The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Josue
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Chapter 19
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The next lot which was drawn was that of Simeon; and the lands assigned to them were
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interspersed among those of Juda; namely Bersabee, Sabee, Molada,
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Hasersual, Bala, Asem,
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Eltholad, Bethul, Harma,
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Siceleg, Bethmarchaboth, Hasersusa,
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Bethlebaoth and Sarohen, thirteen cities in all;
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also Ain, Remmon, Athar, and Asan, four cities in all with their dependent villages.
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All the villages round about these cities, down to Baalath-Beer-Ramath in the south, belonged to the clans of Simeon,
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being part of the territory allotted to Juda, which was too large for them, so that they must needs share it with Simeon.
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The third lot drawn was that of Zabulon; their territory began at Sarid,
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and went out in the direction of the sea through Merala and Debbaseth to the stream that flows past Jeconam.
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From Sarid eastward it passed through the confines of Ceseleth-Thabor to Dabereth, climbing up into the hill-country at Japhie;
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thence it made its way east by Gath-Hepher and Thacasin to Remmon, Amthar, and Noa.
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It took in Hanathon in the north, and went out as far as the valley of Jephtahel,
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Cateth, Naalol, Semeron, Jedala, and Bethlehem; thus twelve cities with their dependent villages
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made up the portion granted to Zabulon; both town and village were theirs.
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The fourth was the lot of Issachar;
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it included Jezrael, Casaloth, Sunem,
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Hapharaim, Seon, Anaharath,
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Rabboth, Cesion, Abes,
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Rameth, Engannim, Enhadda, and Bethpheses,
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and reached as far as Thabor, Sehesima, and Bethsames, so as to make Jordan its boundary; sixteen cities in all, with their dependent villages
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made up the portion granted to Issachar; both town and village were theirs.
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The fifth was the lot of Aser;
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their territory was round about Halcath, Chali, Beten, Axaph,
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Elmelech, Amaad and Messal; it reached along the sea as far as Carmel and Sihor-Labanath,
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and eastwards it went through Bethdagon to the frontier of Zabulon and the valley of Jephthael. Then it went northwards to Bethemec and Nehiel, with Cabul on the left,
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to Abran, Rohob, Hamon, and Cana, where it marches with greater Sidon.
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Thence it turned back through Horma towards the great fortress of Tyre, reaching as far as Hosa, and coming down to the sea again where it touches Achziba.
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It also took in Amma, Aphec, and Rohob; twenty-two cities with their dependent villages
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made up the portion granted to Aser; both town and village were theirs.
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The sixth was the lot of Nephthali;
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it stretched all the way from Heleph to Elon in Saananim, Adami, Neceb, Jebnael, and Lecum, with Jordan for its boundary.
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Then the frontier turned westwards, at Azanoth-Thabor, and went out to Hucuca to meet the frontier of Zabulon on the south; on the west it marched with Aser, and on the east with Juda-beyond-Jordan.✻
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The fortified cities of Nephthali were Assedim, Ser, Emath, Reccath, Cenereth,
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Edema, Arama, Asor,
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Cedes, Edrai, Enhasor,
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Jeron, Magdalel, Horem, Bethanath and Bethsames; nineteen cities with their dependent villages
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made up the portion granted to Nephthali; both town and village were theirs.
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And the seventh lot was that of Dan;
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their territory included Sara and Esthaol, Hir-Semes (that is, the City of the Sun),
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Selebin, Aialon, Jethela,
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Elon, Themna, Acron,
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Elthece, Gebbethon, Balaath,
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Jud, Bane, Barach, Gethremmon,
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Mejarcon and Arecon; its frontiers reached Joppe,
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and went no further. But the Danites made an expedition against Lesem, and captured it; they exterminated the inhabitants, and occupied it as a colony of their own, calling it Lesem-Dan after the name of their ancestor.
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These cities, with their dependent villages, made up the portion granted to the Danite clans.
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When he had finished dividing up the land by lot among the tribes, the Israelites gave Josue the son of Nun lands of his own among the rest,
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as the Lord had bidden them. He asked for the city of Thamnath-Saraa, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and built up its walls, and so dwelt there.
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Such was the division of the land made by the high priest Eleazar, and Josue the son of Nun, and the chief men of Israel’s clans and tribes, there in Silo, in the Lord’s presence, at the door of the tabernacle that bore witness to his covenant.
