Thematic Bible
Joshua 18:1 (show verse)
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of witness there, and the land was in subjection before them.
Joshua 18:2 (show verse)
But there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not their inheritance divided out.
Joshua 18:3 (show verse)
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, "How long are ye so slack to go and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
Joshua 18:4 (show verse)
Bring of every tribe three men that I may send them. And that they may rise and walk through the land and distribute it by their inheritances and come again to me.
Joshua 18:5 (show verse)
Divide it into seven parts. For Judah shall abide by their coasts in the south, and the house of Joseph shall stand to their coasts in the north.
Joshua 18:6 (show verse)
Describe ye the land therefore into seven parts, and bring the description to me hither, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
Joshua 18:7 (show verse)
The Levites have no part among you, for the priestship of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan Eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them."
Joshua 18:8 (show verse)
And the men arose and went their way. And Joshua charged them that went to describe the land saying, "Hence, and go through the land and describe it, and come again to me hither: and I will cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh."
Joshua 18:9 (show verse)
And the men departed, and walked through the land and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and returned to Joshua unto the host at Shiloh.
Joshua 18:10 (show verse)
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there he divided the land unto the children of Israel, to each their portion.
Joshua 18:11 (show verse)
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their kindreds. And the coasts of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Joshua 18:12 (show verse)
And their north coasts were from Jordan and went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward, and they ended at the wilderness of Bethaven;
Joshua 18:13 (show verse)
and went from thence to the south side of Luz, otherwise called Bethel: and descended to Atarothaddar upon the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
Joshua 18:14 (show verse)
And the west coast draweth and compasseth southward, even from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron, and goeth out at Kiriathbaal which is Kiriathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: and this is the west quarter.
Joshua 18:15 (show verse)
And the south coast goeth from the edge of Kiriathjearim westward, and goeth out to the water well of Nephtoah;
Joshua 18:16 (show verse)
and cometh down to the edge of the hill that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom which is in the valley of Rephaim northward, and descendeth through the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward and goeth down to the well of Rogel.
Joshua 18:17 (show verse)
And compasseth from the north and goeth forth to Enshemesh and to the coasts that lie before the going up unto Adummim; and goeth down to the stone of Bohan the son of Ruben;
Joshua 18:18 (show verse)
and then goeth along toward the side of the plain, northward; and goeth down into the plain;
Joshua 18:19 (show verse)
and goeth along to the side of Bethhoglah northward, and endeth and the point of the salt sea north therefrom, and at the end of Jordan south therefrom. This is the south coast,
Joshua 18:20 (show verse)
and Jordan is their east coast. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin with their coasts round about and by their kindreds.
Joshua 18:21 (show verse)
And these are the cities of the tribes of the children of Benjamin in their kindreds: Jericho, Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz;
Joshua 18:22 (show verse)
Betharabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel;
Joshua 18:23 (show verse)
Avvim, Parah, and Ophrah;
Joshua 18:24 (show verse)
Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: Twelve cities with their villages.
Joshua 18:25 (show verse)
Gibeon, Ramah, and Beeroth;
Joshua 18:26 (show verse)
Mizpeh, Chephirah and Mozah;
Joshua 18:27 (show verse)
Rekem, Irpeel and Taralah,
Joshua 18:28 (show verse)
Zela, Haeleph, and the city of the Jebusites, which is Jerusalem; Gibeah, and Kiriathjearim: Fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin in their kindreds.