1 Toda a comunidade dos israelitas reuniu-se em Siló e ali armou a Tenda do Encontro. A terra foi dominada por eles;2 mas, sete tribos ainda não tinham recebido a sua herança.3 Então Josué disse aos israelitas: "Até quando vocês vão negligenciar a posse da terra que o Senhor, o Deus dos seus antepassados, lhes deu?4 Escolham três homens de cada tribo, e eu os enviarei. Eles vão examinar a terra e mapeá-la, conforme a herança de cada tribo. Depois voltarão a mim.5 Dividam a terra em sete partes. Judá ficará em seu território ao sul, e a tribo de José em seu território ao norte.6 Depois que fizerem um mapa das sete partes da terra, tragam-no para mim, e eu farei sorteio para vocês na presença do Senhor, do nosso Deus.7 Mas os levitas nada receberão entre vocês, pois o sacerdócio do Senhor é a herança deles. Gade, Rúben e a metade da tribo de Manassés já receberam a sua herança no lado leste do Jordão, dada a eles por Moisés, servo do Senhor".8 Quando os homens estavam de partida para mapear a terra, Josué os instruiu: "Vão examinar a terra e façam uma descrição dela. Depois voltem, e eu farei um sorteio para vocês aqui em Siló, na presença do Senhor".9 Os homens partiram e percorreram a terra. Descreveram-na num rolo, cidade por cidade, em sete partes, e retornaram a Josué, ao acampamento de Siló.10 Josué fez então um sorteio para eles em Siló, na presença do Senhor, e ali distribuiu a terra aos israelitas, conforme a porção devida a cada tribo.11 Saiu a sorte para a tribo de Benjamim, clã por clã. O território sorteado ficava entre as tribos de Judá e José:12 No lado norte a sua fronteira começava no Jordão, passava pela encosta norte de Jericó e prosseguia para o oeste, para a região montanhosa, terminando no deserto de Bete-Áven.13 Dali ia para a encosta sul de Luz, que é Betel, e descia para Atarote-Adar, na montanha que está ao sul de Bete-Horom Baixa.14 Da montanha que fica defronte de Bete-Horom, no sul, a fronteira virava para o sul, ao longo do lado ocidental, e terminava em Quiriate-Baal, que é Quiriate-Jearim, cidade do povo de Judá. Esse era o lado ocidental.15 A fronteira sul começava no oeste, nos arredores de Quiriate-Jearim, e chegava à fonte de Neftoa.16 A fronteira descia até o sopé da montanha que fica defronte do vale de Ben-Hinom, ao norte do vale de Refaim. Depois, prosseguia, descendo pelo vale de Hinom ao longo da encosta sul da cidade dos jebuseus e chegava até En-Rogel.17 Fazia então uma curva para o norte, ia para En-Semes, continuava até Gelilote, que fica defronte da subida de Adumim, e descia até a Pedra de Boã, nome filho de Rúben.18 Prosseguia para a encosta norte de Bete-Arabá, e daí descia para a Arabá.19 Depois ia para a encosta norte de Bete-Hogla e terminava na baía norte do mar Salgado, na foz do Jordão, no sul. Essa era a fronteira sul.20 O Jordão delimitava a fronteira oriental. Essas eram as fronteiras que demarcavam por todos os lados a herança dos clãs de Benjamim.21 A tribo de Benjamim, clã por clã, recebeu as seguintes cidades: Jericó, Bete-Hogla, Emeque-Queziz,22 Bete-Arabá, Zemaraim, Betel,23 Avim, Pará, Ofra,24 Quefar-Amonai, Ofni e Geba. Eram doze cidades com os seus povoados.25 Gibeom, Ramá, Beerote,26 Mispá, Quefira, Mosa,27 Requém, Irpeel, Tarala,28 Zela, Elefe, Jebus, que é Jerusalém, Gibeá e Quiriate. Eram catorze cidades com os seus povoados. Essa foi a herança dos clãs de Benjamim.

1 The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh. They set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. The land was subdued before them.2 There remained among the children of Israel seven tribes that had not yet received their inheritance.3 Joshua said to the children of Israel: »How long will you neglect to go to possess the land, which Jehovah the God of your fathers has given you?4 »Appoint three men from each tribe: and I will send them, and they will rise, and go through the land, and write a description of it according to their inheritance. Then they will return to me.5 »They will divide it into seven parts: Judah will abide in their border on the south, and the house of Joseph will abide in their border on the north.6 »You will write a description of the land divided into seven parts, and bring the description to me, that I may cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.7 »The Levites have no part among you. The priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance. Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Jehovah gave them.«8 The men stood up and went away. Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying: »Go and walk through the land, and write a description of it, and come again to me, that I may cast lots for you before Jehovah in Shiloh.«9 The men went and passed through the land, and wrote a description of it by cities into seven parts in a book, and returned to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. Then Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.11 The lot for the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the boundary of their lot came between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.12 And 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 it ended at the wilderness of Bethaven.13 The border went from there to Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lies on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.14 From the hill that lies before Beth-horon southward; and it ended at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.15 And 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.16 The border came down to the end of the mountain that is 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,17 And 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,18 It passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down to Arabah:19 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.20 Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the border according to their families.21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,22 Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,23 Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,24 Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,26 Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,27 Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,28 And 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.