1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them.
2 But there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance.
3 And Joshua said to the children of Israel: How long will you be slack to go and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers has given to you?
4 Provide from among you three men for each tribe, and I will send them; they shall rise up and go through the land, plot it out according to their inheritance, and come back to me.
5 And they shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in their territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the north.
6 You shall therefore plot out the land into seven parts and bring the map here to me, and I shall 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, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the servant of Jehovah has given to them.
8 And the men arose to go away; and Joshua charged those who went to plot out the land, saying, Go, walk through the land, survey it, and come back to me, and I shall cast lots for you here before Jehovah at Shiloh.
9 So the men went, passed through the land, and plotted it out in a book into seven territories by cities; and they came to Joshua at the camp at Shiloh.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh before Jehovah, and there Joshua distributed 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 territory of their lot came out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.
12 Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up alongside Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
13 The border went over from there toward Luz, beside Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that is on the south side of Lower Beth Horon.
14 And the border extended around the west side to the south, from the hill that lies before Beth Horon southward; and it ended at Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.
15 The south side began at the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the west and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of the giants on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, beside the city of the Jebusites on the south, and descended to En Rogel.
17 And it went around from the north, went out to En Shemesh, and extended toward Geliloth, before the ascent of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
18 Then it passed along toward the north side of the plains, and went down to the plains.
19 And the border passed along to the north side of Beth Hoglah; and the border ended at the north bay at the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern border.
20 The Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, according to its borders all around, according to their families.
21 And the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, the valley of Keziz,
22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
23 Avim, Parah, Ophrah,
24 Chephar Haammoni, Ophni, and Gaba: twelve cities with their villages;
25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
26 Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,
27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
28 Zelah, Eleph, Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.
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.