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,
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.
Every
place
that the sole
of your foot
shall tread upon,
that have
I given unto you,
as I said
unto Moses.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Then Joshua
commanded
the officers
of the people,
saying,
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.
And
to the Reubenites,
and
to the Gadites,
and to half
the tribe
of Manasseh,
spake Joshua,
saying,
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.
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;
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.
And
they answered
Joshua,
saying,
All
that thou
commandest us we
will do,
and whithersoever
thou sendest us,
we will go.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
And before they
were laid down,
she came up
unto them
upon the roof;
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
And the men
said
unto her,
We will be blameless
of this thine oath which
thou hast made us swear.
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.
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.
And
if thou
utter this
our business,
then
we will be
quit
of thine oath
which thou
hast made us
to swear.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
And it
came
to pass
after three days,
that the officers
went through the host;
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.
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.
And Joshua
said
unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves:
for to morrow
the LORD
will do wonders
among you.
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.
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.
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.
And Joshua
said
unto the children
of Israel,
Come hither,
and hear
the words
of the LORD your God.
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.
Behold,
the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
of all the earth passeth over
before you
into Jordan.
Now therefore
take you twelve men
out of the tribes
of Israel,
out of every tribe
a man.
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.
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;
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,)
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.
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.
And it
came
to pass,
when
all the people
were
clean
passed
over Jordan,
that the LORD
spake unto Joshua,
saying,
Take you
twelve men
out of the people,
out of every tribe
a man,
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.
Then Joshua
called the twelve men,
whom
he had prepared
of the children
of Israel,
out of every tribe
a man:
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:
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
About forty thousand
prepared
for war
passed over
before the LORD
unto battle,
to the plains
of Jericho.
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.
And the LORD
spake unto Joshua,
saying,
Command the priests
that bear
the ark
of the testimony,
that they
come up out of Jordan.
Joshua therefore commanded
the priests,
saying,
Come
ye up out of Jordan.
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.
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.
And
those twelve stones,
which they
took out of Jordan,
did Joshua
pitch
in Gilgal.
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?
Then ye
shall let
your children know,
saying,
Israel
came
over this Jordan
on dry land.
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:
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.
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.
At that time
the LORD
said unto Joshua,
Make thee sharp knives,
and circumcise again
the children
of Israel
the second time.
And Joshua
made him
sharp knives,
and circumcised
the children
of Israel
at the hill
of the foreskins.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
Now Jericho
was straitly shut up
because of the children
of Israel:
none went out,
and none
came in.
And the LORD
said
unto Joshua, See,
I have given
into thine hand Jericho,
and the king
thereof,
and the mighty men
of valour.
And
ye shall compass
the city,
all
ye men
of war,
and go round
about the city once.
Thus shalt thou
do six days.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So the ark
of the LORD
compassed
the city,
going
about it once:
and they
came
into the camp,
and lodged
in the camp.
And Joshua
rose early
in the morning,
and the priests
took up
the ark
of the LORD.
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.
And the second day
they compassed
the city once,
and returned
into the camp:
so they
did six days.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So the LORD
was with Joshua;
and his fame
was noised
throughout all the country.
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.
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.
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.
So there went
up thither
of the people
about three thousand men:
and
they fled
before the men of Ai.
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.
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.
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!
O LORD,
what shall
I say,
when Israel
turneth
their backs
before their enemies!
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?
And the LORD
said
unto Joshua,
Get thee up;
wherefore liest
thou thus
upon thy face?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So Joshua
rose
up early
in the morning,
and brought Israel
by their tribes;
and
the tribe
of Judah
was taken:
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:
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.
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.
And Achan
answered Joshua,
and said,
Indeed I
have sinned
against the LORD God
of Israel,
and thus
and thus
have
I done:
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.
So Joshua
sent messengers,
and
they ran unto the tent;
and,
behold,
it was
hid in his tent,
and the silver
under it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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:
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,
(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.
Then
ye shall rise up
from the ambush,
and seize
upon the city:
for the LORD
your God
will deliver it
into your hand.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And Joshua
and all Israel
made
as if
they were beaten
before them,
and fled
by the way
of the wilderness.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And the king of Ai
they took alive,
and brought him
to Joshua.
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.
And so
it was,
that all that
fell
that day,
both of men
and women,
were twelve thousand,
even all the men of Ai.
For Joshua
drew not
his hand back,
wherewith
he stretched out
the spear,
until he
had utterly destroyed all
the inhabitants of Ai.
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.
And Joshua
burnt Ai,
and made it
an heap for ever,
even a desolation
unto this day.
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.
Then Joshua
built
an altar
unto the LORD God
of Israel
in mount Ebal,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
That they
gathered themselves together,
to fight
with Joshua
and with Israel,
with one accord.
And
when the inhabitants
of Gibeon heard
what Joshua
had done
unto Jericho
and to Ai,
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;
And old shoes
and clouted
upon their feet,
and old garments
upon them;
and all
the bread
of their provision
was dry
and mouldy.
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.
And the men
of Israel
said unto the Hivites,
Peradventure
ye dwell among us;
and how shall
we make
a league
with you?
And they
said
unto Joshua,
We are thy servants.
And Joshua
said unto them,
Who are ye?
and
from whence come ye?
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,
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.
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.
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:
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.
And the men
took of their victuals,
and asked not
counsel
at the mouth
of the LORD.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
And now,
behold,
we are in thine hand:
as it
seemeth good
and right
unto thee
to do unto us,
do.
And so
did
he unto them,
and delivered them
out of the hand
of the children
of Israel,
that they
slew them not.
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.
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;
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
So Joshua
ascended
from Gilgal,
he,
and all
the people
of war with him,
and all
the mighty men
of valour.
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.
Joshua
therefore came
unto them suddenly,
and went up
from Gilgal all night.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And Joshua returned,
and all Israel
with him,
unto the camp
to Gilgal.
But these five kings fled,
and hid themselves
in a cave
at Makkedah.
And it
was told Joshua,
saying,
The
five kings are found
hid in a cave
at Makkedah.
And Joshua said,
Roll great stones
upon the mouth
of the cave,
and set men
by it for
to keep them:
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.
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.
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.
Then said Joshua,
Open the mouth
of the cave,
and bring
out those five kings
unto me
out of the cave.
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.
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.
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.
And afterward Joshua
smote them,
and slew them,
and hanged them
on five trees:
and
they were hanging
upon the trees
until the evening.
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.
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.
Then Joshua
passed
from Makkedah,
and all Israel
with him,
unto Libnah,
and fought
against Libnah:
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.
And Joshua
passed
from Libnah,
and all Israel
with him,
unto Lachish,
and encamped
against it,
and fought
against it:
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.
Then Horam king
of Gezer
came up to
help Lachish;
and Joshua
smote him
and his people,
until he
had left him
none remaining.
And
from Lachish Joshua
passed
unto Eglon,
and all Israel
with him;
and they
encamped
against it,
and fought
against it:
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.
And Joshua
went up
from Eglon,
and all Israel
with him,
unto Hebron;
and they
fought
against it:
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.
And Joshua returned,
and all Israel
with him,
to Debir;
and fought
against it:
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.
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.
And Joshua
smote them from Kadeshbarnea
even unto Gaza,
and all
the country
of Goshen,
even unto Gibeon.
And all these kings
and their land
did Joshua
take
at one time,
because
the LORD God
of Israel
fought
for Israel.
And Joshua returned,
and all Israel
with him,
unto the camp
to Gilgal.
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,
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,
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.
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.
And
when all these kings
were met together,
they came
and pitched together
at the waters
of Merom,
to fight
against Israel.
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.
So Joshua came,
and all
the people
of war with him,
against them
by the waters
of Merom suddenly;
and
they
fell upon them.
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.
And Joshua
did unto them
as the LORD
bade him:
he houghed
their horses,
and burnt
their chariots
with fire.
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.
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.
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.
But
as for the cities
that stood still
in their strength,
Israel
burned
none of them,
save Hazor only;
that did
Joshua burn.
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.
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.
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;
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.
Joshua
made
war a long time
with all those kings.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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;
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:
And the coast
of Og king
of Bashan,
which was of the remnant
of the giants,
that dwelt
at Ashtaroth
and at Edrei,
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.
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.
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;
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:
The king
of Jericho,
one;
the king of Ai,
which is beside
Bethel,
one;
The king
of Jerusalem,
one;
the king
of Hebron,
one;
The king
of Jarmuth,
one;
the king
of Lachish,
one;
The king
of Eglon,
one;
the king
of Gezer,
one;
The king
of Debir,
one;
the king
of Geder,
one;
The king
of Hormah,
one;
the king of Arad,
one;
The king
of Libnah,
one;
the king
of Adullam,
one;
The king
of Makkedah,
one;
the king
of Bethel,
one;
The king
of Tappuah,
one;
the king
of Hepher,
one;
The king
of Aphek,
one;
the king
of Lasharon,
one;
The king
of Madon,
one;
the king
of Hazor,
one;
The king
of Shimronmeron,
one;
the king
of Achshaph,
one;
The king
of Taanach,
one;
the king
of Megiddo,
one;
The king
of Kedesh,
one;
the king
of Jokneam
of Carmel,
one;
The king
of Dor
in the coast
of Dor,
one;
the king
of the nations
of Gilgal,
one;
The king
of Tirzah,
one:
all the kings thirty
and one.
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.
This is
the land
that yet remaineth:
all the borders
of the Philistines,
and all Geshuri,
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:
From the south,
all the land
of the Canaanites,
and Mearah
that is beside the Sidonians
unto Aphek,
to the borders
of the Amorites:
And the land
of the Giblites,
and all Lebanon,
toward the sunrising,
from Baalgad
under mount Hermon
unto the entering
into Hamath.
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.
Now therefore
divide this land
for an inheritance
unto the nine tribes,
and the half tribe
of Manasseh,
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;
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;
And all
the cities
of Sihon king
of the Amorites,
which reigned
in Heshbon,
unto the border
of the children
of Ammon;
And Gilead,
and the border
of the Geshurites
and Maachathites,
and all mount
Hermon,
and all Bashan
unto Salcah;
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.
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.
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.
And Moses
gave unto the tribe
of the children
of Reuben inheritance
according to their families.
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;
Heshbon,
and all her cities
that are in the plain;
Dibon,
and Bamothbaal,
and Bethbaalmeon,
And Jahaza,
and Kedemoth,
and Mephaath,
And Kirjathaim,
and Sibmah,
and Zarethshahar
in the mount
of the valley,
And Bethpeor,
and Ashdothpisgah,
and Bethjeshimoth,
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.
Balaam
also the son
of Beor,
the soothsayer,
did the children
of Israel
slay
with the sword
among them that
were slain by them.
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.
And Moses
gave inheritance
unto the tribe
of Gad,
even unto the children
of Gad
according to their families.
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;
And from Heshbon
unto Ramathmizpeh,
and Betonim;
and from Mahanaim
unto the border
of Debir;
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.
This is the inheritance
of the children
of Gad
after their families,
the cities,
and their villages.
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.
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:
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.
These are the countries which Moses
did distribute for inheritance
in the plains
of Moab,
on the other side Jordan,
by Jericho,
eastward.
But unto the tribe
of Levi Moses
gave not
any inheritance:
the LORD God
of Israel
was their inheritance,
as he said unto them.
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.
By lot
was their inheritance,
as the LORD
commanded
by the hand
of Moses,
for the nine tribes,
and
for the half tribe.
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.
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.
As the LORD
commanded Moses,
so the children
of Israel did,
and
they divided
the land.
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.
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.
Nevertheless
my brethren
that went up
with me
made the heart
of the people melt:
but
I wholly followed
the LORD my God.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And Joshua
blessed him,
and gave unto Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh Hebron
for an inheritance.
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.
And the name
of Hebron
before was Kirjatharba;
which Arba
was a
great man
among the Anakims.
And the land
had rest
from war.
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.
And their south
border
was from the shore
of the salt sea,
from the bay
that looketh southward:
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:
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.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
And Caleb
drove thence
the three sons
of Anak, Sheshai,
and Ahiman,
and Talmai,
the children
of Anak.
And
he went up
thence to the inhabitants
of Debir:
and the name
of Debir
before was Kirjathsepher.
And Caleb said,
He that
smiteth Kirjathsepher,
and taketh it,
to him
will
I give Achsah
my daughter
to wife.
And Othniel
the son
of Kenaz,
the brother
of Caleb,
took it:
and he
gave him
Achsah his daughter
to wife.
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?
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.
This is the inheritance
of the tribe
of the children
of Judah
according to their families.
And the uttermost cities
of the tribe
of the children
of Judah
toward the coast
of Edom
southward were
Kabzeel,
and Eder,
and Jagur,
And Kinah,
and Dimonah,
and Adadah,
And Kedesh,
and Hazor,
and Ithnan,
Ziph,
and Telem,
and Bealoth,
And Hazor, Hadattah,
and Kerioth,
and Hezron,
which is Hazor,
Amam,
and Shema,
and Moladah,
And Hazargaddah,
and Heshmon,
and Bethpalet,
And Hazarshual,
and Beersheba,
and Bizjothjah,
Baalah,
and Iim,
and Azem,
And Eltolad,
and Chesil,
and Hormah,
And Ziklag,
and Madmannah,
and Sansannah,
And Lebaoth,
and Shilhim,
and Ain,
and Rimmon:
all the cities
are twenty
and nine,
with their villages:
And
in the valley,
Eshtaol,
and Zoreah,
and Ashnah,
And Zanoah,
and Engannim, Tappuah,
and Enam,
Jarmuth,
and Adullam, Socoh,
and Azekah,
And Sharaim,
and Adithaim,
and Gederah,
and Gederothaim;
fourteen cities
with their villages:
Zenan,
and Hadashah,
and Migdalgad,
And Dilean,
and Mizpeh,
and Joktheel,
Lachish,
and Bozkath,
and Eglon,
And Cabbon,
and Lahmam,
and Kithlish,
And Gederoth, Bethdagon,
and Naamah,
and Makkedah;
sixteen cities
with their villages:
Libnah,
and Ether,
and Ashan,
And Jiphtah,
and Ashnah,
and Nezib,
And Keilah,
and Achzib,
and Mareshah;
nine cities
with their villages:
Ekron,
with her towns
and her villages:
From Ekron
even unto the sea,
all that lay
near Ashdod,
with their villages:
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:
And
in the mountains,
Shamir,
and Jattir,
and Socoh,
And Dannah,
and Kirjathsannah,
which is Debir,
And Anab,
and Eshtemoh,
and Anim,
And Goshen,
and Holon,
and Giloh;
eleven cities
with their villages:
Arab,
and Dumah,
and Eshean,
And Janum,
and Bethtappuah,
and Aphekah,
And Humtah,
and Kirjatharba,
which is Hebron,
and Zior;
nine cities
with their villages:
Maon,
Carmel,
and Ziph,
and Juttah,
And Jezreel,
and Jokdeam,
and Zanoah,
Cain,
Gibeah,
and Timnah;
ten cities
with their villages:
Halhul,
Bethzur,
and Gedor,
And Maarath,
and Bethanoth,
and Eltekon;
six cities
with their villages:
Kirjathbaal,
which is Kirjathjearim,
and Rabbah;
two cities
with their villages:
In the wilderness,
Betharabah, Middin,
and Secacah,
And Nibshan,
and the city
of Salt,
and Engedi;
six cities
with their villages.
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.
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,
And goeth out from Bethel
to Luz,
and passeth
along unto the borders
of Archi
to Ataroth,
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.
So the children
of Joseph,
Manasseh
and Ephraim,
took their inheritance.
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;
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;
And it
went down
from Janohah
to Ataroth,
and to Naarath,
and came
to Jericho,
and went out
at Jordan.
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.
And the separate cities
for the children
of Ephraim
were among the inheritance
of the children of Manasseh,
all the cities
with their villages.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And there fell
ten portions
to Manasseh,
beside the land
of Gilead
and Bashan,
which were on the other side Jordan;
Because
the daughters
of Manasseh
had an inheritance
among his sons:
and
the rest
of Manasseh's sons
had the land
of Gilead.
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.
Now Manasseh
had
the land
of Tappuah:
but Tappuah
on the border
of Manasseh
belonged
to the children
of Ephraim;
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:
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.
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.
Yet the children
of Manasseh
could not drive
out the inhabitants
of those cities;
but the Canaanites
would dwell
in that land.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
And there remained
among the children
of Israel seven tribes,
which had not yet received
their inheritance.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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,
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,
And passed along toward
the side over
against Arabah northward,
and went down
unto Arabah:
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.
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.
Now the cities
of the tribe
of the children
of Benjamin
according to
their families
were Jericho,
and Bethhoglah,
and the valley
of Keziz,
And Betharabah,
and Zemaraim,
and Bethel,
And Avim,
and Pharah,
and Ophrah,
And Chepharhaammonai,
and Ophni,
and Gaba;
twelve cities
with their villages:
Gibeon,
and Ramah,
and Beeroth,
And Mizpeh,
and Chephirah,
and Mozah,
And Rekem,
and Irpeel,
and Taralah,
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.
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.
And they
had
in their inheritance Beersheba,
and Sheba,
and Moladah,
And Hazarshual,
and Balah,
and Azem,
And Eltolad,
and Bethul,
and Hormah,
And Ziklag,
and Bethmarcaboth,
and Hazarsusah,
And Bethlebaoth,
and Sharuhen;
thirteen cities
and their villages:
Ain,
Remmon,
and Ether,
and Ashan;
four cities
and their villages:
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.
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.
And the third lot
came up
for the children
of Zebulun
according to their families:
and
the border
of their inheritance
was unto Sarid:
And their border
went up toward
the sea,
and Maralah,
and reached
to Dabbasheth,
and reached
to the river
that is
before Jokneam;
And turned
from Sarid
eastward toward the sunrising
unto the border
of Chislothtabor,
and
then goeth out
to Daberath,
and goeth up to Japhia,
And from thence passeth
on along on the east
to Gittahhepher,
to Ittahkazin,
and goeth out to Remmonmethoar
to Neah;
And the border
compasseth it
on the north side
to Hannathon:
and the outgoings
thereof are in the valley
of Jiphthahel:
And Kattath,
and Nahallal,
and Shimron,
and Idalah,
and Bethlehem:
twelve cities
with their villages.
This is the inheritance
of the children
of Zebulun
according to their families,
these cities
with their villages.
And the fourth lot
came out
to Issachar,
for the children
of Issachar
according to their families.
And their border
was toward Jezreel,
and Chesulloth,
and Shunem,
And Haphraim,
and Shihon,
and Anaharath,
And Rabbith,
and Kishion,
and Abez,
And Remeth,
and Engannim,
and Enhaddah,
and Bethpazzez;
And the coast
reacheth to Tabor,
and Shahazimah,
and Bethshemesh;
and
the outgoings
of their border
were at Jordan:
sixteen cities
with their villages.
This is the inheritance
of the tribe
of the children
of Issachar
according to their families,
the cities
and their villages.
And the fifth lot
came out
for the tribe
of the children
of Asher
according to their families.
And their border
was Helkath,
and Hali,
and Beten,
and Achshaph,
And Alammelech,
and Amad,
and Misheal;
and reacheth to Carmel westward,
and
to Shihorlibnath;
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,
And Hebron,
and Rehob,
and Hammon,
and Kanah,
even unto great Zidon;
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:
Ummah also,
and Aphek,
and Rehob:
twenty
and two cities
with their villages.
This is the inheritance
of the tribe
of the children
of Asher
according to their families,
these cities
with their villages.
The sixth lot
came out
to the children
of Naphtali,
even for the children
of Naphtali
according to their families.
And their coast
was from Heleph,
from Allon
to Zaanannim,
and Adami, Nekeb,
and Jabneel,
unto Lakum;
and the outgoings
thereof were
at Jordan:
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.
And the fenced cities
are Ziddim, Zer,
and Hammath, Rakkath,
and Chinnereth,
And Adamah,
and Ramah,
and Hazor,
And Kedesh,
and Edrei,
and Enhazor,
And Iron,
and Migdalel, Horem,
and Bethanath,
and Bethshemesh;
nineteen cities
with their villages.
This is the inheritance
of the tribe
of the children
of Naphtali
according to their families,
the cities
and their villages.
And the seventh lot
came out
for the tribe
of the children
of Dan
according to their families.
And
the coast
of their inheritance
was Zorah,
and Eshtaol,
and Irshemesh,
And Shaalabbin,
and Ajalon,
and Jethlah,
And Elon,
and Thimnathah,
and Ekron,
And Eltekeh,
and Gibbethon,
and Baalath,
And Jehud,
and Beneberak,
and Gathrimmon,
And Mejarkon,
and Rakkon,
with the border
before Japho.
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.
This is the inheritance
of the tribe
of the children
of Dan
according to their families,
these cities
with their villages.
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:
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.
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.
The LORD
also spake
unto Joshua,
saying,
Speak
to the children
of Israel,
saying,
Appoint out
for you cities
of refuge,
whereof
I spake unto you
by the hand
of Moses:
That the slayer
that killeth any person unawares
and unwittingly may flee thither:
and
they shall be your refuge
from the avenger
of blood.
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.
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.
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.
And
they appointed Kedesh
in Galilee
in mount Naphtali,
and Shechem
in mount Ephraim,
and Kirjatharba,
which is Hebron,
in the mountain
of Judah.
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.
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.
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;
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.
And the children
of Israel
gave unto the Levites
out of their inheritance,
at the commandment
of the LORD,
these cities
and their suburbs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
But the fields
of the city,
and the villages
thereof,
gave
they
to Caleb the son
of Jephunneh
for his possession.
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,
And Jattir
with her suburbs,
and Eshtemoa
with her suburbs,
And Holon
with her suburbs,
and Debir
with her suburbs,
And Ain
with her suburbs,
and Juttah
with her suburbs,
and Bethshemesh
with her suburbs;
nine cities
out of those two tribes.
And out of the tribe
of Benjamin,
Gibeon
with her suburbs,
Geba
with her suburbs,
Anathoth
with her suburbs,
and Almon
with her suburbs;
four cities.
All the cities
of the children
of Aaron,
the priests,
were thirteen cities
with their suburbs.
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.
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,
And Kibzaim
with her suburbs,
and Bethhoron
with her suburbs;
four cities.
And out of the tribe
of Dan,
Eltekeh
with her suburbs,
Gibbethon
with her suburbs,
Aijalon
with her suburbs,
Gathrimmon
with her suburbs;
four cities.
And out of the half tribe
of Manasseh,
Tanach
with her suburbs,
and Gathrimmon
with her suburbs;
two cities.
All the cities
were ten
with their suburbs
for the families
of the children
of Kohath that remained.
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.
And out of the tribe
of Issachar,
Kishon
with her suburbs,
Dabareh
with her suburbs,
Jarmuth
with her suburbs,
Engannim
with her suburbs;
four cities.
And out of the tribe
of Asher,
Mishal
with her suburbs,
Abdon
with her suburbs,
Helkath
with her suburbs,
and Rehob
with her suburbs;
four cities.
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.
All the cities
of the Gershonites
according to
their families
were thirteen cities
with their suburbs.
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,
Dimnah
with her suburbs,
Nahalal
with her suburbs;
four cities.
And out of the tribe
of Reuben,
Bezer
with her suburbs,
and Jahazah
with her suburbs,
Kedemoth
with her suburbs,
and Mephaath
with her suburbs;
four cities.
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,
Heshbon
with her suburbs,
Jazer
with her suburbs;
four cities
in all.
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.
All the cities
of the Levites
within the possession
of the children
of Israel
were forty
and eight cities
with their suburbs.
These cities
were every one
with their suburbs round
about them:
thus were all
these cities.
And the LORD
gave unto Israel all
the land
which he
sware
to give
unto their fathers;
and
they possessed it,
and dwelt
therein.
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.
There failed not
ought
of any good thing
which the LORD
had spoken
unto the house
of Israel;
all came
to pass.
Then Joshua
called the Reubenites,
and the Gadites,
and the half tribe
of Manasseh,
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:
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.
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.
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.
So Joshua
blessed them,
and sent them away:
and
they went unto their tents.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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,
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?
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,
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.
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.
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.
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,
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,)
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;
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?
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.
Therefore we said,
Let us
now prepare
to build us
an altar,
not for burnt offering,
nor
for sacrifice:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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;
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:
But cleave
unto the LORD your God,
as ye
have done unto this day.
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.
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.
Take good
heed therefore
unto yourselves,
that ye
love
the LORD your God.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I sent Moses
also and Aaron,
and
I plagued Egypt,
according to
that which
I did among them:
and afterward
I brought
you out.
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.
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.
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.
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:
But
I would not hearken
unto Balaam;
therefore he
blessed you still:
so I
delivered you
out of his hand.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And the people
answered
and said,
God forbid
that we
should forsake
the LORD,
to serve other gods;
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:
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.
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.
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.
And the people
said
unto Joshua, Nay;
but
we will serve
the LORD.
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.
Now therefore put away,
said he,
the strange gods which
are among you,
and incline
your heart
unto the LORD God
of Israel.
And the people
said
unto Joshua,
The LORD our God
will
we serve,
and his voice
will we obey.
So Joshua
made
a covenant
with the people
that day,
and set them
a statute
and an ordinance
in Shechem.
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.
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.
So Joshua
let the people depart,
every man
unto his inheritance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.