1 {1:1} Now after the death of Moses the servant of the
LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua
the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, {1:2} Moses my
servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,
thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to
them, [even] to the children of Israel. {1:3} Every place that
the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto
you, as I said unto Moses. {1:4} From the wilderness and
this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates,
all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the
going down of the sun, shall be your coast. {1:5} There
shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of
thy life: as I was with Moses, [so] I will be with thee: I will
not fail thee, nor forsake thee. {1:6} Be strong and of a
good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an
inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give
them. {1:7} Only be thou strong and very courageous, that
thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which
Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the
right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper
whithersoever thou goest. {1:8} This book of the law shall
not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein
day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. {1:9}
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good
courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the
LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest.
{1:10} Then Joshua commanded the officers of the
people, saying, {1:11} Pass through the host, and command
the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three
days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the
land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
{1:12} And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to
half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, {1:13}
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given
you rest, and hath given you this land. {1:14} Your wives,
your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land
which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass
before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour,
and help them; {1:15} Until the LORD have given your
brethren rest, as [he hath given] you, and they also have
possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them:
then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and
enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’S servant gave you on this
side Jordan toward the sunrising.
{1:16} And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou
commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest
us, we will go. {1:17} According as we hearkened unto
Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the
LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. {1:18}
Whosoever [he be] that doth rebel against thy
commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all
that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be
strong and of a good courage.

2 {2:1} And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two
men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho.
And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named
Rahab, and lodged there. {2:2} And it was told the king of
Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night
of the children of Israel to search out the country. {2:3}
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth
the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine
house: for they be come to search out all the country. {2:4}
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said
thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they
[were:] {2:5} And it came to pass [about the time] of
shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went
out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them
quickly; for ye shall overtake them. {2:6} But she had
brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with
the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
{2:7} And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan
unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after
them were gone out, they shut the gate.
{2:8} And before they were laid down, she came up unto
them upon the roof; {2:9} And she said unto the men, I
know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your
terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the
land faint because of you. {2:10} For we have heard how
the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when
ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of
the Amorites, that [were] on the other side Jordan, Sihon
and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. {2:11} And as soon as
we had heard [these things,] our hearts did melt, neither did
there remain any more courage in any man, because of you:
for the LORD your God, he [is] God in heaven above, and
in earth beneath. {2:12} Now therefore, I pray you, swear
unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness,
that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and
give me a true token: {2:13} And [that] ye will save alive
my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters,
and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
{2:14} And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye
utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD
hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly
with thee. {2:15} Then she let them down by a cord through
the window: for her house [was] upon the town wall, and
she dwelt upon the wall. {2:16} And she said unto them,
Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and
hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be
returned: and afterward may ye go your way. {2:17} And
the men said unto her, We [will be] blameless of this thine
oath which thou hast made us swear. {2:18} Behold, [when]
we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet
thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and
thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy
brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
{2:19} And it shall be, [that] whosoever shall go out of the
doors of thy house into the street, his blood [shall be] upon
his head, and we [will be] guiltless: and whosoever shall be
with thee in the house, his blood [shall be] on our head, if
[any] hand be upon him. {2:20} And if thou utter this our
business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast
made us to swear. {2:21} And she said, According unto
your words, so [be] it. And she sent them away, and they
departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
{2:22} And they went, and came unto the mountain, and
abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and
the pursuers sought [them] throughout all the way, but
found [them] not.
{2:23} So the two men returned, and descended from the
mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of
Nun, and told him all [things] that befell them: {2:24} And
they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into
our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the
country do faint because of us.

3 {3:1} And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they
removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the
children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
{3:2} And it came to pass after three days, that the officers
went through the host; {3:3} And they commanded the
people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the
LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then
ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. {3:4} Yet
there shall be a space between you and it, about two
thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye
may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not
passed this [way] heretofore. {3:5} And Joshua said unto
the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD
will do wonders among you. {3:6} And Joshua spake unto
the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and
pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the
covenant, and went before the people.
{3:7} And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I
begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may
know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
{3:8} And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark
of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of
the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
{3:9} And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come
hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. {3:10}
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God
[is] among you, and [that] he will without fail drive out
from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the
Amorites, and the Jebusites. {3:11} Behold, the ark of the
covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you
into Jordan. {3:12} Now therefore take you twelve men out
of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. {3:13} And
it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the
priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the
earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, [that] the waters of
Jordan shall be cut off [from] the waters that come down
from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
{3:14} And it came to pass, when the people removed
from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing
the ark of the covenant before the people; {3:15} And as
they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet
of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of
the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time
of harvest,) {3:16} That the waters which came down from
above stood [and] rose up upon an heap very far from the
city Adam, that [is] beside Zaretan: and those that came
down toward the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, failed,
[and] were cut off: and the people passed over right against
Jericho. {3:17} And the priests that bare the ark of the
covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the
midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry
ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

4 {4:1} And it came to pass, when all the people were clean
passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua,
saying, {4:2} Take you twelve men out of the people, out of
every tribe a man, {4:3} And command ye them, saying,
Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place
where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye
shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the
lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. {4:4} Then
Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the
children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: {4:5} And
Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the
LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up
every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto
the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: {4:6} That
this may be a sign among you, [that] when your children ask
[their fathers] in time to come, saying, What [mean] ye by
these stones? {4:7} Then ye shall answer them, That the
waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant
of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of
Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a
memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. {4:8} And the
children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up
twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD
spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of
the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto
the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
{4:9} And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of
Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare
the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this
day.
{4:10} For the priests which bare the ark stood in the
midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the
LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people,
according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the
people hasted and passed over. {4:11} And it came to pass,
when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of
the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of
the people. {4:12} And the children of Reuben, and the
children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over
armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto
them: {4:13} About forty thousand prepared for war passed
over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
{4:14} On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the
sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared
Moses, all the days of his life. {4:15} And the LORD spake
unto Joshua, saying, {4:16} Command the priests that bear
the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
{4:17} Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying,
Come ye up out of Jordan. {4:18} And it came to pass,
when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the
LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, [and] the
soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land,
that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and
flowed over all his banks, as [they did] before.
{4:19} And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth
[day] of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east
border of Jericho. {4:20} And those twelve stones, which
they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. {4:21}
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your
children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying,
What [mean] these stones? {4:22} Then ye shall let your
children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry
land. {4:23} For the LORD your God dried up the waters of
Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the
LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from
before us, until we were gone over: {4:24} That all the
people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that
it [is] mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for
ever.

5 {5:1} And it came to pass, when all the kings of the
Amorites, which [were] on the side of Jordan westward, and
all the kings of the Canaanites, which [were] by the sea,
heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from
before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that
their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more,
because of the children of Israel.
{5:2} At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee
sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the
second time. {5:3} And Joshua made him sharp knives, and
circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
{5:4} And this [is] the cause why Joshua did circumcise:
All the people that came out of Egypt, [that were] males,
[even] all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way,
after they came out of Egypt. {5:5} Now all the people that
came out were circumcised: but all the people [that were]
born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of
Egypt, [them] they had not circumcised. {5:6} For the
children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till
all the people [that were] men of war, which came out of
Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice
of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would
not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their
fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk
and honey. {5:7} And their children, [whom] he raised up
in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were
uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by
the way. {5:8} And it came to pass, when they had done
circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places
in the camp, till they were whole. {5:9} And the LORD said
unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of
Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is
called Gilgal unto this day.
{5:10} And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and
kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even
in the plains of Jericho. {5:11} And they did eat of the old
corn of the land on the morrow after the passover,
unleavened cakes, and parched [corn] in the selfsame day.
{5:12} And the manna ceased on the morrow after they
had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the
children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the
fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
{5:13} And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho,
that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there
stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his
hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, [Art]
thou for us, or for our adversaries?
{5:14} And he said, Nay; but [as] captain of the host of
the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to
the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith
my lord unto his servant? {5:15} And the captain of the
LORD’S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy
foot; for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy. And
Joshua did so.

6 {6:1} Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the
children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. {6:2}
And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into
thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [and] the mighty
men of valour. {6:3} And ye shall compass the city, all [ye]
men of war, [and] go round about the city once. Thus shalt
thou do six days. {6:4} And seven priests shall bear before
the ark seven trumpets of rams horns: and the seventh day
ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall
blow with the trumpets. {6:5} And it shall come to pass,
that when they make a long [blast] with the ram’s horn,
[and] when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people
shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall
fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man
straight before him.
{6:6} And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and
said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let
seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the
ark of the LORD. {6:7} And he said unto the people, Pass
on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on
before the ark of the LORD.
{6:8} And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto
the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets
of rams’ horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with
the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD
followed them.
{6:9} And the armed men went before the priests that
blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark,
[the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
{6:10} And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye
shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither
shall [any] word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I
bid you shout; then shall ye shout. {6:11} So the ark of the
LORD compassed the city, going about [it] once: and they
came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
{6:12} And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the
priests took up the ark of the LORD. {6:13} And seven
priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark
of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the
trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the
rereward came after the ark of the LORD, [the priests]
going on, and blowing with the trumpets. {6:14} And the
second day they compassed the city once, and returned into
the camp: so they did six days. {6:15} And it came to pass
on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning
of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner
seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven
times. {6:16} And it came to pass at the seventh time, when
the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the
people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
{6:17} And the city shall be accursed, [even] it, and all
that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall
live, she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she
hid the messengers that we sent. {6:18} And ye, in any wise
keep [yourselves] from the accursed thing, lest ye make
[yourselves] accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing,
and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. {6:19}
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron,
[are] consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the
treasury of the LORD. {6:20} So the people shouted when
[the priests] blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass,
when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the
people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down
flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man
straight before him, and they took the city. {6:21} And they
utterly destroyed all that [was] in the city, both man and
woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the
edge of the sword. {6:22} But Joshua had said unto the two
men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s
house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she
hath, as ye sware unto her. {6:23} And the young men that
were spies went in, and brought 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. {6:24} And they burnt the city with fire, and all
that [was] therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the
vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the
house of the LORD. {6:25} And Joshua saved Rahab the
harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had;
and she dwelleth in Israel [even] unto this day; because she
hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
{6:26} And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying,
Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and
buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof
in his firstborn, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the
gates of it. {6:27} So the LORD was with Joshua; and his
fame was [noised] throughout all the country.

7 {7:1} But the children of Israel committed a trespass in
the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of
Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the
accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled
against the children of Israel. {7:2} And Joshua sent men
from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside Beth-aven, on the east
side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and
view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
{7:3} And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let
not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand
men go up and smite Ai; [and] make not all the people to
labour thither; for they [are but] few. {7:4} So there went
up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they
fled before the men of Ai. {7:5} And the men of Ai smote
of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them
[from] before the gate [even] unto Shebarim, and smote
them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people
melted, and became as water.
{7:6} And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth
upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide,
he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
{7:7} And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast
thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into
the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we
had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! {7:8}
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs
before their enemies! {7:9} For the Canaanites and all the
inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it,] and shall environ us
round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt
thou do unto thy great name? {7:10} And the LORD said
unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy
face? {7:11} Israel hath sinned, and they have also
transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for
they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also
stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put [it] even
among their own stuff. {7:12} Therefore the children of
Israel could not stand before their enemies, [but] turned
[their] backs before their enemies, because they were
accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye
destroy the accursed from among you. {7:13} Up, sanctify
the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow:
for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [There is] an
accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not
stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed
thing from among you. {7:14} In the morning therefore ye
shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be,
[that] the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come
according to the families [thereof;] and the family which the
LORD shall take shall come by households; and the
household which the LORD shall take shall come man by
man. {7:15} And it shall be, [that] he that is taken with the
accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he
hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the
LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
{7:16} So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and
brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was
taken: {7:17} And he brought the family of Judah; and he
took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of
the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: {7:18} And
he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son
of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of
Judah, was taken. {7:19} And Joshua said unto Achan, My
son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and
make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast
done; hide [it] not from me. {7:20} And Achan answered
Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD
God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: {7:21} When I
saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and
two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty
shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and,
behold, they [are] hid in the earth in the midst of my tent,
and the silver under it.
{7:22} So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the
tent; and, behold, [it was] hid in his tent, and the silver
under it. {7:23} And they took them out of the midst of the
tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the
children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.
{7:24} And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the
son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge
of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and
his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had:
and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. {7:25}
And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD
shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with
stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned
them with stones. {7:26} And they raised over him a great
heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the
fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place
was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

8 {8:1} And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither
be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and
arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king
of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: {8:2} And
thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho
and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof,
shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush
for the city behind it.
{8:3} So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up
against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty
men of valour, and sent them away by night. {8:4} And he
commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait
against the city, [even] behind the city: go not very far from
the city, but be ye all ready: {8:5} And I, and all the people
that [are] with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall
come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first,
that we will flee before them, {8:6} (For they will come out
after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will
say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will
flee before them. {8:7} Then ye shall rise up from the
ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God
will deliver it into your hand. {8:8} And it shall be, when ye
have taken the city, [that] ye shall set the city on fire:
according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do.
See, I have commanded you. {8:9} Joshua therefore sent
them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode
between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua
lodged that night among the people. {8:10} And Joshua
rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and
went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
{8:11} And all the people, [even the people] of war that
[were] with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before
the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now [there
was] a valley between them and Ai. {8:12} And he took
about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush
between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. {8:13}
And when they had set the people, [even] all the host that
[was] on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the
west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the
valley.
{8:14} And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw [it,]
that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city
went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a
time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that [there
were] liers in ambush against him behind the city. {8:15}
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten
before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. {8:16}
And all the people that [were] in Ai were called together to
pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were
drawn away from the city. {8:17} And there was not a man
left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they
left the city open, and pursued after Israel. {8:18} And the
LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that [is] in
thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And
Joshua stretched out the spear that [he had] in his hand
toward the city. {8:19} And the ambush arose quickly out
of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out
his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and
hasted and set the city on fire. {8:20} And when the men of
Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of
the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to
flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the
wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. {8:21} And when
Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city,
and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned
again, and slew the men of Ai. {8:22} And the other issued
out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of
Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they
smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
{8:23} And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him
to Joshua. {8:24} And it came to pass, when Israel had
made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field,
in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they
were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were
consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote
it with the edge of the sword. {8:25} And [so] it was, [that]
all that fell that day, both of men and women, [were] twelve
thousand, [even] all the men of Ai. {8:26} For Joshua drew
not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear,
until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
{8:27} Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took
for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the
LORD which he commanded Joshua. {8:28} And Joshua
burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, [even] a desolation
unto this day. {8:29} And the king of Ai he hanged on a
tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua
commanded that they should take his carcase down from the
tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and
raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto
this day.
{8:30} Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of
Israel in mount Ebal, {8:31} As Moses the servant of the
LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in
the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over
which no man hath lift up [any] iron: and they offered
thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed
peace offerings.
{8:32} And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the
law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the
children of Israel. {8:33} And all Israel, and their elders,
and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and
on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the
ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he
that was born among them; half of them over against mount
Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as
Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before,
that they should bless the people of Israel. {8:34} And
afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the
law. {8:35} There was not a word of all that Moses
commanded, which Joshua read not before all the
congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones,
and the strangers that were conversant among them.

9 {9:1} And it came to pass, when all the kings which
[were] on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys,
and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon,
the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite,
the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard [thereof; ]{9:2} That
they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua
and with Israel, with one accord.
{9:3} And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what
Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, {9:4} They did
work wilily, and went and made as if they had been
ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine
bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; {9:5} And old shoes
and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them;
and all the bread of their provision was dry [and] mouldy.
{9:6} And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and
said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a
far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. {9:7}
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye
dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
{9:8} And they said unto Joshua, We [are] thy servants.
And Joshua said unto them, Who [are] ye? and from
whence come ye? {9:9} And they said unto him, From a
very far country thy servants are come because of the name
of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him,
and all that he did in Egypt, {9:10} And all that he did to
the two kings of the Amorites, that [were] beyond Jordan, to
Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which
[was] at Ashtaroth. {9:11} Wherefore our elders and all the
inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals
with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto
them, We [are] your servants: therefore now make ye a
league with us. {9:12} This our bread we took hot [for] our
provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go
unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
{9:13} And these bottles of wine, which we filled, [were]
new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and
our shoes are become old by reason of the very long
journey. {9:14} And the men took of their victuals, and
asked not [counsel] at the mouth of the LORD. {9:15} And
Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with
them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation
sware unto them.
{9:16} And it came to pass at the end of three days after
they had made a league with them, that they heard that they
[were] their neighbours, and [that] they dwelt among them.
{9:17} And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto
their cities on the third day. Now their cities [were] Gibeon,
and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. {9:18}
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the
princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the
LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured
against the princes. {9:19} But all the princes said unto all
the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD
God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
{9:20} This we will do to them; we will even let them live,
lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware
unto them. {9:21} And the princes said unto them, Let them
live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water
unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
{9:22} And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto
them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We
[are] very far from you; when ye dwell among us? {9:23}
Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you
be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and
drawers of water for the house of my God. {9:24} And they
answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy
servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his
servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the
inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were
sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this
thing. {9:25} And now, behold, we [are] in thine hand: as it
seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. {9:26}
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the
hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
{9:27} And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and
drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of
the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should
choose.

10 {10:1} Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek 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; {10:2} That they feared greatly, because Gibeon
[was] a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because
it [was] greater than Ai, and all the men thereof [were]
mighty. {10:3} Wherefore Adoni-zedek 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, {10:4} Come up unto me, and help
me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with
Joshua and with the children of Israel. {10:5} Therefore the
five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king
of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the
king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up,
they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and
made war against it.
{10:6} And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the
camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy
servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us:
for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains
are gathered together against us. {10:7} So Joshua ascended
from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all
the mighty men of valour.
{10:8} And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not:
for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a
man of them stand before thee. {10:9} Joshua therefore
came unto them suddenly, [and] went up from Gilgal all
night. {10:10} And the LORD discomfited them before
Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and
chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and
smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. {10:11} And it
came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, [and] were in
the going down to Beth-horon, 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.
{10:12} Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when
the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of
Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still
upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
{10:13} And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until
the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. [Is]
not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still
in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a
whole day. {10:14} And there was no day like that before it
or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a
man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
{10:15} And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him,
unto the camp to Gilgal. {10:16} But these five kings fled,
and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. {10:17} And it
was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a
cave at Makkedah. {10:18} And Joshua said, Roll great
stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to
keep them: {10:19} And stay ye not, [but] pursue after your
enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to
enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath
delivered them into your hand. {10:20} And it came to pass,
when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of
slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were
consumed, that the rest [which] remained of them entered
into fenced cities. {10:21} And all the people returned to
the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his
tongue against any of the children of Israel. {10:22} Then
said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out
those five kings unto me out of the cave. {10:23} And they
did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of
the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king
of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, [and] the king of Eglon.
{10:24} And it came to pass, when they brought out those
kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of
Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which
went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of
these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the
necks of them. {10:25} And Joshua said unto them, Fear
not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for
thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom
ye fight. {10:26} And afterward Joshua smote them, and
slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were
hanging upon the trees until the evening. {10:27} And it
came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, [that]
Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees,
and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and
laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, [which remain] until
this very day.
{10:28} And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote
it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly
destroyed, them, and all the souls [that were] therein; he let
none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did
unto the king of Jericho. {10:29} Then Joshua passed from
Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought
against Libnah: {10:30} And the LORD delivered it also,
and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it
with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that [were]
therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king
thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
{10:31} And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel
with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought
against it: {10:32} And the LORD delivered Lachish into
the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and
smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that
[were] therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
{10:33} Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help
Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had
left him none remaining.
{10:34} And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and
all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and
fought against it: {10:35} And they took it on that day, and
smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that
[were] therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all
that he had done to Lachish. {10:36} And Joshua went up
from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they
fought against it: {10:37} And they took it, and smote it
with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the
cities thereof, and all the souls that [were] therein; he left
none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon;
but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that [were] therein.
{10:38} And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to
Debir; and fought against it: {10:39} And he took it, and the
king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them
with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the
souls that [were] therein; he left none remaining: as he had
done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof;
as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
{10:40} So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and
of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their
kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that
breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. {10:41}
And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto
Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
{10:42} And all these kings and their land did Joshua take
at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for
Israel. {10:43} And Joshua returned, and all Israel with
him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

11 {11:1} And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had
heard [those things,] that he sent to Jobab king of Madon,
and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
{11:2} And to the kings that [were] on the north of the
mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the
valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, {11:3} [And
to] the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and [to] the
Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite
in the mountains, and [to] the Hivite under Hermon in the
land of Mizpeh. {11:4} And they went out, they and all
their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that
[is] upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and
chariots very many. {11:5} And when all these kings were
met together, they came and pitched together at the waters
of Merom, to fight against Israel.
{11:6} And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid
because of them: for to morrow about this time will I
deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their
horses, and burn their chariots with fire. {11:7} So Joshua
came, and all the people of war with him, against them by
the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
{11:8} And the LORD delivered them into the hand of
Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon,
and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh
eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none
remaining. {11:9} And Joshua did unto them as the LORD
bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots
with fire.
{11:10} And Joshua at that time turned back, and took
Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor
beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. {11:11}
And they smote all the souls that [were] therein with the
edge of the sword, utterly destroying [them:] there was not
any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. {11:12}
And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them,
did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword,
[and] he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the
LORD commanded. {11:13} But [as for] the cities that
stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save
Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn. {11:14} And all the
spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel
took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote
with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them,
neither left they any to breathe.
{11:15} As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so
did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left
nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
{11:16} So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the
south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley,
and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of
the same; {11:17} [Even] from the mount Halak, that goeth
up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon
under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote
them, and slew them. {11:18} Joshua made war a long time
with all those kings. {11:19} There was not a city that made
peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the
inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took in battle.
{11:20} For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that
they should come against Israel in battle, that he might
destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour,
but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded
Moses.
{11:21} And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the
Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir,
from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from
all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly
with their cities. {11:22} There was none of the Anakims
left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in
Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. {11:23} So Joshua
took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said
unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto
Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the
land rested from war.

12 {12:1} Now these [are] the kings of the land, which the
children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the
other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river
Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
{12:2} Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon,
[and] ruled from Aroer, which [is] upon the bank of the
river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half
Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, [which is] the border of
the children of Ammon; {12:3} And from the plain to the
sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain,
[even] the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth;
and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
{12:4} And the coast of Og king of Bashan, [which was]
of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at
Edrei, {12:5} And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah,
and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the
Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of
Heshbon. {12:6} Them did Moses the servant of the LORD
and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of
the LORD gave it [for] a possession unto the Reubenites,
and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
{12:7} And these [are] the kings of the country which
Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan
on the west, from Baal-gad 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
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their divisions; {12:8} In the mountains, and in the valleys,
and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness,
and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the
Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
{12:9} The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which [is]
beside Bethel, one; {12:10} The king of Jerusalem, one; the
king of Hebron, one; {12:11} The king of Jarmuth, one; the
king of Lachish, one; {12:12} The king of Eglon, one; the
king of Gezer, one; {12:13} The king of Debir, one; the
king of Geder, one; {12:14} The king of Hormah, one; the
king of Arad, one; {12:15} The king of Libnah, one; the
king of Adullam, one; {12:16} The king of Makkedah, one;
the king of Bethel, one; {12:17} The king of Tappuah, one;
the king of Hepher, one; {12:18} The king of Aphek, one;
the king of Lasharon, one; {12:19} The king of Madon,
one; the king of Hazor, one; {12:20} The king of Shimron-
meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; {12:21} The king
of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; {12:22} The
king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
{12:23} The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king
of the nations of Gilgal, one; {12:24} The king of Tirzah,
one: all the kings thirty and one.

13 {13:1} Now Joshua was old [and] stricken in years;
and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old [and] stricken
in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be
possessed. {13:2} This [is] the land that yet remaineth: all
the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, {13:3} From
Sihor, which [is] before Egypt, even unto the borders of
Ekron northward, [which] is counted to the Canaanite: five
lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites,
the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the
Avites: {13:4} From the south, all the land of the
Canaanites, and Mearah that [is] beside the Sidonians, unto
Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: {13:5} And the land
of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from
Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into
Hamath. {13:6} All the inhabitants of the hill country from
Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, [and] all the Sidonians,
them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only
divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as
I have commanded thee. {13:7} Now therefore divide this
land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half
tribe of Manasseh, {13:8} With whom the Reubenites and
the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses
gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, [even] as Moses the
servant of the LORD gave them; {13:9} From Aroer, that
[is] upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that [is]
in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto
Dibon; {13:10} And all the cities of Sihon king of the
Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the
children of Ammon; {13:11} And Gilead, and the border of
the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon,
and all Bashan unto Salcah; {13:12} All the kingdom of Og
in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who
remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses
smite, and cast them out. {13:13} Nevertheless the children
of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites:
but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the
Israelites until this day. {13:14} Only unto the tribe of Levi
he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God
of Israel made by fire [are] their inheritance, as he said unto
them.
{13:15} And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of
Reuben [inheritance] according to their families. {13:16}
And their coast was from Aroer, that [is] on the bank of the
river Arnon, and the city that [is] in the midst of the river,
and all the plain by Medeba; {13:17} Heshbon, and all her
cities that [are] in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth- baal, and
Beth-baal-meon, {13:18} And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and
Mephaath, {13:19} And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and
Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley, {13:20} And
Bethpeor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, {13:21}
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon
king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom
Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem,
and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, [which were] dukes of Sihon,
dwelling in the country.
{13:22} Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did
the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that
were slain by them. {13:23} And the border of the children
of Reuben was Jordan, and the border [thereof.] This [was]
the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their
families, the cities and the villages thereof. {13:24} And
Moses gave [inheritance] unto the tribe of Gad, [even] unto
the children of Gad according to their families. {13:25}
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and
half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that [is]
before Rabbah; {13:26} And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh,
and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border
of Debir; {13:27} And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Bethnimrah,
and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom
of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and [his] border, [even]
unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side
Jordan eastward. {13:28} This [is] the inheritance of the
children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their
villages.
{13:29} And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the half tribe
of Manasseh: and [this] was [the possession] of the half
tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. {13:30}
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the
kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair,
which are in Bashan, threescore cities: {13:31} And half
Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of
Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the children of Machir
the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of
Machir by their families. {13:32} These [are the countries]
which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of
Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
{13:33} But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not [any]
inheritance: the LORD God of Israel [was] their inheritance,
as he said unto them.

14 {14:1} And these [are the countries] which the children
of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the
fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for
inheritance to them. {14:2} By lot [was] their inheritance,
as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the
nine tribes, and [for] the half tribe. {14:3} For Moses had
given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the
other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none
inheritance among them. {14:4} For the children of Joseph
were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they
gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to
dwell [in,] with their suburbs for their cattle and for their
substance. {14:5} As the LORD commanded Moses, so the
children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
{14:6} Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in
Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said
unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto
Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-
barnea. {14:7} Forty years old [was] I when Moses the
servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy
out the land; and I brought him word again as [it was] in
mine heart. {14:8} Nevertheless my brethren that went up
with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly
followed the LORD my God. {14:9} And Moses sware on
that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have
trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for
ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my
God. {14:10} And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me
alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the
LORD spake this word unto Moses, while [the children of]
Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I [am] this
day fourscore and five years old. {14:11} As yet I [am as]
strong this day as [I was] in the day that Moses sent me: as
my strength [was] then, even so [is] my strength now, for
war, both to go out, and to come in. {14:12} Now therefore
give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that
day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims [were]
there, and [that] the cities [were] great [and] fenced: if so be
the LORD [will be] with me, then I shall be able to drive
them out, as the LORD said. {14:13} And Joshua blessed
him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for
an inheritance. {14:14} Hebron therefore became the
inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto
this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of
Israel. {14:15} And the name of Hebron before [was]
Kirjath-arba; [which Arba was] a great man among the
Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

15 {15:1} [This] then was the lot of the tribe of the children
of Judah by their families; [even] to the border of Edom the
wilderness of Zin southward [was] the uttermost part of the
south coast. {15:2} And their south border was from the
shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
{15:3} And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim,
and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the
south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron,
and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
{15:4} [From thence] it passed toward Azmon, and went
out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast
were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. {15:5} And
the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the end of
Jordan. And [their] border in the north quarter [was] from
the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: {15:6}
And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by
the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the
stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: {15:7} And the border
went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so
northward, looking toward Gilgal, [that is] before the going
up to Adummim, which [is] on the south side of the river:
and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and
the goings out thereof were at En-rogel: {15:8} And the
border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the
south side of the Jebusite; the same [is] Jerusalem: and the
border went up to the top of the mountain that [lieth] before
the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] at the end of the
valley of the giants northward: {15:9} And the border was
drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water
of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron;
and the border was drawn to Baalah, which [is] Kirjathjearim:
{15:10} And the border compassed from Baalah
westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side
of mount Jearim, which [is] Chesalon, on the north side, and
went down to Beth- shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
{15:11} And the border went out unto the side of Ekron
northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed
along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the
goings out of the border were at the sea. {15:12} And the
west border [was] to the great sea, and the coast [thereof.]
This [is] the coast of the children of Judah round about
according to their families.
{15:13} And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a
part among the children of Judah, according to the
commandment of the LORD to Joshua, [even] the city of
Arba the father of Anak, which [city is] Hebron. {15:14}
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai,
and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. {15:15}
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the
name of Debir before [was] Kirjath- sepher.
{15:16} And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher,
and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
{15:17} And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of
Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to
wife. {15:18} And it came to pass, as she came [unto him,]
that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she
lighted off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What
wouldest thou? {15:19} Who answered, Give me a blessing;
for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of
water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether
springs. {15:20} This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Judah according to their families. {15:21} And
the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah
toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and
Eder, and Jagur, {15:22} And Kinah, and Dimonah, and
Adadah, {15:23} And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
{15:24} Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, {15:25} And Hazor,
Hadattah, and Kerioth, [and] Hezron, which [is] Hazor,
{15:26} Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, {15:27} And
Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, {15:28} And
Hazar-shual, and Beer- sheba, and Bizjothjah, {15:29}
Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, {15:30} And Eltolad, and
Chesil, and Hormah, {15:31} And Ziklag, and Madmannah,
and Sansannah, {15:32} And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and
Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities [are] twenty and nine, with
their villages: {15:33} [And] in the valley, Eshtaol, and
Zoreah, and Ashnah, {15:34} And Zanoah, and En- gannim,
Tappuah, and Enam, {15:35} Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh,
and Azekah, {15:36} And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and
Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their
villages: {15:37} Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
{15:38} And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, {15:39}
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, {15:40} And Cabbon,
and Lahmam, and Kithlish, {15:41} And Gederoth, Bethdagon,
and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their
villages: {15:42} Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, {15:43}
And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, {15:44} And Keilah,
and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
{15:45} Ekron, with her towns and her villages: {15:46}
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that [lay] near Ashdod,
with their villages: {15:47} Ashdod with her towns and her
villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the
river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [thereof:]
{15:48} And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and
Socoh, {15:49} And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which
[is] Debir, {15:50} And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
{15:51} And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities
with their villages: {15:52} Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
{15:53} And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
{15:54} And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which [is] Hebron,
and Zior; nine cities with their villages: {15:55} Maon,
Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, {15:56} And Jezreel, and
Jokdeam, and Zanoah, {15:57} Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah;
ten cities with their villages: {15:58} Halhul, Beth-zur, and
Gedor, {15:59} And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon;
six cities with their villages: {15:60} Kirjath- baal, which
[is] Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their
villages: {15:61} In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin,
and Secacah, {15:62} And Nibshan, and the city of Salt,
and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. {15:63} As for
the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of
Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with
the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

16 {16:1} And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from
Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to
the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount
Bethel, {16:2} And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and
passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, {16:3}
And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the
coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings
out thereof are at the sea. {16:4} So the children of Joseph,
Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
{16:5} And the border of the children of Ephraim
according to their families was [thus:] even the border of
their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto
Beth-horon the upper; {16:6} And the border went out
toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the
border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed
by it on the east to Janohah; {16:7} And it went down from
Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho,
and went out at Jordan. {16:8} The border went out from
Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out
thereof were at the sea. This [is] the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Ephraim by their families. {16:9} And the
separate cities for the children of Ephraim [were] among the
inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with
their villages. {16:10} And they drave not out the
Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell
among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under
tribute.

17 {17:1} There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh;
for he [was] the firstborn of Joseph; [to wit,] for Machir the
firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was
a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. {17:2}
There was also [a lot] for the rest of the children of
Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and
for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and
for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher,
and for the children of Shemida: these [were] the male
children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
{17:3} But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no
sons, but daughters: and these [are] the names of his
daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
{17:4} And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and
before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes,
saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an
inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the
commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance
among the brethren of their father. {17:5} And there fell ten
portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan,
which [were] on the other side Jordan; {17:6} Because the
daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons:
and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.
{17:7} And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to
Michmethah, that [lieth] before Shechem; and the border
went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entap-
puah. {17:8} [Now] Manasseh had the land of Tappuah:
but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh [belonged] to the
children of Ephraim; {17:9} And the coast descended unto
the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of
Ephraim [are] among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of
Manasseh also [was] on the north side of the river, and the
outgoings of it were at the sea: {17:10} Southward [it was]
Ephraim’s, and northward [it was] Manasseh’s, and the sea
is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north,
and in Issachar on the east. {17:11} And Manasseh had in
Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam
and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns,
and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of
Megiddo and her towns, [even] three countries. {17:12} Yet
the children of Manasseh could not drive out [the
inhabitants of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell
in that land. {17:13} Yet it came to pass, when the children
of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to
tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. {17:14} And the
children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast
thou given me [but] one lot and one portion to inherit,
seeing I [am] a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath
blessed me hitherto? {17:15} And Joshua answered them, If
thou [be] a great people, [then] get thee up to the wood
[country,] and cut down for thyself there in the land of the
Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow
for thee. {17:16} And the children of Joseph said, The hill
is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the
land of the valley have chariots of iron, [both they] who
[are] of Beth-shean and her towns, and [they] who [are] of
the valley of Jezreel. {17:17} And Joshua spake unto the
house of Joseph, [even] to Ephraim and to Manasseh,
saying, Thou [art] a great people, and hast great power: thou
shalt not have one lot [only: ]{17:18} But the mountain
shall be thine; for it [is] a wood, and thou shalt cut it down:
and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive
out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, [and]
though they [be] strong.

18 {18:1} And the whole congregation of the children
of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the
tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was
subdued before them. {18:2} And there remained among
the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet
received their inheritance. {18:3} And Joshua said unto the
children of Israel, How long [are] ye slack to go to possess
the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given
you? {18:4} Give out from among you three men for [each]
tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go
through the land, and describe it according to the
inheritance of them; and they shall come [again] to me.
{18:5} And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall
abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph
shall abide in their coasts on the north. {18:6} Ye shall
therefore describe the land [into] seven parts, and bring [the
description] hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here
before the LORD our God. {18:7} But the Levites have no
part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their
inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of
Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on
the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
{18:8} And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua
charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and
walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to
me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in
Shiloh. {18:9} And the men went and passed through the
land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book,
and came [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
{18:10} And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before
the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the
children of Israel according to their divisions.
{18:11} And the lot of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast
of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the
children of Joseph. {18:12} And their border on the north
side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of
Jericho on the north side, and went up through the
mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the
wilderness of Beth-aven. {18:13} And the border went over
from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel,
southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near
the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
{18:14} And the border was drawn [thence,] and
compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill
that [lieth] before Beth- horon southward; and the goings
out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which [is] Kirjath- jearim,
a city of the children of Judah: this [was] the west quarter.
{18:15} And the south quarter [was] from the end of
Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and
went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: {18:16} And
the border came down to the end of the mountain that [lieth]
before the valley of the son of Hinnom, [and] which [is] in
the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the
valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and
descended to En-rogel, {18:17} And was drawn from the
north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward
Geliloth, which [is] over against the going up of Adummim,
and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
{18:18} And passed along toward the side over against
Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: {18:19}
And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah
northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north
bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this [was] the
south coast. {18:20} And Jordan was the border of it on the
east side. This [was] the inheritance of the children of
Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to
their families. {18:21} Now the cities of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin according to their families were
Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, {18:22}
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, {18:23} And
Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, {18:24} And Chepharhaammonai,
and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their
villages: {18:25} Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, {18:26}
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, {18:27} And
Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, {18:28} And Zelah, Eleph,
and Jebusi, which [is] Jerusalem, Gibeath, [and] Kirjath;
fourteen cities with their villages. This [is] the inheritance
of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

19 {19:1} And the second lot came forth to Simeon, [even]
for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their
families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of
the children of Judah. {19:2} And they had in their
inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, {19:3} And
Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, {19:4} And Eltolad,
and Bethul, and Hormah, {19:5} And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth,
and Hazar-susah, {19:6} And Beth-lebaoth, and
Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: {19:7} Ain,
Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their
villages: {19:8} And all the villages that [were] round about
these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according
to their families. {19:9} Out of the portion of the children of
Judah [was] the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for
the part of the children of Judah was too much for them:
therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance
within the inheritance of them.
{19:10} And the third lot came up for the children of
Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their
inheritance was unto Sarid: {19:11} And their border went
up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth,
and reached to the river that [is] before Jokneam; {19:12}
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto
the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to daberath,
and goeth up to Japhia, {19:13} And from thence passeth on
along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth
out to Remmon-methoar to Neah; {19:14} And the border
compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the
outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el: {19:15}
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and
Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. {19:16} This is
the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their
families, these cities with their villages.
{19:17} [And] the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the
children of Issachar according to their families. {19:18}
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and
Shunem, {19:19} And Haphraim, and Shihon, and
Anaharath, {19:20} And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
{19:21} And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and
Beth-pazzez; {19:22} And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and
Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their
border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
{19:23} This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Issachar according to their families, the cities and their
villages.
{19:24} And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the
children of Asher according to their families. {19:25} And
their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and
Achshaph, {19:26} And Alammelech, and Amad, and
Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
{19:27} And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon,
and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of
Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel,
and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, {19:28} And
Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, [even] unto
great Zidon; {19:29} And [then] the coast turneth to
Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to
Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the
coast to Achzib: {19:30} Ummah also, and Aphek, and
Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. {19:31}
This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
{19:32} The sixth lot came out to the children of
Naphtali, [even] for the children of Naphtali according to
their families. {19:33} And their coast was from Heleph,
from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel,
unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
{19:34} And [then] the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor,
and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to
Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the
west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
{19:35} And the fenced cities [are] Ziddim, Zer, and
Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, {19:36} And Adamah,
and Ramah, and Hazor, {19:37} And Kedesh, and Edrei,
and En-hazor, {19:38} And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem,
and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with
their villages. {19:39} This [is] the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the
cities and their villages.
{19:40} [And] the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the
children of Dan according to their families. {19:41} And
the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir
shemesh, {19:42} And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
{19:43} And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, {19:44}
And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, {19:45} And
Jehud, and Bene- berak, and Gath-rimmon, {19:46} And
Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
{19:47} And the coast of the children of Dan went out [too
little] for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to
fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge
of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called
Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. {19:48}
This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
{19:49} When they had made an end of dividing the land
for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an
inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: {19:50}
According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city
which he asked, [even] Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim:
and he built the city, and dwelt therein. {19:51} These [are]
the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son
of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh
before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

20 {20:1} The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, {20:2}
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you
cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of
Moses: {20:3} That the slayer that killeth [any] person
unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall
be your refuge from the avenger of blood. {20:4} And when
he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the
entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in
the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the
city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell
among them. {20:5} And if the avenger of blood pursue
after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his
hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and
hated him not beforetime. {20:6} And he shall dwell in that
city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment,
[and] until the death of the high priest that shall be in those
days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own
city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he
fled.
{20:7} And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount
Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba,
which [is] Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. {20:8} And on
the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned
Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of
Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and
Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. {20:9} These
were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and
for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever
killeth [any] person at unawares might flee thither, and not
die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood
before the congregation.

21 {21:1} Then came near the heads of the fathers of the
Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of
Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel; {21:2} And they spake unto them at
Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD
commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell
in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. {21:3} And the
children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their
inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities
and their suburbs. {21:4} And the lot came out for the
families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the
priest, [which were] of the Levites, had by lot out of the
tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the
tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. {21:5} And the rest of the
children of Kohath [had] by lot out of the families of the
tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the
half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. {21:6} And the children
of Gershon [had] by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe
of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities. {21:7} The children of Merari by
their families [had] out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of
the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve
cities. {21:8} And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the
Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD
commanded by the hand of Moses.
{21:9} And they gave out of the tribe of the children of
Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these
cities which are [here] mentioned by name, {21:10} Which
the children of Aaron, [being] of the families of the
Kohathites, [who were] of the children of Levi, had: for
theirs was the first lot. {21:11} And they gave them the city
of Arba the father of Anak, which [city is] Hebron, in the
hill [country] of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about
it. {21:12} But the fields of the city, and the villages
thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his
possession.
{21:13} Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest
Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the
slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, {21:14} And Jattir
with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, {21:15}
And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
{21:16} And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her
suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities
out of those two tribes. {21:17} And out of the tribe of
Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
{21:18} Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her
suburbs; four cities. {21:19} All the cities of the children of
Aaron, the priests, [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs.
{21:20} And the families of the children of Kohath, the
Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even
they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
{21:21} For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in
mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and
Gezer with her suburbs, {21:22} And Kibzaim with her
suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
{21:23} And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her
suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, {21:24} Aijalon with
her suburbs, Gath- rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
{21:25} And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with
her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
{21:26} All the cities [were] ten with their suburbs for the
families of the children of Kohath that remained.
{21:27} And unto the children of Gershon, of the families
of the Levites, out of the [other] half tribe of Manasseh
[they gave] Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, [to be] a city
of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs;
two cities. {21:28} And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon
with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, {21:29}
Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four
cities. {21:30} And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with
her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, {21:31} Helkath with
her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
{21:32} And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee
with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and
Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her
suburbs; three cities. {21:33} All the cities of the
Gershonites according to their families [were] thirteen cities
with their suburbs.
{21:34} And unto the families of the children of Merari,
the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam
with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, {21:35}
Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four
cities. {21:36} And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with
her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, {21:37}
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her
suburbs; four cities. {21:38} And out of the tribe of Gad,
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge
for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, {21:39}
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four
cities in all. {21:40} So all the cities for the children of
Merari by their families, which were remaining of the
families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
{21:41} All the cities of the Levites within the possession
of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with
their suburbs. {21:42} These cities were every one with
their suburbs round about them: thus [were] all these cities.
{21:43} And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land
which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they
possessed it, and dwelt therein. {21:44} And the LORD
gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware
unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their
enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies
into their hand. {21:45} There failed not ought of any good
thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel;
all came to pass.

22 {22:1} Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, {22:2} And said
unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of
the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in
all that I commanded you: {22:3} Ye have not left your
brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the
charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
{22:4} And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto
your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return
ye, and get you unto your tents, [and] unto the land of your
possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you
on the other side Jordan. {22:5} But take diligent heed to do
the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of
the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to
walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to
cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and
with all your soul. {22:6} So Joshua blessed them, and sent
them away: and they went unto their tents.
{22:7} Now to the [one] half of the tribe of Manasseh
Moses had given [possession] in Bashan: but unto the
[other] half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on
this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them
away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, {22:8}
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches
unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and
with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very
much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your
brethren.
{22:9} And the children of Reuben and the children of
Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed
from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which [is] in the
land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land
of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according
to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
{22:10} And when they came unto the borders of Jordan,
that [are] in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and
the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built
there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
{22:11} And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the
children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land
of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the
children of Israel. {22:12} And when the children of Israel
heard [of it,] the whole congregation of the children of
Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to
war against them. {22:13} And the children of Israel sent
unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and
to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead,
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, {22:14} And with
him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all
the tribes of Israel; and each one [was] an head of the house
of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
{22:15} And they came unto the children of Reuben, and
to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh,
unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
{22:16} Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD,
What trespass [is] this that ye have committed against the
God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the
LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might
rebel this day against the LORD? {22:17} [Is] the iniquity
of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed
until this day, although there was a plague in the
congregation of the LORD, {22:18} But that ye must turn
away this day from following the LORD? and it will be,
[seeing] ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow
he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
{22:19} Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession
[be] unclean, [then] pass ye over unto the land of the
possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD’S tabernacle
dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not
against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an
altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. {22:20} Did not
Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed
thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and
that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
{22:21} Then the children of Reuben and the children of
Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto
the heads of the thousands of Israel, {22:22} The LORD
God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and
Israel he shall know; if [it be] in rebellion, or if in
transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
{22:23} That we have built us an altar to turn from
following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or
meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the
LORD himself require it; {22:24} And if we have not
[rather] done it for fear of [this] thing, saying, In time to
come your children might speak unto our children, saying,
What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? {22:25}
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and
you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no
part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children
cease from fearing the LORD. {22:26} Therefore we said,
Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt
offering, nor for sacrifice: {22:27} But [that] it [may be] a
witness between us, and you, and our generations after us,
that we might do the service of the LORD before him with
our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our
peace offerings; that your children may not say to our
children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
{22:28} Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they
should so say to us or to our generations in time to come,
that we may say [again,] Behold the pattern of the altar of
the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings,
nor for sacrifices; but it [is] a witness between us and you.
{22:29} God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD,
and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an
altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices,
beside the altar of the LORD our God that [is] before his
tabernacle.
{22:30} And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of
the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which
[were] with him, heard the words that the children of
Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of
Manasseh spake, it pleased them. {22:31} And Phinehas the
son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben,
and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh,
This day we perceive that the LORD [is] among us, because
ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now
ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of
the LORD.
{22:32} And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and
the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from
the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land
of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word
again. {22:33} And the thing pleased the children of Israel;
and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to
go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the
children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. {22:34} And the
children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar
[Ed:] for it [shall be] a witness between us that the LORD
[is] God.

23 {23:1} And it came to pass a long time after that the
LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies
round about, that Joshua waxed old [and] stricken in age.
{23:2} And Joshua called for all Israel, [and] for their
elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their
officers, and said unto them, I am old [and] stricken in age:
{23:3} And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath
done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD
your God [is] he that hath fought for you. {23:4} Behold, I
have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be
an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the
nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea
westward. {23:5} And the LORD your God, he shall expel
them from before you, and drive them from out of your
sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your
God hath promised unto you. {23:6} Be ye therefore very
courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book
of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom [to] the
right hand or [to] the left; {23:7} That ye come not among
these nations, these that remain among you; neither make
mention of the names of their gods, nor cause to swear [by
them,] neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
{23:8} But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have
done unto this day. {23:9} For the LORD hath driven out
from before you great nations and strong: but [as for] you,
no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
{23:10} One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the
LORD your God, he [it is] that fighteth for you, as he hath
promised you. {23:11} Take good heed therefore unto
yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. {23:12} Else
if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of
these nations, [even] these that remain among you, and shall
make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to
you: {23:13} Know for a certainty that the LORD your God
will no more drive out [any of] these nations from before
you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and
scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye
perish from off this good land which the LORD your God
hath given you. {23:14} And, behold, this day I [am] going
the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and
in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the
good things which the LORD your God spake concerning
you; all are come to pass unto you, [and] not one thing hath
failed thereof. {23:15} Therefore it shall come to pass,
[that] as all good things are come upon you, which the
LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring
upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from
off this good land which the LORD your God hath given
you. {23:16} When ye have transgressed the covenant of
the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have
gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them;
then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you,
and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he
hath given unto you.

24 {24:1} And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to
Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their
heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they
presented themselves before God. {24:2} And Joshua said
unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time,
[even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of
Nachor: and they served other gods. {24:3} And I took your
father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led
him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his
seed, and gave him Isaac. {24:4} And I gave unto Isaac
Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to
possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
{24:5} I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt,
according to that which I did among them: and afterward I
brought you out. {24:6} And I brought your fathers out of
Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued
after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red
sea. {24:7} And when they cried unto the LORD, he put
darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the
sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen
what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a
long season. {24:8} And I brought you into the land of the
Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they
fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye
might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before
you. {24:9} Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab,
arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam
the son of Beor to curse you: {24:10} But I would not
hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I
delivered you out of his hand. {24:11} And ye went over
Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho
fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your
hand. {24:12} And I sent the hornet before you, which
drave them out from before you, [even] the two kings of the
Amorites; [but] not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
{24:13} And I have given you a land for which ye did not
labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them;
of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye
eat.
{24:14} Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in
sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your
fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt;
and serve ye the LORD. {24:15} And if it seem evil unto
you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will
serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that
[were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the
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Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my
house, we will serve the LORD. {24:16} And the people
answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the
LORD, to serve other gods; {24:17} For the LORD our
God, he [it is] that brought us up and our fathers out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did
those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the
way wherein we went, and among all the people through
whom we passed: {24:18} And the LORD drave out from
before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in
the land: [therefore] will we also serve the LORD; for he
[is] our God. {24:19} And Joshua said unto the people, Ye
cannot serve the LORD: for he [is] an holy God; he [is] a
jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor
your sins. {24:20} If ye forsake the LORD, and serve
strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and
consume you, after that he hath done you good. {24:21}
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the
LORD. {24:22} And Joshua said unto the people, Ye [are]
witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the
LORD, to serve him. And they said, [We are] witnesses.
{24:23} Now therefore put away, [said he,] the strange gods
which [are] among you, and incline your heart unto the
LORD God of Israel. {24:24} And the people said unto
Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice
will we obey. {24:25} So Joshua made a covenant with the
people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in
Shechem.
{24:26} And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the
law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under
an oak, that [was] by the sanctuary of the LORD. {24:27}
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall
be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the
LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a
witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. {24:28} So Joshua
let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
{24:29} And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua
the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] an
hundred and ten years old. {24:30} And they buried him in
the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which [is] in
mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
{24:31} And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua,
and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and
which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had
done for Israel.
{24:32} And the bones of Joseph, which the children of
Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a
parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor
the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it
became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. {24:33}
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a
hill [that pertained to] Phinehas his son, which was given
him in mount Ephraim.

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