1 Hele menigheten av Israels barn samlet seg i Shiloh og satte opp møteteltet der; og landet ble lagt under deres kontroll.

The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them.

2 Blant Israels barn var det fortsatt sju stammer som ikke hadde delt arven sin.

There remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.

3 Josva sa til Israels barn: Hvor lenge skal dere nøle med å ta i eie det landet som Herren, deres fedres Gud, har gitt dere?

Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

4 Velg ut tre menn fra hver stamme, og jeg vil sende dem av sted. De skal reise gjennom landet og beskrive det i henhold til arven deres, og så skal de komme tilbake til meg.

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.

5 De skal dele det i sju deler. Juda skal holde seg innenfor sitt område i sør, og Josefs hus skal være i nord.

They shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.

6 Dere skal beskrive landet i sju deler og bringe beskrivelsen hit til meg, så skal jeg kaste lodd for dere her for Herrens åsyn, vår Gud.

You shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.

7 For levittene får ingen del blant dere, for Herrens presteskap er deres arv. Gad, Ruben og halve Manasse-stammen har allerede mottatt sin arv øst for Jordan, som Moses, Herrens tjener, ga dem.

For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them.

8 Mennene reiste seg og dro. Josva ga dem som gikk for å beskrive landet, følgende beskjed: Gå gjennom landet, beskriv det og kom tilbake til meg. Så skal jeg kaste lodd for dere her for Herrens åsyn i Shiloh.

The men arose, and went: and Joshua 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 Yahweh in Shiloh.

9 Mennene gikk og dro gjennom landet, og beskrev det by for by i en bok i sju deler; deretter vendte de tilbake til Josva i leiren i Shiloh.

The men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

10 Josva kastet lodd for dem i Shiloh for Herrens åsyn, og der delte Josva landet ut til Israels barn i henhold til deres inndelinger.

Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

11 Lotten for Benjamins stamme, etter deres familier, kom opp, og grensen for deres lot gikk ut mellom Judas barn og Josefs barn.

The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

12 Deres nordlige grense begynte ved Jordan, gikk opp til skråningen nord for Jeriko og opp gjennom fjellene mot vest, og endte i ørkenen ved Bet Aven.

Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out of it were at the wilderness of Beth Aven.

13 Grensen gikk derfra videre til Luz, kanten av Luz (som er Betel), sørover, og gikk ned til Atarot Addar ved fjellet sør for Nedre Bet Horon.

The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.

14 Grensen strakte seg derfra og svingte vestover sør mot fjellet før Bet Horon, sør, og endte ved Kirjat Baal (som er Kirjat Jearim), en by i Judas barns område: dette utgjorde den vestlige grensen.

The border extended [there], and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.

15 Den sørlige grensen var fra den ytterste delen av Kirjat Jearim, og gikk vestover og endte ved Neftoas kilde;

The south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath Jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah;

16 og grensen sank ned til kanten av fjellet som vender mot Hinnoms dal, som ligger i Refaims dal, nordover. Den gikk ned til Hinnoms dal, til skråningen av jebusittene i sør, og ned til En Rogel;

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 Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En Rogel;

17 og den strakte seg nordover, gikk ut ved En Shemesh og Geliloth, som ligger rett over oppgangen til Adummim; den gik ned til Bohans stein, Reubens sønn;

and it extended northward, and went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;

18 og den gikk videre til skråningen overfor Araba, nordover, og sank ned i Araba;

and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah;

19 og grensen fortsatte langs siden av Bet Hogla, nordover, og endte ved utkanten av Salt-innsjøen i nord, ved kanten av Jordan i sør: dette var den sørlige grensen.

and the border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.

20 Jordan utgjorde grensen til øst. Dette var arven til Benjamins barn, i rettlinjet omriss, etter deres familier.

The Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders of it round about, according to their families.

21 Nå var byene til Benjamins stamme, etter deres familier: Jeriko, Bet Hogla, Emek Kesis,

Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth Hoglah, and Emek Keziz,

22 Bet Ha-Araba, Zemarajim, Betel,

and Beth Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

23 Avvim, Parah, Ofra,

and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

24 Kefar Ammona, Ofni, og Geba; tolv byer med tilhørende landsbyer.

and Chephar Ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:

25 Gibeon, Rama, Beerot,

Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

26 Mispe, Kefira, Moza,

and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

27 Rekem, Jirpeel, Tarala,

and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

28 Sela, Elef, jebusittene (dette er Jerusalem), Gibea og Kirjat; fjorten byer med deres landsbyer. Dette er arven til Benjamins barn etter deres familier.

and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, [and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.