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The second lot came out for Shim`on, even for the tribe of the children of Shim`on according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Yehudah.
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They had for their inheritance Be'er-Sheva, or Sheva, and Moladah,
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and Hatzar-Shu`al, and Balah, and `Etzem,
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and Eltolad, and Beitul, and Hormah,
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and Tziklag, and Beit-Markavot, and Hatzar-Susah,
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and Beit-Leva'ot, and Sharuchen; thirteen cities with their villages:
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`Ayin, Rimmon, and `Eter, and `Ashan; four cities with their villages:
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and all the villages that were round about these cities to Ba`alat-Be'er, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Shim`on according to their families.
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Out of the part of the children of Yehudah was the inheritance of the children of Shim`on; for the portion of the children of Yehudah was too much for them: therefore the children of Shim`on had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
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The third lot came up for the children of Zevulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid;
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and their border went up westward, even to Mar`alah, and reached to Dabbeshet; and it reached to the brook that is before Yokne`am;