{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/joshua/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T16:17:51.579Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Joshua","bookSlug":"joshua","chapter":18,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":17,"nextChapter":19,"totalChapters":24,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long <i>are</i> ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Give out from among you three men for <i>each</i> 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 <i>again</i> to me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Ye shall therefore describe the land <i>into</i> seven parts, and bring <i>the description</i> hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD <i>is</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came <i>again</i> to Joshua to the host at Shiloh."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And 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 Bethaven."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which <i>is</i> Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that <i>lieth</i> on the south side of the nether Bethhoron."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And the border was drawn <i>thence</i>, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that <i>lieth</i> before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which <i>is</i> Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this <i>was</i> the west quarter."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the south quarter <i>was</i> from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And the border came down to the end of the mountain that <i>lieth</i> before the valley of the son of Hinnom, <i>and</i> which <i>is</i> 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 Enrogel,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which <i>is</i> over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this <i>was</i> the south coast."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This <i>was</i> the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which <i>is</i> Jerusalem, Gibeath, <i>and</i> Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families."}],"citation":{"inline":"Joshua 18 (KJV)","markdown":"[Joshua 18](https://primebible.com/kjv/joshua/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/joshua/18 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}