The Territory of Simeon
1The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, by its clans. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah. 2Their inheritance included Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah, 3Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem, 4Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, 5Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah, 6Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen — thirteen towns, with their villages; 7Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan — four towns, with their villages — 8along with all the villages around these towns, as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon, by its clans. 9Simeon’s inheritance was taken from the share of Judah, for Judah’s portion was more than they needed, so the Simeonites received their inheritance within Judah’s territory.
The Territory of Zebulun
10The third lot came up for the descendants of Zebulun, by their clans. The border of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid. 11Their border went up westward to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and reached the wadi facing Jokneam. 12From Sarid it turned east toward the sunrise, to the territory of Chisloth-tabor, went on to Daberath, and up to Japhia. 13From there it continued east to Gath-hepher and Eth-kazin, went on to Rimmon, and turned toward Neah. 14The border then curved around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el. 15It included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem — twelve towns, with their villages. 16This was the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun, by their clans — these towns, with their villages.
The Territory of Issachar
17The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the descendants of Issachar, by their clans. 18Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, 19Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, 20Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, 21Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez. 22The border touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan — sixteen towns, with their villages. 23This was the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, by its clans — the towns, with their villages.
The Territory of Asher
24The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher, by its clans. 25Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, 26Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. The border touched Carmel on the west and Shihor-libnath, 27then turned eastward to Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el on the north, went on to Beth-emek and Neiel, and passed by Cabul on the left, 28then to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as greater Sidon. 29The border then turned toward Ramah and the fortified city of Tyre, then turned to Hosah, ending at the sea, in the region of Achzib, 30including Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob — twenty-two towns, with their villages. 31This was the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, by its clans — these towns, with their villages.
The Territory of Naphtali
32The sixth lot came out for the descendants of Naphtali, for the descendants of Naphtali, by their clans. 33Their border ran from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, through Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan. 34The border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, went on from there to Hukkok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east. 35The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, 36Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 37Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, 38Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh — nineteen towns, with their villages. 39This was the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, by its clans — the towns, with their villages.
The Territory of Dan
40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan, by its clans. 41The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, 42Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, 43Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, 46Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory facing Joppa. 47But the territory of the Danites slipped from their grasp, so the Danites went up and fought against Leshem. They captured it, struck it down with the sword, took possession of it, and settled there, renaming Leshem as Dan, after the name of their ancestor Dan. 48This was the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, by its clans — these towns, with their villages.
Joshua’s Own Inheritance
49When they had finished dividing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them. 50As Yahweh had commanded, they gave him the town he asked for — Timnath-serah, in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the town and settled there. 51These were the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the ancestral tribes of Israel distributed by lot at Shiloh before Yahweh, at the entrance to the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
