Focused Passage

Joshua 18:21-28

The Tent of Meeting at Shiloh and the Allotment of Benjamin

Israel gathers at Shiloh, the tent of meeting is set up, Joshua rebukes the remaining tribes for delaying possession, surveyors describe the land, and Benjamin receives its allotted inheritance by lot before the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

21These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.

25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

26Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

28Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

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Verse 21

Original words

These wereוְהָי֣וּH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralthe citiesהֶֽעָרִ֗יםH5892Article | Noun - feminine plural-בְּנֵ֥יH1121Noun - masculine plural constructof the clansלְמִשְׁפְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑םH4940Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralof the tribeלְמַטֵּ֛הH4294Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructof Benjaminבִנְיָמִ֖ןH1144Noun - proper - masculine singularJerichoיְרִיח֥וֹH3405Noun - proper - feminine singularvvvוּבֵית־H1031Beth-hoglahחָגְלָ֖הH1031Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular. . .וְעֵ֥מֶקH6010Noun - proper - feminine singularEmek-kezizקְצִֽיץ׃H7104Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 22

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vvvוּבֵ֧יתH1026Beth-arabahהָֽעֲרָבָ֛הH1026Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularZemaraimוּצְמָרַ֖יִםH6787Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularvvvוּבֵֽית־H1008Bethelאֵֽל׃H1008Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 23

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Avvimוְהָעַוִּ֥יםH5761Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularParahוְהַפָּרָ֖הH6511Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularOphrahוְעָפְרָֽה׃H6084Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 24

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vvvוּכְפַ֧רH3726Chephar-ammoniהָעַמֹּנִיH3726Noun - proper - feminine singularOphniוְהָֽעָפְנִ֖יH6078Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularand Gebaוָגָ֑בַעH1387Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singulartwelveשְׁתֵּים־H8147Number - fd. . .עֶשְׂרֵ֖הH6240Number - feminine singularcitiesעָרִ֥יםH5892Noun - feminine pluralalong with their villagesוְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃H2691Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | third person feminine plural
Verse 25

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Gibeonגִּבְע֥וֹןH1391Noun - proper - feminine singularRamahוְהָֽרָמָ֖הH7414Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularBeerothוּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃H881Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 26

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Mizpehוְהַמִּצְפֶּ֥הH4708Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularChephirahוְהַכְּפִירָ֖הH3716Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularMozahוְהַמֹּצָֽה׃H4681Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 27

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Rekemוְרֶ֥קֶםH7552Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularIrpeelוְיִרְפְּאֵ֖לH3416Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularTaralahוְתַרְאֲלָֽה׃H8634Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 28

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Zelahוְצֵלַ֡עH6762Noun - proper - feminine singularHaelephהָאֶ֜לֶףH507Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularJebusוְהַיְבוּסִ֨יH2983Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular(that isהִ֤יאH1931Pronoun - third person feminine singularJerusalemיְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙H3389Noun - proper - feminine singularGibeahגִּבְעַ֣תH1394Noun - proper - feminine singularand Kiriath-jearimקִרְיַ֔תH7157Noun - proper - feminine singularfourteenאַרְבַּֽע־H702Number - feminine singular. . .עֶשְׂרֵ֖הH6240Number - feminine singularcitiesעָרִ֥יםH5892Noun - feminine pluralalong with their villagesוְחַצְרֵיהֶ֑ןH2691Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | third person feminine pluralThisזֹ֛אתH2063Pronoun - feminine singularwas the inheritanceנַֽחֲלַ֥תH5159Noun - feminine singular constructof the clansלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃פH4940Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralof the tribeבְּנֵֽי־H1121Noun - masculine plural constructof Benjaminבִנְיָמִ֖ןH1144Noun - proper - masculine singular

BSB notes

  • LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew the Jebusite
  • Hebrew Gibeath
  • LXX; Hebrew Kiriath

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