19 The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah (house of the partridge) and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea (the Dead Sea), at the mouth of the Jordan (flowing down). This was the southern border.

20 On the east side the border was the Jordan (flowing down). These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin (son of the right hand).

21 These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin (son of the right hand): Jericho (city of palms), Beth-hoglah (house of the partridge), Emek-keziz (cut off),

22 Beth-arabah (house of the desert valley), Zemaraim (double fleece of wool), Bethel (house of God),

23 Avvim (ruins), Parah (heifer-town), Ophrah (fawn),

24 Chephar-ammoni (village of the Ammonites), Ophni (mouldy), and Geba (hill)—twelve cities, along with their villages.

25 Gibeon (hill city), Ramah (hill), Beeroth (wells),

26 Mizpeh (watchtower), Chephirah (lioness), Mozah (fountain),

27 Rekem (variegation), Irpeel (God will heal), Taralah (reeling),

28 Zelah (a rib), Haeleph (thousand), Jebus [the Jebusite] (that is, Jerusalem (city of peace)), Gibeah \Gibeath/, and Kiriath-jearim [Kiriath] fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin (son of the right hand).

Joshua 18:19-28, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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