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And the second lot came out, for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, by their families, - and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.

And they had for their inheritance, - Beer-sheba or Sheba, and Moladah,

and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,

and Eltolad and Bethul, and Hormah,

and Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,

and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen, - thirteen cities, with their villages:

Ain, Rimmon, and Ether and Ashan, - four cities, with their villages,

and all the villages that were round about these cities, as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, by their families:

Out of the portion of the sons of Judah, is the inheritance of the sons of Simeon, - for it came to pass that what was allotted to the sons of Judah, was too much for them, therefore did the sons of Simeon receive an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.