1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh , and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. 2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes , which had not yet received their inheritance . 3And Joshua said unto the children of Israel , How long are ye slack to go to possess the land , which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? 4Give out from among you three men for each tribe : and I will send them, and they shall rise , and go through the land , and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. 5And they shall divide it into seven parts : Judah shall abide in their coast on the south , and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north . 6Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts , and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God . 7But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance : and Gad , and Reuben , and half the tribe of Manasseh , have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east , which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. 8And the men arose , and went away : and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land , saying , Go and walk through the land , and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh . 9And the men went and passed through the land , and described it by cities into seven parts in a book , and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh . 10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD : and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions .
The Remaining Land to be Divided
11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families : and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph . 12And their border on the north side was from Jordan ; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward ; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven . 13And the border went over from thence toward Luz , to the side of Luz , which is Beth-el , southward ; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar , near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon . 14And the border was drawn thence , and compassed the corner of the sea southward , from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward ; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal , which is Kirjath-jearim , a city of the children of Judah : this was the west quarter . 15And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim , and the border went out on the west , and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah :
The Division of the Land
16And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before 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 En-rogel , 17And was drawn from the north , and went forth to En-shemesh , and went forth toward Geliloth , which is over against the going up of Adummim , and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben , 18And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward , and went down unto Arabah : 19And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward : and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan : this was the south coast . 20And Jordan was the border of it on the east side . This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin , by the coasts thereof round about , according to their families . 21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho , and Beth-hoglah , and the valley of Keziz , 22And Beth-arabah , and Zemaraim , and Beth-el , 23And Avim , and Parah , and Ophrah , 24And Chephar-haammonai , and Ophni , and Gaba ; twelve cities with their villages : 25Gibeon , and Ramah , and Beeroth , 26And Mizpeh , and Chephirah , and Mozah , 27And Rekem , and Irpeel , and Taralah , 28And Zelah , Eleph , and Jebusi , which is Jerusalem , Gibeath , and Kirjath ; fourteen cities with their villages . This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families .