Territory of Simeon

19 Then the second lot went to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah. ² So they had in their inheritance Beersheba or ^[a]Sheba and Moladah, ³ Hazar-shual, Balah, and Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul, and Hormah, ⁵ Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, ⁶ Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages; ⁷ Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages; ⁸ and all the villages which were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the ^[b]Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families. ⁹ The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was taken from the portion of the sons of Judah, because the share of the sons of Judah was too large for them; so the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of ^[c]Judah’s inheritance.

Territory of Zebulun

¹⁰ Now the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun according to their families. And the territory of their inheritance was as far as Sarid. ¹¹ Then their border went up to the west and to Maralah, and it reached Dabbesheth and reached to the ^[d]brook that is opposite Jokneam. ¹² Then it turned from Sarid to the east toward the sunrise as far as the border of Chisloth-tabor, and it proceeded to Daberath and ^[e]up to Japhia. ¹³ From there it continued eastward toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and it proceeded to Rimmon ^[f]which stretches to Neah. ¹⁴ Then the border circled around it on the north to Hannathon, and ^[g]it ended at the Valley of Iphtahel. ¹⁵ Included also were Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages. ¹⁶ This was the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Territory of Issachar

¹⁷ The fourth lot went to Issachar, to the sons of Issachar according to their families. ¹⁸ Their territory was to Jezreel and included Chesulloth, ^(A)Shunem, ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Shion, and Anaharath, ²⁰ Rabbith, Kishion, and Ebez, ²¹ Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez. ²² The border reached to ^(B)Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ^[h]their border ended at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages. ²³ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.

Territory of Asher

²⁴ Now the fifth lot went to the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families. ²⁵ Their territory was Helkath, Hali, Beten, and Achshaph, ²⁶ Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel on the west and Shihor-libnath. ²⁷ It turned toward the ^[i]east to Beth-dagon and reached Zebulun, and to the Valley of Iphtahel northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; then it proceeded on ^[j]north to ^(C)Cabul, ²⁸ Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great ^(D)Sidon. ²⁹ The border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and ^[k]it ended at the sea by the region of ^(E)Achzib. ³⁰ Included also were Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob; twenty-two cities with their villages. ³¹ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Territory of Naphtali

³² The sixth lot went to the sons of Naphtali; to the sons of Naphtali according to their families. ³³ Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and ^[l]it ended at the Jordan. ³⁴ Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and proceeded from there to Hukkok; and it reached Zebulun on the south and reached Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan toward the ^[m]east. ³⁵ The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, ^(F)Hammath, Rakkath, and ^(G)Chinnereth, ³⁶ Adamah, Ramah, and Hazor, ³⁷ Kedesh, Edrei, and En-hazor, ³⁸ Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. ³⁹ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.

Territory of Dan

⁴⁰ The seventh lot went to the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families. ⁴¹ The territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, ⁴² Shaalabbin, Aijalon, and Ithlah, ⁴³ Elon, Timnah, and Ekron, ⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, and Baalath, ⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, ⁴⁶ Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory opposite ^[n]Joppa. ⁴⁷ The territory of the ^(H)sons of Dan proceeded ^[o]beyond them; for the sons of Dan went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and took possession of it and ^[p]settled in it; and they named ^[q](I)Leshem Dan after the name of their father Dan. ⁴⁸ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

⁴⁹ When they finished apportioning the land for inheritance by its borders, the sons of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun. ⁵⁰ In accordance with the ^[r]command of the Lord, they gave him the city for which he asked, ^(J)Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. So he built the city and ^[s]settled in it.

^51 (K)These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the sons of Israel apportioned by lot in Shiloh before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

Six Cities of Refuge

20 Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, ² “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘^[t]Designate ^(L)the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you ^[u]through Moses, ³ so that one who commits manslaughter by ^[v]killing a person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood. ⁴ Then he shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the ^(M)gate of the city, and state his case in the ^[w]presence of the elders of that city; and they shall ^[x]receive him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may remain among them. ⁵ Now ^(N)if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they are not to hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, since he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him previously. ⁶ And he shall remain in that city ^(O)until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then ^[y]he shall ^[z]return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.’”

⁷ So they ^[aa]set apart ^(P)Kedesh in ^[ab]Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in ^(Q)the hill country of Judah. ⁸ And beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they ^[ac]designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. ^9 (R)These were the designated cities for all the sons of Israel and for the stranger who resides among them, so that whoever ^[ad]kills a person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation.

Triumphal Entry

²⁸ After Jesus said these things, He ^(A)was going on ahead, ^(B)going up to Jerusalem.

^29 (C)When He approached Bethphage and ^(D)Bethany, near the ^[a]mountain that is called ^(E)Olivet, He sent two of the disciples, ³⁰ saying, “Go into the village ^[b]ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. ³¹ And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘^[c]The Lord has need of it.’” ³² So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them. ³³ And as they were untying the colt, its ^[d]owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” ³⁴ They said, “^[e]The Lord has need of it.” ³⁵ And they brought it to Jesus, ^(F)and they threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. ³⁶ Now as He was going, they were spreading their cloaks on the road. ³⁷ And as soon as He was approaching, near the descent of ^(G)the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to ^(H)praise God ^[f]joyfully with a loud voice for all the ^[g]miracles which they had seen, ^38 [h]shouting:

^39 (L)And yet some of the Pharisees ^[i]in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!” ⁴⁰ Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these stop speaking, ^(M)the stones will cry out!”

⁴¹ When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and ^(N)wept over it, ⁴² saying, “If you had known on this day, even you, the conditions for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ For the days will come upon you ^[j]when your enemies will ^(O)put up a ^[k]barricade against you, and ^(P)surround you and hem you in on every side, ⁴⁴ and they will level you to the ground, and throw down your children within you, and ^(Q)they will not leave in you one stone upon ^[l]another, because you did not recognize ^(R)the time of your visitation.”

Traders Driven from the Temple

^45 (S)And Jesus entered the temple grounds and began to drive out those who were selling, ⁴⁶ saying to them, “It is written: ‘^(T)And My house will be a house of prayer,’ ^(U)but you have made it a den of robbers.”

⁴⁷ And ^(V)He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people ^(W)were trying to put Him to death, ⁴⁸ and yet they could not find ^[m]anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to ^[n]every word He said.

A Petition to Be Saved from Death.

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A ^[a]Maskil of Heman ^[b]the Ezrahite.