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Joshua 18
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1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them.
1The entire community of Israel gathered together at Shiloh and set up the Tabernacle there, for the land was now under their control.
2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
2However, there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their land as an inheritance.
3And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you?
3So Joshua said to the Israelites, 'How long will you wait before you go in to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you?'
4Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.
4'Choose three men from each of these tribes, and I will send them out. They will explore the land and write a description of it based on how it should be divided among them, and then they will return to me.'
5And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.
5'They are to divide the land into seven sections. Judah will keep its territory in the south, and the descendants of Joseph will keep theirs in the north.'
6And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring the description hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.
6'After you have mapped out the land into seven portions, bring the description here to me. I will then throw sacred lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.'
7For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.
7'The Levites, however, do not get a share of land among you, because their inheritance is to serve as priests of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan River, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave to them.'
8And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.
8As the men started on their way, Joshua gave these orders to those mapping out the land: 'Go and explore the land, write a description of it, and return to me. Then I will throw lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.'
9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh.
9The men left and traveled through the land. They wrote down a description of it in a book, listing the cities and dividing them into seven sections. Then they returned to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
10Joshua threw sacred lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of the LORD, and there he divided the land among the Israelites according to their tribal portions.
11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
11The first lot was drawn for the families of the tribe of Benjamin. Their territory lay between the land of the tribe of Judah and the land of the descendants of Joseph.
12And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
12On the north, their border began at the Jordan River. It went up the slope north of Jericho, continued west through the hill country, and ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
13And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.
13From there the border crossed over to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the mountain south of Lower Beth-horon.
14And the border extended thence, and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
14The border then turned and curved along the western side, going south from the mountain across from Beth-horon. It ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a town belonging to the people of Judah. This was the western side.
15And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah;
15The southern side began at the edge of Kiriath-jearim and went west to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
16and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel;
16The border went down to the foot of the mountain that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim. It continued down the Hinnom Valley south of the Jebusite slope to En-rogel.
17and it extended northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;
17It then curved north to En-shemesh and went on to Geliloth, which is opposite the pass of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
18and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah;
18It passed along the north side of the slope overlooking the Jordan Valley and went down into the valley itself.
19and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.
19The border continued along the north slope of Beth-hoglah and ended at the north bay of the Dead Sea, where the Jordan River empties into it. This was the southern boundary.
20And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families.
20The Jordan River was the eastern boundary. This was the inheritance of the families of the tribe of Benjamin, including all these surrounding borders.
21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz,
21The cities belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin were: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,
24and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
24Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities with their surrounding villages.
28and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
28Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath—fourteen cities with their surrounding villages. This was the land given to the families of the tribe of Benjamin.