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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

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11 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 .

12 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 .

13 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon

that have I given unto you as I said unto Moses .

14 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 .

15 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 .

16 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 .

17 Only be thou strong and very courageous that thou mayest

observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant

commanded thee turn not from it to the right hand or to the left

that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest .

18 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 .

19 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 .

110 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people saying .

111 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 .

112 And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to half the

tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua saying .

113 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 .

114 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 .

115 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 .

116 And they answered Joshua saying All that thou commandest

us we will do and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go .

117 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 .

118 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 .

* 21 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 .

22 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 .

23 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 .

24 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 .

25 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 .

26 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 .

27 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 .

28 And before they were laid down she came up unto them upon

the roof .

29 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 .

210 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 .

211 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 .

212 Now therefore I pray you swear unto me by the LORD since I

have showed you kindness that ye will also show kindness unto my

father's house and give me a true token .

213 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 .

214 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 .

215 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 .

216 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 .

217 And the men said unto her We will be blameless of this

thine oath which thou hast made us swear .

218 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 .

219 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 .

220 And if thou utter this our business then we will be quit

of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear .

221 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 .

222 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 .

223 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 .

224 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 .

* 31 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 .

32 And it came to pass after three days that the officers went

through the host .

33 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 .

34 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 .

35 And Joshua said unto the people Sanctify yourselves for

tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you .

36 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 .

37 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 .

38 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 .

39 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel Come hither and

hear the words of the LORD your God .

310 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 .

311 Behold the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the

earth passeth over before you into Jordan .

312 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of

Israel out of every tribe a man .

313 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 .

314 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 .

315 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 .

316 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 .

317 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 .

* 41 And it came to pass when all the people were clean passed

over Jordan that the LORD spake unto Joshua saying .

42 Take you twelve men out of the people out of every tribe a

man .

43 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 .

44 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of

the children of Israel out of every tribe a man .

45 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 .

46 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 .

47 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 .

48 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 .

49 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 .

410 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of

Jordan until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded

Joshua to speak unto the people according to all that Moses

commanded Joshua and the people hasted and passed over .

411 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 .

412 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 .

413 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before

the LORD unto battle to the plains of Jericho .

414 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 .

415 And the LORD spake unto Joshua saying .

416 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony

that they come up out of Jordan .

417 Joshua therefore commanded the priests saying Come ye up

out of Jordan .

418 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 .

419 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 .

420 And those twelve stones which they took out of Jordan did

Joshua pitch in Gilgal .

421 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 .

422 Then ye shall let your children know saying Israel came

over this Jordan on dry land .

423 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 .

424 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 .

* 51 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 .

52 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua Make thee sharp

knives and circumcise again the children of Israel the second

time .

53 And Joshua made him sharp knives and circumcised the

children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins .

54 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 .

55 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 .

56 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 show them

the land which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would

give us a land that floweth with milk and honey .

57 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 .

58 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 .

59 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 .

510 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 .

511 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 .

512 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 .

513 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 .

514 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 .

515 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 .

* 61 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children

of Israel none went out and none came in .

62 And the LORD said unto Joshua See I have given into thine

hand Jericho and the king thereof and the mighty men of valour .

63 And ye shall compass the city all ye men of war and go

round about the city once Thus shalt thou do six days .

64 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 .

65 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 .

66 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 .

67 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 .

68 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 .

69 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 .

610 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 .

611 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city going about it

once and they came into the camp and lodged in the camp .

612 And Joshua rose early in the morning and the priests took

up the ark of the LORD .

613 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 .

614 And the second day they compassed the city once and

returned into the camp so they did six days .

615 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 .

616 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 .

617 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 .

618 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 .

619 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 .

620 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 .

621 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 .

622 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 .

623 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 .

624 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 .

625 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 .

626 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 .

627 So the LORD was with Joshua and his fame was noised

throughout all the country .

* 71 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 .

72 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai which is beside

Bethaven on the east side of Bethel and spake unto them saying

Go up and view the country And the men went up and viewed Ai .

73 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 .

74 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand

men and they fled before the men of Ai .

75 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 .

76 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 .

77 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 .

78 O Lord what shall I say when Israel turneth their backs

before their enemies .

79 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 .

710 And the LORD said unto Joshua Get thee up wherefore liest

thou thus upon thy face .

711 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 .

712 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 .

713 Up sanctify the people and say Sanctify yourselves against

tomorrow 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 .

714 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 .

715 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 .

716 So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel

by their tribes and the tribe of Judah was taken .

717 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 .

718 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 .

719 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 .

720 And Achan answered Joshua and said Indeed I have sinned

against the LORD God of Israel and thus and thus have I done .

721 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 .

722 So Joshua sent messengers and they ran unto the tent and

behold it was hid in his tent and the silver under it .

723 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 .

724 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 .

725 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 .

726 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 .

* 81 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 .

82 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 .

83 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 .

84 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 .

85 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 .

86 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 .

87 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush and seize upon the

city for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand .

88 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 .

89 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 .

810 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 .

811 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 .

812 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 .

813 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 .

814 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 .

815 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten

before them and fled by the way of the wilderness .

816 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 .

817 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 .

818 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 .

819 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 .

820 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 .

821 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 .

822 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 .

823 And the king of Ai they took alive and brought him to

Joshua .

824 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 .

825 And so it was that all that fell that day both of men and

women were twelve thousand even all the men of Ai .

826 For Joshua drew not his hand back wherewith he stretched

out the spear until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants

of Ai .

827 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 .

828 And Joshua burnt Ai and made it an heap for ever even a

desolation unto this day .

829 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 .

830 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in

mount Ebal .

831 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 .

832 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 .

833 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 .

834 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 .

835 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 .

* 91 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 .

92 That they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua

and with Israel with one accord .

93 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had

done unto Jericho and to Ai .

94 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 .

95 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet and old garments

upon them and all the bread of their provision was dry and

mouldy .

96 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 .

97 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites Peradventure ye

dwell among us and how shall we make a league with you .

98 And they said unto Joshua We are thy servants And Joshua

said unto them Who are ye and from whence come ye .

99 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 .

910 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 .

911 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 .

912 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 .

913 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 .

914 And the men took of their victuals and asked not counsel

at the mouth of the LORD .

915 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 .

916 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 .

917 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 .

918 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 .

919 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 .

920 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 .

921 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 .

922 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 .

923 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 .

924 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 .

925 And now behold we are in thine hand as it seemeth good and

right unto thee to do unto us do .

926 And so did he unto them and delivered them out of the hand

of the children of Israel that they slew them not .

927 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 .

* 101 Now it came to pass when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had

heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it as he

had done to Jericho and her king so he had done to Ai and her

king and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with

Israel and were among them .

102 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 .

103 Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham

king of Hebron and unto Piram king of Jarmuth and unto Japhia

king of Lachish and unto Debir king of Eglon saying .

104 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 .

105 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 .

106 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 .

107 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal he and all the people of

war with him and all the mighty men of valour .

108 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 .

109 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly and went up from

Gilgal all night .

1010 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 .

1011 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 .

1012 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 .

1013 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 .

1014 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 .

1015 And Joshua returned and all Israel with him unto the camp

to Gilgal .

1016 But these five kings fled and hid themselves in a cave at

Makkedah .

1017 And it was told Joshua saying The five kings are found

hid in a cave at Makkedah .

1018 And Joshua said Roll great stones upon the mouth of the

cave and set men by it for to keep them .

1019 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 .

1020 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 .

1021 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 .

1022 Then said Joshua Open the mouth of the cave and bring out

those five kings unto me out of the cave .

1023 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 .

1024 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 .

1025 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 .

1026 And afterward Joshua smote them and slew them and hanged

them on five trees and they were hanging upon the trees until

the evening .

1027 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 .

1028 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 .

1029 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah and all Israel with him

unto Libnah and fought against Libnah .

1030 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 .

1031 And Joshua passed from Libnah and all Israel with him

unto Lachish and encamped against it and fought against it .

1032 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 .

1033 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish and

Joshua smote him and his people until he had left him none

remaining .

1034 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon and all Israel

with him and they encamped against it and fought against it .

1035 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 .

1036 And Joshua went up from Eglon and all Israel with him

unto Hebron and they fought against it .

1037 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 .

1038 And Joshua returned and all Israel with him to Debir and

fought against it .

1039 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 .

1040 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 .

1041 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza

and all the country of Goshen even unto Gibeon .

1042 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one

time because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel .

1043 And Joshua returned and all Israel with him unto the camp

to Gilgal .

* 111 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 .

112 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 .

113 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 .

114 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 .

115 And when all these kings were met together they came and

pitched together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel .

116 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 hock their horses and burn their

chariots with fire .

117 So Joshua came and all the people of war with him against

them by the waters of Merom suddenly and they fell upon them .

118 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 .

119 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him he hocked

their horses and burnt their chariots with fire .

1110 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 .

1111 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 .

1112 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 .

1113 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength

Israel burned none of them save Hazor only that did Joshua burn .

1114 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 .

1115 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 .

1116 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 .

1117 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 .

1118 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings .

1119 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 .

1120 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 .

1121 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 .

1122 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 .

1123 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 .

* 121 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 .

122 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 .

123 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 .

124 And the coast of Og king of Bashan which was of the

remnant of the giants that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei .

125 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 .

126 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 .

127 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 .

128 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 .

129 The king of Jericho one the king of Ai which is beside

Bethel one .

1210 The king of Jerusalem one the king of Hebron one .

1211 The king of Jarmuth one the king of Lachish one .

1212 The king of Eglon one the king of Gezer one .

1213 The king of Debir one the king of Geder one .

1214 The king of Hormah one the king of Arad one .

1215 The king of Libnah one the king of Adullam one .

1216 The king of Makkedah one the king of Bethel one .

1217 The king of Tappuah one the king of Hepher one .

1218 The king of Aphek one the king of Lasharon one .

1219 The king of Madon one the king of Hazor one .

1220 The king of Shimronmeron one the king of Achshaph one .

1221 The king of Taanach one the king of Megiddo one .

1222 The king of Kedesh one the king of Jokneam of Carmel one .

1223 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor one the king of the

nations of Gilgal one .

1224 The king of Tirzah one all the kings thirty and one .

* 131 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 .

132 This is the land that yet remaineth all the borders of the

Philistines and all Geshuri .

133 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 .

134 From the south all the land of the Canaanites and Mearah

that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek to the borders of the

Amorites .

135 And the land of the Giblites and all Lebanon toward the

sunrising from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into

Hamath .

136 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 .

137 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the

nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh .

138 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 .

139 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 .

1310 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites which

reigned in Heshbon unto the border of the children of Ammon .

1311 And Gilead and the border of the Geshurites and

Maachathites and all mount Hermon and all Bashan unto Salcah .

1312 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 .

1313 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 .

1314 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance the

sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their

inheritance as he said unto them .

1315 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben

inheritance according to their families .

1316 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 .

1317 Heshbon and all her cities that are in the plain Dibon

and Bamothbaal and Bethbaalmeon .

1318 And Jahaza and Kedemoth and Mephaath .

1319 And Kirjathaim and Sibmah and Zarethshahar in the mount

of the valley .

1320 And Bethpeor and Ashdothpisgah and Bethjeshimoth .

1321 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 .

1322 Balaam also the son of Beor the soothsayer did the

children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were

slain by them .

1323 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 .

1324 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad even

unto the children of Gad according to their families .

1325 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 .

1326 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh and Betonim and from

Mahanaim unto the border of Debir .

1327 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 .

1328 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after

their families the cities and their villages .

1329 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 .

1330 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 .

1331 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 .

1332 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for

inheritance in the plains of Moab on the other side Jordan by

Jericho eastward .

1333 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance

the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance as he said unto

them .

* 141 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 .

142 By lot was their inheritance as the LORD commanded by the

hand of Moses for the nine tribes and for the half tribe .

143 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 .

144 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 .

145 As the LORD commanded Moses so the children of Israel did

and they divided the land .

146 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 .

147 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 .

148 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the

heart of the people melt but I wholly followed the LORD my God .

149 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 .

1410 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

1411 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 .

1412 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 .

1413 And Joshua blessed him and gave unto Caleb the son of

Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance .

1414 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 .

1415 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba which Arba

was a great man among the Anakims And the land had rest from war

* 151 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 .

152 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea

from the bay that looketh southward .

153 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 .

154 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 .

155 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 .

156 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 .

157 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 .

158 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 .

159 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 .

1510 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 .

1511 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 .

1512 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 .

1513 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 .

1514 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak Sheshai and

Ahiman and Talmai the children of Anak .

1515 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir and the

name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher .

1516 And Caleb said He that smiteth Kirjathsepher and taketh

it to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife .

1517 And Othniel the son of Kenaz the brother of Caleb took it

and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife .

1518 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 .

1519 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 .

1520 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of

Judah according to their families .

1521 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of

Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel and Eder

and Jagur .

1522 And Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah .

1523 And Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan .

1524 Ziph and Telem and Bealoth .

1525 And Hazor Hadattah and Kerioth and Hezron which is Hazor .

1526 Amam and Shema and Moladah .

1527 And Hazargaddah and Heshmon and Bethpalet .

1528 And Hazarshual and Beersheba and Bizjothjah .

1529 Baalah and Iim and Azem .

1530 And Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah .

1531 And Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah .

1532 And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon all the cities

are twenty and nine with their villages .

1533 And in the valley Eshtaol and Zoreah and Ashnah .

1534 And Zanoah and Engannim Tappuah and Enam .

1535 Jarmuth and Adullam Socoh and Azekah .

1536 And Sharaim and Adithaim and Gederah and Gederothaim

fourteen cities with their villages .

1537 Zenan and Hadashah and Migdalgad .

1538 And Dilean and Mizpeh and Joktheel .

1539 Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon .

1540 And Cabbon and Lahmam and Kithlish .

1541 And Gederoth Bethdagon and Naamah and Makkedah sixteen

cities with their villages .

1542 Libnah and Ether and Ashan .

1543 And Jiphtah and Ashnah and Nezib .

1544 And Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah nine cities with their

villages .

1545 Ekron with her towns and her villages .

1546 From Ekron even unto the sea all that lay near Ashdod

with their villages .

1547 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 .

1548 And in the mountains Shamir and Jattir and Socoh .

1549 And Dannah and Kirjathsannah which is Debir .

1550 And Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim .

1551 And Goshen and Holon and Giloh eleven cities with their

villages .

1552 Arab and Dumah and Eshean .

1553 And Janum and Bethtappuah and Aphekah .

1554 And Humtah and Kirjatharba which is Hebron and Zior nine

cities with their villages .

1555 Maon Carmel and Ziph and Juttah .

1556 And Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah .

1557 Cain Gibeah and Timnah ten cities with their villages .

1558 Halhul Bethzur and Gedor .

1559 And Maarath and Bethanoth and Eltekon six cities with

their villages .

1560 Kirjathbaal which is Kirjathjearim and Rabbah two cities

with their villages .

1561 In the wilderness Betharabah Middin and Secacah .

1562 And Nibshan and the city of Salt and Engedi six cities

with their villages .

1563 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 .

* 161 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 .

162 And goeth out from Bethel to Luz and passeth along unto

the borders of Archi to Ataroth .

163 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 .

164 So the children of Joseph Manasseh and Ephraim took their

inheritance .

165 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 .

166 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 .

167 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and to Naarath

and came to Jericho and went out at Jordan .

168 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 .

169 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were

among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh all the cities

with their villages .

1610 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 .

* 171 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 .

172 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 .

173 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 .

174 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 .

175 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh beside the land of

Gilead and Bashan which were on the other side Jordan .

176 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among

his sons and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead .

177 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 .

178 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah but Tappuah on the

border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim .

179 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 .

1710 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 .

1711 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 .

1712 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the

inhabitants of those cities but the Canaanites would dwell in

that land .

1713 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 .

1714 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 .

1715 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 .

1716 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 .

1717 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 .

1718 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 .

* 181 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 .

182 And there remained among the children of Israel seven

tribes which had not yet received their inheritance .

183 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 .

184 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 .

185 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 .

186 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 .

187 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 .

188 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 .

189 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 .

1810 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 .

1811 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 .

1812 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 .

1813 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 .

1814 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 .

1815 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 .

1816 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 .

1817 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 .

1818 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah

northward and went down unto Arabah .

1819 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 .

1820 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 .

1821 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin

according to their families were Jericho and Bethhoglah and the

valley of Keziz .

1822 And Betharabah and Zemaraim and Bethel .

1823 And Avim and Parah and Ophrah .

1824 And Chepharhaammonai and Ophni and Gaba twelve cities

with their villages .

1825 Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth .

1826 And Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah .

1827 And Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah .

1828 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 .

* 191 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 .

192 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba and

Moladah .

193 And Hazarshual and Balah and Azem .

194 And Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah .

195 And Ziklag and Bethmarcaboth and Hazarsusah .

196 And Bethlebaoth and Sharuhen thirteen cities and their

villages .

197 Ain Remmon and Ether and Ashan four cities and their

villages .

198 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 .

199 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 .

1910 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun

according to their families and the border of their inheritance

was unto Sarid .

1911 And their border went up toward the sea and Maralah and

reached to Dabbasheth and reached to the river that is before

Jokneam .

1912 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto

the border of Chislothtabor and then goeth out to Daberath and

goeth up to Japhia .

1913 And from thence passeth on along on the east to

Gittahhepher to Ittahkazin and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to

Neah .

1914 And the border compasseth it on the north side to

Hannathon and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of

Jiphthahel .

1915 And Kattath and Nahallal and Shimron and Idalah and

Bethlehem twelve cities with their villages .

1916 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun

according to their families these cities with their villages .

1917 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar for the children

of Issachar according to their families .

1918 And their border was toward Jezreel and Chesulloth and

Shunem .

1919 And Haphraim and Shihon and Anaharath .

1920 And Rabbith and Kishion and Abez .

1921 And Remeth and Engannim and Enhaddah and Bethpazzez .

1922 And the coast reacheth to Tabor and Shahazimah and

Bethshemesh and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan

sixteen cities with their villages .

1923 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of

Issachar according to their families the cities and their

villages .

1924 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children

of Asher according to their families .

1925 And their border was Helkath and Hali and Beten and

Achshaph .

1926 And Alammelech and Amad and Misheal and reacheth to

Carmel westward and to Shihorlibnath .

1927 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 .

1928 And Hebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah even unto great

Zidon .

1929 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 .

1930 Ummah also and Aphek and Rehob twenty and two cities with

their villages .

1931 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of

Asher according to their families these cities with their

villages .

1932 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali even

for the children of Naphtali according to their families .

1933 And their coast was from Heleph from Allon to Zaanannim

and Adami Nekeb and Jabneel unto Lakum and the outgoings thereof

were at Jordan .

1934 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 .

1935 And the fenced cities are Ziddim Zer and Hammath Rakkath

and Chinnereth .

1936 And Adamah and Ramah and Hazor .

1937 And Kedesh and Edrei and Enhazor .

1938 And Iron and Migdalel Horem and Bethanath and Bethshemesh

nineteen cities with their villages .

1939 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of

Naphtali according to their families the cities and their

villages .

1940 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the

children of Dan according to their families .

1941 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah and Eshtaol

and Irshemesh .

1942 And Shaalabbin and Ajalon and Jethlah .

1943 And Elon and Thimnathah and Ekron .

1944 And Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath .

1945 And Jehud and Beneberak and Gathrimmon .

1946 And Mejarkon and Rakkon with the border before Japho .

1947 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 .

1948 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of

Dan according to their families these cities with their villages

1949 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 .

1950 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 .

1951 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 .

* 201 The LORD also spake unto Joshua saying .

202 Speak to the children of Israel saying Appoint out for you

cities of refuge whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses .

203 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and

unwittingly may flee thither and they shall be your refuge from

the avenger of blood .

204 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 .

205 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 .

206 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 .

207 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali and

Shechem in mount Ephraim and Kirjatharba which is Hebron in the

mountain of Judah .

208 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 .

209 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 .

* 211 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

212 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 .

213 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of

their inheritance at the commandment of the LORD these cities

and their suburbs .

214 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 .

215 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 .

216 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 .

217 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 .

218 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 .

219 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 .

2110 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 .

2111 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 .

2112 But the fields of the city and the villages thereof gave

they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession .

2113 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 .

2114 And Jattir with her suburbs and Eshtemoa with her suburbs

2115 And Holon with her suburbs and Debir with her suburbs .

2116 And Ain with her suburbs and Juttah with her suburbs and

Bethshemesh with her suburbs nine cities out of those two tribes

2117 And out of the tribe of Benjamin Gibeon with her suburbs

Geba with her suburbs .

2118 Anathoth with her suburbs and Almon with her suburbs four

cities .

2119 All the cities of the children of Aaron the priests were

thirteen cities with their suburbs .

2120 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 .

2121 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 .

2122 And Kibzaim with her suburbs and Bethhoron with her

suburbs four cities .

2123 And out of the tribe of Dan Eltekeh with her suburbs

Gibbethon with her suburbs .

2124 Aijalon with her suburbs Gathrimmon with her suburbs four

cities .

2125 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh Tanach with her

suburbs and Gathrimmon with her suburbs two cities .

2126 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the

families of the children of Kohath that remained .

2127 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 .

2128 And out of the tribe of Issachar Kishon with her suburbs

Dabareh with her suburbs .

2129 Jarmuth with her suburbs Engannim with her suburbs four

cities .

2130 And out of the tribe of Asher Mishal with her suburbs

Abdon with her suburbs .

2131 Helkath with her suburbs and Rehob with her suburbs four

cities .

2132 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 .

2133 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their

families were thirteen cities with their suburbs .

2134 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 .

2135 Dimnah with her suburbs Nahalal with her suburbs four

cities .

2136 And out of the tribe of Reuben Bezer with her suburbs and

Jahazah with her suburbs .

2137 Kedemoth with her suburbs and Mephaath with her suburbs

four cities .

2138 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 .

2139 Heshbon with her suburbs Jazer with her suburbs four

cities in all .

2140 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 .

2141 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of

the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their

suburbs .

2142 These cities were every one with their suburbs round

about them thus were all these cities .

2143 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware

to give unto their fathers and they possessed it and dwelt

therein .

2144 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 .

2145 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD

had spoken unto the house of Israel all came to pass .

* 221 Then Joshua called the Reubenites and the Gadites and the

half tribe of Manasseh .

222 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 .

223 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 .

224 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 .

225 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 .

226 So Joshua blessed them and sent them away and they went

unto their tents .

227 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 .

228 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 .

229 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 .

2210 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 .

2211 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 .

2212 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 .

2213 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 .

2214 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 .

2215 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 .

2216 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 .

2217 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 .

2218 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

2219 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 .

2220 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 .

2221 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 .

2222 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 .

2223 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 .

2224 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 .

2225 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 .

2226 Therefore we said Let us now prepare to build us an altar

not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice .

2227 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 .

2228 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 .

2229 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 .

2230 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 .

2231 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 .

2232 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 .

2233 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 .

2234 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 .

* 231 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 .

232 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 .

233 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 .

234 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

235 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 .

236 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 .

237 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 .

238 But cleave unto the LORD your God as ye have done unto

this day .

239 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 .

2310 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 .

2311 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves that ye love the

LORD your God .

2312 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 .

2313 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 .

2314 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 .

2315 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 .

2316 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 .

* 241 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 .

242 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 .

243 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 .

244 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 .

245 I sent Moses also and Aaron and I plagued Egypt according

to that which I did among them and afterward I brought you out .

246 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 .

247 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 .

248 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 .

249 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 .

2410 But I would not hearken unto Balaam therefore he blessed

you still so I delivered you out of his hand .

2411 And ye went over Jordan and came unto Jericho and the men

of Jericho fought against you the Amorites and the Perizzites

and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Girgashites the

Hivites and the Jebusites and I delivered them into your hand .

2412 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 .

2413 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 .

2414 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 .

2415 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 .

2416 And the people answered and said God forbid that we

should forsake the LORD to serve other gods .

2417 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 .

2418 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 .

2419 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 .

2420 If ye forsake the LORD and serve strange gods then he

will turn and do you hurt and consume you after that he hath

done you good .

2421 And the people said unto Joshua Nay but we will serve the

LORD .

2422 And Joshua said unto the people Ye are witnesses against

yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD to serve him And

they said We are witnesses .

2423 Now therefore put away said he the strange gods which are

among you and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel .

2424 And the people said unto Joshua The LORD our God will we

serve and his voice will we obey .

2425 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day and

set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem .

2426 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of

God and took a great stone and set it up there under an oak that

was by the sanctuary of the LORD .

2427 And Joshua said unto all the people Behold this stone

shall be a witness unto us for it hath heard all the words of

the LORD which he spake unto us it shall be therefore a witness

unto you lest ye deny your God .

2428 So Joshua let the people depart every man unto his

inheritance .

2429 And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the

son of Nun the servant of the LORD died being an hundred and ten

years old .

2430 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in

Timnathserah which is in mount Ephraim on the north side of the

hill of Gaash .

2431 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all

the days of the elders that overlived Joshua and which had known

all the works of the LORD that he had done for Israel .

2432 And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel

brought up out of Egypt buried they in Shechem in a parcel of

ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of

Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver and it became the

inheritance of the children of Joseph .

2433 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died and they buried him in

a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son which was given him in

mount Ephraim .