Joshua 19:1

And the second lot went out, for the sons of Simeon by their families. And their inheritance was,

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2in the midst of the possession of the sons of Judah: Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,

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Cross References

Genesis 49:5The brothers Simeon and Levi: vessels of iniquity waging war.

Joshua 15:21And the cities, from the furthest parts of the sons of Judah, beside the borders of Edom to the south, were: Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur,

Joshua 19:9within the possession and lot of the sons of Judah, which was greater. And for this reason, the sons of Simeon had a possession in the midst of their inheritance.

Ezekiel 48:24And opposite the border of Benjamin, from the eastern region, even to the western region, there shall be one portion for Simeon.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 19:1

In the description of the lots of Judah and Benjamin we have an account both of the borders that surrounded them and of the cities contained in them. In that of Ephraim and Manasseh we have the borders, but not the cities; in this chapter Simeon and Dan are described by their cities only, and not their borders, because they lay very much within Judah, especially the former; the rest have both their borders described and their cities names, especially frontiers. Here is, I. The lot of Simeon, ver. 1-9 . II. Of… Read the whole commentary →

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