Key Verse Spotlight
Joshua 19:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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.”
Joshua 19:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
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.
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.
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
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