The Book of Joshua
1:1Now it came to pass after the death of
Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of
Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 1:2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore
arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which
I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 1:3Every place that the
sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake
unto Moses. 1:4From the wilderness, and this Lebanon,
even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the
Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall
be your border. 1:5There shall not any man be able to
stand before thee all the days of thy life. as I was with Moses, so I will
be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 1:6Be strong and of good
courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I
sware unto their fathers to give them. 1:7Only be strong and very
courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my
servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left,
that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest. 1:8This
book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate
thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all
that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success. 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong
and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for
Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
1:10Then Joshua commanded the officers of
the people, saying, 1:11Pass through the midst of the camp,
and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three
days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which
Jehovah your God giveth you to possess it.
1:12And to the Reubenites, and to the
Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 1:13Remember the word which Moses the
servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God giveth you
rest, and will give you this land. 1:14Your wives, your little ones, and your
cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan;
but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of
valor, and shall help them; 1:15until Jehovah have given your brethren
rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land
which Jehovah your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of
your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave
you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising. 1:16And they answered
Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and
whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. 1:17According as we
hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only
Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 1:18Whosoever he be that
shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words
in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong
and of good courage.
2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of
Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho.
And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab,
and lay there. 2:2And it was told the king of Jericho,
saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of
Israel to search out the land. 2:3And the king of Jericho sent unto
Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered
into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land. 2:4And
the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came
unto me, but I knew not whence they were: 2:5and it came to pass
about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men
went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for
ye will overtake them. 2:6But she had brought them up to the
roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order
upon the roof. 2:7And the men pursued after them the way
to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them
were gone out, they shut the gate.
2:8And before they were laid down, she
came up unto them upon the roof; 2:9and she said unto the men, I know that
Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon
us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 2:10For
we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you,
when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the
Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye
utterly destroyed. 2:11And as soon as we had heard it, our
hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man,
because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on
earth beneath. 2:12Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto
me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal
kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token; 2:13and
that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my
sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death. 2:14And
the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our
business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will
deal kindly and truly with thee.
2:15Then she let them down by a cord
through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she
dwelt upon the wall. 2:16And she said unto them, Get you to the
mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there
three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your
way. 2:17And the men said unto her, We will be
guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 2:18Behold, when we come into the land,
thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst
let us down by: and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father,
and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household. 2:19And
it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into
the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless:
and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our
head, if any hand be upon him. 2:20But if thou utter this our business,
then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
2:21And she said, According unto your
words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound
the scarlet line in the window.
2:22And they went, and came unto the
mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned:
and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
2:23Then the two men returned, and
descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son
of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them. 2:24And
they said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands all the
land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.
3:1And Joshua rose up early in the
morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all
the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over. 3:2And
it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst
of the camp; 3:3and they commanded the people, saying,
When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests
the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after
it. 3:4Yet there shall be a space between you
and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that
ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way
heretofore. 3:5And Joshua said unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Jehovah will do wonders among you. 3:6And
Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant,
and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant,
and went before the people.
3:7And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day
will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may
know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 3:8And
thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying,
When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand
still in the Jordan. 3:9And Joshua said unto the children of
Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God. 3:10And
Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and
that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the
Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the
Amorite, and the Jebusite. 3:11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the
Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan. 3:12Now
therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe
a man. 3:13And it shall come to pass, when the
soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of
all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of
the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above;
and they shall stand in one heap.
3:14And it came to pass, when the people
removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare
the ark of the covenant being before the people; 3:15and when they that
bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that
bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan
overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,) 3:16that the waters which
came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at
Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward
the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the
people passed over right against Jericho. 3:17And the priests that
bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the
midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all
the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
4:1And it came to pass, when all the
nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua,
saying, 4:2Take you twelve men out of the people,
out of every tribe a man, 4:3and command ye them, saying, Take you
hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests'
feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them
down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night. 4:4Then
Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of
Israel, out of every tribe a man: 4:5and Joshua said unto them, Pass over
before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take
you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the
number of the tribes of the children of Israel; 4:6that this may be a sign
among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean
ye by these stones? 4:7then ye shall say unto them, Because
the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of
Jehovah; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut
off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel
for ever.
4:8And the children of Israel did so as
Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the
Jordan, as Jehovah spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the
tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them
unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 4:9And
Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where
the feet of the priests that bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they
are there unto this day. 4:10For the priests that bare the ark
stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that
Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that
Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 4:11And
it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark
of Jehovah passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 4:12And
the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake
unto them: 4:13about forty thousand ready armed for
war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 4:14On
that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they
feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
4:15And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,
4:16Command the priests that bear the ark
of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan. 4:17Joshua therefore commanded the
priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan. 4:18And it came to pass,
when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up
out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were
lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto
their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.
4:19And the people came up out of the
Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the
east border of Jericho. 4:20And those twelve stones, which they
took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal. 4:21And he spake unto the
children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in
time to come, saying, What mean these stones? 4:22Then ye shall let your
children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 4:23For
Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until
ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he
dried up from before us, until we were passed over; 4:24that all the peoples
of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may
fear Jehovah your God for ever.
5:1And it came to pass, when all the kings
of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings
of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried
up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we
were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in
them any more, because of the children of Israel.
5:2At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua,
Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the
second time. 5:3And Joshua made him knives of lint, and
circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 5:4And
this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came
forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the
wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt. 5:5For
all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that
were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt,
they had not circumcised. 5:6For the children of Israel walked forty
years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that
came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto
the voice of Jehovah: unto whom Jehovah sware that he would not let them
see the land which Jehovah sware unto their fathers that he would give us,
a land flowing with milk and honey. 5:7And their children, whom he raised up
in their stead, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were uncircumcised,
because they had not circumcised them by the way. 5:8And it came to pass,
when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they abode in their
places in the camp, till they were whole. 5:9And Jehovah said unto
Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you.
Wherefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, unto this day.
5:10And the children of Israel encamped in
Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at
even in the plains of Jericho. 5:11And they did eat of the produce of the
land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched grain,
in the selfsame day. 5:12And the manna ceased on the morrow,
after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children
of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of
Canaan that year.
5:13And it came to pass, when Joshua was
by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there
stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua
went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
5:14And he said, Nay; but as prince
of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the
earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his
servant? 5:15And the prince of Jehovah's host said
unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon
thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
6:1Now Jericho was straitly shut up
because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 6:2And
Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the
king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. 6:3And ye shall compass
the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou
do six days. 6:4And seven priests shall bear seven
trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall
compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 6:5And
it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and
when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a
great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people
shall go up every man straight before him. 6:6And Joshua the son of
Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before
the ark of Jehovah. 6:7And they said unto the people, Pass on,
and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of
Jehovah.
6:8And it was so, that, when Joshua had
spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of
rams' horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark
of the covenant of Jehovah followed them. 6:9And the armed men went
before the priests that blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the
ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went. 6:10And
Joshua commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let your
voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until
the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. 6:11So he caused the ark
of Jehovah to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into
the camp, and lodged in the camp.
6:12And Joshua rose early in the morning,
and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah. 6:13And the seven priests
bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah went
on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them;
and the rearward came after the ark of Jehovah, the priests blowing
the trumpets as they went. 6:14And the second day they compassed the
city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
6:15And it came to pass on the seventh
day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the
city after the same manner seven times: only on the day they compassed the
city seven times. 6:16And it came to pass at the seventh
time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people,
Shout; for Jehovah hath given you the city. 6:17And the city shall be
devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah: only Rahab the
harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she
hid the messengers that we sent. 6:18But as for you, only keep yourselves
from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the
devoted thing; so would ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble
it. 6:19But all the silver, and gold, and
vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto Jehovah: they shall come into the
treasury of Jehovah. 6:20So the people shouted, and the
priests blew the trumpets; and it came to pass, when the people heard
the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and
the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every
man straight before him, and they took the city. 6:21And they utterly
destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and
old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
6:22And Joshua said unto the two men that
had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence
the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 6:23And
the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father,
and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her kindred
also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel. 6:24And
they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver,
and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the
treasury of the house of Jehovah. 6:25But Rahab the harlot, and her father's
household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in
the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom
Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 6:26And Joshua charged them with an oath
at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that riseth up and
buildeth this city Jericho: with the loss of his first-born shall he lay
the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set
up the gates of it. 6:27So Jehovah was with Joshua; and his
fame was in all the land.
7:1But the children of Israel committed a
trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of
Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing:
and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.
7:2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai,
which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto
them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied
out Ai. 7:3And they returned to Joshua, and said
unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three
thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither;
for they are but few. 7:4So there went up thither of the people
about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 7:5And
the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them
from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the
descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
7:6And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell
to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he
and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads. 7:7And
Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this
people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to
cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the
Jordan! 7:8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that
Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies! 7:9For the Canaanites and
all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us
round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy
great name?
7:10And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee
up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face? 7:11Israel hath sinned;
yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea,
they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and
dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff. 7:12Therefore the children of Israel
cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their
enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any
more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you. 7:13Up,
sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for
thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the
midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until
ye take away the devoted thing from among you. 7:14In the morning
therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that
the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by families; and the family
which Jehovah shall take shall come near by households; and the household
which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man. 7:15And it shall be, that
he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and
all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah,
and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
7:16So Joshua rose up early in the
morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah
was taken: 7:17and he brought near the family of
Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the
family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 7:18and
he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the
son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 7:19And
Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah, the
God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou
hast done; hide it not from me. 7:20And Achan answered Joshua, and said,
Of a truth I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and thus and
thus have I done: 7:21when I saw among the spoil a goodly
Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold
of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold,
they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
7:22So Joshua sent messengers, and they
ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver
under it. 7:23And they took them from the midst of
the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of
Israel; and they laid them down before Jehovah. 7:24And Joshua, and all
Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the
mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his
oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and
they brought them up unto the valley of Achor. 7:25And Joshua said, Why
hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel
stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them
with stones. 7:26And they raised over him a great heap
of stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his
anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor,
unto this day.
8:1And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear not,
neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise,
go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his
people, and his city, and his land; 8:2And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as
thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the
cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: set thee an
ambush for the city behind it.
8:3So Joshua arose, and all the people of
war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty
men of valor, and sent them forth by night. 8:4And he commanded them,
saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city;
go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 8:5and I, and all the
people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to
pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee
before them; 8:6and they will come out after us, till
we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before
us, as at the first: so we will flee before them; 8:7and ye shall rise up
from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God
will deliver it into your hand. 8:8And it shall be, when ye have seized
upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word
of Jehovah shall ye do: see, I have commanded you. 8:9And Joshua sent them
forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai,
on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
8:10And Joshua arose up early in the
morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of
Israel, before the people to Ai. 8:11And all the people, even the
men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came
before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a
valley between him and Ai. 8:12And he took about five thousand men,
and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the
city. 8:13So they set the people, even all the
host that was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait that were
on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the
valley. 8:14And it came to pass, when the king of
Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city
went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time
appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush
against him behind the city. 8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if
they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 8:16And
all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after
them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 8:17And
there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel:
and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
8:18And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Stretch
out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy
hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the
city. 8:19And the ambush arose quickly out of
their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and
entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and set the city on
fire. 8:20And when the men of Ai looked behind
them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven,
and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that
fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. 8:21And
when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and
that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the
men of Ai. 8:22And the others came forth out of the
city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side,
and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them
remain or escape. 8:23And the king of Ai they took alive,
and brought him to Joshua.
8:24And it came to pass, when Israel had
made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the
wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge
of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai,
and smote it with the edge of the sword. 8:25And all that fell that
day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
8:26For Joshua drew not back his hand,
wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all
the inhabitants of Ai. 8:27Only the cattle and the spoil of that
city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of
Jehovah which he commanded Joshua. 8:28So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap
for ever, even a desolation, unto this day. 8:29And the king of Ai he
hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun
Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it
at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap
of stones, unto this day.
8:30Then Joshua built an altar unto
Jehovah, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal, 8:31as Moses the servant
of Jehovah commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book
of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had
lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto Jehovah,
and sacrificed peace-offerings. 8:32And he wrote there upon the stones a
copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the children
of Israel. 8:33And all Israel, and their elders and
officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side
before the priests the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of
Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the homeborn; half of them in front of
mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the
servant of Jehovah had commanded at the first, that they should bless the
people of Israel. 8:34And afterward he read all the words of
the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in
the book of the law. 8:35There was not a word of all that Moses
commanded, which Joshua read not before all the assembly of Israel, and
the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners that were among them.
9:1And it came to pass, when all the kings
that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and
on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and
the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
heard thereof; 9:2that they gathered themselves together,
to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
9:3But when the inhabitants of Gibeon
heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 9:4they also did work
wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old
sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up, 9:5and
old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all
the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy. 9:6And
they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the
men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a
covenant with us. 9:7And the men of Israel said unto the
Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant
with you? 9:8And they said unto Joshua, We are thy
servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
9:9And they said unto him, From a very far
country thy servants are come because of the name of Jehovah thy God: for
we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 9:10and
all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the
Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at
Ashtaroth. 9:11And our elders and all the inhabitants
of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the
journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and
now make ye a covenant with us. 9:12This our bread we took hot for our
provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but
now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy: 9:13and these wine-skins,
which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent: and these our
garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
9:14And the men took of their provision,
and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah. 9:15And Joshua made peace
with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the
princes of the congregation sware unto them.
9:16And it came to pass at the end of
three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that
they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them. 9:17And
the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third
day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and
Kiriath-jearim. 9:18And the children of Israel smote them
not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by
Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the
princes. 9:19But all the princes said unto all the
congregation, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now
therefore we may not touch them. 9:20This we will do to them, and let them
live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
9:21And the princes said unto them, Let
them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the
congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.
9:22And Joshua called for them, and he
spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are
very far from you; when ye dwell among us? 9:23Now therefore ye are
cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of
wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. 9:24And they answered
Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that
Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and
to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we
were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
9:25And now, behold, we are in thy hand:
as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 9:26And
so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of
Israel, that they slew them not. 9:27And Joshua made them that day hewers
of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of
Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
10:1Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek
king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed
it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her
king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and
were among them; 10:2that they feared greatly, because
Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was
greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. 10:3Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of
Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth,
and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 10:4Come up unto me, and help me, and let
us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children
of Israel. 10:5Therefore the five kings of the
Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth,
the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and
went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made
war against it.
10:6And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua
to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come
up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the
Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.
10:7So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and
all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. 10:8And
Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into
thy hands; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 10:9Joshua therefore came upon them
suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night. 10:10And Jehovah discomfited them before
Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them
by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto
Makkedah. 10:11And it came to pass, as they fled
from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that
Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they
died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the
children of Israel slew with the sword.
10:12Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the
day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel;
and he said in the sight of Israel,
Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon;
And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
10:13And the sun stood still, and the moon
stayed,
Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.
Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the
midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 10:14And there was no day like that before
it or after it, that Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of a man: for
Jehovah fought for Israel.
10:15And Joshua returned, and all Israel
with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
10:16And these five kings fled, and hid
themselves in the cave at Makkedah. 10:17And it was told Joshua, saying, The
five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah. 10:18And Joshua said, Roll great stones
unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them: 10:19but stay not ye; pursue after your
enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into
their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand. 10:20And it came to pass, when Joshua and
the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great
slaughter, till they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them
had entered into the fortified cities, 10:21that all the people
returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue
against any of the children of Israel.
10:22Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of
the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave. 10:23And they did so, and brought forth
those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king
of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. 10:24And it came to pass, when they
brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men
of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him,
Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came
near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 10:25And Joshua said unto
them, Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus
shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 10:26And afterward Joshua smote them, and
put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging
upon the trees until the evening. 10:27And it came to pass at the time of
the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down
off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden
themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very
day.
10:28And Joshua took Makkedah on that day,
and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof: he utterly
destroyed them and all the souls that were therein; he left none
remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done unto the king
of Jericho.
10:29And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and
all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 10:30and Jehovah delivered it also, and
the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge
of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining
in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of
Jericho.
10:31And Joshua passed from Libnah, and
all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought
against it: 10:32and Jehovah delivered Lachish into
the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and smote it with
the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to
all that he had done to Libnah.
10:33Then Horam king of Gezer came up to
help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him
none remaining.
10:34And Joshua passed from Lachish, and
all Israel with him, unto Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought
against it; 10:35and they took it on that day, and
smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein
he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to
Lachish.
10:36And Joshua went up from Eglon, and
all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: 10:37and they took it, and smote it with
the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof,
and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to
all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the
souls that were therein.
10:38And Joshua returned, and all Israel
with him, to Debir, and fought against it: 10:39and he took it, and
the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the
edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein;
he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and
to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king
thereof.
10:40So Joshua smote all the land, the
hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all
their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that
breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded. 10:41And Joshua smote them
from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even
unto Gibeon. 10:42And all these kings and their land
did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought
for Israel. 10:43And Joshua returned, and all Israel
with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
11:1And it came to pass, when Jabin king
of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the
king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 11:2and to the kings that
were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of
Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west, 11:3to
the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the
Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the
Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. 11:4And they went out,
they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is
upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 11:5And
all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the
waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
11:6And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Be not
afraid because of them; for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up
all slain before Israel: thou shalt hock their horses, and burn their
chariots with fire. 11:7So Joshua came, and all the people of
war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon
them. 11:8And Jehovah delivered them into the
hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and
unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they
smote them, until they left them none remaining. 11:9And Joshua did unto
them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots
with fire.
11:10And Joshua turned back at that time,
and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor
beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11:11And they smote all
the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying
them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire. 11:12And all the cities of those kings,
and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he smote them with the
edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of
Jehovah commanded. 11:13But as for the cities that stood on
their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua
burn. 11:14And all the spoil of these cities,
and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves;
but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had
destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed. 11:15As Jehovah commanded Moses his
servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua; he left nothing
undone of all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
11:16So Joshua took all that land, the
hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the
lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland
of the same; 11:17from mount Halak, that goeth up to
Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and
all their kings he took, and smote them, and put them to death. 11:18Joshua made war a long time with all
those kings. 11:19There was not a city that made peace
with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon:
they took all in battle. 11:20For it was of Jehovah to harden their
hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy
them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as
Jehovah commanded Moses.
11:21And Joshua came at that time, and cut
off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab,
and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of
Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. 11:22There was none of the Anakim left in
the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod,
did some remain. 11:23So Joshua took the whole land,
according to all that Jehovah spake unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an
inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And
the land had rest from war.
12:1Now these are the kings of the land,
whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the
Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount
Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward: 12:2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt
in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of
the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and
half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of
Ammon; 12:3and the Arabah unto the sea of
Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea,
eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of
Pisgah: 12:4and the border of Og king of Bashan,
of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 12:5and
ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, unto the border
of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of
Sihon king of Heshbon. 12:6Moses the servant of Jehovah and the
children of Israel smote them: and Moses the servant of Jehovah gave it
for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe
of Manasseh.
12:7And these are the kings of the land
whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote beyond the Jordan westward,
from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto mount Halak, that goeth
up to Seir; and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession
according to their divisions; 12:8in the hill-country, and in the
lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and
in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite,
the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 12:9the king of Jericho, one; the king of
Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; 12:10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king
of Hebron, one; 12:11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of
Lachish, one; 12:12the king of Eglon, one; the king of
Gezer, one; 12:13the king of Debir, one; the king of
Geder, one; 12:14the king of Hormah, one; the king of
Arad, one; 12:15the king of Libnah, one; the king of
Adullam, one; 12:16the king of Makkedah, one; the king
of Bethel, one; 12:17the king of Tappuah, one; the king of
Hepher, one; 12:18the king of Aphek, one; the king of
Lassharon, one; 12:19the king of Madon, one; the king of
Hazor, one; 12:20the king of Shimron-meron, one; the
king of Achshaph, one; 12:21the king of Taanach, one; the king of
Megiddo, one; 12:22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of
Jokneam in Carmel, one; 12:23the king of Dor in the height of Dor,
one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one; 12:24the king of Tirzah,
one: all the kings thirty and one.
13:1Now Joshua was old and well stricken
in years; and Jehovah said unto him, Thou art old and well stricken in
years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. 13:2This is the land that yet remaineth:
all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites; 13:3from the Shihor, which is before
Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward, which is reckoned
to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the
Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the
Avvim, 13:4on the south; all the land of the
Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the
border of the Amorites; 13:5and the land of the Gebalites, and all
Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the
entrance of Hamath; 13:6all the inhabitants of the
hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians;
them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot thou
it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. 13:7Now
therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and
the half-tribe of Manasseh.
13:8With him the Reubenites and the
Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the
Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them: 13:9from Aroer, that is on the edge of the
valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and
all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; 13:10and all the cities of Sihon king of
the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of
Ammon; 13:11and Gilead, and the border of the
Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto
Salecah; 13:12all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who
reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the
Rephaim); for these did Moses smite, and drove them out. 13:13Nevertheless the children of Israel
drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath
dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day. 13:14Only unto the tribe
of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of Jehovah, the God of
Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spake unto him.
13:15And Moses gave unto the tribe of the
children of Reuben according to their families. 13:16And their border was
from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city
that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba; 13:17Heshbon, and all its cities that are
in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 13:18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and
Mephaath, 13:19and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and
Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley, 13:20and Beth-peor, and
the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, 13:21and all the cities of
the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned
in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem,
and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.
13:22Balaam also the son of Beor, the
soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest
of their slain. 13:23And the border of the children of
Reuben was the Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the
inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the
cities and the villages thereof.
13:24And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad,
unto the children of Gad, according to their families. 13:25And their border was Jazer, and all
the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto
Aroer that is before Rabbah; 13:26and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh,
and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 13:27and in the valley, Beth-haram, and
Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon
king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border thereof, unto the
uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward. 13:28This is the inheritance of the
children of Gad according to their families, the cities and the villages
thereof.
13:29And Moses gave inheritance
unto the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the
children of Manasseh according to their families. 13:30And their border was
from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all
the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: 13:31and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and
Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of
Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir
according to their families.
13:32These are the inheritances which
Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho,
eastward. 13:33But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave
no inheritance: Jehovah, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he
spake unto them.
14:1And these are the inheritances which
the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers'
houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto
them, 14:2by the lot of their inheritance, as
Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
14:3For Moses had given the inheritance of
the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites
he gave no inheritance among them. 14:4For the children of Joseph were two
tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion unto the Levites in
the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for their
cattle and for their substance. 14:5As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the
children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
14:6Then the children of Judah drew nigh
unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said
unto him, Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah spake unto Moses the man of
God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea. 14:7Forty years old was I when Moses the
servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I
brought him word again as it was in my heart. 14:8Nevertheless my
brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I
wholly followed Jehovah my God. 14:9And Moses sware on that day, saying,
Surely the land whereon thy foot hath trodden shall be an inheritance to
thee and to thy children for ever, because thou hast wholly followed
Jehovah my God. 14:10And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me
alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah
spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and
now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 14:11As yet I am as strong this day as I
as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my
strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in. 14:12Now therefore give me this
hill-country, whereof Jehovah spake in that day; for thou heardest in that
day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be
that Jehovah will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Jehovah spake.
14:13And Joshua blessed him; and he gave
Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. 14:14Therefore Hebron became the
inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day;
because that he wholly followed Jehovah, the God of Israel. 14:15Now the name of Hebron beforetime was
Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And
the land had rest from war.
15:1And the lot for the tribe of the
children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom,
even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the
south. 15:2And their south border was from the
uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward; 15:3and
it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin,
and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and
went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka; 15:4and it passed along to
Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the
border were at the sea: this shall be your south border. 15:5And
the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of the Jordan. And the
border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the
Jordan; 15:6and the border went up to Beth-hoglah,
and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to
the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; 15:7and the border went up
to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward
Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south
side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of
En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel; 15:8and
the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the side of the
Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the
top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which
is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward; 15:9and
the border extended from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the
waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the
border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath-jearim); 15:10and the border turned about from
Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount
Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh,
and passed along by Timnah; 15:11and the border went out unto the side
of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along
to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border
were at the sea. 15:12And the west border was to the great
sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the children of
Judah round about according to their families.
15:13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh
he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the
commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was
the father of Anak (the same is Hebron). 15:14And Caleb drove out
thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the
children of Anak. 15:15And he went up thence against the
inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.
15:16And Caleb said, He that smiteth
Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to
wife. 15:17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the
brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 15:18And it came to pass, when she came
unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she
alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said, What wouldest thou? 15:19And she said, Give me a blessing; for
that thou hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of
water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
15:20This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Judah according to their families.
15:21And the uttermost cities of the tribe
of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were
Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 15:22and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
15:23and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 15:24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 15:25and Hazor-hadattah, and
Kerioth-hezron (the same is Hazor), 15:26Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 15:27and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and
Beth-pelet, 15:28and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and
Biziothiah, 15:29Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem, 15:30and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
15:31and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and
Sansannah, 15:32and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain,
and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.
15:33In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah,
and Ashnah, 15:34and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah,
and Enam, 15:35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and
Azekah, 15:36and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and
Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
15:37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
15:38and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
15:39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 15:40and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish,
15:41and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah,
and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
15:42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 15:43and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 15:44and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah;
nine cities with their villages.
15:45Ekron, with its towns and its
villages; 15:46from Ekron even unto the sea, all
that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
15:47Ashdod, its towns and its villages;
Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great
sea, and the border thereof.
15:48And in the hill-country, Shamir, and
Jattir, and Socoh, 15:49and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the
same is Debir), 15:50and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 15:51and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh;
eleven cities with their villages.
15:52Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan, 15:53and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and
Aphekah, 15:54and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the
same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
15:55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah, 15:56and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
15:57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities
with their villages.
15:58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 15:59and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and
Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
15:60Kiriath-baal (the same is
Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
15:61In the wilderness, Beth-arabah,
Middin, and Secacah, 15:62and Nibshan, and the City of Salt,
and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
15:63And as for the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out:
but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this
day.
16:1And the lot came out for the children
of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the
east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country
to Beth-el; 16:2and it went out from Beth-el to Luz,
and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth; 16:3and
it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of
Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at
the sea. 16:4And the children of Joseph, Manasseh
and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
16:5And the border of the children of
Ephraim according to their families was thus: the border of their
inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper; 16:6and
the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north; and the border
turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east
of Janoah; 16:7and it went down from Janoah to
Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the
Jordan. 16:8From Tappuah the border went along
westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the
sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim
according to their families; 16:9together with the cities which were
set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of
the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. 16:10And they drove not out the Canaanites
that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto
this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.
17:1And this was the lot for the
tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the
first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war,
therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. 17:2So the lot was for the rest of
the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of
Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel,
and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for
the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son
of Joseph according to their families. 17:3But Zelophehad, the
son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,
had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters:
Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 17:4And they came near
before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before
the princes, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance
among our brethren: therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he
gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 17:5And
there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan,
which is beyond the Jordan; 17:6because the daughters of Manasseh had
an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged unto the
rest of the sons of Manasseh.
17:7And the border of Manasseh was from
Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along
to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 17:8The
land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of
Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. 17:9And the border went
down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities
belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: and the border of
Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out thereof
were at the sea: 17:10southward it was Ephraim's, and
northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border; and they reached
to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east. 17:11And Manasseh had in
Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns,
and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor
and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the
inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights. 17:12Yet the children of Manasseh could
not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites
would dwell in that land. 17:13And it came to pass, when the
children of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to
taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.
17:14And the children of Joseph spake unto
Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an
inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah
hath blessed me? 17:15And Joshua said unto them, If thou be
a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there
in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country
of Ephraim is too narrow for thee. 17:16And the children of Joseph said, The
hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in
the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in
Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel. 17:17And Joshua spake unto the house of
Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people,
and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only: 17:18but the hill-country shall be thine;
for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out
thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though
they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
18:1And the whole congregation of the
children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the
tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them. 18:2And
there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not
yet divided their inheritance. 18:3And Joshua said unto the children of
Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah,
the God of your fathers, hath given you? 18:4Appoint for you three
men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk
through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they
shall come unto me. 18:5And they shall divide it into seven
portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of
Joseph shall abide in their border on the north. 18:6And ye shall describe
the land into seven portions, and bring the description hither to
me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God. 18:7For
the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is
their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have
received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the
servant of Jehovah gave them.
18:8And the men arose, and went: 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; and I will cast
lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh. 18:9And the men went and
passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in
a book; and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh. 18:10And Joshua cast lots for them in
Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children
of Israel according to their divisions.
18:11And the lot of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border
of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of
Joseph. 18:12And their border on the north quarter
was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the
north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out
thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. 18:13And the border passed
along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el),
southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that
lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether. 18:14And the border
extended thence, and turned about on the west quarter southward,
from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings
out thereof were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of
the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. 18:15And the south quarter
was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out
westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; 18:16and the border went down to the
uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of
Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the
valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to
En-rogel; 18:17and it extended northward, and went
out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the
ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of
Reuben; 18:18and it passed along to the side over
against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah; 18:19and the border passed along to the
side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at
the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was
the south border. 18:20And the Jordan was the border of it
on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin,
by the borders thereof round about, according to their families.
18:21Now the cities of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and
Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz, 18:22and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and
Beth-el, 18:23and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 18:24and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and
Geba; twelve cities with their villages: 18:25Gibeon, and Ramah,
and Beeroth, 18:26and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
18:27and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
18:28and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite
(the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with
their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin
according to their families.
19:1And the second lot came out for
Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their
families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the
children of Judah. 19:2And they had for their inheritance
Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 19:3and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
19:4and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
19:5and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and
Hazar-susah, 19:6and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen;
thirteen cities with their villages: 19:7Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan;
four cities with their villages: 19:8and all the villages that were round
about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their
families. 19:9Out of the part of the children of
Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of
the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of
Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
19:10And the third lot came up for the
children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their
inheritance was unto Sarid; 19:11and their border went up westward,
even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook
that is before Jokneam; 19:12and it turned from Sarid eastward
toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to
Daberath, and went up to Japhia; 19:13and from thence it passed along
eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmon which
stretcheth unto Neah; 19:14and the border turned about it on the
north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of
Iphtah-el; 19:15and Kattath, and Nahalal, and
Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. 19:16This is the inheritance of the
children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their
villages.
19:17The fourth lot came out for Issachar,
even for the children of Issachar according to their families. 19:18And their border was unto Jezreel,
and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 19:19and Hapharaim, and Shion, and
Anaharath, 19:20and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez,
19:21and Remeth, and Engannim, and
En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez, 19:22and the border reached to Tabor, and
Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at
the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 19:23This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their
families, the cities with their villages.
19:24And the fifth lot came out for the
tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 19:25And their border was Helkath, and
Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 19:26and Allammelech, and Amad, and
Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; 19:27and it turned toward the sunrising to
Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el
northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left
hand, 19:28and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and
Kanah, even unto great Sidon; 19:29and the border turned to Ramah, and
to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the
goings out thereof were at the sea by the region of Achzib; 19:30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob:
twenty and two cities with their villages. 19:31This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their
families, these cities with their villages.
19:32The sixth lot came out for the
children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their
families. 19:33And their border was from Heleph,
from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and
the goings out thereof were at the Jordan; 19:34and the border turned
westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it
reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to
Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising. 19:35And the fortified
cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 19:36and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 19:37and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
19:38And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and
Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 19:39This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with
their villages.
19:40The seventh lot came out for the
tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 19:41And the border of their inheritance
was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, 19:42and Shaalabbin, and
Aijalon, and Ithlah, 19:43and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron, 19:44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and
Baalath, 19:45and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and
Gath-rimmon, 19:46and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the
border over against Joppa. 19:47And the border of the children of Dan
went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against
Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and
possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of
Dan their father. 19:48This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with
their villages.
19:49So they made an end of distributing
the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of
Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:
19:50according to the commandment of
Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the
hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
19:51These are the inheritances, which
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the
fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel,
distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door
of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
20:1And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,
20:2Speak to the children of Israel,
saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by
Moses, 20:3that the manslayer that killeth any
person unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be
unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. 20:4And he shall flee unto
one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the
city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and
they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he
may dwell among them. 20:5And if the avenger of blood pursue
after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand;
because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime. 20:6And
he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for
judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days:
then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his
own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
20:7And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee
in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of
Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of
Judah. 20:8And beyond the Jordan at Jericho
eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the
tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan
in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 20:9These were the
appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that
sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might
flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he
stood before the congregation.
21:1Then came near the heads of fathers'
houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the
son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of
the children of Israel; 21:2and they spake unto them at Shiloh in
the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to
dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 21:3And the children of
Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the
commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.
21:4And the lot came out for the families
of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the
Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the
Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
21:5And the rest of the children of Kohath
had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the
tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
21:6And the children of Gershon had by lot
out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of
Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
21:7The children of Merari according to
their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of
Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
21:8And the children of Israel gave by lot
unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by
Moses. 21:9And they gave out of the tribe of the
children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these
cities which are here mentioned by name: 21:10and they were for the
children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the
children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot. 21:11And they gave them
Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is
Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round
about it. 21:12But the fields of the city, and the
villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his
possession.
21:13And unto the children of Aaron the
priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the
manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs, 21:14and Jattir with its
suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 21:15and Holon with its
suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs, 21:16and Ain with its
suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its
suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 21:17And out of the tribe
of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs, 21:18Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon
with its suburbs; four cities. 21:19All the cities of the children of
Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
21:20And the families of the children of
Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the
cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21:21And they gave them
Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of
refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs, 21:22and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and
Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities. 21:23And out of the tribe
of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs, 21:24Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon
with its suburbs; four cities. 21:25And out of the half-tribe of
Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two
cities. 21:26All the cities of the families of the
rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
21:27And unto the children of Gershon, of
the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they
gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the
manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities. 21:28And out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, 21:29Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim
with its suburbs; four cities. 21:30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal
with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs, 21:31Helkath with its
suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities. 21:32And out of the tribe
of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for
the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its
suburbs; three cities. 21:33All the cities of the Gershonites
according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
21:34And unto the families of the children
of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam
with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, 21:35Dimnah with its
suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities. 21:36And out of the tribe
of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs, 21:37Kedemoth with its suburbs, and
Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. 21:38And out of the tribe
of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the
manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 21:39Heshbon with its
suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. 21:40All these were the cities of
the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the
families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
21:41All the cities of the Levites in the
midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight
cities with their suburbs. 21:42These cities were every one with
their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.
21:43So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the
land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and
dwelt therein. 21:44And Jehovah gave them rest round
about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood
not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their
enemies into their hand. 21:45There failed not aught of any good
thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
22:1Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 22:2and said unto them, Ye
have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, and have
hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded you: 22:3ye have not left your
brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the
commandment of Jehovah your God. 22:4And now Jehovah your God hath given
rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and
get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the
servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan. 22:5Only take diligent
heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah
commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and
to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with
all your heart and with all your soul. 22:6So Joshua blessed
them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents.
22:7Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh
Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but unto the other half gave
Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when
Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them, 22:8and
spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with
very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with
iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with
your brethren. 22:9And the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from
the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to
go unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they
were possessed, according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
22:10And when they came unto the region
about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben
and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an
altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look upon. 22:11And the children of
Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the
land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that
pertaineth to the children of Israel. 22:12And when the children
of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel
gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
22:13And the children of Israel sent unto
the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe
of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the
priest, 22:14and with him ten princes, one prince
of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every
one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
22:15And they came unto the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh,
unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 22:16Thus saith the whole congregation of
Jehovah, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of
Israel, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that ye have
builded you an altar, to rebel this day against Jehovah? 22:17Is the iniquity of Peor too little
for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although
there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah, 22:18that ye must turn away this day from
following Jehovah? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against Jehovah,
that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 22:19Howbeit, if the land of your
possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession
of Jehovah, wherein Jehovah's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession
among us: but rebel not against Jehovah, nor rebel against us, in building
you an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God. 22:20Did not Achan the son
of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell upon all
the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his
iniquity.
22:21Then the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto
the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22:22The Mighty One, God,
Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he knoweth; and Israel he shall
know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah (save thou
us not this day,) 22:23that we have built us an altar to
turn away from following Jehovah; or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or
meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let
Jehovah himself require it; 22:24and if we have not rather out
of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come
your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do
with Jehovah, the God of Israel? 22:25for Jehovah hath made the Jordan a
border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye
have no portion in Jehovah: so might your children make our children cease
from fearing Jehovah. 22:26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare
to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice: 22:27but it shall be a witness between us
and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service
of Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices,
and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our
children in time to come, Ye have no portion in Jehovah. 22:28Therefore said we, It shall be, when
they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall
say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made,
not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us
and you. 22:29Far be it from us that we should
rebel against Jehovah, and turn away this day from following Jehovah, to
build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice,
besides the altar of Jehovah our God that is before his tabernacle.
22:30And when Phinehas the priest, and the
princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel
that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them well.
22:31And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the
priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and
to the children of Manasseh, This day we know that Jehovah is in the midst
of us, because ye have not committed this trespass against Jehovah: now
have ye delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah. 22:32And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the
priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from
the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan,
to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 22:33And the thing pleased the children of
Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going
up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben
and the children of Gad dwelt. 22:34And the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad called the altar Ed: For, said they, it is a
witness between us that Jehovah is God.
23:1And it came to pass after many days,
when Jehovah had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round
about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years; 23:2that Joshua called for all Israel, for
their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their
officers, and said unto them, I am old and well stricken in years: 23:3and
ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto all these nations
because of you; for Jehovah your God, he it is that hath fought for you.
23:4Behold, I have allotted unto you these
nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the
Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea
toward the going down of the sun. 23:5And Jehovah your God, he will thrust
them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye
shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God spake unto you. 23:6Therefore be ye very courageous to
keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that
ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 23:7that ye come not among these nations,
these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their
gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down
yourselves unto them; 23:8but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as
ye have done unto this day. 23:9For Jehovah hath driven out from
before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood
before you unto this day. 23:10One man of you shall chase a
thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he
spake unto you. 23:11Take good heed therefore unto
yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God. 23:12Else if ye do at all
go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that
remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and
they to you; 23:13know for a certainty that Jehovah
your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they
shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and
thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah
your God hath given you.
23:14And, behold, this day I am going the
way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your
souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah
your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one
thing hath failed thereof. 23:15And it shall come to pass, that as
all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto
you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have
destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given
you. 23:16When ye transgress the covenant of
Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and
bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Jehovah be kindled
against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he
hath given unto you.
24:1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of
Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their
heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented
themselves before God. 24:2And Joshua said unto all the people,
Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time
beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of
Nahor: and they served other gods. 24:3And I took your father Abraham from
beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and
multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 24:4And I gave unto Isaac
Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob
and his children went down into Egypt. 24:5And I sent Moses and
Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst
thereof: and afterward I brought you out. 24:6And I brought your
fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued
after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea. 24:7And
when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the
Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes
saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days. 24:8And
I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the Jordan:
and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed
their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 24:9Then Balak the son of
Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and
called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you; 24:10but I would not
hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you
out of his hand. 24:11And ye went over the Jordan, and came
unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and
the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand. 24:12And I sent the hornet before you,
which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites;
not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 24:13And I gave you a land
whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which ye built not, and ye
dwell therein; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
24:14Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve
him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers
served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve ye Jehovah. 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve
Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which
your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will
serve Jehovah.
24:16And the people answered and said, Far
be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods; 24:17for Jehovah our God, he it is that
brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in
all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst
of whom we passed; 24:18and Jehovah drove out from before us
all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land: therefore we
also will serve Jehovah; for he is our God.
24:19And Joshua said unto the people, Ye
cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will
not forgive your transgression nor your sins. 24:20If ye forsake
Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and
consume you, after that he hath done you good. 24:21And the people said
unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah. 24:22And Joshua said unto
the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you
Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 24:23Now therefore put away, said
he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto
Jehovah, the God of Israel. 24:24And the people said unto Joshua,
Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken. 24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the
people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 24:26And Joshua wrote these words in the
book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there
under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah. 24:27And Joshua said unto
all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it
hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be
therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God. 24:28So Joshua sent the people away, every
man unto his inheritance.
24:29And it came to pass after these
things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a
hundred and ten years old. 24:30And they buried him in the border of
his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim,
on the north of the mountain of Gaash. 24:31And Israel served
Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that
outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah, that he had
wrought for Israel.
24:32And the bones of Joseph, which the
children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the
parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of
Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of
the children of Joseph. 24:33And Eleazar the son of Aaron died;
and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him
in the hill-country of Ephraim.
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