Their border on the north side was from the Jordan. Then the border goes up to the shoulder of Jericho on the north, and goes up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-aven — Benjamin's northern border begins at the Jordan, the covenant boundary, and extends to Jericho's vicinity. The 'hill country westward' (har haqqedem) rises toward the central highlands. The reference to 'Beth-aven' (house of wickedness), later a center of idolatry under Jeroboam, anticipates Benjamin's future theological significance. The boundary description is precise; territory defines tribal identity.

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