gregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. B. C. B. C. 13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reu-mDe. 13. ben, and to the children of Gad, 14. Ju.20. and to the half-tribe of Manasseh 12. into the land of Gilead, "Phine- "Ex.6.25. has the son of Eleazar the priest, Nu. 25. 7. 14 And with him ten princes, of each fchief house a prince ↑ Heb. throughout all the tribes of Isra-house of el; and each one was an head the fa of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. 15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the halftribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, ther. "Nu. 1. 4. 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, Pthat PSee Le. ye might rebel this day against 17. 8, 9. the LORD? De.12.13, 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too 14. little for us, from which we are "Nu.25.3, not cleansed until this day, al-4.De.4. 3. though there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, 18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against the LORD, thatto-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of 22. Israel. 1444. The deputies are satisfied. 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, sayHeb. to ing, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? 25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD. So shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. z Ge. 31. 48. ch. 24. 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice: 27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our 27.ver.34. generations after us, that we inight do the service of the aDe.12.5, LORD before him with our burntofferings,and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 26, 27. b De. 12. Nu. 16. 13, 14. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle ch. 18. 1. dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, i. building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 21 T Then the children of Reuben,and the children of Gad,and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22 The LORD "God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he "knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD,Orifto offer thereon burntoffering, or meat-offering, orifto offer peace-offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; tch.7.1, 5. u De. 10. 17. t Heb. it was good in their eyes. Le. 26. 11, 12. 2 Ch. 15. 2. † Heb. then. 1 Ki. 8. 20. 16. 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offer ings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. 29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt-offerings, for meat-offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. 30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, fit pleased them. 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: fnow ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. 32 T And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel dblessed God, and did not intend to go up against 297 Joshua's exhortation them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. CHAPTER XXIII. Joshua's exhortation before his death, 3 by former benefits, 5 by promises, II and by threatenings. ND it came to pass, a long A time after that the LORD "had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua bwaxed old and fstricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea twestward. 5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. 6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, ithat ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; That is, a wit ness: So ch.24. 27. cir. 1427. 55. De. 7. 16. 1 Ki. a cl. 21. 11. 4. 44. &22.4. beh.13. 1. † Heb. come into days. De. 31. 28. ch.24. 1.1 Ch.28. 1. dEx. 14. †Heb. & 34. 11. ch. 13. 6. g Nu. 33. Or, For &c. a De. 28. 63. b Le. 26. 16.De.28. 15, 16, &c. 7 That ye kcome not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, nei-Then the c1 Sa. 10. ther serve them, nor bow your- LORD selves unto them: will 19. "De. 11. d Ge. 11. 8 But cleave unto the LORD drive. your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 For the LORD hath driven 23. 26, 31. ch. 1.5. De.32.30. 53. 31. & 15. Ac.7.2, 3. 23. 8. 14. & 23. 27. De. 22, 3. ch. 22. 5. Ge.21.2. 3Ps.127.3 before his death. 13 Know for a certainty that "the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you: but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 14 And behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 "Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you ball evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. CHAPTER XXIV. Joshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem, J. 2 A brief history of God's benefits from Terah. 14 He reneweth the covenant between them and God. 26 A stone the witness of the covenant. 29 Joshua's age, death, and burial. 32 Joseph's bones are buried. 33. Eleazar dieth. ND Joshua gathered all the A tribes of Israel to "Shechem, and bcalled for the elders of Israel, and for their heads and for their judges, and for their offiselves before God. cers; and they presented them 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, dYour fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in eld time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. 3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout Ge. 25. all the land of Canaan, and mul24, 25, 26. tiplied his seed, and gave him iGe.36. 8. Isaac. De. 2. 5. k Ge. 46. 1,6. Ac.7. out from before you great na-Le.26.8. Ge. 31. tions and strong: but as for you. See Ju.3. fGe. 12.1. "no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. 10 POne man of you shall chase a thousand for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, 9as he hath promised you. 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise "go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these 38, 39. 2 Ex.3. 10. that remain among you,and shall Pe. 2. 20, mEx.7.& make marriages with them, and 21. 8. & 9. & goin unto them, and they to you: 'De. 7.3. 10. & 12. ↑ Heb. your souls. He. 10. 15. 4 And I gave unto Isaac, hJacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and 1 plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. 6 And I "brought your fathers out of Egypt: and 'ye came unto the sea: Pand the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. 7 And when they cried unto the LORD, 'he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered thein; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness "a long season. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you : 10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; btherefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. 11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and dthe men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, Joshua's age, death, and burial from the house of bondage, and cir. 1427. cir. 1427. which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: Ex. 12. 37, 51. Ex.14.2. PEx. 14. 9. 4 Ex. 14. 10. Ex. 14. 20. 18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, "Ye cannot serve the 4 Mat. 6. LORD: for he is an 'holy God. he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions, nor your sins. Ex. 14. 27, 28. De.4.34. 24. & 29.2. Le. 19, 2. 1S. 6.20. Ps. 99. 5. 9.Is.5. 16. Ex. 20.5. Ex. 23. 21. 21, 33 De. 2. 32. & 3. L. 17.&4.10, ech. 3.14, 42. 11, 12. dch. 6. 1. Ps. 119. Z ver. 14. 173. & 10.1.& 11. 1. the Hivites, and the Jebusites, e Ex. 23. and I delivered them into your 28. De. 7. hand. 12 And I sent the hornet before you which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites: but fnot with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and Bcities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and olive-yards which ye planted not do ye eat. G. 35. 2. Ju. 10.16. 1 Sa. 7. 3. "See Ex. 15. 25. 2 Ki. 11.17. b ver. 26. gDe.6.10, 11. ch.11.De. 31. 24. 13. De. 10, See Ju. 12. 1 Sa. 9. 6. 12. 24. "See Ge. iGe.17. 1. 28.18. ch. 20 "If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and conSume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that 'ye have chosen they said, We are witnesses. you the LORD, to serve him. And 23 Now therefore put away (said he) the strange gods which heart unto the LORD God of Isare among you, and incline your rael. Joshua, The LORD our God will 24 And the people said unto we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So Joshua "made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance bin Shechem. 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took da great stone, and set it up there funder an oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. 27 And Joshua said unto all the & 20. 5. 4. 3. people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for bit De.18.13. f Ge.35.4. hath heard all the words of the Ps. 119.1. See Ge. LORD which he spake unto us: it Ep. 6. 24. De.31.19, you, lest ye deny your God. 2Co. 1.12.31. 48, 52. shall be therefore a witness unto ver. 2.21,26. ch.28 So Joshua let the people 7. Ez 20. 34. depart, every man unto his inheritance. 14 Th Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in isincerity and in truth; and kput away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and lin Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 15 And if it seem evil unto you Ez. 20.7. iJu. 2. 6. to serve the LORD, choose you 8.& 23.3. k.Ju. 2. 8. this day whom ye will serve, m See whether "the gods which your R. 1.15. cir. 1426. fathers served that were on the 1 Ki. 18. other side of the flood, or "the 21.Ez.20. Ich.19.50. gods of the Amorites in whose 39. Jn. 6. Ju. 2. 9. land ye dwell: Pbut as for me 67. mJu.2.7. and my house, we will serve the ver. 14. † Heb. LORD. o Ex. 23. prolong16 And the people answered, 24, 32, 33. ed their and said, God forbid that we & 34. 15. days should forsake the LORD, to De. 13.7. after serve other gods; & 29. 18. Joshua. 17 For the LORD our God, he it Ju. 6. 10. See De, is that brought us up, and our P Ge. 18, 11.2.&31. fathers, out of the land of Egypt, 19. 13. ter these things, that Joshua the 29 Tk And it came to pass afson of Nun the servant of the LORD died, being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance lin Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. 31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that foverlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD that he had done for Israel. 32 T And the bones of Joseph, 229 CHAPTER I. B. C. B. C. h Jos. 14. 13, 14. iJos. 15. The acts of Judah and Simeon, 1. 4 cir. 1425. cir. 1425. TOW after the death of Joshua dren of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first to fight against them? 2 And the LORD said, bJudah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with_me into my lot, that we may fight 15. 1444. Jos. 15. 16, 17. bron: (now the name of Hebron before was bKirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 13 And Othniel the son of KeNu. 27. Ich. 3. 9. naz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 21. ch. 20. 18. bGe.49.8. Jos. 15. 18, 19. 14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? 15 And she said unto him, against the Canaanites; and I ver. 17. Ge. 33. Give me a blessing: for thou likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 4 And Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in dBezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adoni-be-8. zek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. ↑ Heb. hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave hertheupper springs, and the nether springs. 16 T "And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called 'Hormah. 18 Also Judah took "Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon 7 And Adoni-bezek said,Threescore and ten kings, having thumbs f their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat hands under my table; "as I have done, so God hath requited me. And their feet Ki. 18. 7. with the coast thereof, and Ek they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. 8 (Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.) of their Xver. 2. 2 9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in He-country. ron with the coast thereof. 19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. 21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem: but the Jebusites dwell with the 22 T And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: band the LORD was with b ver. 19. them. PNu 34.4. Jos. 15.3. Or,Maaleh-akrabbim. Jos. 2.1. & 7.2.ch. 18. 2. d Ge. 28.1 19. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. Now the name of the city before was a Luz. 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee Jos. 2. mercy. 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but they let go the man and all his family. 25 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. 12, 14. 27 TfNeither did ManassehfJos. 17. drive out the inhabitants of Beth- 11, 12, 13. shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of lbleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. 29 Neither did Ephraim 8 Jos. 16, drive out the Canaanites that 10. 1KL9. dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaan- 16. itesdwelt in Gezer among them. 30 ¶ Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the binhabitants of Nahalul; h.Jos. 19. but the Canaanitesdwelt among 15. them, and became tributaries. 31 TiNeither did Asher drive i Jos. 19. out the inhabitants of Accho,nor 24, 30. the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 1 Or, messenger. aver. 5. A ND an angel of the LORD chim, and said, I made you to go upout of Egypt,and have brought you unto the land which I sware bGe.17.7. unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. De. 7. 2. 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land: De.12.3. dye shall throw down their alver. 20. tars: but ye have not obeyed Pal06.34 my voice: why have ye done this? fJos. 23. 13. Sch. 3. 6. h Ex. 23. 33. & 34. 12. De. 7. 16. Ps106. 36. i That is, weepers. Jos. 22. 6.&24.28. cir. 1444. Ps. 106. 30. 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the in- 34, 35. habitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. Jos. 24. Jos. 19. 50. & 24. Tim 331 Neither did Naphtali Jos. 19. 30. drive out the inhabitants of 38. "became tributaries unto them. ver. 30. Je.9.3. & 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 35 But the Amorites would 42. dwell in mount Heres in Aija-† Heb. lon, and in Shaalbim: yet the was hand of the house of Joseph pre-heavy. 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be fas thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the ange of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place | Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. 6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of lsrael went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 kAnd the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that foutlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in "Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which "knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 11 T And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: 12 And they Pforsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt,and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed De.6.14. themselves unto them, and proEx.20.5. voked the LORD to anger. 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