¹The second allotment ⌞fell⌟ for Simeon, for the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, according to their families. And their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the descendants of Judah. ²And they had as their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah, ³Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, ⁴Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, ⁵Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, ⁶Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages. ⁷Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages, ⁸and all the villages that were around these towns up to Baalat-Beor, Ramath of the Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Simeon according to their families. ⁹Part of the portion allotted to the descendants of Judah became the inheritance of the descendants of Simeon because the portion for the descendants of Judah was ⌞too large for them⌟, so the descendants of Simeon inherited from their inheritance. ¹⁰The third allotment came up for the descendants of Zebulun according to their families. The border of their inheritance went up to Sarid. ¹¹Their border goes up to the west, to Maralah; it touches Dabbesheth, then the wadi that is opposite Jokneam. ¹²It turns from Sarid to the east to the sunrise, to the border of Kislot-Tabor; it continues to Daberath and goes up to Japhia. ¹³From there it passes along to the east toward the sunrise, to Gath Hepher and to Eth Kazin, and continuing to Rimmon, it turns to Neah; ¹⁴it changes direction from the north of Hannathon, and ⌞it ends⌟ at the valley of Yiptah-El; ¹⁵Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities and their villages. ¹⁶This is the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun according to their families, these cities and their villages. ¹⁷The fourth allotment ⌞fell⌟ for Issachar, for the descendants of Issachar, according to their families. ¹⁸Their border went to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, ¹⁹Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, ²⁰Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, ²¹Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez; ²²and the border touches Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. ⌞Its border ends⌟ at the Jordan; sixteen cities and their villages. ²³This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. ²⁴The fifth allotment ⌞fell⌟ for the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families. ²⁵Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph, ²⁶Allamelech, Amad, and Mishal; it touches Carmel to the west, and Shihor-Libnat. ²⁷Then it turns ⌞eastward⌟ to Beth-dagon and touches Zebulun and the valley of Yiptah-El to the north to Beth Emeck and Neiel; it continues to Cabul from the north, ²⁸and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah up to Great Sidon; ²⁹then the border turns to Ramah, and up to the fortified city of Tyre, where the border turns to Hosah; ⌞it ends⌟ at the sea, from Hebel to Aczib. ³⁰Included were Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob; twenty-two cities and their villages. ³¹This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families, these cities and their villages. ³²The sixth allotment ⌞fell⌟ for the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families. ³³Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, Jabneel, up to Lakkum; ⌞it ends⌟ at the Jordan; ³⁴then the border turns to the west, to Aznoth Tabor, and continues from there to Hukok, and it touches Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah on ⌞the east⌟ at the Jordan. ³⁵⌞The fortified cities⌟ are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, ³⁶Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, ³⁷Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, ³⁸Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth-anath, Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages. ³⁹This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. ⁴⁰The seventh lot ⌞fell⌟ for the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families. ⁴¹The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, ⁴²Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ⁴⁴Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, ⁴⁶Me Jarkon, Rakkon, with the border opposite Joppa. ⁴⁷The border of the descendants of Dan continued ⌞beyond them⌟, because the descendants of Dan went up and fought with Lesham, and they captured and struck it with ⌞the edge of the sword⌟, and they took possession of it and settled in it; and they called Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor. ⁴⁸This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families, these cities and their villages. ⁴⁹They finished assigning the land according to its borders, and the ⌞Israelites⌟ gave an inheritance from among them to Joshua son of Nun. ⁵⁰⌞According to the commandment of Yahweh⌟, they gave him the city that he requested, Timnath Serah, in the hill country of Ephraim, and he rebuilt the city and settled in it. ⁵¹These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes, distributed by allotment to the ⌞Israelites⌟, at Shiloh ⌞before Yahweh⌟ at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And they finished dividing the land.