Joshua 18

vayyiqqahalu kol-adat bene-yisra'el shiloh vayyashkinu sham et-ohel mo'ed veha'arets nikhbeshah lifnehem

The whole community of Israelites assembled at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was now under their control;

vayyivvateru bivne yisra'el asher lo-khalequ et-nakhalatam shivah shevatim

but there remained seven tribes of the Israelites that had not yet received their portions.

vayyomer yehoshua el-bene yisra'el ad-anah attem mitrappim lavo lareshet et-ha'arets asher natan lakhem Adonai elohe avotekhem

So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you be slack about going and taking possession of the land that the ETERNAL, the God of your ancestors, has assigned to you?

havu lakhem sheloshah anashim lashavet ve'eshlakhem veyaqumu veyithallekhu va'arets veyikhtevu otah lefi nakhalatam veyavo'u elay

Appoint three representatives from each tribe; I will send them out to go through the country and write down a description of it for purposes of apportionment, and then come back to me.

vehitkhallequ otah leshivah khalaqim yehudah ya'amod al-gevulo minnegev uvet yosef ya'amdu al-gevulam mitsafon

They shall divide it into seven parts—Judah shall remain by its territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain by its territory in the north.—

ve'attem tikhtevu et-ha'arets shivah khalaqim vahavetem elay hennah veyariti lakhem goral poh lifne Adonai elohenu

When you have written down the description of the land in seven parts, bring it here to me. Then I will cast lots for you here before the ETERNAL our God.

ki en-kheleq lalviyyim beqirbekhem ki-khehunnat Adonai nakhalato vegad ure'uven vakhatsi shevet hamenasheh laqekhu nakhalatam me'ever layyarden mizrakhah asher natan lahem mosheh eved Adonai

For the Levites have no share among you, since GOD’s priesthood is their portion; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received the portions that were assigned to them by Moses the servant of GOD, on the eastern side of the Jordan.”

vayyaqumu ha'anashim vayyelekhu vayetsav yehoshua et-haholekhim likhtov et-ha'arets lemor lekhu vehithallekhu va'arets vekhitvu otah veshuvu elay ufoh ashlikh lakhem goral lifne Adonai beshiloh

The men set out on their journeys: Joshua ordered those who were leaving to write down a description of the land—“Go, traverse the country and write down a description of it. Then return to me, and I will cast lots for you here at Shiloh before GOD.”

vayyelekhu ha'anashim vayya'avru va'arets vayyikhtevuha le'arim leshivah khalaqim al-sefer vayyavo'u el-yehoshua el-hammakhaneh shiloh

So the men went and traversed the land; they described it in a document, town by town, in seven parts, and they returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.

vayyashlekh lahem yehoshua goral beshiloh lifne Adonai vayekhalleq-sham yehoshua et-ha'arets livne yisra'el kemakhleqotam

Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh before GOD, and there Joshua apportioned the land among the Israelites according to their divisions.

vayya'al goral matteh vene-vinyamin lemishpekhotam vayyetse gevul goralam ben bene yehudah uven bene yosef

The lot of the tribe of the Benjaminites, by their clans, came out first. The territory that fell to their lot lay between the Judahites and the Josephites.

vayehi lahem haggevul lifat tsafonah min-hayyarden ve'alah haggevul el-ketef yerikho mitsafon ve'alah vahar yammah (vhyh) [vehayu] totse'otayw midbarah bet aven

The boundary on their northern rim began at the Jordan; the boundary ascended to the northern flank of Jericho, ascended westward into the hill country and ran on to the Wilderness of Beth-aven.

ve'avar misham haggevul luzah el-ketef luzah negbah hi bet-el veyarad haggevul atrot addar al-hahar asher minnegev levet-khoron takhton

From there the boundary passed on southward to Luz, to the flank of Luz—that is, Bethel; then the boundary descended to Atroth-addar [and] to the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

veta'ar haggevul venasav lifat-yam negbah min-hahar asher al-pene vet-khoron negbah (vhyh) [vehayu] totse'otayw el-qiryat-ba'al hi qiryat ye'arim ir bene yehudah zot pe'at-yam

The boundary now turned and curved onto the western rim; and the boundary ran southward from the hill on the south side of Beth-horon till it ended at Kiriath-baal—that is, Kiriath-jearim—a town of the Judahites. That was the western rim.

ufe'at-negbah miqtseh qiryat ye'arim veyatsa haggevul yammah veyatsa el-mayan me neftoakh

The southern rim: From the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim, the boundary passed westward and ran on to the fountain of the Waters of Nephtoah.

veyarad haggevul el-qetseh hahar asher al-pene ge ven-hinnom asher be'emeq refa'im tsafonah veyarad ge hinnom el-ketef hayevusi negbah veyarad en rogel

Then the boundary descended to the foot of the hill by the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim; then it ran down the Valley of Hinnom along the southern flank of the Jebusites to En-rogel.

veta'ar mitsafon veyatsa en shemesh veyatsa el-gelilot asher-nokhakh ma'aleh adummim veyarad even bohan ben-re'uven

Curving northward, it ran on to En-shemesh and ran on to Geliloth, facing the Ascent of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

ve'avar el-ketef mul-ha'aravah tsafonah veyarad ha'aravatah

It continued northward to the edge of the Arabah and descended into the Arabah.

ve'avar haggevul el-ketef bet-khoglah tsafonah (vhyh) [vehayu ] (ttsvtyv) [totse'ot] haggevul el-leshon yam-hammelakh tsafonah el-qetseh hayyarden negbah zeh gevul negev

The boundary passed on to the northern flank of Beth-hoglah, and the boundary ended at the northern tongue of the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan. That was the southern boundary.

vehayyarden yigbol-oto lifat-qedemah zot nakhalat bene vinyamin ligvuloteha saviv lemishpekhotam

On their eastern rim, finally, the Jordan was their boundary. That was the portion of the Benjaminites, by their clans, according to its boundaries on all sides.

vehayu he'arim lematteh bene vinyamin lemishpekhotehem yerikho uvet-khoglah ve'emeq qetsits

And the towns of the tribe of the Benjaminites, by its clans, were: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

uvet ha'aravah utsemarayim uvet-el

Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

veha'avvim vehapparah ve'ofrah

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

ukhefar (hmny) [ha'ammonah] veha'ofni vagava arim shetem-esreh vekhatsrehen

Chephar-ammonah, Ophni, and Geba—12 towns, with their villages.

givon veharamah uve'erot

Also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

vehammitspeh vehakkefirah vehammotsah

Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

vereqem veyirpe'el vetaralah

Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

vetsela ha'elef vehayevusi hi yerushalai͏m givat qiryat arim arba-esreh vekhatsrehen zot nakhalat bene-vinyamin lemishpekhotam

Zela, Eleph, and Jebus—that is, Jerusalem—Gibeath [and] Kiriath: 14 towns, with their villages. That was the portion of the Benjaminites, by their clans.