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and in the townes of the same, as they in the of Ioseph. 12 And their coast on the Northside was
valley of Izreel. 17 And Ioshua spake vnto the from Iorden, and the border went vp to the side
house of Ioseph, to Ephraim, and to Manasseh, of Iericho on the Northpart, and went vp through
saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great the mountaines Westward, and the endes thereof
power, and shalt not haue one lot. 18 Therefore are in the wildernesse of Beth-auen: 13 And this
the mountaine shall be thine: for it is a wood, and border goeth along from thence to Luz, euen to
thou shalt cut it downe: and the endes of it shall the Southside of Luz (the same is Beth-el) and
be thine, and thou shalt cast out the Canaanites, this border descendeth to Atroth-addar, neere
though they haue yron charets, and though they the mount, that lyeth on the Southside of Beth-
be strong. horon the nether. 14 So the border turneth, and
compasseth the corner of the Sea Southward,
18 from the mount that lyeth before Beth-horon
1 And the whole Congregation of the children Southward: and the endes thereof are at Kiriath-
of Israel, came together at Shiloh: for they set baal (which is Kiriath-iearim) a citie of the chil-
dren of Iudah: this is the Westquarter.
And
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vp the Tabernacle of the Congregation there,
after the land was subiect vnto them. 2 Nowe the Southquarter is from the ende of Kiriath-
there remained among the children of Israel iearim, and this border goeth out Westward, and
seuen tribes, to whom they had not deuided their commeth to the fountaine of waters of Nephtoah.
inheritance. 3 Therefore Ioshua said vnto the 16 And this border descendeth at the ende of
children of Israel, Howe long are ye so slacke the mountaine, that lyeth before the valley of
to enter and possesse the land which the Lord Ben-hinnom, which is in the valley of the gyants
God of your fathers hath giuen you? Giue from Northward, and descendeth into the valley of
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among you for euery tribe three men, that I may Hinnom by the side of Iebusi Southwarde, and
sende them, and that they may rise, and walke goeth downe to En-rogel, 17 And compasseth
through the land, and distribute it according to from the North, and goeth foorth to En-shemesh,
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their inheritance, and returne to me. And that and stretcheth to Geliloth, which is toward the
they may deuide it vnto them into seuen parts, going vp vnto Adummim, and goeth downe to
(Iudah shall abide in his coast at the South, and the stone of Bohan the sonne of Reuben. 18 So it
goeth along to the side ouer against the plaine
the house of Ioseph shall stand in their coastes at
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the North) Ye shall describe the land therefore Northward, and goeth downe into the plaine.
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into seuen partes, and shall bring them hither After, this border goeth along to the side of
to me, and I will cast lottes for you here before Beth-hoglah Northward: and the endes thereof,
the Lord our God. 7 But the Leuites shall haue that is, of the border, reach to the point of the
no part among you: for the Priesthood of the salt Sea Northward, and to the ende of Iorden
Lord is their inheritance: also Gad and Reuben Southward: this is the Southcoast. 20 Also Iorden
and halfe the tribe of Manasseh haue receiued is the border of it on the Eastside: this is the
their inheritance beyond Iorden Eastward, which inheritance of the children of Beniamin by the
Moses the seruant of the Lord gaue them. Then coastes thereof rounde about according to their
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the men arose, and went their way: and Ioshua families. 21 Nowe the cities of the tribe of the
children of Beniamin according to their families,
charged them that went to describe the land, are Iericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of
saying, Depart, and goe through the land, and Keziz, 22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and
describe it, and returne to me, that I may here Beth-el, 23 And Auim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
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cast lottes for you before the Lord in Shiloh. So 24 And Chephar, Ammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba:
the men departed, and passed through the lande, twelue cities with their villages. 25 Gibeon, and
and described it by cities into seuen partes in a Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 And Mizpeh, and Chep-
booke, and returned to Ioshua into the campe at hirah, and Mozah, 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and
Shiloh. 10 Then Ioshua cast lottes for them in Taralah, 28 And Zela, Eleph, and Iebusi, (which is
Shiloh before the Lord, and there Ioshua deuided
the land vnto the children of Israel, according Ierusalem) Gibeath, and Kiriath: fourteene cities
to their portions: 11 And the lot of the tribe of with their villages: this is the inheritance of the
the children of Beniamin came foorth according children of Beniamin according to their families.
to their families, and the cost of their lot lay
betweene the children of Iudah, and the children