Joshua 19

And the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. And their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

2 And in their inheritance they had Beersheba and Sheba and Moladah, 3 and Hazarshual and Balah and Azem, 4 and Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah, 5 and Ziklag and Beth-Marcaboth and Hazar-Susah, 6 and Beth-Lebaoth and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages; 7 Ain, Remmon and Ether and Ashan; four cities and their villages; 8 and all the villages that surrounded these cities to Baalath-Beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. 9 The inheritance of the children of Simeon was from the portion of the children of Judah; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them. So the children of Simeon had their inheritance within their inheritance.

19:1-9 Simeon’s inheritance was in the south of the land, within the allotment made to the tribe of Judah. See Gen 49:7.⚜

10 And the third lot came out for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid; 11 and their border went up toward the sea and Maralah, and extended to Dabbasheth and went on to the river that is before Jokneam, 12 and turned from Sarid on the east toward sunrise to the border of Kisloth-Tabor, and then went on to Daberath and went up to Japhia. 13 And from there it continued along on the east to Gittah-Hepher, to Ittahkazin, and went on to Remmon-Methoar to Neah; 14 and the border circled around it on the north to Hannathon; and its end was in the valley of Jiphthahel; 15 and it included Kattath, and Nahallal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages.

16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

19:10-16 Zebulun was in Galilee, west of the sea.⚜

17 And the fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and included Kesulloth and Shunem 19 and Haphraim and Shihon and Anaharath 20 and Rabbith and Kishion and Abez 21 and Remeth and Engannim and Enhaddah and Beth-Pazzez; 22 and the border extended to Tabor and Shahazimah and Beth-Shemesh; and the end of their border was at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages.

23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

19:17-23 Issachar was southeast of Zebulun.⚜

24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was at Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph, 26 and Alammelech and Amad and Misheal, and it extended to Carmel on the west and to Shihor-Libnath; 27 and turned toward the sunrise to Beth-Dagon and extended to Zebulun and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north of Beth-Emek and Neiel and went on to Cabul on the north, 28 and Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to greater Sidon; 29 and then the border turned toward Ramah and to the strong city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and its end was at the sea from the coast to Achzib; 30 it included Ummah also and Aphek and Rehob; twenty-two cities with their villages.

31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

19:24-31 Asher was along the Mediterranean coast, north of Mt Carmel.⚜

32 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33 And their border was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim and Adami-Nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakum; and its end was at the Jordan; 34 then the border turned to the west to Aznoth-Tabor, and went on from there to Hukkok, and extended to Zebulun on the south and extended to Asher on the west and to Judah on the Jordan toward sunrise. 35 And the fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer and Hammath, Rakkath, and Kinnereth, 36 and Adamah and Ramah and Hazor 37 and Kedesh and Edrei and En-Hazor 38 and Iron and Migdalel, Horem and Beth-Anath and Beth-Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

19:32-39 Naphtali was east of Asher, north of Issachar.⚜

40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 And the border of their inheritance included Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-Shemesh 42 and Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Jethlah 43 and Elon and Thimnathah and Ekron 44 and Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath 45 and Jehud and Bene-Berak and Gath-Rimmon 46 and Mejarkon and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.

47 And the border of the children of Dan encompassed too little for them; therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it and struck it with the edge of the sword and possessed it and lived in it, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

19:47 Leshem was in the far north of the land, near Mt Hermon – Jud 18:27-31.⚜

48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

19:40-48 Dan was west of Ephraim and extended to the coast of the Mediterranean.⚜

Allotment for Joshua

49 When they had finished apportioning the land for an inheritance by their borders, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them. 50 In accordance with the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked for, Timnath-Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built the city and lived in it.

51 These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders of the tribes of the fathers of the children of Israel, apportioned as an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they finished apportioning the country.

19:51 Josh 16:1-9. The land was apportioned as God saw fit. Some tribes were given more land than the others and some areas were more fruitful than others. But all received something and there was a suitable place for each tribe, family and individual. Reward for past behavior entered into the allotment for each though everything given was of God’s grace, since no one fully deserved anything. It seems clear that the prophetic blessings pronounced by Jacob in Genesis chapter 49 and by Moses in Deuteronomy chapter 33 were in line with what each tribe received.⚜