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Joshua 19 Summary
Remaining Tribal Allotments Completed at Shiloh
Joshua 19 records the distribution of the remaining seven tribal inheritances by lot at Shiloh. Simeon received territory carved out of Judah's oversized portion, including Beer-sheba and thirteen named cities. Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan each received defined allotments with their borders and cities enumerated; notably, Dan's portion proved too small, leading the Danites to conquer Leshem and rename it Dan. Finally, after all the land had been divided, the Israelites honored Joshua by granting him the city of Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim, which he built and inhabited, bringing the entire process of land division—conducted by Eleazar the priest, Joshua, and the tribal heads before the LORD at the tabernacle door—to a close.
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Key verses
Joshua 19:1
“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.”
Joshua 19:9
“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.”
Joshua 19:47
“And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.”
Joshua 19:51
“These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.”
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