Jos 19:1-9 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then the second lot fell to Simeon , to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families , and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah .

Joshua 19:1-9

1 Then the second lot ^{▼▼ Lit came out}fell to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah. 2 So they had as their inheritance Beersheba or ^{▼▼ In Jos.15.26, Shema}Sheba and Moladah, 3 and Hazar-shual and Balah and Ezem, 4 and Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah, 5 and Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah, 6 and Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages; 7 Ain, Rimmon and Ether and Ashan; four cities with their villages; 8 and all the villages which were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the ^{▼▼ I.e. South country}Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families. 9 The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was taken from the portion of the sons of Judah, for the share of the sons of Judah was too large for them; so the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of ^{▼▼ Lit their}Judah’s inheritance.