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Qaybtii Dhulka Haray

18 Oo shirkii reer binu Israa'iil oo dhammu Shiiloh bay dhammaantood isugu soo urureen, oo waxay halkaas ka dhiseen teendhadii shirka; oo dadkii waddankana waa laga adkaaday. Oo reer binu Israa'iil dhexdooda waxaa ku hadhay toddoba qabiil oo aan weli helin qaybtii ay dhaxalka u lahaayeen. Markaasaa Yashuuca wuxuu reer binu Israa'iil ku yidhi, Dalkii uu Rabbiga ah Ilaaha awowayaashiin idin siiyey ilaa goormaad ka raagaysaan inaad gashaan si aad dalka u hantidaan? Haddaba qabiil walba saddex nin kala soo baxa; oo anigu iyaga waan diri doonaa, markaas waa inay kacaan, oo dalka dhex maraan, oo soo kala tilmaamaan siday u kala dhaxlayaan, oo markaas waa inay ii yimaadaan. Oo waa inay dalka u kala qaybiyaan toddoba meelood. Reer Yahuudah waa inay degganaadaan soohdintooda ah xagga koonfureed, oo reer Yuusufna waa inay degganaadaan soohdintooda ah xagga woqooyi. Oo waa inaad dalka u soo kala tilmaantaan toddoba meelood, oo aad tilmaanta ii keentaan, oo markaasaan halkan idiinku saami ridi doonaa Rabbiga Ilaaheenna ah hortiisa. Maxaa yeelay, reer Laawi dhexdiinna qayb dhaxal ah kuma laha; waayo wadaadnimada Rabbiga ayaa dhaxal u ah. Oo reer Gaad iyo reer Ruubeen iyo qabiilkii reer Manaseh badhkood waxay dhaxal u qaateen meel Webi Urdun ka shishaysa oo xagga bari ka xigta, oo Muuse oo addoonkii Rabbiga ahaa uu iyaga siiyey. Markaasaa raggii kaceen oo tageen; oo kuwii tegey inay dalka soo tilmaamaan Yashuuca ayaa ku amray, oo ku yidhi, Taga oo dalka dhex mara, oo soo tilmaama, oo haddana aniga ii kaalaya, oo markaasaan halkan Shiiloh ah idiinku saami ridi doonaa Rabbiga hortiisa. Markaasay raggii tageen oo dalkii soo dhex mareen, oo waxay soo kala tilmaameen magaalooyinkii oo toddoba meelood u kala qaybsan, oo waxayna ku soo qoreen buug, oo markaasay u yimaadeen Yashuuca oo joogay xerada Shiiloh ku taal. 10 Markaasaa Yashuuca Shiiloh ugu saami riday iyagii Rabbiga hortiisa; oo halkaasaa Yashuuca reer binu Israa'iil ugu qaybshay dalkii sidii ay u kala qaybsanaayeen.

Saamigii Reer Benyaamiin

11 Oo qabiilkii reer Benyaamiin saamigoodii ay u heleen sidii ay reerahoodii kala ahaayeen ayaa u soo hor baxay; oo soohdintoodii ay saamiga u heleen waxay kala dhex mari jirtay reer Yahuudah iyo reer Yuusuf. 12 Oo soohdintoodu xagga waaxda woqooyi waxay ka bilaabatay Webi Urdun; oo soohdintu waxay u baxday Yerixoo dhinaceeda woqooyi, oo waxay dhex martay dalka buuraha leh xaggiisa galbeed; oo dhammaadkeedii wuxuu u baxay cidladii Beytaawen. 13 Oo soohdintu waxay halkaas uga gudubtay Luus (taasoo ah Beytel), iyo ilaa dhinaceeda koonfureed, oo soohdintu waxay ku dhaadhacday Cataarood Addaar, taasoo u dhow buurta ku taal Beytxooroonta hoose xaggeeda koonfureed. 14 Oo soohdintu waxay u baxday oo ka laabatay waaxda galbeed xaggeeda koonfureed, iyo xagga buurta ku hor taal Beytxooroon xaggeeda koonfureed; oo soohdinta dhammaadkeedu wuxuu u baxay Qiryad Bacal taasoo ah Qiryad Yecaariim ee ahayd magaalo ay reer Yahuudah leeyihiin, intaasu waxay ahayd waaxdii galbeed. 15 Oo waaxdii koonfureedna waxay ka bilaabatay meesha ugu fog Qiryad Yecaariim, oo soohdintu waxay martay xagga galbeed, oo waxay u baxday ishii biyaha ahayd oo Neftoo'ax; 16 oo soohdintu waxay ku dhaadhacday meesha ugu fog buurta ku hor taal dooxadii ina Xinnom, taasoo ku taal xagga woqooyi oo dooxada reer Rafaa, oo waxay ku dhaadhacday ilaa dooxadii Xinnom, iyo ilaa dhinaca reer Yebuus xaggooda koonfureed, oo waxay kaloo sii martay Ceyn Rogeel, 17 oo waxay u leexatay xagga woqooyi, oo waxay martay Ceyn Shemesh agteeda; oo waxay u baxday Geliilood, taasoo ka soo hor jeedda jiirta Adummiim; oo haddana waxay u baxday dhagaxii Bohan ina Ruubeen; 18 oo waxay sii martay dhinaca ka soo hor jeeda Caraabaah xaggeeda woqooyi, oo waxay ku dhaadhacday Caraabaah; 19 oo soohdintu waxay sii martay Beytxoglaah dhinaceeda woqooyi; oo soohdinta dhammaadkeedu wuxuu ahaa xagga gacanka woqooyi oo Badda Cusbada leh, ee ku yaal Webi Urdun dhammaadkiisa koonfureed meesha uu ku dhammaado; intaasu waa soohdintii koonfureed. 20 Waaxda bari soohdinteeduna waxay ahayd Webi Urdun. Intaasu waxay ahayd dhaxalkii reer Benyaamiin iyo soohdimihii ku wareegsanaa, ee ay u heleen sidii reerahoodu ahaayeen. 21 Haddaba magaalooyinkii reer Benyaamiin siday reerahoodu ahaayeen waxay ahaayeen Yerixoo, iyo Beytxoglaah, iyo Dooxadii Qesiis, 22 iyo Beytcaraabaah, iyo Semaarayim, iyo Beytel, 23 iyo Cawiim, iyo Faaraah, iyo Cofraah, 24 iyo Kefar reer Cammoon, iyo Cofnii, iyo Gebac, oo intaasu waa laba iyo toban magaalo iyo tuulooyinkoodii, 25 iyo Gibecoon, iyo Raamaah, iyo Bi'irod, 26 iyo Misfaah, iyo Kefiiraah, iyo Mosaah, 27 iyo Reqem, iyo Yirfe'eel, iyo Taralaah, 28 iyo Seelac, iyo Elef, iyo Yebuus (taasoo ah Yeruusaalem), iyo Gibecaad, iyo Qiryad, oo intaasu waa afar iyo toban magaalo iyo tuulooyinkoodii. Intaasu waa dhaxalkii reer Benyaamiin siday reerahoodii ahaayeen.

Division of the Rest of the Land

18 The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh(A) and set up the tent of meeting(B) there. The country was brought under their control, but there were still seven Israelite tribes who had not yet received their inheritance.

So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you? Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description of it,(C) according to the inheritance of each.(D) Then they will return to me. You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to remain in its territory on the south(E) and the tribes of Joseph in their territory on the north.(F) After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots(G) for you in the presence of the Lord our God. The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the Lord is their inheritance.(H) And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them.(I)

As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua instructed them, “Go and make a survey of the land and write a description of it.(J) Then return to me, and I will cast lots for you here at Shiloh(K) in the presence of the Lord.” So the men left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. 10 Joshua then cast lots(L) for them in Shiloh in the presence(M) of the Lord, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.(N)

Allotment for Benjamin

11 The first lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin according to its clans. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:

12 On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the wilderness(O) of Beth Aven.(P) 13 From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz(Q) (that is, Bethel(R)) and went down to Ataroth Addar(S) on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.

14 From the hill facing Beth Horon(T) on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim),(U) a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.

15 The southern side began at the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim on the west, and the boundary came out at the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.(V) 16 The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim.(W) It continued down the Hinnom Valley(X) along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel.(Y) 17 It then curved north, went to En Shemesh, continued to Geliloth,(Z) which faces the Pass of Adummim,(AA) and ran down to the Stone of Bohan(AB) son of Reuben. 18 It continued to the northern slope of Beth Arabah[a](AC) and on down into the Arabah.(AD) 19 It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah(AE) and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea,(AF) at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.

20 The Jordan formed the boundary on the eastern side.

These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.(AG)

21 The tribe of Benjamin, according to its clans, had the following towns:

Jericho, Beth Hoglah,(AH) Emek Keziz, 22 Beth Arabah,(AI) Zemaraim,(AJ) Bethel,(AK) 23 Avvim,(AL) Parah, Ophrah,(AM) 24 Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba(AN)—twelve towns and their villages.

25 Gibeon,(AO) Ramah,(AP) Beeroth,(AQ) 26 Mizpah,(AR) Kephirah,(AS) Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zelah,(AT) Haeleph, the Jebusite city(AU) (that is, Jerusalem(AV)), Gibeah(AW) and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages.(AX)

This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.(AY)

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 18:18 Septuagint; Hebrew slope facing the Arabah