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18:1 The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there: and the land was subdued before them. 18:2 There remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance. 18:3 Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you? 18:4 Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me. 18:5 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. 18:6 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. 18:7 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. 18:8 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 come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh. 18:9 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. 18:10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions. 18:11 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. 18:12 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. 18:13 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. 18:14 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. 18:15 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; 18:16 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; 18:17 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; 18:18 and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah; 18:19 and the border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border. 18:20 The Jordan was its border on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders around it, according to their families. 18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth Hoglah, and Emek Keziz, 18:22 and Beth Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, 18:23 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 18:24 and Chephar Ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages: 18:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 18:26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 18:27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 18:28 and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

19:1 The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah. 19:2 They had for their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 19:3 and Hazar Shual, and Balah, and Ezem, 19:4 and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 19:5 and Ziklag, and Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar Susah, 19:6 and Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages: 19:7 Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages: 19:8 and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. 19:9 Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. 19:10 The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid; 19:11 and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam; 19:12 and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chisloth Tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia; 19:13 and from there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah; 19:14 and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out of it were at the valley of Iphtah El; 19:15 and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. 19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. 19:17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families. 19:18 Their border was to Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 19:19 and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, 19:20 and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez, 19:21 and Remeth, and Engannim, and En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez, 19:22 and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 19:23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages. 19:24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 19:25 Their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 19:26 and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; 19:27 and it turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand, 19:28 and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon; 19:29 and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out of it were at the sea by the region of Achzib; 19:30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages. 19:31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. 19:32 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 19:33 Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum; and the goings out of it were at the Jordan; 19:34 and the border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise. 19:35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 19:36 and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 19:37 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En Hazor, 19:38 Iron, and Migdal El, Horem, and Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages. 19:40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 19:41 The border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, 19:42 and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah, 19:43 and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron, 19:44 and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 19:45 and Jehud, and Bene Berak, and Gath Rimmon, 19:46 and Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa. 19:47 The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. 19:49 So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by its borders; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them: 19:50 according to the commandment of Yahweh they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived therein. 19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.