Josva 18 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Fordelingen af resten af landet

1 Nu da landet var under Israels kontrol, samledes folket i Shilo for at rejse åbenbaringsteltet. 2 Dog var der endnu syv af stammerne, som ikke havde fået tildelt deres landområder. 3 Josva spurgte dem: „Hvor længe vil I vente med at tage det land i besiddelse, som Herren, jeres Gud, har lovet jer? 4 Udvælg tre mænd fra hver stamme, så vil jeg sende dem ud for at kortlægge de resterende områder, så vi kan få fastlagt de sidste stammers landegrænser. 5-6 De skal opdele landet i syv områder, idet Judas stamme allerede har fået land mod syd og Josefs stammer mod nord. Så vil vi ved lodtrækning fordele disse områder mellem de sidste syv stammer. 7 Levitterne får ingen jord, da de arbejder direkte for Herren. Gud selv er deres arvelod, og han vil sørge for dem. Gads stamme og Rubens stamme samt Manasses halve stamme skal heller ikke have noget jord, for de har allerede fået tildelt deres arvelod øst for Jordanfloden, som Moses lovede dem.” 8 Til de udvalgte mænd sagde Josva: „Tag af sted og kortlæg hele landet, og kom så tilbage til mig med jeres skrevne rapport, så vil vi kaste lod for Herrens ansigt her i Shilo.” 9 Mændene tog nu af sted, som de havde fået besked på, og opdelte området i syv territorier med en liste over byerne i de enkelte territorier. Derpå vendte de tilbage til Josva i lejren ved Shilo, 10 og under den efterfølgende lodtrækning viste Herren Josva, hvordan territorierne skulle fordeles mellem stammerne.

Benjamins arvelod

11 Klanerne af Benjamins stamme fik ved lodtrækning tildelt området mellem Judas og Efraims territorier. 12 Nordgrænsen løb fra Jordanfloden op om Jeriko og vestpå gennem højlandet og Bet-Avens ørken. 13 Den fortsatte til den sydlige skråning over for Luz, der også kaldes Betel, og gik videre til Atarot-Addar i højlandet syd for Nedre Bet-Horon. 14 Vestgrænsen gik herfra mod syd og fulgte den vestlige side af højdedraget over for Bet-Horon for at ende ved landsbyen Kirjat-Ba’al, som også kaldes Kirjat-Jearim, som tilhørte Judas stamme. 15 Den sydlige grænse løb fra udkanten af Kirjat-Jearim vestpå til Neftoakilden 16 og ned til foden af bjerget ved Hinnoms dal i den nordlige ende af Refaims dal. Derfra gik den gennem Hinnoms dal syd om de høje, hvor jebusitterne boede, og fortsatte ned til En-Rogel. 17 Fra En-Rogel løb grænsen mod nordøst til En-Shemesh, videre til Gelilot over for Adummimpasset og ned til Bohanstenen, der er opkaldt efter Rubens søn, 18 videre til højdedraget nord for Bet-ha-Araba, ned i Jordandalen 19 og nord om Bet-Hogla for at ende nær det sted ved Det Døde Hav, hvor Jordanfloden løber ud i søen. 20 Den østlige grænse fulgte Jordanfloden. Det var Benjamins territorium. 21 Benjamins stamme fik følgende byer: Jeriko, Bet-Hogla, Emek-Ketzitz, 22 Bet-ha-Araba, Zemarajim, Betel, 23 Avvim, Para, Ofra, 24 Kefar-ha-Ammoni, Ofni og Geba, i alt 12 byer med tilhørende landsbyer. 25 Desuden Gibeon, Rama, Be’erot, 26 Mitzpe, Kefira, Mosa, 27 Rekem, Jirpe’el, Tarala, 28 Zela, Elef, Jebus, der også kaldes Jerusalem, Gibea og Kirjat-Jearim, i alt 14 byer med tilhørende landsbyer.

King James Version

1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. 2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. 7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. 8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. 11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron. 14 And the border was drawn thence , and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. 15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: 16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, 17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: 19 And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz, 22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.