth along from thence to the east side of Gethhepher and Thacasin: and goeth out to Remmon, Amthar and Noa. ¹⁴And it turneth about to the north of Hanathon: and the outgoings thereof are the valley of Jephtahel, ¹⁵And Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and Jedala and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages. ¹⁶This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Zabulon by their kindreds, the cities and their villages. ¹⁷The fourth lot came out to Issachar by their kindreds. ¹⁸And his inheritance was Jezrael and Casaloth and Sunem, ¹⁹And Hapharaim and Seen and Anaharath, ²⁰And Rabboth and Cesion, Abes, ²¹And Rameth and Engannim and Enhadda and Bethpheses. ²²And the border thereof cometh to Thabor and Sehesima and Bethsames: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the Jordan: sixteen cities, and their villages. ²³This is the possession of the sons of Issachar by their kindreds, the cities and their villages. ²⁴And the fifth lot fell to the tribe of the children of Aser by their kindreds: ²⁵And their border was Halcath and Chali and Beten and Axaph, ²⁶And Elmelech and Amaad and Messal: and it reacheth to Carmel by the sea and Sihor and Labanath, ²⁷And it returneth towards the east to Bethdagon: and passeth along to Zabulon and to the valley of Jephthael towards the north to Bethemec and Nehiel. And it goeth out to the left side of Cabul, ²⁸And to Abaran and Rohob and Hamon and Cana, as far as the great Sidon. ²⁹And it returneth to Horma to the strong city of Tyre, and to Hosa: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the sea from the portion of Achziba: ³⁰And Amma and Aphec and Rohob: twenty-two cities, and their villages. ³¹This is the possession of the children of Aser by their kindreds, and the cities and their villages. ³²The sixth lot came out to the sons of Nephtali by their families: ³³And the border began from Heleph and Elon to Saananim, and Adami, which is Neceb, and Jebnael even to Lecum: and their outgoings unto the Jordan: ³⁴And the border returneth westward to Azanotthabor, and goeth out from thence to Hucuca, and passeth along to Zabulon southward, and to Aser westward, and to Juda upon the Jordan towards the rising of the sun. ³⁵And the strong cities are Assedim, Ser, and Emath, and Reccath and Cenereth, ³⁶And Edema and Arama, Asor, ³⁷And Cedes and Edri, Enhasor, ³⁸And Jeron and Magdalel, Herem, and Bethanath and Bethsames: nineteen cities, and their villages. ³⁹This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Nephtali by their kindreds, the cities and their villages. ⁴⁰The seventh lot came out to the tribe of the children of Dan by their families: ⁴¹And the border of their possession was Saraa and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun. ⁴²Selebin and Aialon and Jethela, ⁴³Elon and Themna and Acron, ⁴⁴Elthece, Gebbethon and Balaath, ⁴⁵And Jud and Bane and Barach and Gethremmon : ⁴⁶And Mejarcon and Arecon, with the border that looketh towards Joppe, ⁴⁷And is terminated there. And the children of Dan went up and fought against Lesem, and took it: and they put it to the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem Dan, by the name of Dan their father. ⁴⁸This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their kindreds, the cities and their villages. ⁴⁹And when he had made an end of dividing the land by lot to each one by their tribes, the children of Israel gave a possession to Josue the son of Nun in the midst of them, ⁵⁰According to the commandment of the Lord, the city which he asked for, Thamnath Saraa, in mount Ephraim: and he built up the city, and dwelt in it. ⁵¹These are the possessions which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families, and of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed by lot in Silo, before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they divided the land.