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Joshua
| And the whole congregation of the children of Israel
assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the
congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. |
| And there remained among the children of Israel
seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. |
| 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? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven
parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for
you here before the LORD our God. |
| But the Levites have no part among you; for the
priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and
half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond
Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| And their border on the north side was from Jordan;
and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and
went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were
at the wilderness of Bethaven. |
| And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to
the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to
Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether
Bethhoron. |
| And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the
corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron
southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is
Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west
quarter. |
| And the south quarter was from the end of
Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the
well of waters of Nephtoah: |
| And the border came down to the end of the mountain
that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the
valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom,
to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, |
| And was drawn from the north, and went forth to
Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the
going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of
Reuben, |
| And passed along toward the side over against Arabah
northward, and went down unto Arabah: |
| And the border passed along to the side of
Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north
bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south
coast. |
| And Jordan was the border of it on the east side.
This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts
thereof round about, according to their families. |
| Now the cities of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and
the valley of Keziz. |
| And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, |
| And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, |
| And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve
cities with their villages: |
| Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, |
| And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, |
| And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, |
| And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem,
Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. |
| And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for
the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and
their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. |
| And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and
Sheba, and Moladah, |
| And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, |
| And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, |
| And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah, |
| And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and
their villages: |
| Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and
their villages: |
| And all the villages that were round about these
cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of
the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. |
| Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the
inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of
Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their
inheritance within the inheritance of them. |
| And the third lot came up for the children of
Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance
was unto Sarid: |
| And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah,
and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before
Jokneam; |
| And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising
unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and
goeth up to Japhia. |
| And from thence passeth on along on the east to
Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; |
| And the border compasseth it on the north side to
Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel: |
| And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah,
and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. |
| This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun
according to their families, these cities with their villages. |
| And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the
children of Issachar according to their families. |
| And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth,
and Shunem, |
| And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, |
| And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, |
| And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and
Bethpazzez; |
| And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and
Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen
cities with their villages. |
| This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children
of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. |
| And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the
children of Asher according to their families. |
| And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten,
and Achshaph, |
| And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth
to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; |
| And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and
reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north
side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, |
| And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even
unto great Zidon; |
| And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the
strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings
thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: |
| Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two
cities with their villages. |
| This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children
of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. |
| The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali,
even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. |
| And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to
Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings
thereof were at Jordan: |
| And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor,
and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the
south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon
Jordan toward the sunrising. |
| And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath,
Rakkath, and Chinnereth, |
| And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, |
| And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, |
| And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and
Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. |
| This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children
of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. |
| And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the
children of Dan according to their families. |
| And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and
Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, |
| And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, |
| And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, |
| And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, |
| And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, |
| And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before
Japho. |
| And the coast of the children of Dan went out too
little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against
Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and
possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name
of Dan their father. |
| This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children
of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. |
| When they had made an end of dividing the land for
inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance
to Joshua the son of Nun among them: |
| According to the word of the LORD they gave him the
city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built
the city, and dwelt therein. |
| These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the
tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in
Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. |
| The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, |
| Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out
for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: |
| That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and
unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the
avenger of blood. |
| And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities
shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare
his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him
into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among
them. |
| And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then
they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his
neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. |
| And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand
before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high
priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and
come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from
whence he fled. |
| And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount
Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is
Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. |
| And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward,
they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of
Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in
Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. |
| These were the cities appointed for all the children
of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that
whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die
by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the
congregation. |
| Then came near the heads of the fathers of the
Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and
unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; |
| And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of
Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us
cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. |
| And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out
of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and
their suburbs. |
| And the lot came out for the families of the
Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the
Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of
Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. |
| And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot
out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of
Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. |
| And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the
families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and
out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities. |
| The children of Merari 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. |
| 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. |
| 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, |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| But the fields of the city, and the villages
thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. |
| Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest
Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and
Libnah with her suburbs, |
| And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her
suburbs, |
| And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her
suburbs, |
| And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her
suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two
tribes. |
| And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her
suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, |
| Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her
suburbs; four cities. |
| All the cities of the children of Aaron, the
priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. |
| And the families of the children of Kohath, the
Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the
cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. |
| For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount
Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her
suburbs, |
| And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her
suburbs; four cities. |
| And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her
suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, |
| Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her
suburbs; four cities. |
| And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with
her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. |
| All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the
families of the children of Kohath that remained. |
| 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
Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. |
| And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her
suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, |
| Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs;
four cities. |
| And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her
suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, |
| Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her
suburbs; four cities. |
| And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee
with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor
with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. |
| All the cities of the Gershonites according to their
families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. |
| And unto the families of the children of Merari, the
rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her
suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, |
| Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs;
four cities. |
| And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her
suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, |
| Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her
suburbs; four cities. |
| And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with
her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with
her suburbs, |
| Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs;
four cities in all. |
| So all the cities for the children of Merari by
their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites,
were by their lot twelve cities. |
| All the cities of the Levites within the possession
of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their
suburbs. |
| These cities were every one with their suburbs round
about them: thus were all these cities. |
| And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he
sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt
therein. |
| And the LORD gave them rest round about, according
to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of
all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into
their hand. |
| There failed not ought of any good thing which the
LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. |
| Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
and the half tribe of Manasseh, |
| And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the
servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that
I commanded you: |
| Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto
this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your
God. |
| And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your
brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto
your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the
servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. |
| But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the
law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD
your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and
to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all
your soul. |
| So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they
went unto their tents. |
| Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses
had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave
Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when
Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, |
| And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much
riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with
gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide
the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. |
| And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children
of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the
country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were
possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. |
| And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that
are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of
Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a
great altar to see to. |
| And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the
children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of
Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the
borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. |
| And when the children of Israel heard of it, the
whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves
together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. |
| And the children of Israel sent unto the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh,
into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, |
| And with him ten princes, of each chief house a
prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of
the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. |
| And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to
the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of
Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, |
| Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What
trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to
turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you
an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD? |
| Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from
which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in
the congregation of the LORD, |
| But that ye must turn away this day from following
the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that
to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. |
| Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be
unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD,
wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us:
but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an
altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. |
| Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in
the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel?
and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. |
| Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the
thousands of Israel, |
| 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,) |
| 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; |
| And if we have not rather done it for fear of this
thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our
children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? |
| For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us
and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in
the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing
the LORD. |
| Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an
altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: |
| But that it may be a witness between us, and you,
and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD
before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with
our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in
time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. |
| Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they
should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may
say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our
fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a
witness between us and you. |
| God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD,
and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt
offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of
the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. |
| And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the
congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him,
heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and
the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. |
| And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto
the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children
of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye
have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered
the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. |
| And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the
princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of
Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children
of Israel, and brought them word again. |
| And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and
the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against
them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and
Gad dwelt. |
| And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD
is God. |
| And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD
had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that
Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. |
| And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their
elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their
officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: |
| And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath
done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he
that hath fought for you. |
| Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations
that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all
the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. |
| And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from
before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess
their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. |
| Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do
all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not
aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; |
| That ye come not among these nations, these that
remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor
cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto
them: |
| But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done
unto this day. |
| For the LORD hath driven out from before you great
nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand
before you unto this day. |
| One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD
your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. |
| Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye
love the LORD your God. |
| Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto
the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and
shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: |
| Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no
more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be
snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in
your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your
God hath given you. |
| And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the
earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not
one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God
spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing
hath failed thereof. |
| Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good
things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall
the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you
from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. |
| When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD
your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods,
and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be
kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land
which he hath given unto you. |
| And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to
Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and
for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves
before God. |
| And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in
old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor:
and they served other gods. |
| And I took your father Abraham from the other side
of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and
multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. |
| And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave
unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went
down into Egypt. |
| I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt,
according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you
out. |
| And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came
unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots
and horsemen unto the Red sea. |
| And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness
between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and
covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye
dwelt in the wilderness a long season. |
| And I brought you into the land of the Amorites,
which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I
gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I
destroyed them from before you. |
| Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose
and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to
curse you: |
| But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he
blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. |
| And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and
the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites,
and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites,
and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. |
| And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them
out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with
thy sword, nor with thy bow. |
| And I have given you a land for which ye did not
labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the
vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. |
| Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in
sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served
on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. |
| And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD,
choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your
fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of
the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we
will serve the LORD. |
| And the people answered and said, God forbid that we
should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; |
| For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up
and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and
which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the
way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: |
| And the LORD drave out from before us all the
people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we
also serve the LORD; for he is our God. |
| And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the
LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive
your transgressions nor your sins. |
| If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then
he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done
you good. |
| And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will
serve the LORD. |
| And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses
against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And
they said, We are witnesses. |
| Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods
which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. |
| And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God
will we serve, and his voice will we obey. |
| So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day,
and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. |
| And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law
of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that
was by the sanctuary of the LORD. |
| And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this
stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the
LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you,
lest ye deny your God. |
| So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his
inheritance. |
| And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua
the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten
years old. |
| And they buried him in the border of his inheritance
in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the
hill of Gaash. |
| And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua,
and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had
known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. |
| And the bones of Joseph, which the children of
Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of
ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for
an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the
children of Joseph. |
| And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried
him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in
mount Ephraim. |
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