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Now the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot ^(F1)lay between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.

^(C1)Their border on the north side was from the Jordan, then the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward, and ^(F1)it ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

Then from there the border continued to ^(C1)Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south of ^(C2)lower Beth-horon.

And the border changed direction from there and turned around on the west side southward, from the hill which lies opposite Beth-horon southward; and ^(F1)it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.

Then the ^(C1)south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went westward and went to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.

Then the border went down to the edge of the hill which is ^(F1)in the ^(C1)Valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the Valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the Valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel.

Then it turned northward and went to En-shemesh, and went to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it went down to the ^(C1)stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

And it continued to the side in front of the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.

Then the border continued to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the ^(F1)border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

Moreover, the Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families, and according to its borders all around.

Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz,

Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Avvim, Parah, and Ophrah,

Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and ^(C1)Geba; twelve cities with their villages.

Gibeon, Ramah, and Beeroth,

Mizpeh, Chephirah, and Mozah,

Rekem, Irpeel, and Taralah,

^(C1)Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the ^(C2)sons of Benjamin according to their families.