The Inheritance for Benjamin

Joshua 18

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 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Cross References
    Joshua 16:2
    Then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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).
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Cross References
    Joshua 12:4
    And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Cross References
    Joshua 15:2
    And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
  19. 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.
  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.
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