Joshua 18:11-19:48

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

¹²On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

¹³From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

¹⁴On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.

          15On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.
          16Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.
          17From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
          18Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.
          19The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

²⁰On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

²¹These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

          22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
          23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
          24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.

          25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
          26Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
          27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
          28Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim —fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

¹The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon: Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah

          2and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
          3Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
          4Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
          5Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,
          6Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities, along with their villages.

⁷Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,

⁸and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.

⁹The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.

¹⁰The third lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Zebulun: The border of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid.

          11It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.
          12From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.
          13From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.
          14Then the border circled around the north side of Neah to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el.
          15It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.

¹⁶This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Zebulun, including these cities and their villages.

¹⁷The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:

          18Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
          19Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,
          20Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,
          21Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez.
          22The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.

²³This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Issachar, including these cities and their villages.

²⁴The fifth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Asher:

          25Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
          26Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,
          27then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.
          28It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
          29The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
          30Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.

³¹This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Asher, including these cities and their villages.

³²The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali:

          33Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.
          34Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.
          35The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
          36Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
          37Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,
          38Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.

³⁹This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Naphtali, including these cities and their villages.

⁴⁰The seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:

          41The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
          42Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
          43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
          44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
          45Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,
          46Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa.

⁴⁷(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)

⁴⁸This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their villages.

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