Jos 18 | ABEn | STEP | And an assembly was held, all the congregation of the sons of Israel in Shiloh; and they pitched there the tent of the testimony, and the land was seized by them.

Joshua 18

CHAPTER 18 The Tent of Testimony Pitched at Shiloh

1 And an assembly was held, all the congregation of the sons of Israel in Shiloh; and they pitched there the tent of the testimony, and the land was seized by them. 2 And [⁴were left ¹the ²sons ³of Israel], for [³did not inherit ⁴their inheritance ¹seven ²tribes]. 3 And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, For how long shall you faint to enter to inherit the land which [⁴gave ⁵to us ¹the lord ²God ³of our fathers]? 4 Give from out of yours three men from a tribe, and send them; and rising up let them go through the land, and let them diagram it before me! as it shall behoove to divide it. And they came to him.

The Land Divided into Seven Portions

5 And he divided to them seven portions -- Judah shall stand as a border from the south to them, and the sons of Joseph shall stand upon their border from the north. 6 And you portion the land into seven portions, and bring the diagram to me here! and I shall bring forth to you a lot here before the lord your God. 7 [³no ¹For ²there is] portion to the sons of Levi among you; for the priesthood of the lord is his portion. And Gad, and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh received its inheritance on the other side of the Jordan eastward, which [⁵gave ⁶to them ¹Moses ²the ³servant ⁴of the lord]. 8 And rising up the men went. And Joshua gave charge to the men going to explore the land, saying, Spread, and go through the land, and explore it, and come to me! and I will bring forth to you here a lot before the lord in Shiloh. 9 And [³went ¹the ²men] and spread in the land, and explored it. And they beheld it, and they wrote about it according to her cities, seven portions in a scroll, and they brought it to Joshua in the camp in Shiloh. 10 And [²cast ³for them ¹Joshua] a lot in Shiloh before the lord.

Benjamin's Lot

11 And [²portioned ³there ¹Joshua] the land to the sons of Israel according to their distributions. And there came forth the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin first according to their peoples. And [³came forth ¹the borders ²of their lot] between the sons of Judah and between the sons of Joseph. 12 And [³were ¹their ²borders] from the north of the Jordan; [³shall ascend ¹the ²borders] by the back of Jericho at the north, and shall ascend unto the mountain to the west; and [²will be ¹its outer reaches] Madbariti of Beth-aven. 13 And [³will go ⁴from there ¹the ²borders] to Luz from the south -- this is Beth-el. And [³will go down ¹the ²borders] from Ataroth Adar upon the mountainous area which is towards the south of Beth-horon, the part below. 14 And [³shall go through ¹the ²borders] and go around upon the part that looks upon the west from the south, from the mountain upon the face of Beth-horon south. And [²will be ¹its outer reaches] unto Kirjath-baal (this is Kirjath-jearim) a city of the sons of Judah. This is the part towards the west. 15 And the part towards the south of the part of Kirjath-baal, even shall go through unto Gasin, and it shall go forth to the spring of the water Nephtoah. 16 And [³shall go down ¹the ²borders] unto the part of the mountain which is at the face of the grove of the son Hinnom, which is of the part of Emek-rephaim from the north, and it shall go down unto Gehenna at the back of Jebus from the south. And it shall go down upon the spring of Rogel. 17 And it shall pass out unto the north, and it shall go through to the spring of Beth-shemesh. 18 And it shall go by unto Geliloth, which is before by the ascent of Adummim. And it shall go down upon the stone of Bohan of the sons of Reuben. And shall go by the back of Beth-araba from the north, and shall go down to Arabah. And it shall go by at the borders at the back of the sea from the north. 19 And [⁵shall be ¹the ²outer reaches ³of the ⁴borders] upon the ridge of the sea of salts from the north, to part of the Jordan from the south. These [²the ³borders ¹are] of the south. 20 And the Jordan shall define the bounds of it from the part from the east. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, its borders round about, according to their peoples. 21 And [⁸were ¹the ²cities ³of the ⁴tribe ⁵of the ⁶sons ⁷of Benjamin] according to their peoples -- Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Mekeziz, 22 and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 23 and Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni and Gaba; [²cities ¹twelve] and their towns; 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 and Jebus (this is Jerusalem), and Gibeath, and the city Jearim; [²cities ¹thirteen] and their towns. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their peoples.