18The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control,H5712H1121H3478H6950H7887H7931H168H4150H776H3533H64402but there were still seven Israelite tribes who had not yet received their inheritance.H3498H1121H3478H7651H7626H2505H51593So Joshua said to the Israelites: "How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you?H3091H559H1121H3478H7503H935H3423H776H3068H430H1H54144Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description of it, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me.H3051H7969H582H7626H7971H6965H1980H776H3789H6310H5159H9355You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to remain in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph in its territory on the north.H2505H7651H2506H3063H5975H1366H5045H1004H3130H5975H1366H68286After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the LORD our God.H3789H776H7651H2506H935H3384H1486H6440H3068H4307The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the LORD gave it to them."H3881H2506H7130H3550H3068H5159H1410H7205H2677H7626H4519H3947H5159H5676H3383H4217H4872H5650H3068H54148As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua instructed them, "Go and make a survey of the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will cast lots for you here at Shiloh in the presence of the LORD."H582H6965H3212H3091H6680H1980H3789H776H559H3212H1980H776H3789H7725H7993H1486H6440H3068H78879So they left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.H582H3212H5674H776H3789H5892H7651H2506H5612H935H3091H4264H788710Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.H3091H7993H1486H7887H6440H3068H3091H2505H776H1121H3478H425611The first lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin according to its clans. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:H1486H4294H1121H1144H5927H4940H1366H1486H3318H1121H3063H1121H313012On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the wilderness of Beth Aven.H1366H6828H6285H3383H1366H5927H3802H3405H6828H5927H2022H3220H8444H4057H100713From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.H1366H5674H3870H3802H3870H1008H5045H1366H3381H5853H2022H5045H8481H103214From the hill facing Beth Horon on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.H1366H8388H5437H6285H3220H5045H2022H6440H1032H5045H8444H7154H7157H5892H1121H3063H3220H628515The southern side began at the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim on the west, and the boundary came out at the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.H5045H6285H7097H7157H1366H3318H3220H3318H4599H4325H531816The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim. It continued down the Hinnom Valley along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel.H1366H3381H7097H2022H6440H1516H1121H2011H6010H7497H6828H3381H1516H2011H3802H2983H5045H3381H588317It then curved north, went to En Shemesh, continued to Geliloth, which faces the Pass of Adummim, and ran down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.H8388H6828H3318H5885H3318H1553H5227H4608H131H3381H68H932H1121H720518It continued to the northern slope of Beth Arabah and on down into the Arabah.H5674H3802H4136H6160H6828H3381H616019It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.H1366H5674H3802H1031H6828H8444H1366H6828H3956H4417H3220H5045H7097H3383H5045H136620The Jordan formed the boundary on the eastern side. These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.H3383H1379H6924H6285H5159H1121H1144H1367H5439H494021The tribe of Benjamin, according to its clans, had the following towns: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,H5892H4294H1121H1144H4940H3405H1031H6010H710422Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,H1026H6787H100823Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,H5761H6511H608424Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba—twelve towns and their villages.H3726H6078H1387H8147H6240H5892H269125Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,H1391H7414H88126Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,H4708H3716H468127Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,H7552H3416H863428Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.H6762H507H2983H3389H1394H7157H702H6240H5892H2691H5159H1121H1144H4940