Joshua 18:11–20

The Allotment of Benjamin

¹¹And the allotment of the tribe of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the border of their allotment fell^q between the descendants^r of Judah and the descendants^s of Joseph. ¹²Their northern border began at the Jordan and went up to the slope of Jericho on the north and continued into the hill country to the west; it ends^t at the wilderness of Beth Aven. ¹³The border passes on from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel); then the border goes down to Ataroth Addar to the mountain that is south of Lower Beth-Horon. ¹⁴Then the border changes direction and turns to the western side southward, from the mountain that is opposite^u Beth-Horon to the south. It ends^v at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town belonging to the descendants^w of Judah. This is the western side. ¹⁵The southern side begins on the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim, and the border continues to the west to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah; ¹⁶the border goes down to the foot^x of the mountain, which is opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom,^y which is in the valley of Rephaim to the north; then it goes down the valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites^z to the south, and then it goes down to En Rogel. ¹⁷It changes direction from the north, and it continues to En Shemesh; it goes out to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it goes down to the stone of Bohan, son of Reuben. ¹⁸It passes on to the slope opposite the Arabah^a to the north, and it goes down to the Arabah.^{b 19}The border passes on to the slope of Beth-hoglah to the north and ends^c at the north bay of the Salt Sea^d at the south end of the Jordan. This is the southern border. ²⁰The Jordan forms its border on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin, its borders that surrounds them, according to their families.