Bible Strands
Joshua 18:11
The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua stands at Shiloh to distribute conquered land by casting lots before the LORD, marking the precise moment when Benjamin’s inheritance is determined.
The words — גּוֹרַל (goral) means “lot,” the object used to determine divine allocation, and גְּב֣וּל (gevul) means “territory” or “border,” defining the physical limits of that inheritance.
The thread — The lot-casting procedure is established in Joshua 18:10, and the boundary language parallels the territorial descriptions for Judah in Joshua 15:1.
Why it lands — The text records a concrete divine allocation of land, requiring the reader to acknowledge that tribal possession follows sovereign distribution rather than human conquest alone.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 10:1 At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
- Deuteronomy 13:12 If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said
- Joshua 15:1 Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
- Joshua 16:1 The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.