Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Therefore

Bible References

Too much

Exodus 16:18
When they measured it with a vessel the capacity of which was one omer, the one who gathered much did not have an excess, while the one who gathered little did not lack. They gathered exactly what each needed to eat.
2 Corinthians 8:14
At the present time, your surplus fills their need, so that their surplus may fill your need. In this way things are fair.

Therefore

Joshua 19:1
The second lottery went to the tribe of Simeon according to its families. Its inheritance was enclosed within the inheritance of the tribe of Judah.

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