Joshua 19:1-51

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Joshua

Brian Rowlands

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Chapter 19

v1 The second *lot showed that the next part of the land was for the *tribe of Simeon. Joshua gave some of the land to their families that he had given to Judah. v2 It included:

• Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

• v3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,

• v4 Eltolad, Bethul and Hormah,

• v5 Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,

• v6 Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen.

These were 13 towns and their villages.

v7 He also gave to them 4 more towns and their villages. These were

• Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan. v8 This included all the villages near them as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev).

This is the land that Joshua gave to the families of the *tribe of Simeon. v9 He took Simeon’s land from Judah’s land. Judah did not need all the land that Joshua had given to them. So the *tribe of Simeon lived inside the land that Joshua had given to Judah.

Verses 1-9 This is the land that Joshua gave to the *tribe of Simeon. Simeon was the smallest *tribe. The *tribe of Simeon occupied some of the land that Joshua had given to Judah. Simeon, the son of Jacob, was a very bad person. Before Jacob died, he *cursed Simeon (Genesis 49:5-7). Jacob said that God would scatter the *tribe of Simeon over the land. This became true by Joshua.

v10 The *lot showed that the next part of the land was for Zebulun. The edge of it went as far as Sarid. v11 Then it went west to Maralah. Then it touched Dabbesheth, and went to the valley near Jokneam. v12 From Sarid, the edge of their land went east to the land of Kisloth Tabor. Then it went to Daberath and up to Japhia. v13 It continued east to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin. It went on to Rimmon, and turned to go to Neah.

v14 The edge went north to Hannathon and it stopped at the valley of Iphtah El. v15 Twelve (12) towns and their villages were in this part of the land. The towns included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem.

v16 Joshua gave these towns and their villages to families of the *tribe of Zebulun.

Verses 10-16 This is the land that Joshua gave to the *tribe of Zebulun. He gave Zebulun a small piece of land in the north of the country. It was near Lake Galilee. There were no important towns in Zebulun.

Verse 15 This Bethlehem is not the town where Jesus was born.

v17 The *lot showed Joshua that the next part of the land was for Issachar’s families. v18 Their land included

• Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,

• v19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

• v20 Rabbith, Kishion and Ebez,

• v21 Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez.

v22 The edge of their land touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh and it ended at the river Jordan.

Joshua gave 16 towns and their villages to them.

v23 Joshua gave these towns and their villages to the families of the *tribe of Issachar.

Verses 17-23 This is the land that Joshua gave to the *tribe of Issachar. This land was also in the north near Lake Galilee.

v24 The next *lot showed Joshua the land that he must give to Asher’s families. v25 This is the land that he gave to them:

• Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,

• v26 Allammelech, Amad and Mishal.

The edge of the land on the west touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath. v27 Then it went east towards Beth Dagon, to touch Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah El.

Then the edge of their land went north to Beth Emek and Neiel. It passed the left side of Cabul. v28 It went to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Sidon.

v29 Then the edge went back towards Ramah to the strong city of Tyre. Then it turned to Hosah and ended at the sea. This was near Aczib, v30 Ummah, Aphek and Rehob.

Joshua gave to them 22 towns and their villages.

v31 Joshua gave these towns and villages to the families of Asher’s *tribe.

Verses 24-31 This is the land that Joshua gave to the *tribe of Asher. It is in the north west of the country, on the coast.

v32 The 6th *lot showed Joshua the land that he must give to Naphtali’s families. v33 The edge of their land went from Heleph and the big tree in Zaanannim. Then it went past Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum. It ended at the river Jordan.

v34 Another edge went west through Aznoth Tabor to Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on its south side. It touched Asher on its west and it touched Jordan on its east side. v35 The land contained the strong cities Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath and Kinnereth. v36 And Joshua gave to them:

• Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

• v37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,

• v38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh.

He gave 19 towns and their villages to them.

v39 Joshua gave these towns and villages to the families of Naphtali.

Verses 32-39 This is the land that Joshua gave to the *tribe of Naphtali. This land is near Lake Galilee. Jesus lived most of his life in Naphtali. Nazareth, Capernaum and Tiberias are in Naphtali. Jesus did most of his *miracles in Naphtali.

v40 The next *lot showed Joshua the land to give to Dan’s families. v41 This is the land that he gave to them:

• Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,

• v42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

• v43 Elon, Timnah and Ekron,

• v44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

• v45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,

• v46 Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with land in front of Joppa.

v47 (But Dan’s people could not take their land, so they went to attack Leshem. They took it and killed its people. Then they lived there themselves. They called the city Dan, which was the name of their father.)

v48 Joshua gave these towns and their villages to the families of Dan’s *tribe.

Verses 40-48 This is the land that Joshua gave to the *tribe of Dan. It was a small area. It was difficult for the *tribe of Dan to defeat the people who lived there. Later, they moved north and they occupied another area (Judges 18:1-31). People used to say that the land of *Israel was the land from Dan to Beer Sheba.

v49 After they had divided the land, the *Israelites gave to Joshua son of Nun his own land. v50 This is what the *Lord had told them to do. Joshua asked for the town Timnah Serah in the hills of Ephraim. And they gave it to him. He built the town and he went to live there.

v51 This is the list of all the lands that they gave to each *tribe. The *lots showed Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the leaders which land was for each *tribe. They did this by the *Tent of Meeting, in front of the *Lord. So they finished giving each *tribe a part of the land.

Verses 49-50 When they had divided all the land, the *Israelites gave to Joshua his own town. It was in Ephraim, the land that belonged to his own *tribe.

Verse 51 God gave to all the *Israelites land to live in. This is like a picture of what God does for us. He has given to us everything that we need. Sometimes, we do not have things because we do not ask God for them (see James 4:2). God always wants to give us what is best.

lot, lots ~ a method to choose something by chance, or with God’s help.
tribe ~ the whole family of one of Jacob’s 12 sons.
curse ~ to use bad words; or, to say bad words against someone else; or, to ask God to do something bad to a person.
miracle ~ a wonderful work that God does by his power.
Israel ~ all the people born from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their children; the people that God chose; or, the land that the Israelites lived in.

Israelites ~ people from Israel. They are also called Hebrews and Jews.
Jew ~ a person who was born from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their children. It is also a name for one of the Israelites.
Israelites ~ people from Israel. They are also called Hebrews and Jews.

Israel ~ all the people born from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their children; the people that God chose; or, the land that the Israelites lived in.
Jew ~ a person who was born from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their children. It is also a name for one of the Israelites.
Lord ~ a name for God in the Bible. The original language of the Old Testament is called Hebrew. In the Hebrew language, there are two words that we translate as ‘Lord’. The Hebrew word ‘ADONAI’ means that God rules. God is our master. The Hebrew word ‘YHWH’ means that God never changes. God is always God.

Old Testament ~ the first part of the Bible, which the writers wrote before the life of Jesus.

'lot, lots ~ a method to choose something by chance, or with God’s help.'Tent of Meeting ~ a special tent where God met with his people.