Joshua 18:11-28

New International Reader's Version

¹² On the north side their border started at the Jordan River. It went past the north slope of Jericho. Then it headed west into the central hill country. It came to an end at the Desert of Beth Aven. ¹³ From there the border crossed to the south slope of Bethel. Then it went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.

¹⁴ From the hill that faces Beth Horon on the south the border turned south. Then the border went along the west side of the hill. It came to an end at Kiriath Jearim. That town belongs to the people of Judah. That was the border on the west.

¹⁵ The border on the south side started at the west edge of Kiriath Jearim. It came to an end at the springs of Nephtoah. ¹⁶ It went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben Hinnom. The hill is north of the Valley of Rephaim. The border continued down the Hinnom Valley. It went along the south slope of Jerusalem, where the people of Jebus live. It continued on to En Rogel. ¹⁷ Then it curved north. It went to En Shemesh. It continued on to Geliloth. Geliloth faces the Pass of Adummim. The border ran down to the Stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben. ¹⁸ It continued to the north slope of Beth Arabah. It went on down into the Arabah Valley. ¹⁹ From there it went to the north slope of Beth Hoglah. It came to an end at the north bay of the Dead Sea. That’s where the Jordan River flows into the Dead Sea. That was the border on the south.

²⁰ The Jordan River formed the border on the east side.

²¹ Here is a list of towns given to the tribe of Benjamin, according to its family groups.

Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, ²² Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, ²³ Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, ²⁴ Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba. The total number of towns and their villages was 12.

²⁵ Here is another list of towns given to Benjamin.

Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, ²⁶ Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, ²⁷ Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, ²⁸ Zelah, Haeleph, Jerusalem, Gibeah and Kiriath. The total number of towns and their villages was 14.