1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. 7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
8 ¶ And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
10 ¶ And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11 ¶ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. 14 And the border was drawn thence , and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. 15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: 16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel, 17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: 19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, 22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
1 congregatique sunt omnes filii Israhel in Silo
ibique fixerunt tabernaculum testimonii
et fuit eis terra subiecta
2 remanserant autem filiorum Israhel septem tribus
quae necdum acceperant possessiones suas
3 ad quos Iosue ait usquequo marcetis ignavia
et non intratis ad possidendam terram
quam Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum dedit vobis
4 eligite de singulis tribubus ternos viros
ut mittam eos et pergant atque circumeant terram
et describant eam iuxta numerum uniuscuiusque multitudinis
referantque ad me quod descripserint
5 dividite vobis terram in septem partes
Iudas sit in terminis suis ab australi plaga
et domus Ioseph ab aquilone
6 mediam inter hos terram in septem partes describite
et huc venietis ad me
ut coram Domino Deo vestro mittam vobis hic sortem
7 quia non est inter vos pars Levitarum
sed sacerdotium Domini est eorum hereditas
Gad autem et Ruben et dimidia tribus Manasse
iam acceperant possessiones suas trans Iordanem ad orientalem plagam
quas dedit eis Moses famulus Domini
8 cumque surrexissent viri ut pergerent ad describendam terram
praecepit eis Iosue dicens
circuite terram et describite eam ac revertimini ad me
ut hic coram Domino Deo in Silo mittam vobis sortem
9 itaque perrexerunt
et lustrantes eam in septem partes diviserunt scribentes in volumine
reversique sunt ad Iosue in castra Silo
10 qui misit sortes coram Domino in Silo
divisitque terram filiis Israhel in septem partes
11 et ascendit sors prima filiorum Beniamin per familias suas
ut possiderent terram inter filios Iuda et filios Ioseph
12 fuitque terminus eorum contra aquilonem ab Iordane
pergens iuxta latus Hiericho septentrionalis plagae
et inde contra occidentem ad montana conscendens
et perveniens in solitudinem Bethaven
13 atque pertransiens iuxta Luzam ad meridiem ipsa est Bethel
descenditque in Atharothaddar
in montem qui est ad meridiem Bethoron inferioris
14 et inclinatur circumiens contra mare
a meridie montis qui respicit Bethoron contra
africum
suntque exitus eius in Cariathbaal quae vocatur et
Cariathiarim
urbem filiorum Iuda
haec est plaga contra mare et occidentem
15 a meridie autem ex parte Cariathiarim egreditur terminus contra mare
et pervenit usque ad fontem aquarum Nepthoa
16 descenditque in partem montis qui respicit vallem filiorum Ennom
et est contra septentrionalem plagam
in extrema parte vallis Rafaim
descenditque Gehennom id est vallis Ennom
iuxta latus Iebusei ad austrum
et pervenit ad fontem Rogel
17 transiens ad aquilonem et egrediens ad Aensemes id est fontem Solis
18 et pertransit usque ad tumulos qui sunt e regione ascensus
Adommim
descenditque ad Abenboen id est lapidem Boen filii Ruben
et pertransit ex latere aquilonis ad campestria
descenditque in planitiem
19 et praetergreditur contra aquilonem Bethagla
suntque exitus eius contra linguam maris Salsissimi ab aquilone
in fine Iordanis ad australem plagam
20 qui est terminus illius ab oriente
haec est possessio filiorum Beniamin
per terminos suos in circuitu et familias singulas
21 fueruntque civitates eius Hiericho et Bethagla et vallis Casis
22 Betharaba et Semaraim et Bethel
23 Avim et Affara et Ofra
24 villa Emona et Ofni et Gabee
civitates duodecim et villae earum
25 Gabaon et Rama et Beroth
26 et Mesfe
Cafera et Ammosa
27 et Recem
Iarafel et Tharala
28 et Sela
Eleph et Iebus quae est Hierusalem Gabaath et
Cariath
civitates quattuordecim et villae earum
haec est possessio filiorum Beniamin iuxta familias suas