Josué 18
Bible du Rabbinat (Zadoc Kahn)
1Toute la communauté des enfants d'Israël s'assembla à Silo et y installa la Tente d'assignation; le pays était conquis et à leur disposition.
2Mais il restait, parmi les enfants d'Israël, sept tribus à qui on n'avait pas encore départi leur patrimoine.
3Josué dit à ces Israélites: "Combien de temps encore négligerez-vous de prendre possession du pays que vous a donné l'Eternel, le Dieu de vos pères?
4Désignez vous-mêmes trois hommes par tribu, afin que je leur donne mission de parcourir le pays et d'en faire le plan selon les possessions à attribuer; après quoi, ils viendront me trouver.
5Ils le diviseront en sept parts, Juda devant conserver sa frontière au midi, et la maison de Joseph devant garder la sienne au nord.
6Vous ferez donc délimiter le pays en sept parts et m'apporterez le plan ici, où je les tirerai pour vous au sort devant l'Eternel, notre Dieu.
7Car, pour ce qui est des Lévites, ils n'ont point de part au milieu de vous, le ministère de l'Eternel étant leur apanage; quant à Gad, à Ruben et à la demi-tribu de Manassé, ils ont reçu leur patrimoine sur la rive orientale du Jourdain, telle que Moïse, serviteur de l'Eternel, le leur a attribué."
8Les délégués se disposant à partir pour lever le plan du pays, Josué leur donna cet ordre: "Allez, parcourez le pays, faites-en le plan et revenez auprès de moi, afin qu'ici, à Silo, je vous le répartisse au sort, en présence de l'Eternel."
9Les hommes partirent, traversèrent le pays, en dressèrent le plan par villes, en sept parties, sur un registre, et vinrent trouver Josué au camp, à Silo.
10Et Josué jeta le sort à Silo, devant l'Eternel, et il y répartit le pays entre les enfants d'Israël, selon leurs groupements.
11Le premier lot échut à la tribu des enfants de Benjamin, selon leurs familles; les confins que leur attribua le sort se trouvaient entre les enfants de Juda et ceux de Joseph.
12Leur limite, du côté du nord, partait du Jourdain, montait au côté nord de Jéricho, passait à l'ouest de la montagne, et aboutissait au désert de Beth-Avén.
13De là, elle gagnait le côté méridional de Louz, nommée aussi Béthel, et descendait vers Atrot-Addar, sur la montagne qui est au sud de Bethorôn-le-Bas.
14Puis elle s'infléchissait et tournait du côté de l'ouest, au midi de la montagne qui fait face à Bethorôn, et se terminait à Kiryath-Baal ou Kiryath-Yearîm, ville de la tribu de Juda: voilà pour le côté occidental.
15Le côté du midi partait de l'extrémité de Kiryath-Yearîm, et continuait dans la direction de la mer et atteignait la source de Mê-Nephtoah;
16puis la limite descendait à l'extrémité de la montagne faisant face à la vallée de Ben Hinnom, qui est au côté nord de la vallée des Rephaïm; suivait la vallée de Hinnom jusqu'au côté sud de Jébus et atteignait En-Roghel;
17tournait au nord vers En-Chémech, de là vers Gheliloth, en face de la montée d'Adoummim, et descendait vers la Pierre de Bohân-ben-Ruben;
18se poursuivait vers le côté nord de la Plaine, et atteignait Araba;
19de là, elle passait au côté nord de Beth-Hogla, et aboutissait à la pointe nord de la mer Salée, à l'extrémité sud du Jourdain: telle était la frontière méridionale.
20Et le Jourdain formait la limite du côté de l'orient. Telle fut, dans tout son circuit, la possession des enfants de Benjamin selon leurs familles.
21Les villes de cette tribu, réparties entre ses familles, étaient: Jéricho, Beth-Hogla, Emek-Keçis;
22Beth-Haaraba, Cemaraïm, Béthel;
23Awim, Para, Ofra;
24Kefar-Ammona, Ofni et Ghéba: douze villes, avec leurs bourgades.
25Plus Gabaon, Rama, Beërot;
26Miçpé, Kefira, Moça;
27Rékem, Yirpeël, Tareala;
28Cèla, Elef, Jébus, la même que Jérusalem, Ghibeath, Kiryath: quatorze villes, avec leurs bourgades. Tel fut le patrimoine des descendants de Benjamin, selon leurs familles.
Reina-Valera 1909
1Y TODA la congregación de los hijos de Israel se juntó en Silo, y asentaron allí el tabernáculo del testimonio, después que la tierra les fué sujeta.
2Mas habían quedado en los hijos de Israel siete tribus, á las cuales aun no habían repartido su posesión.
3Y Josué dijo á los hijos de Israel: ¿Hasta cuándo seréis negligentes para venir á poseer la tierra que os ha dado Jehová el Dios de vuestros padres?
4Señalad tres varones de cada tribu, para que yo los envíe, y que ellos se levanten, y recorran la tierra, y la describan conforme á sus heredades, y se tornen á mí.
5Y la dividirán en siete partes: y Judá estará en su término al mediodía, y los de la casa de José estarán en el suyo al norte.
6Vosotros, pues, delinearéis la tierra en siete partes, y me traeréis la descripción aquí, y yo os echaré las suertes aquí delante de Jehová nuestro Dios.
7Empero los Levitas ninguna parte tienen entre vosotros; porque el sacerdocio de Jehová es la heredad de ellos: Gad también y Rubén, y la media tribu de Manasés, ya han recibido su heredad de la otra parte del Jordán al oriente, la cual les dió Moisés siervo de Jehová.
8Levantándose pues aquellos varones, fueron: y mandó Josué á los que iban para delinear la tierra, diciéndoles: Id, recorred la tierra, y delineadla, y tornad á mí, para que yo os eche las suertes aquí delante de Jehová en Silo.
9Fueron pues aquellos varones y pasearon la tierra, delineándola por ciudades en siete partes en un libro, y tornaron á Josué al campo en Silo.
10Y Josué les echó las suertes delante de Jehová en Silo; y allí repartió Josué la tierra á los hijos de Israel por sus porciones.
11Y sacóse la suerte de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín por sus familias: y salió el término de su suerte entre los hijos de Judá y los hijos de José.
12Y fué el término de ellos al lado del norte desde el Jordán: y sube aquel término al lado de Jericó al norte; sube después al monte hacia el occidente, y viene á salir al desierto de Beth-aven:
13Y de allí pasa aquel término á Luz, por el lado de Luz (esta es Beth-el) hacia el mediodía. Y desciende este término de Ataroth-addar al monte que está al mediodía de Beth-oron la de abajo.
14Y torna este término, y da vuelta al lado de la mar, al mediodía hasta el monte que está delante de Beth-oron al mediodía; y viene á salir á Chîriath-baal, que es Chîriath-jearim, ciudad de los hijos de Judá. Este es el lado del occidente.
15Y el lado del mediodía es desde el cabo de Chîriath-jearim, y sale el término al occidente, y sale á la fuente de las aguas de Nephtoa:
16Y desciende aqueste término al cabo del monte que está delante del valle del hijo de Hinnom, que está en la campiña de los gigantes hacia el norte: desciende luego al valle de Hinnom, al lado del Jebuseo al mediodía, y de allí desciende á la fuente de Rogel:
17Y del norte torna y sale á Ensemes, y de allí sale á Geliloth, que está delante de la subida de Adummim, y descendía á la piedra de Bohan, hijo de Rubén:
18Y pasa al lado que está delante de la campiña del norte, y desciende á los llanos:
19Y torna á pasar este término por el lado de Beth-hogla hacia el norte, y viene á salir el término á la lengua del mar Salado al norte, al cabo del Jordán al mediodía. Este es el término de hacia el mediodía.
20Y el Jordán acaba aqueste término al lado del oriente. Esta es la heredad de los hijos de Benjamín por sus términos alrededor, conforme á sus familias.
21Las ciudades de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín, por sus familias, fueron Jericó, Beth-hogla, y el valle de Casis,
22Beth-araba, Samaraim, y Beth-el;
23Y Avim, y Para, y Ophra,
24Y Cephar-hammonai, Ophni, y Gaba; doce ciudades con sus aldeas:
25Gabaón, Rama, Beeroth,
26Y Mizpa, Chephira, y Moza,
27Recom, Irpeel y Tarala,
28Y Sela, Eleph, Jebus, que es Jerusalem, Gibeath, y Chîriath; catorce ciudades con sus aldeas. Esta es la heredad de los hijos de Benjamín, conforme á sus familias.
King James Version
1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
3And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
4Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
5And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
6Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
7But 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 received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
8And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
13And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
14And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
15And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
16And the border came down 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 descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel,
17And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
18And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
19And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah 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.
20And Jordan was the border 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.
21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
22And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
23And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
24And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
26And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
27And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
World English Bible
1The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them.
2Seven tribes remained among the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
3Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
4Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; then they shall come to me.
5They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.
6You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
7However, the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”
8The men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to survey the land, saying, “Go walk through the land, survey it, and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.”
9The men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a book. They came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
10Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward. It ended at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
13The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (also called Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.
14The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.
15The south quarter was from the farthest part of Kiriath Jearim. The border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
16The border went down to the farthest part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward. It went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En Rogel.
17It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. It went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
18It passed along to the side opposite the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.
19The border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.
20The Jordan was its border on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders around it, according to their families.
21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
22Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
24Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
26Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
28Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.