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their grant of land, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave them on the east
side of the Jordan River.”
8 As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua commanded them,
“I will
assign
the
LAND
to the tribes
by casting
SACRED LOTS
here in the
presence
of the LORD
at Shiloh.”
J o s hu a 1 8: 8
“Go and explore
the land
and write a description of it.
Then return to me, and I will assign the land to the tribes by casting sacred lots
here in the presence of the Lord at Shiloh.” 9 The men did as they were told and
mapped the entire territory into seven sections, listing the towns in each section.
They made a written record and then returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.
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And there at Shiloh,
Joshua cast sacred lots
in the presence of theL ORD
to determine which tribe
should have each section.
The Land Given to Benjamin
11 The first allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. It lay between the territory assigned to the tribes of Judah and Joseph.
The northern boundary of Benjamin’s land began at the Jordan River, went
north of the slope of Jericho, then west through the hill country and the
wilderness of Beth-aven. 13 From there the boundary went south to Luz (that
is, Bethel) and proceeded down to Ataroth-addar on the hill that lies south of
Lower Beth-horon.
14 The boundary then made a turn and swung south along the western edge
of the hill facing Beth-horon, ending at the village of Kiriath-baal (that is,
Kiriath-jearim), a town belonging to the tribe of Judah. This was the western
boundary.
15 The southern boundary began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. From
that western point it ran to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah, 16 and
down to the base of the mountain beside the valley of Ben-Hinnom, at the
northern end of the valley of Rephaim. From there it went down the valley of
Hinnom, crossing south of the slope where the Jebusites lived, and continued
down to En-rogel. 17 From En-rogel the boundary proceeded in a northerly
direction and came to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth (which is across from
the slopes of Adummim). Then it went down to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan
was Reuben’s son.) 18 From there it passed along the north side of the slope
overlooking the Jordan Valley. The border then went down into the valley,
19 ran past the north slope of Beth-hoglah, and ended at the north bay of
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