Joshua 18
1 And the whole assembly of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
Hele Israeliternes Menighed kom sammen i Silo, og de rejste Aabenbaringsteltet der, da de nu havde underlagt sig Landet.
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not been distributed to them.
Men der var endnu syv Stammer tilbage af Israeliterne, som ikke havde faaet deres Arvelod tildelt.
3 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will ye shew yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers hath given you?
Josua sagde derfor til Israeliterne: »Hvor længe vil I endnu nøle med at drage hen og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som HERREN, eders Fædres Gud, har givet eder?
4 Provide you three men for a tribe; that I may send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it according to the proportion of their inheritance, and they shall come to me.
Udse eder tre Mænd af hver Stamme, som jeg kan udsende; de skal gøre sig rede og drage Landet rundt og affatte en Beskrivelse derover til Brug ved Fastsættelsen af deres Arvelod og saa komme tilbage til mig.
5 And they shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their border on the north;
De skal dele det i syv Dele; Juda skal beholde sit Omraade mod Syd og Josefs Slægt sit mod Nord.
6 and ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] hither to me, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.
Og I skal saa affatte en Beskrivelse over Landet, delt i syv Dele, og bringe mig den; saa vil jeg kaste Lod for eder her for HERREN vor Guds Aasyn.
7 But the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance. And Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.
Thi Leviterne faar ingen Del iblandt eder, da HERRENS Præstedømme er deres Arvelod; og Gad, Ruben og Manasses halve Stamme har paa Jordans Østside faaet deres Arvelod, som HERRENS Tjener Moses gav dem!«
8 And 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, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.
Da begav Mændene sig paa Vej; og Josua bød de bortdragende affatte en Beskrivelse over Landet, idet han sagde: »Drag Landet rundt, affat en Beskrivelse over det og kom saa tilbage til mig; saa vil jeg kaste Lod for eder her for HERRENS Aasyn i Silo!«
9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions, in a book, and they came to Joshua, to the camp at Shiloh.
Saa begav, Mændene sig paa Vej og drog igennem Landet og affattede en Beskrivelse derover, By for By, i syv Dele; og derpaa kom de tilbage til Josua i Lejren ved Silo.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. And there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
Men Josua kastede Lod for dem i Silo for HERRENS Aasyn og udskiftede der Landet til Israeliterne, Afdeling, for Afdeling.
11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. And the territory of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Da faldt Loddet for Benjaminiternes Stamme efter deres Slægter; og det Omraade, der blev deres Lod, kom til at ligge mellem Judas og Josefs Sønner.
12 And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up to the mountain westward; and ended at the wilderness of Beth-Aven;
Deres Nordgrænse begynder ved Jordan, og Grænsen strækker sig op til Bjergryggen norden for Jeriko og mod Vest op i Bjerglandet, saa den ender i Bet-Avens Ørken;
13 and the border passed on from thence toward Luz, to the south side of Luz, which is Bethel: and the border went down to Ataroth-Addar, near the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-horon.
derfra gaar Grænsen videre til Luz, til Bjergryggen sønden for Luz, det er Betel, og strækker sig ned til Atarot-Addar over Bjerget sønden for Nedre-Bet-Horon.
14 — And the border reached along and turned on the west side, southward from the hill that is before Beth-horon southward; and ended at Kirjath-Baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this is the west side.
Derpaa bøjer Grænsen om og løber som Vestgrænse sydpaa fra Bjerget lige sønden for Bet-Horon og ender ved Kirjat-Ba'al, det er den judæiske By Kirjat-Jearim; det er Vestgrænsen.
15 — And the south side was from the extreme end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
Sydgrænsen begynder ved Udkanten af Kirjat-Ba'al, og Grænsen gaar til Neftoas Vandkilde;
16 And the border went down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim on the north, and went down the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south, and went down to En-rogel;
derpaa strækker den sig ned til Randen af Bjerget lige over for Hinnoms Søns Dal norden for Refaimdalen og videre til Hinnoms Dal sønden om Jebusiternes Bjergryg og til Rogelkilden;
17 and it reached along on the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth towards Geliloth, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, and went down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben,
saa drejer den nordpaa og fortsætter til Sjemesjkilden og videre til Gelilot lige over for Adummimpasset, derpaa ned til Rubens Søn Bohans Sten
18 and passed along towards the side opposite to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah;
og gaar saa videre til Bjergryggen norden for Bet-Araba og ned i Arabalavningen;
19 and the border passed on to the side of Beth-hoglah on the north, and the border ended at the tongue of the salt sea northward, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border.
saa gaar den videre til Bjergryggen norden for Bet-Hogla og ender norden for Salthavets Bugt ved Jordans Udløb; det er Sydgrænsen.
20 — And the Jordan borders it on the east side. — This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to its borders round about, according to their families.
Mod Øst danner Jordan Grænse. Det er Benjaminiternes Arvelod med dens Grænser efter deres Slægter.
21 And the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were: Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-Keziz,
Og Benjaminiternes Stammes Byer efter deres Slægter er følgende: Jeriko, Bet-Hogla, Emek-Keziz,
22 and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Bet-Araba, Zemarajim, Betel,
23 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Avvim, Para, Ofra,
24 and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets;
Kefar-Ammoni, Ofni og Geba; tilsammen tolv Byer med Landsbyer.
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
Gibeon, Rama, Be'erot,
26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
Mizpe, Kefira, Moza,
27 and Rekem, and Jirpeel, and Tharalah,
Rekem, Jirpe'el, Tar'ala,
28 and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, that is, Jerusalem, Gibeah, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their hamlets. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Zela, Elef, Jebus, det er Jerusalem, Gibeat og Kirjat-Jearim; tilsammen fjorten Byer med Landsbyer. Det er Benjaminiternes Arvelod efter deres Slægter.
