And the whole congregation of the children
of Israel
assembled together
at Shiloh
, and set up
the tabernacle
of the congregation
there. And the land
was subdued
before
them.
And there remained among the children
of Israel
seven
tribes
, which had not yet received
their inheritance
.
And Joshua said
unto the children
of Israel
, How long are ye slack
to go
to possess
the land
, which the LORD
God
of your fathers
hath given
you?
Give out from among you three
men
for each tribe
: and I will send
them, and they shall rise
, and go
through the land
, and describe
it according
to the inheritance
of them; and they shall come
again to me.
And they shall divide it into seven
parts
: Judah
shall abide
in their coast
on the south
, and the house
of Joseph
shall abide
in their coasts
on the north
.
Ye shall therefore describe the land
into seven
parts
, and bring
the description hither to me, that I may cast
lots
for you here before
the LORD
our God
.
But the Levites have no part
among
you; for the priesthood
of the LORD
is their inheritance
: and Gad
, and Reuben
, and half
the tribe
of Manasseh
, have received
their inheritance
beyond
Jordan
on the east
, which Moses
the servant
of the LORD
gave
them.
And the men arose
, and went away
: and Joshua
charged
them that went
to describe
the land
, saying
, Go
and walk
through the land
, and describe
it, and come again
to me, that I may here cast
lots
for you before
the LORD
in Shiloh
.
And the men went
and passed through
the land
, and described
it by cities
into seven
parts
in a book
, and came
again to Joshua
to the host
at Shiloh
.
And Joshua cast
lots
for them in Shiloh
before
the LORD
: and there Joshua
divided
the land
unto the children
of Israel
according to their divisions
.
And the lot of the tribe
of the children
of Benjamin
came up
according to their families
: and the coast
of their lot
came forth
between the children
of Judah
and the children
of Joseph
.
And their border on the north
side
was from Jordan
; and the border
went up
to the side
of Jericho
on the north
side, and went up
through the mountains
westward
; and the goings out
thereof were at the wilderness
of Bethaven
.
And the border went over
from thence toward Luz
, to the side
of Luz
, which is Bethel
, southward
; and the border
descended
to Atarothadar
, near the hill
that lieth on the south side
of the nether
Bethhoron
.
And the border was drawn
thence , and compassed
the corner
of the sea
southward
, from the hill
that lieth before
Bethhoron
southward
; and the goings out
thereof were at Kirjathbaal
, which is Kirjathjearim
, a city
of the children
of Judah
: this was the west
quarter
.
And the south quarter
was from the end
of Kirjathjearim
, and the border
went out
on the west
, and went out
to the well
of waters
of Nephtoah
:
And the border came down
to the end
of the mountain
that lieth before
the valley
of the son
of Hinnom
, and which is in the valley
of the giants
on the north
, and descended
to the valley
of Hinnom
, to the side
of Jebusi
on the south
, and descended
to Enrogel
,
And was drawn from the north
, and went forth
to Enshemesh
, and went forth
toward Geliloth
, which is over against
the going up
of Adummim
, and descended
to the stone
of Bohan
the son
of Reuben
,
And passed along toward the side
over against
Arabah
northward
, and went down
unto Arabah
:
And the border passed along
to the side
of Bethhoglah
northward
: and the outgoings
of the border
were at the north
bay
of the salt
sea
at the south
end
of Jordan
: this was the south
coast
.
And Jordan was the border
of it on the east
side
. This was the inheritance
of the children
of Benjamin
, by the coasts
thereof round about
, according to their families
.
Now the cities of the tribe
of the children
of Benjamin
according to their families
were Jericho
, and Bethhoglah
, and the valley
of Keziz
,
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim
, and Bethel
,
And Avim, and Parah
, and Ophrah
,
And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni
, and Gaba
; twelve
cities
with their villages
:
Gibeon, and Ramah
, and Beeroth
,
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah
, and Mozah
,
And Rekem, and Irpeel
, and Taralah
,
And Zelah, Eleph
, and Jebusi
, which is Jerusalem
, Gibeath
, and Kirjath
; fourteen
cities
with their villages
. This is the inheritance
of the children
of Benjamin
according to their families
.