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    Joshua 18

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    Kiriath-jearim appears first as a city belonging to Judah and later among Benjamin’s fourteen cities, while the chapter offers no explanation for the double address.

    The land waits for its surveyorsvv. 1–10

    Israel assembles at Shiloh and sets up the Tent of Meeting, although the land is already said to be subdued. Seven tribes still have no inheritance, and Joshua asks why they are putting off the matter. Three men from each tribe are sent to map the country into seven portions; Judah and Joseph keep their territories, while Levi has the priesthood, and Gad, Reuben, and half Manasseh already have land beyond the Jordan. The surveyors return with their document, and Joshua casts the lots at Shiloh.

    Benjamin receives a border with a wrinkle in itvv. 11–28

    The first lot falls to Benjamin, whose territory lies between Judah and Joseph. Its border is traced from the Jordan past Jericho, through the hill country, by Ataroth-addar and Lower Beth-horon, and round toward Kiriath-jearim. There the wording becomes wonderfully untidy: Kiriath-jearim is called a city of Judah on the western boundary, then appears again in the list of Benjamin’s cities. The boundary continues through valleys, springs, stones, and the Salt Sea, with the Jordan as the eastern edge. The chapter ends by naming fourteen cities and their villages.

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    1. Josh 18:1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

    2. Josh 18:2there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.

    3. Josh 18:3So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?

    4. Josh 18:4Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me

    5. Josh 18:5and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.

    6. Josh 18:6When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.

    7. Josh 18:7The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

    8. Josh 18:8As the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”

    9. Josh 18:9So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

    10. Josh 18:10And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.

    11. Josh 18:11The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:

    12. Josh 18:12On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

    13. Josh 18:13From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

    14. Josh 18:14On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.

    15. Josh 18:15On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

    16. Josh 18:16Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.

    17. Josh 18:17From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

    18. Josh 18:18Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.

    19. Josh 18:19The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

    20. Josh 18:20On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

    21. Josh 18:21These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

    22. Josh 18:22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

    23. Josh 18:23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

    24. Josh 18:24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.

    25. Josh 18:25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

    26. Josh 18:26Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

    27. Josh 18:27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

    28. Josh 18:28Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

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    • 1Joshua 19:51These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.
    • 3Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
    • 10Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
    • 3Judges 18:9They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
    • 3Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
    • 11 Samuel 1:3Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
    • 1Joshua 21:2at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
    • 3Matthew 20:6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
    • 3Proverbs 10:4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
    • 6Joshua 14:2Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
    • 7Joshua 13:33To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
    • 12Joshua 16:1The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
    • 162 Kings 23:10He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
    • 17Joshua 15:6went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
    • 282 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
    • 1Jeremiah 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

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