The Remainder Divided 1 UST Since no people groups were fighting against the Israelites any longer, they were able to meet together. They gathered at the city of Shiloh, and there they set up the tent where they worshiped Yahweh. BSB BSB: Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
2 UST Now seven of the Israelite tribes had not yet occupied any land. BSB BSB: there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.
3 UST Joshua said to the people of those seven tribes,“Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors worshiped, has promised to give to you land. So you should not delay going into that land and occupying it. BSB BSB: So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
4 UST Choose three men from each of your seven tribes. I will send them out to explore the parts of the land that no tribe has occupied yet. They are to write a description of seven different regions that will become the territories of your seven tribes. Then they are to bring the description back to me. BSB BSB: Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
5 UST They will divide the remaining land into seven parts. The tribe of Judah will keep its land in the south, and the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh will keep their land in the north. BSB BSB: and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.
6 UST But in their report, the men from the seven tribes should describe how we can divide the remaining land into seven parts. They will bring the report to me. Then, while Yahweh our God is watching, I will cast lots to decide which part should be assigned to each tribe. BSB BSB: When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
7 UST But I will not assign any land to the tribe of Levi. Instead, their reward is to be Yahweh’ s priests. And the tribes of Gad and Reuben and half of the tribe of Manasseh have already received land on the east side of the Jordan River. Moses, Yahweh’ s servant, gave it to them.” BSB BSB: The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”
8 UST When the men the tribes had chosen got ready to leave, Joshua told them,“Go and explore the land. Then write a report of what you have seen and bring it back to me. Then, while Yahweh is watching, I will cast lots here at Shiloh to determine what area each tribe will receive.” BSB BSB: As the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”
9 UST So the men left and walked through the land that no tribe had yet occupied. Then they described in a scroll each of the seven parts into which they would divide the land. They listed the cities in each part of the land. Then they returned to Joshua, who was still at Shiloh. BSB BSB: So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
10 UST { Joshua read their report. Then,} while Yahweh was watching, he cast lots at Shiloh to decide which parts of the land would belong to each of the seven Israelite tribes. BSB BSB: And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
Benjamin’s Inheritance 11 UST The lot selected the clans of the tribe of Benjamin to receive the first part of the land. This part was between the territory of the tribe of Judah and the territory of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. BSB BSB: The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
12 UST Its northern border started at the Jordan River and extended west, along the northern side of Jericho, into the hill country. From there the border extended farther west to the wilderness near Beth Aven. BSB BSB: On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
13 UST From there it extended to Luz and went south of that city.(People now call that city Bethel). From there it went down to Ataroth Addar, which is on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon. BSB BSB: From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
14 UST Then, from the hill opposite the south side of the city of Beth Horon, the western side of the border turned and extended south to Kiriath Baal.(People now call that town Kiriath Jearim. People from the tribe of Judah live there.) That was the western border. BSB BSB: On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
15 UST The southern border of their land started near Kiriath Jearim and extended west to the springs of Nephtoah. BSB BSB: On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.
16 UST From there, it extended down to the bottom of the hill near the Valley of Ben Hinnom, on the north side of the Valley of the Raphaites. The border then extended down along the Hinnom Valley, south of the city where the Jebusites lived, to En Rogel. BSB BSB: Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.
17 UST From there the border went north to En Shemesh and continued to Geliloth near the hill of Adummim. Then it extended to the big stone that Reuben’ s son Bohan set up. BSB BSB: From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
18 UST From there the border extended to the northern edge of Beth Arabah and down into the plain along the Jordan. BSB BSB: Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.
19 UST From there, it extended east to the northern edge of Beth Hoglah and ended at the north end of the Sea of Salt, where the Jordan River flows into that sea. That was the boundary on the south. BSB BSB: The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.
20 UST The Jordan River was the eastern boundary. These were the borders all round the territory of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. BSB BSB: On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
21 UST In the eastern part of their territory, the clans of the tribe of Benjamin lived in these cities: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, BSB BSB: These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,
22 UST Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, BSB BSB: Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
23 UST Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, BSB BSB: Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
24 UST Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. The people of Benjamin lived in these 12 cities and their villages. BSB BSB: Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
25 UST In the western part of their territory, the people of Benjamin lived in these cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, BSB BSB: Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
27 UST Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, BSB BSB: Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
28 UST Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus(the city where the Jebusites lived, which people now call Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath. The people of Benjamin lived in these 14 cities and their villages. The clans of the tribe of Benjamin received this land and these cities as a permanent possession. BSB BSB: Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
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