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1And the second lot came forth to Shim’on [he who hears], [even] for the tribe of the children of Shim’on [he who hears] according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised].
2And they had in their inheritance Be’er-sheva [Well of the sevenfold Oath], or Sheva [Seven], and Moladah [Birth or Race],
3And Hatzar-Shu’al [Jackal Village], and Balah [meaning uncertain], and ‘Etzem [Bone],
4And El-Tolad [God’s Generations], and B’tul [God Destroys], and Hormah [Asylum],
5And Ziklag [Winding], and Beit-Markavot [House of the Chariots], and Hatzar-Susah [Horse Villiage],
6And Beit-L’va’ot [House of the Lionesses], and Sharuchen [Refuge of Grace]; thirteen cities and their villages:
7‘Ayin [Spring], Rimmon [Pomegranate], and ‘Eter [Abundant], and ‘Ashan [Smoke]; four cities and their villages:
8And all the villages that [were] round about these cities to Ba’alat-Be’er [mistress of the well], Ramah [Hill] of the south (Negev). This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Shim’on [he who hears] according to their families.
9Out of the portion of the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] [was] the inheritance of the children of Shim’on [he who hears]: for the part of the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] was too much for them: therefore the children of Shim’on [he who hears] had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
10And the third lot came up for the children of Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place] according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid [Survivor]:
11And their border went up toward the sea, and Mar’alah [trembling], and reached to Dabeshet [a hill-place], and reached to the river that [is] before Yokne’am [The People Lament];
12And turned from Sarid [Survivor] eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Kislot-Tavor [Flanks of Tabor (Hill)], and then goes out to Dovrat [Word], and goes up to Yafia [Shining],
13And from there passes on along on the east to Gat-Hefer [The Winepress of Digging], to ‘Et-Katzin [Time of the Judge], and goes out to Rimmon [greatness; elevation; a pomegranate-tree] to Ne’ah [Shaking];
14And the border compasses it on the north side to Hanaton [Gracious]: and the extreme limits thereof are in the valley of Yiftach’el [God Opens]:
15And Katat [Small], and Nahalal [pasture] [Pasture], and Shimron [Watch-Height], and Yid’alah [memorial of God], and Beit-Lechem [House of Bread]: twelve cities with their villages.
16This [is] the inheritance of the children of Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place] according to their families, these cities with their villages.
17 [And] the fourth lot came out to Yissakhar [There Is Recompense], for the children of Yissakhar [There Is Recompense] according to their families.
18And their border was toward Yizre’el [God Sows], and K’sulot [flanks], and Shunem [Double Resting Place],
19And Hafarayim [two pits], and Shi’on [ruin], and Anacharat [the groaning of fear],
20And Rabit [multitude], and Kishyon [meaning unclear], and Evetz [I will make white (or miry)],
21And Remet [height], and ‘Ein-Ganim [Fountain of the Garden], and ‘Ein-Hadah [swift fountain], and Beit-Patzetz [house of dispersion];
22And the coast reaches to Tavor [Mound], and Shachatzimah [toward the heights], and Beit-Shemesh [House of the Sun]; and the extreme limits of their border were at Yarden [Descender]: sixteen cities with their villages.
23This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Yissakhar [There Is Recompense] according to their families, the cities and their villages.
24And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher [Happy] according to their families.
25And their border was Helkat [smooth], and Hali [necklace], and Beten [depression], and Akhshaf [I Shall be Bewitched],
26And Alamelekh [oak of the king], and ‘Am’ad [enduring], and entreaty [entreaty]; and reaches to Carmel [Garden-land] westward, and to Shichor-Livnat [blackness of whiteness];
27And turns toward the sunrising to Beit-Dagon [House of the Corn], and reaches to Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place], and to the valley of Yiftach’el [God Opens] toward the north side of Beit-’Emek [house of the valley], and Ne’i’el [moved by God], and goes out to Kavul [binding] on the left hand,
28And Hevron [Seat of Association], and Rechov [Broad Place], and Hamon [warm springs], and Kanah [Reed], [even] unto great Tzidon [Hunting];
29And [then] the coast turns to Ramah [Hill], and to the fortified city Tzor (Tyre) [a rock]; and the coast turns to Hosah [refuge]; and the extreme limits thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achziv [Deceit]:
30‘Umah [union] also, and Aphek [Enclosure], and Rechov [Broad Place]: twenty and two cities with their villages.
31This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher [Happy] according to their families, these cities with their villages.
32The sixth lot came out to the children of Naftali [My Wrestling], [even] for the children of Naftali [My Wrestling] according to their families.
33And their coast was from Helef [exchange], from Alon [oak] to Tza’ananim [removings], and Adami-Nekev [man of Adar - cavern], and Yavne’el [God Causes to Build], unto Lakum [fortification]; and the extreme limits thereof were at Yarden [Descender]:
34And [then] the coast turns westward to Aznot-Tavor [peaks of Tabor (mound)], and goes out from there to Hukok [appointed] [appointed], and reaches to Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place] on the south side, and reaches to Asher [Happy] on the west side, and to Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] upon Yarden [Descender] toward the sunrising.
35And the fenced cities [are] Tzidim [the declivities], Tzer [flint], and Hamat [hot spring], Rakat [shore], and Kinneret [Harps],
36And Adamah [the earth], and Ramah [Hill], and Hatzor [Castle],
37And Kedesh [Holy Place], and Edre’i [Good Pasture], and ‘Ein-Hatzor [fountain of Hatzor (enclosed)],
38And Yir’on [fearing], and Midgal-El [tower of God], Horem [sacred], and Beit-’Anat [House of Response (or Affliction)], and Beit-Shemesh [House of the Sun]; nineteen cities with their villages.
39This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naftali [My Wrestling] according to their families, the cities and their villages.
40 [And] the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan [Judge] according to their families.
41And the coast of their inheritance was Tzor’ah [Hornet], and Eshta’ol [Entreaty], and ‘Ir-Shemesh [city of the sun-god],
42And Sha’alabin [place of foxes], and Ayalon [Field of Deer], and Yitlah [he hangs],
43And Elon [Mighty], and Timnah [portion], and ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots],
44And Elt’keh [let God spue you out], and Gib’ton [mound], and Ba’alat [mistress],
45And Y’hud [beauty], and B’nei-Brak [sons of lightning], and Gat-Rimmon [winepress of the pomegranate],
46And Yarkon [yellow springs], and Rakon [the temple], with the border before Yafo [beautiful].
47And the coast of the children of Dan [Judge] went out [too little] for them: therefore the children of Dan [Judge] went up to fight against Leshem [precious stone], and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, and called Leshem [precious stone], Dan [Judge], after the name of Dan [Judge] their father.
48This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan [Judge] according to their families, these cities with their villages.
49When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] gave an inheritance to Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] the son of Nun [Posterity] among them:
50According to the word of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) they gave him the city which he asked, [even] Timnat-Serach [portion of the sun] in mount Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful]: and he built the city, and dwelt in it.
51These [are] the inheritances, which El’azar [God has helped] the priest, and Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] the son of Nun [Posterity], and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh [Place of Rest] before the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.