a ch. 12. 2. b Num. 21. 28. e Num. 21. 30. ver. 9. d Num. 21. 23. || Or, The high 11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; t 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: "for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. X 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. 14 y Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. 15 ¶ And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. b 16 And their coast was a from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; two tribes and a half. p Num. 32. 36. q Gen. 33. 17. 1 Kings 7. 46. 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath- B. C. 1445. mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir 27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. r 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 29 ¶ And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. S 30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: r Num. 34. 11. 8 Num. 32. 41. 1 Chr. 2. 23. 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, ch. 12. 4. and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the "children of Machir by their families. 32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other 17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and "Bamoth-side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. al, and house baal, and Beth-baal-meon, places of Ba of Baal-me on. See Num. 32.38. e Num. 32. 37. 18 d And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, e 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, f Num. 32. 38. and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley, g Deut. 3. 17. ch. 12. 3. || Or, Springs of Pisgah, or, The hill. h Deut. 3. 10. k Num. 31. 8. 20 And Beth-peor, and || Ashdoth- And all the cities of the plain, the Amorites, which reigned in Hesh-in the land of Canaan, a which Elea- i Num. 21. 24. | bon, whom Moses smote with the 1 Num. 22. 5. & 31. 8. 22 ¶ 1Balaam also the son of Beor, || Or, diviner. the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto m Num. 32. 35. the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25 " And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, "and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; n Compare Num. 21. 26, 28, 29, with Deut. 2. 19. & Judg. 11. 13, 15, &c. o 2 Sam. 11. 1. & 12. 26. 2 b By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 3 © For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. 4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 5 e As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. a Num. 34. 17, 13. b Num. 26. 55. & 33. 54. & 34. 13. c ch. 13. 8, 32, 33. d Gen. 48. 5. e Num. 35. 2. ch. 21. 2. m Num. 14. 23, 24. Deut. 1. n See Num.13. 22. 1444. 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, "Surely the land "whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. 10 And now, behold, the LORD hath o Num. 14. 30. kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the + Heb.walked. children of Israel wandered in the wilderness and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 11 PAs yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both ¶ to go out, and to come in. p See Deut.34. 7. q Deut. 31. 2. r Num. 13. 28, 33. S PB. 18. 32, 34. & 60. 12. Rom. 8. 31. t ch. 15. 14. Judg. 1. 20. u ch. 22. 6. x ch. 10. 37. & 15. 13. Judg. 1. 20. See ch. 21.11, 12. 1 y ch. 21. 12. 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 13 And Joshua "blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. 14 y Hebron therefore became the Chr. 6.55, 56. inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. z ver. 8, 9. a Gen. 23. 2. ch. 15. 13, b ch. 11. 23. a Num. 34. 3. 15 And the name of Hebron before a was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakim. "And the land had rest from war. CHAPTER XV. The borders of the lot of Judah. 13 Caleb taketh possession of his portion. 16 Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Caleb's daughter, to wife. 18 She obtaineth a blessing of her father. 21 The cities of Judah. 63 The Jebusites not conquered. THIS then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom b Num. 33.36. the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. The borders of Judah's lot. the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward : 3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: d B. C. 1444. † Heb. tongue. Or, The going up to Acrabbim. c Num. 34. 4. 4 From thence it passed toward Az- d Num. 34. 5. mon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: 2 And their south border was from lies. r ver. 47. Num. 34. 6, 7. The tabernacle at Shiloh. B. C. 1444. $ ch. 16. 10. t ch. 16. 4. JOSHUA. 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to "tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. 14 t And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou u Gen. 48. 22. given me but "one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto ? x Gen. 48. 19. Num. 26. 34, 37. X 15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: 18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down and the outgoings of it shall be thine for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. a с 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. d The border of Benjamin. 7 But the Levites have no parts ch. 13. 33. among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: "and Gad, | h ch. 13. 8. and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. 8 ¶ And the men arose, and went away and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 10 T And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. 11 ¶ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12 And their border on the northi See ch. 16. 1. side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. k Gen. 28. 19. Judg. 1. 23. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Atarothaddar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. I.ch. 16. 3. 14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at m Kirjath-baal which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. m See ch. 15. 9. |