1 Ora, toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel, havendo conquistado a terra, se reuniu em Siló, e ali armou a tenda da revelação.

2 E dentre os filhos de Israel restavam sete tribos que ainda não tinham repartido a sua herança.

3 Disse, pois, Josué aos filhos de Israel: Até quando sereis remissos em entrardes para possuir a terra que o Senhor Deus de vossos pais vos deu?

4 Designai vós a três homens de cada tribo, e eu os enviarei; e eles sairão a percorrer a terra, e a demarcarão segundo as suas heranças, e voltarão a ter comigo.

5 Reparti-la-ão em sete partes; Judá ficará no seu termo da banda do sul; e a casa de José ficará no seu termo da banda do norte.

6 Sim, vós demarcareis a terra em sete partes, e me trareis a mim a sua descrição; eu vos lançarei as sortes aqui perante o Senhor nosso Deus.

7 Porquanto os levitas não têm parte no meio de vós, porque o sacerdócio do Senhor é a sua herança; e Gade, Rúben e a meia tribo de Manassés já receberam a sua herança além do Jordão para o oriente, a qual lhes deu Moisés, servo do Senhor.

8 Então aqueles homens se aprontaram para saírem; e Josué deu ordem a esses que iam demarcar a terra, dizendo: Ide, percorrei a terra, e demarcai-a; então vinde ter comigo; e aqui em Siló vos lançarei as sortes perante o Senhor.

9 Foram, pois, aqueles homens e, passando pela terra, a demarcaram em sete partes segundo as suas cidades, descrevendo-a num livro; e voltaram a Josué, ao arraial em Siló.

10 Então Josué lhes lançou as sortes em Siló, perante o Senhor; e ali repartiu Josué a terra entre os filhos de Israel, conforme as suas divisões.

11 E surgiu a sorte da tribo dos filhos de Benjamim, segundo as suas famílias, e coube-lhe o território da sua sorte entre os filhos de Judá e os filhos de José.

12 O seu termo ao norte, partindo do Jordão, vai até a saliência ao norte de Jericó e, subindo pela região montanhosa para o ocidente, chega até o deserto de Bete-Áven;

13 dali passa até Luz, ao lado de Luz {que é Betel} para o sul; e desce a Atarote-Adar, junto ao monte que está ao sul de Bete-Horom de baixo;

14 e vai este termo virando, pelo lado ocidental, para o sul desde o monte que está defronte de Bete-Horom; e chega a Quiriate-Baal {que é Quiriate-Jearim}, cidade dos filhos de Judá. Esta é a sua fronteira ocidental.

15 A sua fronteira meridional começa desde a extremidade de Quiriate-Jearim, e dali se estende até Efrom, até a fonte das águas de Neftoa;

16 desce à extremidade do monte que está fronteiro ao vale de Ben-Hinom, que está no vale dos refains, para o norte; também desce ao vale de Hinom da banda dos jebuseus para o sul; e desce ainda até En-Rogel;

17 passando para o norte, chega a En-Semes, e dali sai a Gelilote, que está defronte da subida de Adumim; desce à pedra de Boã, filho de Rúben;

18 segue para o norte, margeando a Arabá, e desce ainda até a Arabá;

19 segue dali para o norte, ladeando Bete-Hogla; e os seus extremos chegam à baía setentrional do Mar Salgado, na extremidade meridional do Jordão. Esse é o termo do sul.

20 E o Jordão é o seu termo oriental. Essa é a herança dos filhos de Benjamim, pelos seus termos ao redor, segundo as suas famílias.

21 Ora, as cidades da tribo dos filhos de Benjamim, segundo as suas famílias, são: Jericó, Bete-Hogla, Emeque-Queziz,

22 Bete-Arabá, Zemaraim, Betel,

23 Avim, Pará, Ofra,

24 Quefar-Ha-Amonai. Ofni e Gaba; doze cidades e as suas aldeias.

25 Gibeão, Ramá, Beerote,

26 Mizpe, Cefira, Moza,

27 Requem, Irpeel, Tarala,

28 Zela, Elefe e Jebus {esta é Jerusalém}, Gibeá e Quiriate; catorze cidades e as suas aldeias. Essa é a herança dos filhos de Benjamim, segundo as suas famílias.

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 Beth-aven. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. 14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. 15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, 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 En-rogel, 17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, 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 Beth-hoglah 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 Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, 22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 And Chephar-haammonai, 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.