Joshua 18–19

Chapter 18

And all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo, and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued before them.

²But there remained seven tribes of the children of Israel, which as yet had not received their possessions.

³And Josue said to them: How long are you indolent and slack, and go not in to possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers hath given you?

⁴Choose of every tribe three men, that I may send them, and they may go and compass the land, and mark it out according to the number of each multitude: and bring back to me what they have marked out.

⁵Divide to yourselves the land into seven parts: let Juda be in his bounds on the south side, and the house of Joseph on the north.

⁶The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God.

⁷For the Levites have no part among you, but the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasses have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan eastward: which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.

⁸And when the men were risen up, to go to mark out the land, Josue commanded them saying: Go round the land and mark it out, and return to me: that I may cast lots for you before the Lord in Silo.

⁹So they went and surveying it divided it into seven parts, writing them down in a book. And they returned to Josue, to the camp in Silo.

¹⁰And he cast lots before the Lord in Silo, and divided the land to the children of Israel into seven parts.

¹¹And first came up the lot of the children of Benjamin by their families, to possess the land between the children of Juda, and the children of Joseph.

¹²And their border northward was from the Jordan: going along by the side of Jericho on the north side, and thence going up westward to the mountains, and reaching to the wilderness of Bethaven,

¹³And passing along southward by Luza, the same is Bethel, and it goeth down into Ataroth-addar to the mountain, that is on the south of the nether Beth-horon.

¹⁴And it bendeth thence going round towards the sea, south of the mountain that looketh towards Beth-horon to the southwest: and the outgoings thereof are into Cariathbaal, which is called also Cariathiarim, a city of the children of Juda. This is their coast towards the sea, westward.

¹⁵But on the south side the border goeth out from part of Cariathiarim towards the sea, and cometh to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoa.

¹⁶And it goeth down to that part of the mountain that looketh on the valley of the children of Ennom: and is over against the north quarter in the furthermost part of the valley of Raphaim, and it goeth down into Geennom (that is the valley of Ennom) by the side of the Jebusite to the south: and cometh to the fountain of Rogel,

¹⁷Passing thence to the north, and going out to Ensemes, that is to say, the fountain of the sun:

¹⁸And It passeth along to the hills that are over against the ascent of Adommim: and it goeth down to Abenboen, that is, the stone of Boen the son of Ruben: and it passeth on the north side to the champaign countries; and goeth down into the plain,

¹⁹And it passeth by Bethhagla northward: and the outgoings thereof are towards the north of the most salt sea at the south end of the Jordan.

²⁰Which is the border of it on the east side. This is the possession of the children of Benjamin by their borders round about, and their families.

²¹And their cities were, Jericho and Bethhagla and Vale-Casis,

²²Betharaba and Samaraim and Bethel,

²³And Avim and Aphara and Ophera,

²⁴The town Emona and Ophni and Gabee: twelve cities, and their villages.

²⁵Gabam and Rama and Beroth,

²⁶And Mesphe, and Caphara, and Amosa,

²⁷And Recem, Jarephel, and Tharela,

²⁸And Sela, Eleph and Jebus, which is Jerusalem, Gabaath and Cariath: fourteen cities, and their villages. This is the possession of the children of Benjamin by their families.

Chapter 19

And the second lot came forth for the children of Simeon by their kindreds: and their inheritance was

²In the midst of the possession of the children of Juda: Bersabee and Sabee and Molada

³And Hasersual, Bala and Asem,

⁴And Eltholad, Bethul and Harma,

⁵And Siceleg and Bethmarchaboth and Hasersusa,

⁶And Bethlebaoth and Sarohen: thirteen cities, and their villages.

⁷And Remmon and Athor and Asan: four cities, and their villages.

⁸And all the villages round about these cities to Baalath Beer Ramath to the south quarter. This is the inheritance of the children of Simeon according to their kindreds,

⁹In the possession and lot of the children of Juda: because it was too great, and therefore the children of Simeon had their possession in the midst of their inheritance.

¹⁰And the third lot fell to the children of Zabulon by their kindreds: and the border of their possession was unto Sarid.

¹¹And it went up from the sea and from Merala, and came to Debbaseth: as far as the torrent, which is over against Jeconam.

¹²And it returneth from Sarid eastward to the borders of Ceseleththabor: and it goeth out to Dabereth and ascendeth towards Japhie.

¹³And it passeth along from thence to the east side of Gethhepher and Thacasin: and goeth out to Remmon, Amthar and Noa.

¹⁴And it turneth about to the north of Hanathon: and the outgoings thereof are the valley of Jephtahel,

¹⁵And Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and Jedala and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.

¹⁶This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Zabulon by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.

¹⁷The fourth lot came out to Issachar by their kindreds.

¹⁸And his inheritance was Jezrael and Casaloth and Sunem,

¹⁹And Hapharaim and Seon and Anaharath,

²⁰And Rabboth and Cesion, Abes,

²¹And Rameth and Engannim and Enhadda and Bethpheses.

²²And the border thereof cometh to Thabor and Sehesima and Bethsames: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the Jordan: sixteen cities, and their villages.

²³This is the possession of the sons of Issachar by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.

²⁴And the fifth lot fell to the tribe of the children of Aser by their kindreds:

²⁵And their border was Halcath and Chali and Beten and Axaph,

²⁶And Elmelech and Amaad and Messal: and it reacheth to Carmel by the sea and Sihor and Labanath,

²⁷And it returneth towards the east to Bethdagon: and passeth along to Zabulon and to the valley of Jephthael towards the north to Bethemec and Nehiel. And it goeth out to the left side of Cabul,

²⁸And to Abaran and Rohob and Hamon and Cana, as far as the great Sidon.

²⁹And it returneth to Horma to the strong city of Tyre, and to Hosa: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the sea from the portion of Achziba:

³⁰And Amma and Aphec and Rohob: twenty-two cities, and their villages.

³¹This is the possession of the children of Aser by their kindreds, and the cities and their villages.

³²The sixth lot came out to the sons of Nephtali by their families:

³³And the border began from Heleph and Elon to Saananim, and Adami, which is Neceb, and Jebnael even to Lecum:

³⁴And the border returneth westward to Azanotthabor, and goeth out from thence to Hucuca, and passeth along to Zabulon southward, and to Aser westward, and to Juda upon the Jordan towards the rising of the sun.

³⁵And the strong cities are Assedim, Ser, and Emath, and Reccath and Cenereth,

³⁶And Edema and Arama, Asor,

³⁷And Cedes and Edri, Enhasor,

³⁸And Jeron and Magdalel, Horem, and Bethanath and Bethsames: nineteen cities, and their villages.

³⁹This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Nephtali by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.

⁴⁰The seventh lot came out to the tribe of the children of Dan by their families

⁴¹And the border of their possession was Saraa and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun,

⁴²Selebin and Aialon and Jethela,

⁴³Elon and Themna and Acron,

⁴⁴Elthece, Gebbethon and Balaath,

⁴⁵And Juda and Bane and Barach and Gethremmon:

⁴⁶And Mejarcon and Arecon, with the border that looketh towards Joppe,

⁴⁷And is terminated there. And the children of Dan went up and fought against Lesem, and took it: and they put it to the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem Dan, by the name of Dan their father.

⁴⁸This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.

⁴⁹And when he had made an end of dividing the land by lot to each one by their tribes, the children of Israel gave a possession to Josue the son of Nun in the midst of them,

⁵⁰According to the commandment of the Lord, the city which he asked for, Thamnath Saraa, in mount Ephraim: and he built up the city, and dwelt in it.

⁵¹These are the possessions which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families, and of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed by lot in Silo, before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they divided the land.