⁶After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots^c for you in the presence of the Lord our God. ⁷The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the Lord is their inheritance.^d And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them.^e”

⁸As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua instructed them, “Go and make a survey of the land and write a description of it.^f Then return to me, and I will cast lots for you here at Shiloh^g in the presence of the Lord.” ⁹So the men left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. ¹⁰Joshua then cast lots^h for them in Shiloh in the presenceⁱ of the Lord, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.^j

Allotment for Benjamin

¹¹The first lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin according to its clans. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:

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Cross references

cSee Lev 16:8
dSee Jos 13:33
e Jos 13:8
fver 4
gSee ver 1
hSee Nu 34:13
iSee ver 1; Jer 7:12
j Nu 33:54; Jos 19:51