Joshua 18:11-19:48
The 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.Their 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 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 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 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 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.It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. It went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.It passed along to the side opposite the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.The 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.The 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.Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,Zelah, 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.The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. Their inheritance was in the middle of the inheritance of the children of Judah.They had for their inheritance Beersheba( or Sheba), Moladah,Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages;Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the middle of their inheritance.The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families. The border of their inheritance was to Sarid.Their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth. It reached to the brook that is before Jokneam.It turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chisloth Tabor. It went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.From there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah.The border turned around it on the north to Hannathon; and it ended at the valley of Iphtah El;Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families.Their border was to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,Remeth, Engannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.The border reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. Their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,Allammelech, Amad, Mishal. It reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath.It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel. It went out to Cabul on the left hand,and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon.The border turned to Ramah, to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah. It ended at the sea by the region of Achzib;Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty- two cities with their villages.This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, Adami- nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum. It ended at the Jordan.The border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok. It reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise.The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,Elon, Timnah, Ekron,Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border opposite Joppa.The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their forefather.This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Joshua 17:1-13
This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for the children of Asriel, for the children of Shechem, for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida. These were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.They came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes, saying,“ Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” Therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.Ten parts fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem. The border went along to the right hand, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and ended at the sea.Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea was his border. They reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.Manasseh had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns.Yet the children of Manasseh couldn’t drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.When the children of Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.
