1Toda a comunidade dos israelitas reuniu-se em Siló e ali armou a Tenda do Encontro. A terra foi dominada por eles;2mas sete tribos ainda não tinham recebido a sua herança.3Então Josué disse aos israelitas: “Até quando vocês vão negligenciar a posse da terra que o SENHOR, o Deus dos seus antepassados, deu a vocês?4Escolham três homens de cada tribo, e eu os enviarei. Eles vão examinar a terra e mapeá-la, conforme a herança de cada tribo. Depois voltarão a mim.5Dividam a terra em sete partes. Judá ficará em seu território ao sul, e a tribo de José em seu território ao norte.6Depois que fizerem um mapa das sete partes da terra, tragam-no para mim, e eu farei sorteio para vocês na presença do SENHOR, o nosso Deus.7Mas os levitas nada receberão entre vocês, pois o sacerdócio do SENHOR é a herança deles. Gade, Rúben e a metade da tribo de Manassés já receberam a sua herança no lado leste do Jordão, dada a eles por Moisés, servo do SENHOR”.8Quando os homens estavam de partida para mapear a terra, Josué os instruiu: “Vão examinar a terra e façam uma descrição dela. Depois voltem, e eu farei um sorteio para vocês aqui em Siló, na presença do SENHOR”.9Os homens partiram e percorreram a terra. Descreveram-na num rolo, cidade por cidade, em sete partes, e retornaram a Josué, ao acampamento de Siló.10Josué fez então um sorteio para eles em Siló, na presença do SENHOR, e ali distribuiu a terra aos israelitas, conforme a porção devida a cada tribo.
As Terras da Tribo de Benjamim
11Saiu a sorte para a tribo de Benjamim, clã por clã. O território sorteado ficava entre as tribos de Judá e de José.12No lado norte a sua fronteira começava no Jordão, passava pela encosta norte de Jericó e prosseguia para o oeste, para a região montanhosa, terminando no deserto de Bete-Áven.13Dali ia para a encosta sul de Luz, que é Betel, e descia para Atarote-Adar, na montanha que está ao sul de Bete-Horom Baixa.14Da montanha que fica defronte de Bete-Horom, no sul, a fronteira virava para o sul, ao longo do lado ocidental, e terminava em Quiriate-Baal, que é Quiriate-Jearim, cidade do povo de Judá. Esse era o lado ocidental.15A fronteira sul começava no oeste, nos arredores de Quiriate-Jearim, e chegava à fonte de Neftoa.16A fronteira descia até o sopé da montanha que fica defronte do vale de Ben-Hinom, ao norte do vale de Refaim. Depois, prosseguia, descendo pelo vale de Hinom ao longo da encosta sul da cidade dos jebuseus e chegava até En-Rogel.17Fazia então uma curva para o norte, ia para En-Semes, continuava até Gelilote, que fica defronte da subida de Adumim, e descia até a Pedra de Boã, filho de Rúben.18Prosseguia para a encosta norte de Bete-Arabá[1], e daí descia para a Arabá.19Depois ia para a encosta norte de Bete-Hogla e terminava na baía norte do mar Salgado, na foz do Jordão, no sul. Essa era a fronteira sul.20O Jordão delimitava a fronteira oriental. Essas eram as fronteiras que demarcavam por todos os lados a herança dos clãs de Benjamim.21A tribo de Benjamim, clã por clã, recebeu as seguintes cidades: Jericó, Bete-Hogla, Emeque-Queziz,22Bete-Arabá, Zemaraim, Betel,23Avim, Pará, Ofra,24Quefar-Amonai, Ofni e Geba. Eram doze cidades com os seus povoados.25Gibeom, Ramá, Beerote,26Mispá, Quefira, Mosa,27Requém, Irpeel, Tarala,28Zela, Elefe, Jebus, que é Jerusalém, Gibeá e Quiriate. Eram catorze cidades com os seus povoados. Essa foi a herança dos clãs de Benjamim.
1Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them. (Js 19:51; Js 21:2; Js 22:9; Js 22:12)2There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned.3So Joshua said to the people of Israel, “How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you? (Jz 18:9)4Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may set out and go up and down the land. They shall write a description of it with a view to their inheritances, and then come to me.5They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall continue in his territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall continue in their territory on the north. (Js 15:1; Js 16:1; Js 16:4)6And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. (Js 14:2; Js 18:10)7The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their heritage. And Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.” (Js 13:8; Js 13:33)8So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, “Go up and down in the land and write a description and return to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.”9So the men went and passed up and down in the land and wrote in a book a description of it by towns in seven divisions. Then they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh,10and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion. (Js 11:23; Js 12:7; Js 18:6)
The Inheritance for Benjamin
11The lot of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to its clans came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph.12On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan. Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-aven. (Js 7:2; Js 16:1; Js 18:21)13From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon. (Js 10:10; Js 16:2; Js 16:3; Js 16:5)14Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon, and it ends at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side. (Js 15:9; Js 19:11)15And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. And the boundary goes from there to Ephron,[1] to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. (Js 18:14)16Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim. And it then goes down the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to En-rogel. (Js 12:4; Js 15:7; Js 15:8)17Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, (Js 15:6)18and passing on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-arabah[2] it goes down to the Arabah. (Js 11:2; Js 15:6)19Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah. And the boundary ends at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border. (Js 15:2; Js 18:17)20The Jordan forms its boundary on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin, according to their clans, boundary by boundary all around.21Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, (Js 18:12)22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba—twelve cities with their villages:25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,26Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,28Zela, Haeleph, Jebus[3] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah[4] and Kiriath-jearim[5]—fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans. (Js 15:8)