44:2 You, by your power, 1 defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; 2
you crushed 3 the people living there 4 and enabled our ancestors to occupy it. 5
105:44 He handed the territory of nations over to them,
and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, 6
105:45 so that they might keep his commands
and obey 7 his laws.
Praise the Lord!
135:10 He defeated many nations,
and killed mighty kings –
135:11 Sihon, king of the Amorites,
and Og, king of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
135:12 He gave their land as an inheritance,
as an inheritance to Israel his people.
136:18 and killed powerful kings,
for his loyal love endures,
136:19 Sihon, king of the Amorites,
for his loyal love endures,
136:20 Og, king of Bashan,
for his loyal love endures,
136:21 and gave their land as an inheritance,
for his loyal love endures,
136:22 as an inheritance to Israel his servant,
for his loyal love endures,
6:1 Now Jericho 8 was shut tightly 9 because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. 10 6:2 The Lord told Joshua, “See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, 11 along with its king and its warriors. 6:3 Have all the warriors march around the city one time; 12 do this for six days. 6:4 Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns 13 in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns. 6:5 When you hear the signal from the ram’s horn, 14 have the whole army give a loud battle cry. 15 Then the city wall will collapse 16 and the warriors should charge straight ahead.” 17
6:6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.” 6:7 And he told 18 the army, 19 “Move ahead 20 and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”
6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders, 21 the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind. 6:9 Armed troops marched ahead of the priests blowing the horns, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark blowing rams’ horns. 6:10 Now Joshua had instructed the army, 22 “Do not give a battle cry 23 or raise your voices; say nothing 24 until the day I tell you, ‘Give the battle cry.’ 25 Then give the battle cry!” 26 6:11 So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the Lord around the city one time. 27 Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there. 28
6:12 Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord. 29 6:13 The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams’ horns. 6:14 They marched around the city one time on the second day, then returned to the camp. They did this six days in all.
6:15 On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn 30 and marched around the city as before – only this time they marched around it seven times. 31 6:16 The seventh time around, the priests blew the rams’ horns and Joshua told the army, 32 “Give the battle cry, 33 for the Lord is handing the city over to you! 34 6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, 35 except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies 36 we sent. 6:18 But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster. 37 6:19 All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the Lord. 38 They must go into the Lord’s treasury.”
6:20 The rams’ horns sounded 39 and when the army 40 heard the signal, 41 they gave a loud battle cry. 42 The wall collapsed 43 and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it. 44 6:21 They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, 45 including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys. 6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house 46 and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” 47 6:23 So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside 48 the Israelite camp. 6:24 But they burned 49 the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the Lord’s house. 50 6:25 Yet Joshua spared 51 Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, 52 and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel 53 to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. 54 6:26 At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration: 55 “The man who attempts to rebuild 56 this city of Jericho 57 will stand condemned before the Lord. 58 He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!” 59 6:27 The Lord was with Joshua and he became famous throughout the land. 60
7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. 61 Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, 62 son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. 63 The Lord was furious with the Israelites. 64
7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho 65 to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel 66 ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai. 7:3 They returned and reported to Joshua, 67 “Don’t send the whole army. 68 About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. 69 Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.” 70
7:4 So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai. 7:5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures 71 and defeated them on the steep slope. 72 The people’s 73 courage melted away like water. 74
7:6 Joshua tore his clothes; 75 he and the leaders 76 of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening 77 and threw dirt on their heads. 78 7:7 Joshua prayed, 79 “O, Master, Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us? 7:8 If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated 80 before its enemies? 7:9 When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us 81 from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?” 82
7:10 The Lord responded 83 to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down? 84 7:11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! 85 They have taken some of the riches; 86 they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. 87 7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. 88 I will no longer be with you, 89 unless you destroy what has contaminated you. 90 7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated, 91 O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” 92 7:14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. 93 The tribe the Lord selects 94 must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. 95 The family the Lord selects must approach man by man. 96 7:15 The one caught with the riches 97 must be burned up 98 along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”
7:16 Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order 99 and the tribe of Judah was selected. 7:17 He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi 100 was selected. 101 7:18 He then made Zabdi’s 102 family approach man by man 103 and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected. 7:19 So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, honor 104 the Lord God of Israel and give him praise! Tell me what you did; don’t hide anything from me!” 7:20 Achan told Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel in this way: 105 7:21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, 106 two hundred silver pieces, 107 and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”
7:22 Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent. The things were hidden right in his tent, with the silver underneath. 108 7:23 They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed 109 it before the Lord. 7:24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. 110 7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster 111 on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) 112 7:26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day 113 ) and the Lord’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.
8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 114 Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! 115 See, I am handing over to you 116 the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land. 8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho 117 and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”
8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. 118 Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night. 8:4 He told 119 them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready! 8:5 I and all the troops 120 who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them. 8:6 They will attack 121 us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them. 8:7 Then you rise up from your hiding place 122 and seize 123 the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you. 8:8 When you capture the city, set it 124 on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders.” 125 8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place 126 west of Ai, between Bethel 127 and Ai. 128 Joshua spent that night with the army. 129
8:10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered 130 the army, 131 and he and the leaders 132 of Israel marched 133 at the head of it 134 to Ai. 8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. 135 They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley. 136 8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel 137 and Ai. 8:13 The army was in position – the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into 138 the middle of the valley.
8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. 139 But he did not realize 140 men were hiding behind the city. 141 8:15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert. 8:16 All the reinforcements 142 in Ai 143 were ordered 144 to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city. 8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; 145 they all went out after Israel. 146 They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
8:18 The Lord told Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city 147 over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand. 8:19 When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. 148 They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire. 8:20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw 149 the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. 150 In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers. 8:21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, 151 they turned around and struck down the men of Ai. 8:22 At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. 152 The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees. 8:23 But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
8:24 When Israel had finished killing all the men 153 of Ai who had chased them toward the desert 154 (they all fell by the sword), 155 all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it. 8:25 Twelve thousand men and women died 156 that day, including all the men of Ai. 8:26 Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai. 157 8:27 But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in accordance with the Lord’s orders to Joshua. 158 8:28 Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day). 159 8:29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. 160 At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. 161 They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day). 162
8:30 Then Joshua built an altar for the Lord God of Israel on Mount Ebal, 8:31 just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. 163 They offered burnt sacrifices on it and sacrificed tokens of peace. 164 8:32 There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses. 165 8:33 All the people, 166 rulers, 167 leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. 168 Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony. 169 8:34 Then 170 Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll. 8:35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given 171 before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them. 172
9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan 173 – in the hill country, the lowlands, 174 and all along the Mediterranean coast 175 as far as 176 Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) – 9:2 they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel. 177
9:3 When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho 178 and Ai, 9:4 they did something clever. They collected some provisions 179 and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched. 9:5 They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread 180 was dry and hard. 181 9:6 They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.” 9:7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. 182 So how can we make a treaty with you?” 9:8 But they said to Joshua, “We are willing to be your subjects.” 183 So Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?” 9:9 They told him, “Your subjects 184 have come from a very distant land because of the reputation 185 of the Lord your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt 186 9:10 and all he did to the two Amorite kings on the other side of the Jordan – King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan in Ashtaroth. 9:11 Our leaders and all who live in our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them, “We are willing to be your subjects. 187 Make a treaty with us.”’ 9:12 This bread of ours was warm when we packed it in our homes the day we started out to meet you, 188 but now it is dry and hard. 189 9:13 These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey.” 9:14 The men examined 190 some of their provisions, but they failed to ask the Lord’s advice. 191 9:15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community 192 sealed it with an oath. 193
9:16 Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. 194 9:17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities – Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim. 9:18 The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. 195 The whole community criticized 196 the leaders, 9:19 but all the leaders told the whole community, “We swore an oath to them in the name of 197 the Lord God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt 198 them! 9:20 We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.” 199 9:21 The leaders then added, 200 “Let them live.” So they became 201 woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. 202
9:22 203 Joshua summoned the Gibeonites 204 and said to them, “Why did you trick 205 us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? 206 9:23 Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.” 207 9:24 They said to Joshua, “It was carefully reported to your subjects 208 how the Lord your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified 209 we would lose our lives, so we did this thing. 9:25 So now we are in your power. 210 Do to us what you think is good and appropriate. 211 9:26 Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them 212 9:27 and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.) 213
10:1 Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, 214 heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho 215 and its king. 216 He also heard how 217 the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them. 10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified 218 because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors. 10:3 So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon: 10:4 “Come to my aid 219 so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.” 10:5 So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon. 220
10:6 The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon 221 your subjects! 222 Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.” 223 10:7 So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal. 224 10:8 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. 225 Not one of them can resist you.” 226 10:9 Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal. 227 10:10 The Lord routed 228 them before Israel. Israel 229 thoroughly defeated them 230 at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass 231 of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah. 10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from 232 Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, 233 all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
10:12 The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel: 234
“O sun, stand still over Gibeon!
O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”
10:13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. 235 The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. 236 10:14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed 237 a man, for the Lord fought for Israel! 10:15 Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
10:16 The five Amorite kings 238 ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah. 10:17 Joshua was told, “The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.” 10:18 Joshua said, “Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it. 239 10:19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! 240 Don’t allow them to retreat to 241 their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.” 242 10:20 Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities. 243 10:21 Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. 244 No one 245 dared threaten the Israelites. 246 10:22 Joshua said, “Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings 247 out of the cave to me.” 10:23 They did as ordered; 248 they brought the five kings 249 out of the cave to him – the kings of Jerusalem, 250 Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon. 10:24 When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he 251 summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here 252 and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up 253 and put their feet on their necks. 10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 254 Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight. 10:26 Then Joshua executed them 255 and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening. 10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. 256 They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) 257
10:28 That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho. 258
10:29 Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it. 259 10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel 260 put the sword to all who lived there; they 261 left no survivors. They 262 did to its king what they 263 had done to the king of Jericho. 264
10:31 Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops 265 and fought against it. 10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they 266 captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah. 10:33 Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck down him and his army 267 until no survivors remained.
10:34 Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops 268 and fought against it. 10:35 That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they 269 annihilated it just as they 270 had done to Lachish.
10:36 Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it. 10:37 They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they 271 left no survivors. As they 272 had done at Eglon, they 273 annihilated it and all who lived there.
10:38 Joshua and all Israel turned to Debir and fought against it. 10:39 They 274 captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they 275 left no survivors. They 276 did to Debir and its king what they 277 had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron. 278
10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, 279 the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded. 10:41 Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon. 280 10:42 Joshua captured in one campaign 281 all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. 10:43 Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor 282 heard the news, he organized a coalition, including 283 King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph, 11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in 284 the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, 285 the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west. 11:3 Canaanites came 286 from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area 287 of Mizpah. 11:4 These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots. 288 11:5 All these kings gathered and joined forces 289 at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.
11:6 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn 290 their chariots.” 11:7 Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. 291 11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, 292 Misrephoth Maim, 293 and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained. 11:9 Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned 294 their chariots.
11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, 295 and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time 296 the leader of all these kingdoms. 11:11 They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword 297 – no one who breathed remained – and burned 298 Hazor.
11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, 299 as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded. 11:13 But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, 300 except for Hazor; 301 it was the only one Joshua burned. 11:14 The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people 302 and allowed no one who breathed to live. 11:15 Moses the Lord’s servant passed on the Lord’s commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the Lord had given Moses. 303
11:16 Joshua conquered the whole land, 304 including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, 305 the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands, 11:17 from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them. 306 11:18 Joshua campaigned against 307 these kings for quite some time. 308 11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); 309 they had to conquer all of them, 310 11:20 for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses. 311
11:21 At that time Joshua attacked and eliminated the Anakites from the hill country 312 – from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and all the hill country of Judah and Israel. 313 Joshua annihilated them and their cities. 11:22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. 11:23 Joshua conquered 314 the whole land, just as the Lord had promised Moses, 315 and he assigned Israel their tribal portions. 316 Then the land was free of war.
12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land 317 on the east side of the Jordan, 318 from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:
12:2 King Sihon of the Amorites who lived 319 in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) – including the city in the middle of the valley 320 and half of Gilead – all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory. 12:3 His kingdom included 321 the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth 322 to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), 323 including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
12:4 The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites, 324 who lived 325 in Ashtaroth and Edrei 12:5 and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.
12:6 Moses the Lord’s servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the Lord’s servant assigned their land 326 to Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
12:7 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes, 327 12:8 including the hill country, the lowlands, 328 the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev – the land of 329 the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites:
12:9 the king of Jericho 330 (one),
the king of Ai – located near Bethel – (one),
12:10 the king of Jerusalem 331 (one),
the king of Hebron (one),
12:11 the king of Jarmuth (one),
the king of Lachish (one),
12:12 the king of Eglon (one),
the king of Gezer (one),
12:13 the king of Debir (one),
the king of Geder (one),
12:14 the king of Hormah (one),
the king of Arad (one),
12:15 the king of Libnah (one),
the king of Adullam (one),
12:16 the king of Makkedah (one),
the king of Bethel 332 (one),
12:17 the king of Tappuah (one),
the king of Hepher (one),
12:18 the king of Aphek (one),
the king of Lasharon (one),
12:19 the king of Madon (one),
the king of Hazor 333 (one),
12:20 the king of Shimron Meron (one),
the king of Acshaph (one),
12:21 the king of Taanach (one),
the king of Megiddo 334 (one),
12:22 the king of Kedesh (one),
the king of Jokneam near Carmel (one),
12:23 the king of Dor – near Naphath Dor – (one),
the king of Goyim – near Gilgal – (one),
12:24 the king of Tirzah (one),
a total of thirty-one kings.
13:1 When Joshua was very old, 335 the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered. 13:2 This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites, 13:3 from the Shihor River 336 east of 337 Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), 338 including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land 339 13:4 to the south; 340 all the Canaanite territory, 341 from Arah 342 in the region of Sidon 343 to Aphek, as far as Amorite territory; 13:5 the territory of Byblos 344 and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath. 345 13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, 346 all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” 347 13:7 Now, divide up this land 348 among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
13:8 The other half of Manasseh, 349 Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan, 350 just as Moses, the Lord’s servant, had assigned them. 13:9 Their territory started 351 from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley), included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon, 13:10 and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border. 13:11 Their territory also included 352 Gilead, Geshurite and Maacathite territory, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah – 13:12 the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was one of the few remaining Rephaites.) 353 Moses defeated them and took their lands. 354 13:13 But the Israelites did not conquer 355 the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day. 13:14 However, Moses 356 did not assign land as an inheritance 357 to the Levites; their inheritance 358 is the sacrificial offerings 359 made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed 360 them.
13:15 Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben 361 by its clans. 13:16 Their territory started at Aroer 362 (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba, 13:17 Heshbon and all its surrounding cities on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 13:18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 13:19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, 13:20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth. 13:21 It encompassed 363 all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory). 364 13:22 The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, 365 along with the others. 366 13:23 The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns. 367
13:24 Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad 368 by its clans. 13:25 Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory 369 as far as Aroer near 370 Rabbah. 13:26 Their territory ran 371 from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir. 13:27 It included the valley of Beth Haram, 372 Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of King Sihon of Heshbon, the area east of the Jordan to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth. 373 13:28 The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns. 374
13:29 Moses assigned land to the half-tribe of Manasseh 375 by its clans. 13:30 Their territory started at 376 Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair 377 in Bashan. 13:31 Half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities in the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh, to half the descendants of Makir by their clans.
13:32 These are the land assignments made by Moses 378 on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho. 379 13:33 However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance 380 to the Levites; their inheritance 381 is the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed 382 them.
14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. 383 14:2 The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses. 384 14:3 Now Moses had assigned land 385 to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land 386 to the Levites. 387 14:4 The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions. 388 14:5 The Israelites followed the Lord’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land. 389
14:6 The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea. 390 14:7 I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report. 391 14:8 My countrymen 392 who accompanied 393 me frightened the people, 394 but I remained loyal to the Lord my God. 395 14:9 That day Moses made this solemn promise: 396 ‘Surely the land on which you walked 397 will belong to you and your descendants permanently, 398 for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’ 14:10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old. 14:11 Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then. 399 14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. 400 But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer 401 them, as the Lord promised.” 14:13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron. 402 14:14 So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day 403 because he remained loyal to the Lord God of Israel. 14:15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite. 404 ) Then the land was free of war.
15:1 The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south. 405 15:2 Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, 406 15:3 extended 407 south of the Scorpion Ascent, 408 crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka. 15:4 It then crossed to Azmon, extended to the Stream of Egypt, 409 and ended at the sea. This was their 410 southern border.
15:5 The eastern border was the Salt Sea to the mouth 411 of the Jordan River. 412
The northern border started north of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan, 413 15:6 went up to Beth Hoglah, crossed north of Beth Arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. 15:7 It then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning northward to Gilgal (which is opposite the Pass 414 of Adummim south of the valley), crossed to the waters of En Shemesh and extended to En Rogel. 15:8 It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), 415 going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. 15:9 It then went from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, extended to the cities of Mount Ephron, and went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim). 15:10 It then turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, crossed to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is Kesalon), descended to Beth Shemesh, and crossed to Timnah. 15:11 It then extended to the slope of Ekron to the north, went toward Shikkeron, crossed to Mount Baalah, extended to Jabneel, and ended at the sea.
15:12 The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. 416 These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans. 417
15:13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord’s instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.) 418 15:14 Caleb drove out 419 from there three Anakites – Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak. 15:15 From there he attacked the people of Debir. 420 (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.) 15:16 Caleb said, “To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife.” 15:17 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, 421 captured it, Caleb 422 gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.
15:18 One time Acsah 423 came and charmed her father 424 so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What would you like?” 15:19 She answered, “Please give me a special present. 425 Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.
15:20 This is the land assigned to the tribe of Judah by its clans: 426 15:21 These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah’s tribal land near the border of Edom: 427 Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, 15:22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 15:23 Kedesh, Hazor, 428 Ithnan, 15:24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, 15:25 Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (that is, Hazor), 15:26 Amam, Shema, Moladah, 15:27 Hazar Gaddah, Heshbon, Beth Pelet, 15:28 Hazar Shual, Beer Sheba, Biziothiah, 15:29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem, 15:30 Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, 15:31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, 15:32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon – a total of twenty-nine cities and their towns. 429
15:33 These cities were 430 in the lowlands: 431 Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, 15:34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 15:35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, 15:36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim) – a total of fourteen cities and their towns.
15:37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, 15:38 Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, 15:39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, 15:40 Cabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish, 15:41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah – a total of sixteen cities and their towns.
15:42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan, 15:43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 15:44 Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah – a total of nine cities and their towns.
15:45 Ekron and its surrounding towns 432 and settlements; 15:46 from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns; 15:47 Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt 433 and the border at the Mediterranean Sea. 434
15:48 These cities were 435 in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, 15:49 Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir), 15:50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 15:51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh – a total of eleven cities and their towns.
15:52 Arab, Dumah, 436 Eshan, 15:53 Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, 15:54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior – a total of nine cities and their towns.
15:55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, 15:56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 15:57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah – a total of ten cities and their towns.
15:58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, 15:59 Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon – a total of six cities and their towns.
15:60 Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah – a total of two cities and their towns.
15:61 These cities were 437 in the desert: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, 15:62 Nibshan, the city of Salt, and En Gedi – a total of six cities and their towns.
15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. 438 The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. 439
16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho 440 to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. 441 16:2 The southern border 442 extended from Bethel to Luz, 443 and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth. 16:3 It then descended westward to Japhletite territory, as far as the territory of lower Beth Horon and Gezer, and ended at the sea.
16:4 Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land. 444 16:5 The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: 445 The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon. 16:6 It then extended on to the sea, with Micmethath on the north. It turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh and crossed it on the east to Janoah. 16:7 It then descended from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, 446 and extended to the Jordan River. 447 16:8 From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim 448 by its clans. 16:9 Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns. 449
16:10 The Ephraimites 450 did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.
17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. 451 The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. 452 They were assigned Gilead and Bashan. 453 17:2 The rest of Manasseh’s descendants were also assigned land 454 by their clans, including the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.
17:3 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 17:4 They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.” 455 So Joshua 456 assigned them land among their uncles, as the Lord had commanded. 457 17:5 Manasseh was allotted ten shares of land, 458 in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan, 17:6 for the daughters of Manasseh were assigned land among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.
17:7 The border of Manasseh went 459 from Asher to Micmethath which is near 460 Shechem. It then went south toward those who live in Tappuah. 17:8 (The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.) 17:9 The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, 461 but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea. 17:10 Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s to the north. The sea was Manasseh’s 462 western border and their territory 463 touched Asher on the north and Issachar on the east. 17:11 Within Issachar’s and Asher’s territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo, 464 the three of Napheth, 465 and the towns surrounding all these cities. 466 17:12 But the men 467 of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed 468 to remain in those areas. 17:13 Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. 469
17:14 The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you assigned us only one tribal allotment? After all, we have many people, for until now the Lord has enabled us to increase in number.” 470 17:15 Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, 471 go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.” 17:16 The descendants of Joseph said, “The whole hill country 472 is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.” 473 17:17 Joshua said to the family 474 of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment. 17:18 The whole hill country 475 will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. 476 You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”
18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. 477 Though they had subdued the land, 478 18:2 seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. 479 18:3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying 480 the land the Lord God of your ancestors 481 has given you? 18:4 Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me. 482 18:5 Divide it into seven regions. 483 Judah will stay 484 in its territory in the south, and the family 485 of Joseph in its territory in the north. 18:6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God. 18:7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. 486 Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land 487 east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”
18:8 When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.” 18:9 The men journeyed 488 through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh. 18:10 Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.
18:11 The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin 489 by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. 490 18:12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho 491 on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven. 18:13 It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), 492 and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon. 18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe 493 of Judah. This is the western border. 494 18:15 The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 18:16 The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel. 18:17 It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass 495 of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. 18:18 It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah. 18:19 It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea 496 at the mouth of the Jordan River. 497 This was the southern border. 18:20 The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. 498
18:21 These cities belonged to the tribe 499 of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, 500 Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, 18:22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 501 18:23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 18:24 Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba – a total of twelve cities and their towns.
18:25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 18:26 Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, 18:27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 18:28 Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city 502 (that is, Jerusalem), 503 Gibeah, and Kiriath – a total of fourteen cities and their towns. 504 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin 505 by its clans.
19:1 The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. 506 19:2 Their assigned land included 507 Beer Sheba, 508 Moladah, 19:3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, 19:4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, 19:5 Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, 19:6 Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen – a total of thirteen cities and their towns, 19:7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan – a total of four cities and their towns, 19:8 as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. 509 19:9 Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah. 510
19:10 The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun 511 by its clans. The border of their territory 512 extended to Sarid. 19:11 Their border went up westward to Maralah and touched Dabbesheth and the valley near 513 Jokneam. 19:12 From Sarid it turned eastward 514 to the territory of Kisloth Tabor, extended to Daberath, and went up to Japhia. 19:13 From there it crossed eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin and extended to Rimmon, turning toward Neah. 19:14 It then turned on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. 19:15 Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; 515 in all they had twelve cities and their towns. 516 19:16 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun 517 by its clans, including these cities and their towns.
19:17 The fourth lot belonged to the tribe of Issachar 518 by its clans. 19:18 Their assigned land 519 included Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, 19:19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, 19:20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, 19:21 Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. 19:22 Their border touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. They had sixteen cities and their towns. 19:23 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Issachar 520 by its clans, including the cities and their towns.
19:24 The fifth lot belonged to the tribe of Asher 521 by its clans. 19:25 Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph, 19:26 Alammelech, Amad, and Mishal. Their border touched Carmel to the west and Shihor Libnath. 19:27 It turned eastward toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El to the north, as well as the Valley of Emek and Neiel, and extended to Cabul on the north 522 19:28 and on to Ebron, 523 Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. 524 19:29 It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, 525 turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib, 19:30 Umah, Aphek, and Rehob. In all they had 526 twenty-two cities and their towns. 19:31 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher 527 by its clans, including these cities and their towns.
19:32 The sixth lot belonged to the tribe of Naphtali 528 by its clans. 19:33 Their border started at Heleph and the oak of Zaanannim, went to Adami Nekeb, Jabneel and on to Lakkum, 529 and ended at the Jordan River. 530 19:34 It turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, extended from there to Hukok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and the Jordan 531 on the east. 19:35 The fortified cities included Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, 19:36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 532 19:37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, 19:38 Yiron, 533 Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. In all they had 534 nineteen cities and their towns. 19:39 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Naphtali 535 by its clans, including the cities and their towns.
19:40 The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan 536 by its clans. 19:41 Their assigned land included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, 19:42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, 19:43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 19:44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 19:45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, 19:46 the waters of Jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory in front of Joppa. 19:47 (The Danites failed to conquer their territory, 537 so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it 538 Dan after their ancestor. 539 ) 19:48 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan 540 by its clans, including these cities and their towns.
19:49 When they finished dividing the land into its regions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun some land. 541 19:50 As the Lord had instructed, they gave him the city he requested – Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.
19:51 These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders 542 made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 543 So they finished dividing up the land.
20:1 The Lord instructed Joshua: 20:2 “Have the Israelites select 544 the cities of refuge 545 that I told you about through Moses. 20:3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; 546 these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood. 20:4 The one who committed manslaughter 547 should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. 548 They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there. 549 20:5 When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation. 550 20:6 He must remain 551 in that city until his case is decided by the assembly 552 and the high priest dies. 553 Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.” 554
20:7 So they selected 555 Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. 20:8 Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho 556 they selected 557 Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh. 20:9 These were the cities of refuge 558 appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by 559 the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly. 560
21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders 21:2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.” 21:3 So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.
21:4 The first lot belonged to 561 the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 21:5 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 21:6 Gershon’s descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 21:7 Merari’s descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 21:8 So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the Lord had instructed Moses.
21:9 They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below. 21:10 They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, 562 for the first lot belonged to them. 21:11 They assigned them Kiriath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas. 21:12 (Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.) 21:13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah, 21:14 Jattir, Eshtemoa, 21:15 Holon, Debir, 21:16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of nine cities taken from these two tribes. 21:17 From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned 563 Gibeon, Geba, 21:18 Anathoth, and Almon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities. 21:19 The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.
21:20 The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim. 21:21 They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer, 21:22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities. 21:23 From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon, 21:24 Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities. 21:25 From the half-tribe of Manasseh they assigned Taanach and Gath Rimmon, 564 along with the grazing areas of each – a total of two cities. 21:26 The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.
21:27 They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: 565 from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of two cities; 21:28 from the tribe of Issachar: Kishon, Daberath, 21:29 Jarmuth, and En Gannim, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities; 21:30 from the tribe of Asher: Mishal, Abdon, 21:31 Helkath, and Rehob, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities; 21:32 from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of three cities. 21:33 The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.
21:34 They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah, 21:35 Dimnah, and Nahalal, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities; 21:36 566 from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz, 21:37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities; 21:38 from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim, 21:39 Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities. 21:40 The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.
21:41 The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites 567 forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas. 21:42 Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard. 568
21:43 So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, 569 and they conquered 570 it and lived in it. 21:44 The Lord made them secure, 571 in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors. 572 None of their enemies could resist them. 573 21:45 Not one of the Lord’s faithful promises to the family of Israel 574 was left unfulfilled; every one was realized. 575
9:22 “You gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you allocated them to every corner of the land. 576 They inherited the land of King Sihon of Heshbon 577 and the land of King Og of Bashan. 9:23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess. 9:24 Their descendants 578 entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased. 9:25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things – wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full 579 and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness.