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I will send them out over the whole country to map out the territory that they would like to have as their possession. Then they are to come back to me. </span><span class="v6_18_5"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.5" class="v6_18_5">5</span>The land will be divided among them in seven parts; Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and Joseph in its territory in the north. </span><span class="v6_18_6"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.6" class="v6_18_6">6</span>Write down a description of these seven divisions and bring it to me. Then I will draw lots<a href="#fn" id="link_Josh.18.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> to consult the <span class="nd">Lord</span> our God for you. </span><span class="v6_18_7"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.7" class="v6_18_7">7</span>The Levites, however, will not receive a share of the land with the rest of you, because their share is to serve as the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s priests. And of course, the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and East Manasseh have already received their land east of the Jordan, which Moses, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s servant, gave to them.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v6_18_8"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.8" class="v6_18_8">8</span>The men went on their way to map out the land after Joshua had given them these instructions: “Go all over the land and map it out, and come back to me. And then here in Shiloh I will consult the <span class="nd">Lord</span> for you by drawing lots.” </span><span class="v6_18_9"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.9" class="v6_18_9">9</span>So the men went all over the land and set down in writing how they divided it into seven parts, making a list of the towns. Then they went back to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. </span><span class="v6_18_10"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.10" class="v6_18_10">10</span>Joshua drew lots to consult the <span class="nd">Lord</span> for them, and assigned each of the remaining tribes of Israel a certain part of the land.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Territory Assigned to Benjamin</h3><p class="par"><span class="v6_18_11"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.11" class="v6_18_11">11</span>The territory belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin was the first to be assigned. Their land lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph. </span><span class="v6_18_12"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.12" class="v6_18_12">12</span>On the north their border began at the Jordan and then went up the slope north of Jericho and westward through the hill country as far as the desert of Bethaven. </span><span class="v6_18_13"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.13" class="v6_18_13">13</span>The border then went to the slope on the south side of Luz (also called Bethel), then down to Ataroth Addar, on the mountain south of Lower Beth Horon. </span><span class="v6_18_14"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.14" class="v6_18_14">14</span>The border then went in another direction, turning south from the western side of this mountain and going to Kiriath Baal (or Kiriath Jearim), which belongs to the tribe of Judah. This was the western border. </span><span class="v6_18_15"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.15" class="v6_18_15">15</span>The southern border started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and went<a href="#fn" id="link_Josh.18.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> to the Springs of Nephtoah. </span><span class="v6_18_16"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.16" class="v6_18_16">16</span>It then went down to the foot of the mountain that overlooks Hinnom Valley, at the north end of Rephaim Valley. It then went south through Hinnom Valley, south of the Jebusite ridge, toward Enrogel. </span><span class="v6_18_17"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.17" class="v6_18_17">17</span>It then turned north to Enshemesh and then on to Geliloth, opposite Adummim Pass. The border then went down to the Stone of Bohan (Bohan was a son of Reuben) </span><span class="v6_18_18"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.18" class="v6_18_18">18</span>and passed north of the ridge overlooking the Jordan Valley. It then went down into the valley, </span><span class="v6_18_19"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.19" class="v6_18_19">19</span>passing north of the ridge of Beth Hoglah, and ended at the northern inlet on the Dead Sea, where the Jordan River empties into it. This was the southern border. </span><span class="v6_18_20"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.20" class="v6_18_20">20</span>The Jordan was the eastern border. These were the borders of the land which the families of the tribe of Benjamin received as their possession.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v6_18_21"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.21" class="v6_18_21">21</span>The cities belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, </span><span class="v6_18_22"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.22" class="v6_18_22">22</span>Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, </span><span class="v6_18_23"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.23" class="v6_18_23">23</span>Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, </span><span class="v6_18_24"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.24" class="v6_18_24">24</span>Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities, along with the towns around them. </span><span class="v6_18_25"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.25" class="v6_18_25">25</span>There were also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, </span><span class="v6_18_26"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.26" class="v6_18_26">26</span>Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah, </span><span class="v6_18_27"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.27" class="v6_18_27">27</span>Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, </span><span class="v6_18_28"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.18.28" class="v6_18_28">28</span>Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (or Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath Jearim: fourteen cities, along with the towns around them. This is the land which the families of the tribe of Benjamin received as their possession.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.6: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">draw lots: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 14.2.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.15: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and went; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and went westward.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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