Joshua, starting at chapter 16
{16:1} The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan
at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness,
going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel. {16:2} It
went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the
Archites to Ataroth; {16:3} and it went down westward to the border of
the Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, even to Gezer;
and ended at the sea.
{16:4} The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their
inheritance. {16:5} This was the border of the children of Ephraim
according to their families. The border of their inheritance eastward
was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper. {16:6} The border went out
westward at Michmethath on the north. The border turned about eastward
to Taanath Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah. {16:7}
It went down from Janoah to Ataroth, to Naarah, reached to Jericho,
and went out at the Jordan. {16:8} From Tappuah the border went along
westward to the brook of Kanah; and ended at the sea. This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their
families; {16:9} together with the cities which were set apart for the
children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of
Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. {16:10} They didn't
drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell
in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do
forced labor.
{17:1} 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. {17:2} 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. {17:3} But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son
of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but
daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah,
Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. {17:4} They came near before Eleazar the
priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes,
saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our
brothers." Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave
them an inheritance among the brothers of their father. {17:5} Ten
parts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which
is beyond the Jordan; {17:6} because the daughters of Manasseh had an
inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of
the sons of Manasseh. {17:7} 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. {17:8} The land of
Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh
belonged to the children of Ephraim. {17:9} 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. {17:10} 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. {17:11} 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. {17:12} Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out
the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in
that land.
{17:13} It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong,
that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't utterly drive
them out. {17:14} The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why
have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since
I am a great people, because the LORD has blessed me so far?"
{17:15} Joshua said to them, "If you are a great people, go up to
the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the
Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is
too narrow for you."
{17:16} The children of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough
for us. All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have
chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth Shean and its towns, and
those who are in the valley of Jezreel."
{17:17} Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to
Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people, and have great power. You
shall not have one lot only; {17:18} but the hill country shall be
yours. Although it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and it's
farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the
Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are
strong."
{18:1} The 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. {18:2} Seven tribes remained among
the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
{18:3} Joshua said to the children of Israel, "How long will you
neglect to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God of your
fathers, has given you? {18:4} Appoint 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. {18:5} They 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. {18:6} You shall survey the land
into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will
cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. {18:7} For the Levites
have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their
inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received
their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant
of the LORD gave them."
{18:8} The 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 the LORD in
Shiloh."
{18:9} The 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. {18:10} Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the
LORD. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel
according to their divisions.
{18:11} 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. {18:12} 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. {18:13} The border
passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is
Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the
mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower. {18:14} 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 (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of
Judah. This was the west quarter. {18:15} 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. {18:16} 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. {18:17} It 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. {18:18} It passed along to the side over against
the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah. {18:19} 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. {18:20} 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.
{18:21} Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin
according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
{18:22} Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, {18:23} Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
{18:24} Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their
villages. {18:25} Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, {18:26} Mizpeh, Chephirah,
Mozah, {18:27} Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, {18:28} Zelah, Eleph, 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.
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