Yehoshua, starting at chapter 16
{16:1} The lot came out for the children of Yosef from the Yarden at
Yericho, at the waters of Yericho on the east, even the wilderness,
going up from Yericho through the hill-country to Beit-El; {16:2} and
it went out from Beit-El to Luz, and passed along to the border of the
Arki to `Atrot; {16:3} and it went down westward to the border of the
Yafleti, to the border of Beit-Horon the lower, even to Gezer; and the
goings out of it were at the sea. {16:4} The children of Yosef,
Menashsheh and Efrayim, took their inheritance. {16:5} The border of
the children of Efrayim according to their families was [thus]: the
border of their inheritance eastward was `Atarot-Addar, to Beit-Horon
the upper; {16:6} and the border went out westward at Mikhmetat on the
north; and the border turned about eastward to Ta'anat-Shiloh, and
passed along it on the east of Yano`ach; {16:7} and it went down from
Yano`ach to `Atrot, and to Na`arah, and reached to Yericho, and went
out at the Yarden. {16:8} From Tappuach the border went along westward
to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out of it were at the sea. This
is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Efrayim according
to their families; {16:9} together with the cities which were set
apart for the children of Efrayim in the midst of the inheritance of
the children of Menashsheh, all the cities with their villages.
{16:10} They didn't drive out the Kana`anim who lived in Gezer: but
the Kana`anim dwell in the midst of Efrayim to this day, and are
become servants to do forced labor.
{17:1} [This] was the lot for the tribe of Menashsheh; for he was
the firstborn of Yosef. As for Makhir the firstborn of Menashsheh, the
father of Gil`ad, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gil`ad
and Bashan. {17:2} So [the lot] was for the rest of the children of
Menashsheh according to their families: for the children of Avi-Ezer,
and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asri'el, and
for the children of Shekhem, and for the children of Hefer, and for
the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Menashsheh
the son of Yosef according to their families. {17:3} But Tzelohchad,
the son of Hefer, the son of Gil`ad, the son of Makhir, the son of
Menashsheh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his
daughters: Mahlach, and No`ah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirtzah. {17:4}
They came near before El`azar the [1>]Kohen[<1], and before Yehoshua
the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, the LORD commanded
Moshe to give us an inheritance among our brothers: therefore
according to the [2>]mitzvah[<2] of the LORD he gave them an
inheritance among the brothers of their father. {17:5} There fell ten
parts to Menashsheh, besides the land of Gil`ad and Bashan, which is
beyond the Yarden; {17:6} because the daughters of Menashsheh had an
inheritance among his sons. The land of Gil`ad belonged to the rest of
the sons of Menashsheh. {17:7} The border of Menashsheh was from Asher
to Mikhmetat, which is before Shekhem; and the border went along to
the right hand, to the inhabitants of `Entappu'ach. {17:8} The land of
Tappuach belonged to Menashsheh; but Tappuach on the border of
Menashsheh belonged to the children of Efrayim. {17:9} The border went
down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities
belonged to Efrayim among the cities of Menashsheh: and the border of
Menashsheh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out of
it were at the sea: {17:10} southward it was Efrayim's, and northward
it was Menashsheh's, and the sea was his border; and they reached to
Asher on the north, and to Yissakhar on the east. {17:11} Menashsheh
had in Yissakhar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Yivle`am
and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the
inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Ta`nakh
and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the
three heights. {17:12} Yet the children of Menashsheh couldn't drive
out [the inhabitants of] those cities; but the Kana`anim would dwell
in that land. {17:13} It happened, when the children of Yisra'el had
grown strong, that they put the Kana`anim to forced labor, and didn't
utterly drive them out. {17:14} The children of Yosef spoke to
Yehoshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one part for
an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because hitherto the LORD
has blessed me? {17:15} Yehoshua said to them, If you are a great
people, go up to the forest, and cut down for yourself there in the
land of the Perizzi and of the Refa'im; since the hill-country of
Efrayim is too narrow for you. {17:16} The children of Yosef said, The
hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Kana`anim who dwell in
the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in
Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Yizre`el.
{17:17} Yehoshua spoke to the house of Yosef, even to Efrayim and to
Menashsheh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power; you
shall not have one lot only: {17:18} but the hill-country shall be
yours; for though it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and the
goings out of it shall be your; for you shall drive out the Kana`anim,
though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
{18:1} The whole congregation of the children of Yisra'el assembled
themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there:
and the land was subdued before them. {18:2} There remained among the
children of Yisra'el seven tribes, which had not yet divided their
inheritance. {18:3} Yehoshua said to the children of Yisra'el, How
long are you slack to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the
God of your fathers, has given you? {18:4} Appoint for you three men
of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk
through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and
they shall come to me. {18:5} They shall divide it into seven
portions: Yehudah shall abide in his border on the south, and the
house of Yosef shall abide in their border on the north. {18:6} You
shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the
description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the
LORD our God. {18:7} For the Levites have no portion among you; for
the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad and Re'uven
and the half-tribe of Menashsheh have received their inheritance
beyond the Yarden eastward, which Moshe the servant of the LORD gave
them. {18:8} The men arose, and went: and Yehoshua charged those who
went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and
describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here
before the LORD in Shiloh. {18:9} The men went and passed through the
land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and
they came to Yehoshua to the camp at Shiloh. {18:10} Yehoshua cast
lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Yehoshua divided
the land to the children of Yisra'el according to their divisions.
{18:11} The lot of the tribe of the children of Binyamin came up
according to their families: and the border of their lot went out
between the children of Yehudah and the children of Yosef. {18:12}
Their border on the north quarter was from the Yarden; and the border
went up to the side of Yericho on the north, and went up through the
hill-country westward; and the goings out of it were at the wilderness
of Beit-Aven. {18:13} The border passed along from there to Luz, to
the side of Luz (the same is Beit-El), southward; and the border went
down to `Atarot-Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of
Beit-Horon the lower. {18:14} The border extended [there], and turned
about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies
before Beit-Horon southward; and the goings out of it were at
Kiryat-Ba`al (the same is Kiryat-Ye`arim), a city of the children of
Yehudah: this was the west quarter. {18:15} The south quarter was from
the uttermost part of Kiryat-Ye`arim; and the border went out
westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nefto'ach;
{18:16} and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain
that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the
valley of Refa'im northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom,
to the side of the Yevusi southward, and went down to `En-Rogel;
{18:17} and it extended northward, and went out at `En-Shemesh, and
went out to Gelilot, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and
it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Re'uven; {18:18} and it
passed along to the side over against the `Aravah northward, and went
down to the `Aravah; {18:19} and the border passed along to the side
of Beit-Hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the
north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Yarden: this was
the south border. {18:20} The Yarden was the border of it on the east
quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Binyamin, by the
borders of it round about, according to their families. {18:21} Now
the cities of the tribe of the children of Binyamin according to their
families were Yericho, and Beit-Hoglah, and Emek-Ketzitz, {18:22} and
Beit-Ha`aravah, and Tzemaryim, and Beit-El, {18:23} and `Avvim, and
Parah, and Ofrat, {18:24} and Khefar-Ha`ammoni, and `Ofni, and Geva;
twelve cities with their villages: {18:25} Giv`on, and Ramah, and
Be'erot, {18:26} and Mitzpeh, and Kefirah, and Motzah, {18:27} and
Rekem, and Yirp'el, and Tar'alah, {18:28} and Tzelah, Elef, and the
Yevusi (the same is Yerushalayim), Giv`at, [and] Kiryat; fourteen
cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of
Binyamin according to their families.
________________________________________________________________________
Footnotes:
[1] {17:4} priest
[2] {17:4} commandment
________________________________________________________________________
The Hebrew Names Version of the World English Bible is in the Public
Domain. Typo reports are welcome at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please see
http://eBible.org/bible/hnv for updates and editing status.
___
To unsubscribe, please go to http://ebible.org/subscribe.htm OR send
email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe hnv" in the
message body.
