Now it happened just as the Lord had said! My cousin Hanamel ¹  came to me in the courtyard of the guardhouse. He said to me, ‘Buy my field which is at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. Buy it for yourself since you are entitled as my closest relative to take possession of it for yourself.’ When this happened, I recognized that the Lord had indeed spoken to me.

Fields will again be bought with silver, and deeds of purchase signed, sealed, and witnessed. This will happen in the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, the towns in Judah, the southern hill country, the western foothills, and southern Judah. ¹  For I will restore them to their land. ²  I, the Lord, affirm it!’” ³ 

“Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles ¹  in length and three and one-third miles ²  in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles ³  and the width three and one-third miles. ⁴ 

From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev ¹  region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident ²  in Gerar,

So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words: ¹ 

Their territory extended ¹  from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon ²  – that is, Hermon –

and all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the distant ¹  sea,

Now, divide up this land ¹  among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

These are the land assignments made by Moses ¹  on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho. ² 

(The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)

Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; ¹  in all they had twelve cities and their towns. ² 

Their border started at Heleph and the oak of Zaanannim, went to Adami Nekeb, Jabneel and on to Lakkum, ¹  and ended at the Jordan River. ² 

So they traveled on, ¹  and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. ² 

The length of time ¹  that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year ²  and four months.

Ben-Hesed was in charge of Arubboth; he controlled Socoh and all the territory of Hepher.

He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, ¹ 

He ¹  brings peace to your territory. ²  He abundantly provides for you ³  the best grain.

Then a powerful king ¹  will arise, exercising great authority and doing as he pleases.

You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks, removing them far from their own country. ¹