Joshua 19
1 And the second lot came out for the
children of Symeon; and their inheritance was in the midst of the lots of the
children of Juda. 2 And their lot was
Beersabee, and Samaa, and Caladam,
3 and Arsola, and Bola, and Jason,
4 and Erthula, and Bula, and Herma,
5 and Sikelac, and Bæthmachereb, and
Sarsusin, 6 and Batharoth, and their
fields, thirteen cities, and their villages.
7 Eremmon, and Thalcha, and Jether,
and Asan; four cities and their villages,
8 round about their cities as far as
Balec as men go to Bameth southward: this
is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Symeon according to their families.
9 The inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Symeon was a part of the lot of Juda, for
the portion of the children of Juda was greater than theirs; and the children
of Symeon inherited in the midst of their lot.
10 And the third lot came out to
Zabulon according to their families: the bounds of their inheritance shall
be—Esedekgola shall be their border,
11 the sea and Magelda, and it shall
reach to
aOr, at or towards.Bætharaba in the valley, which is opposite Jekman.
12 And the border returned from
Sedduc in a contrary direction eastward from Bæthsamys, to the borders of
Chaselothaith, and shall pass on to Dabiroth, and shall proceed upward to
Phangai. 13 And thence it shall come
round in the opposite direction eastward to Gebere to the city of Catasem, and
shall go on to Remmonaa Matharaoza.
14 And the borders shall come round
northward to Amoth, and their going out shall be at Gæphael,
15 and Catanath, and Nabaal, and
Symoön, and Jericho, and Bæthman.
16 This
is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of
Zabulon according to their families, these cities and
their villages.
17 And the fourth lot came out to
Issachar. 18 And their borders were
Jazel, and Chasaloth, and Sunam,
19 and Agin, and Siona, and Reeroth,
20 and Anachereth, and Dabiron, and
Kison, and Rebes, 21 and Remmas, and
Jeon, and Tomman, and Æmarec, and Bersaphes.
22 And the boundaries shall border
upon Gæthbor, and upon Salim westward, and Bæthsamys; and the extremity of his
bounds shall be Jordan. 23 This
is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
24 And the fifth lot came out to Aser
according to their families. 25 And
their borders were Exeleketh, and Aleph, and Bæthok, and Keaph,
26 and Elimelech, and Amiel, and
Maasa, and the lot will border on Carmel westward, and on Sion, and Labanath.
27 And it will return
bGr. from the rising of the sun.westward from Bæthegeneth, and will join Zabulon and Ekgai, and Phthæel
northwards, and the borders will come to Saphthæbæthme, and Inael, and will go
on to Chobamasomel, 28 and Elbon, and
Raab, and Ememaon, and Canthan to great Sidon.
29 And the borders shall turn back to
Rama, and to the fountain of Masphassat, and the Tyrians; and the borders
shall return to Jasiph, and their going forth shall be the sea, and Apoleb,
and Echozob, 30 and Archob, and
Aphec, and Raau. 31 This
is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Aser
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
32 And the sixth lot came out to
Nephthali. 33 And their borders were
Moolam, and Mola, and Besemiin, and Arme, and Naboc, and Jephthamai, as far as
Dodam; and their goings out were Jordan.
34 And the coasts will return
westward by Athabor, and will go out thence to Jacana, and will border on
Zabulon southward, and Aser will join it westward,
and Jordan eastward.
35 And the walled cities of the
Tyrians, Tyre, and Omathadaketh, and Kenereth,
36 and Armaith, and Arael, and Asor,
37 and Cades, and Assari, and the
well of Asor; 38 and Keroe, and
Megalaarim, and Bætthame, and Thessamys.
39 This
is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Nephthali.
40 And the seventh lot came out to
Dan. 41 And their borders were
Sarath, and Asa, and the cities of Sammaus,
42 and Salamin, and Ammon, and
Silatha, 43 and Elon, and Thamnatha,
and Accaron; 44 and Alcatha, and
Begethon, and Gebeëlan, 45 and Azor,
and Banæbacat, and Gethremmon. 46 And
westward of Hieracon the border was near to Joppa.
47 This
is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Dan, according to their families, these are their
cities and their villages: 47a and
the children of Dan did not drive out the Amorite who afflicted them in the
mountain; and the Amorite would not suffer them to come down into the valley,
but they forcibly took from them the border of their portion.
48 And the sons of Dan went and
fought against Lachis, and took it, and smote it with the
cGr. mouth.edge of the sword; and they dwelt in it, and called the name of it Lasendan:
48a and the Amorite continued to
dwell in Edom and in Salamin: and the hand of Ephraim prevailed against them,
and they became tributaries to them.
49 And they proceeded to take
possession of the land according to their borders, and the children of Israel
gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Naue among them,
50 by the command of God, and they
gave him the city which he asked for, Thamnasarach, which is in the mount of
Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt in it.
51 These
are the divisions which Eleazar the priest divided by
lot, and Joshua the son of Naue, and the heads of
families among the tribes of Israel, according to the lots, in Selo before the
Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and they
dHeb. finished dividing. The LXX seems to have read הלך for חלק.went to take possession of the land.