GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.kingjames:6urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.kingjames:6Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass , that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun , Moses' minister , saying , Moses my servant is dead ; now therefore arise , go over this Jordan , thou , and all this people , unto the land which I do give to them , even to the children of Israel . Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon , that have I given unto you , as I said unto Moses . From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river , the river Euphrates , all the land of the Hittites , and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun , shall be your coast . There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life : as I was with Moses , so I will be with thee : I will not fail thee , nor forsake thee . Be strong and of a good courage : for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land , which I sware unto their fathers to give them . Only be thou strong and very courageous , that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law , which Moses my servant commanded thee : turn not from it to the right hand or to the left , that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest . This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth ; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night , that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein : for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous , and then thou shalt have good success . Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage ; be not afraid , neither be thou dismayed : for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest . Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people , saying , Pass through the host , and command the people , saying , Prepare you victuals ; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan , to go in to possess the land , which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it . And to the Reubenites , and to the Gadites , and to half the tribe of Manasseh , spake Joshua , saying , Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you , saying , The LORD your God hath given you rest , and hath given you this land . Your wives , your little ones , and your cattle , shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan ; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed , all the mighty men of valour , and help them ; Until the LORD have given your brethren rest , as he hath given you , and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them : then ye shall return unto the land of your possession , and enjoy it , which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising . And they answered Joshua , saying , All that thou commandest us we will do , and whithersoever thou sendest us , we will go . According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things , so will we hearken unto thee : only the LORD thy God be with thee , as he was with Moses . Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment , and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him , he shall be put to death : only be strong and of a good courage . And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly , saying , Go view the land , even Jericho . And they went , and came into an harlot's house , named Rahab , and lodged there . And it was told the king of Jericho , saying , Behold , there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country . And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab , saying , Bring forth the men that are come to thee , which are entered into thine house : for they be come to search out all the country . And the woman took the two men , and hid them , and said thus , There came men unto me , but I wist not whence they were : And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate , when it was dark , that the men went out : whither the men went I wot not : pursue after them quickly ; for ye shall overtake them . But she had brought them up to the roof of the house , and hid them with the stalks of flax , which she had laid in order upon the roof . And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords : and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out , they shut the gate . And before they were laid down , she came up unto them upon the roof ; And she said unto the men , I know that the LORD hath given you the land , and that your terror is fallen upon us , and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you . For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you , when ye came out of Egypt ; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites , that were on the other side Jordan , Sihon and Og , whom ye utterly destroyed . And as soon as we had heard these things , our hearts did melt , neither did there remain any more courage in any man , because of you : for the LORD your God , he is God in heaven above , and in earth beneath . Now therefore , I pray you , swear unto me by the LORD , since I have shewed you kindness , that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house , and give me a true token : And that ye will save alive my father , and my mother , and my brethren , and my sisters , and all that they have , and deliver our lives from death . And the men answered her , Our life for yours , if ye utter not this our business . And it shall be , when the LORD hath given us the land , that we will deal kindly and truly with thee . Then she let them down by a cord through the window : for her house was upon the town wall , and she dwelt upon the wall . And she said unto them , Get you to the mountain , lest the pursuers meet you ; and hide yourselves there three days , until the pursuers be returned : and afterward may ye go your way . And the men said unto her , We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear . Behold , when we come into the land , thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by : and thou shalt bring thy father , and thy mother , and thy brethren , and all thy father's household , home unto thee . And it shall be , that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street , his blood shall be upon his head , and we will be guiltless : and whosoever shall be with thee in the house , his blood shall be on our head , if any hand be upon him . And if thou utter this our business , then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear . And she said , According unto your words , so be it . And she sent them away , and they departed : and she bound the scarlet line in the window . And they went , and came unto the mountain , and abode there three days , until the pursuers were returned : and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way , but found them not . So the two men returned , and descended from the mountain , and passed over , and came to Joshua the son of Nun , and told him all things that befell them : And they said unto Joshua , Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land ; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us . And Joshua rose early in the morning ; and they removed from Shittim , and came to Jordan , he and all the children of Israel , and lodged there before they passed over . And it came to pass after three days , that the officers went through the host ; And they commanded the people , saying , When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God , and the priests the Levites bearing it , then ye shall remove from your place , and go after it . Yet there shall be a space between you and it , about two thousand cubits by measure : come not near unto it , that ye may know the way by which ye must go : for ye have not passed this way heretofore . And Joshua said unto the people , Sanctify yourselves : for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you . And Joshua spake unto the priests , saying , Take up the ark of the covenant , and pass over before the people . And they took up the ark of the covenant , and went before the people . And the LORD said unto Joshua , This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel , that they may know that , as I was with Moses , so I will be with thee . And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant , saying , When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan , ye shall stand still in Jordan . And Joshua said unto the children of Israel , Come hither , and hear the words of the LORD your God . And Joshua said , Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you , and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites , and the Hittites , and the Hivites , and the Perizzites , and the Girgashites , and the Amorites , and the Jebusites . Behold , the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan . Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel , out of every tribe a man . And it shall come to pass , as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD , the Lord of all the earth , shall rest in the waters of Jordan , that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above ; and they shall stand upon an heap . And it came to pass , when the people removed from their tents , to pass over Jordan , and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people ; And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan , and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water , ( for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest , ) That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam , that is beside Zaretan : and those that came down toward the sea of the plain , even the salt sea , failed , and were cut off : and the people passed over right against Jericho . And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan , and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground , until all the people were passed clean over Jordan . And it came to pass , when all the people were clean passed over Jordan , that the LORD spake unto Joshua , saying , Take you twelve men out of the people , out of every tribe a man , And command ye them , saying , Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan , out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm , twelve stones , and ye shall carry them over with you , and leave them in the lodging place , where ye shall lodge this night . Then Joshua called the twelve men , whom he had prepared of the children of Israel , out of every tribe a man : And Joshua said unto them , Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan , and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder , according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel : That this may be a sign among you , that when your children ask their fathers in time to come , saying , What mean ye by these stones ? Then ye shall answer them , That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD ; when it passed over Jordan , the waters of Jordan were cut off : and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever . And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded , and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan , as the LORD spake unto Joshua , according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel , and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged , and laid them down there . And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan , in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood : and they are there unto this day . For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan , until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people , according to all that Moses commanded Joshua : and the people hasted and passed over . And it came to pass , when all the people were clean passed over , that the ark of the LORD passed over , and the priests , in the presence of the people . And the children of Reuben , and the children of Gad , and half the tribe of Manasseh , passed over armed before the children of Israel , as Moses spake unto them : About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle , to the plains of Jericho . On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel ; and they feared him , as they feared Moses , all the days of his life . And the LORD spake unto Joshua , saying , Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony , that they come up out of Jordan . Joshua therefore commanded the priests , saying , Come ye up out of Jordan . And it came to pass , when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan , and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land , that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place , and flowed over all his banks , as they did before . And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month , and encamped in Gilgal , in the east border of Jericho . And those twelve stones , which they took out of Jordan , did Joshua pitch in Gilgal . And he spake unto the children of Israel , saying , When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come , saying , What mean these stones ? Then ye shall let your children know , saying , Israel came over this Jordan on dry land . For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you , until ye were passed over , as the LORD your God did to the Red sea , which he dried up from before us , until we were gone over : That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD , that it is mighty : that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever . And it came to pass , when all the kings of the Amorites , which were on the side of Jordan westward , and all the kings of the Canaanites , which were by the sea , heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel , until we were passed over , that their heart melted , neither was there spirit in them any more , because of the children of Israel . At that time the LORD said unto Joshua , Make thee sharp knives , and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time . And Joshua made him sharp knives , and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins . And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise : All the people that came out of Egypt , that were males , even all the men of war , died in the wilderness by the way , after they came out of Egypt . Now all the people that came out were circumcised : but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt , them they had not circumcised . For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness , till all the people that were men of war , which came out of Egypt , were consumed , because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD : unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land , which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us , a land that floweth with milk and honey . And their children , whom he raised up in their stead , them Joshua circumcised : for they were uncircumcised , because they had not circumcised them by the way . And it came to pass , when they had done circumcising all the people , that they abode in their places in the camp , till they were whole . And the LORD said unto Joshua , This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you . Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day . And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal , and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho . And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover , unleavened cakes , and parched corn in the selfsame day . And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ; neither had the children of Israel manna any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year . And it came to pass , when Joshua was by Jericho , that he lifted up his eyes and looked , and , behold , there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua went unto him , and said unto him , Art thou for us , or for our adversaries ? And he said , Nay ; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come . And Joshua fell on his face to the earth , and did worship , and said unto him , What saith my lord unto his servant ? And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua , Loose thy shoe from off thy foot ; for the place whereon thou standest is holy . And Joshua did so . Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel : none went out , and none came in . And the LORD said unto Joshua , See , I have given into thine hand Jericho , and the king thereof , and the mighty men of valour . And ye shall compass the city , all ye men of war , and go round about the city once . Thus shalt thou do six days . And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns : and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times , and the priests shall blow with the trumpets . And it shall come to pass , that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn , and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet , all the people shall shout with a great shout ; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat , and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him . And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests , and said unto them , Take up the ark of the covenant , and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD . And he said unto the people , Pass on , and compass the city , and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD . And it came to pass , when Joshua had spoken unto the people , that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD , and blew with the trumpets : and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them . And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets , and the rereward came after the ark , the priests going on , and blowing with the trumpets . And Joshua had commanded the people , saying , Ye shall not shout , nor make any noise with your voice , neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth , until the day I bid you shout ; then shall ye shout . So the ark of the LORD compassed the city , going about it once : and they came into the camp , and lodged in the camp . And Joshua rose early in the morning , and the priests took up the ark of the LORD . And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually , and blew with the trumpets : and the armed men went before them ; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD , the priests going on , and blowing with the trumpets . And the second day they compassed the city once , and returned into the camp : so they did six days . And it came to pass on the seventh day , that they rose early about the dawning of the day , and compassed the city after the same manner seven times : only on that day they compassed the city seven times . And it came to pass at the seventh time , when the priests blew with the trumpets , Joshua said unto the people , Shout ; for the LORD hath given you the city . And the city shall be accursed , even it , and all that are therein , to the LORD : only Rahab the harlot shall live , she and all that are with her in the house , because she hid the messengers that we sent . And ye , in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing , lest ye make yourselves accursed , when ye take of the accursed thing , and make the camp of Israel a curse , and trouble it . But all the silver , and gold , and vessels of brass and iron , are consecrated unto the LORD : they shall come into the treasury of the LORD . So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets : and it came to pass , when the people heard the sound of the trumpet , and the people shouted with a great shout , that the wall fell down flat , so that the people went up into the city , every man straight before him , and they took the city . And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city , both man and woman , young and old , and ox , and sheep , and ass , with the edge of the sword . But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country , Go into the harlot's house , and bring out thence the woman , and all that she hath , as ye sware unto her . And the young men that were spies went in , and brought Rahab , and her father , and her mother , and her brethren , and all that she had ; and they brought out all her kindred , and left them without the camp of Israel . And they burnt the city with fire , and all that was therein : only the silver , and the gold , and the vessels of brass and of iron , they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD . And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive , and her father's household , and all that she had ; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day ; because she hid the messengers , which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho . And Joshua adjured them at that time , saying , Cursed be the man before the LORD , that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho : he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn , and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it . So the LORD was with Joshua ; and his fame was noised throughout all the country . But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing : for Achan , the son of Carmi , the son of Zabdi , the son of Zerah , of the tribe of Judah , took of the accursed thing : and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel . And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai , which is beside Beth-aven , on the east side of Bethel , and spake unto them , saying , Go up and view the country . And the men went up and viewed Ai . And they returned to Joshua , and said unto him , Let not all the people go up ; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai ; and make not all the people to labour thither ; for they are but few . So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men : and they fled before the men of Ai . And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men : for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim , and smote them in the going down : wherefore the hearts of the people melted , and became as water . And Joshua rent his clothes , and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide , he and the elders of Israel , and put dust upon their heads . And Joshua said , Alas , O Lord GOD , wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan , to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites , to destroy us ? would to God we had been content , and dwelt on the other side Jordan ! O Lord , what shall I say , when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies ! For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it , and shall environ us round , and cut off our name from the earth : and what wilt thou do unto thy great name ? And the LORD said unto Joshua , Get thee up ; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face ? Israel hath sinned , and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them : for they have even taken of the accursed thing , and have also stolen , and dissembled also , and they have put it even among their own stuff . Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies , but turned their backs before their enemies , because they were accursed : neither will I be with you any more , except ye destroy the accursed from among you . Up , sanctify the people , and say , Sanctify yourselves against to morrow : for thus saith the LORD God of Israel , There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee , O Israel : thou canst not stand before thine enemies , until ye take away the accursed thing from among you . In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes : and it shall be , that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof ; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households ; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man . And it shall be , that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire , he and all that he hath : because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD , and because he hath wrought folly in Israel . So Joshua rose up early in the morning , and brought Israel by their tribes ; and the tribe of Judah was taken : And he brought the family of Judah ; and he took the family of the Zarhites : and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man ; and Zabdi was taken : And he brought his household man by man ; and Achan , the son of Carmi , the son of Zabdi , the son of Zerah , of the tribe of Judah , was taken . And Joshua said unto Achan , My son , give , I pray thee , glory to the LORD God of Israel , and make confession unto him ; and tell me now what thou hast done ; hide it not from me . And Achan answered Joshua , and said , Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel , and thus and thus have I done : When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment , and two hundred shekels of silver , and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight , then I coveted them , and took them ; and , behold , they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent , and the silver under it . So Joshua sent messengers , and they ran unto the tent ; and , behold , it was hid in his tent , and the silver under it . And they took them out of the midst of the tent , and brought them unto Joshua , and unto all the children of Israel , and laid them out before the LORD . And Joshua , and all Israel with him , took Achan the son of Zerah , and the silver , and the garment , and the wedge of gold , and his sons , and his daughters , and his oxen , and his asses , and his sheep , and his tent , and all that he had : and they brought them unto the valley of Achor . And Joshua said , Why hast thou troubled us ? the LORD shall trouble thee this day . And all Israel stoned him with stones , and burned them with fire , after they had stoned them with stones . And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day . So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger . Wherefore the name of that place was called , The valley of Achor , unto this day . And the LORD said unto Joshua , Fear not , neither be thou dismayed : take all the people of war with thee , and arise , go up to Ai : see , I have given into thy hand the king of Ai , and his people , and his city , and his land : And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king : only the spoil thereof , and the cattle thereof , shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves : lay thee an ambush for the city behind it . So Joshua arose , and all the people of war , to go up against Ai : and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour , and sent them away by night . And he commanded them , saying , Behold , ye shall lie in wait against the city , even behind the city : go not very far from the city , but be ye all ready : And I , and all the people that are with me , will approach unto the city : and it shall come to pass , when they come out against us , as at the first , that we will flee before them , ( For they will come out after us ) till we have drawn them from the city ; for they will say , They flee before us , as at the first : therefore we will flee before them . Then ye shall rise up from the ambush , and seize upon the city : for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand . And it shall be , when ye have taken the city , that ye shall set the city on fire : according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do . See , I have commanded you . Joshua therefore sent them forth : and they went to lie in ambush , and abode between Bethel and Ai , on the west side of Ai : but Joshua lodged that night among the people . And Joshua rose up early in the morning , and numbered the people , and went up , he and the elders of Israel , before the people to Ai . And all the people , even the people of war that were with him , went up , and drew nigh , and came before the city , and pitched on the north side of Ai : now there was a valley between them and Ai . And he took about five thousand men , and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai , on the west side of the city . And when they had set the people , even all the host that was on the north of the city , and their liers in wait on the west of the city , Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley . And it came to pass , when the king of Ai saw it , that they hasted and rose up early , and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle , he and all his people , at a time appointed , before the plain ; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city . And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them , and fled by the way of the wilderness . And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them : and they pursued after Joshua , and were drawn away from the city . And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel , that went not out after Israel : and they left the city open , and pursued after Israel . And the LORD said unto Joshua , Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai ; for I will give it into thine hand . And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city . And the ambush arose quickly out of their place , and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand : and they entered into the city , and took it , and hasted and set the city on fire . And when the men of Ai looked behind them , they saw , and , behold , the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven , and they had no power to flee this way or that way : and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers . And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city , and that the smoke of the city ascended , then they turned again , and slew the men of Ai . And the other issued out of the city against them ; so they were in the midst of Israel , some on this side , and some on that side : and they smote them , so that they let none of them remain or escape . And the king of Ai they took alive , and brought him to Joshua . And it came to pass , when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field , in the wilderness wherein they chased them , and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword , until they were consumed , that all the Israelites returned unto Ai , and smote it with the edge of the sword . And so it was , that all that fell that day , both of men and women , were twelve thousand , even all the men of Ai . For Joshua drew not his hand back , wherewith he stretched out the spear , until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai . Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves , according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua . And Joshua burnt Ai , and made it an heap for ever , even a desolation unto this day . And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide : and as soon as the sun was down , Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree , and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city , and raise thereon a great heap of stones , that remaineth unto this day . Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal , As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel , as it is written in the book of the law of Moses , an altar of whole stones , over which no man hath lift up any iron : and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD , and sacrificed peace offerings . And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses , which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel . And all Israel , and their elders , and officers , and their judges , stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites , which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD , as well the stranger , as he that was born among them ; half of them over against mount Gerizim , and half of them over against mount Ebal ; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before , that they should bless the people of Israel . And afterward he read all the words of the law , the blessings and cursings , according to all that is written in the book of the law . There was not a word of all that Moses commanded , which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel , with the women , and the little ones , and the strangers that were conversant among them . And it came to pass , when all the kings which were on this side Jordan , in the hills , and in the valleys , and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon , the Hittite , and the Amorite , the Canaanite , the Perizzite , the Hivite , and the Jebusite , heard thereof ; That they gathered themselves together , to fight with Joshua and with Israel , with one accord . And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai , They did work wilily , and went and made as if they had been ambassadors , and took old sacks upon their asses , and wine bottles , old , and rent , and bound up ; And old shoes and clouted upon their feet , and old garments upon them ; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy . And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal , and said unto him , and to the men of Israel , We be come from a far country : now therefore make ye a league with us . And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites , Peradventure ye dwell among us ; and how shall we make a league with you ? And they said unto Joshua , We are thy servants . And Joshua said unto them , Who are ye ? and from whence come ye ? And they said unto him , From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God : for we have heard the fame of him , and all that he did in Egypt , And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites , that were beyond Jordan , to Sihon king of Heshbon , and to Og king of Bashan , which was at Ashtaroth . Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us , saying , Take victuals with you for the journey , and go to meet them , and say unto them , We are your servants : therefore now make ye a league with us . This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ; but now , behold , it is dry , and it is mouldy : And these bottles of wine , which we filled , were new ; and , behold , they be rent : and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey . And the men took of their victuals , and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD . And Joshua made peace with them , and made a league with them , to let them live : and the princes of the congregation sware unto them . And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them , that they heard that they were their neighbours , and that they dwelt among them . And the children of Israel journeyed , and came unto their cities on the third day . Now their cities were Gibeon , and Chephirah , and Beeroth , and Kirjath-jearim . And the children of Israel smote them not , because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel . And all the congregation murmured against the princes . But all the princes said unto all the congregation , We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel : now therefore we may not touch them . This we will do to them ; we will even let them live , lest wrath be upon us , because of the oath which we sware unto them . And the princes said unto them , Let them live ; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation ; as the princes had promised them . And Joshua called for them , and he spake unto them , saying , Wherefore have ye beguiled us , saying , We are very far from you ; when ye dwell among us ? Now therefore ye are cursed , and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen , and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God . And they answered Joshua , and said , Because it was certainly told thy servants , how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land , and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you , therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you , and have done this thing . And now , behold , we are in thine hand : as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us , do . And so did he unto them , and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel , that they slew them not . And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation , and for the altar of the LORD , even unto this day , in the place which he should choose . Now it came to pass , when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai , and had utterly destroyed it ; as he had done to Jericho and her king , so he had done to Ai and her king ; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel , and were among them ; That they feared greatly , because Gibeon was a great city , as one of the royal cities , and because it was greater than Ai , and all the men thereof were mighty . Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron , and unto Piram king of Jarmuth , and unto Japhia king of Lachish , and unto Debir king of Eglon , saying , Come up unto me , and help me , that we may smite Gibeon : for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel . Therefore the five kings of the Amorites , the king of Jerusalem , the king of Hebron , the king of Jarmuth , the king of Lachish , the king of Eglon , gathered themselves together , and went up , they and all their hosts , and encamped before Gibeon , and made war against it . And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal , saying , Slack not thy hand from thy servants ; come up to us quickly , and save us , and help us : for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us . So Joshua ascended from Gilgal , he , and all the people of war with him , and all the mighty men of valour . And the LORD said unto Joshua , Fear them not : for I have delivered them into thine hand ; there shall not a man of them stand before thee . Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly , and went up from Gilgal all night . And the LORD discomfited them before Israel , and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon , and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon , and smote them to Azekah , and unto Makkedah . And it came to pass , as they fled from before Israel , and were in the going down to Beth-horon , that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah , and they died : they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword . Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel , and he said in the sight of Israel , Sun , stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou , Moon , in the valley of Ajalon . And the sun stood still , and the moon stayed , until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies . Is not this written in the book of Jasher ? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven , and hasted not to go down about a whole day . And there was no day like that before it or after it , that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the LORD fought for Israel . And Joshua returned , and all Israel with him , unto the camp to Gilgal . But these five kings fled , and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah . And it was told Joshua , saying , The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah . And Joshua said , Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave , and set men by it for to keep them : And stay ye not , but pursue after your enemies , and smite the hindmost of them ; suffer them not to enter into their cities : for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand . And it came to pass , when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter , till they were consumed , that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities . And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace : none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel . Then said Joshua , Open the mouth of the cave , and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave . And they did so , and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave , the king of Jerusalem , the king of Hebron , the king of Jarmuth , the king of Lachish , and the king of Eglon . And it came to pass , when they brought out those kings unto Joshua , that Joshua called for all the men of Israel , and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him , Come near , put your feet upon the necks of these kings . And they came near , and put their feet upon the necks of them . And Joshua said unto them , Fear not , nor be dismayed , be strong and of good courage : for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight . And afterward Joshua smote them , and slew them , and hanged them on five trees : and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening . And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun , that Joshua commanded , and they took them down off the trees , and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid , and laid great stones in the cave's mouth , which remain until this very day . And that day Joshua took Makkedah , and smote it with the edge of the sword , and the king thereof he utterly destroyed , them , and all the souls that were therein ; he let none remain : and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho . Then Joshua passed from Makkedah , and all Israel with him , unto Libnah , and fought against Libnah : And the LORD delivered it also , and the king thereof , into the hand of Israel ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword , and all the souls that were therein ; he let none remain in it ; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho . And Joshua passed from Libnah , and all Israel with him , unto Lachish , and encamped against it , and fought against it : And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel , which took it on the second day , and smote it with the edge of the sword , and all the souls that were therein , according to all that he had done to Libnah . Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish ; and Joshua smote him and his people , until he had left him none remaining . And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon , and all Israel with him ; and they encamped against it , and fought against it : And they took it on that day , and smote it with the edge of the sword , and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day , according to all that he had done to Lachish . And Joshua went up from Eglon , and all Israel with him , unto Hebron ; and they fought against it : And they took it , and smote it with the edge of the sword , and the king thereof , and all the cities thereof , and all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining , according to all that he had done to Eglon ; but destroyed it utterly , and all the souls that were therein . And Joshua returned , and all Israel with him , to Debir ; and fought against it : And he took it , and the king thereof , and all the cities thereof ; and they smote them with the edge of the sword , and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining : as he had done to Hebron , so he did to Debir , and to the king thereof ; as he had done also to Libnah , and to her king . So Joshua smote all the country of the hills , and of the south , and of the vale , and of the springs , and all their kings : he left none remaining , but utterly destroyed all that breathed , as the LORD God of Israel commanded . And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza , and all the country of Goshen , even unto Gibeon . And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time , because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel . And Joshua returned , and all Israel with him , unto the camp to Gilgal . And it came to pass , when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things , that he sent to Jobab king of Madon , and to the king of Shimron , and to the king of Achshaph , And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains , and of the plains south of Chinneroth , and in the valley , and in the borders of Dor on the west , And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west , and to the Amorite , and the Hittite , and the Perizzite , and the Jebusite in the mountains , and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh . And they went out , they and all their hosts with them , much people , even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude , with horses and chariots very many . And when all these kings were met together , they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom , to fight against Israel . And the LORD said unto Joshua , Be not afraid because of them : for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel : thou shalt hough their horses , and burn their chariots with fire . So Joshua came , and all the people of war with him , against them by the waters of Merom suddenly ; and they fell upon them . And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel , who smote them , and chased them unto great Zidon , and unto Misrephoth-maim , and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward ; and they smote them , until they left them none remaining . And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him : he houghed their horses , and burnt their chariots with fire . And Joshua at that time turned back , and took Hazor , and smote the king thereof with the sword : for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms . And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword , utterly destroying them : there was not any left to breathe : and he burnt Hazor with fire . And all the cities of those kings , and all the kings of them , did Joshua take , and smote them with the edge of the sword , and he utterly destroyed them , as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded . But as for the cities that stood still in their strength , Israel burned none of them , save Hazor only ; that did Joshua burn . And all the spoil of these cities , and the cattle , the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves ; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword , until they had destroyed them , neither left they any to breathe . As the LORD commanded Moses his servant , so did Moses command Joshua , and so did Joshua ; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses . So Joshua took all that land , the hills , and all the south country , and all the land of Goshen , and the valley , and the plain , and the mountain of Israel , and the valley of the same ; Even from the mount Halak , that goeth up to Seir , even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon : and all their kings he took , and smote them , and slew them . Joshua made war a long time with all those kings . There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel , save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon : all other they took in battle . For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts , that they should come against Israel in battle , that he might destroy them utterly , and that they might have no favour , but that he might destroy them , as the LORD commanded Moses . And at that time came Joshua , and cut off the Anakims from the mountains , from Hebron , from Debir , from Anab , and from all the mountains of Judah , and from all the mountains of Israel : Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities . There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel : only in Gaza , in Gath , and in Ashdod , there remained . So Joshua took the whole land , according to all that the LORD said unto Moses ; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes . And the land rested from war . Now these are the kings of the land , which the children of Israel smote , and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun , from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon , and all the plain on the east : Sihon king of the Amorites , who dwelt in Heshbon , and ruled from Aroer , which is upon the bank of the river Arnon , and from the middle of the river , and from half Gilead , even unto the river Jabbok , which is the border of the children of Ammon ; And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east , and unto the sea of the plain , even the salt sea on the east , the way to Beth-jeshimoth ; and from the south , under Ashdoth-pisgah : And the coast of Og king of Bashan , which was of the remnant of the giants , that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei , And reigned in mount Hermon , and in Salcah , and in all Bashan , unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites , and half Gilead , the border of Sihon king of Heshbon . Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite : and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites , and the Gadites , and the half tribe of Manasseh . And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west , from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak , that goeth up to Seir ; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions ; In the mountains , and in the valleys , and in the plains , and in the springs , and in the wilderness , and in the south country ; the Hittites , the Amorites , and the Canaanites , the Perizzites , the Hivites , and the Jebusites : The king of Jericho , one ; the king of Ai , which is beside Bethel , one ; The king of Jerusalem , one ; the king of Hebron , one ; The king of Jarmuth , one ; the king of Lachish , one ; The king of Eglon , one ; the king of Gezer , one ; The king of Debir , one ; the king of Geder , one ; The king of Hormah , one ; the king of Arad , one ; The king of Libnah , one ; the king of Adullam , one ; The king of Makkedah , one ; the king of Bethel , one ; The king of Tappuah , one ; the king of Hepher , one ; The king of Aphek , one ; the king of Lasharon , one ; The king of Madon , one ; the king of Hazor , one ; The king of Shimron-meron , one ; the king of Achshaph , one ; The king of Taanach , one ; the king of Megiddo , one ; The king of Kedesh , one ; the king of Jokneam of Carmel , one ; The king of Dor in the coast of Dor , one ; the king of the nations of Gilgal , one ; The king of Tirzah , one : all the kings thirty and one . Now Joshua was old and stricken in years ; and the LORD said unto him , Thou art old and stricken in years , and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed . This is the land that yet remaineth : all the borders of the Philistines , and all Geshuri , From Sihor , which is before Egypt , even unto the borders of Ekron northward , which is counted to the Canaanite : five lords of the Philistines ; the Gazathites , and the Ashdothites , the Eshkalonites , the Gittites , and the Ekronites ; also the Avites : From the south , all the land of the Canaanites , and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians , unto Aphek , to the borders of the Amorites : And the land of the Giblites , and all Lebanon , toward the sunrising , from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath . All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim , and all the Sidonians , them will I drive out from before the children of Israel : only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance , as I have commanded thee . Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes , and the half tribe of Manasseh , With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance , which Moses gave them , beyond Jordan eastward , even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them ; From Aroer , that is upon the bank of the river Arnon , and the city that is in the midst of the river , and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon ; And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites , which reigned in Heshbon , unto the border of the children of Ammon ; And Gilead , and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites , and all mount Hermon , and all Bashan unto Salcah ; All the kingdom of Og in Bashan , which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei , who remained of the remnant of the giants : for these did Moses smite , and cast them out . Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites , nor the Maachathites : but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day . Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance ; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance , as he said unto them . And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families . And their coast was from Aroer , that is on the bank of the river Arnon , and the city that is in the midst of the river , and all the plain by Medeba ; Heshbon , and all her cities that are in the plain ; Dibon , and Bamoth-baal , and Beth-baal-meon , And Jahazah , and Kedemoth , and Mephaath , And Kirjathaim , and Sibmah , and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley , And Beth-peor , and Ashdoth-pisgah , and Beth-jeshimoth , And all the cities of the plain , and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites , which reigned in Heshbon , whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian , Evi , and Rekem , and Zur , and Hur , and Reba , which were dukes of Sihon , dwelling in the country . Balaam also the son of Beor , the soothsayer , did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them . And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan , and the border thereof . This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families , the cities and the villages thereof . And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad , even unto the children of Gad according to their families . And their coast was Jazer , and all the cities of Gilead , and half the land of the children of Ammon , unto Aroer that is before Rabbah ; And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh , and Betonim ; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir ; And in the valley , Beth-aram , and Beth-nimrah , and Succoth , and Zaphon , the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon , Jordan and his border , even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward . This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families , the cities , and their villages . And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh : and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families . And their coast was from Mahanaim , all Bashan , all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan , and all the towns of Jair , which are in Bashan , threescore cities : And half Gilead , and Ashtaroth , and Edrei , cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan , were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh , even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families . These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab , on the other side Jordan , by Jericho , eastward . But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance : the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance , as he said unto them . And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan , which Eleazar the priest , and Joshua the son of Nun , and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel , distributed for inheritance to them . By lot was their inheritance , as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses , for the nine tribes , and for the half tribe . For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan : but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them . For the children of Joseph were two tribes , Manasseh and Ephraim : therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land , save cities to dwell in , with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance . As the LORD commanded Moses , so the children of Israel did , and they divided the land . Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal : and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him , Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea . Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land ; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart . Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt : but I wholly followed the LORD my God . And Moses sware on that day , saying , Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance , and thy children's for ever , because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God . And now , behold , the LORD hath kept me alive , as he said , these forty and five years , even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses , while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness : and now , lo , I am this day fourscore and five years old . As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me : as my strength was then , even so is my strength now , for war , both to go out , and to come in . Now therefore give me this mountain , whereof the LORD spake in that day ; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there , and that the cities were great and fenced : if so be the LORD will be with me , then I shall be able to drive them out , as the LORD said . And Joshua blessed him , and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance . Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day , because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel . And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba ; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims . And the land had rest from war . This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families ; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast . And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea , from the bay that looketh southward : And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim , and passed along to Zin , and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea , and passed along to Hezron , and went up to Adar , and fetched a compass to Karkaa : From thence it passed toward Azmon , and went out unto the river of Egypt ; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea : this shall be your south coast . And the east border was the salt sea , even unto the end of Jordan . And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan : And the border went up to Beth-hogla , and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah ; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben : And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor , and so northward , looking toward Gilgal , that is before the going up to Adummim , which is on the south side of the river : and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh , and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel : And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite ; the same is Jerusalem : and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward , which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward : And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah , and went out to the cities of mount Ephron ; and the border was drawn to Baalah , which is Kirjath-jearim : And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir , and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim , which is Chesalon , on the north side , and went down to Beth-shemesh , and passed on to Timnah : And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward : and the border was drawn to Shicron , and passed along to mount Baalah , and went out unto Jabneel ; and the goings out of the border were at the sea . And the west border was to the great sea , and the coast thereof . This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families . And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah , according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua , even the city of Arba the father of Anak , which city is Hebron . And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak , Sheshai , and Ahiman , and Talmai , the children of Anak . And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir : and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher . And Caleb said , He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher , and taketh it , to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife . And Othniel the son of Kenaz , the brother of Caleb , took it : and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife . And it came to pass , as she came unto him , that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she lighted off her ass ; and Caleb said unto her , What wouldest thou ? Who answered , Give me a blessing ; for thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water . And he gave her the upper springs , and the nether springs . This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families . And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel , and Eder , and Jagur , And Kinah , and Dimonah , and Adadah , And Kedesh , and Hazor , and Ithnan , Ziph , and Telem , and Bealoth , And Hazor , Hadattah , and Kerioth , and Hezron , which is Hazor , Amam , and Shema , and Moladah , And Hazar-gaddah , and Heshmon , and Beth-palet , And Hazar-shual , and Beer-sheba , and Bizjothjah , Baalah , and Iim , and Azem , And Eltolad , and Chesil , and Hormah , And Ziklag , and Madmannah , and Sansannah , And Lebaoth , and Shilhim , and Ain , and Rimmon : all the cities are twenty and nine , with their villages : And in the valley , Eshtaol , and Zoreah , and Ashnah , And Zanoah , and En-gannim , Tappuah , and Enam , Jarmuth , and Adullam , Socoh , and Azekah , And Sharaim , and Adithaim , and Gederah , and Gederothaim ; fourteen cities with their villages : Zenan , and Hadashah , and Migdal-gad , And Dilean , and Mizpeh , and Joktheel , Lachish , and Bozkath , and Eglon , And Cabbon , and Lahmam , and Kithlish , And Gederoth , Beth-dagon , and Naamah , and Makkedah ; sixteen cities with their villages : Libnah , and Ether , and Ashan , And Jiphtah , and Ashnah , and Nezib , And Keilah , and Achzib , and Mareshah ; nine cities with their villages : Ekron , with her towns and her villages : From Ekron even unto the sea , all that lay near Ashdod , with their villages : Ashdod with her towns and her villages , Gaza with her towns and her villages , unto the river of Egypt , and the great sea , and the border thereof : And in the mountains , Shamir , and Jattir , and Socoh , And Dannah , and Kirjath-sannah , which is Debir , And Anab , and Eshtemoh , and Anim , And Goshen , and Holon , and Giloh ; eleven cities with their villages : Arab , and Dumah , and Eshean , And Janum , and Beth-tappuah , and Aphekah , And Humtah , and Kirjath-arba , which is Hebron , and Zior ; nine cities with their villages : Maon , Carmel , and Ziph , and Juttah , And Jezreel , and Jokdeam , and Zanoah , Cain , Gibeah , and Timnah ; ten cities with their villages : Halhul , Beth-zur , and Gedor , And Maarath , and Beth-anoth , and Eltekon ; six cities with their villages : Kirjath-baal , which is Kirjath-jearim , and Rabbah ; two cities with their villages : In the wilderness , Beth-arabah , Middin , and Secacah , And Nibshan , and the city of Salt , and En-gedi ; six cities with their villages . As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem , the children of Judah could not drive them out : but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day . And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho , unto the water of Jericho on the east , to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel , And goeth out from Bethel to Luz , and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth , And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti , unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether , and to Gezer : and the goings out thereof are at the sea . So the children of Joseph , Manasseh and Ephraim , took their inheritance . And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus : even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar , unto Beth-horon the upper ; And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side ; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh , and passed by it on the east to Janohah ; And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth , and to Naarath , and came to Jericho , and went out at Jordan . The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea . This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families . And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh , all the cities with their villages . And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer : but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day , and serve under tribute . There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh ; for he was the firstborn of Joseph ; to wit , for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh , the father of Gilead : because he was a man of war , therefore he had Gilead and Bashan . There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families ; for the children of Abiezer , and for the children of Helek , and for the children of Asriel , and for the children of Shechem , and for the children of Hepher , and for the children of Shemida : these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families . But Zelophehad , the son of Hepher , the son of Gilead , the son of Machir , the son of Manasseh , had no sons , but daughters : and these are the names of his daughters , Mahlah , and Noah , Hoglah , Milcah , and Tirzah . And they came near before Eleazar the priest , and before Joshua the son of Nun , and before the princes , saying , The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren . Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father . And there fell ten portions to Manasseh , beside the land of Gilead and Bashan , which were on the other side Jordan ; Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons : and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead . And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah , that lieth before Shechem ; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah . Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah : but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim ; And the coast descended unto the river Kanah , southward of the river : these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh : the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river , and the outgoings of it were at the sea : Southward it was Ephraim's , and northward it was Manasseh's , and the sea is his border ; and they met together in Asher on the north , and in Issachar on the east . And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns , and Ibleam and her towns , and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns , and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns , and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns , and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns , even three countries . Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities ; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land . Yet it came to pass , when the children of Israel were waxen strong , that they put the Canaanites to tribute ; but did not utterly drive them out . And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua , saying , Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit , seeing I am a great people , forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto ? And Joshua answered them , If thou be a great people , then get thee up to the wood country , and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants , if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee . And the children of Joseph said , The hill is not enough for us : and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron , both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns , and they who are of the valley of Jezreel . And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph , even to Ephraim and to Manasseh , saying , Thou art a great people , and hast great power : thou shalt not have one lot only : But the mountain shall be thine ; for it is a wood , and thou shalt cut it down : and the outgoings of it shall be thine : for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites , though they have iron chariots , and though they be strong . 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 Beth-aven . And the border went over from thence toward Luz , to the side of Luz , which is Bethel , southward ; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar , near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon . And the border was drawn thence , and compassed the corner of the sea southward , from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward ; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal , which is Kirjath-jearim , a city of the children of Judah : this was the west quarter . And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim , 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 En-rogel , And was drawn from the north , and went forth to En-shemesh , 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 Beth-hoglah 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 Beth-hoglah , and the valley of Keziz , And Beth-arabah , and Zemaraim , and Bethel , And Avim , and Parah , and Ophrah , And Chephar-haammonai , 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 Beer-sheba , or Sheba , and Moladah , And Hazar-shual , and Balah , and Azem , And Eltolad , and Bethul , and Hormah , And Ziklag , and Beth-marcaboth , and Hazar-susah , And Beth-lebaoth , 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 Baalath-beer , 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 Chisloth-tabor , and then goeth out to daberath , and goeth up to Japhia , And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher , to Ittah-kazin , and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah ; And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon : and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el : 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 Hapharaim , and Shion , and Anaharath , And Rabbith , and Kishion , and Abez , And Remeth , and En-gannim , and En-haddah , and Beth-pazzez ; And the coast reacheth to Tabor , and Shahazimah , and Beth-shemesh ; 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 Shihor-libnath ; And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon , and reacheth to Zebulun , and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek , 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 Aznoth-tabor , 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 En-hazor , And Iron , and Migdal-el , Horem , and Beth-anath , and Beth-shemesh ; 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 Ir-shemesh , And Shaalabbin , and Ajalon , and Jethlah , And Elon , and Thimnathah , and Ekron , And Eltekeh , and Gibbethon , and Baalath , And Jehud , and Bene-berak , and Gath-rimmon , And Me-jarkon , 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 Timnath-serah 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 Kirjath-arba , 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 Beth-shemesh 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 Beth-horon with her suburbs ; four cities . And out of the tribe of Dan , Eltekeh with her suburbs , Gibbethon with her suburbs , Aijalon with her suburbs , Gath-rimmon with her suburbs ; four cities . And out of the half tribe of Manasseh , Tanach with her suburbs , and Gath-rimmon 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 Beesh-terah with her suburbs ; two cities . And out of the tribe of Issachar , Kishon with her suburbs , Dabareh with her suburbs , Jarmuth with her suburbs , En-gannim 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 Hammoth-dor 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 chidren 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 Timnath-serah , 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 .