Old/New Testament
19 And the second lot came out to Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon, according to their families. And their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.
2 Now they had in their inheritance: Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,
3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,
4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
5 Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, 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 that were all around these cities, to Baalath Beer and Ramah, southward. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon, according to their families.
9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah came 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 their inheritance.
10 Also, the third lot arose for the children of Zebulun, according to their families. And the border of their inheritance came to Sarid.
11 And their border goes up, westward, to Maralah, and reaches to Dabbasheth, and meets with the river that lies before Jokneam,
12 and turns from Sarid, eastward, toward the Sun, rising to the border of Chisloth Tabor, and going out to Daberath, and ascending to Japhia.
13 And from there, it goes along, eastward, toward the Sun, rising to Gath Hepher, to Eth Kazin, and going forth to Rimmon, and turning to Neah.
14 And this border surrounds it on the northern side, to Hannathon. And its ends are in the valley of Jiphthah El,
15 Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem, twelve cities with their villages.
16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun, according to their families, these cities and their villages.
17 The fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar, according to their families.
18 And their territory was Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
19 Haphraim, Shion, Anaharath,
20 Rabbith, Kishion, Abez,
21 Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.
22 And this border reaches Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth Shemesh. And the ends of their territory reach to Jordan, sixteen cities with their villages.
23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar, according to their families, the cities and their villages.
24 Also, the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher, according to their families.
25 And their territory was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
26 Alammelech, Amad, Mishal, and comes to Carmel, westward, and to Shihor Libnath,
27 and turns toward the Sun, rising to Beth Dagon, and coming to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah El, toward the northern side of Beth Emek and Neiel, and going out on the left side of Cabul
28 and to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, to great Sidon.
29 Then the border turns to Ramah and to the strong city of Zor. And this border turns to Hosah. And its ends are at the Sea, from Hebel to Achzib,
30 Ummah, also, Aphek, and Rehob, twenty-two cities with their villages.
31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher, according to their families, these cities and their villages.
32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, to the children of Naphtali according to their families.
33 And their territory was from Heleph, from Allon in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, Jabneel, to Lakkum. And its ends are at Jordan.
34 So this border turns westward to Aznoth Tabor and goes out from there to Hukkok and reaches to Zebulun on the southern side and goes to Asher on the western side and to Judah by Jordan, toward the rising Sun.
35 And the strong cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh, nineteen cities with their villages.
39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, according to their families, the cities and their villages.
40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan, according to their families.
41 And the territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Jethlah,
43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,
46 Me Jarkon, Rakkon, with the border that lies before Japho.
47 But the territory of the children of Dan was too little for them. Therefore, the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, and called Leshem, “Dan”, after the name of Dan their father.
48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan, according to their families, these cities and their villages.
49 When they had made an end of dividing the land by its borders, then the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua, the son of Nun, among them.
50 According to the Word of the LORD, they gave him the city for which he asked: Timnath Serah on Mount Ephraim. And he built the city and dwelt therein.
51 These are the heritages which Eleazar the Priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided by lot before the LORD in Shiloh, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. So they finished dividing the country.
20 The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying:
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘Appoint cities of refuge for yourself, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses,
3 “so that the killer who kills any person by ignorance, unwittingly, may flee from there. And they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4 “And he who flees to one of those cities shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and shall state his case to the elders of the city. And they shall receive him to themselves into the city and give him a place, so that he may dwell with them.
5 “And if the avenger of blood pursues after him, they shall not deliver the killer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, nor did he hate him beforehand.
6 “But he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the Congregation in judgment, or until the death of the High Priest in those days. Then the killer shall return and come to his own city and to his own house, to the city from where he fled.”
7 Then they appointed Kedesh in Galilee on Mount Naphtali, and Shechem on Mount Ephraim, and Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) on the Mountain of Judah.
8 And on the other side of Jordan, toward Jericho, eastward, they appointed Bezer in the wilderness, upon the plain, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead, out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, out of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourned among them, so that whoever killed any person unintentionally, might flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stood before the Congregation.
21 Then, the principal fathers of the Levites came to Eleazar the Priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,
2 and spoke to them at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, “The LORD Commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs, for our cattle.”
3 So the children of Israel gave these cities, with their suburbs, to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the Commandment of the LORD.
4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the Priest, of the Levites, had by lot, out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had, by lot, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
6 Also, the children of Gershon had, by lot, out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
7 The children of Merari, according to their families had, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 So, the children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as the LORD had Commanded, by the hand of Moses.
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are named here.
10 And they were the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi (for theirs was the first lot).
11 So they gave them Kirjath-Arba, of the father of Anak (which is Hebron) on the mountain of Judah, with the suburbs of the same all around it.
12 But the land of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, to be his possession.
13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the Priest: a city of refuge for the killer (Hebron with her suburbs), Libnah with her suburbs,
14 Jattir with her suburbs, Eshtemoa and her suburbs,
15 Holon with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
16 Ain with her suburbs, Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with her suburbs, nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin they gave: Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs, four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron (the Priests) were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 But to the families of the children of Kohath, of the Levites, who were the rest of the children of Kohath (for the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim)
21 they gave the city of refuge for the killer (Shechem with her suburbs, on Mount Ephraim), Gezer with her suburbs,
22 Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth Horon with her suburbs, four cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan: Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with her suburbs, four cities.
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with her suburbs, two cities.
26 All the cities for the other families of the children of Kohath were ten, with their suburbs.
27 Also, to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave out, from the half tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge for the killer (Golan in Bashan with her suburbs), and Be Eshterah with her suburbs, two cities.
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En Gannim with her suburbs, four cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs, four cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali: the city of refuge for the killer (Kedesh in Galilee, with her suburbs), Hammoth Dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs, three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites, according to their families, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
34 Also, to the families of the children of Merari (the rest of the Levites), they gave from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam with her suburbs, Kartah with her suburbs,
35 Dimnah with her suburbs, and Nahalal with her suburbs, four cities.
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with her suburbs, Jahaz with her suburbs,
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs, four cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, they gave a city of refuge for the killer (Ramoth in Gilead, with her suburbs), Mahanaim with her suburbs,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs, four cities in all.
40 So, all the cities of the children of Merari, according to their families (which were the rest of the families of the Levites) were, by their lot, twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight, with their suburbs.
42 Every one of these cities lay with their suburbs all around them. So were all these cities.
43 So the LORD gave to Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers. And they possessed it and dwelt in it.
44 Also, the LORD gave them rest, all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not one of all their enemies stood before them. The LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45 No good thing which the LORD had said to the House of Israel failed. All came to pass at that time.
25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was just and feared God and waited for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26 And it was declared to him from God by the Holy Ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Anointed of the Lord.
27 And he was led by the Spirit into the Temple. And when the parents brought in the Baby Jesus, to do for Him after the custom of the Law,
28 he then took Him in his arms and praised God, and said,
29 “Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word!
30 “For my eyes have seen Your Salvation
31 “(which You have prepared before the face of all people);
32 “a Light to be revealed to the Gentiles and the Glory of Your people, Israel!”
33 And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things which were spoken about Him.
34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, His mother, “Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be spoken against,
35 Yes, and a sword shall pierce through your soul, so that the thoughts of many hearts may be opened.”
36 And there was a prophetess - one Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher - who was of a great age (after she had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity).
37 And she had been widowed for about 84 years and had never left the Temple; but had served God with fasting and prayers night and day.
38 Then, coming upon them at that same instant, she likewise confessed the Lord, and spoke of Him to all who looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
39 And when they had performed all things according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.
40 And the Child grew, and became strong in Spirit, and was filled with wisdom. And the grace of God was with Him.
41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.
42 And when He was twelve years old, and they had come up to Jerusalem (after the custom of the feast),
43 and had finished the days and were returning, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem. And neither Joseph nor his mother, Mary, knew.
44 But they, supposing that He had been in their company, went a day’s journey and sought Him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances.
45 And when they did not find Him, they turned back to Jerusalem and sought Him.
46 And it happened that after three days they found Him in the Temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, hearing them and asking them questions.
47 And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.
48 So when they saw Him, they were amazed. And His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You dealt with us like this? Behold, Your father and I have sought You with very heavy hearts.”
49 Then He said to them, “How is it that you sought Me? Did you not know that I must go about My Father’s business?”
50 But they did not understand the Word that He spoke to them.
51 Then He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. And His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom, and stature, and in favor with God and man.
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