Joshua 18–19

¹And all the company of the sons of Israel are assembled at Shiloh, and they cause the tent of meeting to tabernacle there, and the land hath been subdued before them.

²And there are left among the sons of Israel who have not shared their inheritance, seven tribes, ³and Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, ‘Till when are ye remiss to go in to possess the land which He hath given to you, Jehovah, God of your fathers? ⁴Give for you three men for a tribe, and I send them, and they rise and go up and down through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance, and come in unto me, ⁵and they have divided it into seven portions—Judah doth stay by its border on the south, and the house of Joseph do stay by their border on the north— ⁶and ye describe the land in seven portions, and have brought it in unto me hither, and I have cast for you a lot here before Jehovah our God; ⁷for there is no portion to the Levites in your midst, for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance, and Gad, and Reuben, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses servant of Jehovah gave to them.’ ⁸And the men rise and go; and Joshua commandeth those who are going to describe the land, saying, ‘Go, and walk up and down through the land, and describe it, and turn back unto me, and here I cast for you a lot before Jehovah in Shiloh.’ ⁹And the men go, and pass over through the land, and describe it by cities, in seven portions, on a book, and they come in unto Joshua, unto the camp, at Shiloh. ¹⁰And Joshua casteth for them a lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, and there Joshua apportioneth the land to the sons of Israel, according to their divisions.

¹¹And a lot goeth up for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families; and the border of their lot goeth out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph. ¹²And the border is to them at the north side from the Jordan, and the border hath gone up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and gone up through the hill-country westward, and its outgoings have been at the wilderness of Beth-Aven; ¹³and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it is Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down to Atroth-Addar, by the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-Horon; ¹⁴and the border hath been marked out, and hath gone round to the corner of the sea southward, from the hill which is at the front of Beth-Horon southward, and its outgoings have been unto Kirjath-Baal (it is Kirjath-Jearim), a city of the sons of Judah: this is the west quarter. ¹⁵And the south quarter is from the end of Kirjath-Jearim, and the border hath gone out westward, and gone out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; ¹⁶and the border hath come down unto the extremity of the hill which is on the front of the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of the Rephaim northward, and hath gone down the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward, and gone down to En-Rogel, ¹⁷and hath been marked out on the north, and gone out to En-Shemesh, and gone out unto Geliloth, which is over-against the ascent of Adummim, and gone down to the stone of Bohan son of Reuben, ¹⁸and passed over unto the side over-against Arabah northward, and gone down to Arabah; ¹⁹and the border hath passed over unto the side of Beth-Hoglah northward, and the outgoings of the border have been unto the north bay of the salt sea, unto the south extremity of the Jordan; this is the south border; ²⁰and the Jordan doth border it at the east quarter; this is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by its borders round about, for their families. ²¹And the cities for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families, have been Jericho, and Beth-Hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, ²²and Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-El, ²³and Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, ²⁴and Chephar-Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities and their villages. ²⁵Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, ²⁶and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, ²⁷and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, ²⁸and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi (it is Jerusalem), Gibeath, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, for their families.

Chapter 19

¹And the second lot goeth out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families; and their inheritance is in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah, ²and they have in their inheritance Beer-Sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, ³and Hazar-Shual, and Balah, and Azem, ⁴and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, ⁵and Ziklag, and Beth-Marcaboth, and Hazar-Susah, ⁶and Beth-Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages. ⁷Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages; ⁸also all the villages which are round about these cities, unto Baalath-Beer, Ramoth of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families; ⁹out of the portion of the sons of Judah is the inheritance of the sons of Simeon, for the portion of the sons of Judah hath been too much for them, and the sons of Simeon inherit in the midst of their inheritance.

¹⁰And the third lot goeth up for the sons of Zebulun, for their families; and the border of their inheritance is unto Sarid, ¹¹and their border hath gone up towards the sea, and Maralah, and come against Dabbasheth, and come unto the brook which is on the front of Jokneam, ¹²and turned back from Sarid eastward, at the sun-rising, by the border of Chisloth-Tabor, and gone out unto Daberath, and gone up to Japhia, ¹³and thence it hath passed over eastward, to the east, to Gittah-Hepher, to Ittah-Kazin, and gone out to Rimmon-Methoar to Neah; ¹⁴and the border hath gone round about it, from the north to Hannathon; and its outgoings have been in the valley of Jiphthah-El, ¹⁵and Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-Lehem; twelve cities and their villages. ¹⁶This is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun, for their families, these cities and their villages.

¹⁷For Issachar hath the fourth lot gone out, for the sons of Issachar, for their families; ¹⁸and their border is at Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, ¹⁹and Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, ²⁰and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, ²¹and Remeth, and En-Gannim, and En-Haddah, and Beth-Pazzez; ²²and the border hath touched against Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-Shemesh, and the outgoings of their border have been at the Jordan; sixteen cities and their villages. ²³This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, for their families, the cities and their villages.

²⁴And the fifth lot goeth out for the tribe of the sons of Asher, for their families; ²⁵and their border is Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, ²⁶and Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and it toucheth against Carmel westward, and against Shihor-Libnath; ²⁷and hath turned back, at the sun-rising, to Beth-Dagon, and come against Zebulun, and against the valley of Jiphthah-El toward the north of Beth-Emek, and Neiel, and hath gone out unto Cabul on the left, ²⁸and Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, unto great Zidon; ²⁹and the border hath turned back to Ramah, and unto the fenced city Tyre; and the border hath turned back to Hosah, and its outgoings are at the sea, from the coast to Achzib, ³⁰and Ummah, and Aphek, and Rehob; twenty and two cities and their villages. ³¹This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher, for their families, these cities and their villages.

³²For the sons of Naphtali hath the sixth lot gone out, for the sons of Naphtali, for their families; ³³and their border is from Heleph, from Allon in Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum, and its outgoings are at the Jordan; ³⁴and the border hath turned back westward to Aznoth-Tabor, and gone out thence to Hukkok, and touched against Zebulun on the south, and against Asher it hath touched on the west, and against Judah at the Jordan, at the sun-rising; ³⁵and the cities of defence are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, ³⁶and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, ³⁷and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-Hazor, ³⁸and Iron, and Migdal-El, Horem, and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages. ³⁹This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, for their families, the cities and their villages.

⁴⁰For the tribe of the sons of Dan, for their families, hath the seventh lot gone out; ⁴¹and the border of their inheritance is Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-Shemesh, ⁴²and Shalabbin, and Aijalon, and Jethlah, ⁴³and Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, ⁴⁴and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, ⁴⁵and Jehud, and Bene-Barak, and Gath-Rimmon, ⁴⁶and Me-Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over-against Japho. ⁴⁷And the border of the sons of Dan goeth out from them, and the sons of Dan go up and fight with Leshem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and possess it, and dwell in it, and call Leshem, Dan, according to the name of Dan their father. ⁴⁸This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan, for their families, these cities and their villages.

⁴⁹And they finish to give the land in inheritance, by its borders, and the sons of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun in their midst; ⁵⁰by the command of Jehovah they have given to him the city which he asked, Timnath-Serah, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and he buildeth the city and dwelleth in it. ⁵¹These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, have caused to inherit by lot, in Shiloh, before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting; and they finish to apportion the land.

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