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And all the congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh, and they caused the tent of congregation◦ to abide◦ there. And the land was subdued before them.
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And there remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes◦, that had not parted their inheritance.
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And Joshua said to▵ the sons of Israel, How long◦ will you◦ make yourselves slack to come··in to possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your Fathers has given to you?
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Give▵ out for you three men◦ for a tribe◦; and I will send them, and they shall rise and walk through the land, and write about it according to* their inheritance; and they shall come unto▵ me.
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And they shall part it for themselves into seven parts; Judah shall stand on his border to the south, and the house of Joseph shall stand on his border in the north.
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And you◦ shall write about the land in seven parts, and bring· that ·in to▵ me hither◦, and I will throw the lot for you here before Jehovah our God.
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But◦ there shall be no part for the Levites among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is his inheritance; and Gad and Reuben and the half tribe◦ of Manasseh have taken their inheritance from across the Jordan toward the sunrise, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave to them.
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And the men◦ rose··up and went; and Joshua commanded those who walked to write about the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and write about it and return unto me, and I will cast the lot for you before Jehovah in Shiloh.
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And the men◦ went and passed··through the land, and wrote about it according to the cities in seven parts in a book, and came··in unto Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
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And Joshua cast the lot for them in Shiloh before Jehovah; and Joshua there parted the land unto the sons of Israel according to their parts.
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And the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came··up according to their families; and the border of their lot came··out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.
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And they had◦ a border for the quarter toward the north from the Jordan; and the border went··up to▵ the shoulder◦ of Jericho from the north, and went··up on◦ the mountain toward the sea; and the outgoings thereof were toward the wilderness of Beth-aven.
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And the border crossed··over from there to Luz, to▵ the shoulder◦ of Luz toward the south, that◦ is Bethel; and the border went··down··to Ataroth-addar, by◦ the mountain which is to the south of Beth-choron the lower.
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And the border was marked··out and turned··around to the quarter of the sea southward, from the mountain which is before Beth-choron southward; and the goings out thereof were unto Kiriath-baal, that is Kiriath-jearim, a city of the sons of Judah; this was the quarter toward the sea.
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And the quarter toward the south was from the end of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went··out toward the sea, and went··out unto the fountain of waters of Nephtoah.
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And the border went··down to▵ the end of the mountain which is before the ravine of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of the Rephaim northward, and it went··down··to the ravine of Hinnom to▵ the shoulder◦ of the Jebusite southward, and went··down··to En-rogel.
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And it was marked··out from the north, and went··out to En-shemesh, and went··out to▵ Geliloth, which is opposite the going··up of Adummim, and it went··down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben.
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And it crossed··over to▵ the shoulder◦ next··to the desert northward, and went··down toward the desert.
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And the border crossed··over to▵ the shoulder◦ of Beth-choglah northward; and the outgoings of the border were toward▵ the tongue of the Salt Sea northward; to▵ the end of the Jordan southward; this was the south border.
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And Jordan bordered it on the quarter toward the east. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by the borders thereof all around, according to their families.
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And the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-choglah, and the valley of Keziz,
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and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
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and Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
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and Kephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gibea; twelve cities and their villages.
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Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
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and Mizpeh, and Kephirah, and Mozah,
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and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah.
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And Zela, and Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, Kiriath; fourteen cities and their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.
