18:1 And all the congregation of the
children of Israel were assembled at Selo, and there they pitched the
tabernacle of witness; and the land was subdued by them.
18:2 And the sons of Israel remained, [even] those who [had] not received
their inheritance, seven tribes.
18:3 And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will ye be slack to
inherit the land, which Yehovah our Elohim has given you?
18:4 Appoint of yourselves three men of each tribe, and let them rise up and
go through the land, and let them describe it before me, as it will be
proper to divide it.
18:5 And they came to him: and he divided to them seven portions, [saying],
Judah shall stand to them a border southward, and the sons of Joseph shall
stand to them northward.
18:6 And do ye divide the land into seven parts, and bring the description
hither to me, and I will give you a lot before Yehovah our Elohim.
18:7 For the sons of Levi have no part among you; for the priesthood of the
Lord [is] his portion; and Gad, and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasse,
have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the
servant of Yehovah gave to them.
18:8 And the men rose up and went; and Joshua charged the men who went to
explore the land, saying, Go and explore the land, and come to me, and I
will bring you forth a lot here before Yehovah in Selo.
18:9 And they went, and explored the land: and they viewed it, and described
it according to the cities, seven parts in a book, and brought [the book] to
Joshua.
18:10 And Joshua cast the lot for them in Selo before Yehovah.
18:11 And the lot of the tribe of Benjamin came forth first according to
their families: and the borders of their lot came forth between the children
of Judah and the children of Joseph.
18:12 And their borders were northward: the borders shall go up from Jordan
behind Jericho northward, and shall go up to the mountain westward, and the
issue of it shall be Baethon of Mabdara.
18:13 And the borders will go forth thence to Luz, behind Luz, from the
south of it; this is Baethel: and the borders shall go down to Maatarob
Orech, to the hill country, which is southward of Baethoron the lower.
18:14 And the borders shall pass through and proceed to the part that looks
toward the sea, on the south, from the mountain in front of Baethoron
southward, and its termination shall be at Cariath-Baal, this is
Cariath-Jarin, a city of the children of Judah; this is the part toward the
west.
18:15 And the south side on the part of Cariath-Baal; and the borders shall
go across to Gasin, to the fountain of the water of Naphtho.
18:16 And the borders shall extend down on one side, this is in front of the
forest of Sonnam, which is on the side of Emec Raphain northward, and it
shall come down to Gaeenna behind Jebusai southward: it shall come down to
the fountain of Rogel.
18:17 And [the borders] shall go across to the fountain of Baethsamys:
18:18 and shall proceed to Galiloth, which is in front by the going up of
Aethamin; and they shall come down to the stone of Baeon of the sons of
Ruben; and shall pass over behind Baetharaba northward, and shall go down to
the borders behind the sea northward.
18:19 And the termination of the borders shall be at the creek of the salt
sea northward to the side of Jordan southward: these are their souther
borders.
18:20 And Jordan shall be their boundary on the east: this [is] the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin, these [are] their borders round
about according to their families.
18:21 And the cities of the children of Benjamin according to their families
[were] Jericho, and Bethagaeo, and the Amecasis,
18:22 and Baethabara, and Sara, and Besana,
18:23 and Aeein, and Phara, and Ephratha,
18:24 and Carapha, and Cephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities and their
villages:
18:25 Gabaon, and Rama, and Beerotha;
18:26 and Massema, and Miron, and Amoke;
18:27 and Phira, and Caphan, and Nacan, and Selecan, and Thareela,
18:28 and Jebus (this is Jerusalem); and Gabaoth, Jarim, thirteen cities,
and their villages; this [is] the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin
according to their families. |
18:1 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.
18:2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had
not yet received their inheritance.
18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to
go to possess the land, which Yehovah Elohim of your fathers hath given you?
18:4 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.
18:5 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.
18:6 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 Yehovah
our Elohim.
18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of Yehovah
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 Yehovah gave them.
18:8 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 Yehovah in
Shiloh.
18:9 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.
18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yehovah: and there
Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their
divisions.
18:11 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.
18:12 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.
18:13 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.
18:14 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.
18:15 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:
18:16 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,
18:17 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,
18:18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and
went down unto Arabah:
18:19 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.
18:20 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.
18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to
their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
18:22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
18:23 And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
18:24 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their
villages:
18:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
18:26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
18:27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
18:28 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. |