Le Livre de Josué

Chapître 18

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And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together¹¹ at Shiloh, and set up⁵⁵ the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued⁸ before them.

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And there remained¹¹ among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received¹ their inheritance.

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And Joshua said⁴ unto the children of Israel, How long [are] ye slack¹⁰² to go² to possess² the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given¹ you?

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 Give³ out from among you three men for [each] tribe: and I will send⁴ them, and they shall rise,⁴ and go¹⁰¹ through the land, and describe⁴ it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come⁴ [again] to me.

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And they shall divide⁹⁸ it into seven parts: Judah shall abide⁴ in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide⁴ in their coasts on the north.

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Ye shall therefore describe⁴ the land [into] seven parts, and bring⁵² [the description] hither to me, that I may cast¹ lots for you here before the LORD our God.

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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 received¹ their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave¹ them.

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And the men arose,⁴ and went away:⁴ and Joshua charged¹⁷ them that went⁶ to describe² the land, saying,² Go³ and walk¹⁰⁰ through the land, and describe³ it, and come again³ to me, that I may here cast⁵⁵ lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

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And the men went⁴ and passed through⁴ the land, and described⁴ it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came⁴ [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

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And Joshua cast⁵⁵ lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided¹⁷ the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

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And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up⁴ according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth⁴ between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

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And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up¹ to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up¹ through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.

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And the border went over¹ from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which [is] Bethel, southward; and the border descended¹ to Atarothadar, near the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.

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And the border was drawn¹ [thence], and compassed⁸ the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that [lieth] before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which [is] Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this [was] the west quarter.

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And the south quarter [was] from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out¹ on the west, and went out¹ to the well of waters of Nephtoah:

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And the border came down¹ 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 descended¹ to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended¹ to Enrogel,

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And was drawn¹ from the north, and went forth¹ to Enshemesh, and went forth¹ toward Geliloth, which [is] over against the going up of Adummim, and descended¹ to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

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And passed along¹ toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down¹ unto Arabah:

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And the border passed along¹ to the side of Bethhoglah 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.

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And Jordan was the border⁴ 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.

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Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

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And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

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And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

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And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ cities with their villages:

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 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

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And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

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And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

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And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which [is] Jerusalem, Gibeath, ¹³⁹⁴ [and] Kirjath; fourteen ⁶²⁴⁰ cities with their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.