Joshua 18
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Joshua 18:11-28

11Now 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. 122Their 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 3it ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven. 13Then from there the border continued to 4Luz, 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 5lower Beth-horon. 14And the border changed direction from there and turned around on the west side southward, from the hill which lies opposite Beth-horon southward; and 6it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side. 15Then the 7south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went westward and went to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah. 16Then the border went down to the edge of the hill which is 8in the 9Valley 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. 17Then it turned northward and went to En-shemesh, and went to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it went down to the 10stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 18And it continued to the side in front of the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah. 19Then the border continued to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the 11border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern border. 20Moreover, 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.

21Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz, 22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel, 23Avvim, Parah, and Ophrah, 24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and 12Geba; twelve cities with their villages. 25Gibeon, Ramah, and Beeroth, 26Mizpeh, Chephirah, and Mozah, 27Rekem, Irpeel, and Taralah, 2813Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the 14sons of Benjamin according to their families.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joshua 18:11 Lit went out ↩
  2. 2. Joshua 18:12 Josh 16:1 ↩
  3. 3. Joshua 18:12 Lit the goings out of it were ↩
  4. 4. Joshua 18:13 Gen 28:19; Judg 1:23 ↩
  5. 5. Joshua 18:13 Josh 16:3 ↩
  6. 6. Joshua 18:14 Lit the goings out of it were ↩
  7. 7. Joshua 18:15 Josh 15:5-9 ↩
  8. 8. Joshua 18:16 Lit on the face of ↩
  9. 9. Joshua 18:16 2 Kin 23:10 ↩
  10. 10. Joshua 18:17 Josh 15:6 ↩
  11. 11. Joshua 18:19 Lit goings out of the border were ↩
  12. 12. Joshua 18:24 Ezra 2:26; Is 10:29 ↩
  13. 13. Joshua 18:28 2 Sam 21:14 ↩
  14. 14. Joshua 18:28 Num 26:38 ↩

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