The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ Lertayne are sente to de••yde the lande to the other 〈◊〉〈◊〉 trybes. The lotte of the Lhyldren of Ben Iamin.

CAPI. XVIII.

ANd the hoole congregacion of the chyl¦dren [unspec A] of Israel came togyther at Silo, & set vp the taberncle of wytnesse there, and the lande was in subieccion before them. And there remayned among the chyldren of Israel seuen tribes, whiche had not yet recey¦ned theyr enheritaūce. And Iosua sayd vnto the chyldren of Israel: howe longe are ye so slacke to come, and possesse the lande whiche the Lorde God of your fathers hath gyuen you? Gyue out from amonge you for euery tribe thre men, that I may sende them. And that they maye ryse, and walke thorowe the lande, and dystribute it accordyng to the en∣heritaunce therof, and come agayne to me. And let them deuyde it vnto them in to seuen [unspec B] partes. And Iuda shall abyde in theyr cooste on the south, and the house of Ioseph shall stande in theyr coost{is} on the northe. Describe ye the lande therfore in to seuen partes, and brynge the descripcion hyther to me, & I shall cast lottes for you here before the Lorde oure god. But* 1.1 the Leuites haue no parte among you, for the preesthode of the lorde is theyr en heritaunce. * 1.2 And Gad, and Ruben, & halfe the tribe of Manasses haue receyued theyr en heritaūce beyonde Iordan east warde: which Moses the seruaunt of the lorde gaue them.

And the men arose, & went theyr way. And Iosua charged them that wente to describe the lande, sayeng: departe, & go thorowe the lande, & describe it, and come agayne to me, that I maye here cast lottes for you before

the lorde in Silo. And the men departed, and [unspec C] walked thorowe the lande, and described it by cities in to seuen partes, in a boke, and re∣turned to Iosua into the hoost at Silo. And Iosua cast lottes for them in Silo before the lorde, and there Iosua deuyded the laude vn to the chyldren of Israell, to eche theyr por∣cion. And the lot of the tribe of the chyldren of Ben Iamin came vp accordynge to theyr kynreds. And the coost of theyr lot came out bytwene the chyldren of Iuda and the chyl∣dren of Ioseph. And theyr north coost was from Iordan, and went vp to the syde of Ie∣rico on the north syde, and wente vp thorowe the mountaynes westwarde, and they ended at the wyldernesse of Bethauen: & went from thence toward Lus, euen by the south syde of Lus (the same is Bethell,) and descended a∣gayne to Atcothadar, vnto the hylle that ly∣eth on the southsyde of the nether Bethhoron And the coost turneth thence, and cōpasseth the corner of the see southwarde, euen from [unspec D] the hylle that lyeth before Bethhoron south∣warde, and goeth out at Kiriathbaal, whiche is Kiriath Iarim, a Citye of the chyldren of Iuda: this is the west quarter: and the south coost goeth from the edge of Kiriathiarim, & goeth out westwarde, and thence it turneth to the water wel of Nepthoah, & cōmeth dowrie agayne to the edge of the hyll, that lyeth be∣fore the valeye of the sonne of Hennon / euen in the valeye of the Gyauntes northwarde / and descendeth into the valey of Hennon be∣syde Iebusi southwarde, and goth downe to the well of Rogell. And compasseth from the north, and goth forth to the wel of the sonne, and departeth from thence to the places of Geliloth, whiche are towarde the goynge vp vnto Adomim, & goeth downe to the stone of Bohan the sonne of Ruben: and then goeth alonge towarde the syde of the playne, north∣warde: and goeth downe into the feldes, and goth along to the syde of Bethhagiah north¦warde, and endeth at the poynt of the salt see north therfrō, euen at the south ende of Ior∣dane. This is the south coost.

And Iordane kepeth in this coost on the [unspec E] cast syde, and this is the enherytaunce of the chyldren of Beu iamin by theyr coost{is} round aboute thorowout theyr kynred{is}. These were the cityes of the trybes of the chyldrē of Ben Iamin thorowout theyr kynreds: Iericho, Bethhaglah, and the playne of Kaziz: Betha rabah, Zamarim and Bethel: Auim, Pharah and Ophrah: Cheper, Ammona, Ophni and Gabai, twelue Cityes with theyr vyllages. Gibeon, Ramah, and Beroth: Mazphah, Ca∣phairah, and Mozah: Rekem, Iarephel, and Tharela, Zela, Eleph, and Iebust, whiche is Ierusalem: Gibeath, and Kiriath, fourtene cities with theyr vyllages. This is the enhe∣ritaunce of the chyldren of Ben Iamin tho∣rowout theyr kynreds.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Io••ua 〈◊〉〈◊〉.D and. xiiii. a.
• * 1.2

  Iosua. x. i. ••