耶和华就对我说,他们所说的是。
And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
先知托耶和华的名说话,所说的若不成就,也无效验,这就是耶和华所未曾吩咐的,是那先知擅自说的,你不要怕他。
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
以色列的全会众都聚集在示罗,把会幕设立在那里,那地已经被他们制伏了。
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
以色列人中其馀的七个支派还没有分给他们地业。
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
约书亚对以色列人说,耶和华你们列祖的神所赐给你们的地,你们耽延不去得,要到几时呢。
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
你们每支派当选举三个人,我要打发他们去,他们就要起身走遍那地,按着各支派应得的地业写明(或作画图),就回到我这里来。
Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
划地势的人起身去的时候,约书亚嘱咐他们说,你们去走遍那地,划明地势,就回到我这里来。我要在示罗这里,耶和华面前,为你们拈阄。
And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
他们就去了,走遍那地,按着城邑分作七分,写在册子上,回到示罗营中见约书亚。
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
便雅悯支派,按着宗族拈阄所得之地,是在犹大,约瑟子孙中间。
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.
从那里往南接连到路斯,贴近路斯(路斯就是伯特利),又下到亚他绿亚达,靠近下伯和仑南边的山。
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.