Joshua · Chapter 18

[ edit] And alle þe ſones of Yrael ben gedryd in Sylo, and þere þei piȝten þe tabernacle of witneſſynge; and þe loond was ſuget to hem. Forſoþe þere dwelten of þe ſones of Yrael ſeuen lynagis, þat ȝit not hadden taak her poſſeſſiouns. To whom ſeiþ Joſue, How long welewen ȝe wiþ ſlewþ, and ȝe goon not into þe loond to be weeldid, þat þe Lord God of ȝoure faders haþ ȝyue to ȝou? Cheſiþ of eche lynagis þre men, þat Y ſende hem, and þei goon, and enuyroun þe loond, and diſcryue it after þe noumbre of eche multitude, and þei tellen to me, þat þei han diſcryued.

Dyuyde ȝe to ȝou þe loond into ſeuen partis; Judas be in hys teermes at þe ſouþ cooſt, and þe hows of Joſeph fro þe norþ; þe mydil loond bitwix þes diſcryue ȝe into ſeuen partiſe; and þanne ȝe ſhulen come to me, þat before þe Lord oure God I ſende to ȝow her lot; for þere is not a mong ȝou paart of Leuytis, but preeſþod of þe Lord, þis is þe herytage of hem. Forſoþe Gad, and Ruben, and þe half lynage of Manaſſe now han taak her poſſeſſiouns biȝond Jordan, at þe eſt cooſt, þe whiche Moyſes, þe ſeruaunt of þe Lord, haþ ȝeue to hem.

And whanne þe men weren ryſen for to goon, to diſcryue þe loond, Joſue commaundide to hem, ſeiynge, Gooþ aboute þe loond, and diſcryue ȝe it, and torneþ aȝen to me, þat here bifore þe Lord ȝoure God in Sylo Y ſende to ȝou lot. And ſo þei wenten, and goynge about it in ſeuen parties dyuydeden, wrytynge in volym; and þei turneden aȝen to Joſue, into þe tentis of Sylo. Þe whiche leide lottis before þe Lord God in Silo, and dyuydede þe loond to þe ſones of Yrael, into ſeuen parties. And ſtiede vp þe firſt lot of þe ſones of Beniamyn, by her meynees, þat þei weelden þe loond bitwix þe ſones of Juda and þe ſones of Joſeph.

And þe teerme of hem was aȝens þe norþ fro Jordan, goynge biſyde þe ſide of Jerycho of þe norþ cooſt; and fro þens aȝens þe weſt to þe mounteyn ſtiynge, and comynge to þe wildirnes of Beþanen, and paſſynge biſide Luzan to þe ſouþ; þat is Beþel; and he cam doun into Aſtaroþ of Adar, into þe hil þat is at þe ſouþ of þe neþer Beþeron; and is bowid goynge about aȝens þe ſee, to þe ſouþ of þe hil þat biholdiþ Beþeron aȝens Affrijk; and þe goyngis out of it ben Scaryaþabaal, and þe whiche is clepid Caryaþiarym, þe cytee of þe ſones of Juda; þis is þe greet cooſt aȝens þe ſee, to þe weſt.

Forſoþe fro þe ſouþ, of þe part of Caryaþiarym, gooþ out þe teerme aȝens þe ſee, and comeþ vnto þe welle of watris of Nepþoa; and comiþ doun into þe paart of þe hil þat biholdiþ þe valey of þe ſones of Ennon, and is aȝens þe norþ cooſt, in þe vttermooſt paart of þe valey of Raphaym; and Gehennon, þat is, þe valey of Ennon, comeþ doun by ſide þe ſide of Jebuſei, to þe ſouþ, and comeþ to þe welle of Rogel, paſſynge to þe norþ, and goynge out to Empſemes, þat is, þe welle of þe ſunne, and paſſiþ vnto þe litil hillis þat ben forn aȝens of þe ſtiynge vp of Adomyn; and comeþ doun to Thabem Boen, þat is, þe ſtoon of Boen, ſone of Ruben, and paſſiþ fro þe ſide of þe norþ to þe wijld feeldis; and comeþ doun into þe pleyn, and gooþ biſide aȝens þe norþ of Beþagalam; and þe goyngis out of it ben aȝens þe tong of þe ſalteſt ſee, fro þe norþ, in þe eend of Jordan to þe ſouþ cooſt, þat is þe teerme of it fro þe eſt.

Þis is þe poſſeſſioun of þe ſones of Beniamyn, bi her teermys in enuyroun, and her meynees; and his citees weren Jericho, and Beþegla, and þe valey of Caſis, Beþaracha, and Samaraym, and Beþel, and Anym, and Affara, and Offyra, þe toun Heſmona, and Offym, and Gabee, cytees twelue, and þe touns of hem; Gabaon, and Rama, and Beroþ, and Meſphe, Chaphera, and Anymoſa, and Recen, Jerephel, and Tharela, and Sela, and Heleph, and Jebus, þat is Jeruſalem, Gabaaþ, and Curiaþ, citees fourteen, and þe touns of hem; þis is þe poſſeſſioun of þe ſones of Beniamyn, aftir her meyneis.