Benjamin’s Inheritance

The [first] lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin Their allotted territory lay between the [tribes] of Judah and vvv Joseph:

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• On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness vvv of Beth-aven. 13 From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, vvv Bethel) and went down vvv to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
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• On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing vvv Beth-horon on the south and came out at vvv Kiriath-baal (that is, vvv Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
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• On the south side the border began at the outskirts vvv of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah. 16 Then [it] went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward vvv to En-rogel. 17 From there it curved northward and proceeded vvv to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. 18 Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah[fn] and went down into the valley. 19 The border continued to the northern slope vvv of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.
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• On the east side the border was the Jordan.

These [were the] borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

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These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin:

• Jericho, vvv Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, 22 vvv Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, vvv Bethel, 23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 vvv Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba— twelve cities, along with their villages.
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• Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus[fn] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah,[fn] and Kiriath-jearim[fn]— fourteen cities, along with their villages.

This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. 19