Joshua Chapter 18
The entire crew of Israel met up at Shiloh and set up the tabernacle there. The land was fully conquered, no cap.
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
Still, seven tribes of Israel were chilling, waiting on their inheritance, like, what’s taking so long?
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
So Joshua was like, "Hey, how long you gonna sleep on taking the land God handed over to you?"
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long {are} ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
Select three homies from each tribe, and I’ll send them to check out the land and report back.
Give out from among you three men for {each} tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come {again} to me.
They’ll divide it into seven sections: Judah’s got the south, and Joseph’s crew has the north.
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
Map out the land in seven sections and bring it to me so I can cast lots for you in front of the Lord, periodt.
Ye shall therefore describe the land {into} seven parts, and bring {the description} hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
Levites aren’t getting a part; their inheritance is the service of the Lord. Gad, Reuben, and half of Manasseh already scored theirs east of Jordan from Moses.
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD {is} their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
The guys got up and dipped: Joshua told them to stroll through the land, check it out, then return for me to cast lots for you in Shiloh.
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, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
They scouted the land, checking out the cities, wrote it all down in a book, then returned to Joshua at Shiloh.
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came {again} to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
In Shiloh, Joshua cast lots for them before the Lord and divided the land for the Israelites by their tribes.
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
The Benjamin fam snagged their area, chillin' between Judah and Joseph. Vibes only.
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Their northern border started at Jordan, rolling up to Jericho, then up through the mountains, wrapping up at the wilderness of Beth-aven, no cap.
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 the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.
The border went from there to Luz, which is known as Beth-el, heading south to Ataroth-adar, situated near the hill by lower Beth-horon.
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which {is} Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that {lieth} on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
The boundary was drawn from there, circling around the sea corner south, from the hill before Beth-horon, ending at Kirjath-baal, also called Kirjath-jearim, a city of Judah. That was the west side, fam.
And the border was drawn {thence}, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that {lieth} before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which {is} Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this {was} the west quarter.
The south border kicked off at Kirjath-jearim, extending west to the Nephtoah waterwell, lit.
And the south quarter {was} from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
The boundary came down to the end of the mountain near the valley of Hinnom, which is in the giant's valley up north, and dipped down to Hinnom, close to Jebusi in the south, and then to En-rogel.
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that {lieth} 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 Enrogel,
It stretched from the north to En-shemesh, then to Geliloth, near the Adummim climb, and dropped down to the stone of Bohan, Reuben's kid.
And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, 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,
It cruised along the north side of Arabah and proceeded down to Arabah, fr.
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: {Arabah: or, the plain}
The border rolled along the north side of Beth-hoglah, finishing at the north bay of the salt sea, at the southern tip of Jordan. This was the south coast, periodt.
And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah 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. {bay: Heb. tongue}
Jordan was the east border. This was the inheritance for the Benjamin fam, all around their territories, according to their family lines.
And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This {was} the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
The locations for the Benjamin fam included Jericho, Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, no cap.
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
Also, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-el, vibin' hard.
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Plus Avim, Parah, and Ophrah, lit vibes.
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
And Chephar-haammonai, Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their chill spots.
And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Gibeon, Ramah, and Beeroth, all goated.
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
Mizpeh, Chephirah, and Mozah, straight bussin'.
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
Rekem, Irpeel, and Taralah, savage lineup.
And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi (that’s Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their hangouts. This is the Benjamin fam's inheritance, periodt.
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.