1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,stylusJoshua 19:51, Joshua 19:51, Joshua 21:2, 1 Samuel 1:3, Joshua 21:22there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.stylus3So 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?stylusProverbs 13:4, Judges 18:9, Proverbs 13:4, Judges 18:9, Matthew 20:64Appoint 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 mestylusJoshua 18:9, Joshua 4:2, Joshua 18:6, Joshua 18:3, Numbers 13:25and 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.stylusJoshua 19:1, Joshua 19:9, Joshua 16:1, Joshua 16:10, Joshua 15:16When 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.stylusJoshua 14:2, Joshua 14:2, Joshua 18:10, Joshua 18:10, Joshua 18:87The 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.”stylusJoshua 13:33, Joshua 13:33, Numbers 18:20, Joshua 13:8, Joshua 13:318As 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.”stylusRomans 14:19, Joshua 18:10, Romans 14:19, Joshua 18:10, 1 Samuel 14:419So 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.stylusActs 13:19, Acts 13:1910And 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.stylusColossians 1:12, Colossians 1:12, Acts 13:19, Acts 13:19, Joshua 18:611The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:stylusDeuteronomy 13:12, Joshua 15:1, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 16:1, Joshua 16:1012On 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.stylusJoshua 16:1, Joshua 16:1, Joshua 7:2, Joshua 7:2, Joshua 2:113From 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.stylusGenesis 28:19, Genesis 28:19, Joshua 16:2, Joshua 16:3, Joshua 16:214On 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.stylusJoshua 15:9, Joshua 15:9, 2 Samuel 6:2, 1 Samuel 7:1, 1 Samuel 7:215On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.stylusJoshua 15:9, Joshua 15:916Then 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.stylus2 Kings 23:10, 2 Kings 23:10, Joshua 15:7, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 15:717From 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.stylusJoshua 15:6, Joshua 15:618Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.stylusJoshua 15:6, Joshua 15:6, Joshua 15:61, Joshua 15:6119The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.stylusGenesis 14:3, Joshua 15:2, Genesis 14:3, Joshua 15:2, Numbers 34:320On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.stylus21These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin:stylusJoshua 18:12, Joshua 18:12, Joshua 6:1, Joshua 18:19, Luke 10:3022Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,stylus1 Kings 12:29, 1 Kings 12:32, Joshua 15:6, 2 Chronicles 13:4, Joshua 18:1823Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,stylus1 Samuel 13:17, 1 Samuel 13:1724Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.stylusEzra 2:26, Ezra 2:26, Isaiah 10:29, Nehemiah 7:30, Joshua 21:1725Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,stylusJoshua 9:17, Joshua 9:17, Joshua 7:17, 1 Kings 9:2, Isaiah 28:2126Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,stylusJudges 10:17, Joshua 9:17, Ezra 2:25, Judges 10:17, Joshua 9:1727Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,stylus28Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.stylus2 Samuel 21:14, 2 Samuel 21:14, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 15:8, 2 Samuel 5:8