Joshua 18 (NET)

Joshua 18:1¹The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:2²seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:3³So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:4⁴Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:5⁵Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:6⁶But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:7⁷But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land east of the Jordan, which Moses the Lord ’s servant assigned them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:8⁸When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:9⁹The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:10¹⁰Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:11¹¹The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:12¹²Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the wilderness of Beth Aven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:13¹³It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:14¹⁴It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. This is the western border.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:15¹⁵The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:16¹⁶The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:17¹⁷It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:18¹⁸It crossed to the slope in front of the rift valley to the north and descended into the rift valley.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:19¹⁹It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan River. This was the southern border.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:20²⁰The Jordan River bordered it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:21²¹These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:22²²Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:23²³Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:24²⁴Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—a total of twelve cities and their towns.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:25²⁵Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:26²⁶Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:27²⁷Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 18:28²⁸Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath—a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s