1And the second lot came out for Simeon , even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families : and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah . 2And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba , and Moladah , 3and Hazar-shual , and Balah , and Ezem , 4and Eltolad, and Bethul , and Hormah , 5and Ziklag , and Beth-marcaboth , and Hazar-susah , 6and Beth-lebaoth , and Sharuhen ; thirteen cities with their villages : 7Ain , Rimmon , and Ether , and Ashan ; four cities with their villages : 8and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer , Ramah of the South . This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families . 9Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon ; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them : therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance .
The Inheritance of Simeon
10And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families . And the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid ; 11and their border went up westward , even to Maralah , and reached to Dabbesheth ; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam ; 12and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor ; and it went out to Daberath , and went up to Japhia ; 13and from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher , to Eth-kazin ; and it went out at Rimmon which stretcheth unto Neah ; 14and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon ; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-el; 15and Kattath , and Nahalal , and Shimron , and Idalah , and Bethlehem : twelve cities with their villages . 16This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families , these cities with their villages .
The Allotment for Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan
17The fourth lot came out for Issachar , even for the children of Issachar according to their families . 18And their border was unto Jezreel , and Chesulloth , and Shunem , 19and Hapharaim , and Shion , and Anaharath, 20and Rabbith , and Kishion , and Ebez, 21and Remeth , and Engannim, and En-haddah , and Beth-pazzez , 22and the border reached to Tabor , and Shahazumah , and Beth-shemesh ; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan : sixteen cities with their villages . 23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families , the cities with their villages . 24And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families . 25And their border was Helkath , and Hali , and Beten, and Achshaph, 26and Allammelech, and Amad , and Mishal ; and it reached to Carmel westward , and to Shihor-libnath ; 27and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon , and reached to Zebulun , and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel ; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand , 28and Ebron , and Rehob , and Hammon , and Kanah , even unto great Sidon ; 29and the border turned to Ramah , and to the fortified city of Tyre ; and the border turned to Hosah ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea by the region of Achzib; 30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob : twenty and two cities with their villages . 31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families , these cities with their villages .
The Cities of Refuge and Levitical Cities
32The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali , even for the children of Naphtali according to their families . 33And their border was from Heleph , from the oak in Zaanannim , and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel , unto Lakkum ; and the goings out thereof were at the Jordan ; 34and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok ; and it reached to Zebulun on the south , and reached to Asher on the west , and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising . 35And the fortified cities were Ziddim , Zer , and Hammath , Rakkath , and Chinnereth , 36and Adamah, and Ramah , and Hazor , 37and Kedesh , and Edrei, and En-hazor , 38and Iron , and Migdal-el , Horem , and Beth-anath , and Beth-shemesh ; nineteen cities with their villages . 39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families , the cities with their villages . 40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families . 41And the border of their inheritance was Zorah , and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh , 42and Shaalabbin , and Aijalon, and Ithlah , 43and Elon, and Timnah , and Ekron , 44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon , and Baalath , 45and Jehud , and Bene-berak , and Gath-rimmon , 46and Me-jarkon , and Rakkon , with the border over against Joppa . 47And the border of the children of Dan went out beyond them ; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem , and took it , and smote it with the edge of the sword , and possessed it , and dwelt therein , and called Leshem , Dan , after the name of Dan their father . 48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families , these cities with their villages . 49So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof ; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them : 50according to the commandment of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked , even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city , and dwelt therein . 51These are the inheritances , which Eleazar the priest , and Joshua the son of Nun , and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel , distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah , at the door of the tent of meeting . So they made an end of dividing the land .