| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land, | 1Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them. |
| 2seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. | 2There remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance. |
| 3So Joshua said to the Israelites: "How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the LORD God of your ancestors has given you? | 3So Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you? |
| 4Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me. | 4"Provide for yourselves three men from each tribe that I may send them, and that they may arise and walk through the land and write a description of it according to their inheritance; then they shall return to me. |
| 5Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north. | 5"They shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stay in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory on the north. |
| 6But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the LORD our God. | 6"You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. |
| 7But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the LORD. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land east of the Jordan which Moses the LORD's servant assigned them." | 7"For the Levites have no portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them." |
| 8When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, "Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the LORD here in Shiloh." | 8Then the men arose and went, and Joshua commanded those who went to describe the land, saying, "Go and walk through the land and describe it, and return to me; then I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh." |
| 9The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh. | 9So the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh. |
| 10Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions. | 10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions. |
| 11The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. | 11Now the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot lay between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph. |
| 12Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven. | 12Their border on the north side was from the Jordan, then the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward, and it ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven. |
| 13It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon. | 13From there the border continued to Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south of lower Beth-horon. |
| 14It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. This is the western border. | 14The border extended from there and turned round on the west side southward, from the hill which lies before Beth-horon southward; and it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side. |
| 15The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. | 15Then the south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went westward and went to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah. |
| 16The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel. | 16The border went down to the edge of the hill which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel. |
| 17It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. | 17It extended northward and went to En-shemesh and went to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. |
| 18It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah. | 18It continued to the side in front of the Arabah northward and went down to the Arabah. |
| 19It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan River. This was the southern border. | 19The border continued to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border. |
| 20The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. | 20Moreover, the Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, according to their families and according to its borders all around. |
| 21These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, | 21Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho and Beth-hoglah and Emek-keziz, |
| 22Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, | 22and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel, |
| 23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, | 23and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah, |
| 24Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba--a total of twelve cities and their towns. | 24and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages. |
| 25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, | 25Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth, |
| 26Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, | 26and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah, |
| 27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, | 27and Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah, |
| 28Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath--a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. | 28and Zelah, Haeleph and the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families. |
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