1 A nd the whole assembly of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.

Then all the people of Israel gathered together at Shiloh. They set up the tent of meeting there. The land around them had been taken in battle.

2 A nd there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not been distributed to them.

There were still seven family groups among the people of Israel who had not received their share of land.

3 A nd Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will ye shew yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers hath given you?

So Joshua said to the people of Israel, “How long will you wait before going in to take the land the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?

4 P rovide you three men for a tribe; that I may send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it according to the proportion of their inheritance, and they shall come to me.

Choose three men from each of these seven family groups. I will send them to go through the land and write down what they find it to be like, to be shared by each family. Then they will return to me.

5 A nd they shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their border on the north;

They will divide it into seven parts. Judah will stay in his land in the south. The house of Joseph will stay in their land in the north.

6 a nd ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring hither to me, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.

You will write down how the land should be divided into seven parts, then bring it to me. I will draw names for you here before the Lord our God.

7 B ut the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance. And Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.

The Levites have no share of land among you. Being the religious leaders for the Lord is their share. Gad and Reuben and the half-family group of Manasseh have received their land east of the Jordan. The Lord’s servant Moses gave it to them.”

8 A nd 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, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.

As the men got up to go, Joshua told them, “Go and walk through the land. Write down what you find, and return to me. Then I will draw names for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.”

9 A nd the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions, in a book, and they came to Joshua, to the camp at Shiloh.

The men went and passed through the land. They wrote in a book the cities they found and divided them into seven parts. Then they returned to Joshua among the tents at Shiloh.

10 A nd Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. And there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

Joshua drew names for them in Shiloh before the Lord. There he divided the land among the people of Israel, a part for each family.

11 A nd the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. And the territory of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

The first name drawn was for the families of the people of Benjamin. The share of their land was between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph.

12 A nd their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up to the mountain westward; and ended at the wilderness of Beth-Aven;

The north side of their land was from the Jordan up to the north side of Jericho. Then it went west through the hill country, ending at the desert of Beth-aven.

13 a nd the border passed on from thence toward Luz, to the south side of Luz, which is Bethel: and the border went down to Ataroth-Addar, near the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-horon.

The side of their land went from there south to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel). Then it went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill south of the valley land of Beth-horon.

14 — And the border reached along and turned on the west side, southward from the hill that is before Beth-horon southward; and ended at Kirjath-Baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this is the west side.

The side of their land turned west from there around the south side of the hill before Bethhoron. It ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the people of Judah. This was the west side.

15 — And the south side was from the extreme end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

The south side was from the side of Kiriath-jearim west to the well of the waters of Nephtoah.

16 A nd the border went down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim on the north, and went down the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south, and went down to En-rogel;

Then the side of their land went down to the side of the hill in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, at the north end of the valley of Rephaim. It went down to the valley of Hinnom, south of the side of the Jebusites, and down to En-rogel.

17 a nd it reached along on the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth towards Geliloth, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, and went down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben,

Then it went north to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth by the hill of Adummim, then down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

18 a nd passed along towards the side opposite to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah;

It went on to the north side of Beth-arabah, and down to the Arabah.

19 a nd the border passed on to the side of Beth-hoglah on the north, and the border ended at the tongue of the salt sea northward, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border.

Then the side of their land went along the north side of Beth-hoglah. And it ended at the north waters of the Salt Sea at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south side.

20 — And the Jordan borders it on the east side.—This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to its borders round about, according to their families.

The east side of their land was the Jordan. This was the land with its sides, given to the family group of Benjamin.

21 A nd the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were: Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-Keziz,

The cities of the people of Benjamin for their families were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

22 a nd Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

23 a nd Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

24 a nd Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets;

Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba, twelve cities with their towns.

25 G ibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

And there were Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

26 a nd Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

27 a nd Rekem, and Jirpeel, and Tharalah,

Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

28 a nd Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, that is, Jerusalem, Gibeah, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their hamlets. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath, fourteen cities with their towns. This is the land that was given to the families of the people of Benjamin.