| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |