Joshua 18

Rest of the Land Divided

1Then the wholeH3605 congregationH5712 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 assembledH6950 at 1ShilohH7887, and setH7931 upH7931 the tentH168 of meetingH4150 thereH8033; and the landH776 was subduedH3533 beforeH6440 them.

2But there remainedH3498 among the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 sevenH7651 tribesH7626 whoH834 had not dividedH2505 their inheritanceH5159. 3So JoshuaH3091 saidH559 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, “2HowH575 longH5704 will you 3putH7503 offH7503 enteringH935 to takeH3423 possessionH3423 of the landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068, the GodH430 of your fathersH1, has givenH5414 you? 4ProvideH3051 for yourselves threeH7969 menH376 from 4each tribeH7626 so that I may sendH7971 them, and that they may ariseH6965 and walkH1980 through the landH776 and writeH3789 a description of it accordingH6310 to their inheritanceH5159; then they shall 5returnH935 to me. 5And they shall divideH2505 it into sevenH7651 portionsH2506; 6JudahH3063 shall stayH5975 in its territoryH1366 on the southH5045, and the houseH1004 of JosephH3130 shall stayH5975 in their territoryH1366 on the northH6828. 6And you shall writeH3789 a description of the landH776 in sevenH7651 divisionsH2506, and bringH935 the description hereH2008 to me. 7Then I will castH3384 lotsH1486 for you hereH6311 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 our GodH430. 7For 8the LevitesH3881 haveH369 noH369 portionH2506 amongH7130 you, becauseH3588 the priesthoodH3550 of the LordH3068 is 9their inheritanceH5159. GadH1410, 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 writeH3789 a description of the landH776, sayingH559, “GoH1980 and walkH1980 through the landH776 and writeH3789 a description of it, and returnH7725 to me; then I will castH7993 lotsH1486 for you hereH6311 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 in 10ShilohH7887.” 9So the menH376 wentH1980 and passedH5674 through the landH776, and wroteH3789 a description of it by citiesH5892 in sevenH7651 divisionsH2506 in a bookH5612; and they cameH935 to JoshuaH3091 at the campH4264 at ShilohH7887. 1011JoshuaH3091 then castH7993 lotsH1486 for them in ShilohH7887 beforeH6440 the LordH3068, and thereH8033 JoshuaH3091 dividedH2505 the landH776 for the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 according to their divisionsH4256.

The Territory of Benjamin

11Now the lotH1486 of the tribeH4294 of the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144 cameH5927 upH5927 according to their familiesH4940, and the territoryH1366 of their lotH1486 12layH3318 betweenH996 the sonsH1121 of JudahH3063 and the sonsH1121 of JosephH3130. 1213Their borderH1366 on the northH6828 sideH6285 was from the JordanH3383, then the borderH1366 wentH5927 upH5927 to the sideH3802 of JerichoH3405 on the northH6828, and wentH5927 upH5927 through the hillH2022 countryH2022 westwardH3220, and 14it endedH1961H8444 at the wildernessH4057 of Beth-avenH1007. 13Then from thereH8033 the borderH1366 continuedH5674 to 15LuzH3870, 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 16lowerH8481 Beth-horonH1032. 14And the borderH1366 changedH8388 directionH8388 from there and turnedH5437 aroundH5437 on the westH3220 sideH6285 southwardH5045, from the hillH2022 whichH834 lies oppositeH5921H6440 Beth-horonH1032 southwardH5045; and 17it endedH1961H8444 at Kiriath-baalH7154 (that is, Kiriath-jearimH7157), a cityH5892 of the sonsH1121 of JudahH3063. ThisH2088 was the westH3220 sideH6285. 15Then the 18southH5045 sideH6285 was from the edgeH7097 of Kiriath-jearimH7157, and the borderH1366 wentH3318 westwardH3220 and wentH3318 to the fountainH4599 of the watersH4325 of NephtoahH5318. 16Then the borderH1366 wentH3381 downH3381 to the edgeH7097 of the hillH2022 whichH834 is 19in the 20ValleyH1516 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. 17Then it turnedH8388 northwardH6828 and wentH3318 to En-shemeshH5885, and wentH3318 to GelilothH1553, whichH834 is oppositeH5227 the ascentH4608 of AdummimH131, and it wentH3381 downH3381 to the 21stoneH68 of BohanH932 the sonH1121 of ReubenH7205. 18And it continuedH5674 to the sideH3802 in frontH4136 of the ArabahH6160 northwardH6828, and wentH3381 downH3381 to the ArabahH6160. 19Then the borderH1366 continuedH5674 to the sideH3802 of Beth-hoglahH1031 northwardH6828; and the 22borderH1366 endedH1961H8444 at the northH6828 bayH3956 of the SaltH4417 SeaH3220, at the southH5045 endH7097 of the JordanH3383. ThisH2088 was the southernH5045 borderH1366. 20Moreover, the JordanH3383 was its borderH1379 on the eastH6924 sideH6285. ThisH2088 was the inheritanceH5159 of the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144 according to their familiesH4940, and according to its bordersH1367 allH5439 aroundH5439.

21Now the citiesH5892 of the tribeH4294 of the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144 according to their familiesH4940 were JerichoH3405, Beth-hoglahH1031, and Emek-kezizH6010H7104, 22Beth-arabahH1026, ZemaraimH6787, and BethelH1008, 23AvvimH5761, ParahH6511, and OphrahH6084, 24Chephar-ammoniH3726, OphniH6078, and 23GebaH1387; twelveH8147H6240 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691. 25GibeonH1391, RamahH7414, and BeerothH881, 26MizpehH4708, ChephirahH3716, and MozahH4681, 27RekemH7552, IrpeelH3416, and TaralahH8634, 2824ZelahH6762, HaelephH507, the JebusiteH2983 city (that is, JerusalemH3389), GibeahH1390, KiriathH7157; fourteenH702H6240 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691. ThisH2088 is the inheritanceH5159 of the 25sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144 according to their familiesH4940.