Joshua

JOSHUA.

  1. After the death of Moses, the Lord spoke to Joshua, son of

2 Nave, the lieutenant of Moses, saying, My servant Moses is dead, now therefore arise, and cross the Jordan, thou and all

3 the people, into the land which I give them. Every place, on which you tread with the sole of your feet, I will give you, as

4 I said to Moses. The wilderness, and yonder Antilibanus, to the river, the great river Euphrates, and to the farthest sea, at

5 the setting of the sun, shall be your boundaries. Not a man shall withstand you all the days of thy life. As I was with Mo-

6 ses, so will I be with thee. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of good courage; for thou shall parcel out to this people the land, which I solemnly promised their fa-

7 thers to give to them. Therefore be strong, and courageous, to watch, and to do as my servant Moses commanded. Thou

8 must not deviate from them, to the right or to the left. That thou mayst clearly understand all that thou art to do, the book of the Law must never be out of thy mouth. Thou must study- it day and night, that thou mayst know how to do all that arc written. Then shalt thou be prospered; and thou wilt make thy ways prosperous; and then thou shalt have a good understand-

9 ing. Behold I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous: fear not, nor be dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

10 Upon this Joshua gave orders to the officers of the people, saying’; Go through the camp of the people, and give them or-

11 ders, saying, Prepare all necessary provisions; for in three days you are to cross the Jordan, to go in and take possession of the

12 land which the Lord the God of your fathers giveth you. Then Joshua said to Reuben, and Gad, and to the half of the tribe

13 of Manasses, Remember what Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you saying; The Lord your God hath given you

14 rest, and hath given you this land. Let your wives, and your children, and your cattle abide in the land which he hath given you; but you, all your able bodied men, well equipt, shall cross over before your brethren, and assist them; until the Lord

15 our God shall give your brethren rest, as well as you; andun. til they possess the land which the Lord our God giveth them. Then you shall return, every one to his possession, which Moses gave you on the east side of the Jordan.

16 Thereupon they answered and said to Joshua, All that thou commanclest we will do. And wherever thou sendest us we will go. As we have hearkened to Moses in all things, so will

17 we hearken to thee. Let but the Lord our God be with thee, L8 as he was with Moses, and whosoever shall disobey thee, and

not hearken to all thy commands which thou shalt give him, let him be put to death. But be thou strong and courageous. II. Now Joshua son of Nave had sent from Sattin two young men to spy, saying, Go up, and take a view of the land, and particularly of Jericho. And the two young men, having set out, entered Jericho, and went to the house of a harlot,

2 whose name was Rahab, and lodged there. And news being carried to the king of Jericho, saying, Some men of the chil-

3 dren of Israel are come here to spy the land, the king of Jericho sent a message to Rahab, saying, Bring out the men, who came to thy house to night; for they are come to spy the

4 land. Now the woman had taken the two men, and hid them:

5 so she spoke to the messengers, saying, The men came to me; but at dark, when the gate was shutting, the men went out, and

6 I do not know where they are gone. Pursue them: perhaps you may overtake them. Now she had taken them up to the top of the house, and concealed them under flax, which was

7 piled up for her on the top of the house. And the men pursued them by the way to the Jordan, to the fords, and the gate

8 was shut. So when the pursuers were gone after them, she went up to the men, on the top of the house, before they had

9 gone to sleep, and said to them, I know that the Lord hath given you this land ; for the dread of you is fallen upon us :

10 for we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red sea on your account, when you came out of Egypt, and all that lie hath done to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the borders of the Jordan, to Seon and Og, whom you have utterly

11 destroyed: and, upon hearing these things, we became faint hearted, and there was no spirit in any of us because of you. Since, then, the Lord your God is God in heaven above, and

12 in the earth beneath, swear now to me by the Lord your God, because I shew mercy to you, that you will shew mercy to my

13 father’s house; and that you will save alive my father’s household, my mother, and my brothers, and all my family, and all that belong to them, and that you will deliver my soul from

14 death. And the men said to her, Our life for yours even to death. Then she said to them. When the Lord delivereth up to you this city, you will deal mercifully and truly with me.

15 So she lowered them down through a window. Now she said

16 to them, Flee to the mountains, lest the pursuers meet you, and hide yourselves there three days, until they who are in pursuit of you have returned, and afterwards you may go

17 your way. And the men said to her, We are sincere in the

18 oath which we have sworn to thee. Behold when we enter any part of the city, thou shalt put up this signal—Thou shall tye this scarlet rope to the window, through which thou shalt have let us down; and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brothers, and all thy father’s household, home to thy

19 house. And it shall be that whoever goeth out of the door of thy house, into the street, shall incur the guilt of his own death, and we shall be clear of blame in regard to this oath which we have sworn to thee. But for all who are with thee in the house

20 we will be answerable. But if any one injure us, or if thou disclose these our terms, we shall be clear of this oath to thee.

21 And she said to them, Let it be as you say. So she dismis-

22 sed them, and they went away, and came to the hilly country, and stayed there three days. And the pursuers examined all

23 the roads, but did not find them. Then the two young men turned, and came down from the mountain, and crossed over to Joshua son of Nave, and told him all that had happened to

24 them. And they said to him, Because the Lord hath delivered up all that land into our hands-, therefore all the inhabitants of

III. the land are in the utmost consternation because of us. Thereupon Joshua arose early next morning, and removed from Sat- tin; and having come to the Jordan, they halted there some

2 time before they crossed. And after three days the officers went through the camp, and gave a charge to the people, say-

3 ing, When you see the Ark of the covenant of the Lord our

God, and our priests, and the Levites carrying it, you shall

4 remove from your places, and march after it. But let there be a considerable distance between you and it. You shall keep at the distance of about two thousand cubits. You must not come near it, that you may know the way you are to march;

5 for you have never heretofore gone this way. Then Joshua said to the people, Purify yourselves against to-morrow ; for

6 to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. And when Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and march before the people; and the priests had

7 taken up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and were marching before the people, the Lord said to Joshua, This day I begin to exalt thee in the sight of all the children’ of Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with

8 thee. Now therefore command the priests who are carrying the srk of the covenant, and say, Soon as you are come to a part of the water of the Jordan, you shall halt at the Jordan.

9 Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, Draw near, and hear

10 the word of the Lord our God. By this you will know that the living God is among you, and that he will surely root out from before you the Chananite, and the Chettite, and the Phe- rezite, and the Evite, and the Amorite, and Gergasite, and the

11 Jebusite. Behold the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the

13 whole earth is about to cross the Jordan; and it shall come to pass, that when the feet of the priests who are carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth shall rest in the water of the Jordan, the water of the Jordan shall fail, and the wa-

14 ter which is coming down shall be stopped. So the people removed from their tents to cross the Jordan, and the priests carried

15 the Ark of the covenant of the Lord before the people. And soon as the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests, who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, were dipped into a part of the water of the Jordan, though the Jordan overflowed all its banks, as in the days of wheat harvest,

16 yet the waters coming down from above stopped. They stopped like one solid mass, reaching a great way back, even to’a part of Kariathiarim; and the water below flowed down into the sea of Araba, the salt sea, until it was entirely gone,

17 and the people stood over against Jericho. Then the priests who carried the Ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry ground, and all the children of Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had finished crossing the Jordan.

  1. And when all the people had entirely crossed the Jordan,

2 the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, Take men from among the

3 people, one from every tribe, and give them orders. And you shall take up, out of the middle of the Jordan, twelve smooth stones, and carry them with you, and place them in your en-

4 campment, wherever you encamp to night. So Joshua called out twelve men of eminent dignity from among the children

5 of Israel, one from every tribe, and said to them, Go on before me in the presence of the Lord, into the middle of the Jordan, and let every one take up thence a stone, and carry it on his shoulders, according to the number of the twelve tribes of Is-

6 rael; that they may be to you an everlasting memorial; that when thy son shall hereafter ask thee, saying, What are these

7 stones to us? thou mayst explain them to thy son, and say, Because the river Jordan dried up at the presence of the Ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth, when it crossed it, therefore you shall have these stones for an everlasting memo-

8 rial for the children of Israel. Accordingly these sons of Israel did as the Lord commanded Joshua, and having taken up twelve stones, out of the midst of the Jordan, as the Lord commanded Joshua, when the Israelites had done crossing, they carried them with them to the place of encampment, and de-

9 posited them there; and Joshua caused twelve other stones to be placed in the Jordan, in the very spot under the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and

10 they are there at this day. Now the priests, who carried the ark of the covenant, stood in the Jordan, until Joshua had executed all that the Lord commanded him to declare to the people.

11 And the people hasted and crossed over. And when all the people had done crossing, then the Ark of the covenant of the

12 Lord crossed over, with the stones before them. AndtheReu- benites, and the Gaditcs, and the half of the tribe of Manasses, crossed over well armed before the children of Israel, as Mo-

13 ses had commanded them. Forty thousand, well equipped for war, crossed over before the Lord, in battle array, to the city

14 Jericho. On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of the whole race of Israel, and they feared him, as they did

15 Moses all the days of his life. Now when the Lord spoke to

16 Joshua, saying, Command the priests who carry die ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, tocome up out of the Jor-

17 dan; And Joshua had commanded the priests, saying, Come

18 up out of the Jordan, it came to pass that as soon as the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up out of the Jordan, and had set their feet on the land, the water of the Jordan rushed impetuously to its place, and overflowed all its banks, as it did before.

19 Now the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and the children of Israel encamped at

20 Galgala, on the eastern border of Jericho; and Joshua set up at Galgala, the twelve stones which he had taken out of the

21 Jordan, and said, When your children ask you, saying, What

22 stones are these ? Tell your children that Israel crossed that

23 Jordan on dry ground, the Lord our God having dried up the water of the Jordan before them, until they crossed over, as the Lord our God had done to the Red sea, which the Lord

24 our God dried up before us, until we passed through it, that all the nations of the earth might know, that the power of the Lord is great, and that you may worship the Lord our God by every thing which you do.

  1. Now when the kings of the Amorites, who were on the border of the Jordan, and the kings of Phoenicia, who were on the sea coast, heard that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan before the Israelites, when they crossed, their hearts were melted, and they were struck with consternation, and

2 there was no spirit in them because of the Israelites. And at that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make thee stone knives of the hardest flint, and having again a fixed abode, circumcise

3 the children of Israel. So Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called Hill of foreskins. And in this manner Joshua purified the children

4 of Israel—All who had been born on the way, and all who had formerly been uncircumcised, when they came out of Egypt,

5 all these Joshua circumcised; for Israel had been led about for-

6 ty two years in the wilderness of Mabdaritis, therefore the most of them were uncircumciscd, being the children of those warriors who came out of the land of Egypt, who disobeyed the commands of God, and to whom he denounced, that they should not see the land which the Lord solemnly, promised their fathers that he would give—a land flowing with milk and

7 honey; and instead of them he raised up these their children, whom Joshua circumcised, because, being born on the way,

8 they were uncircumcised. And being now circumcised, they were to continue there at rest, in the camp, until they were

9 healed. And the Lord said to Joshua son of Nave, This day I have taken away from you the reproach of Egypt. So he call-

10 ed the rwrne of that place Galgala. And on the fourteenth of the same month, towards evening, the children of Israel pre- 11 pared the passover, on the confines of Jericho, in the plain of Jordan, and ate of the corn of the land, unleavened cakes and

12 parched com. On that very day, after they had eaten the corn of the land, the manna ceased, and there was no more a supply of manna for the children of Israel. So they foraged the country of the Phoenicians that year.

13 Now when Joshua was by Jericho, he raised his eyes, and saw a man standing before him, with a drawn sword in his hand,

14 upon which Joshua, advancing, said to him, Art thou one of us or of our enemies ? And he said to him, I am the captain

15 general of the host of the Lord, just arrived. At this Joshua prostrated himself, with his face to the ground, and said to him, My lord, what dost thou command thy servant And the Lord’s captain general said to Joshua, Loose the sandals from thy feet, for the place on which thou didst stand is holy

  1. ground. (Now Jericho was shut up, and barricadoed, so

2 that none came out of it, nor went in.) Then the Lord said to Joshua, Behold, I deliver into thy hand, Jericho, and the king

3 thereof, who is in it, and the mighty men of valour. Therefore

4 array thou the warriors around it. And when you blow the

5 trumpets, let all the people at the same time shout; and upon their shouting, the walls of the city will fall of their own accord ; and all the people shall enter, every one straight forward into the city.

7 Thereupon Joshua son of Nave went to the priests, and spoke to them, saying, Order the people to march round, and encompass the city, and let the warriors march armed before

8 the Lord; and let the seven priests, who have the seven holy trumpets, march also before the Lord, and blow a long blast.

9 And let the ark of the covenant of the Lord accompany them. Let the warriors march before, and the priests follow in the rear, after the ark of the covenant of the Lord, blowing the

10 trumpets. Then Joshua gave a charge to the people, saying, Shout not, nor let any one hear your voice, till the day when

11 He shall command you to shout. Then you shall shout. So when the ark of the covenant had gone round, it straightway

12 returned to the camp, and lodged there. And on the second day Joshua arose, early in the morning, and the priests took up

13 the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the seven priests with the seven trumpets, marched on before the Lord and after them came the warriors, and all the rest of the multitude followed the ark of the covenant of the Lord. And the priests sounded

14 the trumpets; and all the multitude compassed the city six times, very near, and returned again to the camp. Thus they

15 did six days. But on the seventh day—they arose very early,

16 and went round the city that day seven times. And, at the seventh round, the priests sounded the trumpets, and Joshua said to the Israelites, Shout, for the Lord hath delivered up the city

17 to you. And this city shall be an Anathema. It, and all that are in it, shall be devoted to the Lord of Sabaoth; save Rahab the harlot. Her you shall save alive, and all that are in her house.

18 But be you very careful to abstain from the Anathema, lest pcradventure you through covetousness, take something of what is devoted, and make the camp of the Israelites an Ana-

19 thema, and destroy us. All the silver, and the gold, and the brass, and the iron, shall be consecrated to the Lord, and car-

20 ried to the Lord’s treasury. Then the priests sounded the trumpets; and when the people heard the trumpets, all the people together uttered a great, loud, and continued shout, whereupon the whole wall round about fell, and all the people went up into the city.

21 Now when Joshua devoted it, and all that were in it, men and women, young and old, ox and ass, to the edge of the

22 sword, he said to the two young men who had been sent as spies, Go to the house of the woman, and bring her out thence.

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23 with all that she hath. And when the two young men, iivho had spied the city had gone to the house of the woman, and had brought out Rahul > the harlot, arid her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and her kindred, and all that were with

24 her, and placed them without the camp of Israel, the city was burned with fire, with all that were in it, save the silver, and gold, and the brass, and iron, which they gave to be carried

25 to the treasury of the Lord. So Joshua saved Rahab the harlot, and all her father’s household alive. And at this day they dwell among Israel, because she concealed the spies whom Joshua

26 had sent to spy Jericho. And on that day Joshua uttered an imprecation before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall rebuild this city. With his first born let him lay the foundation, and with his youngest son erect its gates.

27 Thus the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread VII. through all the land. But the children of Israel committed

a great trespass. They set apart for themselves some of the Anathema. Achar son of Charmi, son of Zambri, son of Za- ra, of the tribe of Juda, had taken some of what was devoted, and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of

2 Israel; so that when Joshua sent men to Gai, which is over

3 against Baithel, saying, Take a view of Gai; and the men had gone up, and viewed Gai, and returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not the whole people go up, but let only about two or three thousand go up, and storm the city; thou needest not

4 lead the whole people thither, for they are few in number; and about three thousand men had gone up, they fled before the

5 men of Gai; and the men of Gai slew of them about thirty six men, and pursued them from the gate, and drove them from

6 the steep. Whereupon the heart of the people was dismayed, and became like water; and Joshua rent his clothes. Now when Joshua had prostrated himself, with his face on the ground, before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they had put dust on their heads, Joshua said, Alas,

7 O Lord ! .Why hath thy servant caused this people to cross the Jordan, to deliver them up to the Amorite to destroy us ?

8 Should we have tarried, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan ? What can I say, seeing Israel hath turned back from

9 before his enemy ? When the Chananite, and all the inhabit-

ants of this land hear this, they will encompass us, and drive

10 us from this land. What then wilt thou do in respect to thy great name ? Thereupon the Lord said to Joshua, Arise; why

11 hast thou fallen on thy face ? This people hath sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them. They have stolen some of what was devoted, and put it among their

12 stuff: therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before the face of their enemies. They shall turn back before their enemies, because they are become devoted. I will no more be with you, unless you remove the Anathema from among

13 you. Arise, hallow the people, and order them to hallow themselves, against to-morrow. Thus saitli the Lord the God of Israel, The Anathema is among you. You cannot stand before your enemies, until you remove the Anathema from

14 among you. You shall therefore all assemble to-morrow, by tribes; and whatever tribe the Lord shall point out, you shall present it by communities; and whatever community the Lord shall point out, you shall present it by houses; and whatever house the Lord shall point out, you shall present it man by

15 man; and whoever is pointed out, he shall be burned with fire, and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and committed iniquity in Israel.

16 Accordingly Joshua arose early in the morning, and brought forward the people by tribes, and the tribe of Juda was pointed

17 out. And when it was presented by communities, the commu-

18 nity of the Zaraites was pointed out; and when it was presented man by man, Achar son of Zambri, son of Zara, was pointed

19 out. Whereupon Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession, and tell me

20 what thou hast done, and conceal it not from me. And Achar answered Joshua, and said, I have indeed sinned before the

21 Lord, the God of Israel. Thus and thus have I done. I saw, among the spoil, a piece of tissue, and two hundred didrachms of silver, and an ingot of gold, of about fifty didrachms, and I coveted them, and took them, and behold they are hid in my

22 tent, and the silver is hid under them. Then Joshua sent messengers, who ran to the tent, in the camp, and the things were hid

23 in his tent, and the silver under them. So they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua, and the elders of Israel,

24 who laid them before the Lord. Then Joshua took Achar, son of Zara, and led him up to the valley of Achor, with his sons, and his daughters, and his cattle, and his asses, and all his flocks, and his tent, and all his goods, and all the people ac-

25 companied him. And when he had led them up to Emek- Achor, Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us ? The Lord destroy thee, as at this day ! Then all Israel stoned

26 him with stones. And when they had raised over him a great heap of stones, the Lord ceased from the fierceness of his anger. For this cause he called that place Emek-Achor, which is its name at this day.

VIII. . Then the Lord said to Joshua, Fear not, nor be dismayed. Take with thee all the men who arc warriors, and arise,

2 and go up to Gai. Behold I have delivered into thy hands, the king of Gai, and his land; and thou shalt treat Gai, as thou hast treated Jericho, and its king; but the plunder of the cattle thou shalt take for thyself. Lay thee an ambush for the city,

3 behind it. So Joshua arose, and all the warriors, to go up against Gai. And Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty

4 men of valour, and sent them away by night; and he gave them orders, saying, Lie in ambush behind the city; be not at a great

distance from the city, and be all ready; and I, and all the people who are with me, will advance to the city, and when the inhabitants of Gai come out to meet us, as before, we will flee

(x from before them; and as they come after us we will draw them off from the city; for they will say, They are fleeing from us,

7 as they did before. Then you will rise from the ambush, and

8 rush into the city. Act agreeably to these orders; behold I

9 have commanded you. So Joshua despatched them, and they went to lie in ambush, and took their station, between Baithel

10 and Gai, on the west of Gai. And Joshua arose early next morning and reviewed the people, and he and the elders went

11 up before the people to Gai. All the warriors went up with him, and marching on, came before the city, on the east side,

12 now the ambush was on the west side of the city. And when

14 the king of Gai saw them, he hasted, and went out to meet them, straight to battle, he and all his people with him; for he

15 did not know that there was an ambush behind the city. At

16 their appearance Joshua and Israel retreated before them, and they pursued the Israelites, and were drawn off from the city.

17 There was not a man left in Gai, who did not pursue Israel.

18 Nay they left the city open, and pursued Israel. Then the Lord said to Joshua, Stretch forth thy hand, with the spear in thy hand, towards the city; for into thy hands I have delivered it, and the men in ambush will rise quickly from their place. So Joshua stretched forth his hand, with the spear towards the

19 city; and the men in ambush immediately arose from their place. They started up at the instant he stretched forth his hand, and rushed into the city; and having taken it, they hasted

20 and set it on fire. And when the inhabitants of Gai looked back, they saw a smoke rising from the city, up to heaven,

21 and had no where to flee, this way or that. For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, they

22 turned, and smote the men of Gai; and the others issued out of the city to meet them, so that they were in the midst of the army, some being on one side, and some on the other; and they smote them until there was not one left alive, nor any who

23 escaped. They took the king of Gai alive, and brought him to

24 Joshua, and when the Israelites had made an end of slaying all that were in Gai, and all that were in the plains, and on the mountain, at the steep, from which at the last they had driven them, Joshua returned to Gai, and smote it with the edge of

25 the sword. Now they who fell on that day, including men and women, even all the inhabitants of Gai, were twelve thousand.

27 Over and above the spoils which were in the city, the Israelites took all the prey for themselves, according to the command

28 of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua. Then Joshua burned the city with fire, and made it an uninhabitable heap

29 forever, as at this day. And he hanged the king of Gai on a gibbet; and he continued on the gibbet till the evening. But, at the setting of the sun, Joshua gave orders, and they took down his body from the gibbet, and threw it into a pit; and raised over it a heap of stones, which remaineth to this day.

  1. When the kings of the Amorites, who dwelt on the border of the Jordan, and those in the hilly country, and those in the plain, and those along the coast of the great sea, and those bordering on Antilibanus, namely the Chettites, and the Chanan-

ites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Amorites, 2 and the Gergasites, and the Jebusites, heard of these things, they assembled together to attack Joshua and Israel, all at the same time.

VIII. 30 In the mean while Joshua built an altar to the Lord

31 the God of Israel, on mount Garizin, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded Israel, as it is written in the law of Moses, an altar of unwrought stones which iron had never struck, and offered thereon whole burnt offerings to the Lord, and a

32 sacrifice of thanksgiving. And when Joshua had written on the stones the repetition of the law of Moses, in the presence of the

33 children of Israel, then all Israel with their elders, andtheir judges, and their under officers, marched out, some on one side, and some on the other side of the Ark, which was at a distance before them; and the priests and the Lev ites carried the Ark of the covenant of the Lord ; and the proselyte, as well as the home born, attended. One half were on mount Garizin, and the other half on mount Gaibal, as Moses the servant of the

34 Lord commanded; first to bless the people; and afterwards, as Joshua read all the words of that law, the blessings, and the curses, according to all that were written in the law of Moses.

35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded Joshua, which Joshua did not read in the hearing of all the congregation of Israel, to the men and women, and to the children, and the proselytes who sojourned with Israel.

  1. 3 Now when the inhabitants of Gabaon heard all that the Lord had done to Jericho, and Gai, they acted with subtilty.

4 They went and furnished themselves with provisions, and made other suitable preparations, and taking old bags en their

5 shoulders, and old skins of wine which were cracked, and bound up, and shoes for their feet, the under part of which were hollow, and the upper part old and clouted, and the garments they put on being worn out, and the bread for their

6 journey dry, mouldy, and worm eaten, they came to Joshua, to the camp of Israel, at Galgala, and said to Joshua and Israel, We are come from a far distant land, now therefore make a

7 covenant with us. And the children of Israel said to the Chor- rite, Perhaps thou dwellest near me; how then can I make a

8 covenant with thee ? Thereupon they said to Joshua, We are thy

servants. And Joshua said to them, Whence are you? And

9 whence come you ? And they said, Thy servants are come

from a very far distant country, because of the name of the Lord

thy God; for we have heard of his name, and of all that he hath

10 done in Egypt, and what he hath done to the kings of the Amo- rites, who were on the border of the Jordan, to Seon king of the Amorites, and to Og the king of Basan, who dwelt at As-

11 teroth and Edrain. At the news of which, our elders and all the inhabitants of our land spoke to us saying, Take for yourselves provisions for the journey, and go and meet them, and say to them, We are thy servants; make a covenant with us,

12 These loaves we took hot for our journey, on the day we set out to come to you; but now they are dry, and become mouldy;

13 these skins of wine were filled new; but they are cracked; and these our garments, and our shoes, are worn out with the length

14 of the journey. Then the rulers took some of their provisions,

15 and did not consult the Lord. And Joshua made peace with them, and they entered into a covenant with them to save their

16 lives; and the chiefs of the congregation swore to them. But three days after they had entered into covenant with them, they heard that they were in the neighbourhood, and dwelt close by

17 them. Whereupon the children of Israel removed, and came to their cities. Now their cities were Gabaon, and Kephira,

18 and Berot, and the cities of Jarim; But the children of Israel did not make war on them, because all the chiefs had sworn

19 to them by the Lord the God of Israel. When all the congre. gation murmured at the chiefs, the chiefs said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the Lord the God of

20 Israel; now therefore we cannot touch them. This we will do. We will let them live and protect them; that there may be no wrath against us because of the oath which we have sworn to

21 them. They shall live; but they shall be hewers of wood, and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the chiefs have

22 said to them. For Joshua had called them, and said to them, Why did you impose upon me saying, We are far distant from

23 thee, seeing you are our nearest neighbour? Now therefore you are cursed, and not one of you shall escape servitude—from being a hewer of wood, and a drawer of water, for me and my

24 God. And they answered Joshua saying, We were told all that

the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to extirpate us, and all the inhabitants thereof from before you, therefore we were in great terror for our lives

25 because of you, and we did this. And now behold we are in your power, deal with us as you please, and as it seemedi good

26 to you. So they dealt with them in this manner, and Joshua saved them that day out of the hand of the Israelites, and they

27 did not destroy them. And on that day Joshua made them hewers of wood, and draAvers of water, for the whole congregation, and for the altar of God. For this cause the inhabitants of Gabaon are hewers of wood, and drawers of water, for the altar of God, even at this day, and are to be so for the place which the Lord will chuse.

  1. Now when Adonibezek, the king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Gai, and utterly destroyed it; (As they had done to Jericho, and the king thereof, so had they done to Gai, and its king) and that the inhabitants of Gabaon had gone over

2 to Joshua and Israel; (Now there was a great dread on account of them, for he knew that Gabaon was a great city, like one of the chief cities, and that all the inhabitants thereof were men

3 of valour;) Adonibezek, the king of Jerusalem sent to Elam, king of Chebron, and to Phcdon, king of Jerimuth, and to Jephtha, king 6f Lachis, and to Dabin, king of Odollam, say-

4 ing, Haste, come up to me, and help me, and let us smite Ga-

5 baon, for they have revolted to Joshua and the Israelites. So the five kings of the Jebusites, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam, went up, they and their peo-

6 pie, and encamped about Gabaon, and besieged it. Thereupon the inhabitants of Gabaon sent to Joshua, to the camp of Israel, at Galgala, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy servants. Come up to us with all speed, and help us, and deliver us; for all the kings of the Amorites who inhabit the hilly country are

7 assembled against us. So Joshua went up from Galgala, he

8 and all the people of war with him, every man of valour. And the Lord said to Joshua, Be not afraid of them, for I have de-

9 livered them into thy hands. There shall not one of them be left before you. And when Joshua came upon them suddenly, hav-

10 ing marched all night from Galgala, the Lord struck them with

a panic, on account of the children of Israel, and the Lord

routed them, with a great slaughter, at Gabaon. And they

1 pursued them by the way of the ascent of Oronin, and smote

11 them even to Azeka, and to Makeda. And as they were fleeing – ‘ from before Israel, at the descent of Oronin, the Lord poured

a storm of hail stones from heaven upon them, all the way to Azeka; so that there were more who died by the hail stones,

12 than the children of Israel slew with the sword in battle. Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, on the day God delivered up the Amorite into the hand of Israel. When he had discomfited them at Gabaon, and they were routed before the children of Israel, Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gabaon, and

13 the moon over against the valley of Ailon. So the sun stood still, and the moon in its station—until God executed vengeance on their enemies, the sun stood in the midst of heaven; it ad-

14 vanced not to the setting, to the end of a day. So that there never was such a day before, nor after it such an instance of God’s hearkening to man. Because the Lord fought conjointly

16 with Israel, therefore the five kings fled, and hid themselves

17 in the cave at Makeda. And when it was told Joshua, saying,

18 The five kings are found hidden in the cave at Makeda, Joshua said, Roll stones on the mouth of the cave, and set men

19 to keep watch over them; but as for you, halt not; pursue your enemies, and attack their rear, and suffer them not to enter their cities; for the Lord our God hath delivered them

20 into our hands. And when Joshua, and all Israel, had made an end of slaughtering them till they were utterly routed, and

21 those who had escaped had got into fortified cities, all the people returned safe to Joshua to Makeda, and there was not a murmur on the tongue of any one among the children of Israel.

22 Then Joshua said, Open the cave, and bring out the five kings

23 out of the cave. So they brought the five kings out of the cave; the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of

24 Odollam. And when they had brought them out to Joshua, he called together all Israel, namely the chief commanders of the army who went out with him, and said to them, Go near, and put your feet on the necks of those men. And when they

25 had gone near, and put their feet on their necks, Joshua said

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to them, Fear them not, nor be dismayed. Be strong and of good courage; for thus will the Lord do to all your enemies,

26 against whom you fight. So Joshua slew them, and hanged them on five gibbets, and they hung on the gibbets till even-

27 ing. And at the setting of the sun Joshua gave orders, and they took them down from the gibbets, and threw them into the

28 cave, and rolled stones on the cave, which still remain. Now on that day they took Makeda, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every thing therein which breathed. There was not one left who escaped or fled. And when they had done to the king of Makeda as they did to the

29 king of Jericho, Joshua, and all Israel with him, marched from

30 Makeda to Lebna and besieged it; and the Lord delivered it into the hands of Israel, and they took it and the king thereof, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and every thing in it which had breath. There was not one left in it who escaped,

31 or fled. And when they had done to the king thereof as they did to the king of Jericho, Joshua, and all Israel with him, marched from Lebna to Lachis, and encamped about it, and

32 besieged it. And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and they took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it as they had

33 done Lebna. At that time Elam, king of Gazer, having come up to assist Lachis, Joshua smote him with the edge of the

34 sword, till there was none of them left who escaped, or fled. Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, went from Lachis to Odollam,

35 and encamped about it, and besieged it. And the Lord delivered it into the hand of Israel, and they took it that day, and

36 smote it with the edge of the sword. And when they had slain every living soul therein, as they had done at Lachis, Joshua, and all Israel with him, went to Chebron, and encamped about it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and every living

37 soul therein. Not one escaped. As they had done to Odollam,

38 they utterly destroyed it, and all that were in it. Then Joshua, and all Israel, wheeled round to Dabir, and encamped about it,

39 and took it, and the king thereof, and the villages thereof. And he smote it with the edge of the sword. And they utterly destroyed it, and every soul in it. They did not leave one alive. As they had done to Chebron, and its king, so they did to Da-

40 bir, and its king. Thus did Joshua smite all the hilly country, and Nageb, and the plain, and Asedoth, and the kings thereof. They did not leave one of them alive. They utterly destroyed every one who breathed the breath of life, as the Lord God of

41 Israel had commanded. From Kades-barne to Gaza, Joshua smote at one time all the land of Gosom, quite to Gabaon, all their kings, and their land, for the Lord the God of Israel fought for Israel.

  1. Now when Jabis, king of Azor, heard this, he sent to Jo-

2 bab king of Maran, and to the king of Symoon, and to the king of Aziph, and to the kings who bordered on great Sidon, to

3 the hilly country, and to Araba over against Keneroth, and to the plain, and to Phenaeddor, and to the Chananites, on the eastern shore of the sea, and to the Amorites, on the sea shore, and to the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites, on the mountain, and to the Evites, and to those at the foot of

4 Aermon, to the land of Massuma; and they, and their kings with them, came out like the sand of the sea for multitude,

5 with horses and chariots in great abundance. And when all these kings had assembled, and formed a junction, and encamped at the water of Maron to fight against Israel; the Lord

6 said to Joshua, Be not afraid of them, for to-morrow, about this time, I will deliver them up vanquished before Israel. Thou shalt hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with

7 fire. So Joshua and all the warriors came upon them suddenly, at the water of Maron, and fell upon them in the hilly cou lift try: and the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel, and

they pursued them with slaughter, to great Sidon, and to Ma-

seron, and to the plains of Massoch, eastward, and hewed them

9 down till there was none of them left alive. And Joshua did to

them as the Lord commanded him. Their horses he ham-

10 stringed; and their chariots he burned with fire. And at that time Joshua turned back, and took Asor, and the king thereof.

11 (Now Asor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.) And they slew every living soul in it, with the sword, and utterly

12 destroyed all, so that there was not one left in it alive. And they burned Asor with fire. Then Joshua took all the cities of those kingdoms, and the kings thereof, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them, as Moses

13 the servant of the Lord had commanded. (But Israel did not burn any of the cities which were built on lofty situations, ex-

14 cept Asor; this alone Israel burned;) And the Israelites took all the spoils thereof for themselves, and exterminated the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, until they destroyed them.

15 They did not leave a breathing soul of them. As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, and as Moses gave it in charge to Joshua, so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that

16 Moses commanded him. So Joshua took all the hilly country, and all the land of Nageb, and all the land of Gosom, and the

17 plain, and that to the west, and the mountain of Israel, and the lowlands adjoining the mountain, from mount Chelcha, and that which stretcheth up to Seir, even to Balagacl, and the plains of Libanus, at the foot of mount Aermon. He took, and

18 smote, and slew, all the kings thereof. Joshua indeed waged war against those kings for several years, so that there was not

19 a city which Israel did not take. They took them all by battle. ,20 For the Lord permitted them to assume courage to come to

battle with Israel, that they might be utterly destroyed, that no mercy might be shewn them; but that they might be utterly

21 destroyed, as the Lord commanded Moses. At that time also, Joshua went, and rooted out the Enakims from the hilly country, from Chebron, and from Dabir, and from Anaboth, and from the whole race of Israel, and from all the mountain of

22 Juda. Them, with their cities, Joshua destroyed. So that, by means of the children of Israel, there was not one of the Enakims left, except some who were in Gaza, and in Geth, and in

23 Aseldo. And when Joshua had taken all the land as the Lord commanded Moses, he gave it for an inheritance to Israel, in parcels, according to their tribes; and the land rested from war.

XII. Now these are the kings of the land, whom the Israelites slew, and whose land they possessed, on the east side of the Jordan, from the vale of Arnon to mount Aermon, compre-

2 hending all the land of Araba to the east—Seon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Esebon; whose dominion extended from Arnon which is in the vale, along part of the vale, and the

3 half of Galaad to Jabok, the boundary of the Ammonites, comprehending Araba, to the east side of the sea of Cheneroth, and to the sea of Araba, the east side of the salt sea, the way in front of Aseimoth, that leading from Thaiman, at the foot

4 of Asedoth Phasga: and Og, king of Basan, who was a rem-

5 nant of the giants, and who dwelt at Astaroth, and Edrain, and whose dominion extended from mount Aermon, and from Sek- chai, over all the land of Basan, to the borders of Gergesi, and over Machi, and the half of Galaad, to the borders of

6 Seon king of Esebon. These, Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel, smote ; and Moses gave this land for a possession to Reuben, and Gad, and to the half of the tribe of Manasses.

7 And these are the kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua and the children of Israel slew, on the west side of the Jordan, from Balagad in the valley of Libanus, to mount Chelcha, as you go up to Seir; and which Joshua gave for a possession to the tribes of Israel, according to their respective lots, comprehending the Chettites, and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Jebusites, on the mountains, and in the plains, and in Araba, and in Asedoth,

9 and in the wilderness, and in Nageb: the king of Jericho, and the king of Gai, which is near Bethel; the king of Jerusalem; the king of Chebron; the king of Jerimuth; the king of La- chis; the king of Ailam; the king of Gazer; the king of Da- bir: the king of Gadir; the king of Ermath; the king of Ader;

15 the king of Lebna; the king of Odollam; the king of Elath; the king of Taphut; the king of Ophcr; the king of Ophek of Arok ; the king of Asom ; the king of Symoon ; the king of Mambroth; the king of Aziph; the king of Kades; the king of Zachak; the king of Maredoth; the king of Jekom of Carmel; the king of Odollam of Phennealdor; the king of Gei of Galilee; the king of Thersa; all these kings were twenty nine.

XIII. Joshua was now far advanced in years, therefore the

2 Lord said to Joshua, Thou art advanced in years, and there is much land left to be taken possession of. Now this is the land which is left—the borders of the Philistines, the Geseritcs, and

3 the Chananites. The land from the desart which is before Egypt, to the borders of Akkaron, on the left of the Chananites, is set out to the five Satrapies of the Philistines, the Gaz- ites and the Azotians, and the Askalonites, and the Getthites,

4 and the Akkaronites, comprehending the Evaites. From Thaiman, throughout the whole land, lieth Chanaan before Gaza. And the Sidonians extend to Aphek, and to the borders of

5 the Amorites. Now all the land of Galiath-phylistiim, and all Libanus, from the rising of the sun—from Galgal, at the foot

6 of mount Aermon, to the bay of Aimath—all the inhabitants of the hilly country, from Libanus to Masereth-memphomaim —all the Sidonians—them I will myself drive out from before Israel; but distribute thou it, by lot, to Israel, as I have com-

7 manded thee. Now therefore divide this land, for a possession among the nine tribes, and the half of the tribe of Manasses. Thou shalt give it from the Jordan to the great sea, at the set-

8 ting of the sun: that great sea shall be your boundary. To the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and to the half of the tribe of Manasses, Moses hath given on the eastern border of the Jordan.

9 Moses the servant of the Lord had given them from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook Arnon, that city which is in the middle of the vale, and all Misor from Maidaban—all the cities of Seon, king of the Amorites, who reigned at Esebon, to the borders of the children of Ammon; and Galaaditis; and the country of the Geserites, and the Machatites; all mount Aermon; and all Basanitis to Acha; all the kingdom of Og, in Basanitis, who reigned in Astaroth and-Edrain, he was a remnant of the giants, and Moses smote him and destroyed

13 him. Now the children of Israel had not destroyed the Gesir- ites, nor the Machatite, who was a Chananite. And the king of Gesiri, and the Machatite, still dwelt among the Israelites.

14 But to the tribe of Levi there was no possession given. The Lord, the God of Israel is himself their possession, as the Lord said to them.

Now this was the distribution which Moses made to the children of Israel at Araboth-Moab, on the border of the Jor-

15 dan, over against Jericho.—To the tribe of Reuben, according to their communities, Moses gave, and these were their bor-

16 ders; from Aroer, which is in front of the vale of Arnon, including the city in the vale of Arnon, all the Misor to Esebon, and

17 all the cities in Misor, namely Daibon, and Baimon-baal, and

18 house of Meelboth, and Basan, and Bakedmoth, and Mai-

19 phaad, and Kariathaim, and Sebama, and Serada, and Sion on

20 mount Enab, and Bahhphogor, and Asedothphasga, and Bai-

21 thaseinoth, even all the cities of Misor, and all the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, whom Moses slew, and with him the leaders of Madiam, Evi, and Robok, and Sour, and Our,

22 and Robe, the chief; at the rifling of Sion, when the Israelites slew the inhabitants of Sion, and in the route, Balaam son of

23 Beor the prophet. These were the borders of Reuben, and Jordan was a boundary. This was the possession of the children of Reuben, according to their communities, and these were

24 their cities and their sheepcots. And to the children of Gad, according to their communities, Moses gave, and these were

25 their borders, Jazer, all the cities of Galaad, and the half of the land of Ammon, even to Araba, which is in front of Arad,

26 and from Esebon to Araboth, over against Massepha, and Bo-

27 tanim, and Maan to the border of Daibon, and Enadom, and Othargai, and Bainthanabra, and Sokchotha, and Saphan, and the residue of the kingdom of Seon, king of Esebon. And the Jordan is their boundary, to a part of the sea of Cheneroth,

28 on the east side of the Jordan. This is the possession of the children of Gad, according to their communities, and according to their cities. According to their communities they can face their enemies ; for their cities, and their sheepcots, were distributed according to their communities.

29 And to the half of the tribe of Manasses, according to their

30 communities, Moses gave, and these were their borders; from Maan, all the kingdom of Basan, even all the kingdom of Og, king of Basan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Basani-

31 tis, sixty cities, and the half of Galaad, and in Astaroth, and in Edrain, the cities of the kingdom of Og, in Basanitis. These lie gave to the Machirites, the children of Manasses, to one half of the Machirites, the children of Manasses, according to

32 their communities. These were they to whom Moses gave possessions on the east side of the Jordan, at Araboth-Moab, on the bank of the Jordan over against Jericho.

XIV. Now these are they of the children of Israel who got possessions in the land of Chanaan, to whom Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nave, and the chiefs of the partriarchal fa- 2 milies of the tribes of Israel, gave possessions. They gave possessions by lot, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Joshua, to nine tribes and the half of a tribe on this side the Jor-

4 dan; but to the Levites he gave no lot among them. Because the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasses and Ephraim; there was therefore no portion of land given to the Levites, but only cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for their

5 cattle; for they had cattle. As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, when they divided the land.

6 Now the children of Juda had come to Joshua at Galgal, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, the Kenezite said to him,

7 Thou knowest the word which the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, respecting me and thee at Kades-barne; for I was forty years old, when Moses the servant of God sent me from Kacles-barne to spy the land, and I made him a report to his

8 mind. My brethren who went up with me disturbed the heart of the people; but I determined to follow the Lord my God;

9 so Moses solemnly promised that day, saying, The land to which thou hast gone up shall be thy lot, and thy children’s forever, for a possession, because thou hast determined to fol-

10 low the Lord our God. Now the Lord hath kept me alive as he said. This is the forty fifth year since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, and Israel commenced their wanderings in

11 the wilderness. And behold I am now eighty five years of age; yet I am now as strong as when Moses sent me; as able now

12 as then to go out and come in to battle; now therefore I ask of thee that mountain, as the Lord said on that day; for thou didst hear the word on that day. The Enakims indeed are now there; the cities are fortified and large; if then the Lord be with me,

13 I will exterminate them, as the Lord said to me. Thereupon Joshua blessed him, and gave to Chaleb son of Jephonne, the

14 Kenezite, Chebron for a possession. For this cause Chebron had become the possession of Chaleb son of Jephonne, the Kenezite, at this day, because he followed the command of the Lord God of Israel. Now the name of Chebron, formerly, was city Argob. It was the metropolis of the Enakims.

  1. Now when the land had rest from war, the borders of the tribe of Juda, according to their communities, were southward along the borders of Idumea, from the wilderness of Sin

2 to Kades-barnc; and thence their southern boundary was to a

3 part of the salt sea. From that extreme point which stretcheth to the south, the boundary beginneth its course over against the steep of Akrabin, and runneth round Sena, then goeth up south of Kades-barne, and runneth by Asoron, and goeth up

4 to Sarada; and quitting this directly west of Kades, it proceed- eth on to Selmona, and thence to the torrent of Egypt, and the termination of this their boundary was to be at the sea. This

5 is their southern boundary. And their boundary on the east is the whole extent of the salt sea to the Jordan. And their boundary on the north, beginning at the head of the sea, and a part

6 of the Jordan, runneth up to Baithaglaam, and passeth along on the north side of Baitharaba; thence the boundary goeth

7 up to the stone of Baion, son of Reuben; thence the boundary advanceth on to the fourth part of the valley of Achor, then goeth down to Galgal, which is over against the steep of Adam- min, which is on the south side of the valley; thence it striketh off to the water of the fountain of the sun, and its termination there

8 is to be the fountain Rogel; thence the boundary goeth up to the valley of Ennom, on the south side of Jebus, which is Jerusalem ; then the boundary turneth off to the top of the mountain which is to the west, in front of the valley of Ennom, which

9 is the northern part of the land of Raphain; and from the top . of the mountain the boundary turneth off to the fountain of

10 water, Naphtho; and thence to the mountain Ephron; thence the boundary is to stretch on to Baal, which is the city Jarim, then the boundary is to come round west of Baal, and pass on to mount Assar,on the back and north side of the city Jarim, which is Chaslon, and go down to the city of the sun, passing it on the

11 south side; then the boundary goeth out back of Akkaron northward; thence the boundary is to pass on to Sokchoth,

12 and thence turning southward, to pass on to Lebna. And the termination of this boundary is to be at the sea. And with regard to the western boundary, the great sea is to be that boundary. These were the boundaries of the children of Juda, according to their communities round about.

13 Now to Chaleb son of Jephonnehe had given a portion in the midst of the children of Juda. By the command of God, Joshua had given him the city Arbok, the metropolis of Enak,

14 the same is Chebron; and Chaleb son of Jephonne had driven out thence the three sons of Enak, Sousi, and Tholami, and

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15 Achima. And when Chaleb went up thence, against the inhabitants of Dabir, (now the name of Dabir formerly was The

16 City of Letters] Chaleb said, Whoever will take the city of letters and subdue it, I will give him my daughter Aschan for

17 a wife. Whereupon Gothonicl son of Chenez, Chaleb’s bro-

18 ther took it. So he gave him his daughter Aschan for a wife. And as she was going out to him she consulted with him, saying, Let me ask a field of my father. And when she had cried aloud from the ass, and Chaleb said to her, What is the mat-

19 ter with thee? she said to him, Give me a blessing. Seeing thou hast sent me to the land of Nageb, give me Botthanis. So he gave her the upper and lower Gonaithla.

20 This was the lot of inheritance of the children of Juda;

21 and the cities belonging to the tribe of the children of Juda; on the borders of Edom, adjoining the wilderness, were Baise-

22 leel, and Ara, and Asor, and Ikam and Regma, and Aruel, and 25 Kades, and Asorionain, and Mainam, and Balmainan, with

their villages; and the cities of the Aserons, which is Aser, and Sen, and Salmaa, and Molada, and Seri, and Baiphalath, and Cholaseola, and Bersabee, with their villages and sheep- cots: Bala, and Bakok, and Asom, and Elboydad, and Baith- el, and Erma, and Sekelak, and Macharim, and Sethannak, and Labos, and Sale, and Eromoth, twenty nine cities with

33 their villages. In the plain, Astaol, and Raa, and Assa, and Ra- men, and Tano, and Iluthoth, and Maiani, and Jermuth, and Odollam, and Membra, and Saocho, and Jaseka, and Sakarim, and Gadera, with its villages—fourteen cities, with their villa-

37 ges: Senna, and Adosan, and Magadalgad,and Dalad, and Mas- pha,andJachareel, and Basedoth, and Ideadalea, and Chabra,and Maches, and Maachos, and Geddor, and Bagadiel,and Neman,

42 and Machedan; sixteen cities with their villages. Lebna, and Ithak, and Anoch, and Jana, and Nasib, and Keilam, and Akiezi, and Kezib, and Bathesar, and Ailom, ten cities with

45 their villages: Akkaron, and the villages thereof, with their sheepcots; bordering on Akkaron, Gemna, and all that lay near Asedoth, with their villages; Asiedoth, and the sheep- cots thereof, Gaza, and the villages thereof, and its sheepcots, to the brook of Egypt; and the great sea is the boundary.

48 And in the hilly country, Samir, and Jether, and Socha, and Renna, and city of letters, this is Dabir, and Anon, and Es. and Man, and Aisam, and Gosom, and Chalu, and Channa,

and Gelom; eleven cities with their villages; Airem, and 52 Remna, and Soma, and Jemain, and Baithachu, and Phakua,

and Eyma, and city Arbok, this is Chebron, and Soraith, 55 nine cities with their sheepcots: Maor, and Chermel, and

Ozib,and Itan, and Jariel, and Arikam, and Zakanaim, andGa- 58 baa, and Thamnatha, nine cities with their villages; Ailua,

and Bethsur, and Geddon, and Magaroth, and Baithanam, and

60 Thekum, six cities with their villages: Theko, and Ephratha, this is Baithlehem, and Phagor, and Aitan, and Kulon, and Tatam, and Thobes, and Karera, and Galem, and Thether, and Manocho, eleven cities with their villages : Kariath-baal, this is the city Jarim, and Sotheba, two cities with their sheep-

61 cots: and Baddargis, and Tharabaam, and Ainon, and Aio- chioza, and Naphlazon, and the cities Sadon and Agkades,

63 seven cities with their villages. But the Jebusites dwelt in Jerusalem, and the children of Juda were not able to destroy them. So the Jebusites had dwelt in Jerusalem to this day.

XVI. And the borders of the children of Joseph were from the Jordan, in front of Jericho eastward, and to go up from Je-

2 richo to the hilly country—the wilderness to Baithel-louza, and having come out to Baithel, the boundary is to run along the

3 borders of Achatarothi, and proceed westward, along the borders of Aptalim, till it reacheth the borders of lower Baithoron;

4 and the termination thereof is to be at the sea. And when the

5 children of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasses, got their possessions, the borders of the children of Ephraim, according to dreir communities were these. The boundary of their possession from the east were Ataroth, and Erok, till it reached the

6 upper Baithoron, and Gazara; then the boundary was to proceed westward to Ikasmon, on the north side of Therma, then to come round eastward to Thenasa, and Selles, and from the east border of that to pass on to Janoka, and to Macho, and Ataroth, including their villagesthen to come to Jericho,

8 and terminate at the Jordan: And from Taphu the boundary was to run westward by Chclkana and to terminate at the sea. This possession of the tribe of Ephraim, according to their

9 communities, with the cities set apart for the children of Ephraim, in the inheritance of the children of Manasses, com-

10 prehended all their cities and their villages. But Ephraim did not destroy the Chananites who dwelt in Gazer. So the Cha- nanites have dwelt among the Ephraimites to this day.

XVII. And the borders of the tribe of the children of Manas- ses were these—Because he was the first born of Joseph, Ma- chir the first born of Manasses, the father of Galaad, being a man of war, had a possession in Galaaditis, and in Basanitis;

2 and the rest of the sons of Manasses had possessions according to their communities, namely, the sons of Jezi, and the sons of Kelez, and the sons of Jeziel, and the sons of Sychem, and the sons of Symarim, and the sons of Opher. These were the

3 males according to their communities. Now Salpaad, son of Opher, had no sons, but only daughters; and these were the names of the daughters of Salpaad, Maala, and Noua, and

4 Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa; and they stood before Elea- zar the priest, and before Joshua, and before the chiefs and said, God hath, by the ministry of Moses, commanded to give

5 us an inheritance among our brethren. Accordingly there was a possession given them, by the command of the Lord, among their father’s brothers, and their lot happened to be on the borders of Anassa, the plain of Labek, a part of the land of

6 Galaad, on the bank of the Jordan, because the daughters of the children of Manasses had a possession in the midst of their brethren; and Galaad belonged to the rest of the children of Manasses.

7 Now these were the borders of the children of Manasses; Delanath, which is in front of the children of Anath, and ex- tendeth to the borders, to Jamin, and Jassib, to the fountain

8 Thaphthoth, is to belong to Manasses; but Thapheth, which is within the bounds of the Manassites, is to belong to the chil-

9 dren of Ephraim. Thence the boundary is to go down to the vale of Karana, on the south side, over against the vale of Ja- riel; but Tereminthus, which is within the bounds of a city of

10 Manasses, is to belong to Ephraim; then the border of Manasses runneth northward, to the brook, and his boundary is to be the sea. The south side belonged to Ephraim, and the north

11 side to Manasses, and the sea was to be their boundary. And on the north they were to join upon Aser, and on the east upon Issachar. And Manasses was to have in Issachar, and in

Aser, Baithsan, with their villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, and its villages, and the inhabitants of Mageddo, and its villa-

12 ges, and the third part of Mapheta, and its villages; but the Manassites were not able to exterminate the inhabitants, of

13 these cities. The Chananites had begun to settle in that land, and when the Israelites became strong, they brought the Cha- nanites into subjection, and did not utterly extirpate them.

14 When the children of Joseph complained to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given us but one lot, and one portion, to inherit, seeing I am a numerous people, and God hath blessed

15 me ? Joshua said to them, If thou art a numerous people, go up into the forest and clear it for thyself, if the mountain

16 Ephraim be too narrow for thee. Whereupon they said we are not satisfied with mount Ephraim, and the Chananites, who dwell there in Baithsan, and its villages, and in the valley of

17 Jezrael, have choice horses, and iron. But Joshua said to the children of Joseph, If thou art a numerous people, and hast great power, thou wilt not have one lot only, for the forest will

18 be thine. Though it is a forest thou canst clear it, and it shall be thine when thou hast rooted out the Chananites. For though they have choice horses, thou shalt excel them in strength.

XVIII. When all the congregation of Israel assembled at Se-

2 lo, and fixed there the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued under them, but there still remained among the children of Israel seven tribes who had not received their por-

3 tions, Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will you be devoid of courage, to take possession of the land which

4 the Lord our God hath given? Appoint from among you three men of a tribe, and let them arise, and go through the land, and lay before me a draught of it, as it ought to be divided.

5 And when they came to him he distinguished for them seven portions, saying, Let Juda stand. Their boundary is south of this. And let the children of Joseph stand. Their boundary is north of this. Divide ye therefore the land into seven parcels, and bring them to me, and I will cast the lot for you before the

7 Lord our God; for the children of Levi are to have no lot among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their portion; and Gad and Reuben, and the half of the tribe of Manasses, have received their possession on the eastern bank of the Jor-

8 dan—that which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them. So the men prepared to set out, and when they were going to traverse the land, Joshua gave them a charge, saying, Go and traverse the land, and come to me, and I will here cast the lots

9 for you before the Lord, at Selo. So they went, and traversed the land, and when they had viewed it, and written it by cities in seven parcels hi books, they brought them to Joshua, and

10 Joshua cast lots for them at Selo, before the Lord, and the lot

11 of the tribe of Benjamin came out first, according to their communities, and the bounds of their lot came out between the

12 children of Juda, and the children of Joseph; and these were their borders. On the north their boundary was to go up from the Jordan, back of Jericho, on the north side, and to run west-

13 ward to the mountain, and come out at Mabdaritis-Baithon; thence the boundary was to run to the border of Louza, back of Louza on the south side of it, this is Baithel; thence the boundary was to run down to Maatarob-Orech, by the high

14 land which is south of the lower Baithoron; thence the boundary was to wind, and proceed to that part on the south which overlookeththe sea, from the mountain before Baithoron southward, and to terminate at Kariathbaal, that is Kariathiarim, a city of the children of Juda. This was the western part. And

15 with regard to the southern part; from a part of Kariathbaal, the boundary :‘was to run to Gasin, by the fountain of water

16 Naphtho; thence the boundary was to run down part of the way, that is, in front of the forest Sonnam, which is the northern part of Emek-raphain; thence down to Gehenna, back of

17 Jebusi, south of it, down to the fountain Rogel; then to turn off to the fountain Baithsamys, and pass on to Galiloth, which is over against the steep of Aithamin; then down to the stone

18 of Baion, one of the sons of Reuben; then to run back of Baithabara, north of it, down to the border at the north end of

19 the sea; and the termination of this boundary was to be at the north bay of the salt sea, and at the south end of the Jordan.

20 This was the southern boundary. And the Jordan was to be the eastern boundary. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, and these their borders round about, according to

21 their communities. And the cities of the Benjaminites according to their communities were Jericho, and Bethegaio, and

Amekasis, and Baithabara, and Sara, and Besana, and Aiein, and Phara, and Ephratha, and Karapha, and Kephira, and Morn, and Gabaa, twelve cities with their villages: Gabaon, and

25 Rama, and Beerotha, and Massema, and Miron, and Amoke, and Phira, and Kaphan, and Nakan, and Selekan, and Tha- reela, and Jebus, this is Jerusalem, and Gabaoth-Jarim, thirteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to their communities.

XIX. Next came out the lot of the children of Symeon, and their inheritance was in the midst of the lots of the children of 2 Juda. And this was their lot—Bersabe, and Semao, and Ke- ladam, and Arsola, and Bola, and Jason, and Erthula, and Bula, and Erma, and Sikelak, and Baithmachereb, and Sarsusin, and Batheroth, with their fields, thirteen cities with their villages;

7 Eremmon, and Thalecha, and Jather, and Asan, four cities with their villages, around these their cities, as far as Balek on

8 the way to Bameth southward. This was the inheritance of the

9 tribe of the Symeonites according to their communities. From the portion of Juda was taken the inheritance of the tribe of the Symeonites; because the portion of the children of Juda was too large for them, therefore the children of Symeon got an in- heritance in the midst of their portion. ‘

10 And the third lot came out for Zabulon, according to their communities; and these were to be the bounds of their inhe-

11 ritance—Esedekgola, the sea and Magalda, were to be their boundaries, and their boundary was to join upon Baitharaba, at

12 the valley which is in front of Jekman: then it turned up from Sedduck, from the east of Baithsamys, along the borders of Chaselothaidi, and was to turn off to Dabiroth, and go up to Phaggai; thence to come round on the other side, eastward to Gebere, by the city Katesem, and pass on by Remmonaa

14 Matharaoza; then the boundary was to go round, northward, by Amoth, and the termination of it was to be at Gaphael. Including Katanath, and Nabaal, and Symoon, and Jericho, and

16 Baithman, this was the inheritance of the children of Zabulon, according to their communities, their cities and their villages.

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Reb’es, and Remmas, and Jeon, and Tomman, and Aimerek, and Bersaphes, and their borders were to jo\n tin Gaithfeor,va«d on .Salim westward, and on Baithsamys> and the termination of

23 their boundary was to be the Jordan. “This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar, aaccording to their communities, their cities and their villages. t”

24 And the fifth lot came out for Aser, according to their communities; And their borders were Exaleketh, and Alepji, fnd Baithok, and Neaph, and ‘Elimelech, and Amiel,4md Maasa, % and to join on Karmelo, Westward, and on Sion and Labanath, and to turn from the rising of jthe sun, and Buithegeneth; and to join Zabulon, and Ekgai, and Phthaiel, on the north; then the. boundary is to come to Saphthaibaithmie, and Inagi, qpd turn off to Chobamasomel, and Elbon, and Raab, and Erne*

29 maon, and Kanthan, till it reached great Sidon; Then ‘the boundary is to turn up to Rama, and to the fountain Maspha^.

30 set, and the Tynans; Then the boundary is to turn up to Ja- siph; and the termination of it is to be the sea, including Apo- leb,and Echozob, and Archob, and Aphek, and Raau; this was » the inheritance of the children of Aser, according to their communities, inclu<nug their cities and their villages.

32 And the sixth lot came out for Nephthaleim, and their borders were Moolam, and. ftfola, and Besemin, and Arme, and Naboch, and Jephthamai^even to Dodam, aod the terminations were the Jordan ; then their boundary was to turn westward, by Aththaboiy and then turn off to Jakana, and join Zabulon on the south, an& Asef*on the we3t,e,and Jordan on the east.

35 Now the fenced cities of the Tyriafcs,, weresjTyre.and Oma- . – thadaketh, and^Kensreth, and Armait||, and Arael,’ ahd”.Asqjr, and Kades, and Assari, andtBathaservand)J4eroe,fc“and Mega.? laarim, and Baiththame, and Thessamns. This was the inhe-

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40 And the seventh lot came out for- Dan; and their borders were Sarath, and Asa, and the cities Sammaus, ana Salamia, and Ammorf, and Silatht, and Elon, and Thamnatha, *nd Ak- karon, and Alkatha, and Begethon, and _Gebeelanj|tend Afeox, and Banaibakat, and Gethrimmop, … west of Jerajtpn,

48 the border hear Joppa. This was the inheritance of the tr^>e of ‘ the Danites, according to their communities, including their

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cities and their*villages. (But the^children of Dan did not root outjthe Amoritqs who distressed them on the mountains, and the Amorites .Ad not ^suffer them to come Gown into the valley.

47 Nay they took from them the border of their portion. Whereupon tljc children of Dan went and made war on Lachis, and . topljuV^UKJl smote it with the edge t>f the sword, and dwelt there, and called its name Lasen” Dan. The Amorites continued also to dwell in Elom, and Salamin, but the hand of TLphraim. was heavy upon them, and they were made tributa- riej&to them.) *

49 Now when the children, of Israel set out to enter into the land, according to their respective bounds, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nave, a portion among them. By the command

^’ of^ God, they gave him the city.which he askqd, namely ]tham- » n:c>;iiTidi, which is on mount Ephraim, and h&rebuilt the city, „ and/dwelt there. ,

5T These were the pottions which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nave, and the chiefs of the patriarchal families, distributed by lot among the tribes of Israel, at Selo, in the presence of the Lord, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testi- f mony. So they set out to take possession of the land.

  1. Now the Lord had spoken to Joshua, paying, Speak to

2 <the children of Israel and say, Give the cities pftrefuge which I ordered you by Moses, a refuge for the manslayer who hadi

3 killed a person unawares: And these cities shall be for you a refuge, that the player may not b,e put to d€ath by the avenger

7 of yood, until he stand Before the congregation for trial; and he had set apart Kades, in Galilee, on mount Nephthaleim, and * ^Sy’oh&n^ onmVunt Etihraim, andthe city/Arbok^which is Che- $ bron,, on the meuritam o^Juda^ And on the bank of the Jor- vdah they had$iven B^sor, in the wilderness, in the plain, from the tribe, pf Reuben, and. Aremoth in Galaad, from the tribf of x‘» (jadyfand GaflSon in Basanitis from the tribe^ of Manasses. 9, These a|e thfe cities renowned among the children of Israel and * die:pjjpselytes who dwell among the®, fo{ueveryone who smit- cth a person unawares to flee thither, that he may not “die by the hahdc)f the avertger of blood, until he stand before the congregation for triaf?

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dren of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nave, and to the chiefs of the patriarchal families, of the tribes

2 of Israel, and spoke to them at Selo, in the land of Chains;-.’ saying, The Lord, by the ministry of Moses, commanded to give us cities to dwell in, with the arable lands ajpund for our

3 cattle; whereupon the children of Israel gave the’Levites for a possession, by the command of the Lord, the following cities

4 with their suburbs. And the lot came out for the community of Kaath, and there fell by lot to the children of Aaron, the priests, who were Levites, out of the tribe of Juda, and from’ the tribe of Symeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen

5 cities; and to the rest of the Kaathites out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and from half of the tribe

6 of Manasses by lot ten cities; and to the Gersonites, from’the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Aser, and from the tribe of Nephthaleim, and from the half of the tribe of Manas-

7 ses in Basan,’thirteen cities; And to the Merarites, according to their communities, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zabulon, by lot, twelve ci-

8 ties. These cities, with their suburbs, the children of Israel

9 gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord commanded M^ses. -So the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, gave, and there were given from the tribe of the children of Benjamin, the following cities which were assigned

10 to the children of Aaron, of the community of Kaath, who were

11 Levites—because the lot fell to them, they gave them Kari- atharbok, the capital of the Enakims, which is Chebron, on the

12 mountain of Juda. Now the suburbs around it, and the fields belonging to the city, and the villages thereof, Joshua had given to the children of Chaleb, son of Jephonne, for a possession;

13 but to the sons of Aaron, they gave Qhcbron*- the city of refuge 14- for the manslaycr, with what was set apart for -i^as sud», and

Lemma with its suburbs, and Ailom with its suburbs, and Tema with its suburbs, and Gella with its suburbs, and Dabir with its sutmrbsy-and^Asa with its suburbs, and Tanu with’its 17 suburbs,-,and Baithsamys with its suburbs, n’me cities from these two tribes; and from the^tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon with its suburbs, and Gatheth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs, and Gamala with its suburbs, four cities. *A11 the cities of the children of Aaron the priests were thirteen.

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I 20 And to the communities of the Kaathitcs, the Levites, the rest

of* the Kaathites, was assigned, from the tribe of Ephraim, the . city of their priests; and they gave them Sychem, the city of refuge for the manslayer with its appurtenances, and Gazara with its fields and its suburbs, and Baithoron with its suburbs, four cities; and from the tribe of Dan, Elkothaim with its suburbs, and Gethedan with its suburbs, and Ailon with its sub-

25 urbs, and Getheremmon with its suburbs, four cities; and from the half of the tribe of Manasses, Tanach with its suburbs, and

26 Jebatha with its suburbs, two cities. All the cities for the remaining communities of the Kaathites were ten, with their suburbs.

27 And to the children of Gerson, the Levites, they gave out of the half of the tribe of Manasses, the city set apart for the

… manslayers, Gaulon in Basanitis with its suburbs, and Bosora

28 with its suburbs, two cities; and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison with its suburbs, and Lebba with its suburbs, and Rem- mathwith its suburbs, and Fountain of letters with its suburbs,

30 four cities; and out of the tribe of Aser, Basellan with its suburbs, and Dabbon with its suburbs, and Chelkat with its su-

32 burbs, and Raab with its suburbs, four cities; and out of the tribe of Nephthaleim, Kades in Galilee, the city set apart for the slayer, with its suburbs, and Nemmath with its suburbs, and Themmon with its suburbs, three cities. All the cities of the Gersonites, according to their communities, were thirteen cities, w

34 And to the community of the Merarites, the rest of the Levites, they gave out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan with its suburbs, and Kades with its suburbs, and Sella with its su-

36 burbs, three cities; and on the bank of the Jordan, over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Reuben, the city of refuge for the slayer, namely, Bosor, in the wilderness, which is called Miso with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs, and Dekmon with its suburbs, and Mapha with its suburbs, four cities;

38 and from the tribe of Gael,-the city of refuge for die slayer, namely, Ramoth in Galaad with its suburbs, and Kamin with its suburbs, and Esbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs; all the cities four. All the cities for the children of

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41 borders. All the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty eight with the

42 grounds appropriate to them, around these cities. All these cities had every one a circuit of ground around1 it.

,. Now when Joshua Rad finished dividing the land among them by their borders, the children of Israel gave Joshua a portion, by the command of the Lord. They gave him the oity which- he asked. They gave him Thamnasachar on mount Ephraim, and Joshua rebuilt the city, and dwelt therein. And Joshua look the stone knives with which he had circumcised the children of Israel, who were born by die way in the wilderness, and deposited them at Thamnasachar. *

43 Thus the Lord gave fsrael all the land which he solemnly promised to giw to their fathers, and diey took possession of,

44 it, and dwelt thereija; ,and the Lord g^ve them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers. Of all their enemies not one rose up against them. The Lord delivered all their enemies

45 into thejr hands. There was not a failure of any of the good things which the Lord spoke to die children of Israelr. They were all accomplished. ,

XXII. Then Joshua convened the.’children”of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half of the’tribe ofManasses, and

2 said to them, You have^hearkened to all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you; and yGu have obeyed my

3 orders according to all diat he commanded you. You have not for these many years left your brethren: even to this day vou

4 have kept the command of the Lord your God.Now tne Lord Bur God hath given our brethren rest as he promised them. ,Now therefore ^return and go to your homes, and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you on the b>ank of the Jordan.

5 But be very careful to perform the’ commandments and the law which Mo%es the servant of the Lord charged you to do, to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his:Vays, to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him and serve him with your ,

6 whole heart, and with your whole soul. Then Joshua blessed them and dismissed them, and they set out on their return to their homes.

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7 Now to one half of the! tribe of Manasses Moses had given a possession in Basanitis, and to the other half Joshua jgave

^ one on the western side of the Jordan, .among their brethren.

8 So when Joshua had sent them away^o their homes-,:arid blessed them, they set out homew^ds with much wealth, for

they had^shardd with their brethren, vast numbers of cattle, ana a greatfabundaHce of Silver, and gqld, and iron, and*ai-,n

9 mentg the spoil of their enemies. And when the children of, ‘ Reuben, and me children-6f Gad,,-and the half of the tribe of

Mana’sses^had s& out fronvthe children of Israel, at S&o in

<the land oflChanaan, to go to Galaad, ‘todhe1 land of’their pos-‘-

session, whicli they had got’frbm MoseV oy the command-M

10 the Lord, and w^e come to, Galaad of the Jordaft, which is in jhe.land of £n$naan, the Reubeirites, and th^ Gadites, and the half qf the tribe of Manasses built th*rc aa altar by the Jor-

11 dan—an altar great and:conspictlous‘ And when the Israelites heard it said, Behold thi* Reubcnites,. and the Gadites, and the half of th^ tribe qf Manasses ha*|e ^uilt an altar “on thcf borders

12 6tthe land of’Chanaan, aTGalaad of Ae,Jordan,ron*the’bank 01 the children of Israel, jll^the Israelites assentbled at Selo,

13 tqgo up to war against them. Aiifl the children, of Israel sent to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half/of the tribe of Manasses, to the land .of Galaad, PHineas, son of Elea-

14 zar, son of^aron, the chief priest, arid ten of the chiefs with him,’ a chief froifi the head family of every tribcjof Israel. Now

15 the chWfs of th% neafl. families are the plpiliarchs ^f tsT^]^ And

, when they came tolhe Reubenites, anti the Gadites, and the half * , of the tribe-‘of Manasses, to the lane 61 Galaad, they spoke to

16 them, paying, Tnuff%ith the whole*onfrregation of the Lord, What tresp&ss is this .which ywi have domflfet^td in the pre- ence of thf God^oflsrael, t6 turn *way Aisk day from the ” Lord, having^Miilt for yourselves’.an altar thatWou may ap^s-

17 tatize from H^L.or^? Is*the sin of Pliogor a small niatter to you? Because we have nofbeen cleansed fromjt even to this

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18 Lora; are you therefore now turned away froiV the Lord? For the consequehce wilLbe, if you this day apostatize from th’c Lord, there will be to-morrow wrath against all Israel.

19 Now if the land of ygur possession be too small for you, come

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over to the land of the possession of the Lord, where the tabernacle of the Lord is pitched, and take a possession among us, and do not become, apostates from God, nor revolt from the Lord by building for yourselves an altar apart from the al-

20 tar of the Lord our God. Behold when Achar, son of Zara, committed a trespass in regard to the Anathema, was there not wrath against all the congregation of Israel, so that he perish-‘ ed not alone for. his sin ? «

21 In reply to this the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half of the tribe of Manasses, said to the chiliarchs of Israel,

22 The Lord God is our God, and God himself ou£ God hath seen, and Israel themselves may determine. If through apos- tacy we have-trespassed in the sight of the I^ord, let him not

23 this day deliver us. Or if we have built an altar for ourselves, to apostatize from the Lord our God, or to offer thereon a sacrifice of whole burnt offerings, or to offer thereon a sacrifice of

24 thanksgiving, let the Lord make inqitisttibi* Indeed from a sacred regard to this matter vfe have done this, saying, That

25 your children may not hereafter say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord God of Israel ? The Lord hath made the Jordan a boundary between us and you; so that you have no portion in the Lord. And so your children may make

26 our children strangers, that they may not worship the Lord, we therefore determined to act in this manner—to build this altar,

27 not for the purpose of homage offerings, nor for sacrifices; but that ifrrrfay be a witness between us and you, and ouf poste-

‘rity after us, of. our right to perform the service of the Lord before him, with our hoYnage offerings, and our incense offerings, and our sacrifices ofjthanksgiving; so that your children may not say topuf children, You have no portion in the L6rd.

28 For we said, If it should ever happen that they should speak so to us, or to eur posterity hereafter, they may say, Behold the similitude of the altar of the Lord whicjk our fathers made, not for the purpose of homage offerings, nor for sacrifices, but to be a witness between you and us, and our children after

29 us. God forbid that we should turn away from the Lord,” by apostatizing this day from the Lord, so far as to build an altar for the purpose of homage offerings, or incense offerings, or sacrifices of thanksgiving, over and above the altar of the Lord, which is before his tabernacle.

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30 When Phineas the priest, and all the chiefs of the congre

gation of Israel who were with him, heard the words ‘which the Reubenites, and the Gsdites, and the half of the tribe of Ma- 3 1 nasses, had spoken, they were pleased. And Phineas the priest said to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half of-the tribe of Manasses, This day we perceive that the Lord is with us, because you have not committed a trespass before the Lord, atid be-

32 cause you have delivered the Israelites out of the hand oftheLord. So Phineas the priest returned, with the chiefs, from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, and from the half of the tribe of Manasses, from Galaadtothe land of Chanaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them this answer, and

33 it pleased them. Upon their delivering this message to the . children of Israel, they blessed the God of the Israelites, and no more talked of going up against them to battle, to lay waste the land of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half of

34 the tribe of Manasses. Solhey dwelt therein, and Joshua gave a name to the’ altar of Reuben, and; Gad^and the half of the

tribe of Manasses, and said, 1$ is a witness for them that the ‘ Lord is their God. — »

XXIII. Now after many years, when the Lord had given Is-

2 rael rest from all their enemies round about, Joshua being far

advanced in years, convoked all the sons of Israel, their senate,

and their chiefs, and their judges, and their under officers, and

.t 3 said to them, I am grown old, and am; far advanced in years. Now you have seen all that the Lord our God hath done to these nations for your sake; for ifris the Lord your God who

“hath fought for you. You see that I have thrown in among the lots ‘for your tribes, the nations which are left by you, with all

» the nations which I have exterminated betwe9n the Jordan and .

5 the great sea, which is to be your western boundary. The Lord ourGodwill himself roofcthem out from before you until they be destroyed. He”tyill send the wild beasts against them, until they utterly destroy them and their kings from before you, so that you may possess their land, as the Lord our.God hath spoken

6 to you. Be^strong therefore to keep with all diligence, and to do all that are written in the, book of the .law of Moses, that ydu

7 may not turn aside to the right, nor to the left. That you may have no fellowship with those natrons which are; left,

“3 father of Abraham, and the lather^f Nach%rv And thfly, served other «ods. And I took your lather.Abraham,from \Bemnd

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the n’wr/^md Ted-him through all this laud, an^ multiplied his 4 s£&d, an^ g&¥£ him fsaak; and to Isaak, Jacob and Esau; and

to Essfti I gave mount Seir for a possession; but Jacob and

tf his sons went down into I?gypt, and becKme thane a nation,

5 greql, numerous and powerful. And when the Egyptians af-

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flicted them, I smote Egypt with signal miracles, which I did among them.

6 Now after this he brought our fathers out of Egypt, and you marched into the Red sea; and when the Egyptians pur-

7 sued our fathers, with horses and chariots, into the Red sea, and we cried to the Lord, he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians; and brought the sea upon them, anfl. it

8 overwhelmedthem. Youreyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt. And when “you had been many years in the wilderness, he brought us to the land of the Amorites,

* who dwelt on the border ofthe Jordan; and the Lord delivered them into our hands, and you took possession of their land,

9 and extirpated them from before you. And when Balak, son of Sepphor, king of Moab, arose and drew up in array against

10 Israel, and sent for Balaam to curse us, the Lord thy God would not destroy thee, nay he caused him to bless us with blessings, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered

11 them up. And when ytra crossed the Jordan, and came to Jericho, and the Amorites who-inhabited Jericho, and the Cha- nanites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Jebu- sites, and the Chettites, and the Gergasites, fought against us,

12 the Lord delivered them into our hands. Indeed he sent before you the hornet, and drove them out from before us, even the twelve kings ofthe Amorites, not with thy sword, nor witii thy bow, and hath given, you a land, on which you did not bestow labour, and cities which you did not build, and you are settled therein, and are eating of vineyards, and olive yards, which you did not plant. Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him with sincerity and truth, and put away the strange

^J^ gods which our fathers’ worshipped in Beyond the river, and in 15 Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if it seemeth not good to you

to serve the Lord, chuse for yourselves this day whom you * .. will serve, either the gods of your fathers who were in Beyond the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you t dwell. But as for me and my house, we wjll serve die Lord; for he is holy. ,

16 Upon this the people answered, and said, God forbid that

17 we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods. The Lord is our God. He is God. He hath brought up us and our fathers

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out of Egypt, and preserved us all the way we went, and among all the nations through which we passed, and the Lord

18 hath driven out from before us the Amorites, and all the nations who dwelt in this land; therefore we will serve none but the Lord; for he is our God.

19 And Joshua said to the people, You may not be able to serve the Lord, because he is the Holy God, and will be zealous. He will not bear with your sins and your iniquities.

20 When you forsake the Lord, and serve other gods, he will come and afflict you; and consume you, proportionally to the good he hath dohe you.

21 And the people said to Joshua, Nay, we will serve none but the Lord.

22 Then Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against

23 yourselves that you have chosen the Lord to serve him. Now therefore put away the strange gods which are among you,

24 and incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel. And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and hearken to his voice.

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and gave it to them as a law, and a solemn decision at Selo, before

26 the tabernacle of the Lord God of Israel. And when he had written these words in the book of the laws of God, he took a great stone, and set it up under a fir tree which was over

27 against the Lord, and Joshua said to the people, Behold this stone shall be among you for a witness, that it hath heard all that were said by the Lord, for he hath this day spoken to you; and this shall be among you for a witness in the latter days, whenever you prove false to the Lord my God..

28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, and they departed 31 every one to his place: and Israel served the Lord all the

days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who out lived Joshua, and who had seen all the works of the Lord which he

29 had done for Israel. And after those tilings, Joshua the son of

30 Nave, the servant of the Lord died at the age of a hundred and ten years; and they buried him in the boundaries of his inheritance, at Thamnasachar, on mount Ephraim, north of mount Gaas. There they deposited with him, in the grave in which they buried him, the stone knives with which he had circumcised the children of Israel at Galgala, as the Lord commanded them, when he had brought them out of Egypt. And there they are at this day. .

32 Now the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, the bones of Joseph, and they buried them at Sikimoi, in that portion of the field which Jacob purchased of the Amorites who dwelt at Sikimoi, for a hundred lambs, and which he gave to Joseph for an inheritance.

33 And after these things, Eleazar son of Aaron, the chief priest, died, and was buried in Gabaar, which belonged to Phineas his son, which he had given him on mount Ephraim. At that time the children of Israel took up the ark of God, and carried it about among them. And Phineas officiated as priest in the room of his father Eleazar. And when he died, he was buried in Gabaar, which belonged to him. As for the children of Israel, they had gone to their several homes, and to their respective cities. And when the children of Israel fell to worshipping Astarte, and Astaroth, and the gods of the nations around them, the Lord delivered them into the hands of Eglon king of Moab, and he exercised dominion over’ them eighteen, years.