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