[18:11] The territory belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin was the first to be assigned. Their land lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph.
[18:12] On the north their border began at the Jordan and then went up the slope north of Jericho and westward through the hill country as far as the desert of Bethaven.
[18:13] The border then went to the slope on the south side of Luz (also called Bethel), then down to Ataroth Addar, on the mountain south of Lower Beth Horon.
[18:14] The border then went in another direction, turning south from the western side of this mountain and going to Kiriath Baal (or Kiriath Jearim), which belongs to the tribe of Judah. This was the western border.
[18:15] The southern border started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and went to the Springs of Nephtoah.
[18:16] It then went down to the foot of the mountain that overlooks Hinnom Valley, at the north end of Rephaim Valley. It then went south through Hinnom Valley, south of the Jebusite ridge, toward Enrogel.
[18:17] It then turned north to Enshemesh and then on to Geliloth, opposite Adummim Pass. The border then went down to the Stone of Bohan (Bohan was a son of Reuben)
[18:18] and passed north of the ridge overlooking the Jordan Valley. It then went down into the valley,
[18:19] passing north of the ridge of Beth Hoglah, and ended at the northern inlet on the Dead Sea, where the Jordan River empties into it. This was the southern border.
[18:20] The Jordan was the eastern border. These were the borders of the land which the families of the tribe of Benjamin received as their possession.
[18:21] The cities belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
[18:22] Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
[18:23] Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
[18:24] Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities, along with the towns around them.
[18:25] There were also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
[18:26] Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,
[18:27] Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
[18:28] Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (or Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath Jearim: fourteen cities, along with the towns around them. This is the land which the families of the tribe of Benjamin received as their possession.