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 whithersoever 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 ye 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 every thing 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 side 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 Adonizedek 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 Adonizedek 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 tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the
sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire [are] their
inheritance, as he said unto them.
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 Jahazah, 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 Parah, 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, or 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 Hapharaim, and Shion, 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 ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the
men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered
them into your hand.
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.
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