Joshua 18

Allotment of the Remaining Land

1 Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at p Shiloh and set up q the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.

2 There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. 3 So Joshua said to the people of Israel, r "How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you? 4 Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may set out and go up and down the land. They shall write a description of it with a view to their inheritances, and then come to me. 5 They shall divide it into seven portions. s Judah shall continue in his territory on the south, t and the house of Joseph shall continue in their territory on the north. 6 And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me. u And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 v The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their heritage. w And Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them."

8 So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, "Go up and down in the land and write a description and return to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh." 9 So the men went and passed up and down in the land and wrote in a book a description of it by towns in seven divisions. Then they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh, 10 and Joshua x cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, y to each his portion.

The Inheritance for Benjamin

11 The lot of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to its clans came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph. 12 z On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan. a Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the wilderness of b Beth-aven. 13 From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of c Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to d Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower e Beth-horon. 14 Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the f western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon, and it ends at Kiriath-baal ( g that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side. 15 And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. And the boundary goes from there to Ephron, 1 g to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 16 Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks h the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of i Rephaim. And it then goes down the h Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to j En-rogel. 17 Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to k the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18 and passing on to the north of l the shoulder of Beth-arabah 2 it goes down to l the Arabah. 19 Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of k Beth-hoglah. And the boundary ends at the northern bay of m the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border. 20 The Jordan forms its boundary on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin, according to their clans, boundary by boundary all around.

21 Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were n Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, 22 Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba - twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zela, Haeleph, o Jebus 3 (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah 4 and Kiriath-jearim 5 - fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.

  1. Cross References
    Joshua 19:51
    These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot at Shiloh before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
    Joshua 21:2
    And they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, "The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.
    Joshua 22:9
    So the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home, parting from the people of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, their own land of which they had possessed themselves by command of the Lord through Moses.
    Joshua 22:12
    And when the people of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the people of Israel gathered at Shiloh to make war against them.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 19:51
    These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot at Shiloh before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
  3. Cross References
    Judges 18:9
    They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, to enter in and possess the land.
  4. Cross References
    Joshua 15:1
    The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward to the boundary of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 16:1
    The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel.
    Joshua 16:4
    The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 18:10
    And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion.
    Joshua 14:2
    Their inheritance was by lot, just as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.
  7. Cross References
    Joshua 13:33
    But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the Lord God of Israel is their inheritance, just as he said to them.
  8. Cross References
    Joshua 13:8
    With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them:
  9. Cross References
    Joshua 18:6
    And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
  10. Cross References
    Joshua 11:23
    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.
    Joshua 12:7
    And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotments.
  11. Cross References
    Joshua 16:1
    The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel.
  12. Cross References
    Joshua 18:21
    Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz.
  13. Cross References
    Joshua 7:2
    Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, "Go up and spy out the land." And the men went up and spied out Ai.
  14. Cross References
    Joshua 16:2
    Then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites.
  15. Cross References
    Joshua 16:5
    The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon.
  16. Cross References
    Joshua 16:3
    Then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ends at the sea.
    Joshua 10:10
    And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
  17. Cross References
    Joshua 19:11
    Then their boundary goes up westward and on to Mareal and touches Dabbesheth, then the brook that is east of Jokneam.
  18. Cross References
    Joshua 15:9
    Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah ( that is, Kiriath-jearim).
  19. Cross References
    Joshua 18:14
    Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon, and it ends at Kiriath-baal ( that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side.
  20. Cross References
    Joshua 15:8
    Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite ( that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
  21. Cross References
    Joshua 15:8
    Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite ( that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
  22. Cross References
    Joshua 12:4
    And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei
  23. Cross References
    Joshua 15:7
    And the boundary goes up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of En-shemesh and ends at En-rogel.
  24. Cross References
    Joshua 15:6
    And the boundary goes up to Beth-hoglah and passes along north of Beth-arabah. And the boundary goes up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
  25. Cross References
    Joshua 11:2
    And to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-dor on the west.
    Joshua 15:6
    And the boundary goes up to Beth-hoglah and passes along north of Beth-arabah. And the boundary goes up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
  26. Cross References
    Joshua 11:2
    And to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-dor on the west.
    Joshua 15:6
    And the boundary goes up to Beth-hoglah and passes along north of Beth-arabah. And the boundary goes up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
  27. Cross References
    Joshua 18:17
    Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
  28. Cross References
    Joshua 15:2
    And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
  29. Cross References
    Joshua 18:12
    On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan. Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
  30. Cross References
    Joshua 15:8
    Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite ( that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
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