I will abandon this last remaining tribe among my people ¹  and hand them over to their enemies; they will be plundered and robbed by all their enemies, ² 

At that time ¹  the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited. ²  Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. ” ³ 

I prayed to him: ¹  O, Lord God, ²  do not destroy your people, your valued property ³  that you have powerfully redeemed, ⁴  whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength. ⁵ 

Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah. ¹ 

“I, the Lord, also have something to say concerning ¹  the wicked nations who surround my land ²  and have attacked and plundered ³  the land that I gave to my people as a permanent possession. ⁴  I say: ‘I will uproot the people of those nations from their lands and I will free the people of Judah who have been taken there. ⁵ 

Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod, ¹  the flock that belongs to you, ²  the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. ³  Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, ⁴  as they did in the old days. ⁵ 

“‘In this year of jubilee you must each return ¹  to your property.

“To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.

and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers;

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben ¹  by its clans.

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad ¹  by its clans.

The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns. ¹ 

Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land. ¹ 

But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. ¹  Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land ²  east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun ¹  by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

The fourth lot belonged to the tribe of Issachar ¹  by its clans.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Issachar ¹  by its clans, including the cities and their towns.

The fifth lot belonged to the tribe of Asher ¹  by its clans.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher ¹  by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

The sixth lot belonged to the tribe of Naphtali ¹  by its clans.