Joshua 19:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ They also got all the fields around the cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev). So that was the area that was given to the family group of Simeon. Each family got its land.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And all the villages around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, or Ramah of the Negeb. This was the possession of the Simeonites according to their families.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

Common English Bible

⁸ In addition were all the areas that surround these cities as far as Baalath-beer and Ramah of the arid southern plain. This is the legacy of the clans of the Simeonite tribe.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ all villages around these cities, as far as Baalath-beer, the high place facing the southern region. This is the inheritance of the sons of Simeon, according to their families,

Joshua 19:8 Cross References

1 Chronicles 4:33

There were also other villages as far away as Baalath. This is where they lived. And they also wrote the history about their family.

1 Samuel 30:27

David sent some of those things from the Amalekites to the leaders in Bethel, Ramoth in the Negev, Jattir,

Joshua 19:7

They also got the towns of Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan. There were four towns and all the fields around them.

Joshua 19:9

Simeon’s share of land was within the area that Judah got. The people of Judah had more land than they needed, so the people of Simeon got part of their land.