1 Ora, toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel, havendo conquistado a terra, se reuniu em Siló, e ali armou a tenda da revelação.
2 E dentre os filhos de Israel restavam sete tribos que ainda não tinham repartido a sua herança.
3 Disse, pois, Josué aos filhos de Israel: Até quando sereis remissos em entrardes para possuir a terra que o Senhor Deus de vossos pais vos deu?
4 Designai vós a três homens de cada tribo, e eu os enviarei; e eles sairão a percorrer a terra, e a demarcarão segundo as suas heranças, e voltarão a ter comigo.
5 Reparti-la-ão em sete partes; Judá ficará no seu termo da banda do sul; e a casa de José ficará no seu termo da banda do norte.
6 Sim, vós demarcareis a terra em sete partes, e me trareis a mim a sua descrição; eu vos lançarei as sortes aqui perante o Senhor nosso Deus.
7 Porquanto os levitas não têm parte no meio de vós, porque o sacerdócio do Senhor é a sua herança; e Gade, Rúben e a meia tribo de Manassés já receberam a sua herança além do Jordão para o oriente, a qual lhes deu Moisés, servo do Senhor.
8 Então aqueles homens se aprontaram para saírem; e Josué deu ordem a esses que iam demarcar a terra, dizendo: Ide, percorrei a terra, e demarcai-a; então vinde ter comigo; e aqui em Siló vos lançarei as sortes perante o Senhor.
9 Foram, pois, aqueles homens e, passando pela terra, a demarcaram em sete partes segundo as suas cidades, descrevendo-a num livro; e voltaram a Josué, ao arraial em Siló.
10 Então Josué lhes lançou as sortes em Siló, perante o Senhor; e ali repartiu Josué a terra entre os filhos de Israel, conforme as suas divisões.
11 E surgiu a sorte da tribo dos filhos de Benjamim, segundo as suas famílias, e coube-lhe o território da sua sorte entre os filhos de Judá e os filhos de José.
12 O seu termo ao norte, partindo do Jordão, vai até a saliência ao norte de Jericó e, subindo pela região montanhosa para o ocidente, chega até o deserto de Bete-Áven;
13 dali passa até Luz, ao lado de Luz {que é Betel} para o sul; e desce a Atarote-Adar, junto ao monte que está ao sul de Bete-Horom de baixo;
14 e vai este termo virando, pelo lado ocidental, para o sul desde o monte que está defronte de Bete-Horom; e chega a Quiriate-Baal {que é Quiriate-Jearim}, cidade dos filhos de Judá. Esta é a sua fronteira ocidental.
15 A sua fronteira meridional começa desde a extremidade de Quiriate-Jearim, e dali se estende até Efrom, até a fonte das águas de Neftoa;
16 desce à extremidade do monte que está fronteiro ao vale de Ben-Hinom, que está no vale dos refains, para o norte; também desce ao vale de Hinom da banda dos jebuseus para o sul; e desce ainda até En-Rogel;
17 passando para o norte, chega a En-Semes, e dali sai a Gelilote, que está defronte da subida de Adumim; desce à pedra de Boã, filho de Rúben;
18 segue para o norte, margeando a Arabá, e desce ainda até a Arabá;
19 segue dali para o norte, ladeando Bete-Hogla; e os seus extremos chegam à baía setentrional do Mar Salgado, na extremidade meridional do Jordão. Esse é o termo do sul.
20 E o Jordão é o seu termo oriental. Essa é a herança dos filhos de Benjamim, pelos seus termos ao redor, segundo as suas famílias.
21 Ora, as cidades da tribo dos filhos de Benjamim, segundo as suas famílias, são: Jericó, Bete-Hogla, Emeque-Queziz,
22 Bete-Arabá, Zemaraim, Betel,
23 Avim, Pará, Ofra,
24 Quefar-Ha-Amonai. Ofni e Gaba; doze cidades e as suas aldeias.
25 Gibeão, Ramá, Beerote,
26 Mizpe, Cefira, Moza,
27 Requem, Irpeel, Tarala,
28 Zela, Elefe e Jebus {esta é Jerusalém}, Gibeá e Quiriate; catorze cidades e as suas aldeias. Essa é a herança dos filhos de Benjamim, segundo as suas famílias.
1 And the whole assembly of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not been distributed to them.
3 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will ye shew yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers hath given you?
4 Provide you three men for a tribe; that I may send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it according to the proportion of their inheritance, and they shall come to me.
5 And they shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their border on the north;
6 and *ye* shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring {the description} hither to me, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.
7 But the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance. And Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.
8 And 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, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.
9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions, in a book, and they came to Joshua, to the camp at Shiloh.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. And there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. And the territory of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12 And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up to the mountain westward; and ended at the wilderness of Beth-Aven;
13 and the border passed on from thence toward Luz, to the south side of Luz, which is Bethel: and the border went down to Ataroth-Addar, near the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-horon.
14 -And the border reached along and turned on the west side, southward from the hill that is before Beth-horon southward; and ended at Kirjath-Baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this is the west side.
15 -And the south side was from the extreme end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
16 And the border went down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim on the north, and went down the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south, and went down to En-rogel;
17 and it reached along on the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth towards Geliloth, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, and went down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben,
18 and passed along towards the side opposite to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah;
19 and the border passed on to the side of Beth-hoglah on the north, and the border ended at the tongue of the salt sea northward, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border.
20 -And the Jordan borders it on the east side. -This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to its borders round about, according to their families.
21 And the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were: Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-Keziz,
22 and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
23 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
24 and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets;
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
27 and Rekem, and Jirpeel, and Tharalah,
28 and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, that is, Jerusalem, Gibeah, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their hamlets. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.