| Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land had been subdued before them, | 1The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land, |
| 2but seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance. | 2seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. |
| 3So Joshua asked the Israelites, "How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, gave you? | 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? |
| 4Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They are to go and survey the land, write a description of it for the purpose of their inheritance, and return to me. | 4Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me. |
| 5Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south and Joseph's family in their territory in the north. | 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. |
| 6When you have written a description of the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God. | 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. |
| 7But the Levites among you do not get a portion, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the LORD's servant gave them." | 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." |
| 8As the men prepared to go, Joshua commanded them to write down a description of the land, saying, "Go and survey the land, write a description of it, and return to me. I will then cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD." | 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." |
| 9So the men left, went through the land, and described it by towns in a document of seven sections. They returned to Joshua at the camp 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. |
| 10Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of the LORD where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions. | 10Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions. |
| 11The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin's descendants by their clans, and their allotted territory lay between Judah's descendants and Joseph's descendants. | 11The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. |
| 12Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, ascended to the slope of Jericho on the north, through the hill country westward, and ended at the wilderness around Beth-aven. | 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. |
| 13From there the border went toward Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); it then went down by Ataroth-addar, over the hill south of Lower Beth-horon. | 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. |
| 14On the west side, from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south, the border curved, turning southward, and ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the descendants of Judah. This was the west side of their border. | 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. |
| 15The south side began at the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border extended westward; it went to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah. | 15The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. |
| 16The border descended to the foot of the hill that faces Ben Hinnom Valley at the northern end of Rephaim Valley. It ran down Hinnom Valley toward the south Jebusite slope and downward to En-rogel. | 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. |
| 17It curved northward and went to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, which is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. | 17It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. |
| 18Then it went north to the slope opposite the Arabah and proceeded into the plains. | 18It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah. |
| 19The border continued to the north slope of Beth-hoglah and ended at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan. This was the southern border. | 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. |
| 20The Jordan formed the border on the east side. This was the inheritance of Benjamin's descendants, by their clans, according to its surrounding borders. | 20The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. |
| 21These were the cities of the tribe of Benjamin's descendants by their clans: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, | 21These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, |
| 22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, | 22Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, |
| 23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, | 23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, |
| 24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba--twelve cities, with their settlements; | 24Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba--a total of twelve cities and their towns. |
| 25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, | 25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, |
| 26Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, | 26Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, |
| 27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, | 27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, |
| 28Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath--fourteen cities, with their settlements. This was the inheritance for Benjamin's descendants by their clans. | 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. |
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