Joshua 18
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Joshua 18:6-19

6You shall describeH3789 the landH776 in sevenH7651 divisionsH2506, and bringH935 the description hereH2008 to me. 1I will castH3384 lotsH1486 for you hereH6311 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 our GodH430. 7For 2the LevitesH3881 haveH369 noH369 portionH2506 amongH7130 you, becauseH3588 the priesthoodH3550 of the LordH3068 is 3their inheritanceH5159. GadH1410 and ReubenH7205 and the half-tribeH2677H7626 of ManassehH4519 also have receivedH3947 their inheritanceH5159 eastwardH4217 beyondH4480H5676 the JordanH3383, whichH834 MosesH4872 the servantH5650 of the LordH3068 gaveH5414 them.”

8Then the menH376 aroseH6965 and wentH1980, and JoshuaH3091 commandedH6680 those who wentH1980 to describeH3789 the landH776, sayingH559, “GoH1980 and walkH1980 through the landH776 and describeH3789 it, and returnH7725 to me; then I will castH7993 lotsH1486 for you hereH6311 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 in 4ShilohH7887.” 9So the menH376 wentH1980 and passedH5674 through the landH776, and describedH3789 it by citiesH5892 in sevenH7651 divisionsH2506 in a bookH5612; and they cameH935 to JoshuaH3091 to the campH4264 at ShilohH7887. 10And 5JoshuaH3091 castH7993 lotsH1486 for them in ShilohH7887 beforeH6440 the LordH3068, and thereH8033 JoshuaH3091 dividedH2505 the landH776 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 according to their divisionsH4256.

11Now the lotH1486 of the tribeH4294 of the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144 cameH5927 up according to their familiesH4940, and the territoryH1366 of their lotH1486 6layH3318 betweenH996 the sonsH1121 of JudahH3063 and the sonsH1121 of JosephH3130. 127Their borderH1366 on the northH6828 sideH6285 was from the JordanH3383, then the borderH1366 wentH5927 up to the sideH3802 of JerichoH3405 on the northH6828, and wentH5927 up through the hillH2022 countryH2022 westwardH3220, and 8it endedH1961H8444 at the wildernessH4057 of Beth-avenH1007. 13From thereH8033 the borderH1366 continuedH5674 to 9LuzH3870, to the sideH3802 of LuzH3870 (that is, BethelH1008) southwardH5045; and the borderH1366 wentH3381 downH3381 to Ataroth-addarH5853, nearH5921 the hillH2022 whichH834 lies on the southH5045 of 10lowerH8481 Beth-horonH1032. 14The borderH1366 extendedH8388 from there and turnedH5437 roundH5437 on the westH3220 sideH6285 southwardH5045, from the hillH2022 whichH834 lies beforeH5921H6440 Beth-horonH1032 southwardH5045; and 11it endedH1961H8444 at Kiriath-baalH7154 (that is, Kiriath-jearimH7157), a cityH5892 of the sonsH1121 of JudahH3063. ThisH2088 was the westH3220 sideH6285. 15Then the 12southH5045 sideH6285 was from the edgeH7097 of Kiriath-jearimH7157, and the borderH1366 wentH3318 westwardH3220 and wentH3318 to the fountainH4599 of the watersH4325 of NephtoahH5318. 16The borderH1366 wentH3381 downH3381 to the edgeH7097 of the hillH2022 whichH834 is in the 13valleyH1516 of Ben-hinnomH1121H2011, whichH834 is in the valleyH6010 of RephaimH7497 northwardH6828; and it wentH3381 downH3381 to the valleyH1516 of HinnomH2011, to the slopeH3802 of the JebusiteH2983 southwardH5045, and wentH3381 downH3381 to En-rogelH5883. 17It extendedH8388 northwardH6828 and wentH3318 to En-shemeshH5885 and wentH3318 to GelilothH1553, whichH834 is oppositeH5227 the ascentH4608 of AdummimH131, and it wentH3381 downH3381 to the 14stoneH68 of BohanH932 the sonH1121 of ReubenH7205. 18It continuedH5674 to the sideH3802 in frontH4136 of the ArabahH6160 northwardH6828 and wentH3381 downH3381 to the ArabahH6160. 19The borderH1366 continuedH5674 to the sideH3802 of Beth-hoglahH1031 northwardH6828; and the 15borderH1366 endedH1961H8444 at the northH6828 bayH3956 of the SaltH4417 SeaH3220, at the southH5045 endH7097 of the JordanH3383. ThisH2088 was the southH5045 borderH1366.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joshua 18:6 Josh 14:2 ↩
  2. 2. Joshua 18:7 Num 18:7, 20; Josh 13:33 ↩
  3. 3. Joshua 18:7 Lit his ↩
  4. 4. Joshua 18:8 Josh 18:1 ↩
  5. 5. Joshua 18:10 Num 34:16-29; Josh 19:51 ↩
  6. 6. Joshua 18:11 Lit went out ↩
  7. 7. Joshua 18:12 Josh 16:1 ↩
  8. 8. Joshua 18:12 Lit the goings out of it were ↩
  9. 9. Joshua 18:13 Gen 28:19; Judg 1:23 ↩
  10. 10. Joshua 18:13 Josh 16:3 ↩
  11. 11. Joshua 18:14 Lit the goings out of it were ↩
  12. 12. Joshua 18:15 Josh 15:5-9 ↩
  13. 13. Joshua 18:16 2 Kin 23:10 ↩
  14. 14. Joshua 18:17 Josh 15:6 ↩
  15. 15. Joshua 18:19 Lit goings out of the border were ↩

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