11:1 |
And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to
Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, |
11:2 |
And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of
Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, |
11:3 |
And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite,
and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in
the land of Mizpeh. |
11:4 |
And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand
that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. |
11:5 |
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the
waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. |
11:6 |
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this
time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and
burn their chariots with fire. |
11:7 |
So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of
Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. |
11:8 |
And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them
unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and
they smote them, until they left them none remaining. |
11:9 |
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt
their chariots with fire. |
11:10 |
And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with
the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. |
11:11 |
And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly
destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. |
11:12 |
And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and
smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant
of the LORD commanded. |
11:13 |
But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them,
save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. |
11:14 |
And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a
prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had
destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. |
11:15 |
As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did
Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. |
11:16 |
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land
of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of
the same; |
11:17 |
Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of
Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. |
11:18 |
Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. |
11:19 |
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the
inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. |
11:20 |
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in
battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that
he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
11:21 |
And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron,
from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of
Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. |
11:22 |
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in
Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. |
11:23 |
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and
Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their
tribes. And the land rested from war. |
|
12:1 |
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed
their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon
unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: |
12:2 |
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon
the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even
unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; |
12:3 |
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the
plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under
Ashdothpisgah: |
12:4 |
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt
at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, |
12:5 |
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the
Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. |
12:6 |
Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the
servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the
half tribe of Manasseh. |
12:7 |
And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote
on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount
Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession
according to their divisions; |
12:8 |
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in
the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: |
12:9 |
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; |
12:10 |
The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; |
12:11 |
The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; |
12:12 |
The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; |
12:13 |
The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; |
12:14 |
The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; |
12:15 |
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; |
12:16 |
The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; |
12:17 |
The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; |
12:18 |
The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; |
12:19 |
The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; |
12:20 |
The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; |
12:21 |
The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; |
12:22 |
The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; |
12:23 |
The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; |
12:24 |
The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. |
|
13:1 |
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and
stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. |
13:2 |
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all
Geshuri, |
13:3 |
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is
counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the
Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: |
13:4 |
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the
Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: |
13:5 |
And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad
under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. |
13:6 |
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the
Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it
by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. |
13:7 |
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half
tribe of Manasseh, |
13:8 |
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses
gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; |
13:9 |
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the
midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; |
13:10 |
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the
border of the children of Ammon; |
13:11 |
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon,
and all Bashan unto Salcah; |
13:12 |
All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained
of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. |
13:13 |
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites:
but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. |
13:14 |
Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God
of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. |
13:15 |
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their
families. |
13:16 |
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city
that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; |
13:17 |
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and
Bethbaalmeon, |
13:18 |
And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, |
13:19 |
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley, |
13:20 |
And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, |
13:21 |
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites,
which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and
Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. |
13:22 |
Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the
sword among them that were slain by them. |
13:23 |
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was
the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the
villages thereof. |
13:24 |
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad
according to their families. |
13:25 |
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the
children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; |
13:26 |
And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of
Debir; |
13:27 |
And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the
kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of
Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. |
13:28 |
This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and
their villages. |
13:29 |
And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the
possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. |
13:30 |
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan,
and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: |
13:31 |
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were
pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the
children of Machir by their families. |
13:32 |
These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of
Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. |
13:33 |
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was
their inheritance, as he said unto them. |
|
14:1 |
And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of
Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers
of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. |
14:2 |
By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine
tribes, and for the half tribe. |
14:3 |
For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side
Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. |
14:4 |
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave
no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for
their cattle and for their substance. |
14:5 |
As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
|
14:6 |
Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh
the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man
of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea. |
14:7 |
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to
espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. |
14:8 |
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I
wholly followed the LORD my God. |
14:9 |
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden
shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed
the LORD my God. |
14:10 |
And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years,
even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in
the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. |
14:11 |
As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength
was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. |
14:12 |
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou
heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and
fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the
LORD said. |
14:13 |
And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an
inheritance. |
14:14 |
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite
unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. |
14:15 |
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the
Anakims. And the land had rest from war. |
|
15:1 |
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to
the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south
coast. |
15:2 |
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh
southward: |
15:3 |
And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and
ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up
to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: |
15:4 |
From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the
goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. |
15:5 |
And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in
the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: |
15:6 |
And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and
the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: |
15:7 |
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward,
looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side
of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out
thereof were at Enrogel: |
15:8 |
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the
Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that
lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the
giants northward: |
15:9 |
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of
Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah,
which is Kirjathjearim: |
15:10 |
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto
the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to
Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah: |
15:11 |
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to
Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out
of the border were at the sea. |
15:12 |
And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of
the children of Judah round about according to their families. |
15:13 |
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah,
according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of
Anak, which city is Hebron. |
15:14 |
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the
children of Anak. |
15:15 |
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was
Kirjathsepher. |
15:16 |
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give
Achsah my daughter to wife. |
15:17 |
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah
his daughter to wife. |
15:18 |
And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a
field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? |
15:19 |
Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also
springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. |
15:20 |
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their
families. |
15:21 |
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of
Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, |
15:22 |
And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, |
15:23 |
And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, |
15:24 |
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, |
15:25 |
And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, |
15:26 |
Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, |
15:27 |
And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet, |
15:28 |
And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, |
15:29 |
Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, |
15:30 |
And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, |
15:31 |
And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, |
15:32 |
And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine,
with their villages: |
15:33 |
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, |
15:34 |
And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, |
15:35 |
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, |
15:36 |
And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their
villages: |
15:37 |
Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, |
15:38 |
And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, |
15:39 |
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, |
15:40 |
And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, |
15:41 |
And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
|
15:42 |
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, |
15:43 |
And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, |
15:44 |
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: |
15:45 |
Ekron, with her towns and her villages: |
15:46 |
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: |
15:47 |
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the
river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: |
15:48 |
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, |
15:49 |
And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, |
15:50 |
And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, |
15:51 |
And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: |
15:52 |
Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, |
15:53 |
And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, |
15:54 |
And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their
villages: |
15:55 |
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, |
15:56 |
And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, |
15:57 |
Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: |
15:58 |
Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, |
15:59 |
And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: |
15:60 |
Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: |
15:61 |
In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, |
15:62 |
And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages. |
15:63 |
As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not
drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this
day. |
|
17:1 |
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to
wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of
war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. |
17:2 |
There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for
the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel,
and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of
Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. |
17:3 |
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of
Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah,
and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. |
17:4 |
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and
before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our
brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance
among the brethren of their father. |
17:5 |
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which
were on the other side Jordan; |
17:6 |
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of
Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. |
17:7 |
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and
the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah. |
17:8 |
Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged
to the children of Ephraim; |
17:9 |
And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of
Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side
of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: |
17:10 |
Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his
border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. |
17:11 |
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her
towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her
towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and
her towns, even three countries. |
17:12 |
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but
the Canaanites would dwell in that land. |
17:13 |
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the
Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out. |
17:14 |
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one
lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath
blessed me hitherto? |
17:15 |
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood
country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants,
if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. |
17:16 |
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites
that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean
and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. |
17:17 |
And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying,
Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: |
17:18 |
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the
outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have
iron chariots, and though they be strong. |
|
18:1 |
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and
set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. |
18:2 |
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet
received their inheritance. |
18:3 |
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess
the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? |
18:4 |
Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall
rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and
they shall come again to me. |
18:5 |
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the
south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. |
18:6 |
Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description
hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. |
18:7 |
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their
inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their
inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. |
18:8 |
And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the
land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I
may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. |
18:9 |
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven
parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. |
18:10 |
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the
land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. |
18:11 |
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their
families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the
children of Joseph. |
18:12 |
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side
of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings
out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. |
18:13 |
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel,
southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south
side of the nether Bethhoron. |
18:14 |
And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from
the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at
Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west
quarter. |
18:15 |
And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on
the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: |
18:16 |
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of
the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to
the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, |
18:17 |
And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward
Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of
Bohan the son of Reuben, |
18:18 |
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto
Arabah: |
18:19 |
And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of
the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the
south coast. |
18:20 |
And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the
children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. |
18:21 |
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families
were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz, |
18:22 |
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, |
18:23 |
And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, |
18:24 |
And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: |
18:25 |
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, |
18:26 |
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, |
18:27 |
And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, |
18:28 |
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen
cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according
to their families. |
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19:1 |
And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon
according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the
children of Judah. |
19:2 |
And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, |
19:3 |
And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, |
19:4 |
And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, |
19:5 |
And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah, |
19:6 |
And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: |
19:7 |
Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: |
19:8 |
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the
south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their
families. |
19:9 |
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of
Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the
children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. |
19:10 |
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and
the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: |
19:11 |
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and
reached to the river that is before Jokneam; |
19:12 |
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor,
and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, |
19:13 |
And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth
out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; |
19:14 |
And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof
are in the valley of Jiphthahel: |
19:15 |
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with
their villages. |
19:16 |
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these
cities with their villages. |
19:17 |
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to
their families. |
19:18 |
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, |
19:19 |
And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, |
19:20 |
And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, |
19:21 |
And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez; |
19:22 |
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of
their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. |
19:23 |
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their
families, the cities and their villages. |
19:24 |
And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their
families. |
19:25 |
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, |
19:26 |
And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to
Shihorlibnath; |
19:27 |
And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the
valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul
on the left hand, |
19:28 |
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; |
19:29 |
And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast
turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: |
19:30 |
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. |
19:31 |
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their
families, these cities with their villages. |
19:32 |
The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali
according to their families. |
19:33 |
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and
Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: |
19:34 |
And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to
Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side,
and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. |
19:35 |
And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, |
19:36 |
And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, |
19:37 |
And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, |
19:38 |
And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with
their villages. |
19:39 |
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their
families, the cities and their villages. |
19:40 |
And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their
families. |
19:41 |
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, |
19:42 |
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, |
19:43 |
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, |
19:44 |
And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, |
19:45 |
And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, |
19:46 |
And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. |
19:47 |
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the
children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge
of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name
of Dan their father. |
19:48 |
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their
families, these cities with their villages. |
19:49 |
When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the
children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: |
19:50 |
According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even
Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. |
19:51 |
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and
the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an
inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. |
|
21:1 |
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and
unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel; |
21:2 |
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded
by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our
cattle. |
21:3 |
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the
commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. |
21:4 |
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the
priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the
tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. |
21:5 |
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. |
21:6 |
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar,
and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe
of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. |
21:7 |
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of
the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. |
21:8 |
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their
suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. |
21:9 |
And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the
children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name. |
21:10 |
Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the
children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. |
21:11 |
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the
hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. |
21:12 |
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of
Jephunneh for his possession. |
21:13 |
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a
city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, |
21:14 |
And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, |
21:15 |
And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, |
21:16 |
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her
suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. |
21:17 |
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, |
21:18 |
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities. |
21:19 |
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their
suburbs. |
21:20 |
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children
of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. |
21:21 |
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge
for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, |
21:22 |
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities. |
21:23 |
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, |
21:24 |
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities. |
21:25 |
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with
her suburbs; two cities. |
21:26 |
All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath
that remained. |
21:27 |
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other
half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge
for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. |
21:28 |
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, |
21:29 |
Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities. |
21:30 |
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, |
21:31 |
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. |
21:32 |
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of
refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three
cities. |
21:33 |
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities
with their suburbs. |
21:34 |
And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the
tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, |
21:35 |
Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. |
21:36 |
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, |
21:37 |
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. |
21:38 |
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge
for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, |
21:39 |
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. |
21:40 |
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining
of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. |
21:41 |
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were
forty and eight cities with their suburbs. |
21:42 |
These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these
cities. |
21:43 |
And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers;
and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. |
21:44 |
And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their
fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered
all their enemies into their hand. |
21:45 |
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of
Israel; all came to pass. |
|
22:1 |
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, |
22:2 |
And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you,
and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: |
22:3 |
Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge
of the commandment of the LORD your God. |
22:4 |
And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them:
therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your
possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. |
22:5 |
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of
the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep
his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with
all your soul. |
22:6 |
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. |
22:7 |
Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but
unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward.
And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, |
22:8 |
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very
much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much
raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. |
22:9 |
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh
returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of
Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they
were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. |
22:10 |
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the
children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an
altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. |
22:11 |
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children
of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan,
in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. |
22:12 |
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of
Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. |
22:13 |
And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of
Eleazar the priest, |
22:14 |
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of
Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of
Israel. |
22:15 |
And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half
tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, |
22:16 |
Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have
committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in
that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD? |
22:17 |
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this
day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, |
22:18 |
But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye
rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation
of Israel. |
22:19 |
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the
land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take
possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you
an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. |
22:20 |
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell
on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. |
22:21 |
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh
answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, |
22:22 |
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if
it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) |
22:23 |
That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon
burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD
himself require it; |
22:24 |
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your
children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of
Israel? |
22:25 |
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and
children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children
cease from fearing the LORD. |
22:26 |
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering,
nor for sacrifice: |
22:27 |
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that
we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our
sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children
in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. |
22:28 |
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our
generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the
LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a
witness between us and you. |
22:29 |
God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the
LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside
the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. |
22:30 |
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the
thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and
the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. |
22:31 |
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to
the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD
is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have
delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. |
22:32 |
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the
children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land
of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. |
22:33 |
And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God,
and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the
children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. |
22:34 |
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall
be a witness between us that the LORD is God. |
|
23:1 |
And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from
all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. |
23:2 |
And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for
their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: |
23:3 |
And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because
of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. |
23:4 |
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance
for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the
great sea westward. |
23:5 |
And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of
your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. |
23:6 |
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of
the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; |
23:7 |
That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make
mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow
yourselves unto them: |
23:8 |
But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. |
23:9 |
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you,
no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. |
23:10 |
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth
for you, as he hath promised you. |
23:11 |
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. |
23:12 |
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even
these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and
they to you: |
23:13 |
Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these
nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your
sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD
your God hath given you. |
23:14 |
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your
hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which
the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing
hath failed thereof. |
23:15 |
Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the
LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he
have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. |
23:16 |
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you,
and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of
the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which
he hath given unto you. |
|
24:1 |
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of
Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they
presented themselves before God. |
24:2 |
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers
dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and
the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. |
24:3 |
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him
throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. |
24:4 |
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it;
but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. |
24:5 |
I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among
them: and afterward I brought you out. |
24:6 |
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians
pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. |
24:7 |
And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and
brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in
Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. |
24:8 |
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan;
and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their
land; and I destroyed them from before you. |
24:9 |
Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent
and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: |
24:10 |
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered
you out of his hand. |
24:11 |
And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against
you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. |
24:12 |
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two
kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. |
24:13 |
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built
not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
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24:14 |
Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the
gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye
the LORD. |
24:15 |
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will
serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the
flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we
will serve the LORD. |
24:16 |
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve
other gods; |
24:17 |
For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of
Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and
preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we
passed: |
24:18 |
And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in
the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. |
24:19 |
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he
is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. |
24:20 |
If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and
consume you, after that he hath done you good. |
24:21 |
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. |
24:22 |
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have
chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. |
24:23 |
Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline
your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. |
24:24 |
And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we
obey. |
24:25 |
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an
ordinance in Shechem. |
24:26 |
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone,
and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. |
24:27 |
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us;
for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore
a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. |
24:28 |
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. |
24:29 |
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the
LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. |
24:30 |
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in
mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. |
24:31 |
And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that
overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for
Israel. |
24:32 |
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried
they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father
of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children
of Joseph. |
24:33 |
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to
Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. |