Joshua 15:1–17:18
15 The allotment for the tribe of the descendantsa of Judah according to their families reached to the border of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin, ⌊to the far south⌋.b 2 Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea,c from the bay facing southward; 3 it continuesd to the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, it goes up south of Kadesh Barnea, passes along Hezron, goes up to Addar, and makes a turn to Karka; 4 ⌊it passes on⌋e to Azmon, continuesf by the wadi of Egypt, and ⌊it ends⌋g at the sea. This will be your southern border. 5 The eastern border is the Salt Seah up to the mouthi of the Jordan. The border on the northern side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouthj of the Jordan; 6 the border goes up to Beth-hoglah and passes along north of Beth Arabah; and the border goes up the stone of Bohan son of Reuben; 7 and the border goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and to the north, turning to Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is south of the wadi;k and the border passes on to the waters of En Shemesh, and it ends at En Rogel. 8 Then the border goes up by the Valley of Ben Hinnoml to the slope of the Jebusitesm from the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border goes up to the top of the mountain that lies opposite the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim to the north; 9 then the border turns from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and continuesn from there to the cities of Mount Ephron; the border then turns to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim); 10 and the border goes around from Baalah to the west, to Mount Seir, and passes on to the slope of Mount Jearim from the north (that is, Kesalon), and goes down to Beth Shemesh, and passes along by Timnah. 11 The border continueso to the slope of Ekron to the north, then bends around to Shikkeron, it passes on to Mount Baalah and continues to Jabneel; and ⌊the border ends⌋p at the sea. 12 And the western border is to the Great Seaq and its coast. This is the border surrounding the descendantsr of Judah according to their families.
13 ⌊According to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua⌋,s he gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a plot of ground among the descendantst of Judah, Kiriath Arba,u which is Hebron (Arba was Anak’s father). 14 Caleb drove out from there three of Anak’s sons, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendantsv of Anak. 15 And from there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir (the former name of Debir was Kiriath Sepher). 16 And Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it, I will give to him my daughter Acsah as a wife.” 17 Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it, and he gave to him Acsah his daughter as a wife. 18 When she came to him she urged him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “⌊What do you want⌋?”w 19 And she said to him, “Give to me a gift;x you have given me the land of the Negev,y and you must give to me a spring of water.” And he gave to her the upper and lower spring.z
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendantsa of Judah according to their families: 21 the cities belonging to the tribe of the descendantsb of Judah to the far south, to the border of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, 24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (that is, Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, Moladah, 27 Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet, 28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, 29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, 31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon; in all, twenty-nine cities and their villages.
33 In the Shephelah:c Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their villages.
37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, 39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, 40 Cabbon, Lahma, Kitlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.
42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan, 43 Jephthah, Ashnah, Nezib, 44 Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah; nine cities and their villages.
45 Ekron, its towns and villages; 46 from Ekron to the sea, and all that ⌊were near⌋d Ashdod and their villages.
47 Ashdod, its towns and villages; Gaza, its towns and villages, up to the wadie of Egypt and the Great Seaf and its coast.g
48 And in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, 49 Dannah, Kiriath Sanna (that is, Debir), 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities and their villages.
52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan, 53 Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, 54 Humtah, Kiriath Arbah (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages.
55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages.
58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, 59 Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities and their villages.
60 Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah; two cities and their villages.
61 In the wilderness: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the city of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities and their villages.
63 But the descendantsi of Judah were unable to drive out the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live with the descendantsj of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
The Allotment of Ephraim and Manasseh
16 The allotment of the descendantsa of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho to the east, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel; 2 it continues from Bethel to Luz, and it passes along to the territory of the Arkitesb at Ataroth. 3 Then it goes down, to the west, to the territory of the Japhletites,c up to the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and ⌊it ends⌋d at the sea.
4 And the descendantse of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. 5 This was the border of the descendantsf of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance to the east was Ataroth Addar, up to Upper Beth-horon. 6 The border continues to the sea; from Micmethath to the north, the border turns to the east to Taanath Shiloh, and it passes along it from the east to Janoah. 7 Then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah; it touches Jericho and ends at the Jordan; 8 from Tappuah the border goes to the west, to the wadig of Kanah, and ⌊it ends⌋h at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendantsi of Ephraim according to their families, 9 with the cities that were set apart for the descendantsj of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the descendantsk of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages. 10 But they did not drive out the Canananitesl who were dwelling in Gezer, and so the Canaanitesm live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.
The Allotment of the Other Half-Tribe of Manasseh
17 Then the allotment was made for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, ⌊were allotted⌋a Gilead and Bashan, because he was a warrior.b 2 An allotment was made for the remaining descendantsc of Manasseh, according to their families: For the children of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida—these were the male descendantsd of Manasseh son of Joseph according to their families.
3 But Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 They came before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, “Yahweh commanded Moses to give an inheritance to us among our kinsmen.”e Therefore, according to the ⌊command of Yahweh⌋f he gave them an inheritance among the kinsmeng of their father. 5 Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan, 6 because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead was allotted to the remaining descendantsh of Manasseh. 7 The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Micmethath, which is opposite Shechem;i then the border goes to the south, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah. 8 The land of Tappuah ⌊belonged to Manasseh⌋,j but Tuppuah on the border of Manasseh ⌊belonged to the descendants of Ephraim⌋.k 9 Then the border goes down to the wadil of Kanah to the south of the wadi. These cities belong to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh is north of the wadi, and ⌊it ends⌋m at the sea. 10 The south is Ephraim’s, and the north is Manasseh’s; the sea is theirn border; Asher touches the north and on the east Issachar. 11 In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, Ibleam and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Napheth. 12 But the descendantso of Manasseh were not able to take possession of these towns; the Canaanitesp were determined to live in this land. 13 And it happened, when the ⌊Israelites⌋q grew strong, they put the Canaanitesr to forced labor but never drove them out completely.
14 The descendantss of Joseph spoke with Joshua, saying, “Why have you given ust one allotment and one share as an inheritance? We are many people, which Yahweh has blessed.” 15 And Joshua said to them, “If you are many people, go up to the forest and clear a place there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzitesu and Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” 16 And the descendantsv of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all of the Canaanitesw living in the land of the valley have …