Then the whole congregation ... of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. - And though the land was subdued before them ,
there were still seven tribes vvv of Israel who had not yet received - their inheritance.
So Joshua - said to the Israelites ... , “ How long ... will you put off entering and possessing - the land that the LORD , the God of your fathers , has given
Appoint three men from each tribe , and I will send them out ... to survey the land and map it out - , according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
and divide (the land) into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south , and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.
When you have mapped out - the seven portions of land and brought it to me , ... I will cast lots here in the presence of the LORD our God.
The Levites , however , have no portion among you , because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad , Reuben , and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave beyond the Jordan to the east. ”
As the men got up to go out , Joshua - - commanded them to map out - the land , saying , “ Go and survey the land , map it out , - and return to me. Then I will cast lots here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD. ”
So the men departed and went throughout the land , mapping it city by city into seven portions . Then they returned with the document to Joshua - at the camp in Shiloh.
And Joshua - cast lots in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh , where he - distributed the land to the Israelites ... according to their divisions.
The (first) lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin -. Their allotted territory lay between the (tribes) of Judah and vvv Joseph :
On the north side their border began at the Jordan , went up ... past the northern slope of Jericho , headed west through the hill country , and came out ... at the wilderness vvv of Beth-aven.
From there the border crossed over - to the southern slope of Luz (that is , vvv Bethel ) - and went down vvv to Ataroth-addar on the hill - south of Lower Beth-horon.
On the west side the border curved southward from the hill - facing ... vvv Beth-horon on the south and came out ... at vvv Kiriath-baal (that is , vvv Kiriath-jearim ), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
On the south side the border began at the outskirts vvv of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward - to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.
Then (it) went down to the foot of the hill that faces ... the Valley of Hinnom ... ... - at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom ... toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward vvv to En-rogel.
From there it curved northward and proceeded vvv to En-shemesh ... and on to Geliloth - facing the Ascent of Adummim , and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.
The border continued to the northern slope vvv of Beth-hoglah and came out ... at the northern bay of the Salt Sea ... , at the mouth ... of the Jordan. This ... was the southern border.
On the east side the border - was the Jordan. These (were the) borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
These were the cities - of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin : Jericho , vvv Beth-hoglah , ... Emek-keziz ,
vvv Beth-arabah , Zemaraim , vvv Bethel ,
vvv Chephar-ammoni , Ophni , and Geba — twelve ... cities , along with their villages.
Zelah , Haeleph , Jebus (that is , Jerusalem ), Gibeah , and Kiriath-jearim — fourteen ... cities , along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.