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The lot of Zebulun, &c.

8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the 9 Out of the portion of the children of valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is Judah was the inheritance of the children in the valley of the giants on the north, of Simeon: for the part of the children of and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to Judah was too much for them: therefore the side of Jebusi on the south, and de- the children of Simeon had their inheritscended to En-rogel, ance within the inheritance of them. 17 And was drawn from the north, and 10 T And the third lot came up for the went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth children of Zebulun according to their fatowards Geliloth, which is over against the milies: and the border of their inheritgoing up of Adummim, and descended to ance was unto Sarid: the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 11 And their border went up toward 18 And passed along toward the side the sea, and Maralah, and reached to over against Arabah northward, and went Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that down unto Arabah: is before Jokneam,

19 And the border passed along to the 12 And turned from Sarid eastward, toside of Beth-boglah northward: and the ward the sun-rising, unto the border of out-goings of the border were at the north Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Dabay of the salt-sea at the south end of Jor-berath, and goeth up to Japhia, dan. This was the south coast.

families.

13 And from thence passeth on along

20 And Jordan was the border of it on on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, the east side. This was the inheritance of and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to the children of Benjamin, by the coasts Neah; thereof round about, according to their 14 Ánd the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the out21 Now the cities of the tribe of the goings thereof are in the valley of Jiphchildren of Benjamin according to their thah-el: families, were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and and the valley of Keziz, Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem ; 22 And Beth-arabab, and Zemaraim, twelve cities with their villages. and Beth-el,

23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

17 ¶ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar accordling to their families.

18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

19 And Hapharaim, and Shihon, and

20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,

27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, (which Anaharath, is Jerusalem) Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. CHAP. XIX.

21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;

22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor,

A ND the second lot came forth to Si-and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh, and

meon, even for the tribe of the chil- the out-goings of their border were at Jordren of Simeon according to their families: dan: sixteen cities with their villages. and their inheritance was within the in- 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe heritance of the children of Judah. of the children of Issachar according to

lages.

2 And they had in their inheritance, their families, the cities and their vilBeer-sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, 3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,

4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,

6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:

7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:

24 T And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

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25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;'

27 And turneth toward the sun-rising

The lot of Naphtali and Dan.

JOSHUA.

The six cities of refuge. to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, families, these cities with their villages. and to the valley of Jiphthah-el towards 49 When they had made an end of the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, dividing the land for inheritance by their and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, coasts, the children of Israel gave an inhe28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Ham- ritance to Joshua the son of Nun among mon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; them:

29 And then the coast turneth to Ra- 50 According to the word of the LORD mah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the they gave him the city which he asked, coast turneth to Hosah: and the out-go-even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: ings thereof are at the sea from the coast and he built the city, and dwelt therein. to Achzib: 51 These are the inheritances which 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Re-Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of hob: twenty and two cities with their Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the villages. tribes of the children of Israel, divided for

31 This is the inheritance of the tribe an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the of the children of Asher according to their LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the families, these cities with their villages. congregation. So they made an end of 32 T The sixth lot came out to the chil-dividing the country. dren of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

saying,

CHAP. XX.

33 And their coast was from Heleph, THE LORD also spake unto Joshua, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, sayNekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and ing, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, the out-goings thereof were at Jordan: whereof I spake unto you by the hand of 34 And then the coast turneth west-Moses:

ward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from 3 That the slayer that killeth any perthence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebu- son unawares and unwittingly may flee Jun on the south side, and reacheth to thither: and they shall be your refuge from Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon the avenger of blood. Jordan toward the sun-rising.

4 And when he that doth flee unto one 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, of those cities shall stand at the entering Zer, and Haminath, Rakkath, and Cin-of the gate of the city, and shall declare nereth, his cause in the ears of the elders of that

36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, city, they shall take him into the city unto 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, them, and give him a place, that he may 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, dwell among them. and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe slayer up into his hand; because he smote of the children of Naphtali according to his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him their families, the cities and their villages. not before-time.

40 T And the seventh lot came out for 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until the tribe of the children of Dan according he stand before the congregation for judgto their families. ment, and until the death of the high priest 41 And the coast of their inheritance that shall be in those days: then shall the was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, slayer return, and come unto his own city, 42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and and unto his own house, unto the city from Jethlah, whence he fled.

Ekron,

43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and 7. And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in and mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, (which is Hebron) in the mountain of Judah.

44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, Baalath,

45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,

and . 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the 46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe the border before Japho. of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of 47 And the coast of the children of Dan, the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out went out too little for them: therefore the of the tribe of Manasseh.

children of Dan went up to fight against 9 These were the cities appointed for Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the all the children of Israel, and for the stranedge of the sword, and possessed it, and ger that sojourneth among them, that whodwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, soever killeth any person at unawares after the name of Dan their father. might flee thither, and not die by the hand 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the avenger of blood, until he stood be of the children of Dan according to their fore the congregation.

Forty-eight cities given

CHAP. XXI.

CHAP. XXI.

by lot to the Levites. 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, HEN came near the heads of the Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her Tathers of the Levites unto Eleazar suburbs,

the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Aland unto the heads of the fathers of the mon with her suburbs; four cities. tribes of the children of Israel;

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron,

2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh the priests, were thirteen cities with their in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD suburbs. commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

20 T And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the ci3. And the children of Israel gave unto ties of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. the Levites out of their inheritance, at the 21 For they gave them Shechem with commandment of the LORD, these cities her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city and their suburbs. of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with 4 And the lot came out for the families her suburbs, of the Kohathites: and the children of 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Aaron the priest, which were of the Le-Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities. vites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. suburbs,

5 And the rest of the children of Kohath 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimhad by lot out of the families of the tribe of mon with her suburbs; four cities. Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and 25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasout of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. seh, Tanach with her suburbs, and.Gath6 And the children of Gershon had by lot rimmon, with her suburbs; two cities. out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,

10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak (which city is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

27 ¶ And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.

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28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-ganħim with her suburbs; four cities.

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

33 All the cities of the Gershonites, ac12 But the fields of the city, and the vil-cording to their families, were thirteen lages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son cities with their suburbs. of Jephunneh for his possession. 34 T And unto the families of the chil13 Thus they gave to the children of dren of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out Aaron the priest, Hebron with her suburbs, of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, Libnah with her suburbs, 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahala,

14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and with her suburbs; four cities. Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of

The Israelites rest from war.

JOSHUA. An altar of testimony built.

refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with and with very much raiment: divide the

her suburbs,

spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer 9 ¶ And the children of Reuben, and with her suburbs; four cities in all. the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of 40 So all the cities for the children of Manasseh returned, and departed from the Merari by their families, which were re- children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is maining of the families of the Levites, in the land of Canaan, to go unto the counwere by their lot twelve cities. try of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the

10 T And when they came unto the

41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. hand of Moses. 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them. Thus borders of Jordan, that are in the land of were all these cities. Canaan, the children of Reuben, and the 43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Mathe land which he sware to give unto their nasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt great altar to see to.

therein. 11 And the children of Israel heard 44 And the LORD gave them rest round say, Behold, the children of Reuben, and about, according to all that he sware unto the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of their fathers: and there stood not a man of Manasseh, have built an altar over against all their enemies before them; the LORD the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordelivered all their enemies into their hand. dan, at the passage of the children of Israel. 45 There failed not aught of any good 12 And when the children of Israel thing which the LORD had spoken unto the heard of it, the whole congregation of house of Israel; all came to pass. the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.

THEN

CHAP. XXII.

HEN Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

14 And with him ten princes, of each 3 Ye have not left your brethren these chief house a prince throughout all the many days unto this day, but have kept tribes of Israel; and each one was an the charge of the commandment of the head of the house of their fathers among LORD your God. the thousands of Israel.

4 And now the LORD your God hath 15 And they came unto the children of given rest unto your brethren, as he pro- Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to mised them: therefore now return ye, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of get you unto your tents, and unto the land Gilead, and they spake with them, of your possession, which Moses the ser- saying, vant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye 5 But take diligent heed to do the com- have committed against the God of Israel, mandment and the law, which Moses the to turn away this day from following the servant of the LORD charged you, to love LORD, in that ye have builded you an althe LORD your God, and to walk in all his tar, that ye might rebel this day against ways, and to keep his commandments, the LORD?

and to cleave unto him, and to serve him 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for with all your heart, and with all your soul. us, from which we are not cleansed until 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them this day, although there was a plague in away; and they went unto their tents. the congregation of the LORD,

7 Now to the one half of the tribe of 18 But that ye must turn away this day Manasseh Moses had given possession in from following the LORD? and it will be, Bashan: but unto the other half thereof seeing ye rebel to-day against the LORD, gave Joshua among their brethren on this that to-morrow he will be wroth with the side Jordan westward. And when Joshua whole congregation of Israel. sent them away also unto their tents, then 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your he blessed them, possession be unclean, then pass ye over 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Re-unto the land of the possession of the LORD, turn with much riches unto your tents, and wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, with very much cattle, with silver, and and take possession among us; but rebel with gold, and with brass, and with iron, not against the LORD, nor rebel against us,

The Israelites contend together. CHAP. XXIII. The exhortation of Joshua. in building you an altar besides the altar and to the children of Gad, and to the chilof the LORD our God. dren of Manasseh, This day we perceive 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah that the LORD is among us, because ye commit a trespass in the accursed thing, have not committed this trespass against and wrath fell on all the congregation of the LORD: now ye have delivered the Israel? and that man perished not alone children of Israel out of the hand of the in his iniquity. LORD.

21 T Then the children of Reuben, 32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe the priest, and the princes, returned from of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)

23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt-offering, or meat-offering, or if to offer peace-offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;

the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for 24 And if we have not rather done it it shall be a witness between us that the for fear of this thing, saying, In time to LORD is God. come your children might speak unto our

CHAP. XXIII.

children, saying, What have ye to do with At the LORD had given rest unto ND it came to pass, a long time after

the LORD God of Israel?

25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a Israel from all their enemies round about, border between us and you, ye children of that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and part in the LORD. So shall your children for their elders, and for their heads, and make our children cease from fearing the for their judges, and for their officers, and LORD. said unto them, I am old and stricken in

26 Therefore we said, Let us now pre-age: pare to build us an altar, not for burntoffering, nor for sacrifice:"

3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations 27 But that it may be a witness between because of you; for the LORD your God us, and you, and our generations after us, is he that hath fought for you.

that we might do the service of the LORD 4 Behold, I have divided unto you by before him with our burnt-offerings, and lot these nations that remain, to be an inwith our sacrifices, and with our peace-heritance for your tribes, from Jordan, offerings; that your children may not say with all the nations that I have cut off, to our children in time to come,.Ye have even unto the great sea westward. no part in the LORD.

5 And the LORD your God, he shall ex

28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, pel them from before you, and drive them when they should so say to us or to our from out of your sight; and ye shall posgenerations in time to come, that we may sess their land, as the LORD your God hath say again, Behold the pattern of the altar promised unto you. of the LORD, which our fathers made, not 6 Be ye therefore very courageous to for burnt-offerings, nor for sacrifices; but keep and to do all that is written in the it is a witness between us and you. book of the law of Moses, that ye turn 29 God forbid that we should rebel not aside therefrom to the right hand or against the LORD, and turn this day from to the left;

following the LORD, to build an altar for 7 That ye come not among these naburnt-offerings, for meat-offerings, or for tions, these that remain among you; neisacrifices, besides the altar of the LORD ther make mention of the name of their our God that is before his tabernacle. gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither 30 And when Phinehas the priest, serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: and the princes of the congregation, and 8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, heads of the thousands of Israel which as ye have done unto this day. were with him, heard the words that the 9 For the LORD hath driven out from children of Reuben, and the children of before you great nations and strong: but Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, as for you, no man hath been able to stand it pleased them. before you unto this day.

31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the 10 One man of you shall chase a thoupriest said unto the children of Reuben, sand: for the LORD your God, he it is

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