# Joshua 18 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Joshua Overview]] | [[Joshua 17]] | [[Joshua 19]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Tribes Meet at Shiloh [[#Verse 01.]] The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,  [[#Verse 02.]] seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. [[#Verse 03.]] So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?  [[#Verse 04.]] Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me. [[#Verse 05.]] Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north. [[#Verse 06.]] But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.  [[#Verse 07.]] But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land east of the Jordan, which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.” [[#Verse 08.]] When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.”  [[#Verse 09.]] The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.  [[#Verse 10.]] Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions. ### Benjamin’s Tribal Lands [[#Verse 11.]] The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph.  [[#Verse 12.]] Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the wilderness of Beth Aven.  [[#Verse 13.]] It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon.  [[#Verse 14.]] It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. This is the western border.  [[#Verse 15.]] The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.  [[#Verse 16.]] The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.  [[#Verse 17.]] It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.  [[#Verse 18.]] It crossed to the slope in front of the rift valley to the north and descended into the rift valley.  [[#Verse 19.]] It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan River. This was the southern border.  [[#Verse 20.]] The Jordan River bordered it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. [[#Verse 21.]] These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,  [[#Verse 22.]] Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,  [[#Verse 23.]] Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,  [[#Verse 24.]] Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—a total of twelve cities and their towns. [[#Verse 25.]] Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, [[#Verse 26.]] Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,  [[#Verse 27.]] Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,  [[#Verse 28.]] Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath—a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes