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And the whole congregation[H5712] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] assembled together[H6950] at Shiloh[H7887], and set up[H7931] the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150] there. And the land[H776] was subdued[H3533]before[H6440] them.
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And there remained[H3498] among the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]seven[H7651]tribes[H7626], which had not yet received[H2505] their inheritance[H5159].
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And Joshua[H3091]said[H559] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], How long are ye slack[H7503] to go[H935] to possess[H3423] the land[H776], which the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of your fathers[H1] hath given[H5414] you?
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Give out[H3051] from among you three[H7969]men[H582] for each tribe[H7626]: and I will send[H7971] them, and they shall rise[H6965], and go[H1980] through the land[H776], and describe[H3789] it according[H6310] to the inheritance[H5159] of them; and they shall come[H935] again to me.
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And they shall divide[H2505] it into seven[H7651]parts[H2506]: Judah[H3063] shall abide[H5975] in their coast[H1366] on the south[H5045], and the house[H1004] of Joseph[H3130] shall abide[H5975] in their coasts[H1366] on the north[H6828].
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Ye shall therefore describe[H3789] the land[H776] into seven[H7651]parts[H2506], and bring[H935] the description hither to me, that I may cast[H3384]lots[H1486] for you here before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] our God[H430].
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But the Levites[H3881] have no part[H2506]among[H7130] you; for the priesthood[H3550] of the LORD[H3068] is their inheritance[H5159]: and Gad[H1410], and Reuben[H7205], and half[H2677] the tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519], have received[H3947] their inheritance[H5159]beyond[H5676]Jordan[H3383] on the east[H4217], which Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of the LORD[H3068]gave[H5414] them.
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And the men[H582]arose[H6965], and went[H1980]away[H3212]: and Joshua[H3091]charged[H6680] them that went[H1980] to describe[H3789] the land[H776], saying[H559], Go[H3212] and walk[H1980] through the land[H776], and describe[H3789] it, and come again[H7725] to me, that I may here cast[H7993]lots[H1486] for you before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] in Shiloh[H7887].
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And the men[H582]went[H3212] and passed through[H5674] the land[H776], and described[H3789] it by cities[H5892] into seven[H7651]parts[H2506] in a book[H5612], and came[H935] again to Joshua[H3091] to the host[H4264] at Shiloh[H7887].
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And Joshua[H3091]cast[H7993]lots[H1486] for them in Shiloh[H7887]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]: and there Joshua[H3091]divided[H2505] the land[H776] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] according to their divisions[H4256].
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And the lot[H1486] of the tribe[H4294] of the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] came up[H5927] according to their families[H4940]: and the coast[H1366] of their lot[H1486] came forth[H3318] between the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] and the children[H1121] of Joseph[H3130].
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And their border[H1366] on the north[H6828]side[H6285] was from Jordan[H3383]; and the border[H1366] went up[H5927] to the side[H3802] of Jericho[H3405] on the north[H6828]side[H3802], and went up[H5927] through the mountains[H2022]westward[H3220]; and the goings out[H8444] thereof were at the wilderness[H4057] of Bethaven[H1007].
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And the border[H1366] went over[H5674] from thence toward Luz[H3870], to the side[H3802] of Luz[H3870], which is Bethel[H1008], southward[H5045]; and the border[H1366]descended[H3381] to Atarothadar[H5853], near the hill[H2022] that lieth on the south side[H5045] of the nether[H8481]Bethhoron[H1032].
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And the border[H1366] was drawn[H8388] thence, and compassed[H5437] the corner[H6285] of the sea[H3220]southward[H5045], from the hill[H2022] that lieth before[H6440]Bethhoron[H1032]southward[H5045]; and the goings out[H8444] thereof were at Kirjathbaal[H7154], which is Kirjathjearim[H7157], a city[H5892] of the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063]: this was the west[H3220]quarter[H6285].
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And the south[H5045]quarter[H6285] was from the end[H7097] of Kirjathjearim[H7157], and the border[H1366] went out[H3318] on the west[H3220], and went out[H3318] to the well[H4599] of waters[H4325] of Nephtoah[H5318]:
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And the border[H1366] came down[H3381] to the end[H7097] of the mountain[H2022] that lieth before[H6440] the valley[H1516] of the son[H1121] of Hinnom[H2011], and which is in the valley[H6010] of the giants[H7497] on the north[H6828], and descended[H3381] to the valley[H6010] of Hinnom[H2011], to the side[H3802] of Jebusi[H2983] on the south[H5045], and descended[H3381] to Enrogel[H5883],
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And was drawn[H8388] from the north[H6828], and went forth[H3318] to Enshemesh[H5885], and went forth[H3318] toward Geliloth[H1553], which is over against[H5227] the going up[H4608] of Adummim[H131], and descended[H3381] to the stone[H68] of Bohan[H932] the son[H1121] of Reuben[H7205],
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And passed along[H5674] toward the side[H3802] over against[H4136]Arabah[H6160]northward[H6828], and went down[H3381] unto Arabah[H6160]:
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And the border[H1366] passed along[H5674] to the side[H3802] of Bethhoglah[H1031]northward[H6828]: and the outgoings[H8444] of the border[H1366] were at the north[H6828]bay[H3956] of the salt[H4417]sea[H3220] at the south[H5045]end[H7097] of Jordan[H3383]: this was the south[H5045]coast[H1366].
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And Jordan[H3383] was the border[H1379] of it on the east[H6924]side[H6285]. This was the inheritance[H5159] of the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144], by the coasts[H1367] thereof round about[H5439], according to their families[H4940].
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Now the cities[H5892] of the tribe[H4294] of the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] according to their families[H4940] were Jericho[H3405], and Bethhoglah[H1031], and the valley[H6010] of Keziz[H7104],
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And Betharabah[H1026], and Zemaraim[H6787], and Bethel[H1008],
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And Avim[H5761], and Parah[H6511], and Ophrah[H6084],
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And Chepharhaammonai[H3726], and Ophni[H6078], and Gaba[H1387]; twelve[H8147]cities[H5892] with their villages[H2691]:
25Gibeon[H1391], and Ramah[H7414], and Beeroth[H881],
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And Mizpeh[H4708], and Chephirah[H3716], and Mozah[H4681],
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And Rekem[H7552], and Irpeel[H3416], and Taralah[H8634],
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And Zelah[H6762], Eleph[H507], and Jebusi[H2983], which is Jerusalem[H3389], Gibeath[H1394], and Kirjath[H7157]; fourteen[H702]cities[H5892] with their villages[H2691]. This is the inheritance[H5159] of the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] according to their families[H4940].