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  JOSHUA:


                            CHAPTER 1


  1. Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came
to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses'
minister, saying,

  2. Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this
Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give
to them, even to the children of Israel.

  3. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that
have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

  4. From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great
river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto
the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your
coast.

  5. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the
days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I
will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

  6. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt
thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their
fathers to give them.

  7. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest
observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant
commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left,
that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.

  8. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but
thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest
observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then
thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
success.

  9. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage;
be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is
with thee whithersoever thou goest.

  10. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

  11. Pass through the host, and command the people, saying,
Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over
this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God
giveth you to possess it.

  12. And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the
tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

  13. Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and
hath given you this land.

  14. Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain
in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall
pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and
help them;

  15. Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath
given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD
your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your
possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you
on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

  16. And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest
us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

  17. According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will
we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he
was with Moses.

  18. Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and
will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him,
he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.


                            CHAPTER 2


  1. And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy
secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went,
and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

  2. And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there
came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search
out the country.

  3. And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth
the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house:
for they be come to search out all the country.

  4. And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus,
There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

  5. And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate,
when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I
wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

  6. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid
them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the
roof.

  7. And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the
fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out,
they shut the gate.

  8. And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon
the roof;

  9. And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given
you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all
the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

  10. For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red
sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the
two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan,
Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

  11. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did
melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man,
because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above,
and in earth beneath.

  12. Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since
I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto
my father's house, and give me a true token:

  13. And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my
brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our
lives from death.

  14. And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter
not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given
us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

  15. Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her
house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

  16. And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the
pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the
pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

  17. And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this
thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

  18. Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this
line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down
by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy
brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

  19. And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of
thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and
we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the
house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

  20. And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of
thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

  21. And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she
sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line
in the window.

  22. And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there
three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers
sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

  23. So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain,
and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him
all things that befell them:

  24. And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered
into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the
country do faint because of us.


                            CHAPTER 3


  1. And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from
Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel,
and lodged there before they passed over.

  2. And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went
through the host;

  3. And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of
the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites
bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

  4. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two
thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may
know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way
heretofore.

  5. And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to
morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

  6. And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of
the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up
the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

  7. And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to
magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that,
as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

  8. And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the
covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of
Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

  9. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and
hear the words of the LORD your God.

  10. And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is
among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you
the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the
Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the
Jebusites.

  11. Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth
passeth over before you into Jordan.

  12. Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of
Israel, out of every tribe a man.

  13. And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet
of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the
earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of
Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above;
and they shall stand upon an heap.

  14. And it came to pass, when the people removed from their
tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the
covenant before the people;

  15. And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the
feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of
the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of
harvest,)

  16. That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up
upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan:
and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the
salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over
right against Jericho.

  17. And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the
LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the
Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were
passed clean over Jordan.


                            CHAPTER 4


  1. And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed
over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

  2. Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a
man,

  3. And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst
of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm,
twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave
them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

  4. Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of
the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

  5. And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the
LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man
of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the
tribes of the children of Israel:

  6. That this may be a sign among you, that when your children
ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these
stones?

  7. Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut
off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed
over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones
shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

  8. And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and
took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD
spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the
children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place
where they lodged, and laid them down there.

  9. And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in
the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the
covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

  10. For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of
Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded
Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses
commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

  11. And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed
over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in
the presence of the people.

  12. And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and
half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children
of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

  13. About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the
LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

  14. On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all
Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of
his life.

  15. And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

  16. Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that
they come up out of Jordan.

  17. Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up
out of Jordan.

  18. And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of
the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan,
and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry
land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and
flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

  19. And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the
first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of
Jericho.

  20. And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did
Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

  21. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your
children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What
mean these stones?

  22. Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came
over this Jordan on dry land.

  23. For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from
before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to
the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone
over:

  24. That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the
LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for
ever.


                            CHAPTER 5


  1. And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites,
which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of
the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had
dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel,
until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was
there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

  2. At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp
knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second
time.

  3. And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the
children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

  4. And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the
people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men
of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of
Egypt.

  5. Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all
the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they
came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.

  6. For the children of Israel walked forty years in the
wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came
out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of
the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the
land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give
us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

  7. And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them
Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had
not circumcised them by the way.

  8. And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the
people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they
were whole.

  9. And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away
the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the
place is called Gilgal unto this day.

  10. And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the
passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains
of Jericho.

  11. And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow
after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the
selfsame day.

  12. And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of
the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna
any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that
year.

  13. And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he
lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over
against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto
him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

  14. And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am
I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did
worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?

  15. And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose
thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is
holy. And Joshua did so.


                            CHAPTER 6


  1. Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of
Israel: none went out, and none came in.

  2. And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine
hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

  3. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go
round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

  4. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of
rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven
times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

  5. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast
with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet,
all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the
city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every
man straight before him.

  6. And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto
them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear
seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.

  7. And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city,
and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

  8. And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people,
that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns
passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark
of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

  9. And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the
trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going
on, and blowing with the trumpets.

  10. And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not
shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word
proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then
shall ye shout.

  11. So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it
once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

  12. And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took
up the ark of the LORD.

  13. And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns
before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the
trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward
came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing
with the trumpets.

  14. And the second day they compassed the city once, and
returned into the camp: so they did six days.

  15. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early
about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the
same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city
seven times.

  16. And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests
blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for
the LORD hath given you the city.

  17. And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are
therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and
all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers
that we sent.

  18. And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing,
lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed
thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

  19. But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron,
are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury
of the LORD.

  20. So the people shouted when the priests blew with the
trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of
the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the
wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city,
every man straight before him, and they took the city.

  21. And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both
man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the
edge of the sword.

  22. But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the
country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the
woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

  23. And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out
Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all
that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them
without the camp of Israel.

  24. And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein:
only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of
iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

  25. And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's
household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even
unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent
to spy out Jericho.

  26. And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the
man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city
Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and
in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

  27. So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised
throughout all the country.


                            CHAPTER 7


  1. But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the
accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the
son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing:
and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of
Israel.

  2. And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside
Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go
up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

  3. And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all
the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up
and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for
they are but few.

  4. So there went up thither of the people about three thousand
men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

  5. And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for
they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and
smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people
melted, and became as water.

  6. And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his
face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the
elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

  7. And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all
brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of
the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and
dwelt on the other side Jordan!

  8. O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs
before their enemies!

  9. For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall
hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from
the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

  10. And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest
thou thus upon thy face?

  11. Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my
covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the
accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and
they have put it even among their own stuff.

  12. Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before
their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies,
because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more,
except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

  13. Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves
against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is
an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not
stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing
from among you.

  14. In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to
your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh
shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which
the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household
which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

  15. And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed
thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because
he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath
wrought folly in Israel.

  16. So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel
by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

  17. And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family
of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by
man; and Zabdi was taken:

  18. And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son
of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of
Judah, was taken.

  19. And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory
to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell
me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

  20. And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned
against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

  21. When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and
two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty
shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold,
they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver
under it.

  22. So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and,
behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

  23. And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought
them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid
them out before the LORD.

  24. And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of
Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and
his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his
sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them
unto the valley of Achor.

  25. And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall
trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and
burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

  26. And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this
day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger.
Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor,
unto this day.


                            CHAPTER 8


  1. And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou
dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up
to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his
people, and his city, and his land:

  2. And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto
Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle
thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an
ambush for the city behind it.

  3. So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against
Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and
sent them away by night.

  4. And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait
against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the
city, but be ye all ready:

  5. And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach
unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out
against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

  6. (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them
from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the
first: therefore we will flee before them.

  7. Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the
city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

  8. And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall
set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD
shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

  9. Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in
ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai:
but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

  10. And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the
people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the
people to Ai.

  11. And all the people, even the people of war that were with
him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched
on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and
Ai.

  12. And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in
ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

  13. And when they had set the people, even all the host that was
on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of
the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

  14. And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they
hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against
Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed,
before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush
against him behind the city.

  15. And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before
them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

  16. And all the people that were in Ai were called together to
pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn
away from the city.

  17. And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not
out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after
Israel.

  18. And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is
in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And
Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the
city.

  19. And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they
ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered
into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

  20. And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and,
behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had
no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to
the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

  21. And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken
the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they
turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

  22. And the other issued out of the city against them; so they
were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that
side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or
escape.

  23. And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to
Joshua.

  24. And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying
all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein
they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the
sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned
unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

  25. And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and
women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

  26. For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched
out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants
of Ai.

  27. Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a
prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he
commanded Joshua.

  28. And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a
desolation unto this day.

  29. And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and
as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should
take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering
of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones,
that remaineth unto this day.

  30. Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in
mount Ebal,

  31. As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of
Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar
of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they
offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed
peace offerings.

  32. And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of
Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

  33. And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their
judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the
priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the
LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half
of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against
mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before,
that they should bless the people of Israel.

  34. And afterward he read all the words of the law, the
blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the
book of the law.

  35. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which
Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the
women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant
among them.


                            CHAPTER 9


  1. And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this
side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the
coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the
Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite, heard thereof;

  2. That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua
and with Israel, with one accord.

  3. And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done
unto Jericho and to Ai,

  4. They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been
ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine
bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

  5. And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments
upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and
mouldy.

  6. And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said
unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country:
now therefore make ye a league with us.

  7. And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye
dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

  8. And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua
said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

  9. And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants
are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have
heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

  10. And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that
were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of
Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.

  11. Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country
spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and
go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants:
therefore now make ye a league with us.

  12. This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our
houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold,
it is dry, and it is mouldy:

  13. And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and,
behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are
become old by reason of the very long journey.

  14. And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at
the mouth of the LORD.

  15. And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with
them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware
unto them.

  16. And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had
made a league with them, that they heard that they were their
neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

  17. And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their
cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and
Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.

  18. And the children of Israel smote them not, because the
princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of
Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

  19. But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have
sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may
not touch them.

  20. This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest
wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

  21. And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them
be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation;
as the princes had promised them.

  22. And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying,
Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you;
when ye dwell among us?

  23. Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be
freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water
for the house of my God.

  24. And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly
told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant
Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants
of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our
lives because of you, and have done this thing.

  25. And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good
and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

  26. And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand
of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

  27. And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of
water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even
unto this day, in the place which he should choose.


                            CHAPTER 10


  1. Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had
heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he
had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her
king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with
Israel, and were among them;

  2. That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as
one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and
all the men thereof were mighty.

  3. Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king
of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of
Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

  4. Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for
it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

  5. Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of
Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of
Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went
up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made
war against it.

  6. And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,
saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us
quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the
Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against
us.

  7. So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war
with him, and all the mighty men of valour.

  8. And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have
delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them
stand before thee.

  9. Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from
Gilgal all night.

  10. And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them
with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way
that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto
Makkedah.

  11. And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and
were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great
stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were
more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of
Israel slew with the sword.

  12. Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD
delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he
said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon;
and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

  13. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the
people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this
written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst
of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

  14. And there was no day like that before it or after it, that
the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought
for Israel.

  15. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp
to Gilgal.

  16. But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at
Makkedah.

  17. And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid
in a cave at Makkedah.

  18. And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the
cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

  19. And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite
the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities:
for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.

  20. And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel
had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till
they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered
into fenced cities.

  21. And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at
Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the
children of Israel.

  22. Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out
those five kings unto me out of the cave.

  23. And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him
out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the
king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

  24. And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto
Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said
unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come
near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came
near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

  25. And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be
strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your
enemies against whom ye fight.

  26. And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged
them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the
evening.

  27. And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the
sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees,
and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid
great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very
day.

  28. And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the
edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed,
them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and
he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

  29. Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him,
unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

  30. And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into
the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword,
and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but
did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

  31. And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto
Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

  32. And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel,
which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the
sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that
he had done to Libnah.

  33. Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua
smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

  34. And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel
with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:

  35. And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of
the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly
destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

  36. And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto
Hebron; and they fought against it:

  37. And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword,
and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the
souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all
that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the
souls that were therein.

  38. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and
fought against it:

  39. And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities
thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and
utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none
remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to
the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

  40. So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the
south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings:
he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed,
as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

  41. And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and
all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

  42. And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one
time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

  43. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp
to Gilgal.


                            CHAPTER 11


  1. And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those
things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of
Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

  2. And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and
of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the
borders of Dor on the west,

  3. And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the
Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in
the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of
Mizpeh.

  4. And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much
people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude,
with horses and chariots very many.

  5. And when all these kings were met together, they came and
pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

  6. And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them:
for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain
before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their
chariots with fire.

  7. So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against
them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

  8. And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who
smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto
Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they
smote them, until they left them none remaining.

  9. And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed
their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

  10. And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and
smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was
the head of all those kingdoms.

  11. And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge
of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to
breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

  12. And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of
them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword,
and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded.

  13. But as for the cities that stood still in their strength,
Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

  14. And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the
children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man
they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed
them, neither left they any to breathe.

  15. As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses
command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all
that the LORD commanded Moses.

  16. So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south
country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the
plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

  17. Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto
Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their
kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.

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

  19. There was not a city that made peace with the children of
Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they
took in battle.

  20. For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they
should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them
utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might
destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  21. And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from
the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all
the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel:
Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

  22. There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the
children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there
remained.

  23. So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the
LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto
Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land
rested from war.


                            CHAPTER 12


  1. Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of
Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan
toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount
Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

  2. Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled
from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from
the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river
Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

  3. And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and
unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way
to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:

  4. And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant
of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

  5. And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all
Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites,
and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

  6. Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of
Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a
possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasseh.

  7. And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the
children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from
Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that
goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for
a possession according to their divisions;

  8. In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and
in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country;
the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites,
the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

  9. The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside
Bethel, one;

  10. The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

  11. The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

  12. The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

  13. The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

  14. The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

  15. The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

  16. The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

  17. The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

  18. The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

  19. The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

  20. The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

  21. The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

  22. The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

  23. The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the
nations of Gilgal, one;

  24. The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.


                            CHAPTER 13


  1. Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said
unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth
yet very much land to be possessed.

  2. This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the
Philistines, and all Geshuri,

  3. From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of
Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of
the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the
Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

  4. From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah
that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the
Amorites:

  5. And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the
sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into
Hamath.

  6. All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto
Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from
before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the
Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

  7. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the
nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

  8. With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their
inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even
as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

  9. From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the
city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of
Medeba unto Dibon;

  10. And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which
reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

  11. And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and
Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

  12. All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth
and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these
did Moses smite, and cast them out.

  13. Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the
Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the
Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

  14. Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the
sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their
inheritance, as he said unto them.

  15. And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben
inheritance according to their families.

  16. And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the
river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and
all the plain by Medeba;

  17. Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon,
and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,

  18. And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

  19. And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of
the valley,

  20. And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,

  21. And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of
Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses
smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and
Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

  22. Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the
children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain
by them.

  23. And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the
border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben
after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

  24. And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto
the children of Gad according to their families.

  25. And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and
half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before
Rabbah;

  26. And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from
Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

  27. And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth,
and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon,
Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth
on the other side Jordan eastward.

  28. This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their
families, the cities, and their villages.

  29. And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh:
and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of
Manasseh by their families.

  30. And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the
kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are
in Bashan, threescore cities:

  31. And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the
kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of
Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children
of Machir by their families.

  32. These are the countries which Moses did distribute for
inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by
Jericho, eastward.

  33. But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance:
the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto
them.


                            CHAPTER 14


  1. And these are the countries which the children of Israel
inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes
of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

  2. By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the
hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

  3. For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half
tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none
inheritance among them.

  4. For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and
Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land,
save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and
for their substance.

  5. As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did,
and they divided the land.

  6. Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou
knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God
concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.

  7. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent
me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word
again as it was in mine heart.

  8. Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart
of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

  9. And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon
thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy
children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my
God.

  10. And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said,
these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word
unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the
wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years
old.

  11. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that
Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength
now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

  12. Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake
in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were
there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the
LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as
the LORD said.

  13. And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of
Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

  14. Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of
Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly
followed the LORD God of Israel.

  15. And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba
was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.


                            CHAPTER 15


  1. This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah
by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of
Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

  2. And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea,
from the bay that looketh southward:

  3. And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and
passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto
Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and
fetched a compass to Karkaa:

  4. From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the
river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea:
this shall be your south coast.

  5. And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of
Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of
the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

  6. And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the
north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan
the son of Reuben:

  7. And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor,
and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going
up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the
border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out
thereof were at Enrogel:

  8. And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom
unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and
the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before
the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley
of the giants northward:

  9. And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the
fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of
mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is
Kirjathjearim:

  10. And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount
Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is
Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and
passed on to Timnah:

  11. And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward:
and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount
Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the
border were at the sea.

  12. And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast
thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about
according to their families.

  13. And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the
children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to
Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is
Hebron.

  14. And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

  15. And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the
name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

  16. And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh
it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

  17. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it:
and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

  18. And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved
him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and
Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

  19. Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a
south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the
upper springs, and the nether springs.

  20. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Judah according to their families.

  21. And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of
Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder,
and Jagur,

  22. And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

  23. And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,

  24. Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

  25. And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is
Hazor,

  26. Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,

  27. And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,

  28. And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

  29. Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,

  30. And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

  31. And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

  32. And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the
cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

  33. And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

  34. And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

  35. Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

  36. And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim;
fourteen cities with their villages:

  37. Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,

  38. And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

  39. Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

  40. And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,

  41. And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen
cities with their villages:

  42. Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

  43. And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

  44. And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their
villages:

  45. Ekron, with her towns and her villages:

  46. From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with
their villages:

  47. Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns
and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and
the border thereof:

  48. And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

  49. And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,

  50. And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

  51. And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their
villages:

  52. Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

  53. And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,

  54. And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine
cities with their villages:

  55. Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

  56. And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

  57. Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

  58. Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,

  59. And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with
their villages:

  60. Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities
with their villages:

  61. In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,

  62. And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities
with their villages.

  63. As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites
dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.


                            CHAPTER 16


  1. And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by
Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness
that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,

  2. And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the
borders of Archi to Ataroth,

  3. And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the
coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out
thereof are at the sea.

  4. So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their
inheritance.

  5. And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their
families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the
east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;

  6. And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the
north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh,
and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

  7. And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and
came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

  8. The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river
Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their
families.

  9. And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were
among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities
with their villages.

  10. And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer:
but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and
serve under tribute.


                            CHAPTER 17


  1. There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was
the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of
Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war,
therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

  2. There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh
by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the
children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the
children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the
children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the
son of Joseph by their families.

  3. But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son
of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and
these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah,
Milcah, and Tirzah.

  4. And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before
Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD
commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren.
Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an
inheritance among the brethren of their father.

  5. And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of
Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;

  6. Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among
his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

  7. And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that
lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand
unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.

  8. Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the
border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;

  9. And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of
the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of
Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the
river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:

  10. Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's,
and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the
north, and in Issachar on the east.

  11. And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her
towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and
her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of
Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

  12. Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the
inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in
that land.

  13. Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen
strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not
utterly drive them out.

  14. And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why
hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing
I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me
hitherto?

  15. And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then
get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in
the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be
too narrow for thee.

  16. And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for
us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley
have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her
towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

  17. And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim
and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great
power: thou shalt not have one lot only:

  18. But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou
shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for
thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron
chariots, and though they be strong.


                            CHAPTER 18


  1. And the whole congregation of the children of Israel
assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the
congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

  2. And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,
which had not yet received their inheritance.

  3. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye
slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your
fathers hath given you?

  4. Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will
send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and
describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall
come again to me.

  5. And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide
in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide
in their coasts on the north.

  6. Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and
bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you
here before the LORD our God.

  7. But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of
the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the
tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan
on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

  8. And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them
that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the
land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast
lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

  9. And the men went and passed through the land, and described
it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua
to the host at Shiloh.

  10. And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and
there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel
according to their divisions.

  11. And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up
according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth
between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

  12. And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the
border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went
up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were
at the wilderness of Bethaven.

  13. And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side
of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to
Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the
nether Bethhoron.

  14. And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of
the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron
southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which
is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the
west quarter.

  15. And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and
the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of
waters of Nephtoah:

  16. And the border came down to the end of the mountain that
lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the
valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of
Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to
Enrogel,

  17. And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh,
and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up
of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

  18. And passed along toward the side over against Arabah
northward, and went down unto Arabah:

  19. And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah
northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay
of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south
coast.

  20. And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was
the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof
round about, according to their families.

  21. Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin
according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the
valley of Keziz,

  22. And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

  23. And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,

  24. And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities
with their villages:

  25. Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

  26. And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

  27. And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

  28. And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath,
and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their
families.


                            CHAPTER 19


  1. And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe
of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their
inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

  2. And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and
Moladah,

  3. And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,

  4. And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

  5. And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,

  6. And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their
villages:

  7. Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their
villages:

  8. And all the villages that were round about these cities to
Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

  9. Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the
inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the
children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of
Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

  10. And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun
according to their families: and the border of their inheritance
was unto Sarid:

  11. And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and
reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before
Jokneam;

  12. And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the
border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth
up to Japhia,

  13. And from thence passeth on along on the east to
Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to
Neah;

  14. And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon:
and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:

  15. And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and
Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

  16. This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according
to their families, these cities with their villages.

  17. And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of
Issachar according to their families.

  18. And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and
Shunem,

  19. And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,

  20. And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,

  21. And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;

  22. And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and
Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan:
sixteen cities with their villages.

  23. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Issachar according to their families, the cities and their
villages.

  24. And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of
Asher according to their families.

  25. And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and
Achshaph,

  26. And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to
Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;

  27. And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth
to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side
of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

  28. And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto
great Zidon;

  29. And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city
Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof
are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:

  30. Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with
their villages.

  31. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Asher according to their families, these cities with their
villages.

  32. The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for
the children of Naphtali according to their families.

  33. And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim,
and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings
thereof were at Jordan:

  34. And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and
goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the
south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah
upon Jordan toward the sunrising.

  35. And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath,
and Chinnereth,

  36. And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

  37. And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,

  38. And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and
Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

  39. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their
villages.

  40. And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children
of Dan according to their families.

  41. And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol,
and Irshemesh,

  42. And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

  43. And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

  44. And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

  45. And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,

  46. And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.

  47. And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for
them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against
Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and
possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the
name of Dan their father.

  48. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  49. When they had made an end of dividing the land for
inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an
inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:

  50. According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city
which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built
the city, and dwelt therein.

  51. These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes
of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in
Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.


                            CHAPTER 20


  1. The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,

  2. Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you
cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

  3. That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and
unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from
the avenger of blood.

  4. And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall
stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare
his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take
him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may
dwell among them.

  5. And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall
not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his
neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

  6. And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the
congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest
that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and
come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from
whence he fled.

  7. And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and
Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the
mountain of Judah.

  8. And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they
assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe
of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan
in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

  9. These were the cities appointed for all the children of
Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that
whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and
not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before
the congregation.


                            CHAPTER 21


  1. Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto
Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the
heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

  2. And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan,
saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities
to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

  3. And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their
inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and
their suburbs.

  4. And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and
the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had
by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon,
and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

  5. And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the
families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and
out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

  6. And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of
the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of
the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities.

  7. The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe
of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of
Zebulun, twelve cities.

  8. And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these
cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of
Moses.

  9. And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and
out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are
here mentioned by name.

  10. Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the
Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was
the first lot.

  11. And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak,
which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the
suburbs thereof round about it.

  12. But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave
they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

  13. Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron
with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and
Libnah with her suburbs,

  14. And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

  15. And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

  16. And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and
Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

  17. And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs,
Geba with her suburbs,

  18. Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four
cities.

  19. All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.

  20. And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites
which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities
of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

  21. For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount
Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her
suburbs,

  22. And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her
suburbs; four cities.

  23. And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs,
Gibbethon with her suburbs,

  24. Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four
cities.

  25. And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her
suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

  26. All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families
of the children of Kohath that remained.

  27. And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the
Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan
in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

  28. And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs,
Dabareh with her suburbs,

  29. Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four
cities.

  30. And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs,
Abdon with her suburbs,

  31. Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four
cities.

  32. And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor
with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

  33. All the cities of the Gershonites according to their
families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

  34. And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of
the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her
suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

  35. Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four
cities.

  36. And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and
Jahazah with her suburbs,

  37. Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs;
four cities.

  38. And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with
her suburbs,

  39. Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four
cities in all.

  40. So all the cities for the children of Merari by their
families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites,
were by their lot twelve cities.

  41. All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the
children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

  42. These cities were every one with their suburbs round about
them: thus were all these cities.

  43. And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to
give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

  44. And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all
that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all
their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies
into their hand.

  45. There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had
spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.


                            CHAPTER 22


  1. Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the
half tribe of Manasseh,

  2. And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant
of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I
commanded you:

  3. Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day,
but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.

  4. And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren,
as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto
your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the
servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

  5. But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law,
which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD
your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his
commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all
your heart and with all your soul.

  6. So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went
unto their tents.

  7. Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given
possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua
among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua
sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

  8. And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto
your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold,
and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide
the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

  9. And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the
half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of
Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto
the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof
they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand
of Moses.

  10. And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in
the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a
great altar to see to.

  11. And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children
of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh
have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the
borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

  12. And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole
congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves
together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.

  13. And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben,
and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh,
into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

  14. And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince
throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of
the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

  15. And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the
children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land
of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,

  16. Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass
is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn
away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you
an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?

  17. Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are
not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the
congregation of the LORD,

  18. But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD?
and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to
morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

  19. Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean,
then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD,
wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among
us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in
building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.

  20. Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the
accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel?
and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

  21. Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the
half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the
thousands of Israel,

  22. The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and
Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in
transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)

  23. That we have built us an altar to turn from following the
LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or
if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require
it;

  24. And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing,
saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our
children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?

  25. For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you,
ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the
LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing
the LORD.

  26. Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar,
not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

  27. But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our
generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD
before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and
with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our
children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

  28. Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say
to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say
again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our
fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it
is a witness between us and you.

  29. God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn
this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt
offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar
of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle.

  30. And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the
congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with
him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children
of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

  31. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the
children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the
children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among
us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD:
now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of
the LORD.

  32. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of
Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the
children of Israel, and brought them word again.

  33. And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the
children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up
against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children
of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

  34. And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called
the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD
is God.


                            CHAPTER 23


  1. And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given
rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua
waxed old and stricken in age.

  2. And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and
for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and
said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

  3. And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto
all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that
hath fought for you.

  4. Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that
remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with
all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea
westward.

  5. And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you,
and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their
land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

  6. Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is
written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside
therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

  7. That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among
you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to
swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

  8. But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this
day.

  9. For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations
and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before
you unto this day.

  10. One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your
God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

  11. Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the
LORD your God.

  12. Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the
remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and
shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to
you:

  13. Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more
drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be
snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns
in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the
LORD your God hath given you.

  14. And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth:
and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one
thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God
spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one
thing hath failed thereof.

  15. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are
come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the
LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you
from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

  16. When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God,
which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and
bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be
kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good
land which he hath given unto you.


                            CHAPTER 24


  1. And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and
called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for
their judges, and for their officers; and they presented
themselves before God.

  2. And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God
of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in
old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of
Nachor: and they served other gods.

  3. And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the
flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and
multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

  4. And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau
mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down
into Egypt.

  5. I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according
to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

  6. And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the
sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots
and horsemen unto the Red sea.

  7. And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between
you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered
them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye
dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

  8. And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt
on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave
them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I
destroyed them from before you.

  9. Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred
against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to
curse you:

  10. But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed
you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

  11. And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men
of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites,
and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

  12. And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from
before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy
sword, nor with thy bow.

  13. And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and
cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards
and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

  14. Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and
in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the
other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

  15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you
this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers
served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of
the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house,
we will serve the LORD.

  16. And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should
forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

  17. For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our
fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and
which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all
the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we
passed:

  18. And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even
the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve
the LORD; for he is our God.

  19. And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD:
for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive
your transgressions nor your sins.

  20. If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will
turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you
good.

  21. And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the
LORD.

  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.

  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. And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we
serve, and his voice will we obey.

  25. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set
them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

  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.

  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.

  28. So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his
inheritance.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  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.