Joshua 13–21: The land divided among the twelve tribes
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Joshua 13–21 is the record of how the land was divided. Moses had already settled Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh east of the Jordan; the other nine and a half tribes drew lots at Gilgal and then at Shiloh, and the text writes each portion out as a boundary traced landmark by landmark and a list of towns. Judah's share is described first and at the greatest length, Simeon's is carved out of the middle of it because Judah's was too large, and Dan's is so quickly lost that the tribe takes a town at the far northern end of the country instead. Levi is given no territory at all — forty-eight towns inside the other tribes' land, six of them cities of refuge. The outlines here follow the boundary the text names where it names one, and are deliberately blurred where it does not.
Regions on this map
West of the Jordan
Joshua 15. The first and largest allotment: the Salt Sea on the east, the Great Sea on the west, the Brook of Egypt and Kadesh-barnea in the far south, and a northern border traced spring by spring past Jerusalem. Four town districts follow — the Negeb, the lowland, the hill country and the wilderness.
Joshua 19:1–9. The second lot, and the only one drawn inside another: "their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah", because Judah's portion was too large. Seventeen of Simeon's twenty entries stand on ground Judah's own Negeb list in Joshua 15 already claims.
Joshua 18:11–28. The first lot cast at Shiloh, and the smallest western portion: a strip "between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph", from the Jordan at Jericho west to Kiriath-jearim, with twenty-six towns.
Joshua 19:40–48. The seventh and last lot cast at Shiloh: the coastal plain and the Sorek valley, from Zorah and Eshtaol down to Joppa. Verse 47 records that the tribe lost it.
Joshua 19:47. "When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem … calling Leshem, Dan." The same tribe, at the opposite end of the country; Judges 18 tells the move at length. Drawn in Dan's colour because it is Dan, and drawn separately because it is not the allotment.
Joshua 16:5–10. The younger son of Joseph, in the hill country north of Benjamin: east to the Jordan at Jericho, north past Michmethath and Taanath-shiloh, and west from Tappuah along the brook Kanah. Verse 9 adds towns set apart for Ephraim inside Manasseh.
Joshua 17:1–18. The other half of Joseph's firstborn, and the only tribe with land on both banks: ten portions west of the river besides Gilead and Bashan east of it. Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-dor, Taanach and Megiddo are named as Manasseh's inside Issachar's and Asher's ground, and verse 12 says Manasseh could not take them.
Joshua 19:17–23. The fourth lot: the Jezreel valley and the hills above it, sixteen towns, with the boundary touching Tabor and ending at the Jordan.
Joshua 19:10–16. The third lot: twelve towns in lower Galilee between Asher and Issachar, traced from Sarid out to Jokneam and back east to Gath-hepher. The list never reaches the sea.
Joshua 19:24–31. The fifth lot: the coast from Carmel north past Tyre "as far as Sidon the Great", twenty-two towns. Judges 1:31 says Asher never held Acco, Sidon or Achzib.
Joshua 19:32–39. The sixth lot: upper Galilee from the Jordan and the Sea of Chinnereth north to Beth-anath, nineteen fortified towns, Hazor among them.
East of the Jordan
Joshua 13:15–23. Moses' allotment east of the Jordan: the Medeba tableland, from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon north to Heshbon's towns, with the Jordan and the Dead Sea as its western boundary.
Joshua 13:24–28. Jazer, the cities of Gilead and half the Ammonite country, running up the Jordan — the border — as far as the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth.
Joshua 13:29–31. The half-tribe Moses settled beyond the river: from Mahanaim through all Bashan and half Gilead, with the towns of Jair and Og's two royal cities, allotted to the clans of Machir. The same tribe as Manasseh (W); the text allots the two halves in two different chapters, so the map draws them as two.
Still to be taken
Joshua 13:2–3: the five Philistine lordships from Gaza to Ekron, with the Geshurites and the Avvim, listed among the land Joshua had not taken. Three of the five are handed out on paper later in the span — Gaza and Ashdod to Judah (15:47), Ekron to Dan (19:43) — and are drawn there.
Joshua 13:4–6: Sidonian country north from Misrephoth-maim, and Lebanon eastward from Baal-gad below Hermon. Asher's boundary is later run through the same ground "as far as Sidon the Great" (19:28), which is why the two outlines overlap.
Levi is given no land: "the LORD God of Israel is their inheritance" (13:33), "no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in" (14:4), "the Levites have no portion among you" (18:7). What Levi receives is forty-eight towns inside the other tribes' territory (21:41), six of them cities of refuge (20:7–9). Thirty of those towns are already on this map in the colour of the tribe whose allotment list names them; the eighteen that no allotment list names are drawn here, and each card says which tribe gave it.
Places the span names to fix a border, a direction or a meeting place rather than to allot — the Jordan, Shiloh, Gilgal, Jericho, the Great Sea, Edom, Egypt.
Joshua 13–21, verse by verse
Joshua 13
- Joshua 13:1Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess.
- Joshua 13:2This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the
- Joshua 13:3(from the , which is east of , northward to the boundary of , it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of , , , , and ), and those of the ,
- Joshua 13:4in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and that belongs to the , to , to the boundary of the Amorites,
- Joshua 13:5and the land of the , and all , toward the sunrise, from below to ,
- Joshua 13:6all the inhabitants of the hill country from to , even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive them out from before the people of Israel. Only allot the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
- Joshua 13:7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”
- Joshua 13:8With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them:
- Joshua 13:9from , which is on the edge of the , and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland of as far as ;
- Joshua 13:10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in , as far as the boundary of the ;
- Joshua 13:11and , and the region of the and , and all , and all to ;
- Joshua 13:12all the kingdom of Og in , who reigned in and in (he alone was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); these Moses had struck and driven out.
- Joshua 13:13Yet the people of Israel did not drive out the or the , but and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.
- Joshua 13:14To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings by fire to the LORD God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to him.
- Joshua 13:15And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the people of Reuben according to their clans.
- Joshua 13:16So their territory was from , which is on the edge of the , and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by ;
- Joshua 13:17with , and all its cities that are in the tableland; , and , and Beth-,
- Joshua 13:18and , and , and ,
- Joshua 13:19and , and , and on the hill of the valley,
- Joshua 13:20and , and the slopes of , and ,
- Joshua 13:21that is, all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in , whom Moses defeated with the leaders of , Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
- Joshua 13:22Balaam also, the son of Beor, the one who practiced divination, was killed with the sword by the people of Israel among the rest of their slain.
- Joshua 13:23And the border of the people of Reuben was the as a boundary. This was the inheritance of the people of Reuben, according to their clans with their cities and villages.
- Joshua 13:24Moses gave an inheritance also to the tribe of Gad, to the people of Gad, according to their clans.
- Joshua 13:25Their territory was , and all the cities of , and half the land of the , to , which is east of ,
- Joshua 13:26and from to and , and from to the territory of ,
- Joshua 13:27and in the valley , , , and , the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of , having the as a boundary, to the lower end of the , eastward beyond the .
- Joshua 13:28This is the inheritance of the people of Gad according to their clans, with their cities and villages.
- Joshua 13:29And Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was allotted to the half-tribe of the people of Manasseh according to their clans.
- Joshua 13:30Their region extended from , through all , the whole kingdom of Og king of , and all the , which are in , sixty cities,
- Joshua 13:31and half , and , and , the cities of the kingdom of Og in . These were allotted to the people of Machir the son of Manasseh for the half of the people of Machir according to their clans.
- Joshua 13:32These are the inheritances that Moses distributed in the , beyond the east of .
- Joshua 13:33But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel is their inheritance, just as he said to them.
Joshua 14
- Joshua 14:1These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of , which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit.
- Joshua 14:2Their inheritance was by lot, just as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.
- Joshua 14:3For Moses had given an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the , but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
- Joshua 14:4For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance.
- Joshua 14:5The people of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses; they allotted the land.
- Joshua 14:6Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at . And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in concerning you and me.
- Joshua 14:7I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
- Joshua 14:8But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the LORD my God.
- Joshua 14:9And Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
- Joshua 14:10And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
- Joshua 14:11I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming.
- Joshua 14:12So now give me this hill country of which the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the LORD said.”
- Joshua 14:13Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
- Joshua 14:14Therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Joshua 14:15Now the name of formerly was . (Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim.) And the land had rest from war.
Joshua 15
- Joshua 15:1The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward to the boundary of , to the at the farthest south.
- Joshua 15:2And their south boundary ran from the end of the , from the bay that faces southward.
- Joshua 15:3It goes out southward of the , passes along to , and goes up south of , along by , up to , turns about to ,
- Joshua 15:4passes along to , goes out by the , and comes to its end at the sea. This shall be your south boundary.
- Joshua 15:5And the east boundary is the , to the mouth of the . And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the .
- Joshua 15:6And the boundary goes up to and passes along north of . And the boundary goes up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
- Joshua 15:7And the boundary goes up to from the , and so northward, turning toward , which is opposite the , which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of and ends at .
- Joshua 15:8Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the (that is, ). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the , on the west, at the northern end of the .
- Joshua 15:9Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of , and from there to the . Then the boundary bends around to (that is, ).
- Joshua 15:10And the boundary circles west of to , passes along to the northern shoulder of (that is, ), and goes down to and passes along by .
- Joshua 15:11The boundary goes out to the shoulder of the hill north of , then the boundary bends around to and passes along to and goes out to . Then the boundary comes to an end at the sea.
- Joshua 15:12And the west boundary was the with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.
- Joshua 15:13According to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, , that is, (Arba was the father of Anak).
- Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
- Joshua 15:15And he went up from there against the inhabitants of . Now the name of formerly was .
- Joshua 15:16And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
- Joshua 15:17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
- Joshua 15:18When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she got off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”
- Joshua 15:19She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the , give me also .” And he gave her the and the .
- Joshua 15:20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans.
- Joshua 15:21The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south, toward the boundary of , were , , ,
- Joshua 15:22, , ,
- Joshua 15:23, , ,
- Joshua 15:24, , ,
- Joshua 15:25, (that is, ),
- Joshua 15:26, , ,
- Joshua 15:27, , ,
- Joshua 15:28, , ,
- Joshua 15:29, , ,
- Joshua 15:30, , ,
- Joshua 15:31, , ,
- Joshua 15:32, , , and : in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:33And in the , , , ,
- Joshua 15:34, , , ,
- Joshua 15:35, , , ,
- Joshua 15:36, , , : fourteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:37, , ,
- Joshua 15:38, , ,
- Joshua 15:39, , ,
- Joshua 15:40, , ,
- Joshua 15:41, , , and : sixteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:42, , ,
- Joshua 15:43, , ,
- Joshua 15:44, , and : nine cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:45, with its towns and its villages;
- Joshua 15:46from to the sea, all that were by the side of , with their villages.
- Joshua 15:47, its towns and its villages; , its towns and its villages; to the , and the with its coastline.
- Joshua 15:48And in the hill country, , , ,
- Joshua 15:49, (that is, ),
- Joshua 15:50, , ,
- Joshua 15:51, , and : eleven cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:52, , ,
- Joshua 15:53, , ,
- Joshua 15:54, (that is, ), and : nine cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:55, , , ,
- Joshua 15:56, , ,
- Joshua 15:57, , and : ten cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:58, , ,
- Joshua 15:59, , and : six cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:60 (that is, ), and : two cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:61In the wilderness, , , ,
- Joshua 15:62, the , and : six cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:63But the , the inhabitants of , the people of Judah could not drive out, so the dwell with the people of Judah at to this day.
Joshua 16
- Joshua 16:1The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the by , east of the , into the wilderness, going up from into the hill country to .
- Joshua 16:2Then going from to , it passes along to , the territory of the Archites.
- Joshua 16:3Then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of , then to , and it ends at the sea.
- Joshua 16:4The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
- Joshua 16:5The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was as far as ,
- Joshua 16:6and the boundary goes from there to the sea. On the north is . Then on the east the boundary turns around toward and passes along beyond it on the east to ,
- Joshua 16:7then it goes down from to and to , and touches , ending at the .
- Joshua 16:8From the boundary goes westward to the and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans,
- Joshua 16:9together with the towns that were set apart for the people of Ephraim within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages.
- Joshua 16:10However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in , so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.
Joshua 17
- Joshua 17:1Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of , were allotted and , because he was a man of war.
- Joshua 17:2And allotments were made to the rest of the people of Manasseh by their clans, Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These were the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph, by their clans.
- Joshua 17:3Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Joshua 17:4They approached Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the leaders and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance along with our brothers.” So according to the mouth of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
- Joshua 17:5Thus there fell to Manasseh ten portions, besides the land of and , which is on the other side of the ,
- Joshua 17:6because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance along with his sons. The land of was allotted to the rest of the people of Manasseh.
- Joshua 17:7The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to , which is east of . Then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of .
- Joshua 17:8The land of belonged to Manasseh, but the town of on the boundary of Manasseh belonged to the people of Ephraim.
- Joshua 17:9Then the boundary went down to the . These cities, to the south of the brook, among the cities of Manasseh, belong to Ephraim. Then the boundary of Manasseh goes on the north side of the brook and ends at the sea,
- Joshua 17:10the land to the south being Ephraim's and that to the north being Manasseh's, with the sea forming its boundary. On the north Asher is reached, and on the east Issachar.
- Joshua 17:11Also in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had and its villages, and and its villages, and the inhabitants of and its villages, and the inhabitants of and its villages, and the inhabitants of and its villages, and the inhabitants of and its villages; the third is .
- Joshua 17:12Yet the people of Manasseh could not take possession of those cities, but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land.
- Joshua 17:13Now when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.
- Joshua 17:14Then the people of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, although I am a numerous people, since all along the LORD has blessed me?”
- Joshua 17:15And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up by yourselves to the forest, and there clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”
- Joshua 17:16The people of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in and its villages and those in the .”
- Joshua 17:17Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, “You are a numerous people and have great power. You shall not have one allotment only,
- Joshua 17:18but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.”
Joshua 18
- Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
- Joshua 18:2There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned.
- Joshua 18:3So Joshua said to the people of Israel, “How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
- Joshua 18:4Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may set out and go up and down the land. They shall write a description of it with a view to their inheritances, and then come to me.
- Joshua 18:5They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall continue in his territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall continue in their territory on the north.
- Joshua 18:6And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
- Joshua 18:7The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their heritage. And Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”
- Joshua 18:8So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, “Go up and down in the land and write a description and return to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in .”
- Joshua 18:9So the men went and passed up and down in the land and wrote in a book a description of it by towns in seven divisions. Then they came to Joshua to the camp at ,
- Joshua 18:10and Joshua cast lots for them in before the LORD. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion.
- Joshua 18:11The lot of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to its clans came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph.
- Joshua 18:12On the north side their boundary began at the . Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of , then up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the .
- Joshua 18:13From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of , to the shoulder of (that is, ), then the boundary goes down to , on the mountain that lies south of .
- Joshua 18:14Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite , and it ends at (that is, ), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side.
- Joshua 18:15And the southern side begins at the outskirts of . And the boundary goes from there to , to the spring of the waters of .
- Joshua 18:16Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the . And it then goes down the , south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to .
- Joshua 18:17Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to , and from there goes to , which is opposite the . Then it goes down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
- Joshua 18:18and passing on to the north of the shoulder of it goes down to the .
- Joshua 18:19Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of . And the boundary ends at the northern bay of the , at the south end of the : this is the southern border.
- Joshua 18:20The forms its boundary on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin, according to their clans, boundary by boundary all around.
- Joshua 18:21Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were , , ,
- Joshua 18:22, , ,
- Joshua 18:23, , ,
- Joshua 18:24, , — twelve cities with their villages:
- Joshua 18:25, , ,
- Joshua 18:26, , ,
- Joshua 18:27, , ,
- Joshua 18:28, , (that is, ), and — fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.
Joshua 19
- Joshua 19:1The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah.
- Joshua 19:2And they had for their inheritance , , ,
- Joshua 19:3, , ,
- Joshua 19:4, , ,
- Joshua 19:5, , ,
- Joshua 19:6, and — thirteen cities with their villages;
- Joshua 19:7, , , and — four cities with their villages,
- Joshua 19:8together with all the villages around these cities as far as , . This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Simeon according to their clans.
- Joshua 19:9The inheritance of the people of Simeon formed part of the territory of the people of Judah. Because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them, the people of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
- Joshua 19:10The third lot came up for the people of Zebulun, according to their clans. And the territory of their inheritance reached as far as .
- Joshua 19:11Then their boundary goes up westward and on to and touches , then the brook that is east of .
- Joshua 19:12From it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of . From there it goes to , then up to .
- Joshua 19:13From there it passes along on the east toward the sunrise to , to , and going on to it bends toward ,
- Joshua 19:14then on the north the boundary turns about to , and it ends at the ;
- Joshua 19:15and , , , , and — twelve cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:16This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun, according to their clans — these cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:17The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the people of Issachar, according to their clans.
- Joshua 19:18Their territory included , , ,
- Joshua 19:19, , ,
- Joshua 19:20, , ,
- Joshua 19:21, , , .
- Joshua 19:22The boundary also touches , , and , and its boundary ends at the — sixteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Issachar, according to their clans — the cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:24The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans.
- Joshua 19:25Their territory included , , , ,
- Joshua 19:26, , and . On the west it touches and ,
- Joshua 19:27then it turns eastward, it goes to , and touches Zebulun and the northward to and . Then it continues in the north to ,
- Joshua 19:28, , , , as far as .
- Joshua 19:29Then the boundary turns to , reaching to the fortified city of . Then the boundary turns to , and it ends at the sea; , ,
- Joshua 19:30, and — twenty-two cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans — these cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:32The sixth lot came out for the people of Naphtali, for the people of Naphtali, according to their clans.
- Joshua 19:33And their boundary ran from , from the oak in , and , and , as far as , and it ended at the .
- Joshua 19:34Then the boundary turns westward to and goes from there to , touching Zebulun at the south and Asher on the west and Judah on the east at the .
- Joshua 19:35The fortified cities are , , , , ,
- Joshua 19:36, , ,
- Joshua 19:37, , ,
- Joshua 19:38, , , , and — nineteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Naphtali according to their clans — the cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans.
- Joshua 19:41And the territory of its inheritance included , , ,
- Joshua 19:42, , ,
- Joshua 19:43, , ,
- Joshua 19:44, , ,
- Joshua 19:45, , ,
- Joshua 19:46and and with the territory over against .
- Joshua 19:47When the territory of the people of was lost to them, the people of went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, , after the name of their ancestor.
- Joshua 19:48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans — these cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:49When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun.
- Joshua 19:50By command of the LORD they gave him the city that he asked, in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it.
- Joshua 19:51These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot at before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
Joshua 20
- Joshua 20:1Then the LORD said to Joshua,
- Joshua 20:2“Say to the people of Israel, ‘Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,
- Joshua 20:3that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
- Joshua 20:4He shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city. Then they shall take him into the city and give him a place, and he shall remain with them.
- Joshua 20:5And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him in the past.
- Joshua 20:6And he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of him who is high priest at the time. Then the manslayer may return to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.’”
- Joshua 20:7So they set apart in the hill country of Naphtali, and in the hill country of Ephraim, and (that is, ) in the hill country of Judah.
- Joshua 20:8And beyond the east of , they appointed in the wilderness on the tableland, from the tribe of Reuben, and , from the tribe of Gad, and , from the tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 20:9These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and for the stranger sojourning among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, till he stood before the congregation.
Joshua 21
- Joshua 21:1Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.
- Joshua 21:2And they said to them at in the land of , “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.”
- Joshua 21:3So by command of the LORD the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.
- Joshua 21:4The lot came out for the clans of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, thirteen cities.
- Joshua 21:5And the rest of the Kohathites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
- Joshua 21:6The Gershonites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in , thirteen cities.
- Joshua 21:7The Merarites according to their clans received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
- Joshua 21:8These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
- Joshua 21:9Out of the tribe of the people of Judah and the tribe of the people of Simeon they gave the following cities mentioned by name,
- Joshua 21:10which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the clans of the Kohathites who belonged to the people of Levi; since the lot fell to them first.
- Joshua 21:11They gave them (Arba being the father of Anak), that is , in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it.
- Joshua 21:12But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
- Joshua 21:13And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave , the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:14 with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:15 with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:16 with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands — nine cities out of these two tribes;
- Joshua 21:17then out of the tribe of Benjamin, with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:18 with its pasturelands, and with its pasturelands — four cities.
- Joshua 21:19The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:20As to the rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Kohathite clans of the Levites, the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of Ephraim.
- Joshua 21:21To them were given , the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:22 with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands — four cities;
- Joshua 21:23and out of the tribe of Dan, with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:24 with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands — four cities;
- Joshua 21:25and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with its pasturelands, and with its pasturelands — two cities.
- Joshua 21:26The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:27And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and with its pasturelands — two cities;
- Joshua 21:28and out of the tribe of Issachar, with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:29 with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands — four cities;
- Joshua 21:30and out of the tribe of Asher, with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:31 with its pasturelands, and with its pasturelands — four cities;
- Joshua 21:32and out of the tribe of Naphtali, with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, and with its pasturelands — three cities.
- Joshua 21:33The cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:34And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:35 with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands — four cities;
- Joshua 21:36and out of the tribe of Reuben, with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:37 with its pasturelands, and with its pasturelands — four cities;
- Joshua 21:38and out of the tribe of Gad, with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands,
- Joshua 21:39 with its pasturelands, with its pasturelands — four cities in all.
- Joshua 21:40As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.
- Joshua 21:41The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:42These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So it was with all these cities.
- Joshua 21:43Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there.
- Joshua 21:44And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the LORD had given all their enemies into their hands.
- Joshua 21:45Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.