ASV_Strong : Joshua 18
1. And the whole congregation[H5712] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] assembled themselves together[H6950] at Shiloh[H7887], and set up[H7931] the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150] there[H776]: and the land was subdued[H3533] before them[H6440].
2. And there remained[H3498] among the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] seven[H7651] tribes[H7626], which had not yet divided[H2505] their inheritance[H5159].
3. And Joshua[H3091] said[H559] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], How long are ye slack[H7503] to go[H935] in to possess[H3423] the land[H776], which Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of your fathers[H1], hath given you[H5414]?
4. Appoint[H3051] for you three[H7969] men[H582] of each tribe[H7626]: and I will send[H7971] them[H6965], and they shall arise, and walk[H1980] through the land[H776], and describe[H3789] it according[H6310] to their inheritance[H5159]; and they shall come unto me[H935].
5. And they shall divide[H2505] it into seven[H7651] portions[H2506]: Judah[H3063] shall abide[H5975] in his border[H1366] on the south[H5045], and the house[H1004] of Joseph[H3130] shall abide[H5975] in their border[H1366] on the north[H6828].
6. And ye shall describe[H3789] the land[H776] into seven[H7651] portions[H2506], and bring[H935] the description hither to me[H3384]; and I will cast lots[H1486] for you here before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430].
7. For the Levites[H3881] have no portion[H2506] among[H7130] you[H3550]; for the priesthood of Jehovah[H3068] is their inheritance[H5159]: and Gad[H1410] and Reuben[H7205] and the[H2677] half-tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519] have received[H3947] their inheritance[H5159] beyond[H5676] the Jordan[H3383] eastward[H4217], which Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of Jehovah[H3068] gave them[H5414].
8. And the men[H582] arose[H6965], and went[H3212]: and Joshua[H3091] charged[H6680] them that went[H1980] to describe[H3789] the land[H776], saying[H559], Go[H3212] and walk[H1980] through the land[H776], and describe[H3789] it[H7725], and come again to me[H7993]; and I will cast lots[H1486] for you here before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068] in Shiloh[H7887].
9. And the men[H582] went[H3212] and passed through[H5674] the land[H776], and described[H3789] it by cities[H5892] into seven[H7651] portions[H2506] in a book[H5612]; and they came[H935] to Joshua[H3091] unto the camp[H4264] at Shiloh[H7887].
10. And Joshua[H3091] cast[H7993] lots[H1486] for them in Shiloh[H7887] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068]: and there Joshua[H3091] divided[H2505] the land[H776] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] according to their divisions[H4256].
11. And the lot[H1486] of the tribe[H4294] of the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] came up[H5927] according to their families[H4940]: and the border[H1366] of their lot[H1486] went out[H3318] between the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] and the children[H1121] of Joseph[H3130].
12. And their border[H1366] on the north[H6828] quarter[H6285] was from the Jordan[H3383]; and the border[H1366] went up[H5927] to the side[H3802] of Jericho[H3405] on the north[H6828], and went up[H5927] through the hill-country[H2022] westward[H3220]; and the goings out[H8444] thereof were at the wilderness[H4057] of Beth-aven[H1007].
13. And the border[H1366] passed[H5674] along from thence to Luz[H3870], to the side[H3802] of Luz[H3870] (the same is Beth-el[H1008]), southward[H5045]; and the border[H1366] went down[H3381] to Ataroth-addar[H5853], by the mountain[H2022] that lieth on the south[H5045] of Beth-horon[H1032] the nether[H8481].
14. And the border[H1366] extended[H8388] thence[H5437], and turned about on the west[H3220] quarter[H6285] southward[H5045], from the mountain[H2022] that lieth before[H6440] Beth-horon[H1032] southward[H5045]; and the goings out[H8444] thereof were at Kiriath-baal[H7154] (the same is Kiriath-jearim[H7157]), a city[H5892] of the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063]: this was the west[H3220] quarter[H6285].
15. And the south[H5045] quarter[H6285] was from the uttermost[H7097] part of Kiriath-jearim[H7157]; and the border[H1366] went out[H3318] westward[H3220], and went out[H3318] to the fountain[H4599] of the waters[H4325] of Nephtoah[H5318];
16. and the border[H1366] went down[H3381] to the uttermost[H7097] part of the mountain[H2022] that lieth before[H6440] the valley[H1516] of the son[H1121] of Hinnom[H2011], which is in the vale[H6010] of Rephaim[H7497] northward[H6828]; and it went down[H3381] to the valley[H1516] of Hinnom[H2011], to the side[H3802] of the Jebusite[H2983] southward[H5045], and went down[H3381] to En-rogel[H5883];
17. and it extended[H8388] northward[H6828], and went out[H3318] at En-shemesh[H5885], and went out[H3318] to Geliloth[H1553], which is over against[H5227] the ascent[H4608] of Adummim[H131]; and it went down[H3381] to the stone[H68] of Bohan[H932] the son[H1121] of Reuben[H7205];
18. and it passed along[H5674] to the side[H3802] over against[H4136] the Arabah[H6160] northward[H6828], and went down[H3381] unto the Arabah[H6160];
19. and the border[H1366] passed along[H5674] to the side[H3802] of Beth-hoglah[H1031] northward[H6828]; and the goings[H8444] out of the border[H1366] were at the north[H6828] bay[H3956] of the Salt[H4417] Sea[H3220], at the south[H5045] end[H7097] of the Jordan[H3383]: this was the south[H5045] border[H1366].
20. And the Jordan[H3383] was the border[H1379] of it on the east[H6924] quarter[H6285]. This was the inheritance[H5159] of the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144], by the borders[H1367] thereof round about[H5439], according to their families[H4940].
21. Now the cities[H5892] of the tribe[H4294] of the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] according to their families[H4940] were Jericho[H3405], and Beth-hoglah[H1031], and[H6010] Emek-keziz[H7104],
22. and Beth-arabah[H1026], and Zemaraim[H6787], and Beth-el[H1008],
23. and Avvim[H5761], and Parah[H6511], and Ophrah[H6084],
24. and Chephar-ammoni[H3726], and Ophni[H6078], and Geba[H1387]; twelve[H8147] cities[H5892] with their villages[H2691]:
25. Gibeon[H1391], and Ramah[H7414], and Beeroth[H881],
26. and Mizpeh[H4708], and Chephirah[H3716], and Mozah[H4681],
27. and Rekem[H7552], and Irpeel[H3416], and Taralah[H8634],
28. and Zelah[H6762], Eleph[H507], and the Jebusite[H2983] (the same is Jerusalem[H3389]), Gibeath[H1394], and Kiriath[H7157]; fourteen[H702] cities[H5892] with their villages[H2691]. This is the inheritance[H5159] of the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] according to their families[H4940].
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