1 T oda la congregación de los hijos de Israel se reunió en Silo, donde erigieron el Tabernáculo de reunión. Toda la tierra se les había sometido,

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them.

2 p ero quedaban de los hijos de Israel siete tribus a las cuales aún no se les habían repartido su posesión.

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.

3 E ntonces Josué dijo a los hijos de Israel: «¿Hasta cuándo vais a esperar para venir a poseer la tierra que os ha dado Jehová, el Dios de vuestros padres?

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you?

4 D esignad tres hombres de cada tribu, para que yo los envíe. Que ellos se levanten, recorran la tierra y la describan conforme al reparto de las heredades; después volverán a mí.

Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.

5 D ividirán la tierra en siete partes. Judá se quedará en su territorio al sur y los de la casa de José en el suyo al norte.

And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.

6 V osotros, pues, delinearéis la tierra en siete partes y me traeréis la descripción aquí, para que yo eche suertes delante de Jehová, nuestro Dios.

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

7 P ero los levitas no tienen ninguna parte entre vosotros, porque el sacerdocio de Jehová es su heredad; también Gad, Rubén y la media tribu de Manasés, ya han recibido, en el lado oriental del Jordán, la heredad que les dio Moisés, siervo de Jehová.»

For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.

8 A quellos hombres se levantaron y partieron. Y mandó Josué a los que iban a delinear la tierra: «Id, recorred la tierra y delineadla, y volved a mí, para que yo os eche suertes aquí delante de Jehová, en Silo.»

And the men arose, and went: 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.

9 F ueron, pues, aquellos hombres y recorrieron la tierra, delineándola ciudad por ciudad en siete partes, en un libro que llevaron a Josué al campamento en Silo.

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

10 J osué les echó suertes delante de Jehová en Silo, y allí repartió la tierra a los hijos de Israel, según sus porciones.

And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

11 S e sacó la suerte de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín, conforme a sus familias, y el territorio adjudicado a ella quedó entre los hijos de Judá y los hijos de José.

And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

12 S u límite, por el lado norte, parte del Jordán y sube por el lado norte de Jericó; sube después por el monte hacia el occidente y viene a salir al desierto de Bet-avén.

And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

13 D e allí pasa en dirección de Luz, al lado sur de Luz (que es Bet-el), y desciende de Atarot-adar al monte que está al sur de Bet-horón, la de abajo.

And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.

14 T uerce hacia el oeste por el lado sur del monte que está delante de Bet-horón, al sur, y viene a salir a Quiriat-baal (que es Quiriat-jearim), ciudad de los hijos de Judá. Éste es el lado del occidente.

And the border extended thence, and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.

15 E l lado del sur va desde el extremo de Quiriat-jearim y sale al occidente, a la fuente de las aguas de Neftoa.

And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah;

16 L uego desciende este límite hasta el extremo del monte que está delante del valle del hijo de Hinom, al norte del valle de Refaim; desciende entonces al valle de Hinom, al lado sur del jebuseo, y de allí desciende a la fuente Rogel.

and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel;

17 D espués se inclina hacia el norte y sale a En-semes; de allí a Gelilot, que está delante de la subida de Adumín, y desciende a la piedra de Bohán hijo de Rubén.

and it extended northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;

18 P asa por el lado que está enfrente del Arabá y desciende al Arabá;

and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah;

19 p asa el límite hacia el lado norte de Bet-hogla y termina en la bahía norte del Mar Salado, en el extremo sur del Jordán. Éste es el límite sur.

and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.

20 E l Jordán era el límite del lado oriental. Ésta es la heredad de los hijos de Benjamín con los límites que la rodean, conforme a sus familias.

And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families.

21 L as ciudades de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín, por sus familias, fueron Jericó, Bet-hogla, el valle de Casis,

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

22 B et-arabá, Zemaraim, Bet-el,

and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

23 A vim, Pará, Ofra,

and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

24 Q uefar-haamoni, Ofni y Geba: doce ciudades con sus aldeas.

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

25 G abaón, Ramá, Beerot,

Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

26 M izpa, Cafira, Mozah,

and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

27 R equem, Irpeel, Tarala,

and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

28 Z ela, Elef, Jebús (que es Jerusalén), Gabaa y Quiriat: catorce ciudades con sus aldeas. Ésta es la heredad de los hijos de Benjamín conforme a sus familias.

and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.