Joshua 18:11

And the first heritage came out for the tribe of Benjamin by their families: and the limit of their heritage went between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10And Joshua made the distribution for them in Shiloh by the decision of the Lord, marking out the land for the children of Israel by their divisions.

12And their limit on the north was from the Jordan, and the line goes up to the side of Jericho on the north and through the hill-country to the west, ending at the waste land of Beth-aven.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

Deuteronomy 13:12And if word comes to you, in one of the towns which the Lord your God is giving you for your resting-place,

Joshua 16:1And the limit of the land marked out for the children of Joseph went out from Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, in the waste land, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

Ezekiel 48:23And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side: Benjamin, one part.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 18:3-11

The Tabernacle at Shiloh. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 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. In the midst of the story of the dividing of the land comes in this account of the setting up of the tabernacle, which had hitherto continued in its old place in the centre of their camp; but now that three of the four squadrons that used to surround it in the wilderness were broken and diminished,… Read the whole commentary →

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