Simeon’s Inheritance
This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon’s descendants by their clans. 9 The inheritance of Simeon’s descendants was within the territory of Judah’s descendants, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So Simeon’s descendants received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.
Zebulun’s Inheritance
10 The third lot came up for Zebulun’s descendants by their clans.
16 This was the inheritance of Zebulun’s descendants by their clans, these cities, with their villages.
Issachar’s Inheritance
17 The fourth lot came out for the tribe of Issachar’s descendants by their clans.
23 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar’s descendants by their clans, the cities, with their villages.
Asher’s Inheritance
24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher’s descendants by their clans.
31 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Asher’s descendants by their clans, these cities with their villages.
Naphtali’s Inheritance
32 The sixth lot came out for Naphtali’s descendants by their clans.
39 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali’s descendants by their clans, the cities with their villages.
Dan’s Inheritance
40 The seventh lot came out for the Danite tribe by its clans.
47 When the territory of the Danites slipped out of their control,[e] they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and struck it down with the sword. So they took possession of it, lived there, and renamed Leshem after[f] their ancestor Dan. 48 This was the inheritance of the Danite tribe by its clans, these cities with their villages.
Joshua’s Inheritance
49 When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them. 50 By the Lord’s command, they gave him the city Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, which he requested. He rebuilt the city and lived in it.
51 These were the portions that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed to the Israelite tribes by lot at Shiloh in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.
Footnotes
- Joshua 19:8 Or the Negev
- Joshua 19:29 Or sea, in the region of Achzib
- Joshua 19:34 LXX omits Judah
- Joshua 19:35 A town near the Sea of Galilee
- Joshua 19:47 Lit territory of the sons of Dan went out from them
- Joshua 19:47 Lit and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of