Josua 18 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk English Standard Version

Josua 18 | 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 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.

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English Standard Version

Allotment of the Remaining Land

1 Then 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. 2 There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. 3 So 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? 4 Provide 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. 5 They 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. 6 And 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. 7 The 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.” 8 So 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.” 9 So 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, 10 and 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.

The Inheritance for Benjamin

11 The 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. 12 On 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. 13 From 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. 14 Then 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. 15 And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. And the boundary goes from there to Ephron,* to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 16 Then 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. 17 Then 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, 18 and passing on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-arabah* it goes down to the Arabah. 19 Then 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. 20 The 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. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, 22 Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba—twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zela, Haeleph, Jebus* (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah* and Kiriath-jearim*—fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.