,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,josue ,this ,book is called ,,josue1 because it contains the history of what passed under him1 and according to the common opinion was written by him4 ,the ,greeks call him ,jesus3 for ,josue and ,jesus in the ,hebrew1 are the same name1 and have the same signification1 viz41 ,a ,,saviour4 ,and it was not without a mystery that he who was to bring the people into the land of promise should have his name changed from ,,osee 7for so he was called before1 ,num4 #ac4ag17 to ,,josue or ,,jesus1 to give us to understand1 that ,moses by his law could only bring the people within sight of the promised inheritance1 but that our ,saviour ,,jesus was to bring us into it4 ,josue ,chapter #a ,josue1 encouraged by the ,lord1 admonisheth the people to prepare themselves to pass over the ,jordan4 #a3a4 ,now it came to pass after the death of ,moses1 the servant of the ,lord1 that the ,lord spoke to ,josue1 the son of ,nun1 the minister of ,moses1 and said to him3 #a3b4 ,moses my servant is dead3 arise1 and pass over this ,jordan1 thou and thy people with thee1 into the land which ,i will give to the children of ,israel4 #a3c4 ,i will deliver to you every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon1 as ,i have said to ,moses4 #a3d4 ,from the desert1 and from ,libanus unto the great river ,euphrates1 all the land of the ,hethites1 unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun1 shall be your border4 #a3e4 ,no man shall be able to resist you all the days of thy life3 as ,i have been with ,moses1 so will ,i be with thee3 ,i will not leave thee1 nor forsake thee4 #a3f4 ,take courage1 and be strong3 for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land for which ,i swore to their fathers1 that ,i would deliver it to them4 #a3g4 ,take courage therefore1 and be very valiant3 that thou mayst observe and do all the law1 which ,moses my servant hath commanded thee3 turn not from it to the right hand or to the left1 that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost4 #a3h4 ,let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth3 but thou shalt meditate on it day and night1 that thou mayst observe and do all things that are written in it3 then shalt thou direct thy way1 and understand it4 #a3i4 ,behold ,i command thee1 take courage1 and be strong4 ,fear not1 and be not dismayed3 because the ,lord thy ,god is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to4 #a3aj4 ,and ,josue commanded the princes of the people1 saying3 ,pass through the midst of the camp1 and command the people1 and say3 #a3aa4 ,prepare your victuals3 for after the third day you shall pass over the ,jordan1 and shall go in to possess the land1 which the ,lord your ,god will give you4 #a3ab4 ,and he said to the ,rubenites1 and the ,gadites1 and the half tribe of ,manasses3 #a3ac4 ,remember the word1 which ,moses the servant of the ,lord commanded you1 saying3 ,the ,lord your ,god hath given you rest1 and all this land4 #a3ad4 ,your wives1 and children2 and cattle1 shall remain in the land which ,moses gave you on this side of the ,jordan3 but pass you over armed before your brethren all of you that are strong of hand1 and fight for them1 #a3ae4 ,until the ,lord give rest to your brethren1 as he hath given you1 and they also possess the land which the ,lord your ,god will give them3 and so you shall return into the land of your possession1 and you shall dwell in it1 which ,moses the servant of the ,lord gave you beyond the ,jordan1 toward the rising of the sun4 #a3af4 ,and they made answer to ,josue1 and said3 ,all that thou hast commanded us1 we will do3 and whither soever thou shalt send us1 we will go4 #a3ag4 ,as we obeyed ,moses in all things1 so will we obey thee also3 only be the ,lord thy ,god with thee1 as he was with ,moses4 #a3ah4 ,he that shall gainsay thy mouth1 and not obey all thy words1 that thou shalt command him1 let him die3 only take thou courage1 and do manfully4 ,josue ,chapter #b ,two spies are sent to ,jericho1 who are received and concealed by ,rahab4 #b3a4 ,and ,josue1 the son of ,nun1 sent from ,setim two men1 to spy secretly3 and said to them3 ,go1 and view the land1 and the city of ,jericho4 ,they went1 and entered into the house of a woman that was a harlot1 named ,rahab1 and lodged with her4 #b3b4 ,and it was told the king of ,jericho1 and was said3 ,behold there are men come in hither1 by night1 of the children of ,israel1 to spy the land4 #b3c4 ,and the king of ,jericho sent to ,rahab1 saying3 ,bring forth the men that came to thee1 and are entered into thy house3 for they are spies1 and are come to view all the land4 #b3d4 ,and the woman taking the men1 hid them1 and said3 ,i confess they came to me1 but ,i knew not whence they were3 #b3e4 ,and at the time of shutting the gate in the dark1 they also went out together4 ,i know not whither they are gone3 pursue after them quickly1 and you will overtake them4 #b3f4 ,but she made the men go up to the top of her house1 and covered them with the stalks of flax1 which was there4 #b3g4 ,now they that were sent1 pursued after them1 by the way that leadeth to the fords of the ,jordan3 and as soon as they were gone out1 the gate was presently shut4 #b3h4 ,the men that were hid were not yet asleep1 when behold the woman went up to them1 and said3 #b3i4 ,i know that the ,lord hath given this land to you3 for the dread of you is fallen upon us1 and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength4 #b3aj4 ,we have heard that the ,lord dried up the water of the ,red ,sea1 at your going in1 when you came out of ,egypt3 and what things you did to the two kings of the ,amorrhites1 that were beyond the ,jordan1 ,sehon and ,og whom you slew4 #b3aa4 ,and at the hearing these things1 we were affrighted1 and our heart fainted away1 neither did there remain any spirit in us1 at your coming in3 for the ,lord your ,god he is ,god in heaven above1 and in the earth beneath4 #b3ab4 ,now1 therefore1 swear ye to me by the ,lord1 that as ,i have shewed mercy to you1 so you also will shew mercy to my father's house3 and give me a true token4 #b3ac4 ,that you will save my father and mother1 my brethren and sisters1 and all things that are theirs1 and deliver our souls from death4 #b3ad4 ,they answered her3 ,be our lives for you unto death1 only if thou betray us not4 ,and when the ,lord shall have delivered us the land1 we will shew thee mercy and truth4 #b3ae4 ,then she let them down with a cord out of a window3 for her house joined close to the wall4 #b3af4 ,and she said to them3 ,get ye up to the mountains1 lest perhaps they meet you as they return3 and there lie ye hid three days1 till they come back1 and so you shall go on yonr way4 #b3ag4 ,and they said to her3 ,we shall be blameless of this oath1 which thou hast made us swear1 #b3ah4 ,if1 when we come into the land1 this scarlet cord be a sign1 and thou tie it in the window1 by which thou hast let us down3 and gather together thy father and mother1 and brethren1 and all thy kindred into thy house4 #b3ai4 ,whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house1 his blood shall be upon his own head1 and we shall be quit4 ,but the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house1 shall light upon our head1 if any man touch them4 #b3bj4 ,but if thou wilt betray us1 and utter this word abroad1 we shall be quit of this oath1 which thou hast made us swear4 #b3ba4 ,and she answered3 ,as you have spoken1 so be it done3 and sending them on their way1 she hung the scarlet cord in the window4 #b3bb4 ,but they went and came to the mountains1 and stayed there three days1 till they that pursued them were returned4 ,for having sought them through all the way1 they found them not4 #b3bc4 ,and when they were gone back into the city1 the spies returned1 and came down from the mountain3 and passing over the ,jordan1 they came to ,josue1 the son of ,nun1 and told him all that befel them1 #b3bd4 ,and said3 the ,lord hath delivered all this land into our hands1 and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear4 ,josue ,chapter #c ,the river ,jordan is miraculously dried up for the passage of the children of ,israel4 #c3a4 ,and ,josue rose before daylight1 and removed the camp3 and they departed from ,setim1 and came to the ,jordan3 he1 and all the children of ,israel1 and they abode there for three days4 #c3b4 ,after which1 the heralds went through the midst of the camp1 #c3c4 ,and began to proclaim3 ,when you shall see the ark of the covenant of the ,lord your ,god1 and the priests of the race of ,levi carrying it1 rise you up also1 and follow them as they go before3 #c3d4 ,and let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits3 that you may see it afar off1 and know which way you must go3 for you have not gone this way before3 and take care you come not near the ark4 #c3e4 ,and ,josue said to the people3 ,be ye sanctified3 for tomorrow the ,lord will do wonders among you4 #c3f4 ,and he said to the priests3 ,take up the ark of the covenant1 and go before the people4 ,and they obeyed his commands1 and took it up1 and walked before them4 #c3g4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,this day will ,i begin to exalt thee before ,israel3 that they may know that as ,i was with ,moses1 so ,i am with thee also4 #c3h4 ,and do thou command the priests1 that carry the ark of the covenant1 and say to them3 ,when you shall have entered into part of the water of the ,jordan1 stand in it4 #c3i4 ,and ,josue said to the children of ,israel3 ,come hither1 and hear the word of the ,lord your ,god4 #c3aj4 ,and again he said3 ,by this you shall know1 that the ,lord1 the living ,god1 is in the midst of you1 and that he shall destroy1 before your sight1 the ,chanaanite and the ,hethite1 the ,hevite and the ,pherezite1 the ,gergesite also1 and the ,jebusite1 and the ,amorrhite4 #c3aa4 ,behold1 the ark of the covenant of the ,lord of all the earth shall go before you into the ,jordan4 #c3ab4 ,prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of ,israel1 one of every tribe4 #c3ac4 ,and when the priests1 that carry the ark of the ,lord the ,god of the whole earth1 shall set the soles of their feet in the waters of the ,jordan1 the waters that are beneath shall run down and go off3 and those that come from above1 shall stand together upon a heap4 #c3ad4 ,so the people went out of their tents1 to pass over the ,jordan3 and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant1 went on before them4 #c3ae4 ,and as soon as they came into the ,jordan1 and their feet were dipped in part of the water1 7now the ,jordan1 it being harvest time1 had filled the banks of its channel17 #c3af4 ,the waters that came down from above stood in one place1 and swelling up like a mountain1 were seen afar off1 from the city that is called ,adom1 to the place of ,sarthan3 but those that were beneath1 ran down into the sea of the wilderness1 7which now is called the ,dead ,sea7 until they wholly failed4 #c3ag4 ,and the people marched over against ,jericho3 and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 stood girded upon the dry ground in the midst of the ,jordan1 and all the people passed over1 through the channel that was dried up4 ,josue ,chapter #d ,twelve stones are taken out of the river to be set up for a monument of the miracle2 and other twelve are placed in the midst of the river4 #d3a4 ,and when they were passed over1 the ,lord said to ,josue3 #d3b4 ,choose twelve men1 one of every tribe3 #d3c4 ,and command them to take out of the midst of the ,jordan1 where the feet of the priests stood1 twelve very hard stones1 which you shall set in the place of the camp1 where you shall pitch your tents this night4 #d3d4 ,and ,josue called twelve men1 whom he had chosen out of the children of ,israel1 one out of every tribe1 #d3e4 ,and he said to them3 ,go before the ark of the ,lord your ,god to the midst of the ,jordan1 and carry from thence every man a stone on your shoulders1 according to the number of the children of ,israel1 #d3f4 ,that it may be a sign among you3 and when your children shall ask you tomorrow1 saying3 ,what means these stones8 #d3g4 ,you shall answer them3 ,the waters of the ,jordan ran off before the ark of the covenant of the ,lord when it passed over the same3 therefore were these stones set for a monument of the children of ,israel forever4 #d3h4 ,the children of ,israel therefore did as ,josue commanded them1 carrying out of the channel of the ,jordan twelve stones1 as the ,lord had commanded him according to the number of the children of ,israel unto the place wherein they camped1 and there they set them4 #d3i4 ,and ,josue put other twelve stones in the midst of the channel of the ,jordan1 where the priests stood that carried the ark of the covenant3 and they are there until this present day4 #d3aj4 ,now the priests that carried the ark1 stood in the midst of the ,jordan1 till all things were accomplished1 which the ,lord had commanded ,josue to speak to the people1 and ,moses had said to him4 ,and the people made haste1 and passed over4 #d3aa4 ,and when they had all passed over1 the ark also of the ,lord passed over1 and the priests went before the people4 #d3ab4 ,the children of ,ruben also1 and ,gad1 and half the tribe of ,manasses1 went armed before the children of ,israel1 as ,moses had commanded them4 #d3ac4 ,and forty thousand fighting men by their troops and bands1 marched through the plains and fields of the city of ,jericho4 #d3ad4 ,in that day the ,lord magnified ,josue in the sight of all ,israel1 that they should fear him1 as they had feared ,moses1 while he lived4 #d3ae4 ,and he said to him3 #d3af4 ,command the priests1 that carry the ark of the covenant1 to come up out of the ,jordan4 #d3ag4 ,and he commanded them1 saying3 ,come ye up out of the ,jordan4 #d3ah4 ,and when they that carried the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 were come up1 and began to tread on the dry ground1 the waters returned into their channel1 and ran as they were wont before4 #d3ai4 ,and the people came up out of the ,jordan1 the tenth day of the first month1 and camped in ,galgal1 over against the east side of the city of ,jericho4 #d3bj4 ,and the twelve stones1 which they had taken out of the channel of the ,jordan1 ,josue pitched in ,galgal1 #d3ba4 ,and said to the children of ,israel3 ,when your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow1 and shall say to them3 ,what mean these stones8 #d3bb4 ,you shall teach them1 and say3 ,israel passed over this ,jordan through the dry channel1 #d3bc4 ,the ,lord your ,god drying up the waters thereof in your sight1 until you passed over3 #d3bd4 ,as he had done before in the ,red ,sea1 which he dried up till we passed through3 #d3be4 ,that all the people of the earth may learn the most mighty hand of the ,lord1 that you also may fear the ,lord your ,god for ever4 ,josue ,chapter #e ,the people are circumcised3 they keep the pasch4 ,the manna ceaseth4 ,an angel appeareth to ,josue4 #e3a4 ,now when all the kings of the ,amorrhites1 who dwelt beyond the ,jordan1 westward1 and all the kings of ,chanaan1 who possessed the places near the great sea1 had heard that the ,lord had dried up the waters of the ,jordan before the children of ,israel1 till they passed over1 their heart failed them1 and there remained no spirit in them1 fearing the coming in of the children of ,israel4 #e3b4 ,at that time the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,make thee knives of stone1 and circumcise the second time the children of ,israel4 ,the second time444 ,not that such as had been circumcised before were to be circumcised again2 but that they were now to renew1 and take up again the practice of circumcision2 which had been omitted during their forty years' sojourning in the wilderness2 by reason of their being always uncertain when they should be obliged to march4 #e3c4 ,he did what the ,lord had commanded1 and he circumcised the children of ,israel in the hill of the foreskins4 #e3d4 ,now this is the cause of the second circumcision3 ,all the people that came out of ,egypt that were males1 all the men fit for war1 died in the desert1 during the time of the long going about in the way3 #e3f4 ,now these were all circumcised4 ,but the people that were born in the desert1 #e3f4 ,during the forty years of the journey in the wide wilderness1 were uncircumcised3 till all they were consumed that had not heard the voice of the ,lord1 and to whom he had sworn before1 that he would not shew them the land flowing with milk and honey4 #e3g4 ,the children of these succeeded in the place of their fathers1 and were circumcised by ,josue3 for they were uncircumcised even as they were born1 and no one had circumcised them in the way4 #e3h4 ,now after they were all circumcised1 they remained in the same place of the camp1 until they were healed4 #e3i4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,this day have ,i taken away from you the reproach of ,egypt4 ,and the name of that place was called ,galgal1 until this present day4 #e3aj4 ,and the children of ,israel abode in ,galgal1 and they kept the phase1 on the fourteenth day of the month at evening1 in the plains of ,jericho3 #e3aa4 ,and they ate on the next day unleavened bread of the corn of the land1 and frumenty of the same year4 #e3ab4 ,and the manna ceased after they ate of the corn of the land1 neither did the children of ,israel use that food any more1 but they ate of the corn of the present year of the land of ,chanaan4 #e3ac4 ,and when ,josue was in the field of the city of ,jericho1 he lifted up his eyes1 and saw a man standing over against him1 holding a drawn sword1 and he went to him1 and said3 ,art thou one of ours1 or of our adversaries8 #e3ad4 ,and he answered3 ,no3 but ,i am prince of the host of the ,lord1 and now ,i am come4 ,prince of the host of the ,lord1 etc444 ,st4 ,michael1 who is called prince of the people of ,israel1 ,dan4 #aj4ba4 #e3ae4 ,josue fell on his face to the ground4 ,and worshipping1 said3 ,what saith my lord to his servant8 ,worshipping444 ,not with divine honour1 but with a religious veneration of an inferior kind1 suitable to the dignity of his person4 #e3af4 ,loose1 saith he1 thy shoes from off thy feet3 for the place whereon thou standest is holy4 ,and ,josue did as was commanded him4 ,josue ,chapter #f ,after seven days' processions1 the priests sounding the trumpets1 the walls of ,jericho fall down3 and the city is taken and destroyed4 #f3a4 ,now ,jericho was close shut up and fenced1 for fear of the children of ,israel1 and no man durst go out or come in4 #f3b4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,behold ,i have given into thy hands ,jericho1 and the king thereof1 and all the valiant men4 #f3c4 ,go round about the city all ye fighting men once a day3 so shall ye do for six days4 #f3d4 ,and on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets1 which are used in the jubilee1 and shall go before the ark of the covenant3 and you shall go about the city seven times1 and the priests shall sound the trumpets4 #f3e4 ,and when the voice of the trumpet shall give a longer and broken tune1 and shall sound in your ears1 all the people shall shout together with a very great shout1 and the walls of the city shall fall to the ground1 and they shall enter in every one at the place against which they shall stand4 #f3f4 ,then ,josue1 the son of ,nun1 called the priests1 and said to them3 ,take the ark of the covenant3 and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee1 and march before the ark of the ,lord4 #f3g4 ,and he said to the people3 ,go1 and compass the city1 armed1 marching before the ark of the ,lord4 #f3h4 ,and when ,josue had ended his words1 and the seven priests blew the seven trumpets before the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 #f3i4 ,and all the armed men went before1 the rest of the common people followed the ark1 and the sound of the trumpets was heard on all sides4 #f3aj4 ,but ,josue had commanded the people1 saying3 ,you shall not shout1 nor shall your voice be heard1 nor any word go out of your mouth3 until the day come wherein ,i shall say to you3 ,cry1 and shout4 #f3aa4 ,so the ark of the ,lord went about the city once a day1 and returning into the camp1 abode there4 #f3ab4 ,and ,josue rising before day1 the priests took the ark of the ,lord1 #f3ac4 ,and seven of them seven trumpets1 which are used in the jubilee3 and they went before the ark of the ,lord1 walking and sounding the trumpets3 and the armed men went before them1 and the rest of the common people followed the ark1 and they blew the trumpets4 #f3ad4 ,and they went round about the city the second day once1 and returned into the camp4 ,so they did six days4 #f3ae4 ,but the seventh day1 rising up early1 they went about the city1 as it was ordered1 seven times4 #f3af4 ,and when in the seventh going about the priests sounded with the trumpets1 ,josue said to all ,israel3 ,shout3 for the ,lord hath delivered the city to you3 #f3ag4 ,and let this city be an anathema1 and all things that are in it1 to the ,lord4 ,let only ,rahab1 the harlot1 live1 with all that are with her in the house3 for she hid the messengers whom we sent4 #f3ah4 ,but beware ye lest you touch ought of those things that are forbidden1 and you be guilty of transgression1 and all the camp of ,israel be under sin1 and be troubled4 #f3ai4 ,but whatsoever gold or silver there shall be1 or vessels of brass and iron1 let it be consecrated to the ,lord1 laid up in his treasures4 #f3bj4 ,so all the people making a shout1 and the trumpets sounding1 when the voice and the sound thundered in the ears of the multitude1 the walls forthwith fell down3 and every man went up by the place that was over against him3 and they took the city1 #f3ba4 ,and killed all that were in it1 man and woman1 young and old4 ,the oxen also1 and the sheep1 and the asses1 they slew with the edge of the sword4 #f3bb4 ,but ,josue said to the two men that had been sent for spies3 ,go into the harlot's house1 and bring her out1 and all things that are hers1 as you assured her by oath4 #f3bc4 ,and the young men went in1 and brought out ,rahab1 and her parents1 her brethren also1 and all her goods1 and her kindred1 and made them to stay without the camp4 #f3bd4 ,but they burned the city1 and all things that were therein2 except the gold and silver1 and vessels of brass and iron1 which they consecrated unto the treasury of the ,lord4 #f3be4 ,but ,josue saved ,rahab the harlot1 and her father's house1 and all she had1 and they dwelt in the midst of ,israel until this present day3 because she hid the messengers whom he had sent to spy out ,jericho4 ,at that time1 ,josue made an imprecation1 saying3 #f3bf4 ,cursed be the man before the ,lord1 that shall raise up and build the city of ,jericho4 ,in his firstborn may he lay the foundation thereof1 and in the last of his children set up its gates4 ,cursed1 etc444 ,jericho1 in the mystical sense1 signifies iniquity3 the sounding of the trumpets by the priests1 the preaching of the word of ,god2 by which the walls of ,jericho are thrown down1 when sinners are converted2 and a dreadful curse will light on them who build them up again4 #f3bg4 ,and the ,lord was with ,josue1 and his name was noised throughout all the land4 ,josue ,chapter #g ,for the sins of ,achan1 the ,israelites are defeated at ,hai4 ,the offender is found out2 and stoned to death1 and ,god's wrath is turned from them4 #g3a4 ,but the children of ,israel transgressed the commandment1 and took to their own use of that which was accursed4 ,for ,achan1 the son of ,charmi1 the son of ,zabdi1 the son of ,zare1 of the tribe of ,juda1 took something of the anathema3 and the ,lord was angry against the children of ,israel4 #g3b4 ,and when ,josue sent men from ,jericho against ,hai1 which is beside ,bethaven1 on the east side of the town of ,bethel1 he said to them3 ,go up1 and view the country3 and they fulfilled his command1 and viewed ,hai4 #g3c4 ,and returning1 they said to him3 ,let not all the people go up1 but let two or three thousand men go1 and destroy the city3 why should all the people be troubled in vain1 against enemies that are very few8 #g3d4 ,there went up therefore three thousand fighting men3 who immediately turned their backs1 #g3e4 ,and were defeated by the men of the city of ,hai1 and there fell of them six and thirty men3 and the enemies pursued them from the gate as far as ,sabarim1 and they slew them as they fled by the descent3 and the heart of the people was struck with fear1 and melted like water4 #g3f4 ,but ,josue rent his garments1 and fell flat on the ground1 before the ark of the ,lord1 until the evening1 both he and all the ancients of ,israel3 and they put dust upon their heads4 #g3g4 ,and ,josue said3 ,alas1 ,o ,lord ,god1 why wouldst thou bring this people over the river ,jordan1 to deliver us into the hand of the ,amorrhite1 and to destroy us8 would ,god we had stayed beyond the ,jordan1 as we began4 #g3h4 ,my ,lord ,god1 what shall ,i say1 seeing ,israel turning their backs to their enemies8 #g3i4 ,the ,chanaanites1 and all the inhabitants of the land1 will hear of it1 and being gathered together will surround us1 and cut off our name from the earth3 and what wilt thou do to thy great name8 #g3aj4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,arise1 why liest thou flat on the ground8 #g3aa4 ,israel hath sinned1 and transgressed my covenant3 and they have taken of the anathema1 and have stolen and lied1 and have hid it among their goods4 #g3ab4 ,neither can ,israel stand before his enemies1 but he shall flee from them3 because he is defiled with the anathema4 ,i will be no more with you1 till you destroy him that is guilty of this wickedness4 #g3ac4 ,arise1 sanctify the people1 and say to them3 ,be ye sanctified against tomorrow3 for thus saith the ,lord ,god of ,israel3 ,the curse is in the midst of thee1 ,o ,israel3 thou canst not stand before thy enemies1 till he be destroyed out of thee1 that is defiled with this wickedness4 #g3ad4 ,and you shall come in the morning1 every one by your tribes3 and what tribe soever the lot shall find1 it shall come by its kindreds1 and the kindred by its houses and tho house by the men4 #g3ae4 ,and whosoever he be that shall be found guilty of this fact1 he shall be burnt with fire1 with all his substance1 because he hath transgressed the covenant of the ,lord1 and hath done wickedness in ,israel4 #g3af4 ,josue1 therefore1 when he rose in the morning1 made ,israel to come by their tribes1 and the tribe of ,juda was found4 #g3ag4 ,which being brought by in families1 it was found to be the family of ,zare4 ,bringing that also by the houses1 he found it to be ,zabdi3 #g3ah4 ,and bringing his house man by man1 he found ,achan1 the son of ,charmi1 the son of ,zabdi1 the son of ,zare1 of the tribe of ,juda4 #g3ai4 ,and ,josue said to ,achan3 ,my son1 give glory to the ,lord ,god of ,israel1 and confess1 and tell me what thou hast done1 hide it not4 #g3bj4 ,and ,achan answered ,josue1 and said to him3 ,indeed ,i have sinned against the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 and thus and thus have ,i done4 #g3ba4 ,for ,i saw among the spoils a scarlet garment1 exceeding good1 and two hundred sicles of silver1 and a golden rule of fifty sicles3 and ,i coveted them1 and ,i took them away1 and hid them in the ground in the midst of my tent1 and the silver ,i covered with the earth that ,i dug up4 #g3bb4 ,josue therefore sent ministers3 who running to his tent1 found all hid in the same place1 together with the silver4 #g3bc4 ,and taking them away out of the tent1 they brought them to ,josue1 and to all the children of ,israel1 and threw them down before the ,lord4 #g3bd4 ,then ,josue1 and all ,israel with him1 took ,achan1 the son of ,zare1 and the silver1 and the garment1 and the golden rule1 his sons also1 and his daughters1 his oxen1 and asses1 and sheep1 the tent also1 and all the goods3 and brought them to the valley of ,achor3 ,his sons1 etc444 ,probably conscious to1 or accomplices of1 the crime of their father4 #g3be4 ,where ,josue said3 ,because thou hast troubled us1 the ,lord trouble thee this day4 ,and all ,israel stoned him3 and all things that were his1 were consumed with fire4 #g3bf4 ,and they gathered together upon him a great heap of stones1 which remaineth until this present day ,and the wrath of the ,lord was turned away from them4 ,and the name of that place was called the ,valley of ,achor1 until this day4 ,achor444 ,that is1 trouble4 ,josue ,chapter #h ,hai is taken and burnt1 and all the inhabitants slain4 ,an altar is built1 and sacrifices offered4 ,the law is written on stones1 and the blessings and cursings are read before all the people4 #h3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,fear not1 nor be thou dismayed3 take with thee all the multitude of fighting men1 arise1 and go up to the town of ,hai3 ,behold ,i have delivered into thy hand the king thereof1 and the people1 and the city1 and the land4 #h3b4 ,and thou shalt do to the city of ,hai1 and to the king thereof1 as thou hast done to ,jericho1 and to the king thereof3 but the spoils1 and all the cattle1 you shall take for a prey to yourselves3 lay an ambush for the city behind it4 #h3c4 ,and ,josue arose1 and all the army of the fighting men with him1 to go up against ,hai3 and he sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the night1 #h3d4 ,and commanded them1 saying3 ,lay an ambush behind the city3 and go not very far from it3 and be ye all ready4 #h3e4 ,but ,i1 and the rest of the multitude which is with me1 will approach on the contrary side against the city4 ,and when they shall come out against us1 we will flee1 and turn our backs1 as we did before3 #h3f4 ,till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city3 for they will think that we flee as before4 #h3g4 ,and whilst we are fleeing1 and they pursuing1 you shall rise out of the ambush1 and shall destroy the city3 and the ,lord your ,god will deliver it into your hands4 #h3h4 ,and when you shall have taken it1 set it on fire1 and you shall do all things so as ,i have commanded4 #h3i4 ,and he sent them away1 and they went on to the place of the ambush1 and abode between ,bethel and ,hai1 on the west side of the city of ,hai4 ,but ,josue staid that night in the midst of the people1 #h3aj4 ,and rising early in the morning1 he mustered his soldiers1 and went up with the ancients in the front of the army1 environed with the aid of the fighting men4 #h3aa4 ,and when they were come1 and were gone up over against the city1 they stood on the north side of the city1 between which and them there was a valley in the midst4 #h3ab4 ,and he had chosen five thousand men1 and set them to lie in ambush between ,bethel and ,hai1 on the west side of the same city3 ,five thousand444 ,these were part of the thirty thousand mentioned above1 ver4 #c4 #h3ac4 ,but all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side1 so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city4 ,so ,josue went that night1 and stood in the midst of the valley4 #h3ad4 ,and when the king of ,hai saw this1 he made haste in the morning1 and went out with all the army of the city1 and set it in battle array1 toward the desert1 not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back4 #h3ae4 ,but ,josue1 and all ,israel gave back1 making as if they were afraid1 and fleeing by the way of the wilderness4 #h3af4 ,but they shouting together1 and encouraging one another1 pursued them4 ,and when they were come from the city1 #h3ag4 ,and not one remained in the city of ,hai and of ,bethel1 that did not pursue after ,israel1 leaving the towns open as they had rushed out1 #h3ah4 ,the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,lift up the shield that is in thy hand1 towards the city of ,hai1 for ,i will deliver it to thee4 #h3ai4 ,and when he had lifted up his shield towards the city1 the ambush1 that lay hid1 rose up immediately3 and going to the city1 took it1 and set it on fire4 #h3bj4 ,and the men of the city1 that pursued after ,josue1 looking back1 and seeing the smoke of the city rise up to heaven1 had no more power to flee this way or that way3 especially as they that had counterfeited flight1 and were going toward the wilderness1 turned back most valiantly against them that pursued4 #h3ba4 ,so ,josue1 and all ,israel1 seeing that the city was taken1 and that the smoke of the city rose up1 returned1 and slew the men of ,hai4 #h3bb4 ,and they also that had taken and set the city on fire1 issuing out of the city to meet their own men1 began to cut off the enemies who were surrounded by them4 ,so that the enemies being cut off on both sides1 not one of so great a multitude was saved4 #h3bc4 ,and they took the king of the city of ,hai alive and brought him to ,josue4 #h3bd4 ,so all being slain that had pursued after ,israel1 in his flight to the wilderness1 and falling by the sword in the same place1 the children of ,israel returned and laid waste the city4 #h3be4 ,and the number of them that fell that day1 both of men and women1 was twelve thousand persons1 all of the city of ,hai4 #h3bf4 ,but ,josue drew not back his hand1 which he had stretched out on high1 holding the shield1 till all the inhabitants of ,hai were slain4 #h3bg4 ,and the children of ,israel divided among them1 the cattle and the prey of the city1 as the ,lord had commanded ,josue4 #h3bh4 ,and he burnt the city1 and made it a heap forever3 #h3bi4 ,and he hung the king thereof on a gibbet1 until the evening and the going down of the sun4 ,then ,josue commanded1 and they took down his carcass from the gibbet3 and threw it in the very entrance of the city1 heaping upon it a great heap of stones1 which remaineth until this present day4 #h3cj4 ,then ,josue built an altar to the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 in ,mount ,hebal1 #h3ca4 ,as ,moses1 the servant of the ,lord1 had commanded the children of ,israel1 and it is written in the book of the law of ,moses3 an altar of unhewn stones1 which iron had not touched3 and he offered upon it holocausts to the ,lord1 and immolated victims of peace offerings4 #h3cb4 ,and he wrote upon stones1 the ,deuteronomy of the law of ,moses1 which he had ordered before the children of ,israel4 #h3cc4 ,and all the people1 and the ancients1 and the princes1 and judges1 stood on both sides of the ark1 before the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 both the stranger and he that was born among them1 half of them by ,mount ,garizim1 and half by ,mount ,hebal1 as ,moses the servant of the ,lord1 had commanded4 ,and first he blessed the people of ,israel4 #h3cd4 ,after this1 he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing1 and all things that were written in the book of the law4 #h3ce4 ,he left out nothing of those things which ,moses had commanded1 but he repeated all before all the people of ,israel1 with the women and children1 and strangers1 that dwelt among them4 ,josue ,chapter #i ,josue is deceived by the ,gabaonites3 who being detected are condemned to be perpetual servants4 #i3a4 ,now when these things were heard of1 all the kings beyond the ,jordan1 that dwelt in the mountains1 and in the plains1 in the places near the sea1 and on the coasts of the great sea1 they also that dwell by ,libanus1 the ,hethite1 and the ,amorrhite1 the ,chanaanite1 the ,pherezite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebusite1 #i3b4 ,gathered themselves together1 to fight against ,josue and ,israel with one mind1 and one resolution4 #i3c4 ,but they that dwelt in ,gabaon1 hearing all that ,josue had done to ,jericho and ,hai3 #i3d4 ,cunningly devising took for themselves provisions1 laying old sacks upon their asses1 and wine bottles rent and sewed up again1 #i3e4 ,and very old shoes1 which for a show of age were clouted with patches1 and old garments upon them3 the loaves also1 which they carried for provisions by the way1 were hard1 and broken into pieces3 #i3f4 ,and they went to ,josue1 who then abode in the camp at ,galgal1 and said to him1 and to all ,israel with him3 ,we are come from a far country1 desiring to make peace with you4 ,and the children of ,israel answered them1 and said3 #i3g4 ,perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot2 if so1 we can make no league with you4 #i3h4 ,but they said to ,josue3 ,we are thy servants4 ,josue said to them3 ,who are you8 and whence came you8 #i3i4 ,they answered3 ,from a very far country thy servants are come in the name of the ,lord thy ,god4 ,for we have heard the fame of his power1 all the things that he did in ,egypt4 #i3aj4 ,and to the two kings of the ,amorrhites1 that were beyond the ,jordan1 ,sehon1 king of ,hesebon1 and ,og1 king of ,basan1 that was in ,astaroth3 #i3aa4 ,and our ancients1 and all the inhabitants of our country1 said to us3 ,take with you victuals for a long way1 and go meet them1 and say3 ,we are your servants1 make ye a league with us4 #i3ab4 ,behold1 these loaves we took hot1 when we set out from our houses to come to you1 now they are become dry1 and broken in pieces by being exceeding old4 #i3ac4 ,these bottles of wine when we filled them were new1 now they are rent and burst4 ,these garments we have on1 and the shoes we have on our feet1 by reason of the very long journey1 are worn out1 and almost consumed4 #i3ad4 ,they took therefore of their victuals1 and consulted not the mouth of the ,lord4 #i3ae4 ,and ,josue made peace with them1 and entering into a league1 promised that they should not be slain3 the princes also of the multitude swore to them4 #i3af4 ,now three days after the league was made1 they heard that they dwelt nigh1 and they should be among them4 #i3ag4 ,and the children of ,israel removed the camp1 and came into their cities on the third day1 the names of which are1 ,gabaon1 and ,caphira1 and ,beroth1 and ,cariathiarim4 #i3ah4 ,and they slew them not1 because the princes of the multitude had sworn in the name of the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel4 ,then all the common people murmured against the princes4 #i3ai4 ,and they answered them3 ,we have sworn to them in the name of the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 and therefore we may not touch them4 #i3bj4 ,but this we will do to them3 ,let their lives be saved1 lest the wrath of the ,lord be stirred up against us1 if we should be forsworn3 #i3ba4 ,but so let them live1 as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood1 and bringing in water4 ,as they were speaking these things1 #i2bb4 ,josue called the ,gabaonites1 and said to them3 ,why would you impose upon us1 saying3 ,we dwell very far off from you1 whereas you are in the midst of us8 #i3bc4 ,therefore you shall be under a curse1 and your race shall always be hewers of wood1 and carriers of water1 into the house of my ,god4 #i3bd4 ,they answered3 ,it was told us1 thy servants1 that the ,lord thy ,god had promised his servant ,moses1 to give you all the land1 and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof4 ,therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives1 compelled by the dread we had of you1 and we took this counsel4 #i3be4 ,and now we are in thy hand3 deal with us as it seemeth good and right unto thee4 #i3bf4 ,so ,josue did as he had said1 and delivered them from the hand of the children of ,israel1 that they should not be slain4 #i3bg4 ,and he gave orders in that day1 that they should be in the service of all the people1 and of the altar of the ,lord1 hewing wood1 and carrying water1 until this present time1 in the place which the ,lord hath chosen4 ,josue ,chapter #aj ,five kings war against ,gabaon4 ,josue defeateth them3 many are slain with hailstones4 ,at the prayer of ,josue the sun and moon stand still the space of one day4 ,the five kings are hanged4 ,divers cities are taken4 #aj3a4 ,when ,adonisedec1 king of ,jerusalem1 had heard these things1 to wit1 that ,josue had taken ,hai1 and had destroyed it1 7for as he had done to ,jericho and the king thereof1 so did he to ,hai and its king7 and that the ,gabaonites were gone over to ,israel1 and were their confederates1 #aj3b4 ,he was exceedingly afraid4 ,for ,gabaon was a great city1 and one of the royal cities1 and greater than the town of ,hai1 and all its fighting men were most valiant4 #aj3c4 ,therefore ,adonisedec1 king of ,jerusalem1 sent to ,oham1 king of ,hebron1 and to ,pharam1 king of ,jerimoth1 and to ,japhia1 king of ,lachis1 and to ,dabir1 king of ,eglon1 saying3 #aj3d4 ,come up to me1 and bring help1 that we may take ,gabaon1 because it hath gone over to ,josue1 and to the children of ,israel4 #aj3e4 ,so the five kings of the ,amorrhites being assembled together1 went up3 the king of ,jerusalem1 the king of ,hebron1 the king of ,jerimoth1 the king of ,lachis1 the king of ,eglon1 they and their armies1 and camped about ,gabaon1 laying siege to it4 #aj3f4 ,but the inhabitants of the city of ,gabaon1 which was besieged1 sent to ,josue1 who then abode in the camp at ,galgal1 and said to him3 ,withdraw not thy hands from helping thy servants3 come up quickly1 and save us1 and bring us succour3 for all the kings of the ,amorrhites1 who dwell in the mountains1 are gathered together against us4 #aj3g4 ,and ,josue went up from ,galgal1 and all the army of the warriors with him1 most valiant men4 #aj3h4 ,but the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,fear them not3 for ,i have delivered them into thy hands3 none of them shall be able to stand against thee4 #aj3i4 ,so ,josue going up from ,galgal all the night1 came upon them suddenly4 #aj3aj4 ,and the ,lord troubled them1 at the sight of ,israel3 and he slew them with a great slaughter1 in ,gabaon1 and pursued them by the way of the ascent to ,bethoron1 and cut them off all the way to ,azeca and ,maceda4 #aj3aa4 ,and when they were fleeing from the children of ,israel1 and were in the descent of ,bethoron1 the ,lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven1 as far as ,azeca3 and many more were killed with the hailstones1 than were slain by the swords of the children of ,israel1 #aj3ab4 ,then ,josue spoke to the ,lord1 in the day that he delivered the ,amorrhite in the sight of the children of ,israel1 and he said before them3 ,move not1 ,o sun1 toward ,gabaon1 nor thou1 ,o moon1 toward the valley of ,ajalon4 #aj3ac4 ,and the sun and the moon stood still1 till the people revenged themselves of their enemies4 ,is not this written in the book of the just8 ,so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven1 and hasted not to go down the space of one day4 ,the book of the just444 ,in ,hebrew ,jasher3 an ancient book long since lost4 #aj3ad4 ,there was not before1 nor after1 so long a day1 the ,lord obeying the voice of a man1 and fighting for ,israel4 #aj3ae4 ,and ,josue returned1 with all ,israel1 into the camp of ,galgal4 #aj3af4 ,for the five kings were fled1 and had hid themselves in a cave of the city of ,maceda4 #aj3ag4 ,and it was told ,josue1 that the five kings were found hid in a cave of the city of ,maceda4 #aj3ah4 ,and he commanded them that were with him1 saying3 ,roll great stones to the mouth of the cave1 and set careful men to keep them shut up3 #aj3ai4 ,and stay you not1 but pursue after the enemies1 and kill all the hindermost of them as they flee1 and do not suffer them whom the ,lord ,god hath delivered into your hands1 to shelter themselves in their cities4 #aj3bj4 ,so the enemies being slain with a great slaughter1 and almost utterly consumed1 they that were able to escape from ,israel1 entered into fenced cities4 #aj3ba4 ,and all the army returned to ,josue1 in ,maceda1 where the camp then was1 in good health1 and without the loss of any one3 and no man durst move his tongue against the children of ,israel4 #aj3bb4 ,and ,josue gave orders1 saying3 ,open the mouth of the cave1 and bring forth to me the five kings that lie hid therein4 #aj3bc4 ,and the ministers did as they were commanded3 and they brought out to him the five kings out of the cave3 the king of ,jerusalem1 the king of ,hebron1 the king of ,jerimoth1 the king of ,lachis1 the king of ,eglon4 #aj3bd4 ,and when they were brought out to him1 he called all the men of ,israel1 and said to the chiefs of the army that were with him3 ,go1 and set your feet on the necks of these kings4 ,and when they had gone1 and put their feet upon the necks of them lying under them1 #aj3be4 ,he said again to them3 ,fear not1 neither be ye dismayed1 take courage1 and be strong3 for so will the ,lord do to all your enemies1 against whom you fight4 #aj3bf4 ,and ,josue struck1 and slew them1 and hanged them upon five gibbets2 and they hung until the evening4 #aj3bg4 ,and when the sun was down1 he commanded the soldiers to take them down from the gibbets4 ,and after they were taken down1 they cast them into the cave1 where they had lain hid1 and put great stones at the mouth thereof1 which remain until this day4 #aj3bh4 ,the same day ,josue took ,maceda1 and destroyed it with the edge of the sword1 and killed the king and all the inhabitants thereof3 he left not in it the least remains4 ,and he did to the king of ,maceda1 as he had done to the king of ,jericho4 #aj3bi4 ,and he passed from ,maceda with all ,israel to ,lebna1 and fought against it3 #aj3cj4 ,and the ,lord delivered it with the king thereof into the hands of ,israel3 and they destroyed the city with the edge of the sword1 and all the inhabitants thereof4 ,they left not in it any remains4 ,and they did to the king of ,lebna1 as they had done to the king of ,jericho4 #aj3ca4 ,from ,lebna he passed unto ,lachis1 with all ,israel3 and investing it with his army1 besieged it4 #aj3cb4 ,and the ,lord delivered ,lachis into the hands of ,israel1 and he took it the following day1 and put it to the sword1 and every soul that was in it1 as he had done to ,lebna4 #aj3cc4 ,at that time ,horam1 king of ,gazer1 came up to succour ,lachis3 and ,josue slew him with all his people so as to leave none alive4 #aj3cd4 ,and he passed from ,lachis to ,eglon1 and surrounded it1 #aj3ce4 ,and took it the same day3 and put to the sword all the souls that were in it1 according to all that he had done to ,lachis4 #aj3cf4 ,he went up also with all ,israel from ,eglon to ,hebron1 and fought against it3 #aj3cg4 ,took it1 and destroyed it with the edge of the sword3 the king also thereof1 and all the towns of that country1 and all the souls that dwelt in it3 he left not therein any remains3 as he had done to ,eglon1 so did he also to ,hebron1 putting to the sword all that he found in it4 ,the king444 ,viz41 the new king1 who succeeded him that was slain1 ver4 #bf4 #aj3ch4 ,returning from thence to ,dabir1 #aj3ci4 ,he took it1 and destroyed it3 the king also thereof1 and all the towns round about1 he destroyed with the edge of the sword3 he left not in it any remains3 as he had done to ,hebron and ,lebna1 and to their kings1 so did he to ,dabir1 and to the king thereof4 #aj3dj4 ,so ,josue conquered all the country of the hills1 and of the south1 and of the plain1 and of ,asedoth1 with their kings3 he left not any remains therein1 but slew all that breathed1 as the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 had commanded him4 ,any remains therein1 but slew1 etc444 ,god ordered these people to be utterly destroyed1 in punishment of their manifold abomination2 and that they might not draw the ,israelites into the like sins4 #aj3da4 ,from ,cadesbarne even to ,gaza4 ,all the land of ,gosen even to ,gabaon1 #aj3db4 ,and all their kings1 and their lands he took and wasted at one onset3 for the ,lord the ,god of ,israel fought for him4 #aj3dc4 ,and he returned with all ,israel to the place of the camp in ,galgal4 ,josue ,chapter #aa ,the kings of the north are overthrown3 the whole country is taken4 #aa3a4 ,and when ,jabin king of ,asor had heard these things1 he sent to ,jobab king of ,madon1 and to the king of ,semeron1 and to the king of ,achsaph3 #aa3b4 ,and to the kings of the north1 that dwelt in the mountains and in the plains over against the south side of ,ceneroth1 and in the levels and the countries of ,dor by the sea side3 #aa3c4 ,to the ,chanaanites also on the east and on the west1 and the ,amorrhite1 and the ,hethite1 and the ,pherezite1 and the ,jebusite in the mountains3 to the ,hevite also who dwelt at the foot of ,hermon in the land of ,maspha4 #aa3d4 ,and they all came out with their troops1 a people exceeding numerous as the sand that is on the sea shore1 their horses also and chariots a very great multitude1 #aa3e4 ,and all these kings assembled together at the waters of ,merom1 to fight against ,israel4 #aa3f4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,fear them not3 for to morrow at this same hour ,i will deliver all these to be slain in the sight of ,israel3 thou shalt hamstring their horses1 and thou shalt burn their chariots with fire4 ,hamstring their horses1 and burn their chariots with fire1 etc444 ,god so ordained1 that his people might not trust in chariots and horses1 but in him4 #aa3g4 ,and ,josue came1 and all the army with him1 against them to the waters of ,merom on a sudden1 and fell upon them4 #aa3h4 ,and the ,lord delivered them into the hands of ,israel4 ,and they defeated them1 and chased them as far as the great ,sidon and the waters of ,maserophot1 and the field of ,masphe1 which is on the east thereof4 ,he slew them all1 so as to leave no remains of them3 #aa3i4 ,and he did as the ,lord had commanded him1 he hamstringed their horses and burned their chariots4 #aa3aj4 ,and presently turning back he took ,asor3 and slew the king thereof with the sword4 ,now ,asor of old was the head of all these kingdoms4 #aa3aa4 ,and he cut off all the souls that abode there3 he left not in it any remains1 but utterly destroyed all1 and burned the city itself with fire4 #aa3ab4 ,and he took and put to the sword and destroyed all the cities round about1 and their kings1 as ,moses the servant of ,god had commanded him4 #aa3ac4 ,except the cities that were on hills and high places1 the rest ,israel burned3 only ,asor that was very strong he consumed with fire4 #aa3ad4 ,and the children of ,israel divided among themselves all the spoil of these cities and the cattle1 killing all the men4 #aa3ae4 ,as the ,lord had commanded ,moses his servant1 so did ,moses command ,josue1 and he accomplished all3 he left not one thing undone of all the commandments which the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #aa3af4 ,so ,josue took all the country of the hills1 and of the south1 and the land of ,gosen1 and the plains and the west country1 and the mountain of ,israel1 and the plains thereof3 #aa3ag4 ,and part of the mountain that goeth up to ,seir as far as ,baalgad1 by the plain of ,libanus under mount ,hermon3 all their kings he took1 smote and slew4 #aa3ah4 ,josue made war a long time against these kings4 ,a long time444 ,seven years1 as appears from chap4 #ad4aj4 #aa3ai4 ,there was not a city that delivered itself to the children of ,israel1 except the ,hevite1 who dwelt in ,gabaon3 for he took all by fight4 #aa3bj4 ,for it was the sentence of the ,lord1 that their hearts should be hardened1 and they should fight against ,israel1 and fall1 and should not deserve any clemency1 and should be destroyed as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 ,hardened444 ,this hardening of their hearts1 was their having no thought of yielding or submitting3 which was a sentence or judgment of ,god upon them in punishment of their enormous crimes4 #aa3ba4 ,at that time ,josue came and cut off the ,enancims from the mountains1 from ,hebron1 and ,dabir1 and ,anab1 and from all the mountain of ,juda and ,israel1 and destroyed their cities4 #aa3bb4 ,he left not any of the stock of the ,enacims1 in the land of the children of ,israel3 except the cities of ,gaza1 and ,geth1 and ,azotus1 in which alone they were left4 #aa3bc4 ,so ,josue took all the land1 as the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 and delivered it in possession to the children of ,israel1 according to their divisions and tribes4 ,and the land rested from wars4 ,josue ,chapter #ab ,a list of the kings slain by ,moses and ,josue1 #ab3a4 ,these are the kings1 whom the children of ,israel slew and possessed their land beyond the ,jordan towards the rising of the sun1 from the torrent ,arnon unto mount ,hermon1 and all the east country that looketh towards the wilderness4 #ab3b4 ,sehon king of the ,amorrhites1 who dwelt in ,hesebon1 and had dominion from ,aroer1 which is seated upon the bank of the torrent ,arnon1 and of the middle part in the valley1 and of half ,galaad1 as far as the torrent ,jaboc1 which is the border of the children of ,ammon4 #ab3c4 ,and from the wilderness1 to the sea of ,ceneroth towards the east1 and to the sea of the wilderness1 which is the most salt sea1 on the east side by the way that leadeth to ,bethsimoth3 and on the south side that lieth under ,asedoth1 ,phasga4 #ab3d4 ,the border of ,og the king of ,basan1 of the remnant of the ,raphaims who dwelt in ,astaroth1 and in ,edrai1 and had dominion in mount ,hermon1 and in ,salecha1 and in all ,basan1 unto the borders #ab3e4 ,of ,gessuri and ,machati1 and of half ,galaad3 the borders of ,sehon the king of ,hesebon4 #ab3f4 ,moses the servant of the ,lord1 and the children of ,israel slew them1 and ,moses delivered their land in possession to the ,rubenites1 and ,gadites1 and the half tribe of ,manasses4 #ab3g4 ,these are the kings of the land1 whom ,josue and the children of ,israel slew beyond the ,jordan on the west side from ,baalgad in the field of ,libanus1 unto the mount1 part of which goeth up into ,seir3 and ,josue delivered it in possession to the tribes of ,israel1 to every one their divisions1 #ab3h4 ,as well in the mountains as in the plains and the champaign countries4 ,in ,asedoth1 and in the wilderness1 and in the south was the ,hethite and the ,amorrhite1 the ,chanaanite and the ,pherezite1 the ,hevite and the ,jebusite4 #ab3i4 ,the king of ,jericho one3 the king of ,hai1 which is on the side of ,bethel1 one3 #ab3aj4 ,the king of ,jerusalem one1 the king of ,hebron one1 #ab3aa4 ,the king of ,jerimoth one1 thee king of ,lachis one1 #ab3ab4 ,the king of ,eglon one1 the king of ,gazer one1 #ab3ac4 ,the king of ,dabir one1 the king of ,gader one1 #ab3ad4 ,the king of ,herma one1 the king of ,hered one1 #ab3ae4 ,the king of ,lebna one1 the king of ,odullam one1 #ab3af4 ,the king of ,maceda one1 the king of ,bethel one1 #ab3ag4 ,the king of ,taphua one1 the king of ,opher one1 #ab3ah4 ,the king of ,aphec one1 the king of ,saron one1 #ab3ai4 ,the king of ,madon one1 the king of ,asor one1 #ab3bj4 ,the king of ,semeron one1 the king of ,achsaph one1 #ab3ba4 ,the king of ,thenac one1 the king of ,mageddo one1 #ab3bb4 ,thee king of ,cades one1 the king of ,jachanan of ,carmel one1 #ab3bc4 ,the king of ,dor1 and of the province of ,dor one1 the king of the nations of ,galgal one1 #ab3bd4 ,the king of ,thersa one3 all the kings thirty and one4 ,josue ,chapter #ac ,god commandeth ,josue to divide the land3 the possessions of ,ruben1 ,gad1 and half the tribe of ,manasses1 beyond the ,jordan4 #ac3a4 ,josue was old1 and far advanced in years1 and the ,lord said to him3 ,thou art grown old1 and advanced in age1 and there is a very large country left1 which is not yet divided by lot3 ,josue was old1 and far advanced in years444 ,he was then about one hundred and one years old4-,and their is a very large country left1 which is not yet divided by lot444 ,not yet possessed by the children of ,israel4 #ac3b4 ,to wit1 all ,galilee1 ,philistia1 and all ,gessuri4 #ac3c4 ,from the troubled river1 that watereth ,egypt1 unto the border of ,accaron northward3 the land of ,chanaan1 which is divided among the lords of the ,philistines1 the ,gazites1 the ,azotians1 the ,ascalonites1 the ,gethites1 and the ,accronites4 #ac3d4 ,and on the south side are the ,hevites1 all the land of ,chanaan1 and ,maara of the ,sidonians as far as ,apheca1 and the borders of the ,amorrhite1 #ac3e4 ,and his confines4 ,the country also of ,libanus towards the east from ,baalgad under mount ,hermon to the entering into ,emath4 #ac3f4 ,of all that dwell in the mountains from ,libanus1 to the waters of ,maserephoth1 and all the ,sidonians4 ,i am he that will cut them off from before the face of the children of ,israel4 ,so let their land come in as a part of the inheritance of ,israel1 as ,i have commanded thee4 #ac3g4 ,and now divide the land in possession to the nine tribes1 and to the half tribe of ,manasses1 #ac3h4 ,with whom ,ruben and ,gad have possessed the land1 which ,moses the servant of the ,lord delivered to them beyond the river ,jordan1 on the east side4 ,with whom444 ,that is1 with the other half of that same tribe4 #ac3i4 ,from ,aroer1 which is upon the bank of the torrent ,arnon1 and in the midst of the valley and all the plains of ,medaba1 as far as ,dibon3 #ac3aj4 ,and all the cities of ,sehon1 king of the ,amorrhites1 who reigned in ,hesebon1 unto the borders of the children of ,ammon4 #ac3aa4 ,and ,galaad1 and the borders of ,gessuri and ,machati1 and all mount ,hermon1 and all ,basan as far as ,salecha1 #ac3ab4 ,all the kingdom of ,og in ,basan1 who reigned in ,astaroth and ,edrai1 he was of the remains of the ,raphaims3 and ,moses overthrew and destroyed them4 #ac3ac4 ,and the children of ,israel would not destroy ,gessuri and ,machati and they have dwelt in the midst of ,israel1 until this present day4 #ac3ad4 ,but to the tribe of ,levi he gave no possession3 but the sacrifices and victims of thee ,lord ,god of ,israel1 are his inheritance1 as he spoke to him4 #ac3ae4 ,and ,moses gave a possession to the children of ,ruben according to their kindreds4 #ac3af4 ,and their border was from ,aroer1 which is on the bank of the torrent ,arnon1 and in the midst of the valley of the same torrent3 all the plain1 that leadeth to ,medaba1 #ac3ag4 ,and ,hesebon1 and all their villages1 which are in the plains4 ,dibon also1 and ,bamothbaal1 and the town of ,baalmaon1 #ac3ah4 ,and ,jassa1 and ,cidimoth1 and ,mephaath1 #ac3ai4 ,and ,cariathaim1 and ,sabama1 and ,sarathasar in the mountain of the valley4 #ac3bj4 ,bethphogor and ,asedoth1 ,phasga and ,bethiesimoth1 #ac3ba4 ,and all the cities of the plain1 and all the kingdoms of ,sehon king of the ,amorrhites1 that reigned in ,hesebon1 whom ,moses slew with the princes of ,madian3 ,hevi1 and ,recem1 and ,sur and ,hur1 and ,rebe1 dukes of ,sehon inhabitants of the land4 ,the princes of ,madian444 ,it appears from hence that these were subjects of king ,sehon3 they are said to have been slain with him1 that is1 about the same time1 but not in the same battle4 #ac3bb4 ,balaam also the son of ,beor the soothsayer1 the children of ,israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain4 #ac3bc4 ,and the river ,jordan was the border of the children of ,ruben4 ,this is the possession of the ,rubenites1 by their kindreds1 of cities and villages4 #ac3bd4 ,and ,moses gave to the tribe of ,gad and to his children by their kindreds a possession1 of which this is the division4 #ac3be4 ,the border of ,jaser1 and all the cities of ,galaad1 and half the land of the children of ,ammon3 as far as ,aroer which is over against ,rabba3 #ac3bf4 ,and from ,hesebon unto ,ramoth1 ,masphe and ,betonim3 and from ,manaim unto the borders of ,dabir4 #ac3bg4 ,and in the valley ,betharan and ,bethnemra1 and ,socoth1 and ,saphon the other part of the kingdom of ,sehon king of ,hesebon3 the limit of this also is the ,jordan1 as far as the uttermost part of the sea of ,cenereth beyond the ,jordan on the east side1 #ac3bh4 ,this is the possession of the children of ,gad by their families1 their cities1 and villages4 #ac3bi4 ,he gave also to the half tribe of ,manasses and his children possession according to their kindreds1 #ac3cj4 ,the beginning whereof is this3 from ,manaim all ,basan1 and all the kingdoms of ,og king of ,basan1 and all the villages of ,jair1 which are in ,basan1 threescore towns4 #ac3ca4 ,and half ,galaad1 and ,astaroth1 and ,edrai1 cities of the kingdom of ,og in ,basan3 to the children of ,machir1 the son of ,manasses1 to one half of the children of ,machir according to their kindreds4 #ac3cb4 ,this possession ,moses divided in the plains of ,moab1 beyond the ,jordan1 over against ,jericho on the east side1 #ac3cc4 ,but to the tribe of ,levi he gave no possession3 because the ,lord the ,god of ,israel himself is their possession1 as he spoke to them4 ,josue ,chapter #ad ,caleb's petition2 ,hebron is given to him and to his seed4 #ad3a4 ,this is what the children of ,israel possessed in the land of ,chanaan1 which ,eleazar the priest1 and ,josue the son of ,nun1 and the princes of the families by the tribes of ,israel gave to them4 #ad3b4 ,dividing all by lot1 as the ,lord had commanded the hand of ,moses1 to the nine tribes1 and the half tribe4 #ad3c4 ,for to two tribes and a half ,moses had given possession beyond the ,jordan3 besides the ,levites1 who received no land among their brethren3 #ad3d4 ,but in their place succeeded the children of ,joseph divided into two tribes1 of ,manasses and ,ephraim3 neither did the ,levites receive other portion of land1 but cities to dwell in1 and their suburbs to feed their beasts and flocks4 ,hebron belonged1 etc444 ,all the country thereabouts1 depending on ,hebron1 was given to ,caleb2 but the city itself with the suburbs1 was one of those that were given to the priests to dwell in4 #ad3e4 ,as the ,lord had commanded ,moses so did the children of ,israel1 and they divided the land4 #ad3f4 ,then the children of ,juda came to ,josue in ,galgal1 and ,caleb the son of ,jephone the ,cenezite spoke to him3 ,thou knowest what the ,lord spoke to ,moses the man of ,god concerning me and thee in ,cadesbarne4 #ad3g4 ,i was forty years old when ,moses the servant of the ,lord sent me from ,cadesbarne1 to view the land1 and ,i brought him word again as to me seemed true1 #ad3h4 ,but my brethren1 that had gone up with me1 discouraged the heart of the people3 and ,i nevertheless followed the ,lord my ,god4 #ad3i4 ,and ,moses swore in that day1 saying3 ,the land which thy foot hath trodden upon shall be thy possession1 and thy children for ever1 because thou hast followed the ,lord my ,god4 #ad3aj4 ,the ,lord therefore hath granted me life1 as he promised until this present day1 ,it is forty and five years since the ,lord spoke this word to ,moses1 when ,israel journeyed through the wilderness3 this day ,i am eighty-five years old1 #ad3aa4 ,as strong as ,i was at that time when ,i was sent to view the land3 the strength of that time continueth in me until this day1 as well to fight as to march4 #ad3ab4 ,give me therefore this mountain1 which the ,lord promised1 in thy hearing also1 wherein are the ,enacims1 and cities great and strong3 if so be the ,lord will be with me1 and ,i shall be able to destroy them1 as he promised me4 #ad3ac4 ,and ,josue blessed him1 and gave him ,hebron in possession4 #ad3ad4 ,and from that time ,hebron belonged to ,caleb the son of ,jephone the ,cenezite1 until this present day3 because he followed the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #ad3ae4 ,the name of ,hebron before was called ,cariath-,arbe3 ,adam the greatest among the ,enacims was laid there and the land rested from wars4 ,josue ,chapter #ae ,the borders of the lot of ,juda4 ,caleb's portion and conquest4 ,the cities of ,juda4 #ae3a4 ,now the lot of the children of ,juda by their kindreds was this3 ,from the frontier of ,edom1 to the desert of ,sin southward1 and to the uttermost part of the south coast4 #ae3b4 ,its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea1 and from the bay thereof1 that looketh to the south4 #ae3c4 ,and it goeth out towards the ascent of the ,scorpion1 and passeth on to ,sina3 and ascendeth into ,cadesbarne1 and reacheth into ,esron1 going up to ,addar1 and compassing ,carcaa4 #ae3d4 ,and from thence passing along into ,asemona1 and reaching the torrent of ,egypt3 and the bounds thereof shall be the great sea1 this shall be the limit of the south coast4 #ae3e4 ,but on the east side the beginning shall be the most salt sea even to the end of the ,jordan3 and towards the north from the bay of the sea unto the same river ,jordan4 #ae3f4 ,and the border goeth up into ,beth-,hagla1 and passeth by the north into ,beth-,araba3 going up to the stone of ,boen the son of ,ruben4 #ae3g4 ,and reaching as far as the borders of ,debara from the valley of ,achor1 and so northward looking towards ,galgal1 which is opposite to the ascent of ,adommin1 on the south side of the torrent1 and the border passeth the waters that are called the fountain of the sun3 and the goings out thereof shall be at the fountain ,rogel4 #ae3h4 ,and it goeth up by the valley of the son of ,ennom on the side of the ,jebusite towards the south1 the same is ,jerusalem3 and thence ascending to the top of the mountain1 which is over against ,geennom to the west in the end of the valley of ,raphaim1 northward4 #ae3i4 ,and it passeth on from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the water of ,nephtoa3 and reacheth to the towns of mount ,ephron3 and it bendeth towards ,baala1 which is ,cariathiarim1 that is to say1 the city of the woods4 #ae3aj4 ,and it compasseth from ,baala westward unto mount ,seir3 and passeth by the side of mount ,jarim to the north into ,cheslon3 and goeth down into ,bethsames1 and passeth into ,thamna4 #ae3aa4 ,and reacheth northward to a part of ,accaron at the side3 and bendeth to ,sechrona1 and passeth mount ,baala3 and cometh into ,jebneel1 and is bounded westward with the great sea4 #ae3ab4 ,these are the borders round about of the children of ,juda in their kindreds4 #ae3ac4 ,but to ,caleb the son of ,jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of ,juda1 as the ,lord had commanded him3 ,cariath-,arbe the father of ,enac1 which is ,hebron4 #ae3ad4 ,and ,caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of ,enac1 ,sesai and ,ahiman1 and ,tholmai of the race of ,enac4 #ae3ae4 ,and going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of ,dabir1 which before was called ,cariath-,sepher1 that is to say1 the city of letters4 #ae3af4 ,and ,caleb said3 ,he that shall smite ,cariath-,sepher1 and take it1 ,i will give him ,axa my daughter to wife4 #ae3ag4 ,and ,othoniel the son of ,cenez1 the younger brother of ,caleb1 took it3 and he gave him ,axa his daughter to wife4 #ae3ah4 ,and as they were going together1 she was moved by her husband to ask a field of her father1 and she sighed as she sat on her ass4 ,and ,caleb said to her3 ,what aileth thee8 #ae3ai4 ,but she answered3 ,give me a blessing3 thou hast given me a southern and dry land1 give me also a land that ,is watered4 ,and ,caleb gave her the upper and the nether watery ground4 #ae3bj4 ,this is the possession of the tribe of the children of ,juda by their kindreds4 #ae3ba4 ,and the cities from the uttermost parts of the children of ,juda by the borders of ,edom to the south1 were ,cabseel and ,eder and ,jagur1 #ae3bb4 ,and ,cina and ,dimona and ,adada1 #ae3bc4 ,and ,cades and ,asor and ,jethnam1 #ae3bd4 ,ziph and ,telem and ,baloth1 #ae3be4 ,new ,asor and ,carioth1 ,hesron1 which is ,asor4 #ae3bf4 ,amam1 ,sama and ,molada1 #ae3bg4 ,and ,asergadda and ,hassemon and ,bethphelet1 #ae3bh4 ,and ,hasersual and ,bersabee and ,baziothia1 #ae3bi4 ,and ,baala and ,jim and ,esem1 #ae3cj4 ,and ,eltholad and ,cesil and ,harma1 #ae3ca4 ,and ,siceleg and ,medemena and ,sensenna1 #ae3cb4 ,lebaoth and ,selim and ,aen and ,remmon3 all the cities twenty-nine1 and their villages4 #ae3cc4 ,but in the plains3 ,estaol and ,sarea and ,asena1 #ae3cd4 ,and ,zanoe and ,engannim and ,taphua and ,enaim1 #ae3ce4 ,and ,jerimoth and ,adullam1 ,socho and ,azeca1 #ae3cf4 ,and ,saraim and ,adithaim and ,gedera and ,gederothaim3 fourteen cities1 and their villages4 #ae3cg4 ,sanan and ,hadassa and ,magdalgad1 #ae3ch4 ,delean and ,masepha and ,jecthel1 #ae3ci4 ,lachis and ,bascath and ,eglon1 #ae3dj4 ,chebbon and ,leheman and ,cethlis1 #ae3da4 ,and ,gideroth and ,bethdagon and ,naama and ,maceda3 sixteen cities1 and their villages4 #ae3db4 ,labana and ,ether and ,asan1 #ae3dc4 ,jephtha and ,esna and ,nesib1 #ae3dd4 ,and ,ceila and ,achzib and ,maresa3 nine cities1 and their villages4 #ae3de4 ,accaron with the towns and villages thereof4 #ae3df4 ,from ,accaron even to the sea3 all places that lie towards ,azotus and the villages thereof4 #ae3dg4 ,azotus with its towns and villages4 ,gaza with its towns and villages1 even to the torrent of ,egypt1 and the great sea that is the border thereof4 #ae3dh4 ,and in the mountain ,samir and ,jether and ,socoth1 #ae3di4 ,and ,danna and ,cariath-senna1 this is ,dabir3 #ae3ej4 ,anab and ,istemo and ,anim1 #ae3ea4 ,gosen and ,olon and ,gilo3 eleven cities and their villages4 #ae3eb4 ,arab and ,ruma and ,esaan1 #ae3ec4 ,and ,janum and ,beththaphua and ,apheca1 #ae3ed4 ,athmatha and ,cariath-,arbe1 this is ,hebron and ,sior3 nine cities and their villages4 #ae3ee4 ,maon and ,carmel and ,ziph and ,jota1 #ae3ef4 ,jezrael and ,jucadam and ,zanoe1 #ae3eg4 ,accain1 ,gabaa and ,thamna3 ten cities and their villages4 #ae3eh4 ,halhul1 and ,bessur1 and ,gedor1 #ae3ei4 ,mareth1 and ,bethanoth1 and ,eltecon3 six cities and their villages4 #ae3fj4 ,cariathbaal1 the same is ,cariathiarim the city of woods1 and ,arebba3 two cities and their villages4 #ae3fa4 ,in the desert ,betharaba1 ,meddin and ,sachacha1 #ae3fb4 ,and ,nebsan1 and the city of salt1 and ,engaddi3 six cities and their villages4 #ae3fc4 ,but the children of ,juda could not destroy the ,jebusite that dwelt in ,jerusalem3 and the ,jebusite dwelt with the children of ,juda in ,jerusalem until this present day4 ,josue ,chapter #af ,the lot of the sons of ,joseph4 ,the borders of the tribe of ,ephraim4 #af3a4 ,and the lot of the sons of ,joseph fell from the ,jordan over against ,jericho and the waters thereof1 on the east3 the wilderness which goeth up from ,jericho to the mountain of ,bethel3 #af3b4 ,and goeth out from ,bethel to ,luza3 and passeth the border of ,archi1 to ,ataroth1 #af3c4 ,and goeth down westward1 by the border of ,jephleti1 unto the borders of ,beth-horon the nether1 and to ,gazer3 and the countries of it are ended by the great sea3 #af3d4 ,and ,manasses and ,ephraim the children of ,joseph possessed it4 #af3e4 ,and the border of the children of ,ephraim was according to their kindreds3 and their possession towards the east was ,ataroth-addar unto ,beth-horon the upper4 #af3f4 ,and the confines go out unto the sea3 but ,machmethath looketh to the north1 and it goeth round the borders eastward into ,thanath-selo3 and passeth along on the east side to ,janoe4 ,looketh to the north1 etc444 ,the meaning is1 that the border went towards the north1 by ,machmethath2 and then turned eastward to ,thanath- selo4 #af3g4 ,and it goeth down from ,janoe into ,ataroth and ,naaratha3 and it cometh to ,jericho1 and goeth out to the ,jordan4 #af3h4 ,from ,taphua it passeth on towards the sea into the valley of reeds1 and the goings out thereof are at the most salt sea4 ,this is the possession of the tribe of the children of ,ephraim by their families4 #af3i4 ,and there were cities with their villages separated for the children of ,ephraim in the midst of the possession of the children of ,manasses4 #af3aj4 ,and the children of ,ephraim slew not the ,chanaanite1 who dwelt in ,gazer3 and the ,chanaanite dwelt in the midst of ,ephraim until this day1 paying tribute4 ,josue ,chapter #ag ,the lot of the half tribe of ,manasses4 #ag3a4 ,and this lot fell to the tribe of ,manasses for he is the firstborn of ,joseph to ,machir the firstborn of ,manasses the father of ,galaad1 who was a warlike man1 and had for possession ,galaad and ,basan4 #ag3b4 ,and to the rest of the children of ,manasses according to their families3 to the children of ,abiezer1 and to the children of ,helec1 and to the children of ,esriel1 and to the children of ,sechem1 and to the children of ,hepher1 and to the children of ,semida3 these are the male children of ,manasses the son of ,joseph1 by their kindreds4 #ag3c4 ,but ,salphaad the son of ,hepher the son of ,galaad the son of ,machir the son of ,manasses had no sons1 but only daughters3 whose names are these1 ,maala and ,noa and ,hegla and ,melcha and ,thersa4 #ag3d4 ,and they came in the presence of ,eleazar the priest and of ,josue the son of ,nun1 and of the princes1 saying3 ,the ,lord commanded by the hand of ,moses1 that a possession should be given us in the midst of our brethren4 ,and he gave them according to the commandment of the ,lord a possession amongst the brethren of their father4 #ag3e4 ,and there fell ten portions to ,manasses1 beside the land of ,galaad and ,basan beyond the ,jordan4 #ag3f4 ,for the daughters of ,manasses possessed inheritance in the midst of his sons4 ,and the land of ,galaad fell to the lot of the rest of the children of ,manasses4 #ag3g4 ,and the border of ,manasses was from ,aser1 ,machmethath which looketh towards ,sichem3 and it goeth out on the right hand by the inhabitants of the fountain of ,taphua4 #ag3h4 ,for the lot of ,manasses took in the land of ,taphua1 which is on the borders of ,manasses1 and belongs to the children of ,ephraim4 #ag3i4 ,and the border goeth down to the valley of the reeds1 to the south of the torrent of the cities of ,ephraim1 which are in the midst of the cities of ,manasses3 the border of ,manasses is on the north side of the torrent1 and the outgoings of it are at the sea3 #ag3aj4 ,so that the possession of ,ephraim is on the south1 and on the north that of ,manasses1 and the sea is the border of both1 and they are joined together in the tribe of ,aser on the north1 and in the tribe of ,issachar on the east4 #ag3aa4 ,and the inheritance of ,manasses in ,issachar and in ,aser1 was ,bethsan and its villages1 and ,jeblaam with its villages1 and the inhabitants of ,dor1 with the towns thereof3 the inhabitants also of ,endor with the villages thereof3 and in like manner the inhabitants of ,thenac with the villages thereof3 and the inhabitants of ,mageddo with their villages1 and the third part of the city of ,nopheth4 #ag3ab4 ,neither could the children of ,manasses overthrow these cities1 but the ,chanaanite began to dwell in his land4 #ag3ac4 ,but after that the children of ,israel were grown strong1 they subdued the ,chanaanites1 and made them their tributaries1 and they did not kill them4 #ag3ad4 ,and the children of ,joseph spoke to ,josue1 and said3 ,why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to possess1 whereas ,i am of so great a multitude1 and the ,lord hath blessed me8 #ag3ae4 ,and ,josue said to them3 ,if thou be a great people1 go up into the woodland1 and cut down room for thyself in the land of the ,pherezite and the ,raphaims3 because the possession of mount ,ephraim is too narrow for thee4 #ag3af4 ,and the children of ,joseph answered him3 ,we cannot go up to the mountains1 for the ,chanaanites that dwell in the low lands1 wherein are situate ,bethsan with its towns1 and ,jezrael in the midst of the valley1 have chariots of iron4 #ag3ag4 ,and ,josue said to the house of ,joseph1 to ,ephraim and ,manasses3 ,thou art a great people1 and of great strength1 thou shalt not have one lot only3 #ag3ah4 ,but thou shalt pass to the mountain1 and shalt cut down the wood1 and make thyself room to dwell in3 and mayst proceed farther1 when thou hast destroyed the ,chanaanites1 who as thou sayest have iron chariots1 and are very strong4 ,josue ,chapter #ah ,surveyors are sent to divide the rest of the land into seven tribes4 ,the lot of ,benjamin4 #ah3a4 ,and all the children of ,israel assembled together in ,silo1 and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony1 and the land was subdued before them4 #ah3b4 ,but there remained seven tribes of the children of ,israel1 which as yet had not received their possessions4 #ah3c4 ,and ,josue said to them3 ,how long are you indolent and slack1 and go not in to possess the land which the ,lord the ,god of your fathers hath given you8 #ah3d4 ,choose of every tribe three men1 that ,i may send them1 and they may go and compass the land1 and mark it out according to the number of each multitude3 and bring back to me what they have marked out4 #ah3e4 ,divide to yourselves the land into seven parts3 let ,juda be in his bounds on the south side1 and the house of ,joseph on the north4 #ah3f4 ,the land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts2 and you shall come hither to me1 that ,i may cast lots for you before the ,lord your ,god4 ,the land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts444 ,that is to say1 the rest of the land1 which is not already assigned to ,juda or ,joseph4 #ah3g4 ,for the ,levites have no part among you1 but the priesthood of the ,lord is their inheritance4 ,and ,gad and ,ruben1 and the half tribe of ,manasses have already received their possessions beyond the ,jordan eastward3 which ,moses the servant of the ,lord gave them4 #ah3h4 ,and when the men were risen up1 to go to mark out the land1 ,josue commanded them saying3 ,go round the land and mark it out1 and return to me3 that ,i may cast lots for you before the ,lord in ,silo4 #ah3i4 ,so they went and surveying it divided it into seven parts1 writing them down in a book4 ,and they returned to ,josue1 to the camp in ,silo4 #ah3aj4 ,and he cast lots before the ,lord in ,silo1 and divided the land to the children of ,israel into seven parts4 #ah3aa4 ,and first came up the lot of the children of ,benjamin by their families1 to possess the land between the children of ,juda1 and the children of ,joseph4 #ah3ab4 ,and their border northward was from the ,jordan3 going along by the side of ,jericho on the north side1 and thence going up westward to the mountains1 and reaching to the wilderness of ,bethaven1 #ah3ac4 ,and passing along southward by ,luza1 the same is ,bethel1 and it goeth down into ,ataroth-addar to the mountain1 that is on the south of the nether ,beth-horon4 #ah3ad4 ,and it bendeth thence going round towards the sea1 south of the mountain that looketh towards ,beth-horon to the southwest3 and the outgoings thereof are into ,cariathbaal1 which is called also ,cariathiarim1 a city of the children of ,juda ,this is their coast towards the sea1 westward4 #ah3ae4 ,but on the south side the border goeth out from part of ,cariathiarim towards the sea1 and cometh to the fountain of the waters of ,nephtoa4 #ah3af4 ,and it goeth down to that part of the mountain that looketh on the valley of the children of ,ennom3 and is over against the north quarter in the furthermost part of the valley of ,raphaim1 and it goeth down into ,geennom 7that is the valley of ,ennom7 by the side of the ,jebusite to the south3 and cometh to the fountain of ,rogel1 #ah3ag4 ,passing thence to the north1 and going out to ,ensemes1 that is to say1 the fountain of the sun3 #ah3ah4 ,and ,it passeth along to the hills that are over against the ascent of ,adommim3 and it goeth down to ,abenboen1 that is1 the stone of ,boen the son of ,ruben3 and it passeth on the north side to the champaign countries2 and goeth down ,into the plain1 #ah3ai4 ,and it passeth by ,bethhagla northward3 and the outgoings thereof are towards the north of the most salt sea at the south end of the ,jordan4 #ah3bj4 ,which is the border of it on the east side4 ,this is the possession of the children of ,benjamin by their borders round about1 and their families4 #ah3ba4 ,and their cities were1 ,jericho and ,bethhagla and ,vale-,casis1 #ah3bb4 ,betharaba and ,samaraim and ,bethel1 #ah3bc4 ,and ,avim and ,aphara and ,ophera1 #ah3bd4 ,the town ,emona and ,ophni and ,gabee3 twelve cities1 and their villages4 #ah3be4 ,gabam and ,rama and ,beroth1 #ah3bf4 ,and ,mesphe1 and ,caphara1 and ,amosa1 #ah3bg4 ,and ,recem1 ,jarephel1 and ,tharela1 #ah3bh4 ,and ,sela1 ,eleph and ,jebus1 which is ,jerusalem1 ,gabaath and ,cariath3 fourteen cities1 and their villages4 ,this is the possession of the children of ,benjamin by their families4 ,josue ,chapter #ai ,the lots of the tribes of ,simeon1 ,zabulon1 ,issachar1 ,aser1 ,nephtali and ,dan4 ,a city is given to ,josue4 #ai3a4 ,and the second lot came forth for the children of ,simeon by their kindreds3 and their inheritance was #ai3b4 ,in the midst of the possession of the children of ,juda3 ,bersabee and ,sabee and ,molada1 #ai3c4 ,and ,hasersual1 ,bala and ,asem1 #ai3d4 ,and ,eltholad1 ,bethul and ,harma1 #ai3e4 ,and ,siceleg and ,bethmarchaboth and ,hasersusa1 #ai3f4 ,and ,bethlebaoth and ,sarohen3 thirteen cities1 and their villages4 #ai3g4 ,and ,remmon and ,athor and ,asan3 four cities1 and their villages4 #ai3h4 ,and all the villages round about these cities to ,baalath ,beer ,ramath to the south quarter4 ,this is the inheritance of the children of ,simeon according to their kindreds1 #ai3i4 ,in the possession and lot of the children of ,juda3 because it was too great1 and therefore the children of ,simeon had their possession in the midst of their inheritance4 #ai3aj4 ,and the third lot fell to the children of ,zabulon by their kindreds3 and the border of their possession was unto ,sarid4 #ai3aa4 ,and ,it went up from the sea and from ,merala1 and came to ,debbaseth3 as far as the torrent1 which is over against ,jeconam4 #ai3ab4 ,and it returneth from ,sarid eastward to the borders of ,ceseleththabor3 and it goeth out to ,dabereth and ascendeth towards ,japhie4 #ai3ac4 ,and it passeth along from thence to the east side of ,gethhepher and ,thacasin3 and goeth out to ,remmon1 ,amthar and ,noa4 #ai3ad4 ,and it turneth about to the north of ,hanathon3 and the outgoings thereof are the valley of ,jephtahel1 #ai3ae4 ,and ,cateth and ,naalol and ,semeron and ,jedala and ,bethlehem3 twelve cities and their villages4 #ai3af4 ,this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of ,zabulon by their kindreds1 the cities and their villages4 #ai3ag4 ,the fourth lot came out to ,issachar by their kindreds4 #ai3ah4 ,and his inheritance was ,jezrael and ,casaloth and ,sunem1 #ai3ai4 ,and ,hapharaim and ,seon and ,anaharath1 #ai3bj4 ,and ,rabboth and ,cesion1 ,abes1 #ai3ba4 ,and ,rameth and ,engannim and ,enhadda and ,bethpheses4 #ai3bb4 ,and the border thereof cometh to ,thabor and ,sehesima and ,bethsames3 and the outgoings thereof shall be at the ,jordan3 sixteen cities1 and their villages4 #ai3bc4 ,this is the possession of the sons of ,issachar by their kindreds1 the cities and their villages4 #ai3bd4 ,and the fifth lot fell to the tribe of the children of ,aser by their kindreds3 #ai3be4 ,and their border was ,halcath and ,chali and ,beten and ,axaph1 #ai3bf4 ,and ,elmelech and ,amaad and ,messal3 and it reacheth to ,carmel by the sea and ,sihor and ,labanath1 #ai3bg4 ,and it returneth towards the east to ,bethdagon3 and passeth along to ,zabulon and to the valley of ,jephthael towards the north to ,bethemec and ,nehiel4 ,and it goeth out to the left side of ,cabul1 #ai3bh4 ,and to ,abaran and ,rohob and ,hamon and ,cana1 as far as the great ,sidon4 #ai3bi4 ,and it returneth to ,horma to the strong city of ,tyre1 and to ,hosa3 and the outgoings thereof shall be at the sea from the portion of ,achziba3 #ai3cj4 ,and ,amma and ,aphec and ,rohob3 twenty-two cities1 and their villages4 #ai3ca4 ,this is the possession of the children of ,aser by their kindreds1 and the cities and their villages4 #ai3cb4 ,the sixth lot came out to the sons of ,nephtali by their families3 #ai3cc4 ,and the border began from ,heleph and ,elon to ,saananim1 and ,adami1 which is ,neceb1 and ,jebnael even to ,lecum3 #ai3cd4 ,and the border returneth westward to ,azanotthabor1 and goeth out from thence to ,hucuca1 and passeth along to ,zabulon southward1 and to ,aser westward1 and to ,juda upon the ,jordan towards the rising of the sun4 #ai3ce4 ,and the strong cities are ,assedim1 ,ser1 and ,emath1 and ,reccath and ,cenereth1 #ai3cf4 ,and ,edema and ,arama1 ,asor1 #ai3cg4 ,and ,cedes and ,edri1 ,enhasor1 #ai3ch4 ,and ,jeron and ,magdalel1 ,horem1 and ,bethanath and ,bethsames3 nineteen cities1 and their villages4 #ai3ci4 ,this is the possession of the tribe of the children of ,nephtali by their kindreds1 the cities and their villages4 #ai3dj4 ,the seventh lot came out to the tribe of the children of ,dan by their families1 #ai3da4 ,and the border of their possession was ,saraa and ,esthaol1 and ,hirsemes1 that is1 the city of the sun1 #ai3db4 ,selebin and ,aialon and ,jethela1 #ai3dc4 ,elon and ,themna and ,acron1 #ai3dd4 ,elthece1 ,gebbethon and ,balaath1 #ai3de4 ,and ,juda and ,bane and ,barach and ,gethremmon3 #ai3df4 ,and ,mejarcon and ,arecon1 with the border that looketh towards ,joppe1 #ai3dg4 ,and is terminated there4 ,and the children of ,dan went up and fought against ,lesem1 and took it3 and they put it to the sword1 and possessed it1 and dwelt in it1 calling the name of it ,lesem ,dan1 by the name of ,dan their father4 #ai3dh4 ,this is the possession of the tribe of the sons of ,dan1 by their kindreds1 the cities and their villages4 #ai3di4 ,and when he had made an end of dividing the land by lot to each one by their tribes1 the children of ,israel gave a possession to ,josue the son of ,nun in the midst of them1 #ai3ej4 ,according to the commandment of the ,lord1 the city which he asked for1 ,thamnath ,saraa1 in mount ,ephraim3 and he built up the city1 and dwelt in it4 #ai3ea4 ,these are the possessions which ,eleazar the priest1 and ,josue the son of ,nun1 and the princes of the families1 and of the tribes of the children of ,israel1 distributed by lot in ,silo1 before the ,lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony1 and they divided the land4 ,josue ,chapter #bj ,the cities of refuge are appointed for casual manslaughter4 #bj3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,josue1 saying3 ,speak to children of ,israel and say to them3 #bj3b4 ,appoint cities of refuge1 of which ,i spoke to you by the hand of ,moses3 #bj3c4 ,that whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them1 and may escape the wrath of the kinsman1 who is the avenger of blood4 #bj3d4 ,and when he shall flee to one of these cities3 he shall stand before the gate of the city1 and shall speak to the ancients of that city1 such things as prove him innocent3 and so shall they receive him1 and give him a place to dwell in4 #bj3e4 ,and when the avenger of blood shall pursue him1 they shall not deliver him into his hands1 because he slew his neighbour unawares1 and is not proved to have been his enemy two or three days before1 #bj3f4 ,and he shall dwell in that city1 till he stand before judgment to give an account of his fact1 and till the death of the high priest1 who shall be at that time3 then shall the manslayer return1 and go into his own city and house from whence he fled4 #bj3g4 ,and they appointed ,cedes in ,galilee of mount ,nephtali1 and ,sichem in mount ,ephraim1 and ,cariath-,arbe1 the same is ,hebron in the mountain of ,juda4 #bj3h4 ,and beyond the ,jordan to the east of ,jericho1 they appointed ,bosor1 which is upon the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of ,ruben1 and ,ramoth in ,galaad of the tribe of ,gad1 and ,gaulon in ,basan of the tribe of ,manasses4 #bj3i4 ,these cities were appointed for all the children of ,israel1 and for the strangers1 that dwelt among them1 that whosoever had killed a person unawares might flee to them1 and not die by the hand of the kinsman1 coveting to revenge the blood that was shed1 until he should stand before the people to lay open his cause4 ,josue ,chapter #ba ,cities with their suburbs are assigned for the priests and ,levites4 #ba3a4 ,then the princes of the families of ,levi came to ,eleazar the priest1 and to ,josue the son of ,nun1 and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of ,israel4 #ba3b4 ,and they spoke to them in ,silo in the land of ,chanaan1 and said3 ,the ,lord commanded by the hand of ,moses1 that cities should be given us to dwell in1 and their suburbs to feed our cattle4 #ba3c4 ,and the children of ,israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the ,lord1 cities and their suburbs4 #ba3d4 ,and the lot came out for the family of ,caath of the children of ,aaron the priest out of the tribes of ,juda1 and of ,simeon1 and of ,benjamin1 thirteen cities4 #ba3e4 ,and to the rest of the children of ,caath1 that is1 to thee ,levites1 who remained1 out of the tribes of ,ephraim1 and of ,dan1 and the half tribe of ,manasses1 ten cities4 #ba3f4 ,and the lot came out to children of ,gerson1 that they should take of the tribes of ,issachar and of ,aser and of ,nephtali1 and of the half tribe of ,manasses in ,basan1 thirteen cities4 #ba3g4 ,and to the sons of ,merari by their kindreds1 of the tribes of ,ruben and of ,gad and of ,zabulon1 twelve cities4 #ba3h4 ,and the children of ,israel gave to the ,levites the cities and their suburbs1 as the ,lord commanded by the hand of ,moses1 giving to every one by lot4 #ba3i4 ,of the tribes of the children of ,juda and of ,simeon ,josue gave cities3 whose names are these1 #ba3aj4 ,to the sons of ,aaron1 of the families of ,caath of the race of ,levi 7for the first lot came out for them7 #ba3aa4 ,the city of ,arbe the father of ,enac1 which is called ,hebron1 in the mountain of ,juda1 and the suburbs thereof round about4 #ba3ab4 ,but the fields and the villages thereof he had given to ,caleb the son of ,jephone for his possession4 #ba3ac4 ,he gave therefore to the children of ,aaron the priest1 ,hebron a city of refuge1 and the suburbs thereof1 and ,lebna with the suburbs thereof1 #ba3ad4 ,and ,jether and ,estemo1 #ba3ae4 ,and ,holon1 and ,dabir1 #ba3af4 ,and ,ain1 and ,jeta1 and ,bethsames1 with their suburbs3 nine cities out of the two tribes1 as hath been said4 #ba3ag4 ,and out of the tribe of the children of ,benjamin1 ,gabaon1 and ,gabae1 #ba3ah4 ,and ,anathoth and ,almon1 with1 their suburbs3 four cities4 #ba3ai4 ,all the cities together of the children of ,aaron the priest1 were thirteen1 with their suburbs1 #ba3bj4 ,and to the rest of the families of the children of ,caath of the race of ,levi was given this possession4 #ba3ba4 ,of the tribe of ,ephraim1 ,sichem one of the cities of refuge1 with the suburbs thereof in mount ,ephraim1 and ,gazer1 #ba3bb4 ,and ,cibsaim1 and ,beth-horon1 with their suburbs1 four cities4 #ba3bc4 ,and of he tribe of ,dan1 ,eltheco and ,gabathon1 #ba3bd4 ,and ,aialon and ,gethremmon1 with their suburbs1 four cities4 #ba3be4 ,and of the half tribe of ,manasses1 ,thanac and ,gethremmon1 with their suburbs1 two cities4 #ba3bf4 ,all the cities were ten1 with their suburbs1 which were given to the children of ,caath1 of the inferior degree4 #ba3bg4 ,to the children of ,gerson also of the race of ,levi out of the half tribe of ,manasses1 ,gaulon in ,basan1 one of the cities of refuge1 and ,bosra1 with their suburbs1 two cities4 #ba3bh4 ,and of the tribe of ,issachar1 ,cesion1 and ,dabereth1 #ba3bi4 ,and ,jaramoth1 and ,engannim1 with their suburbs1 four cities4 #ba3cj4 ,and of the tribe of ,aser1 ,masal and ,abdon1 #ba3ca4 ,and ,helcath1 and ,rohob1 with their suburbs1 four cities4 #ba3cb4 ,of the tribe also of ,nephtali1 ,cedes in ,galilee1 one of the cities of refuge3 and ,hammoth ,dor1 and ,carthan1 with their suburbs1 three cities4 #ba3cc4 ,all the cities of the families of ,gerson1 were thirteen1 with their suburbs4 #ba3cd4 ,and to the children of ,merari1 ,levites of the inferior degree1 by their families were given of the tribe of ,zabulon1 ,jecnam and ,cartha1 #ba3ce4 ,and ,damna and ,naalol1 four cities with their suburbs4 #ba3cf4 ,of the tribe of ,ruben beyond the ,jordan over against ,jericho1 ,bosor in the wilderness1 one of the cities of refuge1 ,misor and ,jaser and ,jethson and ,mephaath1 four cities with their suburbs4 ,four cities444 ,there are no more1 though there be five names3 for ,misor is the same city as ,bosor1 which is to be observed in some other places1 where the number of names exceeds the number of cities4 #ba3cg4 ,of the tribe of ,gad1 ,ramoth in ,galaad1 one of the cities of refuge1 and ,manaim and ,hesebon and ,jaser1 four cities with their suburbs1 #ba3ch4 ,all the cities of the children of ,merari by their families and kindreds1 were twelve4 #ba3ci4 ,so all the cities of the ,levites within the possession of the children of ,israel were forty-eight1 #ba3dj4 ,with their suburbs1 each distributed by the families4 #ba3da4 ,and the ,lord ,god gave to ,israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers3 and they possessed it1 and dwelt in it4 #ba3db4 ,and he gave them peace from all nations round about3 and none of their enemies durst stand against them1 but were brought under their dominion4 #ba3dc4 ,not so much as one word1 which he had promised to perform unto them1 was made void1 but all came to pass4 ,josue ,chapter #bb ,the tribes of ,ruben and ,gad1 and half the tribe of ,manasses return to their possessions4 ,they build an altar by the side of the ,jordan1 which alarms the other tribes4 ,an embassage is sent to them1 to which they give a satisfactory answer4 #bb3a4 ,at the same time ,josue called the ,rubenites1 and the ,gadites1 and the half tribe of ,manasses1 #bb3b4 ,and said to them3 ,you have done all that ,moses the servant of the ,lord commanded you3 you have also obeyed me in all things1 #bb3c4 ,neither have you left your brethren this long time1 until this present day1 keeping the commandment of the ,lord your ,god4 #bb3d4 ,therefore as the ,lord your ,god hath given your brethren rest and peace1 as he promised3 return1 and go to your dwellings1 and to the land of your possession1 which ,moses the servant of the ,lord gave you beyond the ,jordan3 #bb3e4 ,yet so that you observe attentively1 and in work fulfil the commandment and the law which ,moses the servant of the ,lord commanded you3 that you love the ,lord your ,god1 and walk in all his ways1 and keep all his commandments1 and cleave to him1 and serve him with all your heart1 and with all your soul4 #bb3f4 ,and ,josue blessed them1 and sent them away1 and they returned to their dwellings4 #bb3g4 ,now to half the tribe of ,manasses1 ,moses had given a possession in ,basan3 and therefore to the half that remained1 ,josue gave a lot among the rest of their brethren beyond the ,jordan to the west4 ,and when he sent them away to their dwellings and had blessed them1 #bb3h4 ,he said to them3 ,with much substance and riches1 you return to your settlements1 with silver and gold1 brass and iron1 and variety of raiment3 divide the prey of your enemies with your brethren4 #bb3i4 ,so the children of ,ruben1 and the children of ,gad1 and the half tribe of ,manasses returned1 and parted from the children of ,israel in ,silo1 which is in ,chanaan1 to go into ,galaad the land of their possession1 which they had obtained according to the commandment of the ,lord by the hand of ,moses4 #bb3aj4 ,and when they were come to banks of the ,jordan1 in the land of ,chanaan1 they built an altar immensely great near the ,jordan4 #bb3aa4 ,and when the children of ,israel had heard of it1 and certain messengers brought them an account that the children of ,ruben1 and of ,gad1 and the half tribe of ,manasses had built an altar in the land of ,chanaan1 upon the banks of the ,jordan1 over against the children of ,israel3 #bb3ab4 ,they all assembled in ,silo1 to go up and fight against them4 #bb3ac4 ,and in the mean time they sent to them into the land of ,galaad1 ,phinees the son of ,eleazar the priest1 #bb3ad4 ,and ten princes with him1 one of every tribe4 #bb3ae4 ,who came to the children of ,ruben1 and of ,gad1 and the half tribe of ,manasses1 into the land of ,galaad1 and said to them3 #bb3af4 ,thus saith all the people of the ,lord3 ,what meaneth this transgression8 ,why have you forsaken the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 building a sacrilegious altar1 and revolting from the worship of him8 #bb3ag4 ,is it a small thing to you that you sinned with ,beelphegor1 and the stain of that crime remaineth in us to this day8 and many of the people perished4 #bb3ah4 ,and you have forsaken the ,lord to day1 and to morrow his wrath will rage against all ,israel4 #bb3ai4 ,but if you think the land of your possession to be unclean1 pass over to the land wherein is the tabernacle of the ,lord1 and dwell among us3 only depart not from the ,lord1 and from our society1 by building an altar beside the altar of the ,lord our ,god4 #bb3bj4 ,did not ,achan the son of ,zare transgress the commandment of the ,lord1 and his wrath lay upon all the people of ,israel8 ,and he was but one man1 and would to ,god he alone had perished in his wickedness4 #bb3ba4 ,and the children of ,ruben1 and of ,gad1 and of the half tribe of ,manasses answered the princes of the embassage of ,israel3 #bb3bb4 ,the ,lord the most mighty ,god1 the ,lord the most mighty ,god1 he knoweth1 and ,israel also shall understand3 ,if with the design of transgression we have set up this altar1 let him not save us1 but punish us immediately3 #bb3bc4 ,and if we did it with that mind1 that we might lay upon it holocausts1 and sacrifice1 and victims of peace offerings1 let him require and judge3 #bb3bd4 ,and not rather with this thought and design1 that we should say3 ,to morrow your children will say to our children3 ,what have you to do with the ,lord the ,god of ,israel8 #bb3be4 ,the ,lord hath put the river ,jordan for a border between us and you1 ,o ye children of ,ruben1 and ye children of ,gad3 and therefore you have no part in the ,lord4 ,and by this occasion your children shall turn away our children from the fear of the ,lord4 ,we therefore thought it best1 #bb3bf4 ,and said3 ,let us build us an altar1 not for holocausts1 nor to offer victims1 #bb3bg4 ,but for a testimony between us and you1 and our posterity and yours1 that we may serve the ,lord1 and that we may have a right to offer both holocausts1 and victims and sacrifices of peace offerings3 and that your children to morrow may not say to our children3 ,you have no part in the ,lord4 #bb3bh4 ,and if they will say so1 they shall answer them3 ,behold the altar of the ,lord1 which our fathers made1 not for holocausts1 nor for sacrifice1 but for a testimony between us and you4 #bb3bi4 ,god keep us from any such wickedness that we should revolt from the ,lord1 and leave off following his steps1 by building an altar to offer holocausts1 and sacrifices1 and victims1 beside the altar of the ,lord our ,god1 which is erected before his tabernacle4 #bb3cj4 ,and when ,phinees the priest1 and the princes of the embassage1 who were with him1 had heard this1 they were satisfied3 and they admitted most willingly the words of the children of ,ruben1 and ,gad1 and of the half tribe of ,manasses1 #bb3ca4 ,and ,phinees the priest the son of ,eleazar said to them3 ,now we know that the ,lord is with us1 because you are not guilty of this revolt1 and you have delivered the children of ,israel from the hand of the ,lord4 #bb3cb4 ,and he returned with the princes from the children of ,ruben and ,gad1 out of the land of ,galaad1 into the land of ,chanaan1 to the children of ,israel1 and brought them word again4 #bb3cc4 ,and the saying pleased all that heard it4 ,and the children of ,israel praised ,god1 and they no longer said that they would go up against them1 and fight1 and destroy the land of their possession4 #bb3cd4 ,and the children of ,ruben1 and the children of ,gad called the altar which they had built1 ,our testimony1 that the ,lord is ,god1 ,josue ,chapter #bc ,josue being old admonisheth the people to keep ,god's commandments3 and to avoid marriages and all society with the ,gentiles for fear of being brought to idolatry4 #bc3a4 ,and when a long time was passed1 after that the ,lord had given peace to ,israel1 all the nations round about being subdued and ,josue being now old1 and far advanced in years3 #bc3b4 ,josue called for all ,israel1 and for the elders1 and for the princes1 and for the judges1 and for the masters1 and said to them3 ,i am old1 and far advanced in years1 #bc3c4 ,and you see all that the ,lord your ,god hath done to all the nations round about1 how he himself hath fought for you3 #bc3d4 ,and now since he hath divided to you by lot all the land1 from the east of the ,jordan unto the great sea1 ant many nations yet remain3 #bc3e4 ,the ,lord your ,god will destroy them1 and take them away from before your face1 and you shall possess the land as he hath promised you4 #bc3f4 ,only take courage1 and be careful to observe all things that are written in the book of the law of ,moses3 and turn not aside from them neither to the right hand nor to the left3 #bc3g4 ,lest after that you are come in among the ,gentiles1 who will remain among you1 you should swear by the name of their gods1 and serve them1 and adore them3 #bc3h4 ,but cleave ye unto the ,lord your ,god1 as you have done until this day4 #bc3i4 ,and then the ,lord ,god will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong1 and no man shall be able to resist you4 #bc3aj4 ,one of you shall chase a thousand men of the enemies3 because the ,lord your ,god himself will fight for you1 as he hath promised4 #bc3aa4 ,this only take care of with all diligence1 that you love the ,lord your ,god4 #bc3ab4 ,but if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell among you1 and make marriages with them1 and join friendships3 #bc3ac4 ,know ye for a certainty that the ,lord your ,god will not destroy them before your face1 but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way1 and a stumbling-block at your side1 and stakes in your eyes1 till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land1 which he hath given you4 #bc3ad4 ,behold this day ,i am going into the way of all the earth1 and you shall know with all your mind that of all the words which the ,lord promised to perform for you1 not one hath failed1 #bc3ae4 ,therefore as he hath fulfilled in deed1 what he promised1 and all things prosperous have come3 so will he bring upon you all the evils he hath threatened1 till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land1 which he hath given you1 #bc3af4 ,when you shall have transgressed the covenant of the ,lord your ,god1 which he hath made with you1 and shall have served strange gods1 and adored them3 then shall the indignation of the ,lord rise up quickly and speedily against you1 and you shall be taken away from this excellent land1 which he hath delivered to you4 ,josue ,chapter #bd ,josue assembleth the people1 and reneweth the covenant between them and ,god4 ,his death and burial4 #bd3a4 ,and ,josue gathered together all the tribes of ,israel in ,sichem1 and called for the ancients1 and the princes and the judges1 and the masters3 and they stood in the sight of the ,lord3 #bd3b4 ,and he spoke thus to the people3 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river1 ,thare the father of ,abraham1 and ,nachor3 and they served strange gods4 ,of the river444 ,the ,euphrates4 #bd3c4 ,and ,i took your father ,abraham from the borders of ,mesopotamia3 and brought him into the land of ,chanaan3 and ,i multiplied his seed1 #bd3d4 ,and gave him ,isaac3 and to him again ,i gave ,jacob and ,esau4 ,and ,i gave to ,esau mount ,seir for his possession3 but ,jacob and his children went down into ,egypt4 #bd3e4 ,and ,i sent ,moses and ,aaron1 and ,i struck ,egypt with many signs and wonders4 #bd3f4 ,and ,i brought you and your fathers out of ,egypt1 and you came to the sea3 and the ,egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen1 as far as the ,red ,sea4 #bd3g4 ,and the children of ,israel cried to the ,lord3 and he put darkness between you and the ,egyptians1 and brought the sea upon them1 and covered them4 ,your eyes saw all that ,i did in ,egypt1 and you dwelt in the wilderness a long time4 #bd3h4 ,and ,i brought you into the land of the ,amorrhite1 who dwelt beyond the ,jordan4 ,and when they fought against you1 ,i delivered them into your hands1 and you possessed their land1 and slew them4 #bd3i4 ,and ,balac son of ,sephor king of ,moab arose and fought against ,israel4 ,and he sent and called for ,balaam son of ,beor1 to curse you3 #bd3aj4 ,and ,i would not hear him1 but on the contrary ,i blessed you by him1 and ,i delivered you out of his hand4 #bd3aa4 ,and you passed over the ,jordan1 and you came to ,jericho4 ,and the men of that city fought against you1 the ,amorrhite1 and the ,pherezite1 and the ,chanaanite1 and the ,hethite1 and the ,gergesite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebusite3 and ,i delivered them into your hands4 #bd3ab4 ,and ,i sent before you and ,i drove them out from their places1 the two kings of the ,amorrhites1 not with thy sword nor with thy bow1 #bd3ac4 ,and ,i gave you a land1 in which you had not laboured1 and cities to dwell in which you built not1 vineyards and oliveyards1 which you planted not4 #bd3ad4 ,now therefore fear the ,lord1 and serve him with a perfect and most sincere heart3 and put away the gods which your fathers served in ,mesopotamia and in ,egypt1 and serve the ,lord4 #bd3ae4 ,but if it seem evil to you to serve the ,lord1 you have your choice3 choose this day that which pleaseth you1 whom you would rather serve1 whether the gods which your fathers served in ,mesopotamia1 or the gods of the ,amorrhites1 in whose land you dwell3 but as for me and my house we will serve thee ,lord1 #bd3af4 ,and the people answered1 and said1 ,god forbid we should leave the ,lord1 and serve strange gods4 #bd3ag4 ,the ,lord our ,god he brought us and our fathers out of the land of ,egypt1 out of the house of bondage3 and did very great signs in our sight1 and preserved us in all the way by which we journeyed1 and among all the people through whom we passed4 #bd3ah4 ,and he hath cast out all the nations1 the ,amorrhite the inhabitant of the land into which we are come4 ,therefore we will serve the ,lord1 for he is our ,god4 #bd3ai4 ,and ,josue said to the people3 ,you will not be able to serve the ,lord3 for he is a holy ,god1 and mighty and jealous1 and will not forgive your wickedness and sins4 ,you will not be able to serve the ,lord1 etc444 ,this was not said by way of discouraging them2 but rather to make them more earnest and resolute1 by setting before them the greatness of the undertaking1 and the courage and constancy necessary to go through with it4 #bd3bj4 ,if you leave the ,lord1 and serve strange gods1 he will turn1 and will afflict you1 and will destroy you after all the good he hath done you4 #bd3ba4 ,and the people said to ,josue3 ,no1 it shall not be so as thou sayest1 but we will serve the ,lord4 #bd3bb4 ,and ,josue said to the people1 ,you are witnesses1 that you yourselves have chosen you the ,lord to serve him4 ,and they answered3 ,we are witnesses4 #bd3bc4 ,now therefore1 said he1 put away strange gods from among you1 and incline your hearts to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #bd3bd4 ,and the people said to ,josue3 ,we will serve the ,lord our ,god1 and we will be obedient to his commandments4 #bd3be4 ,josue therefore on that day made a covenant1 and set before the people commandments and judgments in ,sichem4 #bd3bf4 ,and he wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the ,lord3 and he took a great stone1 and set it under the oak that was in the sanctuary of the ,lord4 #bd3bg4 ,and he said to all the people3 ,behold this stone shall be a testimony unto you1 that it hath heard all the words of the ,lord1 which he hath spoken to you3 lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it1 and lie to the ,lord your ,god4 ,it hath heard444 ,this is a figure of speech1 by which sensation is attributed to inanimate things2 and they are called upon1 as it were1 to bear witness in favour of the great ,creator1 whom they on their part constantly obey4 #bd3bh4 ,and he sent the people away every one to their own possession1 #bd3bi4 ,and after these things ,josue the son of ,nun the servant of the ,lord died1 being a hundred and ten years old3 ,and after1 etc444 ,if ,josue wrote this book1 as is commonly believed1 these last verses were added by ,samuel1 or some other prophet4 #bd3cj4 ,and they buried him in the border of his possession in ,thamnathsare1 which is situate in mount ,ephraim1 on the north side of mount ,gaas4 #bd3ca4 ,and ,israel served the ,lord all the days of ,josue1 and of the ancients that lived a long time after ,josue1 and that had known all the works of the ,lord which he had done in ,israel4 #bd3cb4 ,and the bones of ,joseph which the children of ,israel had taken out of ,egypt1 they buried in ,sichem1 in that part of the field which ,jacob had bought of the sons of ,hemor the father of ,sichem1 for a hundred young ewes1 and it was in the possession of the sons of ,joseph4 #bd3cc4 ,eleazar also the son of ,aaron died3 and they buried him in ,gabaath that belongeth to ,phinees his son1 which was given him in mount ,ephraim4