The Remainder Divided
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them, Jos 19:511Sa 1:3Jos 21:2Jer 26:6Jos 22:91Ki 14:21Ki 2:271Sa 1:24 there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.
So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you? Pro 13:4Jdg 18:9Pro 15:19Mat 20:6Pro 10:4Php 3:13-14Zep 3:162Pe 1:10-11 Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me Jos 18:3Jos 18:6Jos 18:9Jos 3:12Jos 4:2Num 1:4Num 13:2 and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north. Jos 15:1-12Jos 16:1-10Jos 19:1-9 When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God. Jos 14:2Jos 18:10Act 13:19Jos 18:8Num 26:54-55Num 33:54Num 34:13Pro 16:33
The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.” Jos 13:33Num 18:20Jos 13:8-31Deu 10:9Deu 18:1-2Deu 3:12-17Num 18:23Num 32:29-41
As the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.” Act 1:24-26Jos 18:10Rom 14:191Sa 14:41Gen 13:17Jos 13:7Jos 14:1-2Jos 15:1
So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh. Act 13:19
And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions. Col 1:12Act 13:19Jos 18:6Act 26:18Ezk 47:22Ezk 48:29Jhn 17:2Jos 18:8
Benjamin’s Inheritance
The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph: Deu 10:1-22Deu 13:12Jos 15:1-8Jos 16:1-10
On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven. Jos 16:1Jos 7:2Hos 10:5Hos 4:15Hos 5:8Jos 2:1Jos 3:16Jos 6:1 From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon. Gen 28:19Jos 16:2-3Jdg 1:22-26Jos 10:11Jos 16:5Jos 21:22
On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side. Jos 15:91Ch 13:5-61Sa 7:1-22Sa 6:2Jos 15:60
On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah. Jos 15:9 Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel. 2Ki 23:10Jos 15:7-8Isa 30:331Ch 14:91Ki 1:92Ch 28:32Ch 33:62Sa 17:17 From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. Jos 15:6 Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah 1and went down into the valley. Jos 15:6Jos 15:61 The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, 2 at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border. Gen 14:3Jos 15:2Deu 3:17Gen 19:25Isa 11:15Jos 12:3Jos 3:16Num 34:3
On the east side the border was the Jordan.
These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jos 18:12Jos 15:6Jos 18:19Jos 2:1Jos 6:1Luk 10:30Luk 19:1
Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 1Ki 12:29-322Ch 13:4Gen 10:18Jos 15:6Jos 18:18 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 1Sa 13:17 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages. Ezr 2:26Isa 10:29Jos 21:17Neh 7:30
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Jos 9:171Ki 3:4-51Ki 9:21Sa 1:1Isa 28:21Jer 31:15Jos 10:2Jos 15:34 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, Ezr 2:25Jdg 10:17Jos 9:17 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus 3(that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, 4 and Kiriath-jearim 5—fourteen cities, along with their villages. 2Sa 21:14Jos 15:81Sa 10:261Sa 13:15-162Sa 5:8Hos 10:9Isa 10:29Jdg 19:12-15
This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.