Joshua 19
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The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, p and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah.
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q And they had for their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,
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Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
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Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
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Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,
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Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen - thirteen cities with their villages;
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Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan - four cities with their villages,
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together with all the villages around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Simeon according to their clans.
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r The inheritance of the people of Simeon formed part of the territory of the people of Judah. Because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them, the people of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
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The third lot came up for the people of Zebulun, according to their clans. And the territory of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid.
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Then their boundary goes up s westward and on to Mareal and touches Dabbesheth, then the brook that is east of t Jokneam.
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From Sarid it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of Chisloth-tabor. From there it goes to Daberath, then up to Japhia.
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From there it passes along on the east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and going on to Rimmon it bends toward Neah,
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then on the north the boundary turns about to Hannathon, and it ends at the Valley of Iphtahel;
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and Kattath, Nahalal, u Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem - twelve cities with their villages.
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This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun, according to their clans - these cities with their villages.
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The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the people of Issachar, according to their clans.
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Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, v Shunem,
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Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,
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Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,
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Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, Beth-pazzez.
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The boundary also touches Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and its boundary ends at the Jordan - sixteen cities with their villages.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Issachar, according to their clans - the cities with their villages.
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The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans.
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Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
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Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west it touches w Carmel and Shihor-libnath,
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then it turns eastward, it goes to Beth-dagon, and touches Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtahel northward to Beth-emek and Neiel. Then it continues in the north to x Cabul,
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Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, as far as y Sidon the Great.
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Then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre. Then the boundary turns to Hosah, and it ends at the sea; Mahalab, Achzib,
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Ummah, Aphek and Rehob - twenty-two cities with their villages.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans - these cities with their villages.
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The sixth lot came out for the people of Naphtali, for the people of Naphtali, according to their clans.
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And their boundary ran from Heleph, from z the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and it ended at the Jordan.
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Then the boundary turns a westward to Aznoth-tabor and goes from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun at the south and Asher on the west and Judah on the east at the Jordan.
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The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, b Chinnereth,
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Adamah, Ramah, c Hazor,
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Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,
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Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh - nineteen cities with their villages.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Naphtali according to their clans - the cities with their villages.
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The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans.
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And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
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d Shaalabbin, d Aijalon, Ithlah,
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Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
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Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
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Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,
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and Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against e Joppa.
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When f the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans - these cities with their villages.
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When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun.
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By command of the Lord they gave him the city that he asked, g Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it.
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h These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot i at Shiloh before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
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Cross References
Joshua 19:9
The inheritance of the people of Simeon formed part of the territory of the people of Judah. Because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them, the people of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
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Joshua 19:2 - 8
And they had for their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah.
1 Chronicles 4:28 - 33
They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual.
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Joshua 19:1
The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah.
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Joshua 18:14
Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon, and it ends at Kiriath-baal ( that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side.
Genesis 49:13
Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea; he shall become a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon.
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Joshua 12:22
The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one.
Joshua 21:34
And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands.
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Joshua 11:1
When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph.
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1 Samuel 28:4
The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa.
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1 Kings 18:19 - 20
Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me ...
1 Kings 18:42
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah...
2 Kings 2:25
From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from...
2 Kings 4:25
So she set out and came to the man of God at Mo...
Song of Solomon 7:5
Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flow...
Isaiah 33:9
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is conf...
Jeremiah 50:19
I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he sh...
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1 Kings 9:13
Therefore he said, "What kind of cities are these that you have given me, my brother?" So they are called the land of Cabul to this day.
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Joshua 11:8
And the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and chased them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. And they struck them until he left none remaining.
Judges 1:31
Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon or of Ahlab or of Achzib or of Helbah or of Aphik or of Rehob.
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Judges 4:11
Now Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.
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Deuteronomy 33:23
And of Naphtali he said, "O Naphtali, sated with favor, and full of the blessing of the Lord, possess the lake and the south.
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Joshua 11:2
And to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-dor on the west.
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Joshua 11:1
When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph.
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Judges 1:35
The Amorites persisted in dwelling in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor.
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Judges 1:35
The Amorites persisted in dwelling in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor.
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2 Chronicles 2:16
And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may take it up to Jerusalem.
Ezra 3:7
So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
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Judges 1:34 - 35
The Amorites pressed the people of Dan back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain.
Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.
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Joshua 24:30
And they buried him in his own inheritance at Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.
Judges 2:9
And they buried him within the boundaries of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.
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Joshua 14:1
These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit.
Numbers 34:17
These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.
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Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
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