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18:11 The first lot <01486> belonged <05927> to the tribe <04294> of Benjamin <01144> <01121> by its clans <04940>. Their allotted <01486> territory <01366> was <03318> between <0996> Judah <03063> <01121> and <0996> Joseph <03130> <01121>. 18:12 Their northern <06828> border <01366> started <06285> at <04480> the Jordan <03383>, went up <05927> to <0413> the slope <03802> of Jericho <03405> on the north <06828>, ascended <05927> westward <03220> to the hill country <02022>, and extended <08444> <01961> to the desert <04057> of Beth Aven <01007>. 18:13 It then crossed <05674> from there <08033> to Luz <03870>, to <0413> the slope <03802> of Luz <03870> to the south <05045> (that <01931> is, Bethel <01008>), and descended <03381> to Ataroth Addar <05853> located on <05921> the hill <02022> that <0834> is south <05045> of lower <08481> Beth Horon <01032>. 18:14 It then turned on <05437> the west <03220> side <06285> southward <05045> from <04480> the hill <02022> near <06440> Beth Horon <01032> on the south <05045> and extended <08444> <01961> to <0413> Kiriath Baal <07154> (that <01931> is, Kiriath Jearim <07157>), a city <05892> belonging to the tribe <01121> of Judah <03063>. This <02063> is the western <03220> border <06285>. 18:15 The southern <05045> side <06285> started on the edge <07097> of Kiriath Jearim <07157> and extended <03318> westward <03220> <01366> to <0413> the spring <04599> of the waters <04325> of Nephtoah <05318>. 18:16 The border <01366> then descended <03381> to <0413> the edge <07097> of the hill country <02022> near <06440> the Valley <01516> of Ben Hinnom <02011> <01121> located in the Valley <06010> of the Rephaites <07497> to the north <06828>. It descended <03381> through the Valley <01516> of Hinnom <02011> to <0413> the slope <03802> of the Jebusites <02983> to the south <05045> and then down <03381> to En Rogel <05883>. 18:17 It went <08388> northward <06828>, extending <03318> to En Shemesh <05885> and Geliloth <01553> opposite <05227> the Pass <04608> of Adummim <0131>, and descended <03381> to the Stone <068> of Bohan <0932> son <01121> of Reuben <07205>. 18:18 It crossed <05674> to <0413> the slope <03802> in front <04136> of the Arabah <06160> to the north <06828> and descended <03381> into the Arabah <06160>. 18:19 It then crossed <01366> <05674> to <0413> the slope <03802> of Beth Hoglah <01031> to the north <06828> and ended <01366> <08444> at <0413> the northern <06828> tip <03956> of the Salt <04417> Sea <03220> at <0413> the mouth <07097> of the Jordan <03383> River. This <02088> was the southern <05045> border <01366>. 18:20 The Jordan River <03383> borders <01379> it on the east <06924>. These <02063> were the borders <01367> of the land assigned <05159> to the tribe <01121> of Benjamin <01144> by its clans <04940>. 18:21 These cities <05892> belonged <01961> to the tribe <04294> of Benjamin <01144> <01121> by its clans <04940>: Jericho <03405>, Beth Hoglah <01031>, Emek Keziz <07104> <06010>, 18:22 Beth Arabah <01026>, Zemaraim <06787>, Bethel <01008>, 18:23 Avvim <05761>, Parah <06511>, Ophrah <06084>, 18:24 Kephar Ammoni <03726>, Ophni <06078>, and Geba <01387>– a total of twelve <06240> <08147> cities <05892> and their towns <02691>. 18:25 Gibeon <01391>, Ramah <07414>, Beeroth <0881>, 18:26 Mizpah <04708>, Kephirah <03716>, Mozah <04681>, 18:27 Rekem <07552>, Irpeel <03416>, Taralah <08634>, 18:28 Zelah <06762>, Haeleph <0507>, the Jebusite <02983> city (that <01931> is, Jerusalem <03389>), Gibeah <01394>, and Kiriath <07157>– a total of fourteen <06240> <0702> cities <05892> and their towns <02691>. This <02063> was the land assigned <05159> to the tribe <01121> of Benjamin <01144> by its clans <04940>.

• Jos 18:11-28 -- Benjamin's Tribal Lands

• Benjamin

  [ebd] son of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mother died in giving him ...
  [isbe] BENJAMIN - ben'-ja-min (binyamin, or binyamin; Beniaein, Beniamin): 1. The Patriarch: The youngest of Jacob's sons. His mother Rachel died in giving him birth. As she felt death approaching she called him Benoni, "son of my ...
  [nave] BENJAMIN 1. Son of Jacob by Rachel, Gen. 35:18, 24; 46:19. Taken into Egypt, Gen. 42-45. Prophecy concerning, Gen. 49:27. Descendants of, Gen. 46:21; Num. 26:38-41. Tribe of Census of, at Sinai, Num. 1:37; in the plain ...
  

• Chephirah

  [isbe] CHEPHIRAH - ke-fi'-ra (ha-kephirah; Codex Vaticanus, Kapheira (Josh 9); Codex Alexandrinus has Chepheira, Codex Vaticanus has kai Pheira (Josh 18)): One of the cities of the Hivites who by guile made alliance with Israel (Jo...
  [nave] CHEPHIRAH, a city of the Hivites, Josh. 9:17; 18:26; Ezra 2:25; Neh. 7:29.
  

• PALESTINE, 2

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 2 - III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testament; and the large majority of the 600 names of places, rivers and mountains...
  

• Joshua

  [nave] JOSHUA 1. Called also Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea. Son of Nun, Num. 13:8; 1 Chr. 7:27. Intimately associated with Moses, Ex. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11. A religious zealot, Num. 11:28. Sent with others to view the promise...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• DIVINATION

  [isbe] DIVINATION - div-i-na'-shun: 1. Definition 2. Kinds of Divination 3. Fundamental Assumption in Divination 4. Legitimate and Illegitimate Divination 5. The Bible and Divination 6. Modes of Divination Mentioned in the Bible: T...
  

• Jericho

  [ebd] place of fragrance, a fenced city in the midst of a vast grove of palm trees, in the plain of Jordan, over against the place where that river was crossed by the Israelites (Josh. 3:16). Its site was near the 'Ain es-Sultan, ...
  [isbe] JERICHO - jer'-i-ko (the word occurs in two forms. In the Pentateuch, in 2 Ki 25:5 and in Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles it is written yerecho; yericho, elsewhere): In 1 Ki 16:34 the final Hebrew letter is he (h), instead of waw...
  [smith] (place of fragrance), a city of high antiquity, situated in a plain traversed by the Jordan, and exactly over against where that river was crossed by the Israelites under Joshua. (Joshua 3:16) It was five miles west of the Jo...
  [nave] JERICHO 1. A city E. of Jerusalem and near the Jordan, Num. 22:1; 26:3; Deut. 34:1. Called the City of Palm Trees, Deut. 34:3. Situation of, pleasant, 2 Kin. 2:19. Rehab the harlot lived in, Josh. 2; Heb. 11:31. Joshua s...
  

• Beth-arabah

  [ebd] house of the desert, one of the six cities of Judah, situated in the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea (Josh. 18:22). In Josh. 15:61 it is said to have been "in the wilderness." It was afterwards included in the towns o...
  [isbe] BETH-ARABAH - beth-ar'-a-ba (beth ha-`arabhah; Baitharaba, "place of the Arabah"): (1) One of the 6 cities of Judah "in the wilderness" (Josh 15:61), on the borders of Benjamin and Judah (Josh 15:6; 18:18 Septuagint). "The w...
  [nave] BETH-ARABAH A city in the valley of the Dead Sea, Josh. 15:6, 61; 18:22. Called Arabah, Josh. 18:18.
  

• Rekem

  [ebd] embroidered; variegated. (1.) One of the five Midianite kings whom the Israelites destroyed (Num. 31:8). (2.) One of the sons of Hebron (1 Chr. 2:43, 44). (3.) A town of Benjamin (Josh. 18:27).
  [isbe] REKEM - re'-kem (rekem, "friendship"): (1) One of the five kings of Midian slain by the Israelites under Moses (Nu 31:8; Josh 13:21 (Codex Vaticanus Rhobok; Codex Alexandrinus Rhokom)). Like his companions, he is called a "k...
  [smith] one of the towns of the allotment of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:27) Its existing site is unknown.
  [nave] REKEM 1. A king of the Midianites, slain by the Israelites, Num. 31:8; Josh. 13:21. 2. A son of Hebron, 1 Chr. 2:43, 44. 3. A city in Benjamin, Josh. 18:27.
  

• Parah

  [ebd] the heifer, a town in Benjamin (Josh. 18:23), supposed to be identical with the ruins called Far'ah, about 6 miles north-east of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far'ah, which is a branch of the Wady Kelt.
  [isbe] PARAH - pa'-ra, par'-a (ha-parah; Codex Vaticanus Phara; Codex Alexandrinus Aphar): A city named as in the territory of Benjamin between Avvim and Ophrah (Josh 18:23). It may with some confidence be identified with Farah on ...
  [smith] (heifer-town) one of the cities in the territory allotted to Benjamin, named only in the lists of the conquest. (Joshua 18:23)
  [nave] PARAH, a city in Benjamin, Josh. 18:23.
  

• Ophrah

  [ebd] a fawn. 1 Chr. 4:14. (1.) A city of Benjamin (Josh. 18:23); probably identical with Ephron (2 Chr. 13:19) and Ephraim (John 11:54). (2.) "Of the Abi-ezrites." A city of Manasseh, 6 miles south-west of Shechem, the residence ...
  [isbe] OPHRAH - of'-ra (`ophrah; Codex Vaticanus Aphra; Codex Alexandrinus Iephratha, etc.): (1) A town in the territory allotted to Benjamin named between Parah and Chephar-ammoni (Josh 18:23). It is mentioned again in 1 Sam 13:17...
  [smith] (fawn). A town in the tribe of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:23; 1 Samuel 13:17) Jerome places it five miles east of Bethel. It is perhaps et-Taiyibeh , a small village on the crown of a conspicuous hill, four miles east-northeast...
  [nave] OPHRAH 1. A city in Benjamin, Josh. 18:23; 1 Sam. 13:17. Possibly identical with Ephrain, 2 Chr. 13:19; and Ephraim, John 11:54. 2. A city in Manasseh, home of Gideon, Judg. 6:11, 24; 8:27, 32; 9:5. 3. Son of Meonothai, 1...
  

• Mozah

  [ebd] an issuing of water, a city of Benjamin (Josh. 18:26).
  [isbe] MOZAH - mo'-za (ha-motsah; Codex Vaticanus Amoke; Codex Alexandrinus Amosa): A town in the territory of Benjamin named after Mizpeh and Chephirah (Josh 18:26). It may be represented by the modern Beit Mizzeh, the heavy "ts" ...
  [smith] (fountain), one of the cities in the allotment of Benjamin, (Joshua 18:26) only, named between hae-Cephirah and Rekem.
  [nave] MOZAH, a city of Benjamin, Josh. 18:26.
  

• QUARTER

  [isbe] QUARTER - kwor'-ter: Literally, of course, "the fourth part," and so of the four "ends" (qatsah) in Jer 49:36, and the King James Version of the four "corners" (so the Revised Version (British and American), gonia) in Rev 20...
  

• Gibeon

  [ebd] hill-city, "one of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty" (Josh. 10:2). Its inhabitants were Hivites (11:19). It lay within the territory of Benjamin, and became a priest-city (18:25; 21:17)....
  [isbe] GIBEON - gib'-e-un (gibh`on): One of the royal cities of the Hivites (Josh 9:7). It was a greater city than Ai; and its inhabitants were reputed mighty men (Josh 10:2). It fell within the territory allotted to Benjamin (Josh...
  [smith] (hill city), one of the four , cities of the Hivites, the inhabitants of which made a league with Joshua, (Joshua 9:3-15) and thus escaped the fate of Jericho and Ai. Comp. ch. (Joshua 11:19) Gibeon lay within the territory o...
  [nave] GIBEON 1. A city of the Hivites, Josh. 9:3, 17; 2 Sam. 21:2. The people of, adroitly draw Joshua into a treaty, Josh. 9. Made servants by the Israelites, when their sharp practice was discovered, Josh. 9:27. The sun stand...
  

• Adummim

  [ebd] the red ones, a place apparently on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem, "on the south side of the torrent" Wady Kelt, looking toward Gilgal, mentioned Josh. 15:7; 18:17. It was nearly half-way between Jerusalem and Jeric...
  [isbe] ADUMMIM - a-dum'-im ('adhummim, perhaps "red spots"): "The ascent of Adummim" is one of the numerous landmarks mentioned in defining the northern border of Judah westward from the mouth of the Jordan to Jerusalem, and in def...
  [smith] (the going up to), a rising ground or pass over against Gilgal," and "on the south side of the ?torrent?" (Joshua 15:7; 18:17) which is the position still occupied by the road leading up from Jericho and the Jordan valley to ...
  [nave] ADUMMIM, place between the fords of the Jordan and Jerusalem, Josh. 15:7; 18:17.
  

• Geliloth

  [ebd] circles; regions, a place in the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:17); called Gilgal in 15:7.
  [isbe] GELILOTH - ge-li'-loth (geliloth): This word is used for "districts" or "circuits" perhaps indicating the different parts subject to the several lords of the Philistines (Josh 13:2, the King James Version "borders," the Revi...
  [smith] (circuit), a place named among the marks of the south boundary line of the tribe of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:17) The name Geliloth never occurs again in this locality, and it therefore seems probable that Gilgal is the right read...
  [nave] GELILOTH A place mentioned, Josh. 18:17, as marking the boundary of Benjamin. In Josh. 15:7, Gilgal is substituted.
  

• GEBA

  [ebd] the hill, (2 Sam. 5:25 [1 Chr. 14:16, "Gibeon"]; 2 Kings 23:8; Neh. 11:31), a Levitical city of Benjamin (1 Kings 15:22; 1 Sam. 13:16; 14:5, wrongly "Gibeah" in the A.V.), on the north border of Judah near Gibeah (Isa. 10:29...
  [isbe] GEBA - ge'-ba (gebha`, "hill"): (1) A town on the Northeast boundary of the territory of Benjamin (Josh 18:24), given to the Levites (Josh 21:17; 1 Ch 6:60). It stood on the northern frontier of the kingdom of Judah, Geba an...
  [smith] (a hill), a city of Benjamin, with "suburbs," allotted to the priests. (Joshua 21:17; 1 Chronicles 6:60) It is named amongst the first group of the Benjamite towns --apparently those lying near to and along the north bound...
  

• JEBUS

  [ebd] trodden hard, or fastness, or "the waterless hill", the name of the Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion (Josh. 15:8; 18:16, 28). It is identified with Jerusalem (q.v.) in Judg. 19:10, and with the castle or city of Da...
  [smith] (threshing-floor), one of the names of Jerusalem, the city of the Jebusites, are called JEBUSI. (Joshua 15:8; 18:16,28; Judges 19:10,11; 1 Chronicles 11:4,5) [JERUSALEM]
  

• Ophni

  [ebd] mouldy, a city of Benjamin (Josh. 18:24).
  [isbe] OPHNI - of'-ni (ha-`ophni; Aphne): A place in the territory of Benjamin (Josh 18:24). The modern Jifneh, in a fine vale West of the road to Nablus and 2 1/2 miles Northwest of Bethel, might suit as to position; but the chang...
  [smith] (mouldy), a town of Benjamin, mentioned in (Joshua 18:24) the same as the Gophna of Josephus a place which at the time of Vespasian?s invasion was apparently so important as to be second only to Jerusalem. It still survives i...
  [nave] OPHNI, a town of the Benjamites, Josh. 18:24.
  

• Eleph

  [isbe] ELEPH - e'-lef (ha-'eleph, "the ox"): A place in the lot of Benjamin not far from Jerusalem (Josh 18:28). The name is omitted by Septuagint, unless, indeed, it is combined with that of Zelah. It may be identical with Lifta, ...
  [smith] (the ox), one of the towns allotted to Benjamin, and named next to Jerusalem. (Joshua 18:28)
  [nave] ELEPH, a town allotted to Benjamin, Josh. 18:28.
  

• Joshua Leads the Division of Canaan

  

• Dividing the Rest of the Land

  

• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
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