Joshua 19:9

New Century Version

The land of the Simeonites was taken from part of the land of Judah. Since Judah had much more land than they needed, the Simeonites received part of their land.

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

May their anger be cursed, because it is too violent. May their violence be cursed, because it is too cruel. I will divide them up among the tribes of Jacob and scatter them through all the tribes of Israel.

Exodus 16:18

Then they measured it. The person who gathered more did not have too much, nor did the person who gathered less have too little. Each person gathered just as much as he needed.

Ezekiel 48:7

“South of Reuben’s border, Judah will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.

Numbers 26:54

A large tribe will get more land, and a small tribe will get less land; the amount of land each tribe gets will depend on the number of its people.

Joshua 19:10

The third part of the land was given to the tribe of Zebulun. Each family group of Zebulun received some of the land. The border of Zebulun went as far as Sarid.

Joshua 19:8

They also received all the very small areas with people living in them as far as Baalath Beer (this is the same as Ramah in southern Canaan). So these were the lands given to the family groups in the tribe of Simeon.