Joshua 18
King James Version
18 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you?
4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.
8 And the men arose, and went away: 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, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.
9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: 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 coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.
13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
19 And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts 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 Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
23 And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
24 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; 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 Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Josué 18
La Biblia de las Américas
División del resto del territorio
18 Entonces toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel se reunió en Silo(A), y levantaron allí la tienda de reunión; y la tierra estaba sometida delante de ellos. 2 Y quedaban siete tribus de los hijos de Israel que no habían repartido su heredad. 3 Dijo, pues, Josué a los hijos de Israel: ¿Hasta cuándo pospondréis el entrar a tomar posesión de la tierra(B) que el Señor, el Dios de vuestros padres, os ha dado? 4 Escoged[a] tres hombres de cada[b] tribu, a quienes yo enviaré, y ellos se levantarán y recorrerán la tierra, y harán una descripción de ella según su heredad; entonces volverán[c] a mí. 5 Y la dividirán 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 Y describiréis la tierra en siete partes, y me traeréis aquí la descripción. Y yo os echaré suertes(D) aquí delante del Señor nuestro Dios. 7 Pues los levitas no tienen porción entre vosotros 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 partieron, y Josué ordenó a los que salieron a describir la tierra, diciendo: Id y recorred la tierra, y describidla y volved a mí; entonces os echaré suertes aquí en Silo(F) delante del Señor. 9 Y los hombres fueron y recorrieron la tierra y 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 hijos de Israel conforme a sus divisiones(G).
11 Y salió[d] la suerte de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín conforme a sus familias, y el territorio de su suerte estaba[e] entre los hijos de Judá y los hijos de José. 12 Y su límite por el lado norte comenzaba en[f] el Jordán, subía[g] por el lado de Jericó al norte, ascendía por la región montañosa hacia el occidente y terminaba[h] 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); y el límite bajaba hasta Atarot-adar, cerca del monte que está al sur de Bet-horón(J) de abajo. 14 Y 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[i] en Quiriat-baal, es decir, Quiriat-jearim, ciudad de los hijos de Judá. Este era el límite occidental. 15 Y 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[j](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[k]. 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[l] 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 los hijos de Benjamín, conforme a sus familias y conforme a sus límites alrededor.
21 Y las ciudades de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín, conforme a sus familias, eran: Jericó, Bet-hogla, Emec-casis, 22 Bet-arabá, Zemaraim, Betel, 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 los hijos de Benjamín(P) conforme a sus familias.
Footnotes
- Josué 18:4 Lit., Daos
- Josué 18:4 Lit., la
- Josué 18:4 Lit., vendrán
- Josué 18:11 Lit., subió
- Josué 18:11 Lit., salió
- Josué 18:12 Lit., era desde
- Josué 18:12 Lit., y el límite subía
- Josué 18:12 Lit., las salidas de él estaban
- Josué 18:14 Lit., las salidas de él estaban
- Josué 18:16 I.e., hijo de Hinom
- Josué 18:16 I.e., fuente de Rogel
- Josué 18:19 Lit., y las salidas del límite estaban
- Josué 18:28 Heb., Guibeat
Joshua 18
Living Bible
18 1-2 After the conquest—although seven of the tribes of Israel had not yet entered and conquered the land God had given them—all Israel gathered at Shiloh to set up the Tabernacle.
3 Then Joshua asked them, “How long are you going to wait before clearing out the people living in the land that the Lord your God has given to you? 4 Select three men from each tribe, and I will send them to scout the unconquered territory and bring back a report of its size and natural divisions so that I can divide it for you. 5-6 The scouts will map it into seven sections, and then I will throw the sacred dice to decide which section will be assigned to each tribe. 7 However, remember that the Levites won’t receive any land; they are priests of the Lord. That is their wonderful heritage. And of course the tribes of Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh won’t receive any more, for they already have land on the east side of the Jordan where Moses promised them that they could settle.”
8 So the scouts went out to map the country and to bring back their report to Joshua. Then the Lord could assign the sections of land to the tribes by the throw of the sacred dice. 9 The men did as they were told and divided the entire territory into seven sections, listing the cities in each section. Then they returned to Joshua and the camp at Shiloh. 10 There at the Tabernacle at Shiloh the Lord showed Joshua by the sacred lottery which tribe should have each section:
11 The Land Given to the Tribe of Benjamin:
The section of land assigned to the families of the tribe of Benjamin lay between the territory previously assigned to the tribes of Judah and Joseph.
12 The northern boundary began at the Jordan River, went north of Jericho, then west through the hill country and the wilderness of Beth-aven. 13 From there the boundary went south to Luz (also called Bethel) and proceeded down to Ataroth-addar in the hill country south of Lower Beth-horon. 14 There the border turned south, passing the mountain near Beth-horon and ending at the village of Kiriath-baal (sometimes called Kiriath-jearim), one of the cities of the tribe of Judah. This was the western boundary.
15 The southern border ran from the edge of Kiriath-baal, over Mount Ephron to the spring of Naphtoah, 16 and down to the base of the mountain beside the valley of Hinnom, north of the valley of Rephaim. From there it continued across the valley of Hinnom, crossed south of the old city of Jerusalem[a] where the Jebusites lived, and continued down to En-rogel. 17 From En-rogel the boundary proceeded northeast to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth (which is opposite the slope of Adummim). Then it went down to the Stone of Bohan (who was a son of Reuben), 18 where it passed along the north edge of the Arabah. The border then went down into the Arabah, 19 ran south past Beth-hoglah, and ended at the north bay of the Dead Sea—which is the southern end of the Jordan River.
20 The eastern border was the Jordan River. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin. 21-28 These twenty-six cities were included in the land[b] given to the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zimaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba, Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (or Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim. All of these cities and their surrounding villages were given to the tribe of Benjamin.
Footnotes
- Joshua 18:16 the old city of Jerusalem, implied.
- Joshua 18:21 These twenty-six cities were included in the land, implied in vv. 24 and 28, where the original manuscript indicates subtotals.
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