[1] Now after the death of
Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto
Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
[2] Moses 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.
[3] Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
[4]
From 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 coast.
[5]
There 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.
[6] Be strong and of a good courage:
for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land,
which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
[7] Only be
thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest 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 prosper
whithersoever thou goest.
[8] This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein 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.
[9] Have not I commanded thee? Be
strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:
for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
[10] Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
[11]
Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you
victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go
in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess
it.
[12] And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
[13]
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you,
saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this
land.
[14] Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle,
shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but
ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour,
and help them;
[15] Until the LORD have given your brethren
rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which
the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of
your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you
on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
[16] And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
[17]
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken
unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
[18]
Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not
hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put
to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
[1]
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly,
saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an
harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
[2] And 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 country.
[3]
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men
that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be
come to search out all the country.
[4] And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
[5]
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was
dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue
after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
[6] But she
had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the
stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
[7]
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as
soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
[8] And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
[9]
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the
land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
[10] For we
have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when
ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the
Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye
utterly destroyed.
[11] And as soon as we had heard these
things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage
in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven
above, and in earth beneath.
[12] Now therefore, I pray you,
swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye
will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true
token:
[13] And that ye will save alive my father, and my
mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and
deliver our lives from death.
[14] And the men answered her,
Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be,
when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and
truly with thee.
[15] Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
[16]
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet
you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be
returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
[17] And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
[18]
Behold, 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 bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy
father's household, home unto thee.
[19] And 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 will be guiltless: and
whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our
head, if any hand be upon him.
[20] And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
[21]
And 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.
[22]
And 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.
[23] So the two
men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and
came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
[24]
And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands
all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint
because of us.
[1] And Joshua rose early
in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he
and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed
over.
[2] And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
[3]
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it,
then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
[4]
Yet 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.
[5] And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
[6]
And 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.
[7] And the LORD
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.
[8] And thou shalt command the priests that bear
the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the
water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
[9] And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
[10]
And 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 Canaanites,
and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the
Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
[11] Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
[12] Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
[13]
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the
priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall
rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut
off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand
upon an heap.
[14] And it came to pass, when the people
removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing
the ark of the covenant before the people;
[15] And as they
that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests
that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan
overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
[16] That
the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap
very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that
came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and
were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
[17]
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood
firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites
passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over
Jordan.
[1] And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
[2] Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
[3]
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan,
out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and
ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place,
where ye shall lodge this night.
[4] Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
[5]
And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your
God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone
upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the
children of Israel:
[6] That this may be a sign among you,
that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What
mean ye by these stones?
[7] Then ye shall answer them, That
the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the
LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off:
and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel
for ever.
[8] And the children of Israel did so as Joshua
commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the
LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the
children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place
where they lodged, and laid them down there.
[9] And Joshua
set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the
feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they
are there unto this day.
[10] For the priests which bare the
ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that
the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all
that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
[11]
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that
the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of
the people.
[12] And the children of Reuben, and the children
of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the
children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
[13] About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
[14]
On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and
they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
[15] And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
[16] Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
[17] Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
[18]
And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant
of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of
the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of
Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as
they did before.
[19] And the people came up out of Jordan on
the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east
border of Jericho.
[20] And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
[21]
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children
shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
[22] Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
[23]
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you,
until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea,
which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
[24]
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that
it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
[1]
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on
the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which
were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of 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.
[2] At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
[3] And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
[4]
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that
came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in
the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
[5]
Now 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, them they had not circumcised.
[6] For the children of
Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that
were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they
obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he
would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers
that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
[7]
And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua
circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not
circumcised them by the way.
[8] And it came to pass, when
they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their
places in the camp, till they were whole.
[9] And the LORD
said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt
from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto
this day.
[10] And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal,
and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the
plains of Jericho.
[11] And they did eat of the old corn of
the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and
parched corn in the selfsame day.
[12] And the manna ceased
on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn 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.
[13] And 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?
[14] And he said, Nay;
but as captain of the host of the LORD 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?
[15] And the captain of the
LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the
place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
[1] Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
[2] And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
[3] And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
[4]
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams'
horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and
the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
[5] And it shall
come to pass, 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 ascend up every man straight before him.
[6] And
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 the LORD.
[7] And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
[8]
And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the
seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on
before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the
covenant of the LORD followed them.
[9] And the armed men
went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward
came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
[10]
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor
make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of
your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
[11] So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
[12] And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
[13]
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark
of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the
armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the
LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
[14] And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
[15]
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the
dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven
times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
[16]
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the
trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given
you the city.
[17] And the city shall be accursed, even it,
and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall
live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the
messengers that we sent.
[18] And ye, in any wise keep
yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed,
when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a
curse, and trouble it.
[19] But all the silver, and gold, and
vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall
come into the treasury of the LORD.
[20] So the people
shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass,
when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted
with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people
went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the
city.
[21] And they utterly destroyed all that was in the
city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass,
with the edge of the sword.
[22] But Joshua had said unto the
two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and
bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
[23]
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought Rahab, and her
father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and
they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of
Israel.
[24] And 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 the LORD.
[25]
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household,
and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day;
because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
[26]
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before
the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay
the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall
he set up the gates of it.
[27] So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
[1]
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing:
for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the
tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD
was kindled against the children of Israel.
[2] And Joshua
sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east
side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the
country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
[3] And 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; and make
not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
[4] So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
[5]
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they
chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in
the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became
as water.
[6] And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the
earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he
and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
[7]
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought
this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites,
to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other
side Jordan!
[8] O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
[9]
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of
it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth:
and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
[10] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
[11]
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I
commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and
have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among
their own stuff.
[12] Therefore the children of Israel could
not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their
enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any
more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
[13] Up,
sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow:
for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in
the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies,
until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
[14] In
the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and
it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according
to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall
come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall
come man by man.
[15] And it shall be, that he that is taken
with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he
hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and
because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
[16] So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
[17]
And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the
Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and
Zabdi was taken:
[18] And he brought 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.
[19] And Joshua said unto
Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and
make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it
not from me.
[20] And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
[21]
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, 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.
[22] So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
[23]
And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto
Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before
the LORD.
[24] And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took
Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, 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
unto the valley of Achor.
[25] And Joshua said, Why hast thou
troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel
stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had
stoned them with stones.
[26] And they raised over him a
great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the
fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called,
The valley of Achor, unto this day.
[1]
And the LORD 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:
[2] And 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: lay thee an ambush
for the city behind it.
[3] So Joshua arose, and all the
people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty
thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
[4]
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the
city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye
all ready:
[5] And 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,
[6]
(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the
city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first:
therefore we will flee before them.
[7] Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
[8]
And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the
city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do.
See, I have commanded you.
[9] Joshua therefore sent them
forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai,
on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
[10]
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and
went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
[11]
And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up,
and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side
of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
[12] And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
[13]
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the
north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city,
Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
[14] And
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 a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist
not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
[15] And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
[16]
And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after
them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
[17]
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after
Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
[18]
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy
hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua
stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
[19]
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon
as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and
took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
[20] And 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.
[21] And 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.
[22]
And the other issued 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.
[23] And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
[24]
And 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 chased
them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until
they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote
it with the edge of the sword.
[25] And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
[26]
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the
spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
[27]
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto
themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded
Joshua.
[28] And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
[29]
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as
the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase
down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the
city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto
this day.
[30] Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
[31]
As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as
it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole
stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered
thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
[32] And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
[33]
And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood
on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites,
which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger,
as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount
Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant
of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of
Israel.
[34] And afterward he read all the words of the law,
the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the
book of the law.
[35] There was not a word of all that Moses
commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel,
with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were
conversant among them.
[1] And it came to
pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills,
and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against
Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite,
the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
[2] That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
[3] And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
[4]
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been
ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles,
old, and rent, and bound up;
[5] And old shoes and clouted
upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their
provision was dry and mouldy.
[6] And they went to Joshua
unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel,
We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
[7] And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
[8] And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
[9]
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come
because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of
him, and all that he did in Egypt,
[10] And all that he did
to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon
king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
[11]
Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to
us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet
them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a
league with us.
[12] This 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 it is mouldy:
[13] And these
bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent:
and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the
very long journey.
[14] And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
[15]
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let
them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
[16]
And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a
league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and
that they dwelt among them.
[17] And the children of Israel
journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their
cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
[18]
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the
congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the
congregation murmured against the princes.
[19] But all the
princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the
LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
[20] This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
[21]
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers
of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes
had promised them.
[22] And 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?
[23] Now therefore
ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen,
and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
[24]
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy
servants, how that the LORD 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 of our lives because of you,
and have done this thing.
[25] And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
[26] And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
[27]
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in
the place which he should choose.
[1] Now
it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had 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;
[2]
That 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.
[3] Wherefore 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,
[4] Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
[5]
Therefore 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 before Gibeon, and made war against it.
[6]
And 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
mountains are gathered together against us.
[7] So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.
[8]
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them
into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
[9] Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.
[10]
And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great
slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to
Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
[11]
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the
going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from
heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died
with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the
sword.
[12] Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the
LORD 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 Ajalon.
[13] And the sun stood
still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves
upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the
sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about
a whole day.
[14] And there was no day like that before it or
after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD
fought for Israel.
[15] And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
[16] But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
[17] And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
[18] And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
[19]
And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost
of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your
God hath delivered them into your hand.
[20] And 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, that the
rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
[21]
And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace:
none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
[22] Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.
[23]
And 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, and the king of Eglon.
[24] And it came
to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua
called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men
of war which 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.
[25] And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be
dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to
all your enemies against whom ye fight.
[26] And afterward
Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and
they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
[27] And
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 been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's
mouth, which remain until this very day.
[28] And that day
Joshua took Makkedah, 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 let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he
did unto the king of Jericho.
[29] Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
[30]
And the LORD 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 let none remain in it; but did unto the king
thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
[31] And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
[32]
And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which 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.
[33] Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
[34] And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
[35]
And 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.
[36] And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
[37]
And 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 destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
[38] And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
[39]
And 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 her king.
[40] So Joshua smote all the
country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the
springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly
destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
[41] And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
[42] And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
[43] And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
[1]
And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things,
that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to
the king of Achshaph,
[2] And to the kings that were on the
north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in
the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
[3] And to
the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the
Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to
the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
[4] And 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.
[5] And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
[6]
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to
morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel:
thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
[7] So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
[8]
And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them,
and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto
the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left
them none remaining.
[9] And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
[10]
And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king
thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those
kingdoms.
[11] And they smote all the souls that were therein
with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any
left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
[12] And all
the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take,
and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed
them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
[13] But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
[14]
And 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 to breathe.
[15] As the LORD commanded Moses his servant,
so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone
of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
[16] So Joshua took all
that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of
Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and
the valley of the same;
[17] Even from the 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 slew
them.
[18] Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
[19]
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save
the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
[20]
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come
against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that
they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD
commanded Moses.
[21] And at that time came Joshua, and cut
off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab,
and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of
Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
[22]
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of
Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
[23]
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto
Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to
their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
[1]
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel
smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the
rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the
plain on the east:
[2] Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt
in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river
Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even
unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
[3]
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the
sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to
Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
[4] And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
[5]
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the
border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the
border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
[6] Them did Moses the
servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the
servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
[7] And these
are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel
smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of
Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua
gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their
divisions;
[8] In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in
the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south
country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
[9] The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
[10] The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
[11] The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
[12] The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
[13] The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
[14] The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
[15] The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
[16] The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
[17] The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
[18] The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
[19] The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
[20] The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
[21] The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
[22] The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
[23] The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
[24] The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
[1]
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him,
Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much
land to be possessed.
[2] This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
[3]
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron
northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the
Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the
Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
[4] From the
south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the
Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
[5]
And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,
from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
[6]
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto
Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from
before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the
Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
[7] Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
[8]
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their
inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as
Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
[9] From Aroer, that
is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst
of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
[10] And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
[11] And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
[12]
All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in
Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses
smite, and cast them out.
[13] Nevertheless the children of
Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the
Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this
day.
[14] Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none
inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are
their inheritance, as he said unto them.
[15] And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
[16]
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon,
and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by
Medeba;
[17] Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
[18] And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
[19] And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
[20] And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
[21]
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of
the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the
princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which
were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
[22] Balaam
also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay
with the sword among them that were slain by them.
[23] And
the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border
thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their
families, the cities and the villages thereof.
[24] And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
[25]
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the
land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
[26] And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
[27]
And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon,
the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his
border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side
Jordan eastward.
[28] This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.
[29]
And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this
was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by
their families.
[30] And their coast 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:
[31] And half
Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in
Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of
Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their
families.
[32] These are the countries which Moses did
distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side
Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
[33] But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
[1]
And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in
the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of
Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
[2] By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
[3]
For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on
the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance
among them.
[4] For the children of Joseph were two tribes,
Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in
the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle
and for their substance.
[5] As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
[6]
Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the
son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing
that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in
Kadesh-barnea.
[7] Forty years old was I when Moses the
servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land;
and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
[8] Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
[9]
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet
have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever,
because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
[10] And
now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and
five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the
children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this
day fourscore and five years old.
[11] As yet I am as strong
this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was
then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come
in.
[12] Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the
LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims
were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the
LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the
LORD said.
[13] And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
[14]
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh
the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD
God of Israel.
[15] And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
[1]
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their
families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward
was the uttermost part of the south coast.
[2] And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
[3]
And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along
to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and
passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to
Karkaa:
[4] From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out
unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the
sea: this shall be your south coast.
[5] And the east border
was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the
north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of
Jordan:
[6] And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed
along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone
of Bohan the son of Reuben:
[7] And the border went up toward
Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward
Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south
side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of
En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
[8]
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the
south side of the Jebusite; 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 end of the valley of the giants northward:
[9]
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of
the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and
the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:
[10]
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and
passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the
north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
[11]
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the
border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went
out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
[12]
And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This
is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their
families.
[13] And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a
part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the
LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is
Hebron.
[14] And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
[15] And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
[16] And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
[17] And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
[18]
And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of
her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto
her, What wouldest thou?
[19] Who answered, Give me a
blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of
water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
[20] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
[21]
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward
the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
[22] And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
[23] And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
[24] Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
[25] And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
[26] Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
[27] And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,
[28] And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
[29] Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
[30] And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
[31] And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
[32] And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
[33] And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
[34] And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
[35] Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
[36] And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
[37] Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
[38] And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
[39] Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
[40] And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
[41] And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
[42] Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
[43] And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
[44] And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
[45] Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
[46] From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
[47]
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her
villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border
thereof:
[48] And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
[49] And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,
[50] And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
[51] And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
[52] Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
[53] And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
[54] And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
[55] Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
[56] And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
[57] Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
[58] Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
[59] And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
[60] Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
[61] In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
[62] And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
[63]
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.
[1]
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto
the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from
Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
[2] And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
[3]
And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of
Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at
the sea.
[4] So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
[5]
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families
was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was
Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
[6] And the border
went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border
went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east
to Janohah;
[7] And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
[8]
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the
goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
[9] And
the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the
inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their
villages.
[10] And they drave not out the Canaanites that
dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto
this day, and serve under tribute.
[1]
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the
firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the
father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead
and Bashan.
[2] There was also a lot for the rest of the
children of Manasseh by 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 by their families.
[3] But 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.
[4] And they
came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun,
and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an
inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment
of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their
father.
[5] And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
[6] Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
[7]
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth
before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the
inhabitants of En-tappuah.
[8] Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
[9]
And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river:
these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of
Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of
it were at the sea:
[10] Southward it was Ephraim's, and
northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met
together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
[11]
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and
Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and
her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three
countries.
[12] Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
[13]
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong,
that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them
out.
[14] And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua,
saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit,
seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me
hitherto?
[15] And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great
people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself
there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim
be too narrow for thee.
[16] And the children of Joseph said,
The hill 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 of
Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
[17]
And 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:
[18] But the mountain shall be
thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings
of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though
they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
[1]
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together
at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the
land was subdued before them.
[2] And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
[3]
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to
go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given
you?
[4] Give out from among you three men for each tribe:
and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and
describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come
again to me.
[5] And they shall divide it into seven parts:
Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph
shall abide in their coasts on the north.
[6] Ye shall
therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description
hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
[7]
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD
is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of
Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east,
which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
[8] And the
men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe
the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and
come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in
Shiloh.
[9] And the men went and passed through the land, and
described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to
Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
[10] And Joshua cast lots for
them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto
the children of Israel according to their divisions.
[11] And
the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to
their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the
children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
[12] And their
border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the
side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains
westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of
Beth-aven.
[13] And the border went over from thence toward
Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border
descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side
of the nether Beth-horon.
[14] And the border was drawn
thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill
that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were
at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of
Judah: this was the west quarter.
[15] And the south quarter
was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the
west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
[16]
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before
the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the
giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side
of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel,
[17] And
was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth
toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and
descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
[18] And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
[19]
And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and
the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at
the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
[20] And
Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance
of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about,
according to their families.
[21] Now the cities of the tribe
of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho,
and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
[22] And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
[23] And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
[24] And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
[25] Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
[26] And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
[27] And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
[28]
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath;
fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the
children of Benjamin according to their families.
[1]
And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance
was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
[2] And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
[3] And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,
[4] And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
[5] And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
[6] And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
[7] Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
[8]
And all the villages that were round about these cities to
Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Simeon according to their families.
[9]
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the
children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much
for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within
the inheritance of them.
[10] And the third lot came up for
the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of
their inheritance was unto Sarid:
[11] And their border went
up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached
to the river that is before Jokneam;
[12] And turned from
Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor,
and then goeth out to daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
[13] And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
[14] And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
[15] And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
[16] This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
[17] And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
[18] And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
[19] And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
[20] And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
[21] And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
[22]
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and
the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their
villages.
[23] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
[24] And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
[25] And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
[26] And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
[27]
And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to
Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of
Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
[28] And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
[29]
And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and
the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea
from the coast to Achzib:
[30] Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
[31] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
[32] The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
[33]
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami,
Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at
Jordan:
[34] And then the coast turneth westward to
Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to
Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and
to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
[35] And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
[36] And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
[37] And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
[38] And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
[39] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
[40] And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
[41] And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
[42] And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
[43] And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
[44] And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
[45] And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
[46] And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
[47]
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them:
therefore the children of Dan went up to fight 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.
[48] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
[49]
When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their
coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of
Nun among them:
[50] According to the word of the LORD they
gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim:
and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
[51] These are the
inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and
the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,
divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of
dividing the country.
[1] The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
[2] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
[3]
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may
flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
[4]
And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the
entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the
ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto
them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
[5]
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not
deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour
unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
[6] And he shall
dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for
judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those
days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and
unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
[7]
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in
mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of
Judah.
[8] And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward,
they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon 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.
[9] These were the
cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger
that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at
unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of
blood, until he stood before the congregation.
[1]
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the
priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the
fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
[2] And they
spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD
commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the
suburbs thereof for our cattle.
[3] And the children of
Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the
commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
[4]
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the
children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out
of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the
tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
[5] And 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.
[6] And 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.
[7] The children of
Merari by 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.
[8]
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities
with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
[9]
And 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,
[10] Which the children of Aaron, being of the
families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for
theirs was the first lot.
[11] And they gave them the city of
Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of
Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
[12] But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
[13]
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her
suburbs,
[14] And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
[15] And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
[16] And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
[17] And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
[18] Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
[19] All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
[20]
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained
of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of
the tribe of Ephraim.
[21] For they gave them Shechem with
her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
and Gezer with her suburbs,
[22] And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
[23] And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
[24] Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
[25] And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
[26] All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
[27]
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out
of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with
her suburbs; two cities.
[28] And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
[29] Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.
[30] And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
[31] Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
[32]
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her
suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
[33] All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
[34]
And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and
Kartah with her suburbs,
[35] Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
[36] And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
[37] Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
[38]
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a
city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
[39] Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
[40]
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which
were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve
cities.
[41] All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
[42] These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
[43]
And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto
their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
[44]
And the LORD 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; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
[45] There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
[1] Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
[2]
And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
[3]
Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have
kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
[4]
And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he
promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents,
and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the
LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
[5] But take diligent
heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the
LORD charged you, to love the LORD 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.
[6] So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
[7]
Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession
in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their
brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away
also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
[8] And he spake
unto them, saying, Return with much riches 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.
[9] And 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 country of Gilead, to the land of their
possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the
LORD by the hand of Moses.
[10] And when they came unto the
borders of Jordan, that are 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 Jordan, a great altar to see to.
[11] And
the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the chidren of Reuben and the
children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over
against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of
the children of Israel.
[12] And when the children of Israel
heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered
themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
[13]
And 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,
[14] And with
him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes
of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among
the thousands of Israel.
[15] And 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,
[16]
Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this
that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day
from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye
might rebel this day against the LORD?
[17] Is the iniquity
of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this
day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
[18]
But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it
will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he
will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
[19]
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass
ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's
tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not
against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside
the altar of the LORD our God.
[20] Did not Achan the son of
Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all
the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his
iniquity.
[21] Then the children of Reuben and the children
of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads
of the thousands of Israel,
[22] The LORD God of gods, the
LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in
rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this
day,)
[23] That we have built us an altar to turn from
following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat
offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself
require it;
[24] And if we have not rather done it for fear
of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto
our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
[25]
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children
of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall
your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
[26] Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
[27]
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations
after us, that we might do the service of the LORD 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 part in the LORD.
[28] Therefore said we, that it shall
be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to
come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the
LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for
sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
[29] God
forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from
following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat
offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that
is before his tabernacle.
[30] And when Phinehas the priest,
and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of
Israel which 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.
[31] And 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 perceive that the LORD is among us,
because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye
have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
[32]
And 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.
[33] And the thing pleased the
children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not
intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the
children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
[34] And the children of
Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a
witness between us that the LORD is God.
[1]
And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto
Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and
stricken in age.
[2] And Joshua called for all Israel, and
for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for
their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
[3]
And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these
nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought
for you.
[4] Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these
nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan,
with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea
westward.
[5] And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from
before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess
their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
[6]
Be ye therefore 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;
[7] That 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 yourselves unto them:
[8] But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
[9]
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong:
but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
[10] One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
[11] Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
[12]
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these
nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages
with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
[13] Know
for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of
these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto
you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye
perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
[14]
And, 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 the LORD your God spake concerning
you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed
thereof.
[15] Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all
good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so
shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed
you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
[16]
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he
commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed
yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against
you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath
given unto you.
[1] And 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.
[2] And
Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even
Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served
other gods.
[3] And I took your father Abraham from the other
side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and
multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
[4] And I gave unto
Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it;
but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
[5] I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
[6]
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and
the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen
unto the Red sea.
[7] And when they cried unto the LORD, he
put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon
them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in
Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
[8] And
I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other
side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand,
that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
[9]
Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against
Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
[10] But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
[11]
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho
fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
[12] And I
sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even
the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
[13]
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities
which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and
oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
[14] Now therefore
fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away
the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and
in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
[15] And if it seem evil
unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve;
whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side
of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but
as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
[16] And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
[17]
For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those
great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we
went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
[18]
And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites
which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he
is our God.
[19] And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot
serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not
forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
[20] If ye forsake
the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt,
and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
[21] And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
[22]
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves
that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are
witnesses.
[23] Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
[24] And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
[25] So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
[26]
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a
great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the
sanctuary of the LORD.
[27] And Joshua said unto all the
people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath
heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be
therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
[28] So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
[29]
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the
servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
[30]
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah,
which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
[31]
And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of
the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of
the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
[32] And the bones of
Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried
they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons
of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it
became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
[33] And
Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that
pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.