Joshua 19:1

The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon: Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah

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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

2and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

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Cross References

Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

Joshua 15:21These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

Joshua 19:9The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.

Ezekiel 48:24Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.

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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