Then the whole congregation
of the sons
of Israel
assembled
themselves at aShiloh
, and set
up the tent
of meeting
there
; and the land
was subdued
before
them.
There remained among the sons
of Israel
seven
tribes
who
had not divided
their inheritance
.
So Joshua said
to the sons
of Israel
, " aHow
long
will you put
off
entering
to take
possession
of the land
which
the LORD
, the God
of your fathers
, has given
you?
"Provide for yourselves three
men
from 1each tribe
that I may send
them, and that they may arise
and walk
through the land
and write
a description of it according
to their inheritance
; then they shall 2return
to me.
"They shall divide it into seven
portions
; aJudah
shall stay
in its territory
on the south
, and the house
of Joseph
shall stay
in their territory
on the north
.
"You shall describe the land
in seven
divisions
, and bring
the description here
to me. aI will cast
lots
for you here
before
the LORD
our God
.
"For athe Levites have
no
portion
among
you, because
the priesthood
of the LORD
is 1their inheritance
. Gad
and Reuben
and the half-tribe
of Manasseh
also have received
their inheritance
eastward
beyond
the Jordan
, which
Moses
the servant
of the LORD
gave
them."
Then the men arose
and went
, and Joshua
commanded
those who went
to describe
the land
, saying
, "Go
and walk
through the land
and describe
it, and return
to me; then I will cast
lots
for you here
before
the LORD
in aShiloh
."
So the men went
and passed
through the land
, and described
it by cities
in seven
divisions
in a book
; and they came
to Joshua
to the camp
at Shiloh
.
And aJoshua cast
lots
for them in Shiloh
before
the LORD
, and there
Joshua
divided
the land
to the sons
of Israel
according to their divisions
.
Now the lot of the tribe
of the sons
of Benjamin
came
up according to their families
, and the territory
of their lot
1lay
between
the sons
of Judah
and the sons
of Joseph
.
aTheir border on the north
side
was from the Jordan
, then the border
went
up to the side
of Jericho
on the north
, and went
up through the hill
country
westward
, and 1it ended
at the wilderness
of Beth-aven
.
From there the border
continued
to aLuz
, to the side
of Luz
(that is, Bethel
) southward
; and the border
went
down
to Ataroth-addar
, near
the hill
which
lies on the south
of blower
Beth-horon
.
The border extended
from there and turned
round
on the west
side
southward
, from the hill
which
lies before
Beth-horon
southward
; and 1it ended
at Kiriath-baal
(that is, Kiriath-jearim
), a city
of the sons
of Judah
. This
was the west
side
.
Then the asouth side
was from the edge
of Kiriath-jearim
, and the border
went
westward
and went
to the fountain
of the waters
of Nephtoah
.
The border went
down
to the edge
of the hill
which
is in the avalley
of Ben-hinnom
, which
is in the valley
of Rephaim
northward
; and it went
down
to the valley
of Hinnom
, to the slope
of the Jebusite
southward
, and went
down
to En-rogel
.
It extended northward
and went
to En-shemesh
and went
to Geliloth
, which
is opposite
the ascent
of Adummim
, and it went
down
to the astone
of Bohan
the son
of Reuben
.
It continued to the side
in front
of the Arabah
northward
and went
down
to the Arabah
.
The border continued
to the side
of Beth-hoglah
northward
; and the 1border
ended
at the north
bay
of the Salt
Sea
, at the south
end
of the Jordan
. This
was the south
border
.
Moreover, the Jordan was its border
on the east
side
. This
was the inheritance
of the sons
of Benjamin
, according to their families
and according to its borders
all
around
.
Now the cities of the tribe
of the sons
of Benjamin
according to their families
were Jericho
and Beth-hoglah
and Emek-keziz
,
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim
and Bethel
,
and Avvim and Parah
and Ophrah
,
and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni
and aGeba
; twelve
cities
with their villages
.
and Mizpeh and Chephirah
and Mozah
,
and Rekem and Irpeel
and Taralah
,
and aZelah, Haeleph
and the Jebusite
(that is, Jerusalem
), Gibeah
, Kiriath
; fourteen
cities
with their villages
. This
is the inheritance
of the bsons
of Benjamin
according to their families
.