Joshua 18
English Standard Version
Allotment of the Remaining Land
18 Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at (A)Shiloh and set up (B)the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
2 There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. 3 So Joshua said to the people of Israel, (C)“How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you? 4 Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may set out and go up and down the land. They shall write a description of it with a view to their inheritances, and then come to me. 5 They shall divide it into seven portions. (D)Judah shall continue in his territory on the south, (E)and the house of Joseph shall continue in their territory on the north. 6 And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me. (F)And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 (G)The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their heritage. (H)And Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.”
8 So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, “Go up and down in the land and write a description and return to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.” 9 So the men went and passed up and down in the land and wrote in a book a description of it by towns in seven divisions. Then they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh, 10 and Joshua (I)cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, (J)to each his portion.
The Inheritance for Benjamin
11 The lot of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to its clans came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph. 12 (K)On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan. (L)Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the wilderness of (M)Beth-aven. 13 From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of (N)Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to (O)Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower (P)Beth-horon. 14 Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the (Q)western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon, and it ends at Kiriath-baal ((R)that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side. 15 And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. And the boundary goes from there to Ephron,[a] (S)to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 16 Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks (T)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of (U)Rephaim. And it then goes down the (V)Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to (W)En-rogel. 17 Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to (X)the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18 and passing on to the north of (Y)the shoulder of Beth-arabah[b] it goes down to (Z)the Arabah. 19 Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of (AA)Beth-hoglah. And the boundary ends at the northern bay of (AB)the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border. 20 The Jordan forms its boundary on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin, according to their clans, boundary by boundary all around.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were (AC)Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, 22 Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba—twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zela, Haeleph, (AD)Jebus[c] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah[d] and Kiriath-jearim[e]—fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.
Footnotes
- Joshua 18:15 See 15:9; Hebrew westward
- Joshua 18:18 Septuagint; Hebrew to the shoulder over against the Arabah
- Joshua 18:28 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew the Jebusite
- Joshua 18:28 Hebrew Gibeath
- Joshua 18:28 Septuagint; Hebrew Kiriath
Josue 18
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Ang Paghahati sa Iba pang Bahagi ng Lupain
18 Matapos nilang sakupin ang lupaing iyon, ang buong Israel ay nagtipon sa Shilo at itinayo roon ang Toldang Tipanan. 2 Pitong lipi ni Israel ang hindi pa tumatanggap ng kanilang kaparte sa lupain. 3 Kaya sinabi sa kanila ni Josue, “Kailan pa ninyo sasakupin ang lupaing ibinigay sa inyo ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng inyong mga ninuno? 4 Pumili kayo ng tatlong lalaki sa bawat lipi. Lilibutin nila ang buong lupain upang gumawa ng plano sa paghahati nito para sa kanila. Pagbalik nila, 5 hahatiin sa pito ang buong lupain. Ngunit hindi magagalaw ang bahagi ni Juda sa timog ni ang bahagi ni Jose sa hilaga. 6 Gagawa kayo ng plano at ilalagay roon ang kani-kanilang hangganan. Ibibigay sa akin ang plano at gagawin ko ang palabunutan ayon sa utos ni Yahweh. 7 Hindi tatanggap ng bahagi ang mga Levita sapagkat ang bahagi nila'y ang paglilingkod kay Yahweh bilang mga pari. Ang mga lipi naman nina Gad at Ruben, at ang kalahati ng lipi ni Manases ay matatag na sa lupaing ibinigay sa kanila ni Moises sa ibayo ng Jordan.”
8 Nang humarap sa kanya ang mga napili, sinabi sa kanila ni Josue, “Lumakad na kayo at tingnan ninyo ang lupain. Gumawa kayo ng ulat at ibigay sa akin sa inyong pagbabalik. Ako ang gagawa ng palabunutan dito sa Shilo para sa inyo, ayon sa utos ni Yahweh.” 9 Sinuri nga nila ang buong lupain, at hinati sa pito. Itinala nila ang mga lunsod at bayang saklaw ng bawat bahagi. Pagkatapos, bumalik sila kay Josue sa Shilo. 10 Ginawa nga ni Josue ang palabunutan ayon sa utos ni Yahweh, at sa pamamagitan nito'y binigyan niya ang bawat lipi ng kani-kanilang kaparte sa lupain.
Ang Bahagi ng Lipi ni Benjamin
11 Nasa pagitan ng lupain ng lipi ni Juda at ni Jose ang lupaing napapunta sa mga angkan ng lipi ni Benjamin. 12 Sa hilaga, ang hangganan nito'y nagsimula sa Ilog Jordan; umahon sa hilaga ng Jerico, napakanluran sa kaburulan, at nagtapos sa ilang ng Beth-aven. 13 Buhat dito'y nagtungo sa gulod, sa gawing timog ng Luz (na tinatawag na Bethel). Nagtuloy sa Atarot-adar, na nasa kabundukan sa timog ng Beth-horong ibaba. 14 Buhat naman sa kanluran ng bundok na nasa timog ng Beth-horon ay lumiko papuntang timog, at nagtapos sa lunsod ng Baal (na ngayo'y tinatawag na lunsod ng Jearim), isang lunsod ng lipi ni Juda. Ito ang hangganan sa kanluran. 15 Sa timog, ang hangganan ng lupaing ito'y nagsimula sa gilid ng Lunsod ng Jearim at nagtapos sa batisan ng Neftoa. 16 Lumusong patungo sa paanan ng bundok na nasa silangan ng Libis ng Ben Hinom at hilaga ng Libis ng Refaim, tinahak ang Libis ng Ben Hinom na nasa timog ng bundok ng mga Jebuseo, at nagtuloy sa En-rogel. 17 Buhat dito'y lumusong pahilaga patungo sa En-shemes. Nagtuloy ng Gelilot na nasa tapat ng tawiran ng Adumim, at lumusong sa Bato ni Bohan na anak ni Ruben. 18 Dumaan sa hilagang gulod ng Bundok ng Beth-araba, at lumusong sa Araba. 19 Dumaan sa hilaga ng Bundok ng Beth-hogla at nagtapos sa pinagtagpuan ng Dagat na Patay at ng Ilog Jordan. Ito ang hangganan sa timog. 20 Ang Ilog Jordan naman ang hangganan sa gawing silangan. Ito ang mga hangganan ng lupaing napapunta sa lipi ni Benjamin.
21 Ang mga lunsod na napapunta sa lipi ni Benjamin ay ang Jerico, Beth-hogla at Emec-casis; 22 Beth-araba, Zemaraim at Bethel; 23 Avim, Para at Ofra; 24 Kefar-ammoni, Ofni at Geba. Labindalawang lunsod kasama ang mga nayon sa paligid. 25 Kasama rin ang Gibeon, Rama at Beerot; 26 Mizpa, Cefira at Moza; 27 Requem, Irpeel at Tarala; 28 Zela, Elef at Jebus (o Jerusalem), Gibeat, at Lunsod ng Jearim—labing-apat na lunsod kasama ang kanilang mga nayon. Ito ang bahagi ni Benjamin ayon sa kani-kanilang mga angkan.
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
