\NormalFont\ShortTitle{JOSHUA}
{\MTB This book contains the account of the Israeli people possessing the land that God had promised to give them. We call this book
\par }{\MT Joshua

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH What Yahweh commanded Joshua
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
Moses,
who
served
Yahweh
{\ADD{
well}},
died,
Yahweh
said
to Nun’s
son
Joshua,
who
had
been
Moses’
assistant,
\VS{2}“{\ADD{
You
know
that}}
my
servant
Moses
is
{\ADD{
now}}
dead.
So
now
get
ready
to
lead
all
these
{\ADD{Israeli}}
people
across
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
Enter
the
land
that
I
will
soon
give
to
you.
\VS{3}I
will
give
to
you
all
the
land
that
you
walk
on,
as
I
promised
Moses.
\VS{4}That
land
will
extend
from
the
desert
{\ADD{
in
the
south}},
to
the
Lebanon
{\ADD{
Mountains
in
the northwest}},
and
to
the
big
Euphrates
River
{\ADD{
in
the northeast}},
and
to
the Mediterranean
Sea
on
the
west.
{\ADD{
It
will
include}}
all
the
land
where
the
descendants
of
Heth
{\ADD{
live}}.
\VS{5}No
group
will
be
able
to
oppose
{\ADD{
and
defeat}}
you
during
your
life.
I
will
help
you
as
I
helped
Moses.
I
will
always
be
with [LIT]
you;
I
will
never
forsake
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}“e
strong
and
courageous,
because
you
are
the
one
who
will
lead
these Israeli
people
{\ADD{
and
enable
them}}
to
possess
the
land
that
I
solemnly
promised
to
their
ancestors
that
I
would
give
them.
\VS{7}Just
be
strong
and
very
courageous.
Be
sure
to
obey
all
the
laws
that
my
servant
Moses
gave
to
you.
In
order
that
you
may
be
successful
wherever
you
go,
do
not
stop
obeying
any
of
them [IDM].
\VS{8}Make
sure
to habitually
read
{\ADD{
to
the
people
some
of}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}}.
Meditate
on
those
laws
{\ADD{
every}}
day
and
{\ADD{
every}}
night.
And
be
sure
to
obey
all
those
laws.
If
you
do
that,
you
will
be
successful
in
everything
that
you
do [DOU].
\VS{9}Do
not
forget [RHQ]
that
I
have
commanded
you
to
be
strong
and
courageous.
Do
not
be
afraid,
and
do
not
be
discouraged,
because
I,
Yahweh,
your
God,
will ◄be
with/help►
you
wherever
you
go.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Joshua
commanded
the
leaders
of
the
people
of
Israel,
\VS{11}“Go
throughout
the
camp
and
tell
the
people
this: ‘Prepare
all
the
food
that
you
will
take
with
you,
because
the
day
after
tomorrow
you
will
cross
this
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
in
order
to
possess
the
land
that
Yahweh,
our
God,
is
about
to
give
you.’ ”
\par }{\SH What
Joshua
commanded
the
eastern
tribes
\par }{\PP \VS{12}But
to
the
{\ADD{
clans
that
were}}
descendants
of
Reuben
and
Gad,
and
to
the
half
clan
{\ADD{
that
were
descendants}}
of
Manasseh,
Joshua
said,
\VS{13}“Do
not
forget
what
Moses,
the
servant
of
Yahweh,
commanded
you: ‘Yahweh,
your
God,
has
given
you
this
land
in
order
that
you
can
{\ADD{
live
here}}
safely/peacefully.’
\VS{14}Your
wives
and
your
children
and
your
livestock
may
stay
{\ADD{
here}}
in
this
land
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
but
all
your
soldiers
must
cross
{\ADD{
the
river}},
ahead
of
the
people
of
the
other
tribes.
They
must
take
all
their
weapons
with
them.
You
must
continue
to
help
your
fellow Israelis
\VS{15}until
they
are
able
to
live
there
safely/peacefully,
as
Yahweh
has
enabled
you
to
do.
You
must
help
them
until
after
they
have
conquered
all
the
people
in
the
land
that
Yahweh,
your
God,
is
giving
them.
After
that,
your
soldiers
may
return
to
live
in
this
land
that
Moses
gave
to
you
here
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
people
answered
Joshua, “We
will
do
everything
that
you
have
commanded
us
to
do,
and
we
will
go
wherever
you
tell
us
to
go.
\VS{17}As
we
obeyed
all
that
Moses
told
us
to
do,
we
will
obey
all
that
you
tell
us
to
do.
We
pray
that
Yahweh
will ◄be
with/help►
you
as
he ◄was
with/helped►
Moses.
\VS{18}Anyone
who ◄rejects
what
you
say/opposes
you►
and
does
not
obey
what
you
command [DOU],
we
will
execute.
But
we
want
you
to
be
strong
and
courageous!”

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH How Rahab helped the Israeli spies
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Joshua
{\ADD{
chose}}
two
men
from
{\ADD{
their
camp
at}}
Acacia.
He
told
them, “Go
{\ADD{
across
the
Jordan
River}}
and
secretly
find
out
all
that
you
can
about
the
land
on
that
side
of
the
river,
especially
about
Jericho
{\ADD{
city}}.”
So
the
two
men
crossed
{\ADD{
the
river
and
entered
Jericho}}.
They
entered
the
house
of
a
prostitute,
whose
name
was
Rahab.
They
stayed
in
her
house
{\ADD{
that
night}}.
\VS{2}But
someone
{\ADD{
saw
them
and}}
told
the
king
of
Jericho, “Some Israeli
men
have
come
here
tonight
to
spy
out
the
land!”
\VS{3}So
the
king
sent
some
messengers
to
tell
Rahab, “Bring
out
the
men
who
came
and
entered
your
house,
{\ADD{
so
that
we
can
kill
them}},
because
they
have
come
{\ADD{
here}}
to ◄spy
out/find
out
all
they
can
about►
this
land!”
\VS{4}She
told
them
that
the
two
men
had
gone
to
her
house.
But
she
had
hidden
the
two
men
there.
So
when
the
messengers
came
to
her
house,
she
told
them, “Two
men
came
here,
but
I
did
not
know
where
they
had
come
from.
\VS{5}At
dusk,
just
before ◄guards
closed
the
city
gate/the
city
gates
were
closed►,
the
two
men
left.
I
do
not
know
where
they
went.
So,
go
quickly
and
search
for
them!
Perhaps
you
may
catch
them!”
\VS{6}But
{\ADD{
she
was
lying,}}
she
had
taken
the
two
men
up
to
the
{\ADD{
flat}}
roof
of
her
house
and
had
hidden
them
under
the
piles
of
flax
that
she
had
laid
on
the
roof.
\VS{7}The
messengers
went
out
of
the
city
to
search
for
the
two
men.
Immediately,
the
guards
shut
the
city
gate.
The
messengers
went
along
the
road
that
leads
down
to
the
place
where
people
can
walk
across
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
{\ADD{
but
they
did
not
find
the
two
men}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Before
the
two
men
lay
down
{\ADD{
to
sleep}}
that
night,
Rahab
went
up
to
the
roof
\VS{9}and
said
to
them, “We
know
that
Yahweh
{\ADD{
is
about
to}}
give
this
land
to
you Israelis,
and
as
a
result
all
the
people
living
in
this
land
are
terrified
because
of
you.
\VS{10}We
have
heard
about
how
Yahweh
dried
up
the
water
of
the
Red
Sea
for
you
to
cross
it
when
you
left
Egypt.
And
we
have
heard
how
you
killed
Sihon
and
Og,
the
two
kings
of
the
tribe
of Amor
who
lived
east
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
You
{\ADD{Israelis}}
totally
destroyed
everyone
{\ADD{
and
everything
in
their
kingdom}}.
\VS{11}When
we
heard
about
those
things,
we
were
very
dismayed.
We
no
longer
have
enough
courage
to
fight
against
you,
because
we
know
that
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
you
{\ADD{
worship}},
is
helping
you.
{\ADD{
And
we
know
that}}
he
rules
everything
in
heaven
and
here
on
earth.
\VS{12}So
now
{\ADD{
I
want
you
to}}
solemnly
promise
me,
and
ask
Yahweh
to
punish
you
if
you
do
not
do
what
you
promise.
Solemnly
promise
me
that
you
will
act
kindly
to
me
and
my
family,
because
I
have
acted
kindly
to
you.
\VS{13}Do
something
to
prove
that
you
will ◄spare
the
lives
of/not
kill►
my
father
and
my
mother,
my
brothers
and
sisters,
and
all
of
their
families.
Promise
me
that
you
{\ADD{Israelis}}
will
not
kill
us
{\ADD{
when
you
destroy
this
city}}.”
\VS{14}The
two
men
replied, “We
desire
that
God
will
cause
us
to
die
if
we
do
not
do
as
we
say!
If
you
do
not
tell
others
what
we
{\ADD{
are
planning
to}}
do,
we
will
act
kindly
toward
you
all
when
Yahweh enables
us
to
possess
the
land.”
\VS{15}{\ADD{
One
of}}
the
outside
walls
of
the
house
where
Rahab
lived
was
part
of
the
wall
{\ADD{
that
was
around}}
the
city.
So
she
fastened
a
rope
outside
the
window
{\ADD{
that
was
in
that
wall}},
by
which
the
men
could
climb
down
the
wall.
\VS{16}Then
she
said
to
them, “When
you
leave
the
city,
go
up
into
the
hills
so
that
the
men
who
are
searching
for
you
will
not
find
you.
Hide
in
caves
in
the
hills
for
three
days,
until
the
men
who
are
searching
for
you
return
to
the
city.
Then
you
can
return
safely
to
your
camp.”
\VS{17}The
two
men
{\ADD{
gave
her
a
red
cord,
and}}
said
to
her, “This
is
what
you
must
do;
if
you
do
not
do
this,
we
will
not
be
required
to
do
what
we
have
vowed
to
do.
\VS{18}You
must
tie
this
red
cord
in
the
window
that
has
the
rope
by
which
we
will
climb
down.
You
must
let
the
cord
hang
there.
And
you
must
bring
your
father
and
your
mother
and
your
brothers
and
all
the
others
in
your
family
inside
the
house.
Then,
when
our
army
enters
your
land,
we
will
see
the
cord,
and
we
will
not
kill
the
people
in
your
house.
\VS{19}If
anyone
in
your
family
goes
outside
this
house
into
the
street,
{\ADD{
our
soldiers}}
will
kill
them,
and
we
will
not
be
guilty [MTY]
for
doing
that.
But
if
anyone
who
is
in
this
house
with
you
is
injured,
we
will
be
guilty
for
causing
that.
\VS{20}But
if
you
tell
anyone
what
we
{\ADD{
are
planning
to}}
do,
we
are
not
required
to
do
what
we
have
vowed
to
do.”
\VS{21}Rahab
said, “I
agree
to
do
what
you
say.”
So
they
climbed
down
the
rope
and
left.
And
she
left
the
red
cord
tied
in
the
window.
\VS{22}When
the
two
men
left
the
city,
they
went
up
into
the
hills.
They
stayed
there
for
three
days,
while
the
men
{\ADD{
who
had
been
sent
by
the
king}}
continued
to
search
for
them.
They
searched
all
along
the
road,
but
they
did
not
find
the
two
men.
So
they
returned
to
the
city.
\VS{23}Then
the
two
men
started
back
toward
their
camp.
They
went
down
from
the
hills,
went
down
to
the
river,
crossed
it
at
the
place
where
people
can
walk
across
it,
and
returned
to
their
camp.
They
told
Joshua
everything
that
had
happened
to
them.
\VS{24}They
said
to
Joshua, “We
are
sure
that
Yahweh
is
going
to
enable
us
to
possess
everything
that
is
in
that
land.
The
people
there
are
terrified [IDM]
because
of
us.”

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH The Israelis crossed the Jordan River
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Joshua
{\ADD{
and
all
the
other Israelis}}
got
up
early
{\ADD{
the
next}}
morning.
They
left
{\ADD{
their
camp
at}}
Acacia
and
went
{\ADD{
down}}
to
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
They
camped
there
for
two
nights.
\VS{2}Then
the
leaders
went
throughout
the
camp,
\VS{3}telling
the
people, “You
will
see
some
of
the
priests,
who
are
descendants
of
Levi,
carrying
the
chest
that
contains
the
Ten
Commandments
that
Yahweh
our
God
gave
us.
When
you
see
them,
leave
the
places
where
you
are
camped
and
follow
them.
\VS{4}You
have
not
been ◄here/along
this
road►
before,
{\ADD{
so
you
must
follow
the
priests}}.
But
do
not
walk
close
to
the
chest.
Stay ◄1,000
yards/900 meters►
from
the
chest.
{\ADD{
The
chest
is
sacred,
so ◄God
will
punish
you/you
will
be
punished►
if
you
come
close
to
it}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
Joshua
told
the
people, “Perform
the
ceremonies
needed
to
make
yourselves
acceptable
to
Yahweh,
because
tomorrow
he
is
going
to
do
things
for
you
that
will amaze
you!”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
Joshua
said
to
the
priests, “Carry
the
chest
and
go
in
front
of
the
{\ADD{
rest
of
the}}
people.”
So
they
lifted
up
the
chest
and
went
ahead.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “This
is
the
day
that
I
will
begin
to
show
all
the Israeli
people
that
you
are
a
great
leader.
Then
they
will
honor
you,
and
know
that
I
am
with/helping
you
as
I ◄was
with/helped►
Moses.
\VS{8}Tell
the
priests
who
are
carrying
the
chest
that
contains
the
Ten
Commandments, ‘When
you
come
to
the
edge
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
stand
in
the
water.’ ”
\VS{9}Then
Joshua
said
to
the Israeli
people, “Come
close
to
me
in
order
that
you
can
listen
to
what
Yahweh,
your
God,
is
saying.”
\VS{10}{\ADD{
When
they
came
near}},
he
said
to
them, “This
is
how
you
will
know
that
God,
who
is all-powerful,
is
among
you,
and
that
he
will
expel
for
you
the
descendants
of
Canaan,
Heth, Hiv, Periz, Girgash, Amor,
and
Jebus
{\ADD{
who
are
now
living
in
that
land}}.
\VS{11}Keep
in
mind
that
Yahweh
is
the
one
who
rules
over
all
the
earth.
The
chest
belongs
to
him,
and
it
will
be
carried
into
the
Jordan
River
ahead
of
you.
\VS{12}So
choose
twelve
men,
{\ADD{
one
from
each}}
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
{\ADD{
and
I
will
tell
you
later
what
I
want
them
to
do}}.
\VS{13}As
for
the
priests
who
are
carrying
the
chest,
as
soon
as
they
put
their
feet
into
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
the
water
will
stop
flowing.
It
will
pile
up
because
I
will
cause
it
to
be
blocked
upstream.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}So
when
the
{\ADD{Israeli}}
people
packed
up
their
tents
in
order
to
cross
the
river,
the
priests
who
were
carrying
the
chest
containing
the
Ten
Commandments
went
in
front
of
them.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
It
was springtime}},
when
people
harvest
their
crops,
{\ADD{
and
}}
at
that
time
the
river
floods
over
its
banks.
But
as
soon
as
the
priests
reached
the
edge
of
the
river
and
stepped
into
the
water,
\VS{16}the
water
stopped
flowing.
The
water
piled
up
far
{\ADD{
upstream}},
at
a
town
named
Adam,
near
Zarethan.
The
water
stopped
flowing
down
to
the
Dead
Sea.
So
the
people
were
able
to
cross
the
river
near
Jericho.
\VS{17}The
priests
who
were
carrying
the
chest
containing
the
Ten
Commandments
that
Yahweh
{\ADD{
had
given
them}}
stood
on
dry
ground
in
the
middle
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{riverbed}},
while
the
rest
of
the Israeli
people
crossed
the
river
{\ADD{
as
though
they
were
crossing}}
dry
ground.

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH The Israeli people and Joshua set up memorials
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
all
the
people
of
the Israeli
nation
had
finished
crossing
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua,
\VS{2}“When
you
choose
the
twelve
men,
one
from
each
tribe,
whom
I
mentioned
previously,
tell
them
to
pick
up
{\ADD{
large}}
stones
from
the
middle
of
the
Jordan riverbed,
where
the
priests
are
{\ADD{
still}}
standing.
\VS{3}Tell
them
to
carry
the
stones
with
you
and
put
them
down
at
the
place
where
you
will
stay
tonight.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
Joshua
chose
twelve
men,
one
from
each
tribe.
He
called
them
together,
and
said
to
them,
\VS{5}“Go
into
the
middle
of
the
Jordan riverbed,
to
{\ADD{
where
the
priests
are
standing,
holding}}
the
chest
that
Yahweh,
your
God,
gave
you.
Each
of
you
must
pick
up
a
{\ADD{
large}}
stone,
one
for
each
tribe,
{\ADD{
and
carry
it}}
on
your
shoulder
{\ADD{
to
our
camp}}.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
Then
pile
them
up}}
to
be
a
memorial
for
you.
In
the
future,
when
your
children
ask, ‘What
do
these
stones
mean?’,
\VS{7}tell
them
that
the
water
in
the
Jordan
River
was
blocked
off
when
the
priests
were
carrying
the
chest
{\ADD{
that
contained}}
the
Ten
Commandments
that
Yahweh
{\ADD{
gave
us}}.
When
the
chest
was
carried
into
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
the
water
was
blocked
off
{\ADD{
so
that
we
could
cross
the riverbed}}.
These
stones
will
be
a
memorial
for
the
descendants
of
us Israeli
people
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
those Israeli
men
did
what
Joshua
told
them
to
do.
They
went
and
picked
up
twelve
{\ADD{
large}}
stones
from
the
middle
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{riverbed}},
one
stone
for
each
of
the
tribes,
just
as
Yahweh
had
told
Joshua.
They
carried
the
stones
to
their
camp
and
put
them
down.
\VS{9}Then
Joshua
set
up
twelve
{\ADD{
other
large}}
stones
{\ADD{
in
a
pile}},
in
the
middle
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{riverbed}},
where
the
priests
who
carried
the
chest
containing
the
Ten
Commandments
were
standing.
And
those
stones
are
still
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
priests
who
carried
the
chest
remained
standing
in
the
middle
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{riverbed}}
until
the
people
had
finished
doing
everything
that
Yahweh
had
commanded
Joshua
to
tell
them
to
do.
Those
were
the
same
instructions
that
Moses
had
given
to
Joshua.
The Israeli
people
crossed
{\ADD{
the riverbed}}
quickly.
\VS{11}As
soon
as
all
of
them
had
crossed,
as
the
people
watched,
the
priests
carried
the
chest
{\ADD{
the
rest
of
the
way
across
the
river}}.
\VS{12}The
soldiers
of
the
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
of
half
of
the
soldiers
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
crossed
over
ahead
of
the
rest
of
the Israeli
people,
carrying
their
weapons,
as
Moses
had
commanded.
\VS{13}As
Yahweh
was
watching,
there
were
about 40,000
of
those
soldiers,
carrying
weapons
ready
for
battle,
who
crossed
the riverbed
to
the
plains
near
Jericho,
{\ADD{
ready}}
to
fight.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}On
that
day,
all
the
people
of
Israel
saw
that
Yahweh
had
caused
Joshua
to
be
a
great
leader.
And
they
honored
Joshua
for
the
rest
of
his
life,
just
as
they
had
honored
Moses.
\VS{15}Yahweh
said
to
Joshua,
\VS{16}“{\ADD{
Now}}
tell
the
priests
who
are
carrying
the
chest
containing
the
Ten
Commandments
to
come
up
from
the
Jordan
{\ADD{riverbed}}.”
\VS{17}So
Joshua
commanded
the
priests
to
do
that.
\VS{18}Then
the
priests,
carrying
the
chest
containing
the
Ten
Commandments
that
Yahweh
{\ADD{
had
given
to
Moses}},
came
up
out
of
the riverbed.
And
as
soon
as
they
walked
up
out
of
the riverbed
onto
the riverbank,
the
water
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
flowed
again,
and
flooded
{\ADD{
over
the
river
banks}}
as
it
had
done
before.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}It
was
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
first
month
{\ADD{
of
that
year}}
that
the
people
crossed
over
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
and
camped
at
{\ADD{
a
place
called}}
Gilgal,
on
the
east
side
of
{\ADD{
the
land
near}}
Jericho
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{20}The
men
{\ADD{
who
were
carrying}}
the
twelve
{\ADD{
large}}
stones
from
the
Jordan
{\ADD{riverbed
brought
them
to}}
Joshua,
{\ADD{
and
he}}
set
them
up
at
Gilgal
\VS{21}Joshua
said
to
the Israeli
people, “In
the
future,
when
your
children
and
grandchildren
ask, ‘◄What
do
these
stones
{\ADD{
mean/Why
are
these
stones
here►}}?’,
\VS{22}tell
them, ‘We Israeli
people
crossed
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River
as
though
we
were
crossing}}
on
dry
ground.
\VS{23}As
we
were
watching,
Yahweh,
your
God,
dried
up
the
river
until
we
had
all
crossed
over.
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we
worship,
did
to
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
just
like
he
did
to
the
Red
Sea,
when
he
caused
it
to
become
dry
as
{\ADD{
our
parents}}
were
watching,
until
they
all
crossed
over
it.
\VS{24}Yahweh
did
that
in
order
that
all
the people-groups
of
the
earth
may
know
that
he [MTY]
is
very
powerful,
and
in
order
that
you
may
always ◄be
in
awe
of/revere►
Yahweh,
your
God.’ ”

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}All
the
kings
of
the people-groups
to
the
west
of
the
Jordan
River
and
all
the
kings
of
the
groups
who
were
descendants
of
Canaan
and
who
lived
close
to
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea
heard
about
how
Yahweh
had
dried
up
the
water
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
until
all
we Israeli
people
had
crossed
over.
So
they
became
very
dismayed.
They
no
longer
were
courageous
enough
to
fight
us.
\par }{\SH The Israeli
males
were
circumcised
at
Gilgal
\par }{\PP \VS{2}While
{\ADD{
they
were
camped
at
Gilgal}},
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “{\ADD{
The Israeli
males
who
lived
in
Egypt
were
circumcised
before
they
left
there.
Now}}
make
knives
from
flint
stones
and
circumcise
all
the Israeli
males
{\ADD{
who
have
been
born
since
then}}.”
\VS{3}So
Joshua
{\ADD{
made
knives
and}}
circumcised
the Israeli
males
at
a
place
that
is
now
called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
The
reason
they
did
that
is
that
all
the
men
who
left
Egypt}},
those
who
were
old
enough
to
be
soldiers,
died
in
the
desert
after
they
left
Egypt.
\VS{5}They
had
been
circumcised
in
Egypt,
but
the
baby
boys
who
had
been
born
while
their
parents
were
camping
in
the
desert
after
they
left
Egypt
had
not
been
circumcised.
\VS{6}Our Israeli
ancestors
traveled
around
in
the
desert
for 40
years,
and
all
the
men
who
were
old
enough
to
be
soldiers
had
died.
{\ADD{
The
women
had
also
died}}.
They
had
not
obeyed
Yahweh,
so
Yahweh
said
that
they
would
not
arrive
at
the
land
that
he
had
promised
to
our
ancestors
that
he
would
give
to
us,
a
land
that
was
very
fertile [MTY].
\VS{7}The
sons
of
those
who
had
disobeyed
Yahweh
were
the
ones
whom
Joshua
circumcised
at
Gilgal.
They
were
circumcised
because
they
had
not
been
circumcised
{\ADD{
while
they
were
traveling
in
the
desert}}.
\VS{8}After
all
the Israeli
males
had
been
circumcised,
they
remained
in
the
camp
and
rested
until
their
wounds
were
healed.
\VS{9}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “{\ADD{
Because
your
forefathers
were
slaves
in
Egypt}},
the
Egyptians
felt
a revulsion
toward
you.
But
today
I
have
removed
the revulsion
the
Egyptians
have
had
toward
you.”
Because
of
that,
the
people
called
the
place ‘Gilgal’,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word ‘removed’,}}
and
it
still
has
that
name.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}In
the
evening
of
the
fourteenth
day
of
that
month,
while
the Israeli
people
were
camped
at
Gilgal,
on
the
plain
near
Jericho
{\ADD{
city}},
they
celebrated
the
Passover
{\ADD{
Festival}}.
\VS{11}The
next
day,
they
found
some
barley
grain
in
the
fields
in
that
area.
So
they
took
that
and
roasted
it
and
ate
it
with
bread
that
was
made
without
yeast.
\VS{12}The
next
day,
{\ADD{
God}}
stopped
{\ADD{
sending
}}
manna
for
the Israeli
people
to
eat.
After
that,
they
ate
food
that
was
grown
in
Canaan.
\par }{\SH The
commander
of
Yahweh’s
army
appeared
to
Joshua.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}One
day
when
Joshua
came
near
Jericho,
he
looked
up
and
saw
a
man
standing
in
front
of
him.
The
man
was
holding
a
sword
in
his
hand.
Joshua
approached
him
and
asked
him, “Are
you
{\ADD{
going
to
fight}}
for
us
or
against
us?”
\VS{14}The
man
replied, “I
am
not
{\ADD{
planning
to
fight
with
you}}
or
{\ADD{
against
you}}.
Instead,
I
am
the
commander
of
Yahweh’s
army
{\ADD{
in
heaven}},
and
I
have
come
{\ADD{
down
from
there
to
assure
you
that
Yahweh
will
help
you}}.”
Then
Joshua
bowed
down
with
his
face
on
the
ground ◄to
show
his
respect
for/to
worship►
the
man,
and
said
to
him, “Tell
me
what
{\ADD{
you
want
me
to
do}}.”
\VS{15}The
commander
of
Yahweh’s
army
replied, “Take
off
your
sandals!
{\ADD{
I
am
Yahweh,
and}}
the
ground
on
which
you
are
standing
is
holy
because
I
am
here.”
So
Joshua
took
off
his
sandals.

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH The walls of Jericho collapsed and the Israelis captured the city.
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Meanwhile,
the
guards
of
Jericho
shut
the
gates
of
the
city
tightly,
because
{\ADD{
they
were
afraid}}
of
the Israeli
{\ADD{
army}}.
No
one
was
allowed
to
go
into
the
city
or
go
out
of
it.
\VS{2}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Listen
{\ADD{
to
what
I
say}}!
I
am
going
to
enable
your
army [SYN]
to
capture/conquer [MTY]
Jericho
and
its
king
and
its
soldiers.
\VS{3}So
your
army
must
march
around
the
city
for
six
days,
once
each
day.
\VS{4}Tell
seven
priests
to
march
around
with
them.
Each
priest
must
carry
a
trumpet.
Four
other
priests
must
carry
the
sacred
chest,
and
they
must
walk
behind
the
priests
who
are
carrying
the
trumpets.
On
the
seventh
day,
the
army
must
march
around
the
city
seven
times,
and
the
priests
must
be
blowing
the
trumpets
while
they
march.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
After
they
have
all
marched
around
the
city
seven
times}},
the
priests
must
blow
their
trumpets
{\ADD{
once}},
very
loudly.
When
the Israeli
people/soldiers
hear
that,
they
must
shout
loudly.
Then
the
wall
of
the
city
will
collapse,
and
all
the Israeli
people/soldiers
will
go
straight
into
the
city.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}So
Joshua
summoned
the
priests
and
said
to
them, “Tell
four
priests
to
carry
the
chest
{\ADD{
that
contains}}
the
Ten
Commandments
that
Yahweh
{\ADD{
gave
to
us}}.
{\ADD{
Tell}}
seven
{\ADD{
other}}
priests
to
carry
trumpets
and
walk
in
front
of
them.”
\VS{7}And
Joshua
told
the
soldiers, “Start
marching!
March
around
the
city,
with
several
soldiers
with
weapons
marching
in
front.
Behind
them
will
march
the
seven
priests
with
trumpets,
and
behind
them
will
march
the
four
priests
carrying
Yahweh’s
{\ADD{
sacred}}
chest.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}After
Joshua
told
that
to
the
army,
the
seven
priests,
each
carrying
a
sacred
trumpet,
started
marching,
blowing
their
trumpets.
The
four
priests
who
were
carrying
Yahweh’s
sacred
chest
followed
them.
\VS{9}The
group
of
soldiers
carrying
weapons
marched
in
front
of
the
priests
who
were
blowing
their
trumpets,
and
the
rest
of
the
soldiers
followed
{\ADD{
the
four
men
carrying}}
the
chest.
While
{\ADD{
they
were
all
marching}},
{\ADD{
the
seven
priests}}
were
blowing
their
trumpets.
\VS{10}But
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
the
people
{\ADD{
were
silent,
because}}
Joshua
had
commanded
them, “Do
not
make
a
war
cry.
Do
not
yell
or
say
anything
until
the
day
when
I
tell
you
to
shout.
On
that
day,
you
must
shout
{\ADD{
loudly}}!”
\VS{11}So
the
men
carrying
Yahweh’s
sacred
chest
and
all
the
others
did
what
Joshua
told
them
to
do.
They
marched
around
the
city
once.
Then
they
all
returned
to
their
camp
and
stayed
there
that
night.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}The
next
morning,
Joshua
and
the
priests
got
up
early,
and
the
four
priests
carried
Yahweh’s
sacred
chest
{\ADD{
again}}.
\VS{13}The
seven
priests
who
were
carrying
trumpets
went
in
front
of
{\ADD{
the
men
carrying}}
the
chest.
The
seven
priests
were
blowing
their
trumpets
as
they
marched.
The
group
of
soldiers
carrying
weapons
went
in
front
of
all
the
others,
and
the
rest
of
the
army
followed
all
the
others.
All
the
time,
the
seven
priests
were
blowing
their
trumpets.
\VS{14}So
on
that
second
day
they
again
marched
around
the
city
once
and
then
returned
to
their
camp.
They
did
the
same
thing
for
six
days.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}On
the
seventh
day,
they
got
up
at
dawn,
and
they
all
marched
around
the
city
the
same
way
that
they
had
done
before,
but
this
time
they
marched
around
the
city
seven
times.
\VS{16}As
they
were
marching
around
the
seventh
time,
when
the
priests
were
about
to
blow
the
long/loud
blast
on
their
trumpets,
Joshua
commanded
the
people, “Shout,
because
Yahweh
will
enable
you
to
capture
the
city!
\VS{17}Yahweh
has
declared
that
you
must
destroy [IDM]
the
city
and
everything
in
it
{\ADD{
to
show
that
it
belongs
to
him}}.
You
must
spare
only
Rahab
the
prostitute
and
the
others
who
are
in
her
house,
because
she
hid
the
spies
whom
we
sent
there.
\VS{18}And
because
Yahweh
has
declared
that
everything
must
be
destroyed [IDM],
you
must
not
take [EUP]
any
of
the
things
in
the
city.
If
you
take
anything,
you
will
cause
Yahweh
to
destroy
our
own
camp
and
cause
terrible
things
to
happen
to
us.
\VS{19}But
all
the
silver
and
gold
and
articles
made
from
iron
and
bronze
that
you
find,
you
must
set
apart
for
Yahweh.
You
must
put
those
things
in
his
treasury.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}So
they
did
what
Joshua
told
them
to
do.
When
the
priests
blew
a
long
blast
on
their
trumpets,
the
people/army
shouted
loudly,
and
the
wall
of
the
city
collapsed!
Then
the Israeli
soldiers
rushed
in
and
captured
the
city.
\VS{21}They
killed [IDM]
every
living
thing
in
the
city—men
and
women,
young
people
and
old
people,
even
cattle
and
sheep
and
donkeys.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
Joshua
said
to
the
two
men ◄who
had
spied
on/whom
he
had
sent
to
learn
all
they
could
about►
the
land, “Go
to
the prostitute’s
house.
Bring
her
out,
along
with
all
her
family,
just
as
you
promised
to
her.”
\VS{23-25}So
those
two
spies/men
went
into Rahab’s
house
and
brought
her
out.
They
also
brought
out
her
father
and
mother
and
her
brothers,
and
all
the
rest
of
her
family.
Joshua’s
men
spared
Rahab
the
prostitute.
They
also
did
not
kill
all
her
relatives,
because
she
had
hidden
and
protected
the
spies/men
whom
Joshua
had
sent
to
Jericho.
The
two
men
brought
them
all
out
and
put
them
in
a
place
outside
the
camp
of
the Israelis.
Rahab
still
lives
among
us Israeli
people.
Then
the
soldiers
gathered
the
articles
made
from
silver,
gold,
bronze,
and
iron
that
they
found
and
they
put
them
all
into
Yahweh’s
treasury.
But
they
burned
everything
else
that
was
in
the
city.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}At
that
time,
Joshua
warned
the
people, “Yahweh
will
curse/punish
anyone
who
tries
to
rebuild
this
city,
Jericho.
When
that
person
lays/builds
its
foundation,
his
oldest
son
will
die.
And
when
he
finishes
building
the
city
wall
and
sets
up
its
gates,
his
youngest
son
will
die.”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Because
of
what
happened
that
day,
it
was
clear
that
Yahweh
was
with/helped
Joshua,
and
Joshua
became
famous
throughout
the
land.

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH The men of Ai defeated the Israelis
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
had
commanded
that
all
the
things
{\ADD{
that
they
had
captured
in
Jericho}}
should
be
{\ADD{
destroyed
to
show
that
they
belong}}
to
him.
But
there
was
a
man
from
the
tribe
of
Judah
named
Achan.
He
was
the
son
of
Carmi
and
grandson
of
Zabdi
and great-grandson
of
Zerah.
He
disobeyed
{\ADD{
what}}
Yahweh
{\ADD{
had
commanded}}
and
took
for
himself
some
of
those
things.
So
Yahweh
was
very
angry
with
the Israelis.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Joshua
told
some
of
his
men
to
go
from
Jericho
to
Ai
{\ADD{
town}},
which
was
east
of
Bethel
{\ADD{
city}}
and
near
Beth-Aven
{\ADD{
town}}.
He
said
to
them, “Go
to
Ai
and ◄spy
out
the
area/see
what
the
area
is
like►.”
So
the
men
went.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
they
returned
to
Joshua
they
said, “There
are
only
a
few
people
in
Ai.
So
we
do
not
need
to
send
all
of
our
soldiers
to
defeat
them.
Send 2.000
or 3,000
men
to
attack
them.
That
will
be
enough.”
\VS{4}So
about 3,000 Israeli
men
went
{\ADD{
to
attack
Ai}}.
But
the
men
of
Ai
defeated
them
badly.
\VS{5}They
killed
about 36 Israelis
and
chased
the
rest
of Israeli
men
from
the
city
gate
to
the
bottom
of
the
hill.
When
the
other Israelis
saw
that
this
had
happened,
they
became
very
discouraged.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Joshua
and
the
other Israeli
leaders
tore
their
clothes
{\ADD{
because
they
were
very
sad
about
being
defeated}}.
They
prostrated
themselves
on
the
ground
in
front
of
{\ADD{
the
Sacred
Tent
in
which
was}}
the
sacred
chest.
They
stayed
there
until
that
evening.
They
also
threw
dirt
on
their
heads
{\ADD{
to
show
that
they
were
very
sad
about
what
had
happened}}.
\VS{7}Then
Joshua
prayed
and
said, “Lord
God,
you
brought
us Israelis
{\ADD{
safely}}
across
the
Jordan
River.
So
why
are
you
now allowing
the Amor people-group
to
defeat
us [RHQ]?
{\ADD{
This
would
not
have
happened}}
if
we
had
stayed
on
the
other
side
of
the
Jordan
River!
\VS{8}Lord,
we Israelis
have
been
defeated
by
our
enemies,
so
I
do
not
know
what
to
say
now [RHQ].
\VS{9}The
Canaan people-group
and
all
the
other
people
who
are
living
in
this
land
will
hear
about
this.
Then
they
will
surround
us
and
kill
all
of
us!
Then
what
will
you
do ◄to
defend
your
reputation [MTY]/to
show
that
you
are
a
powerful
God►?”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}But
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Stand
up!
Stop
lying
there
with
your
face
on
the
ground [RHQ]!
\VS{11}You Israelis
have
sinned!
You
have
disobeyed
the
commands
that
I
told
you
to
obey.
{\ADD{
One
of}}
your
men
has
taken
some
of
the
things
that
I
told
you
to
destroy.
He
has
stolen
them
and
taken
them
for
himself
and
lied
{\ADD{
about
it}}.
\VS{12}That
is
why
you Israelis
have
been
unable
to
be
strong
when
you
went
to
attack
your
enemies.
That
is
why
you
have
run
away
from
them.
And
now
you
yourselves
may
be
destroyed.
If
you
do
not
do
as
I
commanded
you
and
destroy
everything
{\ADD{
that
you
captured
in
Jericho}}
I
will
not
help
you
anymore!”
\par }{\SH Achan
was
punished
for
his
sin
\par }{\PP \VS{13}“Now
go
and
tell
this
to
the
people: ‘Tomorrow
you
must
{\ADD{
perform
the rituals
that
will}}
cause
yourselves
to
become
acceptable
to
Yahweh
again.
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says
that
one
of
you
has
kept
things
that
he
told
you
to
destroy.
You
will
never
defeat
your
enemies
until
you
get
rid
of
those
things.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}‘omorrow
morning
you
must
present
yourselves
before
Yahweh,
tribe
by
tribe.
Then
Yahweh
will indicate
to
which
tribe
{\ADD{
the
man
who
took
those
things
belongs}}.
Then
Yahweh
will indicate
to
which
clan
from
that
tribe
{\ADD{
the
guilty
man
belongs}}.
Then
Yahweh
will indicate
to
which
family
he
belongs.
And
then
he
will indicate
which
person
{\ADD{
in
that
family
took
those
things}}.
\VS{15}Then
the
one
who
has
taken
some
of
the
things
that
should
have
been
destroyed
will
be
destroyed
in
a
fire.
And
everything
he
owns
will
be
destroyed
with
him,
because
he
has
disobeyed
the
command
that
Yahweh
gave
us
and
has
done
something
that
is
disgraceful
to
us Israeli
people.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Early
the
next
morning,
Joshua
told
all
the Israeli
people
to
stand
before
the
Sacred
Tent,
tribe
by
tribe.
{\ADD{
When
they
did
that}},
Yahweh indicated
that
a
man
from
the
tribe
of
Judah
{\ADD{
was
the
one
who
had
taken
the
things}}.
\VS{17}Then
the
clans
of
Judah
presented
themselves,
and
Yahweh indicated
that
someone
from
the
clan
of
Zerah
was
the
guilty
one.
Then
the
families
of Zerah’s
clan
presented
themselves,
and
Yahweh indicated
that
someone
from
the
family
of
Zabdi
{\ADD{
was
the
guilty
one}}.
\VS{18}Then
Joshua
told
the
men
from
that
family
to
present
themselves.
And
Yahweh indicated
that
Achan
was
guilty.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Then
Joshua
said
to
Achan, “Son,
tell
the
truth [IDM].
Confess
to
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship,
what
you
have
done}}.
And
tell
me
what
you
did,
and
do
not
try
to ◄conceal
anything/prevent
me
from
knowing
what
you
did►.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Achan
replied, “It
is
true.
I
have
sinned
against
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}}.
\VS{21}Among
the
things
{\ADD{
in
Jericho}}
that
I
saw
was
a
beautiful
coat
from
Babylonia.
I
also
saw 200
pieces
of
silver
and
some
gold
that
weighed
as
much
as 50
pieces
of
silver.
I
wanted
those
things
very
much
for
myself,
so
I
took
them.
I
buried
them
all
in
the
ground
under
my
tent.
You
will
find
them
there.
The
silver
is
buried
under
the
other
things.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}So
Joshua
sent
some
men
{\ADD{
to
find
those
things}}.
They
ran
to Achan’s
tent
and
found
all
the
things
hidden
there.
\VS{23}The
men
brought
them
all
out
of
the
tent
and
took
them
to
Joshua
and
the
rest
of
the Israeli
people.
Then
they
spread/laid
them
out
on
the
ground,
where
Yahweh
could
see
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
Joshua
and
the
rest
of
the
people
led
Achan
down
to
the
valley.
They
also
took
down
there
the
silver,
the
coat,
the
gold, Achan’s
{\ADD{
wife
and}}
sons
and
daughters,
and
his
cattle
and
donkeys
and
sheep,
and
his
tent,
and
everything
else
that
he
owned.
\VS{25}Joshua
said, “◄I
do
not
know
why
you
caused
so
much
trouble
for
us/You
have
caused
a
lot
of
trouble
for
us► [RHQ],
but
now
Yahweh
will
cause
trouble
for
you.”
Then
all
the
people
threw
stones
at
Achan
and
his
family
until
they
all
died.
Then
the
people
burned
their
corpses.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}They
piled
rocks
over
{\ADD{
the
ashes
of}}
their
{\ADD{
corpses}},
and
those
rocks
are
still
there.
That
is
why
that
valley
is
called
Trouble
Valley.
After
that,
Yahweh
was
no
longer
angry
{\ADD{
with
the Israeli
people}}.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH The town of Ai is destroyed
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Do
not
be
afraid
or
discouraged
{\ADD{
because
of
what
happened
at}}
Ai.
Lead
all
of
your
soldiers
and
go
there
again.
I
will
help
you
to
defeat
the
king
of
Ai,
his
people,
and
his
city,
and
{\ADD{
enable
you
to
take}}
his
land.
\VS{2}Your
army
will
do
to
the
people
of
Ai
and
their
king
like
what
you
did
to
the
people
of
Jericho
and
their
king.
But
this
time
{\ADD{
I
will
permit
you
to}}
take
all
their
possessions
and
keep
them
for
yourselves.
But
first,
tell
some
of
your
soldiers
to
{\ADD{
hide
behind}}
the
city
{\ADD{
and}}
prepare
to
suddenly
attack
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}So
Joshua
led
all
his
army
toward
Ai.
He
chose 30,000
of
his
best
fighters/warriors
and
prepared
to
send
them
out
during
the
night.
\VS{4}He
said
to
them, “Listen
carefully.
Some
of
you
must
hide
on
the
other
side
of
the
city.
Do
not
go
far
from
the
city.
Just
be
ready
{\ADD{
to
attack}}.
\VS{5}I
and
the
men
who
are
with
me
will
march
toward
the
city
{\ADD{
in
the
morning}}.
The
men
in
the
city
will
come
out
to
fight
us,
like
they
did
before.
Then
we
will
turn
around
and
start
to
run
away
from
them.
\VS{6}They
will
think
that
we
are
running
away
from
them
like
we
did
before.
So
they
will
chase
us
away
from
the
city.
While
we
are
running
away,
\VS{7}{\ADD{
those
of
you
who
are
hiding
come
out
and}}
rush
into
the
city
and
capture
it.
Yahweh
your
God
will
enable
you
to
conquer
it.
\VS{8}After
you
capture
the
city,
burn
it.
Do
what
Yahweh
has
commanded
us
to
do.
Those
are
the
orders
I
am
giving
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
Joshua
{\ADD{
prepared
to}}
send
some
of
them
to
{\ADD{
hide
and}}
wait
between
Ai
and
Bethel,
which
was
west
of
Ai.
But
Joshua
stayed
with
his
other
soldiers
that
night.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Early
the
next
morning,
Joshua
gathered
his
soldiers
together.
Then
he
and
the
other Israeli
leaders
led
them
up
to
Ai.
\VS{11}They
all
set
up
their
tents
close
to
Ai,
just
to
the
north
of
the
city,
where
all
the
people
of
the
city
could
see
them.
There
was
a
valley
between
them
and
the
city.
\VS{12}Then
Joshua
chose
about 5,000
men
and
told
them
to
go
and
hide
just
west
of
the
city,
between
Ai
and
Bethel.
\VS{13}So
those
men
did
that.
The
main
group
of
soldiers
was
north
of
the
city,
and
the
others
were
hiding
west
of
the
city.
That
night
Joshua
went
down
into
the
valley.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
the
king
of
Ai
saw
the Israeli
army,
he
and
his
soldiers
got
up
early
the
next
morning
and
quickly
went
out
of
the
city
to
fight
them.
They
went
to
a
place
east
of
the
city,
but
they
did
not
know
that
some Israeli
soldiers
were
hiding
behind
the
city.
\VS{15}Joshua
and
the Israeli
soldiers
{\ADD{
who
were
with
him}}
allowed
the
army
of
Ai
to
push
them
back.
They
ran
toward
the
desert.
\VS{16}The
men
in
Ai
were
ordered
to
chase
after
Joshua
and
his
men.
So
they
left
the
city
and
started
to
pursue
the Israelis.
\VS{17}All
the
men
of
Ai
and
the
men
of
Bethel
pursued
the Israeli
army.
They
did
not
leave
even
one
man
in
Ai
to
defend
it.
The
{\ADD{
gates
of
the}}
city
were
left
wide
open.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “{\ADD{
Lift
up}}
your
spear
{\ADD{
and
}}
point
it
toward
Ai,
because
I
am
going
to
enable
your
soldiers
to
capture
it!”
So
Joshua pointed
{\ADD{
his
spear}}
toward
Ai.
\VS{19}When
the Israeli
men
who
were
hiding
saw
that,
they
rushed
out
from
the
places
where
they
were
hiding
and
ran
into
the
city.
They
quickly
captured
it
and
set
it
on
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}When
the
men
of
Ai
looked
back,
they
saw
smoke
rising
from
their
city.
But
they
could
not
escape,
because
the Israeli
troops
stopped
running
away.
\VS{21}Joshua
and
his
men
saw
that
the
men
who
had
been
hiding
had
captured
the
city
and
were
burning
it,
and
they
saw
the
smoke
rising.
So
they
turned
around
and
started
to
attack
the
men
of
Ai.
\VS{22}Meanwhile,
the
soldiers
who
had
captured
the
city
came
out
{\ADD{
and
attacked
them
from
the
rear}}.
So
the
men
of
Ai
were
caught
between
the
two
groups
of Israeli
soldiers.
None
of
the
men
of
Ai
escaped.
The Israelis
fought
until
they
killed
all
of
them.
Only
the
king
of
Ai
was
still
alive.
\VS{23}Then
they
seized
the
king
of
Ai
and
brought
him
to
Joshua.
\par }{\SH A
summary
of
the
battle
\par }{\PP \VS{24}While
they
were
fighting,
the Israeli
army
pursued
the
men
of
Ai
into
the
fields
and
into
the
desert,
and
killed
all
of
them.
Then
they
went
to
Ai
and
killed
everyone
who
was
there.
\VS{25}They
killed 12,000
men
and
women.
\VS{26}Joshua
continued
to
point
his
spear [LIT]
toward
Ai,
until
all
the
people
in
Ai
had
been
killed.
\VS{27}The Israeli
soldiers
took
for
themselves
the
animals
and
the
other
things
that
had
belonged
to
the
people
of
Ai,
just
like
Yahweh
had
told
Joshua
that
they
should
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Joshua
and
his
soldiers
burned
Ai
city
and
caused
it
to
become
a
pile
of
ruins.
It
is
still
like
that
today.
\VS{29}Joshua
hanged
the
king
of
Ai
on
a
tree
and
left
his
corpse
hanging
there
until
the
evening.
At
sunset
Joshua
told
his
men
to
take
the
king’s
corpse
down
from
the
tree
and
to
throw
it
on
the
ground
at
the
city
gate.
{\ADD{
After
they
did
that}},
they
piled
a
lot
of
rocks
on
top
of
the
corpse,
and
that
pile
of
rocks
is
still
there.
\par }{\SH Joshua
repeated
Yahweh’s
agreement
with
the Israeli
people
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Joshua
{\ADD{
told
his
men
to}}
build
on
Ebal
Mountain
an
altar
for
Yahweh,
the
God
{\ADD{
who
is
worshiped
by}}
the Israeli
people.
\VS{31}They
built
it
just
like
Moses,
the
man
who
served
God
{\ADD{
well}},
had
written
previously
in
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
had
given
to
him}}.
They
made
it
from
stones
that
had
not
been
cut
using
iron
tools.
The Israelis
then
offered
sacrifices
to
Yahweh
that
were
burned
completely
on
the
altar.
They
also
offered
sacrifices
to
restore
fellowship
with
Yahweh.
\VS{32}As
the Israelis
watched,
Joshua
wrote
on
stones
the
laws
that
{\ADD{
Yahweh
had
given}}
to
Moses
previously.
\VS{33}The Israeli
leaders,
the
officials,
the
judges,
and
other Israelis
were
there,
standing
nearby.
Many
people
who
were
not Israelis
were
also
there.
Half
of
the
people
stood
{\ADD{
on
one
side
of
the
valley}}
below
Ebal
Mountain,
and
the
other
half
of
the
people
stood
{\ADD{
on
the
other
side
of
the
valley}}
below
Gerizim
Mountain.
The
sacred
chest
was
{\ADD{
in
the
valley}}
between
the
two
groups.
That
was
what
Moses
had
previously
commanded
that
the
people
should
do
when
{\ADD{
Yahweh
was
about
to}}
bless
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Then
Joshua
read
{\ADD{
to
the
people}}
all
that
{\ADD{
Moses}}
had
written
previously.
That
included
what
Yahweh
had
taught
them
and
the
ways
{\ADD{
that
he
promised}}
to
bless
them
{\ADD{
if
they
obeyed
his
commands}},
or
to
curse
them
{\ADD{
if
they
disobeyed
them}}.
\VS{35}All
the Israelis
gathered
together
{\ADD{
to
listen}}—the
men,
the
women,
and
the
children.
The ◄foreigners/people
who
were
not Israelis►
who
were
living
among
them
also
listened,
while
Joshua
read
all
the
commands
that
Moses
had
written.

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH The Gibeonites tricked the Israelis
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
were
several
kings
{\ADD{
who
ruled
in
lands
that
are}}
on
the
west
side
of
the
Jordan
River.
They
were
the
kings
of
the
Heth people-group,
the Amor people-group,
the
Canaan people-group,
the Periz people-group,
the Hiv people-group,
and
the
Jebus people-group.
They
lived
in
the hilly
area,
in
the
foothills
further
west,
and
{\ADD{
on
the
plains}}
along
the
coast
of
the Mediterranean
Sea.
They
heard
{\ADD{
about
what
happened
at
Ai}}.
\VS{2}So
they
all
gathered
{\ADD{
their
armies}}
to
fight
Joshua
and
the Israeli
army.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
the
people
who
lived
in
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city}}
heard
that
Joshua’s
army
had
defeated
the
people
of
Jericho
and
Ai,
\VS{4}they
decided
to trick
the Israelis.
They
gathered
some
old
sacks
and
some
old
leather
wine
bags
that
had
been
mended
after
they
were
cracked,
and
they
put
these
on
the
backs
of
their
donkeys.
\VS{5}They
put
on
old
sandals
that
had
been
patched,
and
wore
old ragged
clothes.
And
they
took
along
bread
that
was
dry
and moldy.
\VS{6}They
traveled
to
where
Joshua
{\ADD{
and
the
other Israelis}}
had
set
up
their
tents
near
Gilgal.
They
said
to
Joshua
and
the
other Israeli
leaders, “We
have
traveled
from
a
distant
land.
We
want
you
to
make
a
peace
agreement
with
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The Israeli
leaders
said
to
those
men
from
{\ADD{
Gilead
who
were
from}}
the Hiv people-group, “{\ADD{
We
do
not
know
if
you
truly
live
far
from
us}}.
If
you
live
near
us,
we
cannot [RHQ]
make
a
peace
agreement
with
you,
{\ADD{
because
God
has
commanded
us
to
get
rid
of
the
people
that
are
living
near
us}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}They
replied
to
Joshua, “{\ADD{
If
you
make
a
peace
agreement
with
us}},
we
will
be
your
servants.”
\par }{\PP But
Joshua
answered, “What people-group
are
you?
Where
do
you
come
from?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
men
from
Gibeon
answered, “{\ADD{
We
want
to
be}}
your
servants{\ADD{.
We}}
have
come
here
from
a
distant
land,
because
we
have
heard
about
the
great
things
that
your
god
has
done.
We
have
heard
about
everything
that
he
did
in
Egypt
{\ADD{
to
help
you}}.
\VS{10}We
have
heard
that
he
{\ADD{
enabled
you
to}}
defeat
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
two
kings
of
the Amor people-group,
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
River—Sihon,
the
king
who
ruled
in
Heshbon
{\ADD{
city}},
and
Og,
the
king
who
ruled
in
Ashtaroth
in
the
Bashan
{\ADD{
area}}.
\VS{11}So
our
leaders
and
the
rest
of
our
people
said
to
us, ‘Take
some
food
and
go
to
talk
with
the Israelis.
Tell
them, “We
want
to
be
your
servants.
So
make
a
peace
agreement
with
us.” ’
\VS{12}Look
at
our
bread.
It
was
fresh
and
warm
{\ADD{
from
having
been
baked}}
on
the
day
that
we
left
our
area,
but
now
it
is
dry
and moldy.
\VS{13}Look
at
our
leather
wine
bags.
They
were
new
when
we
filled
them
with
wine
{\ADD{
before
we
left}},
but
now
they
are
cracked
and
old.
Our
clothes
and
our
sandals
are
worn
out
from
traveling
{\ADD{
on
the
long
road}}
to
come
here.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The Israeli
leaders
tasted
the
bread,
but
they
did
not
ask
Yahweh
what
to
do.
\VS{15}So
Joshua
agreed
to
make
a
peace
agreement
with
the
men
from
Gibeon
to
not
kill
them.
All
the Israeli
leaders
vowed
to
do
what
Joshua
said
in
the
agreement.
{\ADD{
Then
the
men
from
Gibeon
returned
home}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Three
days
later
the Israelis
found
out
that
the
men
from
Gibeon
lived
nearby.
\VS{17}So
they
went
to
where
the
men
from
Gibeon
lived.
After
traveling
{\ADD{
only}}
three
days,
they
came
to
their
cities:
Gibeon,
Kephirah,
Beeroth,
and
Kiriath-Jearim.
\VS{18}But
the Israelis
did
not
attack
the
people
of
those
cities,
because
they
had
promised
{\ADD{
to
live
peacefully
with
them}},
and
Yahweh
had
heard
them
promise
{\ADD{
to
do
that}}.
\par }{\PP All
the Israeli
people
grumbled
against
their
leaders
{\ADD{
for
doing
that}}.
\VS{19}But
the
leaders
answered, “We
promised
to
{\ADD{
live
peacefully
with
them}},
and
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
heard
us
promise
{\ADD{
to
do
that}}.
So
now
we
cannot
attack [EUP]
them.
\VS{20}This
is
what
we
will
do:
We
will
not
kill
them.
If
we
kill
them,
God
will
be
very
angry
with
us
{\ADD{
and
punish
us}}
because
of
not
doing
what
we
promised
to
do.
\VS{21}So
we
must
allow
them
to
live.
But
they
will
cut
wood
for
us,
and
they
will
carry
water
for
us.”
So
the Israeli
leaders
did
what
they
had
promised.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
Joshua
summoned
the
men
from
Gibeon
and
asked
them, “Why
did
you
lie
to
us?
Your
land
was
near
to
where
we
had
set
up
our
tents,
but
you
told
us
that
you
were
from
a
distant
land!
\VS{23}So
now
you
will
become
our
slaves.
You
will
always
be
forced
to
cut
wood
and
carry
water
for
{\ADD{
us Israeli
people
who
worship
in}}
the
temple
of
our
God.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}The
men
from
Gibeon
replied, “We
lied
to
you
because
we
were
afraid
that
you
would
kill
us.
We
heard
that
Yahweh,
your
God,
declared
to
his
servant
Moses
that
he
would
enable
you
to
conquer
all
the
people
in
this
land
and
to
kill
all
the
people
who
lived
in
it.
\VS{25}So
now
you
can
decide
what
you
will
do
with
us.
Do
what
you
think
is
right.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}So
Joshua
saved
the
lives
of
the
people
of
Gibeon
by
not allowing
the Israelis
to
kill
them.
\VS{27}Instead,
he
forced
them
to
become
the Israelis’
slaves.
They
cut
wood
and
carried
water
for
the Israelis.
They
also
brought
the
wood
and
water
{\ADD{
that
was
needed
for}}
the
sacred
altar
of
Yahweh,
to
whatever
place
Yahweh
decided
that
they
should
build
one.
And
the
people
of
Gibeon
are
still
doing
that.

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH Joshua’s army defeated the descendants of Amor when God made the sun stand still
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Later, Adonizedek,
the
king
of
Jerusalem,
heard
that
Joshua’s
army
had
captured
Ai
{\ADD{
town}}
and
had
destroyed
everything
in
the
town.
He
heard
that
they
had
done
to
the
people
of
Ai
and
to
their
king
the
same
thing
that
they
had
done
to
the
people
of
Jericho
and
their
king.
He
also
heard
that
the
people
of
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city}}
had
made
a
peace
treaty
with
the Israeli
people,
and
that
the
people
of
Gibeon
were
now
living
near
the Israelis
and
being
protected
by
them.
\VS{2}Because
of
that,
he
and
the
people
whom
he
ruled
became
very
afraid,
because
Gibeon
was
an
important
city,
like
the
other
cities
that
had
kings.
And
{\ADD{
even
though}}
Gibeon
was
a
larger
city
than
Ai
and
all
its
soldiers
were
good
fighters,
{\ADD{
they
thought
Joshua’s
army
might
defeat
them}}.
\VS{3}So
King Adonizedek
sent
a
message
to Hosham
the
king
of
Hebron
{\ADD{
city}},
to
Piram
the
king
of
Jarmuth
{\ADD{
city}},
to
Jarmuth
the
king
of
Lachish
{\ADD{
city}},
and
to
Debir
the
king
of
Eglon
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{4}In
the
message
he
said, “Please
come
up
with
your
armies
and
help
me
to
attack
Gibeon,
because
the
people
of
Gibeon
have
made
a
peace
treaty
with
Joshua
and
the Israelis.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}So
those
five
kings
who
ruled
all
the
groups
who
were
descendants
of Amor—the
kings
of
Jerusalem,
Hebron,
Jarmuth,
Lachish,
and
Debir—came
up
with
all
of
their
soldiers
and
surrounded
the
city.
Then
they
prepared
to
attack
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}So
the
people
of
Gibeon
sent
a
message
to
Joshua
while
he
was
in
the
camp
at
Gilgal.
They
said, “We
are
your
servants.
So
do
not
forsake
us.
Come
up
to
us
quickly
and
save
us!
Help
us,
because
the
kings
of
all
of
the
groups
descended
from Amor
and
their
armies
have
joined
their
forces
and
have
come
from
the hilly
area
to
attack
us!”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}So
Joshua
and
all
his
army,
including
the
soldiers
who
were
his
best
fighting
men,
marched
up
from
Gilgal.
\VS{8}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Do
not
be
afraid
of
those
armies!
I
will
enable
your
army
to
defeat
them [IDM].
None
of
them
will
be
able
to ◄resist/fight
and
defeat►
your
army.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Joshua’s
army
marched
all
night
and
arrived
very
early
in
the
morning.
\VS{10}They
attacked
their
enemies
before
anyone
knew
that
they
had
come.
Yahweh
caused
their
enemies
to ◄become
very
confused/start
running
in
all
directions►
when
they
saw
the Israeli
army.
As
a
result,
the Israeli
army
defeated
them
very
severely
at
Gibeon
{\ADD{
and
killed
many
of
them}}.
The
rest
of
them
fled
along
the
road
that
goes
up
to
Beth-Horon.
But
the Israeli
army
pursued
them
and
killed
them
all
along
the
road
that
goes
to
Azekah
and
Makkedah
towns.
\VS{11}As
they
fled
in
front
of
the Israeli
army,
Yahweh
threw
down
huge
hailstones
from
the
sky.
As
a
result,
more
of
them
died
from
hailstones
falling
on
them
than
died
as
a
result
of
the Israeli
army
killing
them
with
swords.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}On
the
day
that
Yahweh
enabled
the Israeli
army
to
defeat
the
groups
who
were
descendants
of Amor,
Joshua
said
to
Yahweh
while
the Israeli
people
were
listening, “Yahweh,
cause
the
sun
to
stand
still
over
Gibeon,
and
cause
the
moon
to
not
move
when
it
is
over
Aijalon
Valley.”
\VS{13}And
that
is
what
happened.
The
sun
stood
still,
and
the
moon
did
not
move,
until
the Israeli
army
defeated
their
enemies.
That
is
what
has
been
written
in
the
book
that
Jashar
wrote.
The
sun
stopped
while
it
was
in
the
middle
of
the
sky,
and
did
not ◄set/go
down►
for
about
a
whole
day.
\VS{14}On
that
day
Yahweh
did
a
great
miracle
that
someone
asked
him
to
do.
There
was
never
a
day
like
that
previously,
and
there
has
never
been
a
day
like
that
since.
Yahweh
was
certainly
fighting
for
the Israeli
people!
\par }{\PP \VS{15}After
Joshua’s
army
defeated
their
enemies,
they
all
returned
to
their
camp
at
Gilgal.
\par }{\SH Joshua’s
army
defeated
the
armies
of
five
kings
\par }{\PP \VS{16}While
the
enemy
soldiers
were
fleeing
from
Joshua’s
army,
their
five
kings
also
fled
and
hid
in
a
cave
at
Makkedah
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{17}Then
someone
told
Joshua, “We
found
those
five
kings,
hiding
in
a
cave
at
Makkedah!”
\VS{18}When
Joshua
heard
that,
he
said, “Roll
some
very
large
rocks
to
the
entrance
of
the
cave
so
that
the
kings
cannot
escape,
and
leave
some
soldiers
there
to
guard
it.
\VS{19}But
do
not
stay
there!
Pursue
our
enemies!
Attack
them
from
behind!
Do
not
allow
them
to
escape
to
their
cities,
because
Yahweh,
our
God,
will
enable
you
to
defeat/kill
them. [IDM]”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}So
Joshua’s
army
did
what
he
told
them
to
do.
They
killed
almost
all
of
the
enemy
soldiers,
but
a
few
of
them
were
able
to
reach
their
cities
and
be
safe
inside
the
walls
of
the
cities.
\VS{21}Then
Joshua’s
army
returned
to
Joshua,
who
was
still
in
their
camp
at
Makkedah.
No
one
in
the
land
dared
to
criticize [MTY]
the Israelis.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
Joshua
said, “Open
the
entrance
of
the
cave,
and
bring
out
to
me
those
five
kings!”
\VS{23}So
the
soldiers
brought
those
five
kings
out
of
the
cave—the
kings
of
Jerusalem,
Hebron,
Jarmuth,
Lachish,
and
Eglon.
\VS{24}When
they
brought
those
kings
to
Joshua
{\ADD{
and
forced
them
to
lie
on
the
ground}},
he
summoned
all
the Israeli
soldiers,
and
then
he
said
to
the
army
commanders, “Come
here
and
put
your
feet
on
the
necks
of
these
kings!”
So
the
commanders
did
that.
\VS{25}Then
Joshua
said
to
them, “Do
not
be
afraid
of
any
of
our
enemies!
Never
be
discouraged!
Be
strong
and
courageous.
This
is
what
Yahweh
will
do
to
all
the
enemies
you
will
fight!”
\VS{26}Then
Joshua
killed
each
of
the
five
kings
with
his
sword,
and
told
his
soldiers
to
hang
the
bodies
of
the
five
kings
on
trees.
So
they
did
that,
and
they
left
the
bodies
hanging
on
the
trees
until
sunset.
\VS{27}At
sunset,
Joshua
told
them
to
take
the
bodies
down
from
the
trees
and
throw
them
into
the
cave
where
they
had
been
hiding.
So
the
soldiers
did
that,
and
then
they
put
those
large
rocks
at
the
entrance
of
the
cave
again.
Those
rocks
are
still
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}That
is
how
Joshua’s
army
attacked
and
captured
Makkedah.
They
killed
the
king
and
everyone
else
in
the
town.
They
did
not
leave
anyone
alive.
They
did
to
the
king
of
Makkedah
the
same
thing
that
they
had
done
to
the
king
of
Jericho.
\par }{\SH They
conquered
the
southern
cities
\par }{\PP \VS{29}That
same
day,
Joshua
and
his Israeli
army
went
{\ADD{southwest}}
from
Makkedah
to
Libnah
{\ADD{
city}}
and
attacked
it.
\VS{30}Yahweh
enabled
the Israelis
to
conquer [MTY]
that
city
and
its
king.
They
killed
everyone
in
the
city;
they
did
not ◄spare
anyone/allow
anyone
to
remain
alive►.
They
killed
the
king
of
Libnah
just
like
they
had
killed
the
king
of
Jericho.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Then
Joshua
and
his
army
went
{\ADD{
south}}
from
Libnah
to
Lachish
{\ADD{
city}}.
They
surrounded
the
city
and
attacked
it.
\VS{32}On
the
second
day
of
the
battle,
Yahweh
enabled
the Israelis
to
conquer [MTY]
the
city.
And
like
they
had
done
at
Libnah,
they
killed
everyone [DOU]
in
the
city.
\VS{33}King
Horam
from
Gezer
{\ADD{
city
and
his
army}}
came
to
help
{\ADD{
the
soldiers
of}}
Lachish,
but
Joshua’s
{\ADD{
army}}
defeated
Horam
and
his
army,
and
did
not
allow
any
of
them
to
remain
alive.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Then
Joshua
and
his
army
went
{\ADD{
west}}
from
Lachish
to
Eglon
{\ADD{
city}}.
They
surrounded
the
city
and
attacked
it.
\VS{35}On
that
day,
they
captured
the
city
and
killed [MTY]
everyone
in
it [DOU],
just
like
they
had
done
at
Lachish.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Then
Joshua
and
his
army
went
{\ADD{
west
from
Eglon}}
up
{\ADD{
into
the
hills}}
to
Hebron
{\ADD{
city}}.
They
attacked
the
city
\VS{37}and
captured
it.
They
killed
the
king
and
everyone
else,
just
like
they
had
done
at
Eglon.
They
did
not
allow
anyone
to
remain
alive.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}Then
Joshua
and
his
army
turned
{\ADD{
south}}
and
went
to
Debir
{\ADD{
city}}
and
attacked
it.
\VS{39}They
captured
the
city
and
its
king,
and
also
captured
the
nearby
towns.
Then
they
killed
everyone [DOU];
they
did
to
the
people
there
the
same
thing
that
they
had
done
at
Hebron
and
Libnah.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}That
is
how
Joshua
{\ADD{
and
his
army}}
conquered
the
entire
southern
part
of
Canaan.
They
defeated
the
kings
{\ADD{
who
ruled}}
the hilly
area,
the
dry
southern
area,
the
{\ADD{
western}}
foothills,
and
the
{\ADD{
eastern}}
slopes.
They
killed
everyone [DOU]
in
those
areas;
they
did
not
allow
anyone
to
remain
alive.
\VS{41}Joshua’s
soldiers
captured
all
the
cities
from
Kadesh-Barnea
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the
far
south
to
Gaza
{\ADD{
city}}
near
the
coast,
including
all
the
Goshen
area,
and
north
to
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{42}At
that
one
time,
Joshua’s
army
conquered
all
the
kings
and
captured
all
the
territory
that
they
{\ADD{
ruled}}.
They
were
able
to
do
that
because
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
the Israeli
people
{\ADD{
worship}},
was
fighting
for
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}Then
Joshua
and
his
army
returned
to
their
camp
at
Gilgal.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH Joshua’s army captured towns in the north
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
King
Jabin
of
Hazor
{\ADD{
city}}
heard
{\ADD{
about
all
those
things
that
had
happened}},
he
sent
messages
to
Jobab,
the
king
of
Madon
{\ADD{
city}},
to
the
king
of
Shimron
{\ADD{
city}},
and
to
the
king
of
Acshaph
{\ADD{
city}},
{\ADD{requesting
them
to
send
their
armies
to
come
and
help
him
fight
against
the Israelis}}.
\VS{2}He
also
sent
messages
to
the
kings
in
the
northern hilly
area
and
to
the
kings
in
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
Valley,
south
of
Galilee
{\ADD{Lake}}
and
in
the
western
hills.
He
sent
a
message
to
the
king
of Naphoth-Dor
{\ADD{
in
the
west}}
\VS{3}and
to
the
kings
of
the
Canaan people-group
in
the
eastern
and
western
parts
of
the
land.
He
sent
messages
to
the Amor people-group
and
the
Heth people-group
and
the Periz people-group
and
the
Jebus people-group
who
lived
in
the hilly
area.
He
also
sent
a
message
to
the Hiv people-group
who
lived
below
Hermon
{\ADD{
Mountain}}
in
the
Mizpah
area.
\VS{4}So
the
armies
of
all
those
kings
gathered
together,
bringing
their
horses
and
chariots.
{\ADD{
There
seemed
to
be}} [HYP]
as
many
soldiers
as
grains
of
sand
on
the
seashore.
\VS{5}All
of
those
kings
{\ADD{
and
their
armies}}
gathered
together
at
Merom Pond,
{\ADD{
and
they
set
up
their
tents
there}}.
Then
they
made
plans
to
fight
against
the Israelis.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Do
not
be
afraid
of
them,
because
at
this
time
tomorrow
I
will
enable
your
men
to
defeat
them.
Your
men
must
also cripple
their
horses
and
burn
their
chariots.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}So
Joshua
and
his
army
traveled
to
Merom Pond
and
attacked
their
enemies ◄by surprise/before
they
were
ready
to
fight►.
\VS{8}Yahweh
enabled
the Israelis
to
defeat
them.
They
pursued
them
to
Sidon
{\ADD{
city
in
the
far
north}},
and
to
Misrephoth-Maim
{\ADD{
in
the northwest}},
and
to
Mizpah
Valley
in
the northeast.
The Israelis
fought
them
until ◄they
were
all
dead/there
were
no
survivors►.
\VS{9}Then
Joshua
and
his
men
did
what
Yahweh
told
them
to
do:
They
crippled
their
enemies’
horses
and
burned
their
chariots.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
king
of
Hazor
had
ruled
the
people
of
all
the
kingdoms
whose
armies
had
fought
against
the Israelis.
So
Joshua’s
army
went
back
to
Hazor
and
captured
that
city
and
killed
their
king.
\VS{11}They
killed
everyone
in
Hazor; ◄they
did
not
spare
anyone/no
one
was
left
alive► [DOU].
Then
they
burned
the
city.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Joshua’s
army
captured
all
of
those
cities
and
killed
all
of
their
kings.
They
did
that
like
Moses,
the
man
who
served
Yahweh
{\ADD{
well}},
had
commanded
them
to
do.
\VS{13}Joshua’s
men
burned
Hazor
{\ADD{
city}},
but
they
did
not
burn
any
of
the
other
cities
that
were
built
on
small
hills.
\VS{14}The Israelis
took
for
themselves
the
animals
that
they
found
in
those
cities
and
everything
else
{\ADD{
that
was
valuable}} [DOU].
But
they
killed
all
the
people.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
Many
years
before}},
Yahweh
had
told
Moses
to
do
that,
and
then
Moses
told
Joshua
to
do
it.
So
Joshua
did
everything
that
Yahweh
had
commanded
Moses
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Joshua’s
{\ADD{
army}}
defeated
all
the
people
who
were
living
in
that
land.
They
took
control
over
the hilly
area
and
the
area
in
the
southern
part
of
Canaan,
all
the
area
of
Goshen,
the
western
foothills,
and
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
Valley.
They
took
control
over
all
the
mountains
in
Israel
and
all
the
hills
near
the
mountains.
\VS{17}They
took
control
of
all
the
land
from
Halak
Mountain
{\ADD{
in
the
south}}
up
to
the
Seir
{\ADD{hilly
area}}
as
far
as Baal-Gaal
in
Lebanon
Valley
{\ADD{
in
the
north}},
at
the
bottom
of
Hermon
Mountain.
They
captured
all
the
kings
of
those
areas
and
killed
them.
\VS{18}Joshua’s
men
fought
against
those
groups
for
many
years.
\VS{19}There
was
only
one
group
that
made
a
peace
agreement
with
the Israelis;
they
were
the
people
of
the Hiv people-group
who
lived
in
Gibeon.
The Israelis
captured
all
the
other
towns
in
battles.
\VS{20}Yahweh
caused
the
people
in
all
those
other
groups
to
be
stubborn [IDM],
with
the
result
that
they
fought
against
the Israeli
army,
and
the Israelis
killed
them
all.
They
were
not
merciful
to
any
of
them.
That
is
what
Yahweh
had
commanded
Moses
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Joshua’s
army
also
fought
the
Anak people-group
who
lived
in
the
hills
near
Hebron,
Debir,
and
Anah
{\ADD{
cities}}.
They
also
fought
against
the
people
who
lived
in
the hilly
area
of
Judah
and
Israel,
and
they
killed
all
of
those
people
and
destroyed
their
cities.
\VS{22}As
a
result,
there
were
no
descendants
of
Anak
who
remained
alive
in
Israel.
Only
a
few
remained
alive
in
Gaza,
Gath,
and
Ashdod
{\ADD{
cities}}.
\VS{23}Joshua’s
army
took
control
of
all
the
land,
just
as
Yahweh
{\ADD{
long
ago}}
had
told
Moses
to
do.
Yahweh
gave
the
land
to
the Israelis,
because
he
had
promised
to
give
it
to
them.
Then
Joshua
divided
the
land
among
the Israeli
tribes.
After
that,
there
was ◄peace/no
more
battles►
in
the
land.

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH The kings defeated by the Israelis
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The Israelis
took
control
of
the
land
that
was
east
of
the
Jordan
River,
from
the
Arnon
River gorge
{\ADD{
in
the
south}}
to
Hermon
Mountain
{\ADD{
in
the
north}},
including
all
the
land
on
the
eastern
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
Valley.
That
land
previously
belonged
to
the
two
kings
whose
armies
the Israelis
defeated.
\par }{\MM \VS{2}One
of
them
was
Sihon,
the
king
of
the Amor people-group.
He
lived
in
Heshbon
{\ADD{
city}}
and
ruled
over
the
area
from
Aroer
{\ADD{
town}}
along
the
Arnon
River Gorge,
north
to
the
Jabbok
River.
His
land
started
in
the
middle
of
the gorge,
which
was
the
border
between
his
land
and
the
land
of
the
Ammon people-group.
Sihon
also
ruled
over
{\ADD{
the
southern}}
half
of
the
Gilead
region,
\VS{3}and
over
the
land
on
the
eastern
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
Valley,
from
Galilee Lake
{\ADD{
south}}
to
the
Dead
Sea.
He
also
ruled
over
the
land
{\ADD{
east
of
the
Dead
Sea}}
from
Beth-Jeshimoth
south
to
the
side
of
Pisgah
Mountain.
\par }{\MM \VS{4}The
other
king
whom
the Israeli
army
defeated
was
Og,
the
king
of
the
Bashan
{\ADD{
region}}.
He
was
the
last
of
the
descendants
of
{\ADD{
the
giant}}
Rapha.
He
ruled
that
land,
living alternately
in
Ashtaroth
and
Edrei
{\ADD{
cities}}.
\VS{5}He
ruled
over
the
area
from
Hermon
Mountain
and
Salecah
{\ADD{
in
the
north}},
and
over
all
the
Bashan
area
in
the
east,
and
to
the
borders
of
the
kingdoms
of
Geshur
and
Maacah
to
the
west.
Og
ruled
{\ADD{
the
northern}}
half
of
the
Gilead
region,
as
far
as
the
border
of
the
land
ruled
by
King
Sihon.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Moses,
the
man
who
served
Yahweh
{\ADD{
well}},
and
all
the Israeli
army
defeated
the
armies
of
those
kings.
Then
Moses
gave
that
land
to
the
tribes
of
Reuben
and
Gad
and
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Joshua
and
the Israeli
army
also
defeated
kings
who
ruled
over
the
land
on
the
west
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
He
gave
that
land
to
the Israeli
people,
dividing
it
among
the
other
tribes.
That
land
was
between
Baal-Gad
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the
Lebanon
Valley
{\ADD{
in
the
far
north
all
the
way
south}}
to
Halak
Mountain,
which
is
near
the
land
of
the
Edom people-group.
\VS{8}That
land
included
the
mountains,
the
western hilly
area,
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River
}}
Valley,
the
{\ADD{
western}}
slopes
of
the
mountains,
the
desert
{\ADD{
in
Judea}},
and
the
Negev
{\ADD{
desert
in
the
south}}.
That
whole
area
was
the
land
where
the
Heth, Amor,
Canaan, Periz, Hiv,
and
Jebus people-groups
lived.
The Israeli
army
defeated
the
armies
of
the
kings
of
each
of
these
cities:
\VS{9}Jericho,
Ai (which
was
near
Bethel),
\VS{10}Jerusalem,
Hebron,
\VS{11}Jarmuth,
Lachish,
\VS{12}Eglon,
Gezer,
\VS{13}Debir,
Geder,
\VS{14}Hormah,
Arad,
\VS{15}Libnah,
Adullam,
\VS{16}Makkedah,
Bethel,
\VS{17}Tappuah,
Hepher,
\VS{18}Aphek,
Lasharon,
\VS{19}Madon,
Hazor,
\VS{20}Shimron Meron,
Acshaph,
\VS{21}Taanach,
Megiddo,
\VS{22}Kedesh,
Jokneam
in
the
Carmel
area,
\VS{23}Dor
in
the Naphoth-Dor
area, Goyim
in
the
Gilgal
area,
\VS{24}and
Tirzah.
\par }{\MM There
was
a
total
of 31
kings
{\ADD{
that
the Israeli
army
defeated}}.

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH The areas that the Israelis had not yet captured
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Joshua
was
very
old,
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Joshua,
you
are
now
an
old
man,
but
there
is
still
a
lot
of
land
{\ADD{
for
your
army}}
to
capture.
\VS{2}Here
is
a
list
of
the
land
that
remains:
The
Geshur
region
and
all
the
area
where
the
Philistia people-group
live;
\VS{3}the
area
where
the
Canaan people-group
live,
from
the
Shihor
River
{\ADD{
in
the
south}}
at
the
{\ADD{
eastern}}
border
of
Egypt,
to
Ekron
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the
north;
the
rulers
of
the
five
{\ADD{
cities}}
of
Gaza,
Ashdod,
Ashkelon,
Gath,
and
Ekron;
the
area
where
the
Avva people-group
live,
\VS{4}which
is
south
of
the
area
where
the
Canaan people-group
live;
\VS{5}the
area
where
the
Gebal people-group
live;
and
all
the
Lebanon
area
east
of
Baal-Gad
{\ADD{
city}}
at
the
bottom
of
Hermon
Mountain,
as
far
as
Lebo-Hamath.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}All
the
people
of
the
Sidon people-group
live
in
the hilly
area
from
Lebanon
to
Misrephoth-Maim,
but
I
will
force
them
to
leave
that
area
before
you Israelis
arrive
there.
Be
sure
to
give
that
area
to
the Israeli
people
when
you
divide
the
land
among
them,
like
I
told
you
to
do.
\VS{7}Divide
all
that
land
among
the
nine Israeli
tribes
and
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
{\ADD{
the
tribes
that
do
not
have
land
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
River}}.”
\par }{\SH The
land
east
of
the
Jordan
River
\par }{\MM \VS{8}Half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
and
the
tribes
of
Reuben
and
Gad
had
already
been
told
what
land
they
would
receive,
because
Moses,
the
man
who
served
Yahweh
{\ADD{
well}},
had
already
assigned
to
them
the
land
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
\VS{9}Their
land
extended
from
Aroer
{\ADD{
town}}
at
the
Arnon
River gorge
to
the
town
in
the
middle
of
the gorge.
It
included
the
whole
plain
from
Medeba
{\ADD{
town
south}}
to
Dibon
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{10}All
the
towns
ruled
by
King
Sihon
were
in
that
area.
The
land
extended
to
where
the
Ammon people-group
lived.
\VS{11}The
Gilead
area
was
also
there,
and
the
regions
where
the
people
of
the
Geshur
and
Maacah people-groups
lived,
and
all
of
Hermon
Mountain
and
all
the
Bashan
region
{\ADD{
south}}
to
Salecah.
\VS{12}All
the
land
ruled
by
Og,
the
king
who
ruled
the
Bashan
{\ADD{
region}},
was
in
that
land.
Og
was
one
of
the
last
descendants
of Repha;
previously
he
had
ruled
in
Ashtaroth
and
Edrei
{\ADD{
cities}},
but
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
Moses
had
defeated
their
armies
and
had
taken
their
land
from
them.
\VS{13}But
the Israelis
did
not
force
the
people
of
the
Geshur
and
Maacah
{\ADD{people-groups}}
to
leave
their
land,
so
they
still
live
among
the Israeli
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The
tribe
of
Levi
was
the
only
tribe
that
did
not
get
any
land.
Instead,
just
like
Yahweh
promised,
they
continued
to
receive
{\ADD{
food
from}}
the
sacrifices
that
were
given
to
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
the Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
the
sacrifices
that
were
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
sacred
altar}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Moses
had
allotted
land
to
each
clan
in
the
tribe
of
Reuben.
\VS{16}Their
land
extended
from
Aroer
{\ADD{
town}}
near
the
Arnon
River gorge
to
Medeba
{\ADD{
town}}.
That
included
all
of
the
plain
{\ADD{
that
is
near
Medeba}}
and
the
town
in
the
middle
of
the gorge.
\VS{17}It
also
included
Heshbon
{\ADD{
city}}
and
all
the
nearby
towns
on
the
plain—Dibon, Bamioth-Baal,
Beth-Baal-Meon,
\VS{18}Jahaz,
Kedemoth,
Mephaath,
\VS{19}Kiriathaim,
Sibmah,
Zereth-Shahar
on
the
hill
overlooking
the
valley,
\VS{20}Beth-Peor,
the
hills
in
the
Pisgah
area,
and
Beth-Jeshimoth.
\VS{21}That
land
included
all
the
towns
on
the
plain
and
all
the
area
that
King
Sihon
had
previously
ruled.
But
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
Moses
had
defeated
him
and
the
rulers
of
the
Midian people-group:
Evi,
Rekem,
Zur,
Hur,
and
Reba.
The
armies
of
all
those
rulers
fought
battles
along
with
the
army
of
Sihon,
and
they
lived
in
that
country.
\VS{22}The Israeli
army
killed
many
people
during
those
battles,
including
Balaam,
{\ADD{
the
prophet}}
from
Beor,
who
tried
to
use magic
to
predict/tell
what
would
happen
in
the
future.
\VS{23}The
{\ADD{
western}}
boundary
of
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Reuben
was
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Moses
also
allotted
some
land
to
each
clan
in
the
tribe
of
Gad.
\VS{25}Their
land
included
the
Jazer
{\ADD{
area}}
and
all
the
towns
of
the
Gilead
{\ADD{
area}};
half
of
the
land
where
the
Ammon people-group
lived,
as
far
as
Aroer
{\ADD{
town
which
is}}
near
Rabbah
{\ADD{
town}};
\VS{26}the
area
from
Heshbon
{\ADD{
city}}
to Ramath-Mizpah
and
Betonim
{\ADD{
towns;
the
area}}
from
Mahanaim
{\ADD{
town}}
to
the
Debir
region;
\VS{27}Beth-Haram,
Beth-Nimrah,
Succoth,
and
Zaphon
{\ADD{
cities}}
in
the
valley;
and
the
other
area
that
King
Sihon
had
ruled
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
River.
That
area
extended
{\ADD{
north
}}
to
the
southern
end
of
Galilee Lake.
\VS{28}All
this
land,
including
the
towns
and
villages,
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Gad.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Moses
also
had
allotted
some
of
the
land
{\ADD{
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
River}}
to
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
\VS{30}Their
land
extended
{\ADD{
north}}
from
Mahanaim
{\ADD{
city}}.
It
included
all
the
Bashan
region,
all
the
land
that
King
Og
had
ruled,
and
all
the
towns
in
the
Jair
area
in
Bashan.
Altogether
that
area
included 60
towns.
\VS{31}Their
area
also
included
half
of
the
Gilead
region,
and
the
cities
of
Ashtaroth
and
Edrei
where
King
Og
had
ruled.
All
that
area
was
allotted
to
the
clans
descended
from
Manasseh’s
son
Makir.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Moses
had
allotted
to
those
tribes
the
land
that
was
on
the
plain
of
the
Moab
{\ADD{
region}},
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
across
from
Jericho.
\VS{33}But
Moses
did
not
allot
any
land
to
the
tribe
of
Levi
because
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
worship,
promised
that
he
himself
would
always
provide
for
them.

\par }\Chap{14}{\SH The land west of the Jordan River
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Eleazar
the Supreme
Priest,
Joshua,
and
the
leaders
of
the
{\ADD{
twelve}}
tribes
repeated
what
land
would
be
allotted
to
each
of
the Israeli
tribes
in
Canaan.
\VS{2-5}Yahweh
had
told
Moses
many
years
previously
in
what
way
he
wanted
the
division
of
the
land
to
be
decided.
Moses
had
already
declared
that
two
and
a
half
tribes
would
be
allotted
land
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
Joseph
had
two
sons,
Manasseh
and
Ephraim.
{\ADD{
Half
of
the
tribe
descended
from
Manasseh
was
allotted
land
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan,
along
with
the
tribes
of
Reuben
and
Gad}}.
The
people belonging
to
the
nine
and
a
half
other
tribes
{\ADD{
on
the
west
side
of
the
Jordan
River}}
threw ◄lots/stones
that
had
been
marked►
to
decide
which
land
each
tribe
would
receive.
The
tribe
of
Levi
was
not
allotted
any
land.
They
received
only
towns
{\ADD{
that
already
existed}},
towns
in
which
to
live,
and ◄pastures/fields
of
grass►
for
their
animals.
\par }{\SH Land
for
Caleb
\par }{\PP \VS{6}One
day
some
men
from
the
tribe
of
Judah
went
to
Joshua
while
he
and
all
the Israelis
were
at
Gilgal.
Among
those
men
was Jephunneh’s
son
Caleb.
He
said
to
Joshua, “{\ADD{
I
am
sure
that}}
you
remember
what
Yahweh
said
to
the
prophet
Moses
about
you
and
me
when
we
were
at
Kadesh-Barnea.
\VS{7}I
was 40
years
old
at
that
time.
Moses
sent
me
{\ADD{
and
you
and
some
other
men}}
to
explore
this
land.
When
we
returned,
I
gave
to
Moses
a
true
report [IDM]
about
what
we
had
seen.
\VS{8}The
other
men
who
went
with
us
{\ADD{
gave
a
report
that}}
caused
the
people
to
be
afraid [IDM].
But
I
fully/completely
believed
{\ADD{
that}}
Yahweh
{\ADD{
would
enable
us
to
take
the
land
from
the
people
who
lived
there}}.
\VS{9}So
on
that
day,
Moses
solemnly
promised
me, ‘{\ADD{
Some
of}}
the
land
on
which
you
walked
will
become
yours.
It
will
belong
to
your
descendants
forever.
I
am
giving
it
to
you
because
you
fully
trusted
in
Yahweh,
my
God.’
\par }{\PP \VS{10}“ow
Yahweh
has
done
for
me
what
he
promised.
Forty-five
years
have
passed
since
Moses
said
that
to
me
during
the
time
that
we
were
wandering
around
in
the
desert.
And
just
like
Yahweh
promised,
he
has
kept
me
alive
and
well
all
during
that
time.
Now
I
am
eighty-five
years
old.
\VS{11}I
am
as
strong
today
as
I
was
on
the
day
that
Moses
sent
me
{\ADD{
to
explore
this
land}}.
I
am
as
ready
to
fight
now
as
I
was
then.
\VS{12}So
please
give
me
the hilly
area
that
Yahweh
promised
to
give
to
me
at
that
time
long
ago.
At
that
time,
you
heard
{\ADD{
me
say}}
that
the
Amalek people-group
lived
there.
You
heard
me
say
that
their
cities
were
large,
and
they
had
walls
around
them
{\ADD{
to
protect
them
from
attacks
by
their
enemies}}.
But
now,
Yahweh
will
help
me,
and
as
a
result
I
will
force
them
to
leave,
just
like
Yahweh
said
would
happen.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So
Joshua
{\ADD{
asked
God
to}}
bless
Caleb,
and
he
gave
to
Caleb
{\ADD{
the
city
of}}
Hebron.
\VS{14-15}Previously
that
city
was
called
Kiriath-Arba,
because
Arba
was
the
greatest
man
among
the
Amalek people-group.
Hebron
still
belongs
to
the
descendants
of
Caleb,
because
Caleb
completely/fully
trusted
in
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
and
obeyed
him.
\par }{\PP After
that
happened,
there
was ◄peace/no
battles►
in
{\ADD{
Canaan}}
land
{\ADD{
for
many
years}}.

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH Land for the tribe of Judah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Judah
was
divided
among
its
clans.
That
land
extended
south
along
the
border
of
the
Edom
region,
as
far
as
the
Zin
Desert.
\par }{\PI \VS{2}The
southern
border
of
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Judah
started
at
the
south
end
of
the
Dead
Sea
{\ADD{
and
extended
west}}.
\VS{3}It
extended
south
of Scorpion
Pass
to
Zin
{\ADD{
Desert}},
and
from
there
west
to
a
place
south
of
Kadesh-Barnea,
past
Hezron
{\ADD{
town}},
to
Addar
{\ADD{
town}},
and
from
there
it
turned
{\ADD{northwest}}
to
Karka
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{4}From
there
it
continued
to
Azmon,
and
from
there
to
the
dry riverbed
on
the
border
of
Egypt,
and
from
there
{\ADD{
west
}}
to
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
That
was
the
southern
border.
\par }{\PI \VS{5}The
eastern
border
of
the
land
of
the
tribe
of
Judah
was
the
Dead
Sea,
and
it
extended
{\ADD{
north}}
to
{\ADD{
where
the
Jordan
River
ends
at}}
the
Dead
Sea.
\par }{\PI \VS{6}The
northern
border
started
where
the
Jordan
River
ends
at
the
Dead
Sea.
It
extended
{\ADD{
north}}
to
Beth-Hoglah
{\ADD{
town}},
and
from
there
it
extended
north
of
Beth-Arabah
{\ADD{
town}}
to
the
{\ADD{
big}}
stone
{\ADD{
set
up
by}} Reuben’s
son
Bohan.
\VS{7}From
there
the
border
continued
west
through
Achor
Valley
to
Debir
{\ADD{
city}}.
From
there
it
turned
north
to
Gilgal
{\ADD{
city}}.
Gilgal
is
north
of
the
road
that
goes
through
Adummim
Pass,
on
the
south
side
of
the
valley.
From
Gilgal
the
border
extended
west
to
the
springs
at
En-Shemesh,
and
from
there
to
En-Rogel.
\VS{8}From
there
it
extended
through
Ben-Hinnom
Valley,
south
of
the
city
where
the
Jebus people-group
lived. (That
city
is
now
named
Jerusalem.)
From
there
the
border
extended
to
the
top
of
the
hill
on
the
west
side
of
Hinnom
Valley,
at
the
northern
end
of
the
valley
where
the Repha
{\ADD{
giants}}
lived.
\VS{9}From
there
the
border
extended
{\ADD{northwest}}
to
Nephtoah
Spring,
and
from
there
to
the
cities
near
Ephron
Mountain.
From
there
the
border
extended
{\ADD{
west}}
toward
Baalah,
which
is
now
named
Kiriath-Jearim.
\VS{10}Then
the
border
extended
further
west
to
Seir
Mountain.
Then
it
continued
{\ADD{southwest}}
along
the
north
side
of
Jearim
Mountain,
which
is
also
named
Kesalon,
to
Beth-Shemesh
{\ADD{
city}}.
From
there
it
extended
{\ADD{northwest}}
past
Timnah
{\ADD{
city}},
\VS{11}to
the
hill
north
of
Ekron
{\ADD{
city}}.
From
there
it
extended
{\ADD{
west}}
to
Shikkeron
{\ADD{
town}}
and
past
Baalah
Mountain
to
Jabneel
{\ADD{
town}},
then
{\ADD{northwest}}
to
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
\par }{\PI \VS{12}The
western
border
of
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Judah
was
the Mediterranean
Sea.
All
the
clans
of
Judah
lived
inside
those
borders.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Yahweh
commanded
Joshua
to
give
part
of
the
land
for
the
tribe
of
Judah
to
Caleb.
So
he
gave
to
Caleb
Kiriath-Arba
{\ADD{
city}},
which
is
now
named
Hebron. (Arba
was
the ancestor
of
the
Anak people-group.)
\VS{14}Caleb
forced
the
three
clans
of
the
Anak people-group
to
leave
Hebron.
Those
were
the
Sheshai,
Ahiman,
and
Talmai
clans.
\VS{15}Then
Caleb
left
there
and
went
to
fight
against
the
people
living
in
Debir
{\ADD{
city}},
which
was
previously
named
Kiriath-Sepher.
\VS{16}Caleb
said, “If
someone
attacks
{\ADD{
the
people
in}}
Kiriath-Sepher
and
captures
their
city,
I
will
give
my
daughter
Acsah
to
him
to
be
his
wife.”
\VS{17}Othniel,
the
son
of
Caleb’s
brother
Kenaz,
captured
the
city.
So
Caleb
gave
his
daughter
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}When
Caleb’s
daughter
married
Othniel,
she
told
him
to
ask
her
father
to
give
her
a
field.
Then
Acsah
went
to
talk
with
her
father
Caleb.
As
she
got
down
from
her
donkey,
Caleb
asked
her, “Do
you
want
something?”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Acsah
replied, “Yes,
I
want
you
to
do
something
for
me.
You
have
given
me
some
land
in
the
southern
part
of
Canaan,
{\ADD{
but
there
is
no
water
there}}.
So
please
give
me
some
{\ADD{
land
that
has}}
springs.”
So
Caleb
gave
her
the
upper
and
lower
springs
{\ADD{
near
Hebron}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}{\ADD{
Here
is
a
list
of
the
towns
in}}
the
land
{\ADD{
that
God
had
promised
to}}
give
to
the
tribe
of
Judah.
Each
clan
was
allotted
some
of
the
land.
\par }{\MM \VS{21}The
tribe
of
Judah
was
allotted
all
these
towns
in
the
southern
{\ADD{
desert
area
of
Canaan}},
near
the
border
of
the
Edom
{\ADD{
region}}:
\par }{\PI Kabzeel,
Eder,
Jagur,
\VS{22}Kinah,
Dimonah,
Adadah,
\VS{23}Kedesh,
Hazor,
Ithnan,
\VS{24}Ziph,
Telem,
Bealoth,
\VS{25}Hazor-Hadattah,
Kerioth-Hezron (which
is
also
named
Hazor),
\VS{26}Amam,
Shema, Molodah,
\VS{27}Hazar-Gaddah,
Heshmon,
Beth-Pelet,
\VS{28}Hazar-Shual,
Beersheba,
Biziothiah,
\VS{29}Baalah,
Iim,
Ezem,
\VS{30}Eltolad,
Kesil,
Hormah,
\VS{31}Ziklag,
Madmannah,
Sansannah,
\VS{32}Lebaoth,
Shilhim,
Ain,
and
Rimmon.
There
were 29
towns
altogether
and
their
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\MM \VS{33}The
tribe
of
Judah
was
allotted
these
towns
in
the
{\ADD{
northern
part
of
the
western}}
foothills:
Eshtaol,
Zorah,
Ashnah,
\par }{\PI \VS{34}Zanoah,
En-Gannim,
Tappuah,
Enam,
\VS{35}Jarmuth,
Adullam,
Socoh,
Azekah,
\VS{36}Shaaraim,
Adithaim,
and
Gederah (which
is
also
named
Gederothaim).
Altogether
there
were 14
towns
and
their
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PI \VS{37}{\ADD{
The
tribe
of
Judah
was
also
allotted
these
towns
in
the
southern
part
of
the
western
foothills}}:
Zenan,
Hadashah,
Migdal-Gad,
\VS{38}Dilean,
Mizpah,
Joktheel,
\VS{39}Lachish,
Bozkath,
Eglon,
\VS{40}Cabbon,
Lahmas,
Kitlish,
\VS{41}Gederoth,
Beth-Dagon,
Naamah,
and
Makkedah.
\par }{\PI There
were 16
towns
altogether
and
their
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PI \VS{42}The
tribe
of
Judah
was
also
allotted
these
towns
in
{\ADD{
the central
part
of}}
the
western
foothills:
Libnah,
Ether,
Ashan,
\VS{43}Iphtah,
Ashnah,
Nezib,
\VS{44}Keilah,
Aczib,
and
Mareshah.
There
were
nine
towns
altogether,
with
their
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PI \VS{45-47}The
tribe
of
Judah
was
also
allotted
these
towns
{\ADD{
close
to
the Mediterranean
Sea}}
with
their
surrounding
villages:
Ekron
and
the
towns
between
Ekron
and
the
coast,
Ashdod,
and
Gaza.
The
area
extended
south
to
the
dry riverbed
on
the
border
of
Egypt.
\par }{\PI \VS{48}The
tribe
of
Judah
was
also
allotted
these
towns
in
{\ADD{
the southwest
part
of
}}
the hilly
region:
Shamir,
Jattir,
Socoh,
\VS{49}Dannah,
Kiriath-Sannah (which
is
now
named
Debir),
\VS{50}Anab,
Eshtemoh,
Anim,
\VS{51}Goshen,
Holon,
and
Giloh.
There
were
eleven
towns
with
their
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PI \VS{52}The
tribe
of
Judah
was
also
allotted
these
towns
in
{\ADD{
the south-central
part
of}}
the hilly
region:
Arab,
Dumah,
Eshan,
\VS{53}Janim,
Beth-Tappuah,
Aphekah,
\VS{54}Humtah,
Kiriath-Arba (which
is
now
named
Hebron),
and
Zior.
There
were
nine
towns
altogether
with
their
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PI \VS{55}The
tribe
of
Judah
was
also
allotted
these
towns
{\ADD{
in
the southeastern
part
of
the hilly
region}}:
Maon,
Carmel,
Ziph,
Juttah,
\VS{56}Jezreel,
Jokdeam,
Zanoah,
\VS{57}Kain,
Gibeah,
and
Timnah.
There
were
ten
towns
altogether
with
their
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PI \VS{58}The
tribe
of
Judah
was
also
allotted
these
towns
{\ADD{
in
the central
part
of
the hilly
region}}:
Halhul,
Beth-Zur,
Gedor,
\VS{59}Maarath,
Beth-Anoth,
and
Eltekon.
There
were
six
towns
altogether
with
their
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PI \VS{60}The
tribe
of
Judah
was
also
allotted
two
towns
{\ADD{
in
the
northern
part
of
the hilly
region}},
Rabbah
and
Kiriath-Baal (which
is
also
named
Kiriath-Jearim).
\par }{\PI \VS{61}The
tribe
of
Judah
was
also
{\ADD{
allotted
these
towns}}
in
the
desert
{\ADD{
near
the
Dead
Sea}}:
Beth-Arabah,
Middin,
Secacah,
\VS{62}Nibshan,
Salt
city,
and
En-Gedi.
There
were
six
towns
altogether
with
their
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PP \VS{63}{\ADD{
The
army
of
the
tribe
of}}
Judah
was
not
able
to
force
the
people
of
the
Jebus people-group
to
leave
Jerusalem.
So
the
people
of
that
group
are
still
living
among
the
tribe
of
Judah.

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH Land for the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
land
that
was
allotted
to
{\ADD{
the
two
tribes
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh
that
were
descended
from}}
Joseph
started
at
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
east
of
the
springs
at
Jericho.
\VS{2}It
extended
west
from
Jericho
to
the hilly
area
near
Bethel,
which
is
also
called
Luz.
It
extended
as
far
as
Ataroth,
at
the
border
of
the
land
where
the Arki people-group
lived.
\VS{3}From
there
it
extended
west
to
the
border
of
the
land
where
the
Japhleti people-group
lived,
and
then
it
extended
west
to
the
area
near
Lower
Beth-Horon.
From
there
it
extended
west
to
Gezer
{\ADD{
city}}
and
from
there
to
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
\par }{\MM \VS{4}That
is
the
land
that
the
tribes
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh
were
allotted.
\par }{\MM \VS{5}The
border
of
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim
started
at
Ataroth-Addar
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the
east.
It
extended
to
Upper
Beth-Horon
\VS{6}and
from
there
to
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
\VS{7}From
Michmethath
{\ADD{
on
the
north}}
it
extended
east
to Taanath
and
from
there
on
to
Janoah.
From
there
it
extended
{\ADD{
south}}
to
Ataroth
{\ADD{
city}}
and
to
Naarah
{\ADD{
town}}.
From
there
it
extended
to
Jericho
and
from
there
to
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
\VS{8}The
{\ADD{
northern}}
border
extended
from
Tappuah
west
to
Kanah
Ravine,
and
ended
at
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
That
was
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
\VS{9}Many
of
those
towns
were
really
within
the
area
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
\par }{\MM \VS{10}The
people
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim
could
not
force
the
Canaan people-group
to
leave
Gezer,
so
the
Canaan people-group
still
live
among
the
people
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim,
but
the Israelis
forced
the
people
of
the
Canaan people-group
to
become
their
slaves.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
This
is
a
list
of}}
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
Manasseh’s
oldest
son
was
Makir
and
his
grandson
was
Gilead.
Makir’s
descendants
were
great
warriors,
so
the
lands
in
the
Gilead
and
Bashan
regions
were
allotted
to
their
clan.
\VS{2}Land
was
also
allotted
to
the
other
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh:
The
clans
of
Abiezer,
Helek,
Asriel,
Shechem,
Hepher,
and
Shemida.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Hepher’s
son
Zelophehad
had
no
sons,
but
he
had
five
daughters:
Mahlah,
Noah,
Hoglah,
Milcah,
and
Tirzah.
\VS{4}They
went
to
Eleazar
the Supreme
Priest,
and
to
Joshua
and
to
the
other Israeli
leaders.
They
said, “{\ADD{
We
want
you
to
give
us
some
land,
because}}
Yahweh
told
Moses
that
he
should
give
to
us
some
land,
just
like
you
gave
to
the
men.”
So
Eleazar
did
what
Yahweh
had
commanded,
and
he
allotted
to
them
some
land,
just
like
he
allotted
to
their uncles.
\VS{5}So
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
eventually
had
ten
sections
{\ADD{
of
land
west
of
the
Jordan
River}}
and
{\ADD{
two
sections,}}
Gilead
and
Bashan,
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
\VS{6}So
those
female
descendants
of
Manasseh
also
were
allotted
land
{\ADD{
on
the
west
side
of
the
river}}
just
like
the
men
were
allotted.
The
other
parts
of
the
Gilead
area
were
allotted
to
the
male
descendants
of
Manasseh.
\par }{\PI \VS{7}The
land
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
was
between
the
land
where
the
tribe
of
Asher
lives
and
Michmethath
{\ADD{
town}},
near
Shechem
{\ADD{
city}}.
The
border
extended
south
to
the
Tappuah
Spring.
\VS{8}The
land
near
the
Tappuah
area
belonged
to
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
but
the
town
of
Tappuah,
which
was
at
the
border
of
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
\VS{9}The
border
{\ADD{
of
the
land
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Manasseh}}
extended
south
to
Kanah Gorge.
From
there
it
extended
{\ADD{
west}}
along
the
north
side
of
the gorge
and
ended
at
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
\VS{10}The
land
on
the
south
side
of
the gorge
belonged
to
the
tribe
of
Ephraim,
and
the
land
on
the
north
side
belonged
to
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
The
western
border
of
the
land
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
was
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
To
the
north,
the
border
of
their
land
extended
from
the
land
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Asher
{\ADD{
at
the northwest}}
to
the
land
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Issachar
{\ADD{
at
the northeast.}}
\par }{\PI \VS{11}But
there
are
cities
inside
the
area
allotted
to
the
tribes
of
Issachar
and
Asher.
Those
cities,
along
with
their
surrounding
villages,
were
allotted
to
people
from
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
These
cities
are
Beth-Shan,
Ibleam,
Dor (which
is
also
named Naphoth-Dor,)
Endor,
Taanach,
and
Megiddo.
\par }{\MM \VS{12}The
men
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
were
not
able
to
force
the
people
who
lived
in
those
cities
to
leave,
so
the
people
of
the
Canaan people-group
continued
to
live
in
those
cities.
\VS{13}But
{\ADD{
years
later}}
when
the Israelis
became
better
{\ADD{
warriors}},
they
forced
the
Canaan people-group
to
work
for
them
as
slaves,
although
they
did
not
force
them
to
leave
the
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The
people
of
the
tribes
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh
said
to
Joshua, “You
allotted
to
us
only
one
area
of
land,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
us.
Yahweh
has
blessed
us
very
much
{\ADD{
with
the
result
that
our
tribe
has
grown
very
large}}.
So
why
did
you
give
us
only
a
small
part
of
the
land [RHQ]?”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Joshua
replied
to
them, “{\ADD{
I
agree
that}}
you
do
not
have
enough
land
in
the hilly
area
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
So,
since
you
have
a
lot
of
people,
I
will
allot
more
land
to
you,
in
the hilly
region.
But
you
will
have
to
{\ADD{
cut
down
the
trees}}
in
the
forest
{\ADD{
and
}}
make
a
place
for
yourselves
in
the
land
where
the Periz
and Repha people-groups
live.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
people
of
the
tribes
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh
replied, “It
is
true
that
the
land
in
the hilly
area
is
not
big
enough
for
us,
but
the
Canaan people-group
who
live
in
the lowlands,
in
Beth-Shan
and
the
surrounding
villages
in
that
area,
and
in
the
Jezreel
Valley,
have
iron
chariots,
{\ADD{
so
we
will
not
be
able
to
defeat
them}}!”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Joshua
replied
to
them, “Your
tribe
is
very
numerous
and
very
powerful.
So
I
will
allot
more
land
for
you
in
the hilly
area,
\VS{18}but
you
will
have
to
cut
down
the
trees
in
order
to
make
a
place
for
you
to
live.
{\ADD{
It
is
true
that}}
the
Canaan people-group
are
strong
and
have
iron
chariots,
but
you
will
be
able
to
force
them
to
leave
that
valley.”

\par }\Chap{18}{\SH The rest of the land was allotted
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1-2}The Israeli
people
captured
all
the
land
{\ADD{
that
they
were
able
to}},
but
there
were
still
seven
tribes
that
had
not
been
allotted
any
land.
The Israeli
people
all
gathered
at
Shiloh,
and
they
set
up
the
Sacred
Tent
there.
\VS{3}Joshua
said
to
them, “Why
are
you
waiting
a
long
time
to
take
control
of
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
the
land
that
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
your
ancestors
{\ADD{
worshiped}},
has
promised
to
give
to
you [RHQ]?
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Choose
three
men
from
each
of
your
seven
tribes.
Then
I
will
send
them
to
explore
{\ADD{
the
parts
of}}
the
land
{\ADD{
which
you
have
not
occupied
yet.
When
they
finish exploring
it}},
they
must
write
a
report,
in
which
they
will ◄make
a
map/show
the
boundaries►
of
the
land
that
each
tribe
wants
to
receive.
\VS{5}They
will
divide
the
remaining
land
into
seven
parts.
The
tribe
of
Judah
will
keep
its
land
in
the
south,
and
the
tribes
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh
will
keep
their
land
in
the
north.
\VS{6}But
in
their
report,
the
men
from
the
seven
tribes
should
describe
the
seven
parts
of
the
remaining
land
{\ADD{
that
they
wish
to
receive}},
and
bring
the
report
to
me.
While
Yahweh
is
watching,
I
will ◄cast
lots/throw
marked
stones►
{\ADD{
to
decide
which
land
should
be
allotted
to
each
tribe}}.
\VS{7}But
the
tribe
of
Levi
will
not
be
allotted
any
land,
because
their
{\ADD{
reward
is
that
they
will
be}}
Yahweh’s
priests.
The
tribes
of
Gad,
Reuben,
and
half
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
have
already
been
allotted
their
land
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
just
as
Moses,
the
man
who
served
God
{\ADD{
well}},
decided,
{\ADD{
so
they
will
not
get
any
more
land}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}When
the
men
who
were
chosen
{\ADD{
got
ready
to}}
leave,
Joshua
told
them, “Go
and
explore
the
land.
Then
write
a
report
of
what
you
have
seen,
and
bring
it
back
to
me.
Then
while
Yahweh
is
watching,
I
will ◄cast
lots/throw
marked
stones►
here
at
Shiloh,
{\ADD{
to
determine
what
area
each
tribe
will
receive}}.”
\VS{9}So
the
men
left
and
walked
through
the
area.
Then
they
described
in
a
scroll
each
town
that
was
in
the
seven
parts
{\ADD{
into
which
they
had
divided}}
the
land.
Then
they
returned
to
Joshua,
who
was
still
at
Shiloh.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
After
Joshua
read
their
report}},
while
Yahweh
was
watching,
he ◄cast
lots/threw
marked
stones►
to
choose
which
land
would
be
allotted
to
each
of
the
seven Israeli
tribes.
\par }{\SH The
land
for
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
\par }{\MM \VS{11}The
first
tribe
that
was
allotted
land
was
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
Each
clan
in
that
tribe
was
allotted
some
of
the
land
that
was
between
the
area
that
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Judah
and
the
area
that
was
allotted
to
the
tribes
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh.
\par }{\PI \VS{12}The
northern
border
started
at
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
and
extended
west
along
the
northern
side
of
Jericho,
into
the hilly
area.
From
there
the
border
extended
west
to
the
desert
near
Beth-Aven
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{13}From
there
it
extended southwest
to
Luz (which
is
{\ADD{
now
named}}
Bethel).
From
there
it
extended southwest
to
Ataroth-Addar
{\ADD{
town}},
which
is
on
the
hill
south
of
Lower
Beth-Horon
{\ADD{
city}}.
\par }{\PI \VS{14}At
the
hill
south
of
Beth-Horon,
the
border
turned
and
extended
south
to
Kiriath-Baal
{\ADD{
town}},
which
is
{\ADD{
also
named}}
Kiriath-Jearim.
That
is
a
town
where
people
of
the
tribe
of
Judah
live.
That
was
the
western
border
of
the
land
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\par }{\PI \VS{15}The
southern
border
of
their
land
started
near
Kiriath-Jearim
and
extended
west
to
Nephtoah
Springs.
\VS{16}From
there
it
extended
south
to
the
bottom
of
the
hill,
near
Ben-Hinnom
Valley,
on
the
north
side
of Repha
Valley.
The
border
extended
south
along
the
Hinnom
Valley,
south
of
the
city
where
the
Jebus people-group
lived,
to
En-Rogel.
\VS{17}From
there
the
border
extended
west
to
En-Shemesh,
and
continued
to
Geliloth
near
Adummim
Pass.
Then
it
extended
to
the
great
stone
of Reuben’s
son
Bohan.
\VS{18}From
there
the
border
extended
to
the
northern
edge
of
Beth-Arabah
{\ADD{
town}}
and
down
into
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
Valley.
\VS{19}From
there
it
extended
east
to
the
northern
edge
of
Beth-Hoglah
{\ADD{
town}}
and
ended
at
the
north
end
of
the
Dead
Sea,
where
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River
flows
into
the
Dead
Sea}}.
That
was
the
southern
boundary
{\ADD{
of
the
land
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Benjamin}}.
\par }{\PI \VS{20}The
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
was
the
eastern
boundary
of
the
land
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
Those
were
the
boundaries
of
the
land
allotted
to
them.
\par }{\MM \VS{21}The
cities
in
the
land
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
were
Jericho,
Beth-Hoglah,
Emek-Keziz,
\VS{22}Beth-Arabah,
Zemaraim,
Bethel,
\VS{23}Avvim,
Parah,
Ophrah,
\VS{24}Kephar-Ammoni,
Ophni,
and
Geba.
Altogether
there
were
fourteen
towns
and
the
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PI \VS{25}The
tribe
of
Benjamin
also
had
the
towns
of
Gibeon,
Ramah,
Beeroth,
\VS{26}Mizpah,
Kephirah,
Mozah,
\VS{27}Rekem,
Irpeel,
Taralah,
\VS{28}Zelah,
Haeleph,
the
city
where
the
Jebus people-group
lived (which
is
{\ADD{
now
named}}
Jerusalem),
Gibeah,
and
Kiriath.
Altogether
there
were 14
towns
and
the
surrounding
villages.
All
that
area
was
allotted
to
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.

\par }\Chap{19}{\SH Land for the tribe of Simeon
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
second/next
tribe
that
was
allotted
land
was
the
tribe
of
Simeon.
Each
clan
in
that
tribe
was
allotted
some
land
that
was
inside
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Judah.
\par }{\PI \VS{2}Their
land
included
the
towns
of
Beersheba ({\ADD{
which
is
also
named}}
Sheba),
Moladah,
\VS{3}Hazar-Shual,
Balah,
Ezem,
\VS{4}Eltolad,
Bethul,
Hormah,
\VS{5}Ziklag,
Beth-Marcaboth.
Hazar-Susah,
\VS{6}Beth-Lebaoth,
and
Sharuhen.
Altogether
there
were 13
towns
and
the
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PI \VS{7}The
land
allotted
to
them
also
included
the
four
cities
of
Ain,
Rimmon,
Ether,
and
Ashan,
and
their
surrounding
villages.
\VS{8}They
were
also
allotted
some
very
small
villages
in
an
area
that
extended
south
to
Baalath-Beer (which
is
{\ADD{
also
named}}
Ramah,
in
the
southern
desert).
That
was
the
land
allotted
to
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Simeon.
\par }{\MM \VS{9}The
tribe
of
Judah
had
been
allotted
much
more
land
than
they
needed,
so
part
of
their
land
was
given
to
the
tribe
of
Simeon.
\par }{\SH Land
for
the
tribe
of
Zebulun
\par }{\MM \VS{10}The
third/next
tribe
that
was
allotted
land
was
the
tribe
of
Zebulun.
Each
clan
of
that
tribe
was
allotted
some
of
the
land.
\par }{\PI The
southern
border
started
at
Sarid
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{11}It
extended
west
to
Maralah
{\ADD{
city}}
and
on
to
Dabbesheth
{\ADD{
city}},
and
on
to
the
brook
just
north
of
Jokneam
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{12}The
border
extended
east
from
Sarid
to
the
area
near Kisloth-Tabor
{\ADD{
city}}
and
on
to
Daberath
{\ADD{
town}}
and
on
to
Japhia
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{13}From
there
it
extended
east
to
Gath-Hepher
{\ADD{
city}}
and
Eth-Kazin
{\ADD{
town}},
and
north
to
Rimmon
{\ADD{
city}}.
From
there
the
border
extended
{\ADD{
west}}
to
Neah
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{14}From
Neah
it
extended
south
to
Hannathon
{\ADD{
city}}
and
from
there
to Iphtah-El
Valley.
\VS{15}Their
area
included
the
towns
of
Kattath,
Nahalal,
Shimron,
Idalah,
and
Bethlehem.
Altogether
there
were
twelve
towns
and
the
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\MM \VS{16}That
was
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Zebulun.
\par }{\SH Land
for
the
tribe
of
Issachar
\par }{\MM \VS{17}The
fourth/next
tribe
that
was
allotted
land
was
the
tribe
of
Issachar.
Each
of
the
clans
of
that
tribe
was
allotted
some
of
the
land.
\VS{18}Their
land
included
the
cities
of
Jezreel,
Kesulloth,
Shunem,
\VS{19}Hapharaim,
Shion,
Anaharath,
\VS{20}Rabbith,
Kishion,
Ebez,
\VS{21}Remeth,
En-Gannim,
En-Haddah,
and
Beth-Pazzez.
\VS{22}The
border
of
the
area
that
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Issachar
was
close
to
Tabor,
Shahazumah,
and
Beth-Shemesh
{\ADD{
cities}},
and
ended
{\ADD{
in
the
east}}
at
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
Altogether
there
were 16
cities
and
the
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\MM \VS{23}Those
cities
and
villages
were
in
the
land
allotted
to
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Issachar.
\par }{\SH Land
for
the
tribe
of
Asher
\par }{\MM \VS{24}The
fifth/next
tribe
that
was
allotted
land
was
the
tribe
of
Asher.
Each
of
the
clans
in
that
tribe
was
allotted
some
of
the
land.
\par }{\PI \VS{25}Their
land
included
the
towns
of
Helkath,
Hali,
Beten,
Acshaph,
\VS{26}Allammelech,
Amad,
and
Mishal.
The
western
border
started
at
Carmel
{\ADD{
Mountain}}
and
Shihor-Libnath.
\VS{27}From
there
it
extended
{\ADD{
southeast}}
to
Beth-Dagon
{\ADD{
town}},
and
then
to
{\ADD{
the
area
that
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of}}
Zebulun
and Iphtah-El
Valley.
From
there
the
border
extended
east
and
then
north
to
Beth-Emek
{\ADD{
town}}
and
Neiel
and
Cabul
{\ADD{
towns}}.
\VS{28}From
there
it
extended
west
to
Abdon,
Rehob,
Hammon,
and
Kanah
{\ADD{
cities}},
and
continued
to
Sidon,
which
is
a
big
city.
\VS{29}From
there
the
border
extended
south
toward
Ramah
and
to
the
big
city
of
Tyre
that
had
strong
walls
around
it.
From
there
the
border
extended
{\ADD{
west}}
to
Hosah
{\ADD{
town}}
and
ended
at
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
Within
their
area
were
the
towns
of
Aczib,
\VS{30}Ummah,
Aphek,
and
Rehob.
Altogether
there
were 22
towns
and
their
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\MM \VS{31}Those
cities
and
villages
were
within
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Asher.
\par }{\SH Land
for
the
tribe
of
Naphtali
\par }{\MM \VS{32}The
sixth/next
tribe
that
was
allotted
land
was
the
tribe
of
Naphtali.
Each
of
the
clans
in
that
tribe
was
allotted
some
of
the
land.
\par }{\PI \VS{33}The
border
of
their
land
started
{\ADD{
in
the
west}}
at
the
{\ADD{
huge}}
oak
tree
at
Zaanannim,
near
Heleph
{\ADD{
town}}.
It
extended
{\ADD{
east}}
through
Adami-Nekeb
{\ADD{
city}}
and
Jabneel,
and
then
to
Lakkum,
and
ended
at
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
\VS{34}The
western
boundary
extended
through
Aznoth-Tabor
as
far
as
Hukkok
{\ADD{
city}}.
It
extended
to
the
borders
of
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Zebulun
at
the
south,
to
{\ADD{
the
border
of
the
tribe
of}}
Asher
on
the
west,
and
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
at
the
east.
\VS{35}{\ADD{
Within
their
land
were}}
several
cities
with
strong
walls
around
them.
They
were
Ziddim,
Zer,
Hammath,
Rakkath,
Kinnereth,
\VS{36}Adamah,
Ramah,
Hazor,
\VS{37}Kedesh,
Edrei,
En-Hazor,
\VS{38}Iron,
Migdal-El,
Horem,
Beth-Anath,
and
Beth-Shemesh.
Altogether
there
were 19
cities
and
the
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\MM \VS{39}Those
cities
and
surrounding
villages
were
in
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Naphtali.
\par }{\SH Land
for
the
tribe
of
Dan
\par }{\MM \VS{40}The
seventh/last
tribe
that
was
allotted
land
was
the
tribe
of
Dan.
Each
of
the
clans
in
that
tribe
was
allotted
some
of
the
land.
\VS{41}Their
land
included
the
towns
of
Zorah,
Eshtaol,
Ir-Shemesh,
\VS{42}Shaalabbin,
Aijalon,
Ithlah,
\VS{43}Elon,
Timnah,
Ekron,
\VS{44}Eltekeh,
Gibbethon,
Baalath,
\VS{45}Jehud,
Bene-Berak,
Gath-Rimmon,
\VS{46}Me-Jarkon,
Rakkon,
and
the
area
near
Joppa.
\par }{\PP \VS{47}But
the
people
of
the
tribe
of
Dan
were
unable
to
take
control
of
the
land
that
had
been
allotted
to
them.
So
they
went
{\ADD{northeast}}
and
fought
against
the
people
in
Leshem
{\ADD{
city}}.
They
defeated
and
killed
all
the
people
who
lived
there.
Then
they
began
to
live
in
Leshem,
and
changed
the
name
of
the
city
to
Dan,
the
man
from
whom
their
tribe
descended.
\par }{\MM \VS{48}All
of
those
towns
and
surrounding
villages
were
in
the
land
that
was
allotted
to
the
clans
in
the
tribe
of
Dan.
\par }{\SH Land
for
Joshua
\par }{\PP \VS{49}After
the Israeli
leaders
divided
the
land
among
the
tribes,
they
allotted
some
land
to
Joshua.
\VS{50}They
allotted
to
him
Timnath-Serah.
Yahweh
had
said
that
he
could
have
whatever
city
he
wanted,
and
that
was
the
city
that
he
chose.
It
was
in
the hilly
region
which
was
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
Joshua
rebuilt
the
city
and
lived
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{51}Those
were
the
areas
that
were
allotted
to
the
various
tribes
of
Israel.
Eleazar
the Supreme
Priest
and
Joshua
and
the
leaders
of
each
tribe
divided
up
the
land
while
they
were
all
at
Shiloh,
by ◄casting
lots/throwing
marked
stones►
{\ADD{
to
decide
which
area
each
tribe
would
receive}}.
They
did
that
while
Yahweh
was
watching,
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
In
that
way
they
completed
dividing
up
the
land.

\par }\Chap{20}{\SH Cities of refuge
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua,
\VS{2}“Tell
the Israeli
people
that
they
should
choose
some
cities
to
which
people
{\ADD{
can
run}}
in
order
to
be
safe/protected,
like
I
told
Moses
that
they
should
do.
\VS{3}If
someone
kills
another
person
accidentally,
not
intending
to
kill
that
person,
the
one
who
killed
that
person
may
run/escape
to
one
of
these
cities
and
be
safe/protected
from
someone
trying
to
get
revenge
for
that
person’s
death [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{4}When
the
one
who
killed
someone
arrives
at
the
gate
of
one
of
those
cities,
he
must
stop
there
and
tell
the
leaders
of
the
city
what
happened.
{\ADD{
If
they
believe
him}},
they
must
allow
him
to
enter
the
city,
and
they
must
give
him
a
place
to
live
among
them.
\VS{5}If
some
relative
of
the
one
who
was
killed
comes
to
that
city
to
get
revenge,
the
leaders
of
that
city
must
not
allow
the
relative
to
take
the killer,
because
what
happened
was accidental.
He
did
not
hate
that
person
and
as
a
result deliberately
kill
him.
\VS{6}But
the
person
who
killed
someone
must
stay
in
that
city
until
the
city
judges
put
him
on
trial.
{\ADD{
Only
if
the
judges
decide
that
the
person
who
has
run/escaped
to
their
city
did
not deliberately
kill
the
other
person
will
they
allow
him
to
stay
in
that
city}},
and
he
must
stay
there
until
the Supreme
Priest
dies.
Then
he
may
safely
go
back
to
his
own
town,
{\ADD{
because
the
death
of
the Supreme
Priest
will
be
considered
to
atone/pay
for
the
death
of
the
person
who
was
killed}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}So
the Israelis
chose
these
cities
to
be
cities
to
which
people
could
run
to
be
safe/protected:
Kedesh
in
the
Galilee
district
in
the hilly
area
where
the
tribe
of
Naphtali
lived;
Shechem
in
the hilly
area
where
the
tribe
of
Ephraim
lived;
Kiriath-Arba (which
is
{\ADD{
now
named}}
Hebron)
in
the hilly
area
where
the
tribe
of
Judah
lived;
\VS{8}Bezer,
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
near
Jericho,
in
the
flat
land
in
the
desert
where
the
tribe
of
Reuben
lived;
Ramoth
in
the
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}
in
the
land
where
the
tribe
of
Gad
lived;
and
Golan
in
the
Bashan
region
where
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
lived.
\VS{9}Any Israeli
or
any
foreigner
who
lived
among
us,
anyone
who
killed
someone ◄accidentally/without
planning
to
do
it►,
was
allowed
to
run
to
one
of
those
cities,
and
be
safe/protected
from
some
relative
of
the
person
who
died
coming
there
and
killing
him
to
get
revenge.
He
could
stay
in
that
city
until
there
was
a
trial
there
{\ADD{
to
decide
whether
he
was
telling
the
truth
or
not
when
he
said
that
he
did
not
plan
to
kill
that
person}}.

\par }\Chap{21}{\SH Towns for the Levites
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1-2}While
Eleazar
the Supreme
Priest
and
Joshua
and
the
leaders
of
all
the Israeli
tribes
were
at
Shiloh,
the
leaders
of
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Levi
went
to
them
and
said, “Yahweh
commanded
Moses
that
you
should
give
us
towns
where
we
can
have
pasture/fields/grassland
for
our
animals,
{\ADD{
but
you
have
not
done
these
things
yet}}.”
\VS{3}So
the Israeli
leaders
obeyed
this
command
from
Yahweh.
They
agreed
to
give
towns
and
pasturelands
to
the
tribe
of
Levi.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\ADD{
First}}
they
allotted
some
cities
to
the
Kohath
clans,
who
belonged
to
the
tribe
of
Levi.
To
those
who
were
descendants
of
the
first Supreme
Priest
Aaron,
they
allotted 13
towns
in
the
areas
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribes
of
Judah,
Simeon,
and
Benjamin.
\VS{5}To
the
other
members
of
the
Kohath
clan
they
allotted
ten
cities
in
the
areas
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribes
of
Ephraim,
Dan,
and
the
part
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
{\ADD{
that
lives
on
the
west
side
of
the
Jordan
River}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
people
from
the
Gershon
clans
were
allotted 13
cities
in
the
areas
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribes
of
Issachar,
Asher,
Naphtali,
and
the
part
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
that
lives
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
people
from
the
Merari
clans
were
allotted
twelve
cities
in
the
areas
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
Zebulun.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
the Israeli
leaders
gave
cities
and pastureland
to
the
tribe
of
Levi,
just
as
Yahweh
had
commanded
Moses
that
they
should
do.
\par }{\MM \VS{9}These
are
the
names
of
the
cities
and
surrounding
pasturelands
that
were
allotted
to
them,
that
were
in
the
areas
where
the
tribes
of
Judah
and
Simeon
lived.
\par }{\PI \VS{10}First,
they
allotted
cities
to
the
members
of
the
Kohath
clans.
\par }{\PI \VS{11}They
allotted
to
them
Kiriath-Arba (which
is
{\ADD{
now
named}}
Hebron),
in
the hilly
area
of
Judah.
Arba
received
its
name
because
Arba
was
the ancestor
of
{\ADD{
the
giants
of}}
the
Anak people-group.
\VS{12}But
the
fields
and
villages
surrounding
Arba
had
already
been
allotted
to
Caleb.
\par }{\PI \VS{13}They
allotted
to
them
Hebron,
which
was
one
of
the
cities
to
which
people
could
run/escape
to
be
safe/protected.
They
also
allotted
to
the
Kohath
clan
the
cities
of
Libnah,
\VS{14}Jattir,
Eshtemoa,
\VS{15}Holon,
Debir,
\VS{16}Ain,
Juttah,
and
Beth-Shemesh.
Altogether
they
were
allotted
those
nine
cities
which
were
located
in
the
areas
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribes
of
Judah
and
Simeon.
\par }{\PI \VS{17}The
Kohath
clan
was
also
allotted
these
four
cities:
Gibeon,
Geba,
\VS{18}Anathoth,
and
Almon.
Those
cities
were
in
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\par }{\MM \VS{19}Altogether
those 13
towns
and
surrounding pastureland
were
allotted
to
the
priests
who
were
descended
from
Aaron.
\par }{\MM \VS{20}The
other
members
the
Kohath
clan
were
allotted
four
cities
and
the
surrounding pastureland
in
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
\par }{\PI \VS{21}Those
cities
were
Shechem (which
was
one
of
the
cities
to
which
people
could
run/escape
to
be
safe/protected),
Gezer,
\VS{22}Kibzaim,
and
Beth-Horon.
\par }{\PI \VS{23}They
were
also
allotted
four
cities
and
surrounding pastureland
in
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Dan.
Those
cities
were
Eltekeh,
Gibbethon,
\VS{24}Aijalon,
and
Gath-Rimmon.
\par }{\PI \VS{25}They
were
also
allotted
two
towns
and
surrounding pastureland
that
had
been
allotted
to
{\ADD{
the
}}
part
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
{\ADD{
that
lived
on
the
west
side
of
the
Jordan
River}}.
Those
cities
were
Taanach
and
Gath-Rimmon.
\par }{\MM \VS{26}Those
were
the
ten
cities
and
surrounding pastureland
that
were
allotted
to
the
other
members
of
the
Kohath
clan.
\par }{\MM \VS{27}They
also
allotted
towns
and
the
surrounding pastureland
to
the
Gershon
clans.
Those
clans
were
also
descended
from
Levi.
\par }{\PI They
were
allotted
two
cities
from
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
{\ADD{
that
is
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
River}}.
Those
cities
were
Golan
in
the
Bashan
region,
which
was
one
of
the
cities
to
which
people
could
run/escape
to
be
safe/protected,
and Be-Eshtarah.
\par }{\PI \VS{28}From
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Issachar
they
were
allotted
four
cities.
Those
cities
were
Kishion,
Daberath,
\VS{29}Jarmuth,
and
En-Gannim.
\par }{\PI \VS{30}From
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Asher
they
were
allotted
four
cities.
Those
cities
were
Mishal,
Abdon,
\VS{31}Helkath,
and
Rehob.
\par }{\PI \VS{32}From
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Naphtali
they
were
allotted
three
cities.
Those
cities
were
Kedesh
in
the
Galilee
region (it
was
one
of
the
cities
to
which
people
could
run/escape
to
be
safe/protected),
Hammoth-Dor,
and
Kartan.
\par }{\MM \VS{33}So
altogether
the
Gershon
clans
were
allotted 13
cities
and
the
surrounding
pasturelands.
\par }{\MM \VS{34}The
other
descendants
of
Levi,
the
ones
who
belonged
to
the
Merari
clans,
were
also
allotted
towns
and
their
surrounding
pasturelands.
\par }{\PP From
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Zebulun
they
were
allotted
four
cities.
They
were
Jokneam,
Kartah,
\VS{35}Dimnah,
and
Nahalal.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}From
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Reuben
they
were
allotted
four
cities.
They
were
Bezer,
Jahaz,
\VS{37}Kedemoth,
and
Mephaath.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}From
the
area
that
had
been
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Gad
they
were
allotted
four
cities.
They
were
Ramoth,
which
was
one
of
the
cities
in
the
Gilead
region
to
which
people
could
run/escape
to
be
safe/protected,
Mahanaim,
\VS{39}Heshbon,
and
Jazer.
\par }{\MM \VS{40}Altogether
twelve
cities
were
allotted
to
the
Merari
clans.
\par }{\PP \VS{41}So
altogether 48
cities
were
allotted
to
the
tribe
of
Levi,
\VS{42}and
each
city
had
surrounding pastureland.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}In
that
way
Yahweh
allotted
to
the Israeli
people
all
the
land
that
he
had
promised
to
give
to
their/our
ancestors.
The Israeli
people
took
control
of
{\ADD{
most
of}}
those
areas
and
started
to
live
there.
\VS{44}Just
like
he
had
promised
our
ancestors,
Yahweh
allowed
them/us
to
have
peace
with
the
enemies
that
surrounded
them/us.
Yahweh
enabled
the Israelis/us
to
defeat
their/our
enemies.
\VS{45}Yahweh
did
all
the
things
that
he
had
promised
to
the Israeli
people/us.
Everything
that
he
said
would
happen
did
happen.

\par }\Chap{22}{\SH The tribes east of the Jordan went home
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Joshua
then
summoned
the
leaders
of
the
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
\VS{2}He
said
to
them, “You
have
done
everything
that
Moses,
who
served
Yahweh
{\ADD{
well}},
told
you
to
do.
You
have
also
done
what
I
told
you
to
do.
\VS{3}For
a
long
time
you
have
helped
the
other
tribes
{\ADD{
to
defeat
their
enemies}}.
You
have
obeyed
everything
that
Yahweh
your
God
commanded
you
to
do.
\VS{4}He
promised
to
give
peace
to
us Israelis,
and
he
has
done
what
he
promised.
So
now
you
may
go
back
to
your
homes,
to
the
land
that
Moses
gave
to
you,
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
\VS{5}Moses
also
commanded
you
to
love
Yahweh
your
God
and
to
obey
his
commands,
and
to
continue
to
worship
him
and
serve
him
by
everything
that
you
think
and
everything
that
you
do.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
Joshua
blessed
them
and
said goodbye
to
them,
and
they
{\ADD{
prepared
to}}
leave
and
return
to
their
homes
{\ADD{
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
River}}.
\VS{7}Moses
had
given
the
Bashan
region
to
half
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
and
land
on
the
west
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
to
the
other
half
of
the
tribe.
Before
they
left,
he
{\ADD{
asked
God
to}}
bless
them.
\VS{8}He
said, “Go
back
to
your
homes
and
to
all
the
things
that
you
have
taken
from
your
enemies—the
many
animals
and
silver
and
gold
and
{\ADD{
things
made
of}}
bronze
and
iron,
and
many
beautiful
clothes.
But
you
should
share
some
of
those
things
with
other
people
of
your
tribe.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
the
people
of
the
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
half
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
left
the
other Israelis
at
Shiloh
in
Canaan
land,
to
return
to
their
homes
in
the
Gilead
region.
That
was
the
area
that
belonged
to
them.
It
had
been
allotted
to
them
by
Moses
as
Yahweh
had
commanded.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
people
from
those
three
tribes
arrived
near
the
western
side
of
the
Jordan
River,
at
a
town
called
Geliloth.
There
they
built
a
large
altar.
{\ADD{
Then
they
crossed
the
Jordan
River
to
the
Gilead
region}}.
\VS{11}But
the
other Israelis
who
were
still
at
Shiloh
heard
about
the
altar
that
those
men
had
built.
\VS{12}They
became
very
angry
with
the
men
of
those
tribes,
so
they
decided
to
fight
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The Israelis
sent
Phinehas,
who
was
the
son
of
Eleazar
the Supreme
Priest,
to
{\ADD{
talk
with}}
the
people
of
those
three
tribes.
\VS{14}They
also
sent
one
leader
from
each
of
the
ten
tribes
that
were
still
at
Shiloh.
Each
of
them
was
a
leader
of
his
clan.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Those
leaders
went
to
the
Gilead
region
to
talk
to
the
people
of
the
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
half
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
They
said,
\VS{16}“All
the
other Israelis
are
asking, ‘Why
have
you
rebelled
against
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}}
by
building
an
altar
for
yourselves?
\VS{17}Have
you
forgotten
what
happened
at
Peor,
{\ADD{
when
some Israelis
sinned
by
worshiping
the
god
that
the
Moab people-group
worship}}?
Many Israelis
became
very
sick
and
died
because
of
that
sin,
and
we
are
still
suffering
because
of
their
sin.
\VS{18}Are
you
now
turning
away
from
obeying
Yahweh
and
refusing
to
do
what
he
wants?
If
you
do
not
stop
rebelling
against
Yahweh
today,
he
will
be
angry
with
all
of
us Israelis
tomorrow.’
\par }{\PP \VS{19}“f
{\ADD{
you
think
that
Yahweh
considers}}
that
your
land
here
is
not
suitable
for
worshiping
him,
come
back
to
our
land
where
Yahweh’s
Sacred
Tent
is.
We
can
share
our
land
with
you.
But
do
not
rebel
against
Yahweh
and
against
us
by
building
another
altar
for
Yahweh
our
God.
\VS{20}Do
you
remember
what
happened
when Zerah’s
son
Achan
refused
to
obey
{\ADD{
Yahweh’s
command
to
destroy
everything
in
Jericho}}?
That
one
man
disobeyed
God’s
command,
but
many [HYP]
other Israelis
were
punished.
Achan
died
because
of
his
sin,
but
other Israelis
also
died.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
{\ADD{
leaders
of
the}}
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
half
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
replied,
\VS{22}“Yahweh,
the
Almighty
God,
knows
{\ADD{
why
we
did
that}},
and
we
want
you
to
know,
too.
If
we
have
done
something
wrong
{\ADD{
against
Yahweh}},
you
may
kill
us.
\VS{23}If
we
have
disobeyed
one
of
Yahweh’s
laws,
we
request
that
he
should
punish
us.
We
did
not
build
that
new
altar
to
completely
burn
animals
as
sacrifices
to
Yahweh,
or
to
offer
on
it
sacrifices
of
grain
or
sacrifices
to
maintain
fellowship
with
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}“his
is
the
reason
that
we
built
that
altar:
We
were
afraid/worried
that
some
day
your
descendants
would
say
that
our
descendants
are
not
true Israelis.
We
were
afraid
that
then
they
would
say, ‘You
are
not
allowed
to
worship
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}}.
\VS{25}Yahweh
caused
the
Jordan
River
to
be
a
boundary
between
us
and
you
people
of
the
tribes
of
Reuben
and
Gad.
So
you
are
not
allowed
to
worship
Yahweh.’
We
were
worried
that
your
descendants
would
force
our
descendants
to
stop
worshiping
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}“hat
is
the
reason
that
we
decided
to
build
that
{\ADD{
new}}
altar.
But
it
is
not
an
altar
for
completely
burning
sacrifices
of
animals
and
{\ADD{
burning
other}}
sacrifices.
\VS{27}We
built
that
new
altar
to
prove/show
to
you
and
to
us
and
to
all
of
our
descendants
that
we
worship
Yahweh
by
completely
burning
animal
sacrifices
and
offerings
of
grain
and
offerings
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh
{\ADD{
only
at
the
place
Yahweh
chooses}}.
We
do
not
want
your
descendants
to
say
to
our
descendants, ‘You
do
not
belong
to
Yahweh.’
\par }{\PP \VS{28}“n
the
future,
if
your
descendants
say
that,
our
descendants
can
say, ‘Look
at
the
altar
that
our
ancestors
made!
It
is
exactly
like
Yahweh’s
altar
{\ADD{
that
our
ancestors
built}},
but
we
do
not
burn
sacrifices
on
it.
It
only
shows
that
we
are Israelis!’
\VS{29}We
certainly
do
not
want
to
rebel
against
Yahweh
or
stop
doing
what
he
desires,
by
building
an
altar
for
completely
burning
some
sacrifices
and
burning
grain
offerings
and
making
{\ADD{
other}}
sacrifices.
{\ADD{
We
know
that}}
there
is
only
one
true
altar
for
Yahweh
our
God,
and
it
is
in
front
of
the
Sacred
Tent
{\ADD{
at
Shiloh}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}When
Phinehas
the
priest
and
the
other
{\ADD{
ten}}
leaders
heard
what
they
said,
they
were
pleased.
\VS{31}So
Phinehas
said
to
them, “Now
we
know
that
Yahweh
is
with
all
of
us Israelis,
and
that
you
were
not
rebelling
against
him
{\ADD{
when
you
built
that
altar}}.
And
we
know
that
Yahweh
will
not
punish
us Israelis
{\ADD{
because
of
your
having
done
that}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Then
Phinehas
and
the Israeli
leaders
left
the
people
of
the
tribes
of
Reuben
and
Gad
in
the
Gilead
region,
and
returned
to
Canaan.
There
they
told
the
other Israelis
what
had
happened.
\VS{33}They
were
pleased,
and
they
thanked
God.
And
they
did
not
talk
anymore
about
fighting
against
the
people
of
the
tribes
of
Reuben
and
Gad
and
destroying
everything
in
their
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}The
people
of
the
tribes
of
Reuben
and
Gad
named
their
new
altar ‘A
reminder
to
us
all
that
Yahweh
is God’.

\par }\Chap{23}{\SH Joshua’s final speech
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
enabled
the Israelis
to
live
peacefully
{\ADD{
for
many
years}}
with
the people-groups
that
were
around
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Joshua
was
now
very
old.
{\ADD{
One
day}}
he
summoned
the
leaders
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
the
leaders
of
the
clans,
the
judges,
and
{\ADD{
other}}
officials.
He
said
to
them, “I
am
now
very
old.
\VS{3}You
people
have
seen
what
Yahweh
our
God
has
done
to
help
you
defeat
the people-groups
{\ADD{
that
lived
in
this
land}}.
Yahweh
our
God
has
fought
for
you.
\VS{4}But
do
not
forget
that
he
has
given
to
you
all
this
land,
from
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River
in
the
east}}
to
the Mediterranean
Sea
in
the
west,
all
this
land
that
I
have
allotted
to
you.
\VS{5}Yahweh
our
God
will
compel
the
people
who
are
still
living
there
to
leave.
He
will
push
them
out
as
you
advance.
Then
the
land
will
be
yours,
as
Yahweh
has
promised
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}“e
sure
that
you
obey
all
the
laws
that
are
in
the
book
that
Moses
wrote.
Do
not
disobey
any
part
of
it [IDM].
\VS{7}Do
not
associate
with
the
people
who
live
among
us
{\ADD{
who
are
not Israelis
and
who
worship
other
gods}}.
Do
not
mention
the
names
of
their
gods,
and
do
not
use
the
names
of
their
gods
when
you
promise
to
do
something.
Do
not
serve
their
gods
or
worship
them.
\VS{8}You
must
continue
to
do
what
Yahweh
our
God
wants
us
to
do,
as
you
have
been
doing.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}“ahweh
has
forced
{\ADD{
many}}
very
powerful people-groups
to
leave
as
you
advanced.
No people-group
has
been
able
to
defeat
you.
\VS{10}Each
of
you
will
be
able
to
cause 1,000
of
them
to
run
away,
because
Yahweh
your
God
will
fight
for
you,
just
like
he
promised
to
do.
\VS{11}So
be
sure
that
you
continue
to
love
Yahweh
our
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“f
you
turn
away
from
doing
what
Yahweh
desires
and
you
associate
with
the
people
who
are
not Israelis,
and
if
you
marry
them,
\VS{13}then
you
can
be
sure
that
Yahweh
our
God
will
not
help
you
to
expel
those people-groups
from
your
land.
They
will
be
{\ADD{
like}}
traps [DOU,
MET]
{\ADD{
that
will
catch
you}}.
They
will
be
{\ADD{
like}}
whips
{\ADD{
that
strike}}
your
backs,
and
like
thorns
{\ADD{
that
will scratch}}
your
eyes.
As
a
result,
none
of
you
will
be
left
in
this
good
land
that
Yahweh
our
God
is
giving
to
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}“t
is
almost
time
for
me
to
die,
like
everyone
does [EUP].
You
know
in
your
hearts [DOU]
that
Yahweh
has
done
for
you [LIT]
everything
that
he
promised
to
do.
\VS{15}He
has
given
to
you
all
the
good
things
that
he
promised.
In
the
same
way,
the
other
things
that
he
promised,
{\ADD{
things
that
are
not
good}},
will
also
happen.
He
said
that
if
you
do
what
is
evil,
he
will
get
rid
of
you
and
send
you
away
from
this
good
land
that
he
has
given
to
you.
\VS{16}That
will
happen
if
you
do
not
obey
the
commands
that
Yahweh
our
God
told
you
to
obey.
If
you
serve
other
gods
and
worship
them,
Yahweh
will
become
very
angry
with
you.
Very
quickly
{\ADD{
he
will
expel
you
from}}
this
good
land
that
he
has
given
to
you,
{\ADD{
and}}
none
of
you
will
be
left
here.”

\par }\Chap{24}{\SH Joshua encouraged the Israeli people to worship only Yahweh
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Many
years
later}},
Joshua
summoned
representatives
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel.
He
gathered
together
the
elders,
the
leaders,
the
judges,
and
the
other
officials
at
Shechem
{\ADD{
city}}.
He
told
them
to
listen
to
what
God
wanted
to
tell
them.
\VS{2}Joshua
said
to
all
of
them, “This
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
we Israeli
people
worship,
is
saying: ‘Long
ago,
your
ancestors,
including
Abraham’s
father
Terah
and
Abraham’s
younger
brother
Nahor,
lived
on
the
east
side
of
the
Euphrates
River.
\VS{3}But
I
took
your ancestor
Abraham
from
that
land
east
of
the
Euphrates
River,
and
I
led
him
as
he
lived
in
various
places
in
this
land
of
Canaan,
and
I
enabled
him
to
have
many
descendants.
First,
I
enabled
him
to
have
a
son,
Isaac.
\VS{4}When
Isaac
grew
up,
I
enabled
him
to
have twin
sons,
Jacob
and
Esau.
I
enabled
Esau
to
live
in
the hilly
area
in
Seir
region,
but
many
years
later
Jacob
and
his
sons
and
their
families
went
down
to
live
in
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}“{\ADD{
Many
years
later}},
I
sent
Moses
and
his
older
brother
Aaron
to
help
your peoeple,
and
I
caused
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Egypt
to
suffer
very
much
because
of
what
I
did
there.
Then
I
enabled
your
ancestors
to
leave
Egypt.
\VS{6}When
I
brought
your
ancestors
out
of
Egypt,
they
came
to
the
Red
Sea.
The
Egyptian
army
pursued
them,
some
riding
in
chariots
and
others
on
horses,
and
they
also
arrived
at
the
Red
Sea.
\VS{7}Then
{\ADD{
your
ancestors}}
pleaded
with
me
to
help
them.
So
he
caused ◄darkness/a
very
dark
cloud►
to
come
between
your
ancestors
and
the
Egyptian
army,
so
that
the
Egyptian
army
could
not
see
your
ancestors.
I
separated
the
water
in
the
Red
Sea
so
that
your
ancestors
could
cross
it,
but
when
the
Egyptian
army
tried
to
cross
in
the
same
way
to
pursue
them,
I
caused
the
water
to
come
back
and
cover
them,
and
the
Egyptian
soldiers
all
drowned,
as
your
ancestors
watched
and
were
amazed [IDM].
But
after
that,
you
lived
in
the
desert
for
many
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}“Then
I
brought
your
{\ADD{
ancestors}}
to
the
area
where
the
groups
who
were
descendants
of Amor
lived,
east
of
the
Jordan
River.
They
fought
against
you,
but
I
enabled
you
to
defeat
them [IDM].
I
{\ADD{
enabled
you
to}}
destroy
them
so
that
you
could
live
in
their
land [IDM].
\VS{9}Then, Zippor’s
son
Balak,
the
King
of
Moab, ◄decided
that
his
army
would
fight
against/opposed►
the Israelis.
He
summoned Beor’s
son
Balaam
and
asked
him
to
curse
you.
\VS{10}But
I
would
not
do
what
Balaam
asked,
so
he ◄blessed/said
that
I
would
do
great
things
for►
you
four
times,
and
I
did
not
enable
the
army
of
Moab
to
defeat
you [IDM].
\par }{\PP \VS{11}“Then
you
all
crossed
the
Jordan
River
and
came
to
Jericho.
The
people
of
Jericho
prepared
to
fight
against
you,
{\ADD{
and
the
armies
of}}
the
descendants
of Amor, Periz,
Canaan,
Heth, Girgash, Hiv,
and
Jebus
{\ADD{
all
prepared
to
do
the
same
thing}}
but
I
enabled
you
to
defeat [IDM]
them
all.
\VS{12}I
am
the
one
who
caused
them
to
panic
as
you
advanced
and
enabled
you
to
defeat
them,
as
I
had
enabled
you
to
do
earlier
to
the
two
kings
of
the
groups
who
were
descendants
of Amor.
You
did
not
defeat
them
by
using
your
own
bows
and
arrows
and
swords;
{\ADD{
it
was
I
who
defeated
them}}.
\VS{13}So
I
gave
you
a
land
that
you
had
not
tilled/planted,
and
I
gave
you
cities
that
you
did
not
build.
{\ADD{
Now}}
you
live
in
those
{\ADD{
cities}}
and
you
eat
the
grapes
from
the grapevines
that
you
did
not
plant,
and
you
eat
olives
from
trees
that
you
did
not
plant.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}{\ADD{
Then
Joshua
said
to
the
people}}, “{\ADD{
Because
of
all
that}}
Yahweh
{\ADD{
has
done
for
you}},
revere
him,
and
serve/worship
him
very
faithfully.
Throw
away
the
idols
that
your
ancestors
worshiped
on
the
east/other
side
of
the
Euphrates
River
and
in
Egypt.
Serve
only
Yahweh.
\VS{15}But
if
you
do
not
want
to
serve/worship
Yahweh,
you
should
decide
today
what
{\ADD{
gods}}
you
will
serve/worship.
You
should
decide
whether
you
will
serve/worship
the
gods
that
your
ancestors
who
lived
on
the
other/east
side
of
the
Euphrates
River
served,
or
whether
you
will
serve/worship
the
gods
that
the
descendants
of Amor,
who
previously
lived
in
the
land
where
you
are
now
living,
{\ADD{
serve/worship}}.
But
as
for
me
and
my
family [MTY],
we
will
serve/worship
Yahweh!”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The Israeli
people
answered, “We
will
never
quit
{\ADD{
serving/worshiping}}
Yahweh!
We
would
never
{\ADD{
think
of}} [IDM]
serving/worshiping
other
gods!
\VS{17}It
was
our
God,
Yahweh,
who
brought
our
parents
and grandparents
up
out
of
Egypt.
{\ADD{
He
rescued
them}}
from
that
land
where
they
were
slaves.
As
he
rescued
them,
they
saw
him
perform
great
miracles.
He
protected
them
all
the
time
when
they
were
traveling.
He
protected
them
from
all
the people-groups
through
whose
territory
they
traveled.
\VS{18}As
our
forefathers
advanced,
Yahweh
expelled
the
descendants
of Amor
and
the
other people-groups
who
lived
in
this
land.
Yahweh
is
our
God,
so
{\ADD{
we
are
saying
that}}
we
also
will
serve/worship
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Joshua
replied
to
the
people, “{\ADD{
I
think
that}}
you
are
not
able
to
serve/worship
Yahweh,
because
he
is
a
holy
God.
He
will
not
forgive
your
sinning
and
rebelling
{\ADD{
against
him}}.
He
demands
that
you
serve/worship
only
him [IDM].
\VS{20}He
has
been
good
to
you
{\ADD{
in
the
past}},
but
if
you
turn
away
from
him
and
serve/worship
foreign/other
gods,
he
will
turn
{\ADD{
against
you}}
and
he
will
cause
you
to
experience
disasters.
He
will
punish [IDM]
you
severely!”
\VS{21}But
the
people
replied
to
Joshua, “No,
{\ADD{
we
will
not
turn
away
from
worshiping/serving
Yahweh}}
We
will
serve/worship
Yahweh!”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
Joshua
said, “You
yourselves
are
saying
that
you
have
decided
to
serve/worship
Yahweh.”
They
replied, “Yes,
we
are
saying
that.”
\VS{23}Then
Joshua
said, “Since
{\ADD{
you
have
decided}}
that,
you
must
throw
away
all
the
other
gods/idols
that
you
have
among
you.
You
must
also
promise
that
you
will
wholeheartedly
give
yourselves
to
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
serve/worship}}.”
\VS{24}The
people
replied, “We
will
serve/worship
Yahweh,
our
God,
and
obey
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}That
day,
Joshua
established
an
agreement
between
the
people
and
Yahweh.
He
wrote
for
them
all
the
laws
that
they
were
required
to
obey.
\VS{26}He
wrote
all
those
laws
on
a
scroll.
He
called
it ‘The
laws
of God’.
Then
he
{\ADD{
told
some
men
to}}
set
up
a
large
stone
there
at
Shechem,
under
the
{\ADD{
large}}
oak
tree
near
the
place
where
{\ADD{
they
worshiped}}
Yahweh.
\VS{27}He
said
to
all
the
people, “Look!
{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
this
stone
has
heard
everything
that
Yahweh
said
to
you
{\ADD{
and
that
you
promised
Yahweh}}.
It
will
serve
as
a
witness
against
you
if
you
rebel
against
your
God!”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Then
Joshua
sent
the
people
away,
and
all
of
them
returned
to
their
own
areas/homes.
\par }{\SH {\ADD{
Joshua
died}}
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Some
time
after
that, Nun’s
son
Joshua,
the
faithful
servant
of
Yahweh,
died.
He
was 110
years
old
when
he
died.
\VS{30}The Israeli
people
buried
his
body
on
his
own
property
in
Timnath-Serah
{\ADD{
town}}
town.
It
is
north
of
Gaash
Mountain
in
the hilly
area
of
the
tribe
who
were
descendants
of
Ephraim.
\VS{31}The Israeli
people
served/worshiped
Yahweh
as
long
as
Joshua
was
alive.
After
Joshua
died,
they
continued
serving/worshiping
Yahweh
while
the
elders
who
had
experienced
everything
that
Yahweh
had
done
for
the Israeli
people
were
still
alive.
\VS{32}Joseph’s
bones,
which
the Israeli
people
had
brought
with
them
from
Egypt,
were
also
buried
at
Shechem.
The
people
buried
them
in
the
piece
of
land
that
Jacob
had
bought
long
ago
for 100
pieces
of
silver
from
Hamor,
the
father
of
Shechem.
That
piece
of
land
was
in
the
area
that
was
given
to
the
people
who
were
descendants
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
Joseph’s
sons.
\VS{33}Eleazar,
the Supreme
Priest,
the
son
of
Aaron,
also
died.
They
buried
his
body
at
Gibeah,
in
the
area
that
had
been
given
to Eleazar’s
son
Phinehas,
in
the hilly
area
that
belonged
to
the
people
who
were
descendants
of
Ephraim.
\par }