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Joshua 18
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The Division of the Rest of the Land

18After they had conquered the land, the entire community of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of the LORD's presence.H5712H1121H3478H6950H7887H7931H168H4150H776H3533H6440
2There were still seven tribes of the people of Israel who had not yet been assigned their share of the land.H3498H1121H3478H7651H7626H2505H5159
3So Joshua said to the people of Israel, "How long are you going to wait before you go in and take the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you?H3091H559H1121H3478H7503H935H3423H776H3068H430H1H5414
4Let me have three men from each tribe. I will send them out over the whole country to map out the territory that they would like to have as their possession. Then they are to come back to me.H3051H7969H582H7626H7971H6965H1980H776H3789H6310H5159H935
5The land will be divided among them in seven parts; Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and Joseph in its territory in the north.H2505H7651H2506H3063H5975H1366H5045H1004H3130H5975H1366H6828
6Write down a description of these seven divisions and bring it to me. Then I will draw lots to consult the LORD our God for you.H3789H776H7651H2506H935H3384H1486H6440H3068H430
7The Levites, however, will not receive a share of the land with the rest of you, because their share is to serve as the LORD's priests. And of course, the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and East Manasseh have already received their land east of the Jordan, which Moses, the LORD's servant, gave to them."H3881H2506H7130H3550H3068H5159H1410H7205H2677H7626H4519H3947H5159H5676H3383H4217H4872H5650H3068H5414
8The men went on their way to map out the land after Joshua had given them these instructions: "Go all over the land and map it out, and come back to me. And then here in Shiloh I will consult the LORD for you by drawing lots."H582H6965H3212H3091H6680H1980H3789H776H559H3212H1980H776H3789H7725H7993H1486H6440H3068H7887
9So the men went all over the land and set down in writing how they divided it into seven parts, making a list of the towns. Then they went back to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.H582H3212H5674H776H3789H5892H7651H2506H5612H935H3091H4264H7887
10Joshua drew lots to consult the LORD for them, and assigned each of the remaining tribes of Israel a certain part of the land.H3091H7993H1486H7887H6440H3068H3091H2505H776H1121H3478H4256

The Territory Assigned to Benjamin

11The territory belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin was the first to be assigned. Their land lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph.H1486H4294H1121H1144H5927H4940H1366H1486H3318H1121H3063H1121H3130
12On the north their border began at the Jordan and then went up the slope north of Jericho and westward through the hill country as far as the desert of Bethaven.H1366H6828H6285H3383H1366H5927H3802H3405H6828H5927H2022H3220H8444H4057H1007
13The border then went to the slope on the south side of Luz (also called Bethel), then down to Ataroth Addar, on the mountain south of Lower Beth Horon.H1366H5674H3870H3802H3870H1008H5045H1366H3381H5853H2022H5045H8481H1032
14The border then went in another direction, turning south from the western side of this mountain and going to Kiriath Baal (or Kiriath Jearim), which belongs to the tribe of Judah. This was the western border.H1366H8388H5437H6285H3220H5045H2022H6440H1032H5045H8444H7154H7157H5892H1121H3063H3220H6285
15The southern border started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and went to the Springs of Nephtoah.H5045H6285H7097H7157H1366H3318H3220H3318H4599H4325H5318
16It then went down to the foot of the mountain that overlooks Hinnom Valley, at the north end of Rephaim Valley. It then went south through Hinnom Valley, south of the Jebusite ridge, toward Enrogel.H1366H3381H7097H2022H6440H1516H1121H2011H6010H7497H6828H3381H1516H2011H3802H2983H5045H3381H5883
17It then turned north to Enshemesh and then on to Geliloth, opposite Adummim Pass. The border then went down to the Stone of Bohan (Bohan was a son of Reuben)H8388H6828H3318H5885H3318H1553H5227H4608H131H3381H68H932H1121H7205
18and passed north of the ridge overlooking the Jordan Valley. It then went down into the valley,H5674H3802H4136H6160H6828H3381H6160
19passing north of the ridge of Beth Hoglah, and ended at the northern inlet on the Dead Sea, where the Jordan River empties into it. This was the southern border.H1366H5674H3802H1031H6828H8444H1366H6828H3956H4417H3220H5045H7097H3383H5045H1366
20The Jordan was the eastern border. These were the borders of the land which the families of the tribe of Benjamin received as their possession.H3383H1379H6924H6285H5159H1121H1144H1367H5439H4940
21The cities belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,H5892H4294H1121H1144H4940H3405H1031H6010H7104
22Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,H1026H6787H1008
23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,H5761H6511H6084
24Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities, along with the towns around them.H3726H6078H1387H8147H6240H5892H2691
25There were also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,H1391H7414H881
26Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,H4708H3716H4681
27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,H7552H3416H8634
28Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (or Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath Jearim: fourteen cities, along with the towns around them. This is the land which the families of the tribe of Benjamin received as their possession.H6762H507H2983H3389H1394H7157H702H6240H5892H2691H5159H1121H1144H4940


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