| NET Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land, | 1Now that the land was under Israelite control, the entire community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the Tabernacle. |
| 2seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. | 2But there remained seven tribes who had not yet been allotted their grants of land. |
| 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? | 3Then Joshua asked them, “How long are you going to wait before taking possession of the remaining land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given to 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. | 4Select three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to explore the land and map it out. They will then return to me with a written report of their proposed divisions of their new homeland. |
| 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. | 5Let them divide the land into seven sections, excluding Judah’s territory in the south and Joseph’s territory in 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. | 6And when you record the seven divisions of the land and bring them to me, I will cast sacred lots in the presence of the LORD our God to assign land to each tribe. |
| 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“The Levites, however, will not receive any allotment of land. Their role as priests of the LORD is their allotment. And the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh won’t receive any more land, for they have already received their grant of land, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them on the east side of the Jordan River.” |
| 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." | 8As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua commanded them, “Go and explore the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will assign the land to the tribes by casting sacred lots here in the presence of the LORD at 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. | 9The men did as they were told and mapped the entire territory into seven sections, listing the towns in each section. They made a written record and then returned to Joshua in 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 there at Shiloh, Joshua cast sacred lots in the presence of the LORD to determine which tribe should have each section. The Land Given to Benjamin |
| 11The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. | 11The first allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. It lay between the territory assigned to the tribes of Judah and 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. | 12The northern boundary of Benjamin’s land began at the Jordan River, went north of the slope of Jericho, then west through the hill country and 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 boundary went south to Luz (that is, Bethel) and proceeded down to Ataroth-addar on the hill that lies 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 boundary then made a turn and swung south along the western edge of the hill facing Beth-horon, ending at the village of Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a town belonging to the tribe of Judah. This was the western boundary. |
| 15The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. | 15The southern boundary began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. From that western point it ran to the spring at 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. | 16and down to the base of the mountain beside the valley of Ben-Hinnom, at the northern end of the valley of Rephaim. From there it went down the valley of Hinnom, crossing south of the slope where the Jebusites lived, and continued 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. | 17From En-rogel the boundary proceeded in a northerly direction and came to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth (which is across from the slopes of Adummim). Then it went down to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan was Reuben’s son.) |
| 18It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah. | 18From there it passed along the north side of the slope overlooking the Jordan Valley. The border then went down into the valley, |
| 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. | 19ran past the north slope of Beth-hoglah, and ended at the north bay of the Dead Sea, which is the southern end of the Jordan River. This was the southern boundary. |
| 20The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. | 20The eastern boundary was the Jordan River. These were the boundaries of the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. The Towns Given to Benjamin |
| 21These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, | 21These were the towns given to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, |
| 22Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, | 22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, |
| 23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, | 23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, |
| 24Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba--a total of twelve cities and their towns. | 24Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages. |
| 25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, | 25Also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, |
| 26Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, | 26Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, |
| 27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, | 27Rekem, Irpeel, 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. | 28Zela, Haeleph, the Jebusite town (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim —fourteen towns with their surrounding villages. This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. |
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