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as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.[a] Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah.[b]

Zebulun’s Tribal Lands

10 The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun[c] by its clans. The border of their territory[d] extended to Sarid.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:8 tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon.”
  2. Joshua 19:9 tn Heb “from the portion of the sons of Judah was the inheritance of the sons of Simeon for the portion of the sons of Judah was too large for them, and the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.”
  3. Joshua 19:10 tn Heb “and the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun.”
  4. Joshua 19:10 tn Or “inheritance.”