YAHOSHUA 19

1 And the second lot came out for Shim’on, for the tribe of the children of Shim’on for their clans. And their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Yahuḏah.

2 And they had in their inheritance Be’ĕrsheḇa, or Sheḇa, and Molaḏah,

3 and Ḥatsar Shu’al, and Balah, and Etsem,

4 and Eltolaḏ, and Bethul, and Ḥormah,

5 and Tsiqlaḡ, and Bĕyth Markaḇoth, and Ḥatsar Susah,

6 and Bĕyth Leḇa’oth, and Sharuḥen – thirteen cities and their villages.

7 Ayin, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan – four cities and their villages;

8 and all the villages that were all around these cities as far as Ba’alath Be’ĕr, Ramath Neḡeḇ. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Shim’on for their clans.

9 The inheritance of the children of Shim’on was out of the portion of the children of Yahuḏah, for the portion of the children of Yahuḏah was too much for them. So the children of Shim’on had their inheritance within their inheritance.

10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zeḇulun for their clans, and the border of their inheritance was as far as Sariḏ.

11 And their border went toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth, and reached to the wadi that faced Yoqne’am,

12 and turned back from Sariḏ eastward toward the sunrise, to the border of Kisloth Taḇor, and went out toward Daḇerath, and went up to Yaphiya.

13 And from there it passed over eastward, to the east of Gath Ḥĕpher, toward Eth Qatsin, and went out to Rimmon, which borders on Nĕ’ah.

14 And the border went around it on the north side of Ḥannathon, and it ended in the Valley of Yiphthaḥ Ĕl;

15 also Qattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Yiḏalah, and Bĕyth Leḥem – twelve cities with their villages.

16 This was the inheritance of the children of Zeḇulun for their clans, these cities with their villages.

17 The fourth lot came out Yissasḵar, for the children Yissasḵar, for their clans.

18 And their border was toward Yizre’ĕl, and Kesulloth, and Shunĕm,

19 and Ḥapharayim, and Shiyon, and Anaḥarath,

20 and Rabbith, and Qishyon, and Eḇets,

21 and Remeth, and Ĕyn Gannim, and Ĕyn Ḥaddah, and Bĕyth Patstsĕts.

22 And the border reached to Taḇor, and Shaḥatsimah, and Bĕyth Shemesh, and their border ended at the Yardĕn – sixteen cities with their villages.

23 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Yissasḵar for their clans, the cities and their villages.

24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Ashĕr for their clans.

25 And their border was Ḥelqath, and Ḥali, and Beten, and Aḵshaph,

26 and Allammeleḵ, and Amaḏ, and Mish’al. And it reached to Mount Karmel westward, and to Brook Shiḥor Liḇnath,

27 and turned toward the sunrise, to Bĕyth Daḡon, and reached to Zeḇulun and to the Valley of Yiphthaḥ Ĕl, then northward beyond Bĕyth ha’Ĕmeq and Ne’i’ĕl, and went out to Kaḇul which was on the left,

28 and Ḥeḇron, and Reḥoḇ, and Ḥammon, and Qanah, as far as Great Tsiḏon.

29 And the border turned to Ramah and to the strong city Tsor, and the border turned to Ḥosah, and ended at the sea, from the coast to Aḵziḇ.

30 And Ummah, and Aphĕq, and Reḥoḇ were included – twenty-two cities with their villages.

31 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ashĕr for their clans, these cities with their villages.

32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali for their clans.

33 And their border was from Ḥĕleph, from the terebinth tree in Tsa’anannim, and Aḏami Neqeḇ, and Yaḇne’ĕl, as far as Laqqum, and it ended at the Yardĕn.

34 And the border turned westward to Aznoth Taḇor, and went out from there toward Ḥuqqoq, and reached to Zeḇulun on the south side and Ashĕr on the west side, and ended at Yahuḏah by the Yardĕn toward the sunrise.

35 And the cities of defence were Tsiddim, Tsĕr, and Ḥammath, Raqqath, and Kinnereth,

36 and Aḏamah, and Ramah, and Ḥatsor,

37 and Qeḏesh, and Eḏre’i, and Ĕyn Ḥatsor,

38 and Yiron, and Miḡdal Ĕl, Ḥorĕm, and Bĕyth Anath, and Bĕyth Shemesh – nineteen cities with their villages.

39 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali for their clans, the cities with their villages.

40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan for their clans.

41 And the border of their inheritance was Tsor’ah, and Eshta’ol, and Ir Shemesh,

42 and Sha’alabbin, and Ayalon, and Yithlah,

43 and Ĕylon, and Timnathah, and Eqron,

44 and Elteqĕh, and Gibbethon, and Ba’alath,

45 and Yahuḏ, and Benĕy Beraq, and Gath Rimmon,

46 and Mĕy Yarqon, and Raqqon, with the border before Yapho.

47 And the border of the children of Dan went out from them. And the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and captured it. And they smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan for their clans, these cities with their villages.

49 And when they had ended dividing the land as an inheritance according to their borders, the children of Yisra’ĕl gave an inheritance to Yahoshua son of Nun in their midst.

50 According to the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 they gave him the city which he asked for, Timnath Seraḥ in the mountains of Ephrayim. And he built the city and dwelt in it.

51 These were the inheritances which El’azar the kohĕn, and Yahoshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕl divided as an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, at the door of the Tent of Appointment. And they ended dividing the country.