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Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen towns with their villages;
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Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four towns with their villages;
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together with all the villages all around these towns as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon according to its families.
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The inheritance of the tribe of Simeon formed part of the territory of Judah; because the portion of the tribe of Judah was too large for them, the tribe of Simeon obtained an inheritance within their inheritance.
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The third lot came up for the tribe of Zebulun, according to its families. The boundary of its inheritance reached as far as Sarid;
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then its boundary goes up westward, and on to Maralah, and touches Dabbesheth, then the wadi that is east of Jokneam;
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from Sarid it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of Chisloth-tabor; from there it goes to Daberath, then up to Japhia;
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from there it passes along on the east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and going on to Rimmon it bends toward Neah;
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then on the north the boundary makes a turn to Hannathon, and it ends at the valley of Iphtah-el;
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and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve towns with their villages.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of Zebulun, according to its families—these towns with their villages.