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 And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and caused the tent of meeting to stay there: and the land was subdued before them.2 And there remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.3 And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long are you{+} slack to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your{+} fathers, has given you{+}?4 Appoint for yourselves three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they will arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they will come to me.5 And they will divide it into seven portions: Judah will remain in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph will remain in their border on the north.6 And you{+} will describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you{+} here before Yahweh our God.7 For the Levites have no portion among you{+}; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the slave of Yahweh gave them.8 And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged those who 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh: and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions.11 And the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.12 And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out of it were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.13 And the border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-orech, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth-horon the nether.14 And the border extended [from there], and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah: this was the west quarter.15 And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out toward Iyyim, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah;16 and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel;17 and it extended northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is across from the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;18 and it passed along to the side across from the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah;19 and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.20 And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by its borders round about, according to their families.21 Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz,22 and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,23 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,24 and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,28 and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, that is Jerusalem, Gibeath, [and] Kiriath-jearim; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.