Joshua 18

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Joshua 18

1And all the congregation of the children of Israel were assembled at Selo, and there they pitched the tabernacle of witness; and the land was subdued by them.Καὶ ἐξεκκλησιάσθη πᾶσα συναγωγὴ υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς Σηλὼ, καὶ ἔπηξαν ἐκεῖ τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου· καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐκρατήθη ὑπʼ αὐτῶν.

2And the sons of Israel remained, even those who had not received their inheritance, seven tribes.Καὶ κατελείφθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ, οἳ οὐκ ἐκληρονόμησαν, ἑπτὰ φυλαί.

3And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will you be slack to inherit the land, which the Lord our God has given you?Καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, ἕως τίνος ἐκλυθήσεσθε κληρονομῆσαι τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἔδωκε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν;

4* Appoint of yourselves three men of each tribe, and let them rise up and go through the land, and let them describe it before me, as it will be proper to divide it.Δότε ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνδρας τρεῖς ἐκ φυλῆς, καὶ ἀναστάντες διελθέτωσαν τὴν γῆν, καὶ διαγραψάτωσαν αὐτὴν ἐναντίον μου, καθὰ δεήσει διελεῖν αὐτήν. Καὶ διέλθοσαν πρὸς αὐτόν·

5And they † came to him: and he divided to them seven portions, saying, Juda shall stand to them a border southward, and the sons of Joseph shall stand to them northward.καὶ διεῖλεν αὐτοῖς ἑπτὰ μερίδας· Ἰούδας στήσεται αὐτοῖς ὅριον ἀπὸ Λιβὸς, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰωσὴφ στήσονται αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ.

6And do you divide the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, and I will ‡ give you a lot before the Lord our God.Ὑμεῖς δὲ μερίσατε τὴν γῆν ἑπτὰ μερίδας, καὶ ἐνέγκατε ὧδε πρὸς μὲ, καὶ ἐξοίσω ὑμῖν κλῆρον ἔναντι Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.

7For the sons of Levi have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is his portion; and Gad, and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasse, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them.Οὐ γάρ ἐστι μερὶς τοῖς υἱοῖς Λευὶ ἐν ὑμῖν· ἱερατεία γὰρ Κυρίου μερὶς αὐτοῦ· καὶ Γὰδ καὶ Ῥουβὴν καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ φυλῆς Μανασσῆ ἐλάβοσαν τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτῶν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἐπʼ ἀνατολῆς, ἣν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς Μωυσῆς ὁ παῖς Κυρίου.

8And the men rose up and went; and Joshua charged the men who went to § explore the land, saying, Go and explore the land, and come to me, and I will bring you forth a lot here before the Lord in Selo.Καὶ ἀναστάντες οἱ ἄνδρες ἐπορεύθησαν· καὶ ἐνετείλατο Ἰησοῦς τοῖς ἀνδράσι τοῖς πορευομένοις χωροβατῆσαι τὴν γῆν, λέγων, πορεύεσθε καὶ χωροβατήσατε τὴν γῆν, καὶ παραγενήθητε πρὸς μὲ, καὶ ὧδε ἐξοίσω ὑμῖν κλῆρον ἔναντι Κυρίου ἐν Σηλώ.

9And they went, and explored the land: and they viewed it, and described it according to the cities, seven parts in a book, and brought the book to Joshua.Καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν, καὶ ἐχωροβάτησαν τὴν γῆν· καὶ εἴδοσαν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἔγραψαν αὐτὴν κατὰ πόλεις, ἑπτα μερίδας εἰς βιβλίον, καὶ ἤνεγκαν πρὸς Ἰησοῦν.

10And Joshua cast the lot for them in Selo before the Lord.Καὶ ἐνέβαλεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς κλῆρον ἐν Σηλὼ ἔναντι Κυρίου.

11And the lot of the tribe of Benjamin came forth first according to their families: and the borders of their lot came forth between the children of Juda and the children of Joseph.Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ κλῆρος φυλῆς Βενιαμὶν πρῶτος κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὅρια τοῦ κλήρου αὐτῶν ἀναμέσον υἱῶν Ἰούδα καὶ ἀναμέσον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωσήφ.

12And their borders were northward: the borders shall go up from Jordan behind Jericho northward, and shall go up to the mountain westward, and the issue of it shall be Baethon of Mabdara.Καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτῶν τὰ ὅρια ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ· ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἱορδάνου προσαναβήσεται τὰ ὅρια κατὰ νὼτου Ἱεριχὼ ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ, καὶ ἀναβήσεται ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἔσται αὐτοῦ ἡ διέξοδος ἡ Μαβδαρίτις Βαιθών.

13And the borders will go forth thence to Luz, behind Luz, from the south of it; this is Baethel: and the borders shall go down to Maatarob Orech, to the hill country, which is southward of Baethoron the lower.Καὶ διελεύσεται ἐκεῖθεν τὰ ὅρια Λοῦζὰ ἐπὶ νώτου Λουζὰ ἀπὸ Λιβὸς αὐτῆς· αὕτη ἐστὶ Βαιθήλ· καὶ καταβήσεται τὰ ὅρια Μααταρὼβ Ὀρὲχ ἐπὶ τὴν ὀρεινὴν, ἥ ἐστι πρὸς Λίβα Βαιθωρὼν ἡ κάτω.

14And the borders shall pass through and proceed to the part that looks toward the sea, on the south, from the mountain in front of Baethoron southward, and its termination shall be at Cariath-Baal, this is Cariath-Jarin, a city of the children of Juda; this is the part toward the west.Καὶ διελεύσεται τὰ ὅρια καὶ παρελεύσεται ἐπὶ τὸ μέρος τὸ βλέπον παρὰ θάλασσαν ἀπὸ Λιβὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Βαιθωρὼν Λίβα· καὶ ἔσται αὐτοῦ ἡ διέξοδος εἰς Καριὰθ Βαάλ· αὕτη ἐστὶ Καριαθιαρὶν, πόλις υἱῶν Ἰούδα· τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ μέρος τὸ πρὸς θάλασσαν.

15And the south side on the part of Cariath-Baal; and the borders shall go across to Gasin, to the fountain of the water of Naphtho.Καὶ μέρος τὸ πρὸς Λίβα ἀπὸ μέρους Καριὰθ Βαάλ· καὶ διελεύσεται ὅρια εἰς Γασὶν, ἐπὶ πηγὴν ὕδατος Ναφθώ.

16And the borders shall extend down on one side, this is in front of the forest of Sonnam, which is on the side of Emec Raphain northward, and it shall come down to Gaeenna behind Jebusai southward: it shall come down to the fountain of Rogel.Καὶ καταβήσεται τὰ ὅρια ἐπὶ μέρους, τοῦτό ἐστι κατὰ πρόσωπον νάπης Σοννὰμ, ὅ ἐστιν ἐκ μέρους Ἐμὲκ Ῥαφαῒν ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ, καὶ καταβήσεται Γαίεννα ἐπὶ νῶτον Ἰεβουσαὶ ἀπὸ Λιβός· καταβήσεται ἐπὶ πηγὴν Ῥωγήλ·

17And the borders shall go across to the fountain of Baethsamys:Καὶ διελεύσεται ἐπὶ πηγὴν Βαιθσαμύς· καὶ παρελεύσεται ἐπὶ Γαλιλὼθ, ἥ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι πρὸς ἀνάβασις Αἰθαμίν· καὶ καταβήσεται ἐπὶ λίθον Βαιὼν υἱῶν Ῥουβήν·

18and shall proceed to Galiloth, which is in front by the going up of Aethamin; and they shall come down to the stone of Baeon of the sons of Ruben; and shall pass over behind Baetharaba northward, and shall go down to the borders behind the sea northward.καὶ διελεύσεται κατὰ νώτου Βαιθάραβα ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ, καὶ καταβήσεται ἐπὶ τὰ ὅρια ἐπὶ νῶτον θάλασσαν ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ.

19And the termination of the borders shall be at the creek of the salt sea northward to the side of Jordan southward: these are their southern borders.Καὶ ἔσται ἡ διέξοδος τῶν ὁρίων ἐπὶ λοφιὰν τῆς θαλάσσης τῶν ἁλῶν ἐπὶ Βοῤῥᾶν εἰς μέρος τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἀπὸ Λιβός· ταῦτα τὰ ὅριά ἐστιν ἀπὸ Λιβός.

20And Jordan shall be their boundary on the east: this is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, these are their borders round about according to their families.Καὶ ὁ Ἰορδάνης ὁριεῖ ἀπὸ μέρους ἀνατολῶν· αὕτη ἡ κληρονομία υἱῶν Βενιαμὶν, τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆς κύκλῳ κατὰ δήμους.

21And the cities of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethagaeo, and the Amecasis,Καὶ ἐγενήθησαν αἱ πόλεις τῶν υιῶν Βενιαμὶν κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν Ἱερειχὼ, καὶ Βεθεγαιὼ, καὶ Ἀμεκασὶς,

22and Baethabara, and Sara, and Besana,καὶ Βαιθαβαρὰ, καὶ Σαρὰ, καὶ Βησανὰ,

23and Aeein, and Phara, and Ephratha,καὶ Αἰεὶν, καὶ Φαρὰ, καὶ Ἐφραθὰ,

24and Carapha, and Cephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities and their villages:καὶ Καραφὰ, καὶ Κεφιρὰ, καὶ Μονὶ, καὶ Γαβαὰ, πόλεις δώδεκα· καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν,

25Gabaon, and Rama, and Beerotha;Γαβαὼν, καὶ Ῥαμὰ, καὶ Βεηρωθὰ,

26and Massema, and Miron, and Amoke;καὶ Μασσημὰ, καὶ Μιρὼν, καὶ Ἀμωκὴ,

27and Phira, and Caphan, and Nacan, and Selecan, and Thareela,καὶ Φιρὰ, καὶ Καφὰν, καὶ Νακὰν, καὶ Ζεληκὰν, καὶ Θαρεηλὰ,

28and Jebus (this is Jerusalem); and Gabaoth, Jarim, thirteen cities, and their villages; this is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.καὶ Ἰηβοῦς· αὕτη ἐστὶν Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ Γαβαὼθ, Ἰαρὶμ, πόλεις δεκατρεῖς, καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν· αὕτη ἡ κληρονομία υἱῶν Βενιαμὶν κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 4*Gr. give.
• v. 5†Gr. went through.
• v. 6‡Gr. bring out.
• v. 8§Or, walk through.