19¹ The second lot went to Simeon for its clans. Their inheritance was within the territory of Judah. ² In their inheritance they had: Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, ³ Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, ⁵ Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, ⁶ Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen - thirteen towns and their villages. ⁷ Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan - ⁸ plus all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer, the Ramah of the Negev. ⁹ The inheritance of Simeon came out of the share of Judah, because Judah's portion turned out to be more than they needed. That's how the people of Simeon came to get their lot from within Judah's portion.

¹⁰ The third lot went to Zebulun, clan by clan: ¹¹ It ran west to Maralah, met Dabbesheth, and then went to the brook opposite Jokneam. ¹² In the other direction from Sarid, the border ran east; it followed the sunrise to the border of Kisloth Tabor, on to Daberath and up to Japhia. ¹³ It continued east to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin, came out at Rimmon, and turned toward Neah. ¹⁴ There the border went around on the north to Hannathon and ran out into the Valley of Iphtah El. ¹⁵ It included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem - twelve cities with their villages. ¹⁶ This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun for their clans - these towns and their villages.

¹⁷ The fourth lot went to Issachar, clan by clan. ¹⁸ Their territory included: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, ²⁰ Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, ²¹ Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez. ²² The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh and ended at the Jordan - sixteen towns and their villages. ²³ These towns with their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, clan by clan.

²⁴ The fifth lot went to the tribe of Asher, clan by clan: ²⁵ Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph, ²⁶ Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. The western border touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath, ²⁷ then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, skirting Cabul on the left. ²⁸ It went on to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, all the way to Greater Sidon. ²⁹ The border circled back toward Ramah, extended to the fort city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Aczib, ³⁰ Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob - twenty-two towns and their villages. ³¹ These towns and villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, clan by clan.

³² The sixth lot came to Naphtali and its clans. ³³ Their border ran from Heleph, from the oak at Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. ³⁴ The border returned on the west at Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok, meeting Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and the Jordan on the east. ³⁵ The fort cities were: Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, ³⁶ Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, ³⁷ Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, ³⁸ ron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh - nineteen towns and their villages. ³⁹ This is the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, the cities and their villages, clan by clan.

⁴⁰ The seventh lot fell to Dan. ⁴¹ The territory of their inheritance included: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, ⁴² Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³ Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, ⁴⁶ Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the region facing Joppa. ⁴⁷ But the people of Dan failed to get rid of the Westerners (Amorites), who pushed them back into the hills. The Westerners kept them out of the plain and they didn't have enough room. So the people of Dan marched up and attacked Leshem. They took it, killed the inhabitants, and settled in. They renamed it Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their ancestor. ⁴⁸ This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans, these towns with their villages.

⁴⁹ They completed the dividing of the land as inheritance and the setting of its boundaries. The People of Israel then gave an inheritance among them to Joshua son of Nun. ⁵⁰ In obedience to God's word, they gave him the city which he had requested, Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the city and settled there. ⁵¹ These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the ancestral leaders assigned by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh in the presence of God at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. They completed the dividing of the land.

19¹ The second allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Simeon. Their homeland was surrounded by Judah's territory. ² Simeon's homeland included Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah, ³ Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, ⁵ Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah, ⁶ Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen-thirteen towns with their surrounding villages. ⁷ It also included Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan-four towns with their villages, ⁸ including all the surrounding villages as far south as Baalath-beer (also known as Ramah of the Negev). This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Simeon. ⁹ Their allocation of land came from part of what had been given to Judah because Judah's territory was too large for them. So the tribe of Simeon received an allocation within the territory of Judah.

¹⁰ The third allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Zebulun. The boundary of Zebulun's homeland started at Sarid. ¹¹ From there it went west, going past Maralah, touching Dabbesheth, and proceeding to the brook east of Jokneam. ¹² In the other direction, the boundary went east from Sarid to the border of Kisloth-tabor, and from there to Daberath and up to Japhia. ¹³ Then it continued east to Gath-hepher, Eth-kazin, and Rimmon and turned toward Neah. ¹⁴ The northern boundary of Zebulun passed Hannathon and ended at the valley of Iphtah-el. ¹⁵ The towns in these areas included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem-twelve towns with their surrounding villages. ¹⁶ The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Zebulun included these towns and their surrounding villages.

¹⁷ The fourth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Issachar. ¹⁸ Its boundaries included the following towns: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, ²⁰ Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, ²¹ Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez. ²² The boundary also touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, ending at the Jordan River-sixteen towns with their surrounding villages. ²³ The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Issachar included these towns and their surrounding villages.

²⁴ The fifth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Asher. ²⁵ Its boundaries included these towns: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph, ²⁶ Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. The boundary on the west touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath, ²⁷ then it turned east toward Beth-dagon, and ran as far as Zebulun in the valley of Iphtah-el, going north to Beth-emek and Neiel. It then continued north to Cabul, ²⁸ Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, and as far as Greater Sidon. ²⁹ Then the boundary turned toward Ramah and the fortress of Tyre, where it turned toward Hosah and came to the Mediterranean Sea. The territory also included Mehebel, Aczib, ³⁰ Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob-twenty-two towns with their surrounding villages. ³¹ The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Asher included these towns and their surrounding villages.

³² The sixth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Naphtali. ³³ Its boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak at Zaanannim, and extended across to Adami-nekeb, Jabneel, and as far as Lakkum, ending at the Jordan River. ³⁴ The western boundary ran past Aznoth-tabor, then to Hukkok, and touched the border of Zebulun in the south, the border of Asher on the west, and the Jordan River on the east. ³⁵ The fortified towns included in this territory were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, ³⁶ Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, ³⁷ Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, ³⁸ Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh-nineteen towns with their surrounding villages. ³⁹ The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Naphtali included these towns and their surrounding villages.

⁴⁰ The seventh allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Dan. ⁴¹ The land allocated as their homeland included the following towns: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, ⁴² Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³ Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, ⁴⁶ Me-jarkon, Rakkon, and the territory across from Joppa. ⁴⁷ But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land, so they attacked the town of Laish. They captured it, slaughtered its people, and settled there. They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor. ⁴⁸ The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Dan included these towns and their surrounding villages.

⁴⁹ After all the land was divided among the tribes, the Israelites gave a piece of land to Joshua as his allocation. ⁵⁰ For the Lord had said he could have any town he wanted. He chose Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the town and lived there. ⁵¹ These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders allocated as grants of land to the tribes of Israel by casting sacred lots in the presence of the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle at Shiloh. So the division of the land was completed.