The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ The lottes or partes of habulon. Isachar. Aser. Nephthali, Dan and Iosua.

CAPI. XIX.

AND the seconde lot came out for the [unspec A] tribe of the chyldrē of Simeon by theyr kynreds. And theyr enherytaunce was in the myddes of the enheritaunce of the chyl¦dren of Iuda. And they had in theyr enheri∣taunce. Bersabe, Sabe, & Moladah, Hazor∣sual, Balah, & Azem, Eltholad Bethull and Hormah, Zikelag, Bethmarcaboth and Ha∣zetsusah, Bet••••••baoth, & Saruhen thyrtene cities w^t theyr villages. Aim, Remon, Ether, and Asan, foure cities with theyr villages: & therto all the villages that were rounde a∣boute these ••ities, euen vnto Balasath, Beor and Rama 〈◊〉〈◊〉, southwarde. This is the enhe∣ritaunce of ••••e tribe of the chyldren of Si∣meon thore••••out theyr kynteds. Out of the lot of the c••••••dren of Iuda, came the enhery∣taunce of t•••• chyldren of Simeon. For the parte of the chyldren of Iuda was to moche for them: and therfore the chyldren of Si∣meon had theyr enheritaunce in the enheri∣taunce of them. [unspec B]

And the thyrde lot arose for the chyldren of Zabulon thorowout theyr kynreds. And the coostes of theyr enheritaunce came to Sa¦rid, and went vp westwarde, and to Moria∣lah, and reached to Dabaseth, & came thence to the ryuer that lyeth before Iokneuen: and turned from Sarid eastwarde towarde the son rysyng vnto the border of Chisloth Tha¦bor: and then gothe out to Dabereth, & gothe vp to Iaphia: and from thence gothe a longe castwarde, to Gethah, Iepher, Ithah & Ia∣zim, and gothe to Remon, Methoer, & Neoh. And compasseth it on the north syde to Na∣than, and endeth in the valey of Iephthahel. And Iatath, Nahalol, Semron, Iedaiah, & Bethleem: twelue cities with theyr villages. This is the enheritaunce of the chyldren of Zabulon thorowout theyr kynreds, & these [unspec C] are the cities with theyr villages.

And the fourth lot came out for the chyldren of Isachar by theyr kynreds. And theyr coost was Iesraelah, Casuloth, and Sunem, Ha∣pharaim, Sion, and Anaharath: Harabith, Kision, and Abez: Rameth, Enganim, Enha∣dah, and Bethphazez. And his coost reacheth to Thabor, and Sahazimah & Bethsames,

and endeth at Iordan. Syxtene cyties with theyr villages. This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the chyldren of Isachar by theyr kynreds. And these are the cityes with theyr villages. And the fyfte lotte came out for the tribe of the chyldrē of Aser by theyr kynreds.

And theyr coost was: Helkath, Hall, Be∣ten [unspec E] and Achsap: Alamelech, Amaad, & Mi∣seall: & came to Carmell westwarde, & to Si∣hor Labanath / & turned towarde the son ry∣synge to Bethdagon, & cōmeth to Zabulon, and to the valey of Iephthah, towarde the northsyde of Bethemek & Negell, and goeth out on the lefte syde of Cabul: and to Hehrō, Rohob, Hamon, & Kanah, euen vnto greate Sidō. And then the coost turneth to Ramah and to the stronge citye of Azor, & turneth to Hozah, & endeth at the see: by the possessyon of Achzibah: Amah also & Aphek, & Rohob: Twentye & two cityes with theyr villages. This is the enheritaunce of the Chyldren of Aser by theyr kynreds: These also are the ci∣tyes with theyr villages. And the syxte lotte came out for the Chyldren of Nephthalt by theyr kynreds. And theyr cooste was from Neleph & from Elom to Zaanaim, Adami, Nekeb, & Iabneell euen to Lakum, & doeth go out at Iordan. And then the coost turneth westwarde to Asanoth Thabor, & then goeth out from thence to Hukokah, & reacheth to Zabulon on the southe syde, & goeth to Aser on the west syde, and to Iuda vpon Iordane towarde the son tysynge. And theyr stronge cityes are Zidin, Ber, Hamath, Racath, and Cenereth, Adamah, Hermah, & Hazor: Ked{is}, Edrai, & Enhazor, Ieron, Magdelel: Horen, Bethanah, & Bethsames: nynetene cityes w^t theyr villages. This is the enherytaunce of the Trybe of the Chyldren of Nephthali by [unspec D] theyr kynreds: these also are the cityes and theyr villages. And the seuenth lotte came out for the trybe of the Chyldren of Dan by theyr kynreds. And the cooste of theyr enhe∣ritaunce was: Zaraah, Esthaoll.

* 1.1 Irsames, Saelabin, Aialon Iethlah: Eglon & Thēnathah & Akaron▪ Elthekeh, Gibethon, & Baalath: Iehud, Benebarak, & Gathermō, Meiericon and Aarcon, with the border that lyeth before Iapho. And the coo∣stes of the Chyldren of Dan went out from them. And the Chyldren of Dan went vp to fyght agaynst Lesen, and toke it, and smote it with the edge of the swerde, & cōquered it / and dwelte therin, & called it * 1.2 Dan after the name of Dan theyr father. This is the enhe∣ritaūce of the trybe of the Chyldren of Dan in theyr kinreds: these also are the cities with theyr vyllages. When they had made an ende of deuydyng the lande by her coost{is}, the Chyldren of Israell gaue an enherytaunce vnto Iosua the sonne of Nun among them, accordynge to the worde of the Lorde, they gaue hym the citye whiche he asked, euen * 1.3 Thānath serah in moūt Ephraim. And he buylte the citye & dwelte therin. * 1.4These are the enheritaunces whiche Eleazar the preest & Iosua the son of Nun, & the auncyent Fa∣thers of the trybes of the chyldren of Israell deuyded by lotte in Siloh before the Lorde / in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse, & so they made an ende of deuidyng the coūtrey.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Other∣wyse called be citye of ••he Sonne.
• * 1.2

  ••ud xviii ••
• * 1.3

  Iosua. 24 ••
• * 1.4

  Num, 34. d