Joshua 18
- 1And 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.
- 2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
- 3And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?
- 4Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them. They shall come again to me.
- 5And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall stay in their border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their regions on the north.
- 6You shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
- 7But the Levites have no part among you. For the priesthood of the Lord is 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.
- 8And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged those who 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.
- 9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the army at Shiloh.
- 10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
- 11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
- 12And their border on the north side was from Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward. It ended at the wilderness of Bethaven.
- 13And the border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward, and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lies on the south side of the lower Bethhoron.
- 14And the border was drawn from there, and turned south along the west side, from the hill that lies before Bethhoron southward. It ended at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
- 15And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
- 16And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is 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,
- 17And was drawn from the north, and went out to Enshemesh, and went out toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
- 18And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down to Arabah:
- 19And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the border ended at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south border.
- 20And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by its regions around, according to their families.
- 21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
- 22And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
- 23And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
- 24And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba, twelve cities with their villages:
- 25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
- 26And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
- 27And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
- 28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath, fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Joshua 18 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you?
GIGAKJVAnd Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?
KJVGive out from among you three men for each 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 again to me.
GIGAKJVGive out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them. They shall come again to me.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall stay in their border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their regions on the north.
KJVYe shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
GIGAKJVYou shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
KJVBut the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is 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.
GIGAKJVBut the Levites have no part among you. For the priesthood of the Lord is 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.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged those who 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.
KJVAnd the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
GIGAKJVAnd the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the army at Shiloh.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd their border on the north side was from Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward. It ended at the wilderness of Bethaven.
KJVAnd the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
GIGAKJVAnd the border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward, and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lies on the south side of the lower Bethhoron.
KJVAnd the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
GIGAKJVAnd the border was drawn from there, and turned south along the west side, from the hill that lies before Bethhoron southward. It ended at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
KJVAnd the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is 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,
GIGAKJVAnd the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is 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,
KJVAnd was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
GIGAKJVAnd was drawn from the north, and went out to Enshemesh, and went out toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
KJVAnd passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
GIGAKJVAnd passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down to Arabah:
KJVAnd 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 was the south coast.
GIGAKJVAnd the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the border ended at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south border.
KJVAnd Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
GIGAKJVAnd Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by its regions around, according to their families.
KJVAnd Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
GIGAKJVAnd Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba, twelve cities with their villages:
KJVAnd Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
GIGAKJVAnd Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath, fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
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