Joshua 19:10-51

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Allotment for Zebulun

¹⁰The third lot came up for Zebulun^(A) according to its clans:

The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid.^(B) ¹¹Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam.^(C) ¹²It turned east from Sarid^(D) toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath^(E) and up to Japhia. ¹³Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher^(F) and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon^(G) and turned toward Neah. ¹⁴There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El.^(H) ¹⁵Included were Kattath, Nahalal,^(I) Shimron,^(J) Idalah and Bethlehem.^(K) There were twelve towns and their villages.

¹⁶These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun,^(L) according to its clans.^(M)

Allotment for Issachar

¹⁷The fourth lot came out for Issachar^(N) according to its clans. ¹⁸Their territory included:

Jezreel,^(O) Kesulloth, Shunem,^(P) ¹⁹Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, ²⁰Rabbith, Kishion,^(Q) Ebez, ²¹Remeth, En Gannim,^(R) En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. ²²The boundary touched Tabor,^(S) Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh,^(T) and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.

²³These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar,^(U) according to its clans.^(V)

Allotment for Asher

²⁴The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher^(W) according to its clans. ²⁵Their territory included:

Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph,^(X) ²⁶Allammelek, Amad and Mishal.^(Y) On the west the boundary touched Carmel^(Z) and Shihor Libnath. ²⁷It then turned east toward Beth Dagon,^(AA) touched Zebulun^(AB) and the Valley of Iphtah El,^(AC) and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Kabul^(AD) on the left. ²⁸It went to Abdon,^[a]^(AE) Rehob,^(AF) Hammon^(AG) and Kanah,^(AH) as far as Greater Sidon.^(AI) ²⁹The boundary then turned back toward Ramah^(AJ) and went to the fortified city of Tyre,^(AK) turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea^(AL) in the region of Akzib,^(AM) ³⁰Ummah, Aphek^(AN) and Rehob.^(AO) There were twenty-two towns and their villages.

³¹These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher,^(AP) according to its clans.

Allotment for Naphtali

³²The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:

³³Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim,^(AQ) passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel^(AR) to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. ³⁴The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok.^(AS) It touched Zebulun^(AT) on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan^[b] on the east. ³⁵The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath,^(AU) Rakkath, Kinnereth,^(AV) ³⁶Adamah, Ramah,^(AW) Hazor,^(AX) ³⁷Kedesh,^(AY) Edrei,^(AZ) En Hazor, ³⁸Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath^(BA) and Beth Shemesh.^(BB) There were nineteen towns and their villages.

³⁹These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.^(BC)

Allotment for Dan

⁴⁰The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. ⁴¹The territory of their inheritance included:

Zorah, Eshtaol,^(BD) Ir Shemesh, ⁴²Shaalabbin, Aijalon,^(BE) Ithlah, ⁴³Elon, Timnah,^(BF) Ekron,^(BG) ⁴⁴Eltekeh, Gibbethon,^(BH) Baalath,^(BI) ⁴⁵Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,^(BJ) ⁴⁶Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.^(BK)

⁴⁷(When the territory of the Danites was lost to them,^(BL) they went up and attacked Leshem^(BM), took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named^(BN) it Dan after their ancestor.)^(BO)

⁴⁸These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan,^(BP) according to its clans.

Allotment for Joshua

⁴⁹When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them, ⁵⁰as the Lord had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for—Timnath Serah^[c]^(BQ) in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.

⁵¹These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And so they finished dividing^(BR) the land.^(BS)

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Footnotes

Joshua 19:28 Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also 21:30); most Hebrew manuscripts Ebron
Joshua 19:34 Septuagint; Hebrew west, and Judah, the Jordan,
Joshua 19:50 Also known as Timnath Heres (see Judges 2:9)

Psalm 49:13-20

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¹³This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,^(A)
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.^[a]
¹⁴They are like sheep and are destined^(B) to die;^(C)
    death will be their shepherd
    (but the upright will prevail^(D) over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
    far from their princely mansions.
¹⁵But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;^(E)
    he will surely take me to himself.^(F)
¹⁶Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
    when the splendor of their houses increases;
¹⁷for they will take nothing^(G) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.^(H)
¹⁸Though while they live they count themselves blessed—^(I)
    and people praise you when you prosper—
¹⁹they will join those who have gone before them,^(J)
    who will never again see the light^(K) of life.

²⁰People who have wealth but lack understanding^(L)
are like the beasts that perish.^(M)

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Footnotes

Psalm 49:13 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.

Luke 18:1-14

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The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.^(A) ²He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. ³And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice^(B) against my adversary.’

⁴“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, ⁵yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”^(C)

⁶And the Lord^(D) said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. ⁷And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out^(E) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? ⁸I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man^(F) comes,^(G) will he find faith on the earth?”

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

⁹To some who were confident of their own righteousness^(H) and looked down on everyone else,^(I) Jesus told this parable: ¹⁰“Two men went up to the temple to pray,^(J) one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹The Pharisee stood by himself^(K) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹²I fast^(L) twice a week and give a tenth^(M) of all I get.’

¹³“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast^(N) and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’^(O)

¹⁴“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”^(P)

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