Joshua 18:9   (Read all of Joshua 18)

So the men left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.

Joshua 18:10   (Read all of Joshua 18)

Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.

Joshua 18:12   (Read all of Joshua 18)

On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the wilderness of Beth Aven.

Joshua 18:13   (Read all of Joshua 18)

From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.

Joshua 18:14   (Read all of Joshua 18)

From the hill facing Beth Horon on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.

Joshua 18:15   (Read all of Joshua 18)

The southern side began at the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim on the west, and the boundary came out at the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

Joshua 18:16   (Read all of Joshua 18)

The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim. It continued down the Hinnom Valley along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel.

Joshua 18:17   (Read all of Joshua 18)

It then curved north, went to En Shemesh, continued to Geliloth, which faces the Pass of Adummim, and ran down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

Joshua 18:18   (Read all of Joshua 18)

It continued to the northern slope of Beth Arabah and on down into the Arabah.

Joshua 18:19   (Read all of Joshua 18)

It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.

Joshua 18:20   (Read all of Joshua 18)

The Jordan formed the boundary on the eastern side. These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.

Joshua 19:1   (Read all of Joshua 19)

The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon according to its clans. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah.

Joshua 19:2   (Read all of Joshua 19)

It included: Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

Joshua 19:3   (Read all of Joshua 19)

Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,

Joshua 19:5   (Read all of Joshua 19)

Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah,

Joshua 19:6   (Read all of Joshua 19)

Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen-thirteen towns and their villages;

Joshua 19:8   (Read all of Joshua 19)

and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev). This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans.

Joshua 19:9   (Read all of Joshua 19)

The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah's portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.

Joshua 19:10   (Read all of Joshua 19)

The third lot came up for Zebulun according to its clans: The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid.

Joshua 19:12   (Read all of Joshua 19)

It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.

Joshua 19:15   (Read all of Joshua 19)

Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.

Joshua 19:18   (Read all of Joshua 19)

Their territory included: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,

Joshua 19:19   (Read all of Joshua 19)

Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

Joshua 19:22   (Read all of Joshua 19)

The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.