Joshua 18–19

Chapter 18

¹And the whole assembly of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.

²And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not been distributed to them. ³And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will ye shew yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers hath given you? ⁴Provide you three men for a tribe; that I may send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it according to the proportion of their inheritance, and they shall come to me. ⁵And they shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their border on 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. ⁷But the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance. And Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them. ⁸And the men arose and went away. 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. 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, to the camp at Shiloh. ¹⁰And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. And there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

¹¹And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. And the territory of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. ¹²And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up to the mountain westward; and ended at the wilderness of Beth-Aven; ¹³and the border passed on from thence toward Luz, to the south side of Luz, which is Bethel: and the border went down to Ataroth-Addar, near the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-horon. ¹⁴—And the border reached along and turned on the west side, southward from the hill that is before Beth-horon southward; and ended at Kirjath-Baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this is the west side. ¹⁵—And the south side was from the extreme end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. ¹⁶And the border went down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim on the north, and went down the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south, and went down to En-rogel; ¹⁷and it reached along on the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth towards Geliloth, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, and went down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben, ¹⁸and passed along towards the side opposite to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah; ¹⁹and the border passed on to the side of Beth-hoglah on the north, and the border ended at the tongue of the salt sea northward, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border. ²⁰—And the Jordan borders it on the east side. —This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to its borders round about, according to their families. ²¹And the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were: Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-Keziz, ²²and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, ²³and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah, ²⁴and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets; ²⁵Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, ²⁶and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, ²⁷and Rekem, and Jirpeel, and Tharalah, ²⁸and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, that is, Jerusalem, Gibeah, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their hamlets. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

Chapter 19

¹And the second lot came forth to Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. ²And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, ³and Hazar-Shual, and Balah, and Ezem, ⁴and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, ⁵and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, ⁶and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and their hamlets; ⁷Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their hamlets; ⁸and all the hamlets that are round these cities to Baalath-beer, that is Ramah of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. ⁹Out of the lot of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too great for them, and the children of Simeon inherited within their inheritance.

¹⁰And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families. And the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid; ¹¹and their border went up westwards, and to Marealah, and reached to Dabbesheth, and reached to the torrent that is before Jokneam; ¹²and turned from Sarid eastward, toward the sun-rising, to the border of Chisloth-Tabor, and went out to Dabrath, and went up to Japhia; ¹³and from thence it passed eastward toward the sun-rising to Gath-Hepher, to Eth-kazin, and went out to Rimmon which reaches to Neah; ¹⁴and the border turned round it northwards to Hannathon: and ended in the valley of Jiphthah-el; … ¹⁵and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Jidalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities and their hamlets. ¹⁶This was the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities and their hamlets.

¹⁷The fourth lot came forth to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. ¹⁸And their territory was toward Jizreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, ¹⁹and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, ²⁰and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez, ²¹and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; ²²and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities and their hamlets. ²³This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their hamlets.

²⁴And the fifth lot came forth for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. ²⁵And their territory was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Acshaph, ²⁶and Allammelech, and Amead, and Mishal; and the border reached to Carmel westwards, and to Shihor-libnath, ²⁷and turned towards the sun-rising to Beth-Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel, and went out to Cabul on the left, ²⁸and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, as far as great Zidon; ²⁹and the border turned to Ramah, and as far as the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and ended at the sea by the tract of country of Achzib; ³⁰and Ummah, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities and their hamlets. ³¹This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities and their hamlets.

³²The sixth lot came forth to the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families. ³³And their border was from Heleph, from the oak of Zaanannim; and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum; and ended at the Jordan; ³⁴and the border turned westwards to Aznoth-Tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok, and reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah upon Jordan towards the sun-rising. ³⁵And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, ³⁶and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, ³⁷and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-Hazor, ³⁸and Jiron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh: nineteen cities and their hamlets. ³⁹This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their hamlets.

⁴⁰The seventh lot came forth for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. ⁴¹And the territory of their inheritance was Zoreah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, ⁴²and Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jithlah, ⁴³and Elon, and Timnathah, and Ekron, ⁴⁴and El-tekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, ⁴⁵and Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gath-Rimmon, ⁴⁶and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Japho. ⁴⁷And the border of the children of Dan ended with these; and the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and took possession of it, and dwelt in it, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. ⁴⁸This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities and their hamlets.

⁴⁹And they ended dividing the land for inheritance according to its borders. And the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them. ⁵⁰According to the word of Jehovah they gave him the city that he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt in it. ⁵¹These were the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And they ended dividing the land.