1The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them.

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Joshua 19:51, Joshua 19:51, Joshua 21:2, 1 Samuel 1:3, Joshua 21:2

2Seven tribes remained among the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance.

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3Joshua said to the children of Israel, "How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?

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Proverbs 13:4, Judges 18:9, Proverbs 13:4, Judges 18:9, Matthew 20:6

4Appoint for you three men of each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.

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Joshua 18:9, Joshua 4:2, Joshua 18:6, Joshua 18:3, Numbers 13:2

5They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.

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Joshua 19:1, Joshua 19:9, Joshua 16:1, Joshua 16:10, Joshua 15:1

6You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

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Joshua 14:2, Joshua 14:2, Joshua 18:10, Joshua 18:10, Joshua 18:8

7For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them."

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Joshua 13:33, Joshua 13:33, Numbers 18:20, Joshua 13:8, Joshua 13:31

8The men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to survey the land, saying, "Go walk through the land, survey it, and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh."

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Romans 14:19, Joshua 18:10, Romans 14:19, Joshua 18:10, 1 Samuel 14:41

9The men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a book. They came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

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Acts 13:19, Acts 13:19

10Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

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Colossians 1:12, Colossians 1:12, Acts 13:19, Acts 13:19, Joshua 18:6

11The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

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Deuteronomy 13:12, Joshua 15:1, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 16:1, Joshua 16:10

12Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward. It ended at the wilderness of Beth Aven.

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Joshua 16:1, Joshua 16:1, Joshua 7:2, Joshua 7:2, Joshua 2:1

13The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.

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Genesis 28:19, Genesis 28:19, Joshua 16:2, Joshua 16:3, Joshua 16:2

14The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.

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Joshua 15:9, Joshua 15:9, 2 Samuel 6:2, 1 Samuel 7:1, 1 Samuel 7:2

15The south quarter was from the farthest part of Kiriath Jearim. The border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

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Joshua 15:9, Joshua 15:9

16The border went down to the farthest part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward. It went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En Rogel.

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2 Kings 23:10, 2 Kings 23:10, Joshua 15:7, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 15:7

17It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim. It went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

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Joshua 15:6, Joshua 15:6

18It passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.

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Joshua 15:6, Joshua 15:6, Joshua 15:61, Joshua 15:61

19The border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.

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Genesis 14:3, Joshua 15:2, Genesis 14:3, Joshua 15:2, Numbers 34:3

20The Jordan was its border on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders around it, according to their families.

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21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

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Joshua 18:12, Joshua 18:12, Joshua 6:1, Joshua 18:19, Luke 10:30

22Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

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1 Kings 12:29, 1 Kings 12:32, Joshua 15:6, 2 Chronicles 13:4, Joshua 18:18

23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

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1 Samuel 13:17, 1 Samuel 13:17

24Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.

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Ezra 2:26, Ezra 2:26, Isaiah 10:29, Nehemiah 7:30, Joshua 21:17

25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

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Joshua 9:17, Joshua 9:17, Joshua 7:17, 1 Kings 9:2, Isaiah 28:21

26Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

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Judges 10:17, Joshua 9:17, Ezra 2:25, Judges 10:17, Joshua 9:17

27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

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28Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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2 Samuel 21:14, 2 Samuel 21:14, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 15:8, 2 Samuel 5:8