018:005 They shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide
in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall
abide in their border on the north.
018:006 You shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring
[the description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you
here before Yahweh our God.
018:007 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood
of Yahweh is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and
the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance
beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of
Yahweh gave them.
018:008 The men arose, and went: and Joshua charged those who went
to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land,
and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots
for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh.
018:009 The men went and passed through the land, and described it
by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came
to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
018:010 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh:
and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel
according to their divisions.
018:011 The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up
according to their families: and the border of their lot went
out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
018:012 Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan;
and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north,
and went up through the hill country westward; and the goings
out of it were at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
018:013 The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz
(the same is Bethel), southward; and the border went down
to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south
of Beth Horon the lower.
018:014 The border extended [there], and turned about on the west
quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before
Beth Horon southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiriath Baal
(the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah:
this was the west quarter.
018:015 The south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath Jearim;
and the border went out westward, and went out to the spring
of the waters of Nephtoah;
018:016 and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain
that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is
in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to
the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward,
and went down to En Rogel;
018:017 and it extended northward, and went out at En Shemesh, and went
out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim;
and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;
018:018 and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward,
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