1 T hen 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.

Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.

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

There remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance.

3 S o 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?

So Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “ How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?

4 C hoose 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.

Provide for yourselves three men from each tribe that I may send them, and that they may arise and walk through the land and write a description of it according to their inheritance; then they shall return to me.

5 T hey 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.

They shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stay in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory on the north.

6 Y ou 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.

You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me. I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

7 T he 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.”

For the Levites have no portion among you, because the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.”

8 A s 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.”

Then the men arose and went, and Joshua commanded those who went to describe the land, saying, “Go and walk through the land and describe it, and return to me; then I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.”

9 T he 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.

So the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

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

And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions. The Territory of Benjamin

11 T he 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.

Now the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot lay between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.

12 T he 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.

Their border on the north side was from the Jordan, then the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward, and it ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

13 T he 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.

From there the border continued to Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south of lower Beth-horon.

14 T he 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.

The border extended from there and turned round on the west side southward, from the hill which lies before Beth-horon southward; and it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.

15 T he south side was from the side of Kiriath-jearim west to the well of the waters of Nephtoah.

Then the south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went westward and went to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.

16 T hen 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.

The border went down to the edge of the hill which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel.

17 T hen 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.

It extended northward and went to En-shemesh and went to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

18 I t went on to the north side of Beth-arabah, and down to the Arabah.

It continued to the side in front of the Arabah northward and went down to the Arabah.

19 T hen 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.

The border continued to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.

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

Moreover, the Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, according to their families and according to its borders all around.

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

Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho and Beth-hoglah and Emek-keziz,

22 B etharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,

23 A vvim, Parah, Ophrah,

and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

24 C hephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba, twelve cities with their towns.

and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.

25 A nd there were Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth,

26 M izpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah,

27 R ekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

and Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah,

28 Z elah, 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.

and Zelah, Haeleph and the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.