In this video listen to Joshua 19 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Joshua 19 the remaining six tribes are allotted. God gives an inheritance to all of his people. The first of these was for Simeon. This assignment was the mercy of God because Simeon was the smallest and weakest of the tribes after the second census. They rebelled at Baal Peor and twenty-two thousand of them were put to death, greatly reducing their size.

Consequently they received a small inheritance. But the Lord mercifully assigned them a place with Judah, which strangely enough meant that part of this tribe was preserved inside the future nation of Judah even though ten tribes split away. This also was a mercy. The Lord is so thoughtful!! Beersheba was a city allocated to Simeon. Beersheba is the place Jacob had just left when he had his dre ...