CAP. XIX.
1 And the secounde lot of the sones of
Symeon is goon out, bi his kynredis;
2 and was the herytage of hem in the
mydil of the possessioun of the sones of
Juda, Bersabee, and Sabee, and Melada,
and Asersualbala,
3 and Asem, and Beltholaad,
and Bethularma,
4 and Sicelech, and
Bethmarthaboth,
5
6 and Asersua, and Bethelaboth,
and Saroem, cytees thretteen,
and the touns of hem;
7 Aym, and Remmon,
and Athar, and Asam, citees foure,
and the touns of hem;
8 alle the litil touns
bi enuyroun of thes citees, vnto Balath
Brameth, a&yogh;ens the south coost, were
cytees seuenteen. This is the herytage
of the sones of Symeon, after her kynredis,
9 in the possessioun and litil coord
of the sones of Juda, for he was more;
and therfor the sones of Symeon hadden
possessioun in the mydil of the herytage
of hym.
10 And the thridde lot felle of the
sones of Zabulon, bi her kynredis; and
the teerme of the possessioun of the
sones of Zabulon is maad vnto Sarith,
-- --
and stiede vp fro the see,
11 and Medala,
and cometh in to Debbaseth, vnto the
streem that is a&yogh;ens Jesenam;
12 and turneth
fro Saryth, a&yogh;ens the est, into the eendis
of Secelech Thabor; and gooth out to Dabereth;
and stieth vp a&yogh;ens Jasie;
13 and
thens passith to the est coost, Gethepher,
and Thachasym; and geeth out into Remmon,
Amphar, and Noa;
14 and gooth about
to the north, and Nachon; and the goynge
out of it ben of the valey of Jeptael,
15 and
Cathel, and Neamay, and Semrom, and
Jedaba, and Bethleem, citees twelue, and
the touns of hem.
16 This is the herytage
of the lynage of the sones of Zabulon, bi
her kynredis, and citees, and touns of
hem.
17 Of Ysachar wente out the feerth
lot, bi his kynredis;
18 and his heritage was
Jezrael,
19 and Cathsaloth, and Symeon, and
Effraym,
20 and Seon, and Anaarath, and
Cabith,
21 and Cesyon, Hames, and Ramech,
and Enganym, and Enadda, and
Bethfeses.
22 And the teerme of it cometh
vnto Thabor, and Seesyma, and Hethsemes;
and the goyngis out of it weren
of Jordan, cytees sexteen, and the touns
of hem.
23 This is the possessioun of the
sones of Ysachar, bi her kynredis, cytees,
and litil touns of hem.
24 And felle the
fifthe lot to the lynage of the sones of
Aser, bi her kynredis;
25 and the teermes of
hem was Alchat, and Acly, and Bethen,
and Mesaph,
26 and Elmelech, and Amaad,
and Messal; and cometh unto Carmyl of
the see, and Syor, and Labanath;
27 and
tornith a&yogh;ens the est of Bethdagan, and
passith vnto Zabulon, and the valey of
Jeptael, a&yogh;ens the north, into Bethemeth,
and Neiel; and gooth out to the left of
Cabul,
28 and Acram, and Roab, and Omynon,
and Chane, vnto greet Sydon;
29 and
turneth a&yogh;en into Horma, vnto the `moost
strengthid cytee Tyrum, and vnto Osam;
-- --
and the goyngis out of it shulen be into
the see,
30 fro the litil coord Aczima, and
Affeth, and Roab; cytees two and twenti,
and the touns of hem.
31 This is the possessioun
of the sones of Aser, bi her kynredis,
citees, and the touns of hem.
32 Of
the sones of Neptalym the sext lot fel, bi
her meynees;
33 and bigunne the teerme fro
Heleth, and Helon, and Sannayra, and
Adarny, that is Neseb, and Jebnael, vnto
Letun; and the goynge out of hem unto
Jordan;
34 and cometh a&yogh;en the teerme, a&yogh;ens
the west, in Arnoth Thabor; and thens
gooth out in to Hucota, and passith into
Zabulon, a&yogh;ens the south, and into Asor,
a&yogh;ens the west, and into Juda, at Jordan,
a&yogh;ens the rysyng of the sunne;
35 of the
`moost strengthid cite Assedyn, Ser, and
Amraath,
36 and Rechath, and Cenereth, and
Edema,
37 and Arama, Asor, and Cedes,
and Edray,
38 and Nason, and Jeron, and
Magdael, Horem, and Bethanath, and
Bethsemes; citees nynteen, and the touns
of hem.
39 This is the possessyoun of the
lynage of the sones of Neptalym, bi her
kynredis, citees, and the litil touns of
hem.
40 To the lynage of the sones of Dan,
bi her meynees, wente out the seuenthe
lot;
41 and was the teerme of his possessioun
Saraa, and Aschahol, and Darsemes, that
is,
42 the cytee of the sunne, Selenym, and
Haylon,
43 and Jethela, and Helom, and
Thenna,
44 and Acrom, and Hethesem, and
Jebtom,
45 and Baalath, Lud, and Benebarach,
and Jethremmon,
46 and Yharchon,
and Arechon, with the teerme that biholdith
Joppen,
47 and with that eend is
closid. And the sones of Dan stieden vp,
and fou&yogh;ten a&yogh;ens Lesem, and token it,
and smyten it in mouth of swerd, and
weeldiden, and dwelten in it, clepynge
the name of Lesan Dan, of the name of
Dan, his fader.
48 This is the possessioun
of the lynage of the sones of Dan, bi her
-- --
kynredys, cytees, and litil touns of hem.
49 And whanne he hadde fulfillid bi lot the
loond to dyuyde to eche bi his lynagis,
&yogh;euen the sones of Yrael possessioun to
Josue, the sone of Nun, in her mydil,
after the heest of the Lord,
50 the citee that
he askide, Thannath Sara, in the hil of
Effraym; and he bildide the cytee, and
dwellide in it.
51 Thes ben the possessiouns
that bi lot dyuydeden Eleazar, the
preest, and Josue, the sone of Nun, and the
princes of the meynees, and of the lynagis
of the sones of Yrael, in Silo, before the
Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of
witnessynge, and partiden the loond.
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