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Then the second lot went to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.

And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

So they had in their inheritance Beersheba or Sheba and Moladah,

And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,

Hazar-shual, Balah, and Ezem,

And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,

Eltolad, Bethul, and Hormah,

And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,

And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,

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

And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:

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

Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:

and all the villages which were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.

And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was taken from the portion of the sons of Judah, because the share of the sons of Judah was too large for them; so the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of Judah's inheritance.

Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.