حصص سائر القبائل
1 واجتمَعَ بَنو إِسرائيلَ في شِيلوهَ ونَصَبوا هُناكَ خَيمةَ الاجتماعِ بَعدَ أنْ أخضَعوا الأرضَ كُلَّها. 2 وبَقيَ مِنْ بَني إِسرائيلَ سبعُ أسباطٍ دونَ حِصَصٍ. 3 فقالَ يَشوعُ لِبَني إِسرائيلَ: «إلى متى أنتُم مُتَكاسِلونَ عنِ الدُّخولِ لامتِلاكِ الأرضِ الّتي أعطاكُمُ الرّبُّ إلهُ آبائكُم؟ 4 هاتوا مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ ثَلاثةَ رِجالٍ فأُرسِلَهُم إلى الأرضِ ليَقسِموها بِـحسَبِ نصيـبِ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ مِنْ أسباطِهِم، ثُمَّ يَرجِعونَ إليَّ 5 يَقسِمونَها سبعةَ أقسامٍ، فيُقيمُ يَهوذا عِندَ حَدِّهِم جنوبا، وبَيتُ يوسُفَ عِندَ حدِّهِم شمالا. 6 وأنتُم تَقسِمونَ الأرضَ سبعةَ أقسامٍ وتَعودونَ إليَّ فأُلقيَ لكُمُ القُرعَةَ بَينَ يَدي الرّبِّ إلهِنا. 7 فاللاَّويُّونَ لا نصيـبَ لهُم بَينَكُم لأنَّ كهَنوتَ الرّبِّ هوَ حِصَّتُهُم، وجادُ ورَأوبـينُ ونِصفُ سِبْطِ منَسَّى أخَذوا شرقيَّ الأردُنِّ حِصَصَهُمُ الّتي أعطاها لهُم موسى عبدُ الرّبِّ».
8 فقامَ الرِّجالُ وذهَبوا لِتَقسيمِ الأرضِ، وقالَ لهُم يَشوعُ: «تَجوَّلوا في الأرضِ وقَسِّموها وعودوا إليَّ حتّى أُوزِّعَها بِالقرعَةِ بَينكُم هُنا أمامَ الرّبِّ في شِيلوهَ». 9 فجالوا في الأرضِ، وقَسَّموها بِـحسَبِ المُدُنِ سبعةَ أقسامٍ وعادوا إلى يَشوعَ، إلى المحلَّةِ في شيلوهَ. 10 فألقى لهُم يَشوعُ القُرعَةَ في شِيلوهَ أمامَ الرّبِّ، وقسَّمَ هُناكَ الأرضَ على بَني إِسرائيلَ بِـحسَبِ نصيـبِ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ مِنهُم. 11 فكانَت أرضُ سِبْطِ بنيامينَ بَينَ بَني يَهوذا وبَني يوسُفَ، 12 وهيَ مِنْ جِهَةِ الشَّمالِ مِنَ الأردُنِّ صُعودا إلى جانبِ أريحا شمالا، ثُمَّ صُعودا في الجبَلِ غربا وتَنفُذُ عِندَ برِّيَّةِ بَيتَ آوِنَ. 13 ويَمُرُّ الحَدُّ مِنْ هُناكَ إلى لوزَ، إلى جانبِها الجنوبـيِّ، وهيَ بَيتُ إيلَ، وينحَدِرُ إلى عَطاروتَ إدَّارَ على الجبَلِ جنوبـيَّ بَيتَ حورونَ السُّفلى. 14 ويمتَدُّ الحَدُّ جنوبا مِنْ جِهَةِ المَغرِبِ إلى الجبَلِ الّذي تُجاهَ بَيتَ حورونَ ويَنفُذُ عِندَ قريَةِ بَعلٍ الّتي هيَ قَريَةُ يَعاريمَ، وهيَ مدينةٌ لِبَني يَهوذا. هذا مِنْ جِهَةِ الغربِ. 15 ومِنْ جِهَةِ الجنوبِ يَمتَدُّ الحَدُّ مِنْ طَرَفِ قريَةِ يَعاريمَ ويخرُجُ غربا إلى مَنبَعِ نَفتوحَ 16 ثُمَّ يَنحدِرُ إلى طَرَفِ الجبَلِ تُجاهَ وادي ابنِ هنُّومَ الّذي في وادي الرَّفائيم شمالا، وينحَدِرُ في وادي هنُّومَ إلى جانِبِ يَبوسَ جنوبا، ثُمَّ يَنزِلُ إلى عَينِ روجَلَ، 17 ويمتَدُّ شمالا حتّى عَينَ شَمسَ، 18 ثُمَّ إلى جَليلوتَ مُقابِلَ مَعلَةِ أدميمَ وينحَدِرُ إلى بوهَنَ بنِ رَأوبـينَ، ويَمُرُّ شمالا جانبَ بَيتَ عَرَبةَ وينحدِرُ إلى الغَورِ.
19 ثُمَّ يَمُرُّ الحَدُّ شمالَ بَيتَ حُجلَةَ ويَنفُذُ عِندَ لِسانِ بَحرِ المَيتِ شمالا إلى مُنتَهى الأردُنِّ جنوبا. هذا هوَ حَدُّ الجنوبِ. 20 وكانَ الأردُنُّ يَحُدُّهُ مِنْ جِهَةِ الشَّرقِ. هذِهِ أرضُ بنيامينَ بِـحُدودِها مِنْ كُلِّ جانبٍ بِـحسَبِ عشائرِهِم.
21 وكانَت مُدُنُ سِبْطِ بنيامينَ بِـحسَبِ عشائرِهِم: أريحا وبَيتَ حُجلَةَ وعُمقَ قصيصَ 22 وبَيتَ العَرَبةِ وصَمارايِمَ وبَيتَ إيلَ 23 والعَوِّيمَ والفارَةَ وعَفرَةَ 24 وكَفرَ العَمُّونيَّ والعُفْنيَّ وجبَعَ، فهُناكَ اثنَتا عشْرَةَ مدينةً بِقُراها. 25 وجبعونَ والرَّامَةَ وبَئيروتَ 26 والمِصفاةَ والكَفيرَةَ والموصةَ 27 وراقَمَ ويَرَفئيلَ وتَرالَةَ 28 وصيلَعَ وآلَفَ ويَبوسَ، وهيَ أورُشليمُ، وجَبعَةَ وقِريَةَ. فهُناكَ أربعَ عشْرَةَ مدينةً بِقُراها. هذِهِ حِصَّةُ بنيامينَ بِـحسَبِ عشائرِهِم.
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.