And the wholecongregation of the children of Israelassembledtogether at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregationthere. And the land was subduedbeforethem.
Give out fromamong you three men for eachtribe: and I willsendthem, and theyshallrise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and theyshallcomeagain to me.
But the Leviteshave no partamong you; for the priesthood of the LORD is theirinheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, havereceivedtheirinheritancebeyondJordan on the east, whichMoses the servant of the LORDgavethem.
And the men arose, and wentaway: and Joshuachargedthemthatwent to describe the land, saying, Go and walkthrough the land, and describe it, and comeagain to me, that I may herecastlots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamincame up according to theirfamilies: and the coast of their lot cameforthbetween the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
And theirborder on the northside was fromJordan; and the borderwent up to the side of Jericho on the northside, and went up through the mountainswestward; and the goings out thereofwere at the wilderness of Bethaven.
And the borderwentoverfromthencetoward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the borderdescended to Atarothadar, near the hillthatlieth on the southside of the netherBethhoron.
And the border was drawnthence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hillthatliethbeforeBethhoronsouthward; and the goings out thereofwere at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the westquarter.
And the bordercamedown to the end of the mountainthatliethbefore the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
And was drawnfrom the north, and wentforth to Enshemesh, and wentforthtowardGeliloth, which is overagainst the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
And the borderpassedalong to the side of Bethhoglahnorthward: and the outgoings of the borderwere at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the southcoast.
And Jordan was the border of it on the eastside. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coaststhereofroundabout, according to theirfamilies.
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteencitieswiththeirvillages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjaminaccording to theirfamilies.