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         <div class="label">54</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 54</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 54:1-7 is numbered 54:3-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David. When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, &#8220;Is not David hiding among us?&#8221;</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Save me, O God, by your name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="content">vindicate me by your might.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="content">listen to the words of my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Arrogant foes are attacking me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="content">ruthless people are trying to kill me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="content">people without regard for God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">54:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Surely God is my help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="content">the Lord is the one who sustains me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let evil recoil on those who slander me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="content">in your faithfulness destroy them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="content">I will praise your name, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for it is good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.54.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You have delivered me from all my troubles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.54.7"><span class="content">and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">55</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 55</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 55:1-23 is numbered 55:2-24.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to my prayer, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"><span class="content">do not ignore my plea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">hear me and answer me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"><span class="content">My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">because of what my enemy is saying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">because of the threats of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">for they bring down suffering on me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">and assail me in their anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My heart is in anguish within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"><span class="content">the terrors of death have fallen on me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Fear and trembling have beset me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"><span class="content">horror has overwhelmed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"><span class="content">I would fly away and be at rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I would flee far away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="content">and stay in the desert;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">55:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I would hurry to my place of shelter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"><span class="content">far from the tempest and storm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"><span class="content">for I see violence and strife in the city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Day and night they prowl about on its walls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"><span class="content">malice and abuse are within it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Destructive forces are at work in the city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"><span class="content">threats and lies never leave its streets.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If an enemy were insulting me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">I could endure it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">if a foe were rising against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">I could hide.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But it is you, a man like myself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"><span class="content">my companion, my close friend,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">at the house of God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">as we walked about</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">among the worshipers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let death take my enemies by surprise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="content">let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="content">for evil finds lodging among them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As for me, I call to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saves me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Evening, morning and noon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="content">I cry out in distress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="content">and he hears my voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He rescues me unharmed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="content">from the battle waged against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="content">even though many oppose me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">God, who is enthroned from of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">who does not change&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">he will hear them and humble them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">because they have no fear of God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My companion attacks his friends;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"><span class="content">he violates his covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His talk is smooth as butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">yet war is in his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">his words are more soothing than oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">yet they are drawn swords.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Cast your cares on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">and he will sustain you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">he will never let</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">the righteous be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But you, God, will bring down the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">into the pit of decay;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">the bloodthirsty and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">will not live out half their days.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">But as for me, I trust in you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph&#8217;s firstborn, that is, for Makir, Manasseh&#8217;s firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because the Makirites were great soldiers. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh&#8212;the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They went to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our relatives.&#8221; So Joshua gave them an inheritance along with the brothers of their father, according to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Manasseh&#8217;s share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">because the daughters of the tribe of Manasseh received an inheritance among the sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The territory of Manasseh extended from Asher to Mikmethath east of Shechem. The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">(Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.) </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine. There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the south the land belonged to Ephraim, on the north to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the Mediterranean Sea and bordered Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, Naphoth Dor</span></span></span><span class="content">).</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yet the Manassites were not able to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out completely.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The people of Joseph said to Joshua, &#8220;Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed us abundantly.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you are so numerous,&#8221; Joshua answered, &#8220;and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The people of Joseph replied, &#8220;The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But Joshua said to the tribes of Joseph&#8212;to Ephraim and Manasseh&#8212;&#8220;You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Division of the Rest of the Land</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but there were still seven Israelite tribes who had not yet received their inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Joshua said to the Israelites: &#8220;How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your ancestors, has given you? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description of it, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to remain in its territory on the south and the tribes of Joseph in their territory on the north. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave it to them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua instructed them, &#8220;Go and make a survey of the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will cast lots for you here at Shiloh in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So the men left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Benjamin</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The first lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin according to its clans. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the wilderness of Beth Aven. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From the hill facing Beth Horon on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The southern side began at the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim on the west, and the boundary came out at the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim. It continued down the Hinnom Valley along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">It then curved north, went to En Shemesh, continued to Geliloth, which faces the Pass of Adummim, and ran down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">It continued to the northern slope of Beth Arabah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:18 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">slope facing the Arabah</span></span></span><span class="content"> and on down into the Arabah. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The Jordan formed the boundary on the eastern side.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.18.20"><span class="content">These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The tribe of Benjamin, according to its clans, had the following towns:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.18.21"><span class="content">Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba&#8212;twelve towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.18.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath&#8212;fourteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.18.28"><span class="content">This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.</span></span></div>
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