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Joshua 19: God Sets The Allotments For Simeon And The Other Tribes Of Israel

1 The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon according to its clans. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah. 

2 It included:

Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, 

3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, 

4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, 

5 Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah, 

6 Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen—thirteen towns and their villages;

7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan—four towns and their villages— 

8 and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev).

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans. 

9 The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah’s portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.

Allotment for Zebulun

10 The third lot came up for Zebulun according to its clans:

The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid. 

11 Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam. 

12 It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia. 

13 Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon and turned toward Neah. 

14 There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. 

15 Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.

16 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.

Allotment for Issachar

17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar according to its clans. 

18 Their territory included:

Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, 

19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, 

20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, 

21 Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. 

22 The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.

23 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to its clans.

Allotment for Asher

24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its clans. 

25 Their territory included:

Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph, 

26 Allammelek, Amad and Mishal. On the west the boundary touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath. 

27 It then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Kabul on the left. 

28 It went to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. 

29 The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib, 

30 Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages.

31 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, according to its clans.

Allotment for Naphtali

32 The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:

33 Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. 

34 The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan on the east. 

35 The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, 

36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 

37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, 

38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their villages.

39 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.

Allotment for Dan

40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. 

41 The territory of their inheritance included:

Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, 

42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, 

43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 

44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 

45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, 

46 Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.

47 (When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their ancestor.)

48 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.

Allotment for Joshua

49 When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them, 

50 as the Lord had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for—Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.

51 These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And so they finished dividing the land.

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so they finished distributing the land...

1 The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. Their inheritance was in the middle of the inheritance of the children of Judah. 2 They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, 3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, 4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, 5 Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, 6 Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages; 7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages; 8 and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. 9 Out of the part 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 middle of their inheritance.

10 The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families. The border of their inheritance was to Sarid. 11 Their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth. It reached to the brook that is before Jokneam. 12 It turned from Sarid eastward towards the sunrise to the border of Chisloth Tabor. It went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia. 13 From there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah. 14 The border turned around it on the north to Hannathon; and it ended at the valley of Iphtah El; 15 Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families. 18 Their border was to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, 19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, 20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, 21 Remeth, Engannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez. 22 The border reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. Their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.

24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, 26 Allammelech, Amad, Mishal. It reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath. 27 It turned towards the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel. It went out to Cabul on the left hand, 28 and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon. 29 The border turned to Ramah, to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah. It ended at the sea by the region of Achzib; 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

32 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33 Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum. It ended at the Jordan. 34 The border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok. It reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan towards the sunrise. 35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, 36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, 38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.

40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, 43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, 46 Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border opposite Joppa. 47 The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their forefather. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

49 So they finished distributing the land for inheritance by its borders. The children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun amongst them. 50 According to the Lord’s commandment, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there. 51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, 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 the Lord, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land. — Joshua 19 | World Messianic Bible - British Edition (WMBBE) World Messianic Bible - British Edition is in the public domain. Cross References: Genesis 10:18; Genesis 21:14; Genesis 49:7; Numbers 13:8; Joshua 11:1; Joshua 12:22; Joshua 15:28-29; Joshua 15:34; Joshua 15:42; Joshua 20:1; Joshua 21:24; Joshua 21:28; Judges 1:31; Judges 2:9; Judges 4:6; Judges 4:11; Judges 13:2; Judges 18:1; Judges 18:7; 1 Samuel 9:4; 1 Samuel 29:1; 1 Samuel 30:27; 1 Samuel 30:30; 1 Kings 9:13; 1 Kings 9:15; 1 Kings 9:18; 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 4:8; 2 Kings 14:11; 2 Kings 14:25; 1 Chronicles 4:31; Ezekiel 48:2-3; Ezekiel 48:7; Ezekiel 48:25-26; Acts 9:36; Acts 13:19; Acts 27:3

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trying and trusting Joshua 19:24-31 (JDV) Joshua 19:24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher’s descendants by their clans. Joshua 19:25 Their boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, Joshua 19:26 Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal and reached westward to Carmel and Shihor-libnath. Joshua 19:27 It turned eastward to Beth-dagon, reached Zebulun and Iphtah-el Valley, north toward…

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The fifth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Asher.

Its boundaries included these towns: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph, Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal.

The boundary on the west touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath, then it turned east toward Beth-dagon, and ran as far as Zebulun in the valley of Iphtah-el, going north to Beth-emek and Neiel.

It then continued north to Cabul, Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, and as far as Greater Sidon.

Then the boundary turned toward Ramah and the fortress of Tyre, where it turned toward Hosah and came to the Mediterranean Sea.

The territory also included Mehebel, Aczib, Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two towns with their surrounding villages.

The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Asher included these towns and their surrounding villages.

Joshua 19:24‭-‬31 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/jos.19.24-31.NLT

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.

 Jonah 1:1-3

 This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

 Today, we start to look at the Book of Jonah, a fascinating account of a man who I think we’ll all be able to relate to in many ways. It’s an account many believers are familiar with but my prayer is that the Lord will speak to our hearts in new ways as we look into these five chapters over the next week.

 Let’s begin by looking at the first three verses which set the stage for all the events that follow. Look again at these words here:

 The word of the Lord came to Jonah, son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.  Jonah 1:1-3

 The first thing we need to note is that the word of the Lord came to Jonah. This was indicative of someone receiving guidance from God to do something such as prophet being called to deliver a message, something we see true with Jonah who was told to go to the “great city of Nineveh” to “preach against it” as “its wickedness” had “come up before” the Lord.

 Before we go much further, we need to learn a little more about Jonah and where he was situated relative to where God was calling him to go. This information isn’t found in the opening verses but elsewhere in the Old Testament (Did you know that Jonah was mentioned outside of the book that bears his name?).

 We need to first look at the Book of 2 Kings, Chapter 14 where we find the following:

 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam, son of Jehoash, king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea, in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah, son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher. 2 Kings 14:23-25

 So we know that Jonah was indeed a prophet and his hometown was Gath Hepher, a town just to the west of the Sea of Galilee. This made Jonah a Galilean, a heritage Jesus would share when He came later.

 Further, we find Jonah’s connection to the twelve tribes of Israel through these words from the Book of Joshua as Canaan, God’s Promised Land to His people, was apportioned among the tribes:

 The third lot came up for Zebulun according to its clans:

 The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid. Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam. It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia. Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon and turned toward Neah. There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.

 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans. Joshua 19:13-16

 So Jonah lived in Galilee in the town of Gath Hepher which had been given to the tribe of Zebulun. This we know as fact from the scriptures.

 With this as a guide, let’s now look at where Jonah lives in relation to where God was telling him to go.

 If you were going to travel in a straight line from Gath Hepher to Nineveh, the distance would be more than 500 miles to the northeast and you would have to leave Israel in the process and go through Assyria as Nineveh was the Assyrian capitol. It would be quite a journey if Jonah had taken it but he didn’t.

 Instead, he ran away from what God was calling him to do.

 For although Jonah was supposed to head northeast to Nineveh, he chose instead to go nearly due south to the port of Joppa (a place just south of modern day Tel Aviv if you need a reference point). There, Jonah paid a fare and hopped on a ship bound for Tarshish, a port on the southern coast of Spain, some 2,500 miles west of Joppa.

 Jonah wasn’t just trying to run away a small distance from the Lord. He was trying to get far away!

 Unfortunately, Jonah would soon learn that there is no ship fast enough to sail away from the Lord. More on that in future devotions but let’s now discuss what is really going on here because at the heart of these opening three verses is the sin of blatant disobedience, plain and simple.

 God told Jonah to do something. In turn, Jonah decided to do his own thing, attempting to flee from what God commanded him to do. Maybe his decision was because he was afraid of what might happen to him if he approached the leadership of a powerful and great nation within its capitol and brought words which would probably not be received well. It would be possible that they could even choose to kill the messenger. There were probably many reasons Jonah came up with to talk himself out of carrying out the Lord’s will. Unfortunately, none of the reasons would suffice as adequate.

 For God will never send His people to anything that He isn’t going to bring them through. It was true in the days of Jonah and it’s still true today.  

 This brings me to the questions of the day:

 How often are we just like this?

 How many times has God been calling us to do things and we decided to ignore Him, even trying to distance ourselves from Him as Jonah tried to embarking on that ship out of Joppa?

 Perhaps in Jonah, we see more of ourselves than we would ever want to admit.

 As we will see as this story plays out, Jonah made a bad call in not obeying what God called him to do. Let’s not repeat the mistakes of the past and do what he did. Let’s uncompromisingly follow the will and way of the Lord in all we do to include carrying out any tasks He gives us. Let’s promise the Lord He will never see us running away from Him but rather running to Him with every day He blesses us with.  

 Amen.

 In Christ,

Mark PS: Feel free to leave a comment and please share this with anyone you feel might be blessed by it. Send any prayer requests to OurChristianWalk@aol.com

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And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, And Hazar–shual, and Balah, and Ezem, And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, And Ziklag, and Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susah, And Beth–lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath–beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth–tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gath–hepher, to Eth–kazin, and goeth out to Rimmon–methoar to Neah; And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Iphtah–el: And Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth–lehem: twelve cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, And Remeth, and En–gannim, and En–haddah, and Beth–pazez; And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth–shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, And Alammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor–libnath; And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth–dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah–el toward the north side of Beth–emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth–tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En–hazor, And Iron, and Migdal–el, Horem, and Beth–anath, and Beth–shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali acco

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The third allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Zebulun.

The boundary of Zebulun’s homeland started at Sarid.

From there it went west, going past Maralah, touching Dabbesheth, and proceeding to the brook east of Jokneam.

In the other direction, the boundary went east from Sarid to the border of Kisloth-tabor, and from there to Daberath and up to Japhia.

Then it continued east to Gath-hepher, Eth-kazin, and Rimmon and turned toward Neah.

The northern boundary of Zebulun passed Hannathon and ended at the valley of Iphtah-el.

The towns in these areas included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.

The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Zebulun included these towns and their surrounding villages.

Joshua 19:10‭-‬16 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/jos.19.10-16.NLT