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And the second lot came out for the children of Simeon; and their inheritance was in the midst of the lots of the children of Judah.
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And their lot was Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,
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Hazar Shual, Balah, Jason,
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Erthula, Bula, and Hormah,
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Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,
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Beth Lebaoth, and their fields, thirteen cities, and their villages.
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Rimmon, Thalcha, Ether, Ashan; four cities and their villages,
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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 Simeon according to their families.
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The inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon [was a part] of the lot of Judah, for the portion of the children of Judah was greater than theirs; and the children of Simeon inherited in the midst of their lot.
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And the third lot came out to Zebulun according to their families; the bounds of their inheritance shall be- Esedekgola shall be their border,
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the sea and Maralah, and it shall reach to Beth Arabah in the valley, which is opposite Jokneam.
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And the border returned from Sarid in an opposite direction eastward, to the borders of Chisloth Tabor, and shall pass on to Daberath, and shall proceed upward to Japhia.
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And from there it shall come round in the opposite direction eastward to Gath Hepher to Eth Kazin, and shall go on to Rimmon.
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And the borders shall come round northward to Hannathon, and their going out shall be at Jiphthah El.
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Included were Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Jericho, and Bethlehem.
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This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun according to their families, [these] cities and their villages.
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And the fourth lot came out to Issachar.
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And their borders were Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
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Haphraim, Shion, Anaharath,
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Anachereth, Dabiron, Kishion, Abez,
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Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, Emarek, and Beth Pazzez.
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And the boundaries shall border upon Tabor, and upon Shahazimah westward, and Beth Shemesh; and the extremity of his bounds shall be the Jordan.
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This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
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And the fifth lot came out to Asher according to their families.
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And their borders were Helkath, Aleph, Baethok, Achshaph,
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Alammelech, Amad, Mishal, and the lot will border on Carmel westward, along [the Brook] Shihor Libnah.
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And it will return westward from Beth Dagon, and will join Zebulun and Ekgai, and Jiphthah El northwards, and the borders will come to Beth Emk and Neiel, and will go on to Cabul,
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Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, to Great Sidon.
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And the borders shall turn back to Ramah, 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 Achzib.
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Also Archob, Aphek, and Rehob.
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This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, the cities and their villages.
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And the sixth lot came out to Nephthali.
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And their borders were Moolam, Mola, Besemiin, Arme, Naboc, and Jephthamai, as far as Dodam; and their goings out were the Jordan.
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And the coasts will return westward by Athabor, and will go out from there to Jacanah, and will border on Zebulun southward, and Asher will join [it] westward, and the Jordan eastward.
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And the walled cities of the Tyrians [are]: Tyre, Omathadaketh, Kenereth,
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Kadesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
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Iron, Migdal, El, Horem, and Thessamys.
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This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Nephthali.
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And the seventh lot came out to Dan.
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And their borders were Sarath, Asa, the cities of Sammaus,
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Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Silatha,
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Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
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Jehud, Bene Berak, and Gath Rimmon.
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And westward of Hieracon the border [was] near to Joppa.
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And the sons of Dan went and fought against Lachish, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword. And they dwelt in it, and called the name of it Leshem. 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.
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This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan, according to their families, these [are] their cities and their villages. And the children of Dan did not drive out the Amorite who afflicted them in the mountain; and the Amorite would not allow them to come down into the valley, but they forcibly took from them the border of their portion.
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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 Nun among them,
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by the command of God, and they gave him the city which he asked for, Timnah Serah, which is in the mount of Ephraim. And he built the city, and dwelt in it.
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These [are] the divisions which Eleazar the priest divided by lot, and Joshua the [son] of Nun, and the heads of families among the tribes of Israel, according to the lots, in Shiloh before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and they went to take possession of the land.
