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Joshua 9:4 (NIV)

they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

Joshua 9:5 (NIV)

They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.

Joshua 9:6 (NIV)

Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the Israelites, “We have come from a distant country; make a treaty with us.”

Joshua 9:7 (NIV)

The Israelites said to the Hivites, “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty with you?”

Joshua 9:8 (NIV)

“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. But Joshua asked, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

Joshua 9:9 (NIV)

They answered: “Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the Lord your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt,

Joshua 9:10 (NIV)

and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.

Joshua 9:11 (NIV)

And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, “We are your servants; make a treaty with us.” ’

Joshua 9:12 (NIV)

This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is.

Joshua 9:13 (NIV)

And these wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey.”

Joshua 18:9 (NIV)

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.

Joshua 18:10 (NIV)

Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord , and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.

Joshua 18:11 (NIV)

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:

Joshua 18:12 (NIV)

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.

Joshua 18:13 (NIV)

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.

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.

Joshua 18:15 (NIV)

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.

Joshua 18:16 (NIV)

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.

Joshua 18:17 (NIV)

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.

Joshua 18:18 (NIV)

It continued to the northern slope of Beth Arabah and on down into the Arabah.

Joshua 18:19 (NIV)

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.

Joshua 18:20 (NIV)

The Jordan formed the boundary on the eastern side. These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.

Joshua 18:21 (NIV)

The tribe of Benjamin, according to its clans, had the following towns: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

Joshua 18:22 (NIV)

Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Joshua 18:23 (NIV)

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,