Joshua 19:1

The second lot fell to the tribe of the Simeonites by their clans. Their inheritance lay inside the inheritance of the Judahites.

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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.

In Context

2They held as their inheritance Beer-sheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

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Cross References

Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi are akin, weapons of violence are their swords. I will not enter into their council,

Joshua 15:21The towns to the south in the Negeb, towards the frontier of Edom, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

Joshua 19:9As the inheritance of the Judahites was too large for them, the Simeonites held their inheritance within the Judahite territory.

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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