Joshua 18:11

And first came up the lot of the children of Benjamin by their families, to possess the land between the children of Juda, and the children of Joseph.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 he cast lots before the Lord in Silo, and divided the land to the children of Israel into seven parts.

12And their border northward was from the Jordan: going along by the side of Jericho on the north side, and thence going up westward to the mountains, and reaching to the wilderness of Bethaven,

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Cross References

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

Deuteronomy 13:12If in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to dwell in, thou hear some say:

Joshua 16:1And the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan over against Jericho and the waters thereof, on the east: the wilderness which goeth up from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel:

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

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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