Joshua 18
American Standard Version
18 And 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. 2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance. 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you? 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 unto me. 5 And 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. 6 And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring the description hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God. 7 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah 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 Jehovah gave them.
8 And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that 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 Jehovah in Shiloh. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh. 10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11 And 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. 12 And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the [a]side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. 13 And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the [b]side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether. 14 And the border extended thence, and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. 15 And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; 16 and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale 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; 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 and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah; 19 and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north [c]bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border. 20 And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz, 22 and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 23 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 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.
Footnotes
- Joshua 18:12 Hebrew shoulder.
- Joshua 18:13 Hebrew shoulder.
- Joshua 18:19 Hebrew tongue.
Joshua 18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Land Distribution at Shiloh
18 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh(A) where it set up the tent of meeting there; the land had been subdued by them. 2 Seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance. 3 So Joshua said to 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?(B) 4 Appoint 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. 5 Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south and Joseph’s family in their[a] territory in the north.(C) 6 When 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.(D) 7 But the Levites among you do not get a portion, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the Lord.(E) 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.”
8 As the men prepared to go, Joshua commanded them[b] 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.” 9 So 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. 10 Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
Benjamin’s Inheritance
11 The 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.
12 Their 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 of Beth-aven.(F) 13 From 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.(G)
14 On 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.
15 The south side began at the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border extended westward; it went to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah. 16 The border descended to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim. It ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the south Jebusite slope and downward to En-rogel. 17 It 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(H) son of Reuben. 18 Then it went north to the slope opposite the Jordan Valley[c][d] and proceeded into the valley.[e] 19 The 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.
20 The Jordan formed the border on the east side.
This was the inheritance of Benjamin’s descendants, by their clans, according to its surrounding borders.
Benjamin’s Cities
21 These were the cities of the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans:
Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, 22 Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—12 cities, with their villages; 25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mizpeh,[f] Chephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zela, Haeleph, Jebus[g] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath[h]—14 cities, with their villages.
This was the inheritance for Benjamin’s descendants by their clans.
Footnotes
- Joshua 18:5 = the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh
- Joshua 18:8 Lit the ones going around
- Joshua 18:18 LXX reads went northward to Beth-arabah
- Joshua 18:18 Or the Arabah
- Joshua 18:18 Or the Arabah
- Joshua 18:26 = Mizpah; Jos 11:3,8
- Joshua 18:28 Lit Jebusite
- Joshua 18:28 LXX, Syr read Kiriath-jearim
Josué 18
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División del resto del territorio
18 Entonces toda la congregación de los israelitas se reunió en Silo(A), y levantaron allí la tienda de reunión; y la tierra estaba sometida delante de ellos. 2 Quedaban siete tribus de los israelitas que no habían recibido aún su heredad.
3 Dijo, pues, Josué a los israelitas: «¿Hasta cuándo pospondrán el entrar a tomar posesión de la tierra(B) que el Señor, el Dios de sus padres, les ha dado? 4 Escojan[a] tres hombres de cada[b] tribu, y yo los enviaré, y ellos se levantarán y recorrerán la tierra, y harán una descripción de ella según su heredad. Entonces volverán[c] a mí. 5 Dividirán la tierra en siete partes. Judá se quedará en su territorio en el sur(C), y la casa de José se quedará en su territorio en el norte.
6 »Describirán la tierra en siete partes, y me traerán aquí la descripción, y yo les echaré suertes(D) aquí delante del Señor nuestro Dios. 7 Pues los levitas no tienen porción entre ustedes, porque el sacerdocio del Señor es su herencia(E). Gad, Rubén y la media tribu de Manasés también han recibido su herencia al otro lado del Jordán hacia el oriente, la cual les dio Moisés, siervo del Señor».
8 Entonces los hombres se levantaron y salieron, y Josué ordenó a los que salieron a describir la tierra diciéndoles: «Vayan y recorran la tierra, y descríbanla y vuelvan a mí. Entonces les echaré suertes aquí en Silo(F) delante del Señor». 9 Los hombres fueron y recorrieron la tierra, la describieron por ciudades en siete partes en un libro, y vinieron a Josué en el campamento en Silo. 10 Y Josué les echó suertes en Silo delante del Señor, y allí Josué repartió la tierra a los israelitas conforme a sus divisiones(G).
11 Salió la suerte de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín conforme a sus familias, y el territorio de su suerte estaba[d] entre la tribu de Judá y la tribu de José. 12 Su límite por el lado norte comenzaba en[e] el Jordán, subía[f] por el lado de Jericó al norte, ascendía por la región montañosa hacia el occidente y terminaba[g] en el desierto de Bet Avén(H). 13 De allí el límite seguía hasta Luz, por el lado sur de Luz, es decir, Betel(I). Después el límite bajaba hasta Atarot Adar, cerca del monte que está al sur de Bet Horón(J) de abajo.
14 El límite doblaba allí y se extendía hacia el sur por el lado occidental, desde el monte que está frente a Bet Horón hacia el sur; y terminaba[h] en Quiriat Baal, es decir, Quiriat Jearim, ciudad de los hijos de Judá. Este era el límite occidental. 15 Por el lado sur, desde el extremo de Quiriat Jearim, el límite seguía hacia el occidente e iba hasta la fuente de las aguas de Neftoa(K).
16 Entonces el límite bajaba hasta la orilla del monte que está en el valle de Ben Hinom[i](L), que está en el valle de Refaim hacia el norte; y bajaba al valle de Hinom, hasta la ladera del jebuseo hacia el sur, y bajaba hasta En Rogel[j]. 17 Luego doblaba hacia el norte e iba hasta En Semes y hasta Gelitot, que está frente a la subida de Adumín, y bajaba hasta la piedra de Bohán, hijo de Rubén(M), 18 continuaba por el lado frente al Arabá hacia el norte y bajaba hasta el Arabá.
19 El límite seguía por el lado de Bet Hogla hacia el norte, y terminaba[k] en la bahía norte del mar Salado, en el extremo sur del Jordán. Este era el límite sur. 20 El Jordán era su límite al lado oriental. Esta fue la heredad de la tribu de Benjamín, conforme a sus familias y conforme a sus límites alrededor.
21 Las ciudades de la tribu de Benjamín, conforme a sus familias, eran: Jericó, Bet Hogla, Emec Casis, 22 Bet Arabá, Zemaraim, Betel[l], 23 Avim, Pará, Ofra, 24 Quefar Haamoni, Ofni y Geba(N); doce ciudades con sus aldeas. 25 Gabaón, Ramá, Beerot, 26 Mizpa, Cafira, Mozah, 27 Requem, Irpeel, Tarala, 28 Zela(O), Elef, Jebús, es decir, Jerusalén, Guibeá[m] y Quiriat; catorce ciudades con sus aldeas. Esta fue la heredad de la tribu de Benjamín(P) conforme a sus familias.
Footnotes
- 18:4 Lit. Dense.
- 18:4 Lit. la.
- 18:4 Lit. vendrán.
- 18:11 Lit. salió.
- 18:12 Lit. era desde.
- 18:12 Lit. y el límite subía.
- 18:12 Lit. las salidas de él estaban.
- 18:14 Lit. las salidas de él estaban.
- 18:16 I.e. hijo de Hinom.
- 18:16 I.e. fuente de Rogel.
- 18:19 Lit. y las salidas del límite estaban.
- 18:22 O Casa de Dios.
- 18:28 Heb. Guibeat.
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