The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Joshua 19

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Nevi'im — the Prophets

Joshua chapter 19 — part of the Nevi'im — the Prophets in the Jewish Bible. In the classic JPS 1917 translation it opens: “And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance was in…” — the complete text of all 51 verses is below, free to read online.

1And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.

2And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba with Sheba, and Moladah;

3and Hazarshual, and Balah, and Ezem;

4and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah;

5and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah;

6and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:

7Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;

8and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, as far as Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

9Out of the allotment of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon, for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them; therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.

10And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid.

11And their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam.

12And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia.

13And from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon-methoar unto Neah.

14And the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtahel;

15and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem; twelve cities with their villages.

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

17The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families.

18And their border was Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem;

19and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath;

20and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez;

21and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;

22and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazim, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages.

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

24And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

25And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph;

26and Allam-melech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath.

27And it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun and to the valley of Iphtahel northward at Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,

28and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon.

29And the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea from Hebel to Achzib;

30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob; twenty and two cities with their villages.

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

32The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

33And their border was from Heleph, from Elon-beza-anannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at the Jordan.

34And the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.

35And the fortified cities were Ziddim-zer, and Hammath, and Rakkath, and Chinnereth;

36and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor;

37and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor;

38and Iron, and Migdal-el, and Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

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

40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

41And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh;

42and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah;

43and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron;

44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath;

45and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon;

46and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.

47And the border of the children of Dan was too strait for them; so the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

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

49When they had made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them;

50according to the commandment of HaShem they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before HaShem, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.

51 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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