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Day 100 and 70
now that the land was under Israelite control, the entire community of
Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the tabernacle, but there remained
seven tribes who had not yet been allotted their grants of land.
Then Joshua asked them, how long are you going to wait before taking
possession of the remaining land?
The Lord, the God of your ancestors has given to you?
Select three men from each tribe.
I will send them out to explore the land and map it out.
They will then return to me with a written report of their proposed
divisions of their new homeland.
Let them divide the land into seven sections, excluding Judah's
territory in the south, and Joseph's territory in the north.
And when you record the seven divisions of the land and bring them to me, I will cast
sacred lots in the presence of the Lord our God, to assign land to each tribe.
The Levites, however, will not receive any allotment of land.
Their role as priests of the Lord is their allotment and the tribes of Gadd,
Reuben and the half tribe of Manassa won't receive any more land for.
They have already received their grant of land, which Moses, the
servant of the Lord, gave them on the east side of the Jordan River.
As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua commanded them.
Go and explore the land and write a description of it, then return
to me and I will assign the land to the tribes by casting sacred lots
here in the presence of the Lord.
At Shiloh, the men did as they were told, and mapped the entire
territory into seven sections, listing the towns in each section.
They made a written record and then returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.
And there at Shiloh, Joshua cast sacred lots in the presence
of the Lord to determine which tribe should have each section.
The first allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
It laid between the territory assigned to the tribes of Judah and Joseph.
The northern boundary of Benjamin's land began at the Jordan River,
went north of the slope of Jericho, then west through the hill country,
and the wilderness of Beth Aven.
From there, the boundary went south to Luz, that is Bethel, and
proceeded down to Terro adder on the hill that lies south of Lower.
Beth Horan the boundary, then made a turn and swung south along the western
edge of the hill facing Beth Horan ending at the village of Keth Bale.
That is Kieth Jiram, a town belonging to the tribe of Judah.
This was the Western boundary.
The southern boundary began at the outskirts of eth Jira
from that Western point.
It ran to the spring at the waters of Nto and down to the base of the
mountain beside the valley of Ben Hin at the northern end of the valley of em.
From there, it went down the valley of hin crossing south of
the slope where the Jebusites lived and continued down to Rogel.
From Rogel, the boundary proceeded in a northerly direction and came
to Hamish and onto Galof, which is across from the slopes of a Dham.
Then it went down to the stone of Bohan.
Bohan was Reuben's son.
From there, it passed along the north side of the slope overlooking the
Jordan Valley, the border then went down into the valley, ran past the
north slope of Beth, Hola, and ended at the North Bay of the Dead Sea.
Which is the southern end of the Jordan River.
This was the southern boundary.
The Eastern boundary was the Jordan River.
These were the boundaries of the homeland allocated to the
clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
These were the towns given to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin Jericho.
Beth Hola, IMEC Keys, Beth Aba, ZEMA, Bethel.
Ra, ARA Fer, Amini, Afna, and Gba.
12 towns with their surrounding villages.
Also, Gibbon Rama Biro mpa.
Kra, MOA Chem, ear Peel.
Tara.
Hey ef, the Jebusite Town that is Jerusalem, GIA, and Kth, JIRA.
14 towns with their surrounding villages.
This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
The second allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Simeon.
Their homeland was surrounded by Judah's territory.
Simeon's homeland included Beersheba, Sheba, Moda Hazer,
shul, Bayla, Zu, El Tolad, Bethel.
Homa Ziklag Beth Marba, Haar Sousa, Beth Labbe, and Han 13 Towns
with their surrounding villages.
It also included a Remen Ether and Asian four towns with their villages,
including all the surrounding villages as far south as Baal Ath beer,
also known as Rama of the Negev.
This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Simeon.
Their allocation of land came from part of what had been given to Judah because
Judah's territory was too large for them.
So the tribe of Simeon received an allocation within the territory of Judah.
The third allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Zein.
The boundary of Zeins homeland started at Srid.
From there, it went west.
Going past Marla, touching DHA and proceeding to the brook east
of Jom in the other direction.
The boundary went east from Srid to the border of Kilo Tabor, and
from there to Draf and up to Giah.
Then it continued east to gaff, Heer, f Cain, and Ri, and turned toward Nia.
The northern boundary of Zein passed hon and ended at the valley of Ifta El.
The towns in these areas included Ka, TAF, Neal, Shiran, IAH, and Bethlehem,
12 towns with their surrounding villages.
The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Zebulon included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
The fourth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Issachar.
Its boundaries included the following towns.
Jeri
Ovum Ha Shaan, AATH Rab ian Ez Remit.
Ganim and Hadda, and Beth Pais.
The boundary also touched Tabor.
She Zuma and Beth Sheesh ending at the Jordan River 16 towns
with their surrounding villages.
The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Issachar included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
The fifth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Asher.
Its boundaries included these towns.
Hell, KAF, Hali, Beaton, s Shaf, a Lec Amad, and my shoul.
The boundary on the West touched Carmel and Shiho Lib Nath.
Then it turned east toward Beth Dagon and ran as far as Zein in the valley
of if Tael going north to Beth Emec and Na is it then continued north to cable,
Abdon, reha, Hammond, Cana, and as far as greater Seiden, then the boundary turned
toward Rama and the fortress of tire.
Where it turned toward HOSA and came to the Mediterranean Sea.
The territory also included Al sib, Amma, AEC, and Riha 22 towns
with their surrounding villages.
The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Asher included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
The six allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Naftali.
Its boundary ran from, he left from the oak at Zan Anim and extended
across to Adam I ni Keb Jab Neal.
And as far as comb ending at the Jordan River, the Western boundary
ran past aov Tabor, then to Hawk and touched the border of Zebulon in the
south, the border of Asher on the West and the Jordan River on the east.
The fortified towns included in this territory were Zim, Zu, Hamath,
Raku, ETH Adamma, Rama Hazer, KDE, EDRi, I n, Hazo, yen, amygdala, l
Hoem, Beth Aneth, and Beth Mish.
19 towns with their surrounding villages.
The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Naftali included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
The seventh allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Dan.
The land allocated as their homeland included the following towns.
Zora Esta Hamish, sheeo, Labin Alon, ILA Elan, Timnah, Ekron, Tika.
Gibbon, Ola Ji Bene Barrack gath Riman me, Han Racon, and the
territory across from Joppa.
But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land,
so they attacked the town of Laish.
They captured it, slaughtered its people, and settled there.
They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor.
The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Dan included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
After all the land was divided among the tribes, the Israelites gave
a piece of land to Joshua as his allocation for the Lord had said
he could have any town he wanted.
He chose Tim Nsra in the hill country of Efraim.
He rebuilt the town and lived there.
These are the territories that Eliezer the priest, Joshua son of none, and the
tribal leaders allocated as Grants of land to the tribes of Israel by casting
sacred lots in the presence of the Lord at the entrance of the tabernacle at Shiloh.
So the division of the land was completed, the Lord said to
Joshua, now tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge.
As I instructed Moses.
Anyone who kills another person accidentally and unintentionally
can run to one of these cities.
They will be places of refuge from relatives seeking revenge
for the person who was killed.
Upon reaching one of these cities, the one who caused the death will
appear before the elders at the city gate and present his case.
They must allow him to enter the city and give him a place to live among them.
The relatives of the victim come to avenge the killing.
The leaders must not release the slayer to them for, he killed
the other person unintentionally and without previous hostility.
But the slayer must stay in that city and be tried by the local assembly,
which will render a judgment, and he must continue to live in that city until
the death of the high priest who was in office at the time of the accident.
After that, he's free to return to his own home in the town from which he fled.
The following cities were designated as cities of refuge, Kadesh of Galilee
in the hill country of Naftali, Shechem in the hill country of Efraim and
Raf Aba that is Hebrew in the hill country of Judah on the east side of
the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
The following cities were designated.
Beezer in the wilderness plane of the tribe of Reuben Moff in Gilead,
in the territory of the tribe of Gadd and Golan in basin, in the
land of the tribe of Manasses.
These cities were set apart for all the Israelites as well as
the foreigners living among them.
Anyone who accidentally killed another person could take
refuge in one of these cities.
In this way, they could escape being killed in revenge prior to standing
trial, before the local assembly.
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