651 - The Land Given to Benjamin

The Land Given to Benjamin

The first allotment of land (made by holy lots) went to the clans, of the tribe of Benjamin. 

It lay between the territory assigned to the tribes of Judah .. and Joseph. 

The northern boundary, of Benjamin’s land, began at the Jordan River, went north of the slope of Jericho, then west…through the hill country and the wilderness of Beth-aven. 

From there, the boundary went south to Luz (also called, Bethel) and proceeded down to Ataroth-addar, on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth-horon. 

The boundary then made a turn … and swung south, along the western edge of the hill, facing Beth-horon, ending at the village of Kiriath-baal (also known as, Kiriath-jearim), a town belonging to the tribe of Judah. 

This was the western boundary. 

The southern boundary began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. 

From that western point, it ran to the spring, at the waters of Nephtoah, …and down to the base of the mountain, beside the valley of Ben-Hinnom, at the northern end of the valley of Rephaim. 

From there, it went down the valley of Hinnom, crossing south of the slope, where the Jebusites lived, and continued down to En-rogel. 

From En-rogel, the boundary proceeded in a northerly direction …and came to En-shemesh …and on to Geliloth (which is across from the slopes of Adummim). 

Then, it went down to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan was Reuben’s son.) 

From there, it passed along the north side of the slope, overlooking the Jordan Valley. 

The border then went down into the valley, ran past the north slope of Beth-hoglah, and ended at the north bay of the Dead Sea, which is the southern end of the Jordan River. 

This was the southern boundary. 

The eastern boundary was the Jordan River. 

These were the boundaries of the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. 

There were also towns given to Benjamin

These were the towns given to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. 

Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages. 

Also were: Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zela, Haeleph — the Jebusite town (now called, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages. 

This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. 

Joshua 18:11–28 (NLT)

Praise be to God!