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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1After this, the entire assembly of the Israelis gathered together at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there, where the land lay conquered before them. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Seven tribes remained among the Israelis for whom their inheritances had not yet been allocated. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3So Joshua told the Israelis, "How long will you delay invading and taking possession of the land that the LORD God of your ancestors has given you? |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Appoint three men from each tribe and I'll send them. They'll begin to go through the land and record a description of it, categorized according to their inheritance, and then they'll report back to me. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5They'll divide it seven ways. Judah will stay in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph will remain in its territory on the north. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Lay out the land in seven divisions, then bring your report here to me. I will then cast lots in the presence of the LORD our God. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The descendants of Levi have no allotment among you, since the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance to the east, beyond the Jordan River given to them by Moses the servant of the LORD." |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8So the men started out, following Joshua's command to those who went to scout the land, "Go through the land and record a description of it, and then return to me. I will then cast lots in the presence of the LORD your God in Shiloh." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then the men left camp and went throughout the land, describing its cities in a book with seven divisions. Then they returned to Joshua at the camp at Shiloh. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Joshua threw lots in Shiloh in the LORD's presence and divided the land accordingly among the Israelis according to their divisions. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The allotment of the tribe of the descendants of Benjamin came up according to their families, and their territorial allotment fell between the descendants of Judah and the descendants of Joseph. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Their border started on the north side at the Jordan River, proceeded to the slope of Jericho on the north, then westward through the hill country, and terminated at the wilderness of Beth-aven. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13From there the boundary proceeded south in the direction of Luz to the slope of Luz (also known as Bethel), then proceeded to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14From there the boundary changed direction, turning southward on the western side opposite Beth-horon, terminating at Kiriath-baal (also known as Kiriath-jearim), which belongs to Judah. This formed the western boundary. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The southern boundary began at the edge of Kiriath-jearim, proceeding from there to Ephron and then to the spring at the Nephtoah Waters. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16From there the boundary proceeded to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Ben-hinnom Valley at the northern end of the Rephaim Valley, where it proceeded down the Hinnom Valley south of the slope of the Jebusites toward En-rogel. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Then it turned north toward En-shemesh and proceeded from there to Geliloth opposite the ascent of Adummim, where it turned toward the Stone of Bohan, Reuben's son, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18and proceeded north of the slope of Beth-arabah down to the Arabah. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19From there the boundary proceeded to north of the slope of Beth-hoglah and terminated at the northern bay of the Salt Sea where the Jordan River ends in the south. This was the southern border. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20The Jordan River formed its boundary on the east. This is the inheritance for the tribe of Benjamin according to its families, boundary by boundary around the entire territory. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The towns belonging to the tribe of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba, for a total of twelve towns and villages. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Also included were Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (also known as Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim, for a total of fourteen towns and villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin according to their families. |
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