Bible (American Standard)/Joshua

The Book of Joshua
==Chapter 1==
 Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the
servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of
Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 
 Moses my servant is dead;
now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this
people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the
children of Israel. 
 Every place that the sole of your foot
shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses.
 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great
river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and
unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be
your border. 
 There shall not any man be able to stand
before thee all the days of thy life. as I was with Moses, so I
will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 
 Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people
to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give
them. 
 Only be strong and very courageous, to 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 have good success whithersoever thou goest. 
 This
book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou
shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe
to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou
shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
success. 
 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good
courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for
Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people,
saying, 
 Pass through the midst of the camp, and command
the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days
ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land,
which Jehovah your God giveth you to possess it.
 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the
half-tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 
 Remember
the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you,
saying, Jehovah your God giveth you rest, and will give you this
land. 
 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle,
shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan;
but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the
mighty men of valor, and shall help them; 
 until Jehovah
have given your brethren rest, as [he hath given] you, and they
also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them:
then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and
possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond
the Jordan toward the sunrising. 
 And they answered
Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and
whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. 
 According as we
hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto
thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
 Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment,
and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest
him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of good
courage.
==Chapter 2==
 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men
as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And
they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was
Rahab, and lay there. 
 And it was told the king of Jericho,
saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the
children of Israel to search out the land. 
 And the king of
Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are
come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come
to search out all the land. 
 And the woman took the two
men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but
I knew not whence they were: 
 and it came to pass about the
time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men
went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them
quickly; for ye will overtake them. 
 But she had brought
them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which
she had laid in order upon the roof. 
 And the men pursued
after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as
they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them
upon the roof; 
 and she said unto the men, I know that
Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is
fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt
away before you. 
 For we have heard how Jehovah dried up
the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt;
and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were
beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly
destroyed. 
 And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did
melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man,
because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above,
and on earth beneath. 
 Now therefore, I pray you, swear
unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye
also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true
token; 
 and that ye will save alive my father, and my
mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have,
and will deliver our lives from death. 
 And the men said
unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business;
and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will
deal kindly and truly with thee.
 Then she let them down by a cord through the window:
for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon
the wall. 
 And she said unto them, Get you to the
mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves
there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward
may ye go your way. 
 And the men said unto her, We will be
guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this
line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us
down by: and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy
father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's
household. 
 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 shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be
with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any
hand be upon him. 
 But if thou utter this our business,
then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us
to swear. 
 And she said, According unto your words, so be
it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the
scarlet line in the window.
 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode
there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the
pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
 Then the two men returned, and descended from the
mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun;
and they told him all that had befallen them. 
 And they
said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands
all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do
melt away before us.
==Chapter 3==
 And Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they
removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the
children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed
over. 
 And it came to pass after three days, that the
officers went through the midst of the camp; 
 and they
commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the
covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites
bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after
it. 
 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about
two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye
may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed
this way heretofore. 
 And Joshua said unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Jehovah will do wonders among
you. 
 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up
the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And
they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to
magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know
that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 
 And
thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the
covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of
the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan. 
 And Joshua
said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the
words of Jehovah your God. 
 And Joshua said, Hereby ye
shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will
without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the
Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite,
and the Amorite, and the Jebusite. 
 Behold, the ark of the
covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you
into the Jordan. 
 Now therefore take you twelve men out of
the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. 
 And it shall
come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that
bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest
in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall
be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they
shall stand in one heap.
 And it came to pass, when the people removed from
their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare the
ark of the covenant being before the people; 
 and when
they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet
of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the
water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of
harvest,) 
 that the waters which came down from above
stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the
city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward
the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off:
and the people passed over right against Jericho. 
 And the
priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm
on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed
over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over
the Jordan.
==Chapter 4==
 And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean
passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,
 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe
a man, 
 and command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of
the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests'
feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you,
and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge
this night. 
 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had
prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
 and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of
Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up
every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the
number of the tribes of the children of Israel; 
 that this
may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to
come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 
 then ye shall
say unto them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off
before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it passed over
the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these
stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for
ever.
 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded,
and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as
Jehovah spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes
of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them
unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the
Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bare the
ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
 For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst of
the Jordan, until everything was finished that Jehovah commanded
Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses
commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 
 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over,
that the ark of Jehovah passed over, and the priests, in the
presence of the people. 
 And the children of Reuben, and
the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over
armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
 about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over
before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 
 On
that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel;
and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his
life.
 And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, 
 Command
the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come
up out of the Jordan. 
 Joshua therefore commanded the
priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan. 
 And it
came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant
of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the
soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground,
that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and
went over all its banks, as aforetime.
 And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth
day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east
border of Jericho. 
 And those twelve stones, which they
took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal. 
 And
he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children
shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these
stones? 
 Then ye shall let your children know, saying,
Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 
 For Jehovah
your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you,
until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red
Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed
over; 
 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand
of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah your God
for ever.
==Chapter 5==
 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the
Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the
kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that
Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the
children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart
melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of
the children of Israel.
 At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives
of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second
time. 
 And Joshua made him knives of lint, and circumcised
the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 
 And
this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that
came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of
war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth
out of Egypt. 
 For 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, they had not
circumcised. 
 For the children of Israel walked forty years
in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that
came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened
not unto the voice of Jehovah: unto whom Jehovah sware that he
would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware unto their
fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and
honey. 
 And their children, whom he raised up in their
stead, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were uncircumcised,
because they had not circumcised them by the way. 
 And it
came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation,
that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were
whole. 
 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day have I
rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the
name of that place was called Gilgal, unto this day.
 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and
they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at
even in the plains of Jericho. 
 And they did eat of the
produce of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened
cakes and parched grain, in the selfsame day. 
 And the
manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce
of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more;
but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that
he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man
over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua
went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our
adversaries? 
 And he said, Nay; but [as] prince of the
host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to
the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my
lord unto his servant? 
 And the prince of Jehovah's host
said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the
place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
==Chapter 6==
 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the
children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 
 And
Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand
Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.
 And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going
about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 
 And
seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before
the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven
times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 
 And it
shall be, 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 go up every man straight before
him. 
 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and
said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven
priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of
Jehovah. 
 And they said unto the people, Pass on, and
compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark
of Jehovah.
 And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken unto the
people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams'
horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them. 
 And the
armed men went before the priests that blew the trumpets, and
the rearward went after the ark, [the priests] blowing the
trumpets as they went. 
 And Joshua commanded the people,
saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither
shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid
you shout; then shall ye shout. 
 So he caused the ark of
Jehovah to compass the city, going about it once: and they came
into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests
took up the ark of Jehovah. 
 And the seven priests bearing
the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah went
on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went
before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Jehovah,
[the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went. 
 And the
second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the
camp: so they did six days.
 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose
early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after
the same manner seven times: only on the day they compassed the
city seven times. 
 And it came to pass at the seventh
time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said unto the
people, Shout; for Jehovah hath given you the city. 
 And
the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to
Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are
with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we
sent. 
 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the
devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the
devoted thing; so would ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and
trouble it. 
 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of
brass and iron, are holy unto Jehovah: they shall come into the
treasury of Jehovah. 
 So the people shouted, and [the
priests] blew the trumpets; and it came to pass, when the people
heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a
great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people
went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they
took the city. 
 And they utterly destroyed all that was in
the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and
sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
 And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out
the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the
woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 
 And
the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her
father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had;
all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without
the camp of Israel. 
 And they burnt the city with fire,
and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the
vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the
house of Jehovah. 
 But Rahab the harlot, and her father's
household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she
dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the
messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 
 And
Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be
the man before Jehovah, that riseth up and buildeth this city
Jericho: with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the
foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall
he set up the gates of it. 
 So Jehovah was with Joshua;
and his fame was in all the land.
==Chapter 7==
 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the
devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi,
the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted
thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children
of Israel.
 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside
Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them,
saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and
spied out Ai. 
 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto
him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three
thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil
thither; for they are but few. 
 So there went up thither of
the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the
men of Ai. 
 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty
and six men; and they chased them [from] before the gate even
unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent; and the hearts of
the people melted, and became as water.
 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon
his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the
elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads. 
 And
Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all
brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand
of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been
content and dwelt beyond the Jordan! 
 Oh, Lord, what shall
I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their
enemies! 
 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the
land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our
name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore
art thou thus fallen upon thy face? 
 Israel hath sinned;
yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded
them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have
also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it
among their own stuff. 
 Therefore, the children of Israel
cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before
their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be
with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from
among you. 
 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify
yourselves against tomorrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of
Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel;
thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away
the devoted thing from among you. 
 In the morning
therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall
be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by
families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come
near by households; and the household which Jehovah shall take
shall come near man by man. 
 And it shall be, that he that
is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and
all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of
Jehovah, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought
Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
 and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the
family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the
Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 
 and he brought
near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the
son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was
taken. 
 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray
thee, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession
unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from
me. 
 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I
have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and thus and
thus have I done: 
 when I saw among the spoil a goodly
Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a
wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and
took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst
of my tent, and the silver under it.
 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent;
and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
 And they took them from the midst of the tent, and
brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel;
and they laid them down before Jehovah. 
 And Joshua, and
all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the
silver, and the mantle, 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 up unto the
valley of Achor. 
 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled
us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned
him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them
with stones. 
 And they raised over him a great heap of
stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of
his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The
valley of Achor, unto this day.
==Chapter 8==
 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou
dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up
to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his
people, and his city, and his land; 
 And thou shalt do to
Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only
the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a
prey unto yourselves: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.
 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to
Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of
valor, and sent them forth by night. 
 And he commanded
them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city,
behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all
ready: 
 and I, and all the people that are with me, will
approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they
come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before
them; 
 and they will come out after us, till we have drawn
them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us,
as at the first: so we will flee before them; 
 and ye shall
rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for
Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand. 
 And it
shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set
the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do:
see, I have commanded you. 
 And Joshua sent them forth; and
they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai,
on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the
people.
 And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered
the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the
people to Ai. 
 And all the people, [even] the [men of] war
that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the
city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a
valley between him and Ai. 
 And he took about five
thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on
the west side of the city. 
 So they set the people, even
all the host that was on the north of the city, and their
liers-in-wait that were on the west of the city; and Joshua went
that night into the midst of the valley. 
 And it came to
pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up
early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to
battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the
Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him
behind the city. 
 And Joshua and all Israel made as if
they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the
wilderness. 
 And all the people that were in the city were
called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after
Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 
 And there was
not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel:
and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin
that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand.
And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward
the city. 
 And the ambush arose quickly out of their
place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand,
and entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and set
the city on fire. 
 And when the men of Ai looked behind
them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up
to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way:
and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the
pursuers. 
 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the
ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city
ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. 
 And the others came forth out of the city against them; so they
were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that
side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain
or escape. 
 And the king of Ai they took alive, and
brought him to Joshua.
 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of
slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the
wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen
by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all
Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the
sword. 
 And all that fell that day, both of men and women,
were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 
 For Joshua
drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin,
until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 
 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey
unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he
commanded Joshua. 
 So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap
for ever, even a desolation, unto this day. 
 And the king
of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going
down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down
from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the
city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.
 Then Joshua built an altar unto Jehovah, the God of
Israel, in mount Ebal, 
 as Moses the servant of Jehovah
commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book
of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no
man had lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon
burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of
Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the children of
Israel. 
 And all Israel, and their elders and officers,
and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side
before the priests the Levites, that bare the ark of the
covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the homeborn; half
of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of
mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded at the
first, that they should bless the people of Israel. 
 And
afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the
curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which
Joshua read not before all the assembly of Israel, and the
women, and the little ones, and the sojourners that were among
them.
==Chapter 9==
 And it came to pass, when all the kings that were
beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and
on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the
Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; 
 that they
gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with
Israel, with one accord.
 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua
had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 
 they also did work
wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and
took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent
and bound up, 
 and old and patched shoes upon their feet,
and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision
was dry and was become mouldy. 
 And they went to Joshua
unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of
Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a
covenant with us. 
 And the men of Israel said unto the
Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a
covenant with you? 
 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy
servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence
come ye? 
 And they said unto him, From a very far country
thy servants are come because of the name of Jehovah thy God:
for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites,
that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og
king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. 
 And our elders and
all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take
provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and
say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant
with us. 
 This our bread we took hot for our provision out
of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now,
behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy: 
 and these
wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are
rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by
reason of the very long journey. 
 And the men took of
their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah.
 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with
them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation
sware unto them.
 And it came to pass at the end of three days after
they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they
were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them. 
 And
the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on
the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and
Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. 
 And the children of Israel
smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had
sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the
congregation murmured against the princes. 
 But all the
princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them
by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch
them. 
 This we will do to them, and let them live; lest
wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
 And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they
became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the
congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.
 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them,
saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far
from you; when ye dwell among us? 
 Now therefore ye are
cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both
hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was
certainly told thy servants, how that Jehovah 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 for our lives because of you, and have done this
thing. 
 And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth
good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 
 And so did he
unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of
Israel, that they slew them not. 
 And Joshua made them
that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the
congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in
the place which he should choose.
==Chapter 10==
 Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of
Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly
destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had
done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had
made peace with Israel, and were among them; 
 that they
feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the
royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the
men thereof were mighty. 
 Wherefore 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, 
 Come up unto me, and help me, and let us
smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the
children of Israel. 
 Therefore, the five kings of the
Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of
Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered
themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and
encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to
Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to
us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the
Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together
against us. 
 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all
the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have
delivered them into thy hands; there shall not a man of them
stand before thee. 
 Joshua therefore came upon them
suddenly; [for] he went up from Gilgal all the night. 
 And Jehovah discomfited them before Israel, and he slew them
with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of
the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto
Makkedah. 
 And it came to pass, as they fled from before
Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that
Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto
Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the
hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the
sword.
 Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah
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 Aijalon.
 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed,
Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.
Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed
in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole
day. 
 And there was no day like that before it or after
it, that Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of a man: for Jehovah
fought for Israel.
 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto
the camp to Gilgal.
 And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the
cave at Makkedah. 
 And it was told Joshua, saying, The
five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah. 
 And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave,
and set men by it to keep them: 
 but stay not ye; pursue
after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them
not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath
delivered them into your hand. 
 And it came to pass, when
Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying
them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, and
the remnant which remained of them had entered into the
fortified cities, 
 that all the people returned to the
camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue
against any of the children of Israel.
 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and
bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave. 
 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out
of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king
of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. 
 And
it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto
Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said
unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him, Come near,
put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near,
and put their feet upon the necks of them. 
 And Joshua
said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good
courage: for thus shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against
whom ye fight. 
 And afterward Joshua smote them, and put
them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were
hanging upon the trees until the evening. 
 And it came to
pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua
commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them
into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great
stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.
 And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, 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 left none
remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done
unto the king of Jericho.
 And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with
him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 
 and Jehovah
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 left none remaining in it; and he
did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of
Jericho.
 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with
him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against
it: 
 and Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of
Israel; and he took it on the second day, and smote it with the
edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein,
according to all that he had done to Libnah.
 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and
Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none
remaining.
 And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with
him, unto Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought
against it; 
 and they took it on that day, and smote it
with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein
he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done
to Lachish.
 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with
him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: 
 and they
took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king
thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were
therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had
done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls
that were therein.
 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to
Debir, and fought against it: 
 and he took it, and the
king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them
with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls
that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to
Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had
done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.
 So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and
the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings:
he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that
breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded. 
 And
Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the
country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. 
 And all these kings
and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the
God of Israel, fought for Israel. 
 And Joshua returned,
and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
==Chapter 11==
 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard
thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of
Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 
 and to the kings
that were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah
south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of
Dor on the west, 
 to the Canaanite on the east and on the
west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and
the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in
the land of Mizpah. 
 And they went out, they and all their
hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the
sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
 And all these kings met together; and they came and
encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of
them; for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all
slain before Israel: thou shalt hock their horses, and burn
their chariots with fire. 
 So Joshua came, and all the
people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom
suddenly, and fell upon them. 
 And Jehovah delivered them
into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them
unto great Sidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley
of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them
none remaining. 
 And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade
him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
 And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor,
and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime
was the head of all those kingdoms. 
 And they smote all
the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly
destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt
Hazor with fire. 
 And all the cities of those kings, and
all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he smote them with
the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the
servant of Jehovah commanded. 
 But as for the cities that
stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor
only; that did Joshua burn. 
 And all the spoil of these
cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey
unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the
sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any that
breathed. 
 As Jehovah commanded Moses his servant, so did
Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone
of all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
 So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and
all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and
the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of
the same; 
 from 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 put them to death.
 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
 There was not a city that made peace with the children
of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took
all in battle. 
 For it was of Jehovah to harden their
hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly
destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might
destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
 And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim
from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and
from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the
hill-country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their
cities. 
 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of
the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod,
did some remain. 
 So Joshua took the whole land,
according to all that Jehovah spake unto Moses; and Joshua gave
it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions
by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
==Chapter 12==
 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children
of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan
toward the sunrising, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount
Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward: 
 Sihon king of the
Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is
on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [the city that is
in] the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the
river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon; 
 and
the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the
sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to
Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
 and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of
the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 
 and
ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, unto
the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half
Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. 
 Moses the
servant of Jehovah and the children of Israel smote them: and
Moses the servant of Jehovah gave it for a possession unto the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
 And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and
the children of Israel smote beyond the Jordan westward, from
Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto mount Halak, that
goeth up to Seir; and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel
for a possession according to their divisions; 
 in the
hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the
slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite,
the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and
the Jebusite: 
 the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai,
which is beside Bethel, one; 
 the king of Jerusalem, one;
the king of Hebron, one; 
 the king of Jarmuth, one; the
king of Lachish, one; 
 the king of Eglon, one; the king
of Gezer, one; 
 the king of Debir, one; the king of
Geder, one; 
 the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad,
one; 
 the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
 the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
 the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
 the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; 
 the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
 the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel,
one; 
 the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king
of Goiim in Gilgal, one; 
 the king of Tirzah, one: all
the kings thirty and one.
==Chapter 13==
 Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and
Jehovah said unto him, Thou art old and well stricken in years,
and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. 
 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the
Philistines, and all the Geshurites; 
 from the Shihor,
which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward,
[which] is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the
Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites,
the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim, 
 on the
south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth
to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;
 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward
the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the
entrance of Hamath; 
 all the inhabitants of the
hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the
Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of
Israel: only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I
have commanded thee. 
 Now therefore divide this land for
an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh.
 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their
inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward,
even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them: 
 from
Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the
city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of
Medeba unto Dibon; 
 and all the cities of Sihon king of
the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the
children of Ammon; 
 and Gilead, and the border of the
Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan
unto Salecah; 
 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who
reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the
remnant of the Rephaim); for these did Moses smite, and drove
them out. 
 Nevertheless, the children of Israel drove not
out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath
dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day. 
 Only unto
the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of
Jehovah, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as
he spake unto him.
 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of
Reuben according to their families. 
 And their border was
from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and
the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain
by Medeba; 
 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the
plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 
 and
Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 
 and Kiriathaim, and
Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley, 
 and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
 and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of
Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses
smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and
Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.
 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the
children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their
slain. 
 And the border of the children of Reuben was the
Jordan, and the border [thereof]. This was the inheritance of
the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities
and the villages thereof.
 And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad, unto the
children of Gad, according to their families. 
 And their
border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the
land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
 and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and
from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 
 and in the
valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon,
the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and
the border [thereof], unto the uttermost part of the sea of
Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward. 
 This is the
inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families,
the cities and the villages thereof.
 And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the half-tribe of
Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the children of
Manasseh according to their families. 
 And their border
was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of
Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan,
threescore cities: 
 and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and
Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the
children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the
children of Machir according to their families.
 These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in
the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.
 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance:
Jehovah, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spake
unto them.
==Chapter 14==
 And these are the inheritances which the children of
Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of
the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them,
 by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by
Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. 
 For
Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the
half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no
inheritance among them. 
 For the children of Joseph were
two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion unto
the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the
suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their substance. 
 As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and
they divided the land.
 Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in
Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto
him, Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah spake unto Moses the
man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea.
 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah
sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought
him word again as it was in my heart. 
 Nevertheless, my
brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt;
but I wholly followed Jehovah my God. 
 And Moses sware on
that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy foot hath trodden
shall be an inheritance to thee and to thy children for ever,
because thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God. 
 And
now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these
forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word
unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo,
I am this day fourscore and five years old. 
 As yet I am
as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me: as my
strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to
go out and to come in. 
 Now therefore give me this
hill-country, whereof Jehovah spake in that day; for thou
heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great
and fortified: it may be that Jehovah will be with me, and I
shall drive them out, as Jehovah spake.
 And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb
the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. 
 Therefore,
Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the
Kenizzite unto this day; because that he wholly followed
Jehovah, the God of Israel. 
 Now the name of Hebron
beforetime was Kiriath-arba; [which Arba was] the greatest man
among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
==Chapter 15==
 And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah
according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to
the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the
south. 
 And their south border was from the uttermost part
of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward; 
 and
it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed
along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and
passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about
to Karka; 
 and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at
the brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the
sea: this shall be your south border. 
 And the east border
was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of the Jordan. And the
border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the
end of the Jordan; 
 and the border went up to Beth-hoglah,
and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border
went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; 
 and the
border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so
northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the
ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and
the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the
goings out thereof were at En-rogel; 
 and the border went
up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the side of the
Jebusite southward (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 uttermost part of the vale of
Rephaim northward; 
 and the border extended from the top
of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and
went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border extended
to Baalah (the same is Kiriath-jearim); 
 and the border
turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed
along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is
Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by
Timnah; 
 and the border went out unto the side of Ekron
northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed
along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings
out of the border were at the sea. 
 And the west border
was to the great sea, and the border [thereof]. This is the
border of the children of Judah round about according to their
families.
 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion
among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of
Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the
father of Anak (the same is Hebron). 
 And Caleb drove out
thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai,
the children of Anak. 
 And he went up thence against the
inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was
Kiriath-sepher. 
 And Caleb said, He that smiteth
Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my
daughter to wife. 
 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the
brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter
to wife. 
 And it came to pass, when she came [unto him],
that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she
alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said, What wouldest thou?
 And she said, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set
me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And
he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children
of Judah according to their families.
 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children
of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel,
and Eder, and Jagur, 
 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 
 Ziph, and
Telem, and Bealoth, 
 and Hazor-hadattah, and
Kerioth-hezron (the same is Hazor), 
 Amam, and Shema, and
Moladah, 
 and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet,
 and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah, 
 Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem, 
 and Eltolad, and Chesil, and
Hormah, 
 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the
cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.
 In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
 and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 
 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 
 and Shaaraim,
and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with
their villages.
 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, 
 and
Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 
 Lachish, and Bozkath,
and Eglon, 
 and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish, 
 and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen
cities with their villages.
 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 
 and Iphtah, and
Ashnah, and Nezib, 
 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah;
nine cities with their villages.
 Ekron, with its towns and its villages; 
 from
Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod,
with their villages.
 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns
and its villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea,
and the border [thereof].
 And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and
Socoh, 
 and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is
Debir), 
 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 
 and
Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan, 
 and Janim, and
Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, 
 and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba
(the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah, 
 and
Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 
 Kain, Gibeah, and
Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 
 and Maarath, and
Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
 Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), and
Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
 and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six
cities with their villages.
 And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but
the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto
this day.
==Chapter 16==
 And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from
the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east,
even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the
hill-country to Beth-el; 
 and it went out from Beth-el to
Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to
Ataroth; 
 and it went down westward to the border of the
Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto
Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. 
 And
the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their
inheritance.
 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to
their families was [thus]: the border of their inheritance
eastward was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper; 
 and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north;
and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and
passed along it on the east of Janoah; 
 and it went down
from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho,
and went out at the Jordan. 
 From Tappuah the border went
along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out thereof
were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Ephraim according to their families; 
 together
with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim
in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all
the cities with their villages. 
 And they drove not out
the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in
the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to
do taskwork.
==Chapter 17==
 And [this] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for
he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of
Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war,
therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. 
 So [the lot] was for
the rest of the children of Manasseh according to 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 according to their families. 
 But Zelophehad, the
son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of
Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of
his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before
Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Jehovah
commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren:
therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he gave them
an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 
 And
there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and
Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; 
 because the daughters
of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land of
Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
 And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to
Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along
to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 
 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the
border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. 
 And the border went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of
the brook: these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of
Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of
the brook, and the goings out thereof were at the sea: 
 southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and
the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north,
and to Issachar on the east. 
 And Manasseh had in
Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and
its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the
inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of
Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its
towns, even the three heights. 
 Yet the children of
Manasseh could not drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities;
but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 
 And it came
to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong, that
they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive
them out.
 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying,
Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an
inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto
Jehovah hath blessed me? 
 And Joshua said unto them, If
thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down
for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the
Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for
thee. 
 And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country
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 in
Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of
Jezreel. 
 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even
to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and
hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only: 
 but
the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou
shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine;
for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have
chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
==Chapter 18==
 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel
assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of
meeting there: and the land was subdued before them. 
 And
there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which
had not yet divided their inheritance. 
 And Joshua said
unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to
possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath
given you? 
 Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I
will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land,
and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall
come unto me. 
 And they shall divide it into seven
portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the
house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north. 
 And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring
[the description] hither to me; and I will cast lots for you
here before Jehovah our God. 
 For the Levites have no
portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their
inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh
have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward,
which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.
 And the men arose, and went: 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; and I will cast
lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh. 
 And the men
went and passed through the land, and described it by cities
into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua unto the
camp at Shiloh. 
 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh
before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the
children of Israel according to their divisions.
 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin
came up according to their families: and the border of their lot
went out between the children of Judah and the children of
Joseph. 
 And their border on the north quarter was from
the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the
north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the
goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. 
 And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of
Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down
to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of
Beth-horon the nether. 
 And the border extended [thence],
and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the
mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings
out thereof were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a
city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
 And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of
Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out
to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; 
 and the
border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that
lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the
vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of
Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to
En-rogel; 
 and it extended northward, and went out at
En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the
ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the
son of Reuben; 
 and it passed along to the side over
against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah;
 and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah
northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north
bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was
the south border. 
 And the Jordan was the border of it on
the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of
Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their
families.
 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and
Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz, 
 and Beth-arabah, and
Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 
 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
 and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities
with their villages: 
 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 
 and Rekem,
and Irpeel, and Taralah, 
 and Zelah, Eleph, and the
Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, [and] Kiriath;
fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of
the children of Benjamin according to their families.
==Chapter 19==
 And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the
tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and
their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the
children of Judah. 
 And they had for their inheritance
Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 
 and Hazar-shual, and
Balah, and Ezem, 
 and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
 and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, 
 and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their
villages: 
 Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities
with their villages: 
 and all the villages that were round
about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is
the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according
to their families. 
 Out of the part of the children of
Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the
portion of the children of Judah was too much for them:
therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of
their inheritance.
 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun
according to their families; and the border of their inheritance
was unto Sarid; 
 and their border went up westward, even
to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the
brook that is before Jokneam; 
 and it turned from Sarid
eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor;
and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia; 
 and
from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to
Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretcheth unto Neah;
 and the border turned about it on the north to
Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of
Iphtah-el; 
 and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and
Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the
children of Issachar according to their families. 
 And
their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
 and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, 
 and
Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez, 
 and Remeth, and
Engannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez, 
 and the border
reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the
goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities
with their villages. 
 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families,
the cities with their villages.
 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the
children of Asher according to their families. 
 And their
border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 
 and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel
westward, and to Shihor-libnath; 
 and it turned toward
the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the
valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it
went out to Cabul on the left hand, 
 and Ebron, and
Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Sidon; 
 and
the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre;
and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were
at the sea by the region of Achzib; 
 Ummah also, and
Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Asher according to their families, these cities with their
villages.
 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali,
even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
 And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in
Zaanannim, and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the
goings out thereof were at the Jordan; 
 and the border
turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to
Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to
Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the
sunrising. 
 And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer,
and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 
 and Adamah, and
Ramah, and Hazor, 
 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and
Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 
 This
is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
according to their families, the cities with their villages.
 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the
children of Dan according to their families. 
 And the
border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and
Ir-shemesh, 
 and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah,
 and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron, 
 and Eltekeh,
and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 
 and Jehud, and Bene-berak,
and Gath-rimmon, 
 and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the
border over against Joppa. 
 And the border of the
children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan
went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it
with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein,
and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Dan according to their families, these cities with their
villages.
 So they made an end of distributing the land for
inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of Israel
gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of
them: 
 according to the commandment of Jehovah they gave
him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the
hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt
therein.
 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest,
and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers'
[houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed
for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of
the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
==Chapter 20==
 And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, 
 Speak to
the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge,
whereof I spake unto you by Moses, 
 that the manslayer
that killeth any person unwittingly [and] unawares may flee
thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the
avenger of blood. 
 And he shall flee unto one of those
cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city,
and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city;
and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a
place, that he may dwell among them. 
 And if the avenger
of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the
manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares,
and hated him not beforetime. 
 And he shall dwell in that
city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until
the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then
shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto
his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
 And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the
hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of
Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the
hill-country of Judah. 
 And beyond the Jordan at Jericho
eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out
of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of
Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 
 These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel,
and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever
killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die
by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the
congregation.
==Chapter 21==
 Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the
Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun,
and unto the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the
children of Israel; 
 and they spake unto them at Shiloh in
the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us
cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of
their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah,
these cities with their suburbs.
 And the lot came out for the families of the
Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of
the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of
the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin,
thirteen cities.
 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out
of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of
Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the
families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the
half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
 The children of Merari according to their families had
out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out
of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the
Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by
Moses. 
 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of
Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these
cities which are [here] mentioned by name: 
 and they were
for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites,
who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
 And they gave them Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the
father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of
Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 
 But the
fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb
the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
 And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave
Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer,
and Libnah with its suburbs, 
 and Jattir with its
suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 
 and Holon with
its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs, 
 and Ain with
its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh
with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 
 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba
with its suburbs, 
 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon
with its suburbs; four cities. 
 All the cities of the
children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their
suburbs.
 And the families of the children of Kohath, the
Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the
cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 
 And
they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of
Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with
its suburbs, 
 and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and
Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities. 
 And out of the
tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its
suburbs, 
 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its
suburbs; four cities. 
 And out of the half-tribe of
Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its
suburbs; two cities. 
 All the cities of the families of
the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of
the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan
in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the
manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities. 
 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs,
Daberath with its suburbs, 
 Jarmuth with its suburbs,
En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities. 
 And out of the
tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;
four cities. 
 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in
Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer,
and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs;
three cities. 
 All the cities of the Gershonites
according to their families were thirteen cities with their
suburbs.
 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the
rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with
its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, 
 Dimnah with
its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities. 
 And
out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz
with its suburbs, 
 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and
Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. 
 And out of the
tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of
refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 
 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in
all. 
 All [these were] the cities of the children of
Merari according to their families, even the rest of the
families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the
possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities
with their suburbs. 
 These cities were every one with
their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these
cities.
 So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he
sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and
dwelt therein. 
 And Jehovah 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; Jehovah
delivered all their enemies into their hand. 
 There
failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto
the house of Israel; all came to pass.
==Chapter 22==
 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 
 and said unto them, Ye
have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you,
and have hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded you:
 ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this
day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your
God. 
 And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your
brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get
you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which
Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan. 
 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which
Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your
God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments,
and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and
with all your soul. 
 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them
away; and they went unto their tents.
 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given
[inheritance] in Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua
among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when
Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them, 
 and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your
tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold,
and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment:
divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 
 And
the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the
half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children
of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go
unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession,
whereof they were possessed, according to the commandment of
Jehovah by Moses.
 And when they came unto the region about the Jordan,
that is 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 the Jordan, a great altar to look upon. 
 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 in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region
about the Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of
Israel. 
 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the
whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves
together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of
Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar
the priest, 
 and with him ten princes, one prince of a
fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were
every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the
thousands of Israel. 
 And they came unto the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of
Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them,
saying, 
 Thus saith the whole congregation of Jehovah,
What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of
Israel, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that ye
have builded you an altar, to rebel this day against Jehovah?
 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we
have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a
plague upon the congregation of Jehovah, 
 that ye must
turn away this day from following Jehovah? and it will be,
seeing ye rebel to-day against Jehovah, that to-morrow he will
be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 
 Howbeit,
if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over
unto the land of the possession of Jehovah, wherein Jehovah's
tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not
against Jehovah, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar
besides the altar of Jehovah our God. 
 Did not Achan the
son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath
fell upon all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished
not alone in his iniquity.
 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the
heads of the thousands of Israel, 
 The Mighty One, God,
Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he knoweth; and Israel he
shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against
Jehovah (save thou us not this day,) 
 that we have built
us an altar to turn away from following Jehovah; or if to offer
thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer
sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Jehovah himself
require it; 
 and if we have not [rather] out of
carefulness done this, [and] of purpose, saying, In time to come
your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have
ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel? 
 for Jehovah
hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of
Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no portion in Jehovah: so
might your children make our children cease from fearing
Jehovah. 
 Therefore, we said, Let us now prepare to build
us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice: 
 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our
generations after us, that we may do the service of Jehovah
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 portion in Jehovah.
 Therefore, said we, It shall be, when they so say to us
or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold
the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made, not
for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness
between us and you. 
 Far be it from us that we should
rebel against Jehovah, and turn away this day from following
Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for
meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jehovah
our God that is before his tabernacle.
 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the
congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that
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 well. 
 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 know that
Jehovah is in the midst of us, because ye have not committed
this trespass against Jehovah: now have ye delivered the
children of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah. 
 And
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of
Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the
children of Israel, and brought them word again. 
 And the
thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel
blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war,
to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad dwelt. 
 And the children of Reuben and
the children of Gad called the altar [Ed]: For, [said they], it
is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.
==Chapter 23==
 And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had
given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and
Joshua was old and well stricken in years; 
 that Joshua
called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and
for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I
am old and well stricken in years: 
 and ye have seen all
that Jehovah your God hath done unto all these nations because
of you; for Jehovah your God, he it is that hath fought for you.
 Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that
remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan,
with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great
sea toward the going down of the sun. 
 And Jehovah your
God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them
from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as
Jehovah your God spake unto you. 
 Therefore, be ye very
courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of
the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right
hand or to the left; 
 that ye come not among these
nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of
the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither
serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them; 
 but cleave
unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day. 
 For
Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this
day. 
 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah
your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.
 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love
Jehovah your God. 
 Else if ye do at all go back, and
cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain
among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them,
and they to you; 
 know for a certainty that Jehovah your
God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but
they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your
sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this
good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the
earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls,
that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which
Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto
you, not one thing hath failed thereof. 
 And it shall
come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of
which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring
upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from
off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
 When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God,
which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow
down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Jehovah be
kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the
good land which he hath given unto you.
==Chapter 24==
 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to
Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their
heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they
presented themselves before God. 
 And Joshua said unto all
the people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers
dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of
Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
 And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and
led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his
seed, and gave him Isaac. 
 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and
Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob
and his children went down into Egypt. 
 And I sent Moses
and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in
the midst thereof: and afterward I brought you out. 
 And I
brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and
the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with
horsemen unto the Red Sea. 
 And when they cried out unto
Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and
brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw
what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.
 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that
dwelt beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave
them into your hand, and ye possessed their land; and I
destroyed them from before you. 
 Then Balak the son of
Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he
sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you; 
 but
I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still:
so I delivered you out of his hand. 
 And ye went over the
Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought
against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite,
and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand. 
 And I
sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before
you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor
with thy bow. 
 And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst
not labored, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell
therein; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye
eat.
 Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in
sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers
served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve ye Jehovah.
 And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose
you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your
fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we
will serve Jehovah.
 And the people answered and said, Far be it from us
that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods; 
 for
Jehovah our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers up out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did
those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way
wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of
whom we passed; 
 and Jehovah drove out from before us all
the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land: therefore
we also will serve Jehovah; for he is our God.
 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve
Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not
forgive your transgression nor your sins. 
 If ye forsake
Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you
evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 
 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.
 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses
against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve
him. And they said, We are witnesses. 
 Now therefore put
away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and
incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel. 
 And
the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and
unto his voice will we hearken. 
 So Joshua made a
covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an
ordinance in Shechem. 
 And Joshua wrote these words in
the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set
it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.
 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone
shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words
of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a
witness against you, lest ye deny your God. 
 So Joshua
sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.
 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua
the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred
and ten years old. 
 And they buried him in the border of
his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of
Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. 
 And
Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days
of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work
of Jehovah, that he had wrought for Israel.
 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel
brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel
of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of
Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the
inheritance of the children of Joseph. 
 And Eleazar the
son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas
his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim.