Joshua 13:23

13:23 The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns. ¹ 

Joshua 14:3

14:3 Now Moses had assigned land ²  to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land ³  to the Levites. ⁴ 

Joshua 16:8

16:8 From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim ⁵  by its clans.

Joshua 18:28--19:1

18:28 Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city ⁶  (that is, Jerusalem), ⁷  Gibeah, and Kiriath – a total of fourteen cities and their towns. ⁸  This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin ⁹  by its clans.

Simeon’s Tribal Lands

19:1 The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. ¹⁰ 

Joshua 19:8-9

19:8 as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. ¹¹  19:9 Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah. ¹² 

[13:23]  ¹ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Reuben by their clans, the cities and their towns.”

[14:3]  ² tn Or “assigned an inheritance.”

[14:3]  ³ tn Or “no inheritance.”

[14:3]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text adds, “in their midst.”

[16:8]  ³ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.”

[18:28]  ⁴ tn The word “city” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:28]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:28]  ⁶ tn The structure of this list presents problems. In v. 28 no conjunction appears before “Haeleph” or “Kiriath” in the Hebrew text. This suggests they should be compounded with the preceding names, yielding “Zelah Haeleph” and “Gibeah Kiriath” respectively. This results in a list of only twelve cities, however, while the summary statement (v. 28) gives the number fourteen. One should note, however, that the city lists in chap. 15 do not consistently use the conjunction before the name of each city. See also Josh 19:7, where no conjunction appears before “Rimmon,” but the summary assumes that Ain and Rimmon are distinct.

[18:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin.”

[19:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon by their clans.”

[19:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon.”

[19:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the portion of the sons of Judah was the inheritance of the sons of Simeon for the portion of the sons of Judah was too large for them, and the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.”