1 T he whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. 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 S even tribes remained among the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance.

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

3 J oshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has 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 A ppoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to 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 T hey shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders 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 Y ou shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh 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 H owever, the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of Yahweh 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 T he men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to survey the land, saying, “Go walk through the land, survey it, and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh 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 T he men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a book. 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 J oshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. 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 T he lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot went out 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 T heir border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward. It 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 T he border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (also called Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.

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 T he border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.

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 T he south quarter was from the farthest part of Kiriath Jearim. The border went out westward, 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 T he border went down to the farthest part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward. It went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, 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 I t extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim. It 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 I t passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.

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

19 T he border passed along 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.

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 T he Jordan was its border on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders around it, 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 N ow the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

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

22 B eth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

23 A vvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

24 C hephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.

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

25 G ibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

And there were Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

26 M izpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

27 R ekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

28 Z elah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is 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.