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The Book of Joshua
Chapter 1
001:001 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,
001:002 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.
001:003 Every place that the sole of your foot shall
tread upon, that
have I given unto
you, as I said unto Moses.
001:004 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.
001:005 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.
001:006 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.
001:007 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
withersoever thou goest.
001:008 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.
001:009 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.
001:010 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
001:011 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.
001:012 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and
to half the
tribe of Manasseh,
spake Joshua, saying,
001:013 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.
001:014 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;
001:015 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.
001:016 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou
commandest us
we will do, and
whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
001:017 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.
001:018 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.
002:001 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.
002:002 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.
002:003 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.
002:004 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:
002:005 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.
002:006 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.
002:007 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.
002:008 And before they were laid down, she came up unto
them upon the
roof;
002:009 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.
002:010 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.
002:011 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.
002:012 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:
002:013 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.
002:014 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.
002:015 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.
002:016 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.
002:017 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless
of this thine
oath which thou hast
made us swear.
002:018 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.
002:019 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.
002:020 And if thou utter this our business, then we
will be quit of
thine oath which
thou hast made us to swear.
002:021 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.
002:022 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.
002:023 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:
002:024 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.
003:001 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.
003:002 And it came to pass after three days, that the
officers went
through the
host;
003:003 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.
003:004 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.
003:005 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves: for to
morrow the LORD
will do wonders among you.
003:006 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.
003:007 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.
003:008 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.
003:009 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel,
Come hither, and
hear the words of
the LORD your God.
003:010 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.
003:011 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of
all the earth
passeth over before
you into Jordan.
003:012 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the
tribes of Israel,
out of every
tribe a man.
003:013 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.
003:014 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;
003:015 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,)
003:016 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.
003:017 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.
004:001 And it came to pass, when all the people were
clean passed
over Jordan, that the
LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
004:002 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of
every tribe a
man,
004:003 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.
004:004 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had
prepared of the
children of
Israel, out of every tribe a man:
004:005 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the
ark of the
LORD your God into the
midst of Jordan, and take you up
every
man of you a stone upon his
shoulder, according unto the
number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
004:006 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?
004:007 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.
004:008 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.
004:009 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.
004:010 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.
004:011 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.
004:012 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:
004:013 About forty thousand prepared for war passed
over before the
LORD unto battle,
to the plains of Jericho.
004:014 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.
004:015 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
004:016 Command the priests that bear the ark of the
testimony, that
they come up out
of Jordan.
004:017 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying,
Come ye up out
of Jordan.
004:018 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.
004:019 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.
004:020 And those twelve stones, which they took out of
Jordan, did
Joshua pitch in
Gilgal.
004:021 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?
004:022 Then ye shall let your children know, saying,
Israel came over
this Jordan on
dry land.
004:023 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:
004:024 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.
005:001 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.
005:002 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make
thee sharp
knives, and circumcise
again the children of Israel the
second
time.
005:003 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and
circumcised the children
of Israel
at the hill of the foreskins.
005:004 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.
005:005 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.
005:006 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.
005:007 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.
005:008 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.
005:009 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.
005:010 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.
005:011 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.
005:012 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.
005:013 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?
005:014 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?
005:015 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.
006:001 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the
children of
Israel: none went out,
and none came in.
006:002 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given
into thine
hand Jericho, and the
king thereof, and the mighty men
of
valour.
006:003 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of
war, and go round
about the city
once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
006:004 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.
006:005 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.
006:006 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.
006:007 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.
006:008 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.
006:009 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.
006:010 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.
006:011 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going
about it
once: and they came into
the camp, and lodged in the camp.
006:012 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the
priests took up
the ark of the
LORD.
006:013 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.
006:014 And the second day they compassed the city once,
and returned
into the camp: so
they did six days.
006:015 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.
006:016 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.
006:017 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.
006:018 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.
006:019 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.
006:020 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.
006:021 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.
006:022 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.
006:023 And the young men that were spies went in, and
brought out
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.
006:024 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.
006:025 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.
006:026 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.
006:027 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was
noised
throughout all the
country.
007:001 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.
007:002 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is
beside
Bethaven, on the east of
Bethel, and spake unto them,
saying,
Go up and view the
country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
007:003 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.
007:004 So there went up thither of the people about
three thousand
men: and they fled
before the men of Ai.
007:005 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.
007:006 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.
007:007 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!
007:008 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth
their backs
before their
enemies!
007:009 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?
007:010 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up;
wherefore liest
thou thus upon thy
face?
007:011 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.
007:012 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.
007:013 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.
007:014 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.
007:015 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.
007:016 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and
brought Israel by
their tribes;
and the tribe of Judah was taken:
007:017 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:
007:018 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.
007:019 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.
007:020 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I
have sinned
against the LORD God
of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
007:021 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.
007:022 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the
tent; and,
behold, it was hid in
his tent, and the silver under it.
007:023 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.
007:024 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.
007:025 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.
007:026 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.
008:001 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:
008:002 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.
008:003 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.
008:004 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:
008:005 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,
008:006 (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.
008:007 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize
upon the
city: for the LORD your
God will deliver it into your hand.
008:008 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.
008:009 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.
008:010 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.
008:011 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.
008:012 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.
008:013 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.
008:014 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.
008:015 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were
beaten before
them, and fled by
the way of the wilderness.
008:016 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.
008:017 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.
008:018 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.
008:019 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.
008:020 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.
008:021 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.
008:022 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.
008:023 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
008:024 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.
008:025 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both
of men and
women, were twelve
thousand, even all the men of Ai.
008:026 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he
stretched out
the spear, until he
had utterly destroyed all the
inhabitants
of Ai.
008:027 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.
008:028 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for
ever, even a
desolation unto this
day.
008:029 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.
008:030 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of
Israel in
mount Ebal,
008:031 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.
008:032 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.
008:033 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.
008:034 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.
008:035 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.
009:001 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;
009:002 That they gathered themselves together, to fight
with Joshua
and with Israel, with
one accord.
009:003 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what
Joshua had done
unto Jericho and
to Ai,
009:004 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;
009:005 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and
old garments
upon them; and all
the bread of their provision was dry
and
mouldy.
009:006 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.
009:007 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites,
Peradventure ye
dwell among us;
and how shall we make a league with you?
009:008 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants.
And Joshua
said unto them, Who are
ye? and from whence come ye?
009:009 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,
009:010 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.
009:011 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.
009:012 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:
009:013 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.
009:014 And the men took of their victuals, and asked
not counsel at
the mouth of the
LORD.
009:015 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.
009:016 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.
009:017 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
Kirjathjearim.
009:018 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.
009:019 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.
009:020 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.
009:021 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.
009:022 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?
009:023 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.
009:024 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.
009:025 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it
seemeth good and
right unto thee
to do unto us, do.
009:026 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out
of the hand of
the children of
Israel, that they slew them not.
009:027 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.
010:001 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec 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;
010:002 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.
010:003 Wherefore Adonizedec 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,
010:004 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.
010:005 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.
010:006 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.
010:007 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the
people of war
with him, and all
the mighty men of valour.
010:008 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.
010:009 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and
went up from
Gilgal all night.
010:010 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
Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah,
and
unto Makkedah.
010:011 And it came to pass, as they fled from before
Israel, and were
in the going down
to Bethhoron, 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.
010:012 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.
010:013 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.
010:014 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.
010:015 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him,
unto the camp to
Gilgal.
010:016 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in
a cave at
Makkedah.
010:017 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings
are found hid
in a cave at
Makkedah.
010:018 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the
mouth of the cave,
and set men by
it for to keep them:
010:019 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.
010:020 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.
010:021 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.
010:022 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave,
and bring out
those five kings
unto me out of the cave.
010:023 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.
010:024 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.
010:025 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.
010:026 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them,
and hanged
them on five trees: and
they were hanging upon the trees
until
the evening.
010:027 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.
010:028 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.
010:029 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel
with him,
unto Libnah, and fought
against Libnah:
010:030 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.
010:031 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel
with him, unto
Lachish, and
encamped against it, and fought against it:
010:032 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.
010:033 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help
Lachish; and Joshua
smote him and
his people, until he had left him
none
remaining.
010:034 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and
all Israel with
him; and they
encamped against it, and fought against it:
010:035 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.
010:036 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel
with him, unto
Hebron; and they
fought against it:
010:037 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.
010:038 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to
Debir; and
fought against it:
010:039 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.
010:040 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.
010:041 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even
unto Gaza, and
all the country
of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
010:042 And all these kings and their land did Joshua
take at one
time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
010:043 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him,
unto the camp to
Gilgal.
011:001 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,
011:002 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,
011:003 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.
011:004 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.
011:005 And when all these kings were met together, they
came and
pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against
Israel.
011:006 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.
011:007 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with
him, against
them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
011:008 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of
Israel, who smote
them, and chased
them unto great Zidon, and unto
Misrephothmaim,
and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and
they smote them,
until they left them none remaining.
011:009 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him:
he houghed
their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
011:010 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.
011:011 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.
011:012 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.
011:013 But as for the cities that stood still in their
strength,
Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua
burn.
011:014 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.
011:015 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.
011:016 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;
011:017 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to
Seir, even unto
Baalgad in the
valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all
their kings he
took, and smote them, and slew them.
011:018 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
011:019 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.
011:020 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.
011:021 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.
011:022 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.
011:023 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.
012:001 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:
012:002 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;
012:003 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
Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
012:004 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of
the remnant
of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
012:005 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.
012:006 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.
012:007 And these are the kings of the country which
Joshua and the
children of
Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from
Baalgad 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;
012:008 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:
012:009 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which
is beside
Bethel, one;
012:010 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
012:011 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
012:012 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
012:013 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
012:014 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
012:015 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
012:016 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
012:017 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
012:018 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
012:019 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
012:020 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
012:021 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
012:022 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
012:023 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the
king of the
nations of Gilgal, one;
012:024 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
013:001 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.
013:002 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the
borders of the
Philistines, and
all Geshuri,
013:003 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:
013:004 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites,
and Mearah
that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the
Amorites:
013:005 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon,
toward the
sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering
into Hamath.
013:006 All the inhabitants of the hill country from
Lebanon unto
Misrephothmaim, 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.
013:007 Now therefore divide this land for an
inheritance unto the
nine tribes, and
the half tribe of Manasseh,
013:008 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;
013:009 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;
013:010 And all the cities of Sihon king of the
Amorites, which
reigned in
Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
013:011 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and
Maachathites,
and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
013:012 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.
013:013 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.
013:014 Only unto the tribes 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.
013:015 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of
Reuben
inheritance according to their families.
013:016 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;
013:017 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the
plain; Dibon, and
Bamothbaal, and
Bethbaalmeon,
013:018 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
013:019 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in
the mount of
the valley,
013:020 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
013:021 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.
013:022 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did
the children
of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by
them.
013:023 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.
013:024 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of
Gad, even unto
the children of
Gad according to their families.
013:025 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;
013:026 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim;
and from
Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
013:027 And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, 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.
013:028 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad
after their
families, the cities, and their villages.
013:029 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.
013:030 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:
013:031 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.
013:032 These are the countries which Moses did
distribute for
inheritance in
the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan,
by Jericho,
eastward.
013:033 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any
inheritance: the
LORD God of
Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto
them.
014:001 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.
014:002 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD
commanded by the
hand of Moses,
for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
014:003 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.
014:004 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.
014:005 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of
Israel did,
and they divided the land.
014:006 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 Kadeshbarnea.
014:007 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of
the LORD sent
me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him
word again as it
was in mine heart.
014:008 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me
made the heart
of the people
melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
014:009 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.
014:010 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.
014:011 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.
014:012 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.
014:013 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the
son of
Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
014:014 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.
014:015 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba;
which Arba was
a great man
among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
015:001 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.
015:002 And their south border was from the shore of the
salt sea,
from the bay that looketh southward:
015:003 And it went out to the south side to
Maalehacrabbim, and
passed along to
Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto
Kadeshbarnea,
and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar,
and fetched a
compass to Karkaa:
015:004 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.
015:005 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:
015:006 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed
along by the
north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of
Bohan the son of
Reuben:
015:007 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 Enshemesh, and the
goings out
thereof were at Enrogel:
015:008 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:
015:009 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
Kirjathjearim:
015:010 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 Bethshemesh, and
passed on to
Timnah:
015:011 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.
015:012 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.
015:013 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.
015:014 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak,
Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
015:015 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of
Debir: and the
name of Debir
before was Kirjathsepher.
015:016 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher,
and taketh it,
to him will I
give Achsah my daughter to wife.
015:017 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of
Caleb, took it:
and he gave him
Achsah his daughter to wife.
015:018 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?
015:019 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.
015:020 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Judah
according to
their families.
015:021 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the
children of Judah
toward the coast
of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and
Jagur,
015:022 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
015:023 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
015:024 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
015:025 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
015:026 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
015:027 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,
015:028 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
015:029 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
015:030 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
015:031 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
015:032 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon:
all the cities
are twenty and
nine, with their villages:
015:033 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
015:034 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
015:035 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
015:036 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and
Gederothaim;
fourteen cities with their villages:
015:037 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,
015:038 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
015:039 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
015:040 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
015:041 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and
Makkedah; sixteen
cities with
their villages:
015:042 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
015:043 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
015:044 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine
cities with their
villages:
015:045 Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
015:046 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near
Ashdod, with
their villages:
015:047 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:
015:048 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
015:049 And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,
015:050 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
015:051 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities
with their
villages:
015:052 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
015:053 And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,
015:054 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron,
and Zior; nine
cities with
their villages:
015:055 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
015:056 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
015:057 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
015:058 Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,
015:059 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six
cities with their
villages:
015:060 Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah;
two cities
with their villages:
015:061 In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
015:062 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi;
six cities with
their
villages.
015:063 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.
016:001 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,
016:002 And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth
along unto the
borders of Archi
to Ataroth,
016:003 And goeth down westward to the coast of
Japhleti, unto the
coast of
Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings
out thereof are
at the sea.
016:004 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim,
took their
inheritance.
016:005 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
Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
016:006 And the border went out toward the sea to
Michmethah on the
north side; and
the border went about eastward unto
Taanathshiloh,
and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
016:007 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to
Naarath, and
came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
016:008 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.
016:009 And the separate cities for the children of
Ephraim were among
the inheritance
of the children of Manasseh, all the cities
with their
villages.
016:010 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.
017:001 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.
017:002 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.
017:003 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.
017:004 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.
017:005 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside
the land of
Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
017:006 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an
inheritance among his
sons: and the
rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
017:007 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 Entappuah.
017:008 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but
Tappuah on the
border of
Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
017:009 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:
017:010 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.
017:011 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher
Bethshean 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.
017:012 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out
the
inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in
that land.
017:013 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.
017:014 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?
017:015 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.
017:016 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 Bethshean
and her towns,
and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
017:017 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:
017:018 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.
018:001 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.
018:002 And there remained among the children of Israel
seven tribes,
which had not yet received their inheritance.
018:003 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?
018:004 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.
018:005 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.
018:006 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.
018:007 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.
018:008 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.
018:009 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.
018:010 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.
018:011 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.
018:012 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 Bethaven.
018:013 And the border went over from thence toward Luz,
to the side
of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended
to Atarothadar,
near the hill that lieth on the south side of
the nether
Bethhoron.
018:014 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed
the corner of
the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron
southward; and
the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal,
which is
Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this
was the west
quarter.
018:015 And the south quarter was from the end of
Kirjathjearim, and
the border went
out on the west, and went out to the well of
waters of
Nephtoah:
018:016 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 Enrogel,
018:017 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to
Enshemesh, 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,
018:018 And passed along toward the side over against
Arabah
northward, and went down unto Arabah:
018:019 And the border passed along to the side of
Bethhoglah
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.
018:020 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.
018:021 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin
according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and
the valley of
Keziz,
018:022 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
018:023 And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
018:024 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba;
twelve cities with
their
villages:
018:025 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
018:026 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
018:027 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
018:028 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.
019:001 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.
019:002 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and
Sheba, and
Moladah,
019:003 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
019:004 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
019:005 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,
019:006 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities
and their
villages:
019:007 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities
and their
villages:
019:008 And all the villages that were round about these
cities to
Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of
the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their
families.
019:009 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.
019:010 And the third lot came up for the children of
Zebulun
according to their families: and the border of their
inheritance was
unto Sarid:
019:011 And their border went up toward the sea, and
Maralah, and
reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before
Jokneam;
019:012 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the
sunrising unto the
border of
Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and
goeth up to
Japhia,
019:013 And from thence passeth on along on the east to
Gittahhepher,
to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;
019:014 And the border compasseth it on the north side
to Hannathon:
and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
019:015 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and
Idalah, and
Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
019:016 This is the inheritance of the children of
Zebulun according
to their
families, these cities with their villages.
019:017 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the
children of
Issachar according to their families.
019:018 And their border was toward Jezreel, and
Chesulloth, and
Shunem,
019:019 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,
019:020 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
019:021 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;
019:022 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah,
and
Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan:
sixteen cities
with their villages.
019:023 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of
Issachar according to their families, the cities and their
villages.
019:024 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the
children of
Asher according to their families.
019:025 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and
Beten, and
Achshaph,
019:026 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and
reacheth to Carmel
westward, and to
Shihorlibnath;
019:027 And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon,
and reacheth to
Zebulun, and to
the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side
of Bethemek, and
Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left
hand,
019:028 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah,
even unto great
Zidon;
019:029 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:
019:030 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two
cities with
their villages.
019:031 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Asher
according to
their families, these cities with their villages.
019:032 The sixth lot came out to the children of
Naphtali, even for
the children of
Naphtali according to their families.
019:033 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to
Zaanannim, and
Adami, Nekeb,
and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings
thereof were at
Jordan:
019:034 And then the coast turneth westward to
Aznothtabor, 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.
019:035 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and
Hammath, Rakkath,
and
Chinnereth,
019:036 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
019:037 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,
019:038 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath,
and Bethshemesh;
nineteen cities
with their villages.
019:039 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of
Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their
villages.
019:040 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of
the children of
Dan according to
their families.
019:041 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah,
and Eshtaol, and
Irshemesh,
019:042 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
019:043 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
019:044 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
019:045 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,
019:046 And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
019:047 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.
019:048 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Dan
according to
their families, these cities with their villages.
019:049 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:
019:050 According to the word of the LORD they gave him
the city which
he asked, even
Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the
city, and dwelt
therein.
019:051 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.
020:001 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
020:002 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint
out for you
cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of
Moses:
020:003 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares
and
unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge
from the avenger
of blood.
020:004 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.
020:005 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.
020:006 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.
020:007 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount
Naphtali, and
Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in
the mountain of
Judah.
020:008 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.
020:009 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.
021:001 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;
021:002 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.
021:003 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites
out of their
inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and
their
suburbs.
021:004 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.
021:005 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.
021:006 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.
021:007 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.
021:008 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.
021:009 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.
021:010 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.
021:011 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.
021:012 But the fields of the city, and the villages
thereof, gave
they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
021:013 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,
021:014 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
021:015 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
021:016 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her
suburbs, and
Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two
tribes.
021:017 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with
her suburbs,
Geba with her suburbs,
021:018 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her
suburbs; four
cities.
021:019 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the
priests, were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
021:020 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.
021:021 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,
021:022 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with
her suburbs;
four cities.
021:023 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her
suburbs,
Gibbethon with her suburbs,
021:024 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her
suburbs; four
cities.
021:025 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach
with her
suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
021:026 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for
the families of
the children of
Kohath that remained.
021:027 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
Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
021:028 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with
her suburbs,
Dabareh with her suburbs,
021:029 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her
suburbs; four
cities.
021:030 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her
suburbs, Abdon
with her
suburbs,
021:031 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her
suburbs; four
cities.
021:032 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in
Galilee with her
suburbs, to be a
city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor
with her
suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
021:033 All the cities of the Gershonites according to
their families
were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
021:034 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,
021:035 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her
suburbs; four
cities.
021:036 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her
suburbs, and
Jahazah with her suburbs,
021:037 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her
suburbs; four
cities.
021:038 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,
021:039 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her
suburbs; four cities
in all.
021:040 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.
021:041 All the cities of the Levites within the
possession of the
children of
Israel were forty and eight cities with their
suburbs.
021:042 These cities were every one with their suburbs
round about
them: thus were all these cities.
021:043 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which
he sware to
give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt
therein.
021:044 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.
021:045 There failed not ought of any good thing which
the LORD had
spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
022:001 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and the
half tribe of
Manasseh,
022:002 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:
022:003 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.
022:004 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.
022:005 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.
022:006 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and
they went unto
their tents.
022:007 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,
022:008 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.
022:009 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.
022:010 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.
022:011 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold,
the children of
Reuben and the
children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh
have built an
altar over against the land of Canaan, in the
borders of
Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
022:012 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.
022:013 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,
022:014 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.
022:015 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,
022:016 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?
022:017 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,
022:018 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.
022:019 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.
022:020 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.
022:021 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,
022:022 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,)
022:023 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;
022:024 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?
022:025 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.
022:026 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build
us an altar,
not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
022:027 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.
022:028 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.
022:029 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.
022:030 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.
022:031 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.
022:032 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.
022:033 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.
022:034 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.
023:001 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.
023:002 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:
023:003 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.
023:004 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.
023:005 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.
023:006 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;
023:007 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:
023:008 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have
done unto this
day.
023:009 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.
023:010 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.
023:011 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that
ye love the
LORD your God.
023:012 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:
023:013 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.
023:014 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.
023:015 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.
023:016 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.
024:001 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.
024:002 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.
024:003 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.
024:004 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.
024:005 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued
Egypt, according to
that which I did
among them: and afterward I brought you out.
024:006 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.
024:007 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.
024:008 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.
024:009 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:
024:010 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore
he blessed you
still: so I
delivered you out of his hand.
024:011 And you 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.
024:012 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.
024:013 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.
024:014 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.
024:015 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.
024:016 And the people answered and said, God forbid
that we should
forsake the
LORD, to serve other gods;
024:017 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:
024:018 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.
024:019 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.
024:020 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.
024:021 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we
will serve the
LORD.
024:022 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.
024:023 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange
gods which are
among you, and
incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
024:024 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our
God will we
serve, and his voice will we obey.
024:025 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that
day, and set
them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
024:026 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.
024:027 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.
024:028 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto
his
inheritance.
024:029 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.
024:030 And they buried him in the border of his
inheritance in
Timnathserah,
which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of
the hill of
Gaash.
024:031 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.
024:032 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.
024:033 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.