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The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. And their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
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They had in their inheritance Beersheba (Sheba), Moladah,
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Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,
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Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
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Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,
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Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and their villages;
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Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their villages;
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and all the villages that were all around these cities as far as Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
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The inheritance of the children of Simeon was included in the share of the children of Judah, for the share of the children of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of that people.