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