Book of Joshua

Joshua 1 1 And it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that He spoke to Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, saying: "Behold, Moses my servant has died. And now arise and cross this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I will give to you, to the children of Israel. Every place where your foot has trodden, I will give to you, as I said to Moses. From the desert and Antilibanus as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittite, and as far as the western sea, and from the west of the sun shall be your dominion. And there is no man who will stand before you in all the days of your life. And as I was with Moses, so shall I be with you, and I will not abandon you nor forsake you.

Be strong and advance, for you shall lead this people into the land which I promised to their fathers, as I gave it to them. Only be strong and advance greatly, so that you may keep and perform all the law as Moses my servant commanded you, and do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, that you may know all as you go. And do not let go of this book of law from your mouth, but read in it by day and by night, that you may know the doing of all that is written in it, for you will find your way and in it you will keep watch. And now I command you to advance and be strong, and do not fear nor tremble, for the Lord is with you, your God, in all your journey. And Joshua commanded the scribes of the people and said to them: Go into the midst of the camp and command the people and tell them: Prepare provisions for yourselves, for until three days you shall cross this Jordan, and then you shall find the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, will give you to inherit.

And to Reuben, and to Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said to them: Remember the word which Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded you, and he said to you: Behold, the Lord has given you rest, and has given you this land for you to dwell in, your wives and your children and your livestock in this land which Moses gave you on the other side of the Jordan. And you yourselves, prepare your weapons before your brothers, all your strong ones, and fight with them until the Lord our God gives rest to your brothers as he did to you, and they also inherit their land which the Lord our God will give them. And enter, each one of you, into his inheritance, and you yourselves shall inherit this land which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you on the other side of the Jordan, on the eastern side.

And they answered Joshua and said to him, “We will do all that you have commanded us, and we will go to the place where you sent us. And just as we were commanded to Moses in everything, so we will be commanded to you also; and only with you will the Lord be, as he was with Moses. And any man who disobeys you and denies you and does not hear your word which you commanded him, let him die. And now be strong and be valiant.” Joshua 2 And Joshua sent from Shittim two men, spies, men of keen sight, and said to them, “Go up and see that land and Jericho.” And those two spies went and entered into Jericho, and they entered into the house of a certain woman whose name was Rahab, and they stayed there. And they informed the king of Jericho and said to him, “Behold, enemies have come here by night from the children of Israel, men of keen sight, to see the land.

And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the two spies who came to you by night and who entered your house. Who are they? And why have they come to see the land?” And that woman took the two spies and hid them, and she said, “Spies came to me, but I do not know where they are from.” And while the wall was being sealed in the darkness, the spies went out, and I do not know where the spies went. They went quickly, and you will pursue them and overtake them and find them, for you will catch them. And she had brought them up into the roof and hidden them among the trees in a thicket that was hidden. And you will overtake them, the spies, without delay, and she had gone up to them onto the roof. And she said to them, “I know that the Lord has given the land to you, because the Lord has brought your fear upon us, and all who dwell in the land have melted away from before you.

For we have heard how the Lord dried up the Red Sea before your faces when you came out of the land of Egypt, and all that He did against the kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom they destroyed. And when we heard, we, our hearts trembled, and not one soul among us remained before your faces, for the Lord your God is God in the heaven above and on the earth below. And now swear to me by the Lord, as I have done mercy with you, that you will do mercy with me and with my father’s house, and you will show me a sign of righteousness. And spare my father’s house and me and my brothers and all my household and all that is theirs, and save our souls from death.

And they said to her, “The enemies, our soul is in your hands in death.” And she said to them, “When the Lord brought our land into your hands, do mercy with me and justice.” And the enemies said to her, “If we had known concerning you, we would do mercy with you when the Lord brought your land to us and justice.” And she let them down by a rope from the window, for the house was in the wall, and she remained in her bed. And she said to them, “Go to the mountains so that those who pursue you may not find you, and hide there for three days until those who pursue you go away, and then you will go on your way.” And the enemies said to her, “We are pure from your oath that you swore to us.” Behold, we enter into the border of the land and the region. This one untied the rope from the window from which she let us down, and her father and her mother and her brothers gathered to her in her house.

And all that came out of the mouth of your house shall die, and we ourselves are pure from this oath which we swore to you, and all that is with you in your house, his sin is upon us if he dies. And if there is any who has wronged us and concealed our matter, we are pure from this oath of yours. And she said to them, “Let it be as you say.” And she sent them away, and they went, and she hung this sign of mine in the window. And they went out and went into the mountains, and they stayed there three days until those who had hidden them returned and sought them, those who had hidden them, and they did not find them on any of the paths. And those enemies returned and came down from the mountain, and they passed by and arrived at Joshua son of Nun, and they told him everything that they had done. And they said to Joshua, “The Lord has brought all the land into our hands, and we have destroyed all the peoples who dwell in that land before us.

Joshua 3 3 And Joshua rose in the morning, and they departed from Sattin, and they arrived as far as the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and they encamped there without crossing. And after three days, the scribes came into the midst of the camp. And they instructed the people, saying, "As you have seen the Ark of the Law of the Lord our God and our priests and our Levites carrying it, depart also from your places and follow after it. But let there be a distance of twenty cubits between you and it, and stand at the measure, and do not approach it, that you may know the way by which you have traveled, for you have gone astray from that way." And Joshua said to the people, "Purify yourselves for the morning, for in the morning the Lord will perform a wonder for you.

And Joshua said to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the law of the Lord, and go before the people." And the priests took up the ark of the law of the Lord, and went before the people. And the Lord said to Joshua, "Behold, on this day I will magnify you before all the children of Israel, so that they may know that I am with you, as I was with Moses." And now he commanded the priests who carry the ark, and said to them, "When you enter the bank of the water of the Jordan, stand in the midst of the Jordan." And Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here and hear the word of the Lord our God." And Joshua said to them, "By this sign, know that the Lord is alive and with you, and he will destroy them before your face: the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, the Amorites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites.

And now the ark of the law of the Lord shall be carried before you throughout all the land of the Jordan. And choose for yourselves twelve men from among the children of Israel, one man from each tribe. And when the priests who carry the ark of the law of the Lord set their feet in the water of the Jordan throughout all the land, the water of the Jordan and the water that flows from above shall stand still. And then, when the people cross from their encampment to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the law and went before the people. And when the priests who carry the ark of the law entered the Jordan, the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the law were immersed at the edge of the water of the Jordan, and the Jordan was full up to its banks, as in the days of winter and as in the time of the summer flood.

And the water that comes down from above stopped, and it stood like a wall, while it receded, standing very firmly and strongly, as far as the town of Qaryatayarim. And that which comes down descended into the sea of Araba and the sea of Alon, and dried up and became dry land. And the people stood opposite Jericho. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the law of the Lord stood in the dry land in the middle of the Jordan, their feet, and all the children of Israel crossed over what was in the middle of the dry land until all the people had crossed over the Jordan. Joshua 4 4 And when all the people had crossed over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua: "Take twelve stones, one stone from each tribe." And he commanded them that they should take for themselves from there, from the middle of the Jordan, from where the feet of the priests had stood, twelve round stones, and take them with you and keep them in your camps, where you dwell, there by night.

Joshua summoned ten and two men from among the elders of the children of Israel, one by one from each tribe. And Joshua said to them, “Go and bring before me and before the Lord from the midst of the Jordan, and take from there one stone each, and place them in your wallets according to the number of the ten and two tribes of Israel, so that they may be for you a sign and a blessing for your descendants, as when your son asked you and said to you, ‘What are these stones for you?’ And you will tell your son and say to him, ‘Because the Jordan dried up before the ark of the law of the Lord, when all the land was crossed, and these stones will be for you a memorial for the children of Israel forever.’

And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Joshua, and they took the ten and two stones from the midst of the Jordan, as the Lord commanded Joshua when the children of Israel gathered again and placed them before them in their sight and set them there. And Joshua set up another twelve stones in the Jordan, in the same place where the feet of the priests who carry the Ark of the Law had stood, and they are there until this day. And those priests who carry the Ark of the Law stood in the midst of the Jordan until Joshua had completed all that the Lord commanded Joshua to tell the people, all that Moses had commanded Joshua, and they again instructed the people.

And when the multitude of people had gathered again, they placed the Ark of the Law, and those twelve stones which were before them. And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh placed their leaders before the children of Israel, as Moses commanded them. [400-100] Their appointed ones for battle placed before the Lord, that they might fight for the city of Jericho. And on that day, the Lord magnified Joshua before all the lineage of Israel, and they feared him as Moses, when the days of his life were yet to come. And the Lord said to Joshua, saying: "Command the priests who guard the Ark of the Law of the Lord, that they may go out from the Jordan." [And Joshua commanded the priests, and said to them, "Go out from the Jordan."] And it came to pass that when the priests who guard the Ark of the Law of the Lord went out from the midst of the Jordan, and walked on their feet into the land, the water of the Jordan flowed and returned to its channels, and went as before, and reached up to its banks.

And when the first month of the year was completed, the people went out from the Jordan, and the children of Israel crossed over into Gilgal, towards the east of Jericho. And Joshua set up those twelve stones in Gilgal. And Joshua said to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask you and say to you, ‘What are these stones?’ Tell your children and say to them, ‘This is the dry bed of the Jordan.’ For the Lord dried up the waters of the Jordan before us until we crossed over, as the Lord did for the Red Sea, which the Lord our God dried up before us until we passed through. So that all the peoples of the earth may know how mighty is the power of the Lord, and that you also may fear the Lord our God in every deed.

Joshua 5 5 And after that, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan towards the sea, and all the kings of the Phoenicians who were towards the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the Jordan before them, for the children of Israel to cross over, their hearts were troubled and they were confounded and they feared what would come before their faces from the children of Israel. And after those days, the Lord said to Joshua, "Make for yourself a knife of stone from among the stone of flint, and circumcise the children of Israel again." And Joshua made for himself a knife of flint stone, and he circumcised the children of Israel in a place whose name is the Hill of the Foreskins. And in the midst of this, Joshua circumcised them; for all the people who came out of Egypt, all their males, the warriors who died in the desert on the way, and those who came out of Egypt, were circumcised; and all the people who were born on the way in the desert, and those who came out of the land of Egypt, because their circumcision was not done.

Joshua circumcised the children of Israel, all those who were born on the journey, and all those who were not circumcised when they came out of Egypt. And Joshua circumcised all these, because for forty years Israel wandered in the desert of Madbara; and most of them were not circumcised among those who came out of the land of Egypt, who had denied the commandment of the Lord. And the Lord said to them, “You shall not see this land which the Lord promised to our fathers, that He would give us a land flowing with milk and honey.” And their children, whom Joshua circumcised because they were not circumcised, since they were born on the journey and had not been circumcised. And when they were circumcised, there was a great wonder and a sign until the day they died.

And the Lord said to Joshua, "Behold, today, on this day, I brought out your affliction from Egypt from you, and I named the name of that place Gilgal, until this day and until this day." And the children of Israel dwelt in Gilgal, and the children of Israel celebrated Passover on the tenth and fourteenth of the month, from the evening of the moon, on the plain of Jericho, in the midst of the Jordan, in the desert. And they ate from the produce of the land, new and fresh. And on that day the manna ceased, on the second day, when they ate the produce of the land, and the children of Israel found no more manna, because they had sown the land of Phincon in that year. And it happened while Joshua was in Jericho, and he looked with his eyes and saw a man standing before him, with a sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua approached and said to him, "Are you from our people or from our enemy?

And the Angel of Power said to him, "I am the Angel of Power of the Lord." And then Joshua fell on his face and prostrated himself to him upon the ground, and he said to him, "Why do you stand before your servant?" And the Angel of Power of the Lord said to Joshua, "Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground." And Joshua did likewise. Joshua 6 6 And Jericho was shut up and strong, and there was no one who could go out from within it, and no one who could enter. And the Lord said to Joshua, "Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, and the king within it, who are strong and mighty. And you, set them in array against it in the plain for all the warriors, and they shall surround the city, all the enemy warriors in the plain in that city, each in his own direction, and do likewise for six days.

And with the seven priests they shall raise seven trumpets of jubilee before the Ark. And when the seventh day comes, they shall go around the city, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. And when they blow the trumpets of jubilee, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall go around together. And as they go around, the walls of the city shall fall down before them, and all the people shall enter, each one before his face, into the city. And Joshua went to the priests and said to them, "Raise the Ark of the Law, and the seven priests shall raise seven trumpets of jubilee before the Lord." And he said to them, while speaking, "Command the people that they go and go around the city, and the warriors also shall go with their weapons before the Ark of the Lord.

And as Joshua said to the people, he took the seven priests, the seven holy trumpets, that they might go before the Lord, and having circled them, they would blow mightily and with a sign, and the Ark of the Law of the Lord would guide them. And the warriors would go in full array, and the priests would blow the trumpets, and those who would remain behind the Ark of the Law of the Lord would go, blowing the horn. And Joshua commanded the people that they should be silent, and no one should hear their voice, and that a voice should not come forth from their mouth until he commanded them to shout. And the Ark of the Law of the Lord went, and it circled the city, and then it entered into the sight and into its house there. And on the second day, Joshua arose in the morning, and the priests also fasted, the Ark of the Law of the Lord.

And the seven priests took the seven trumpets and went before the Ark of the Lord. Then the rest of the people who remained would go behind the Ark of the Law of the Lord, blowing on horns, and the priests would blow on trumpets. And all the people who remained circled the city a second time, approaching it. Then they entered the sanctuary again, and thus they did for six days. And on the seventh day, they arose at the time of dawn, and they circled the city likewise seven times. And on that day, they circled the city seven times. And when they had circled the city seven times, the priests blew on their trumpets, and Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Rejoice, for the Lord has brought us in.

And they placed under a ban this city and everything within it, that it should be for the Lord of Hosts, except for Rahab, who had saved him, and all that was in her house, because she had hidden the men of the eye whom we had sent. And you alone, go, take from within the ban what we have placed under a ban; do not release, and do not take from within it. And if you do not do this, you will bring a curse upon the children of Israel, and you will destroy us. And all the gold, and all the silver, and bronze, and iron, shall be holy, for the Lord, and shall enter into the treasury of the Lord. And the people shouted, and the priests also blew on trumpets, and the whole people shouted with a great and strong shout, and all the walls of the city fell, and all the people entered the city, and all of them ran before them, and they found the city.

And Joshua placed under a ban the city and everything that was within it, from the cattle to the women, and from their young to their old, and even to the meat and to the sheep and to the donkeys, they killed with the sword. And Joshua said to those two men, the spies, the men of the eye who had seen the land of Jericho, "Go into the house of that woman, and bring her out from there, and everything that is with her, as I have sworn to her." And those two men, the spies, the men of the eye who had seen that city, went into the house of that woman, and brought out Rahab from there, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all her kindred, and everything that was in it, and brought them out to the edge of the camp of Israel. And the city was burned with everything within it by fire, except for the gold and silver, and all the bronze and the sword that they had brought into the treasury of the house of the Lord of Hosts.

And Rahab, and all the house of her father whom Joshua had spared, dwelt in Israel until this day. And until this day, because they hid the men whom Joshua had sent to see the city of Jericho. And Joshua cursed that day and said, "Cursed shall be he who rebuilds that city. His firstborn shall be destroyed, and his lastborn, and his son shall set up the hinge of the gate." And likewise did Ozen, who was from Bethel; his firstborn was destroyed, and his lastborn, and his son who escaped set up the hinge of the gate. And the Lord was with Joshua, and his name reached throughout all the land. Joshua 7 And the children of Israel committed a great sin, and they took from what was forbidden them. And Achan, son of Karmi, son of Zimri, son of Zara, from the tribe of Judah, took from what was forbidden them. And the Lord was angry with the children of Israel.

And Joshua sent men from Jericho into the valley that is toward Bethel, toward the east of Bethel, and he said to them, saying, "Go up and see the valley." And those men went up and saw the valley. And they returned to Joshua and said to him, "Not all the people should go up, but twenty or thirty thousand men should go up and fight against that city, and all the rest of the people will be destroyed there, for they are few." And from among the people, thirty thousand who could eat went up, and they sent the men of the valley ahead of them. And they killed thirty-six of them in the valley, and then they pursued them from the pass until they destroyed them and killed them in the descent. And the heart of the people melted, and it became like water.

And Joshua tore his garments, and Joshua fell on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord, until the evening. And the leaders of Israel cast dust upon their heads. And Joshua said, "I have sinned against you, O Lord, O Lord. Why have I caused them to err, your servant and this people, from the Jordan, that you would deliver them into the hands of the Amorites and destroy us, when we crossed and dwelt on the banks of the Jordan? O Lord, what shall I say? Behold, Israel has turned its back toward the enemy." And when the Canaanites and all who dwell in this land heard, they will gather and destroy us from the land. And what will remain for your great name? And the Lord said to Joshua, "Arise. Why do you fall on your face?

The people sinned, and they transgressed the covenant which I had made with them, and they took from the forbidden thing, and they stole and cast it among their possessions. And the children of Israel can no longer stand before their enemy, nor can their cattle stand before their enemy, because they have become accursed; and it is no longer possible for me to be with you unless I remove the accursed one from among you. And he will sanctify the people, and they will purify themselves, for thus says the Lord God of Israel: "The forbidden thing is among you, and you can no longer stand before your enemy until you remove the forbidden thing from among you." And they will go in the morning, and all of them will assemble by their tribes, and the tribe which the Lord has shown [upon it] will be separated, and they will stand by their families, and the family which the Lord has shown upon it will be separated, and they will stand by their houses, and the house which the Lord has shown upon it will be separated, and they will stand each by himself.

And the man who was found guilty, they burned him with fire, him and all that was his, because he had broken the covenant of the Lord and because he had committed sin against Israel. And Joshua went and gathered the people by their tribes, and he made an inquiry over the tribe of Judah. And they were divided by their clans from Judah, and he made an inquiry over the clan of Zari; and the clan of Zari was divided by its houses, and he made an inquiry over the house of Zambri. And the house of Zambri was divided by its men, and he made an inquiry over Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zara, from Judah. And Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and do not hide from me what you have done." And Achan answered Joshua and said to him, "Truly, I have sinned before the Lord God of Israel; thus and thus I have done.

When I looked within the garment of linen, one hundred and fifty (talents) of silver, and one tongue of gold, fifty talents, I desired and took them. And now the ingot is within my tent, and the silver is beneath it. And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and this ingot was within his tent, and the silver was with it beneath it. And they brought them out from within his tent, and they carried them to Joshua and to all the elders of Israel, and they placed them before the Lord. And Joshua took Achan, son of Zara, and that silver, and that garment, and that tongue of gold, and brought them into the Valley of Achor, together with his children, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his tent, and all his possessions, and brought them into the Valley of Achor.

And Joshua said to Achan, “Why have you troubled us? May the Lord trouble you as today.” And they stoned him with stones, all Israel, and they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. And they erected for him a monument of stone until this day and until this day. And the Lord ceased the wrath of his anger, and between this he named it the Valley of Achor until this day and until this day. Joshua 8 8 And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take with you all the men of war, and arise and go up into the valley, for I have delivered into your hands the king of the valley and his people and his city and his land. And you shall do to the valley and to their king as you did to Jericho and its king, and you shall burn their livestock with fire for yourself, and only send to set fire to the city which is behind you.

And Joshua arose, and all the people who were warriors, and they went up into the valley, and Joshua chose three hundred strong, warlike, and mighty men, and sent them by night. And he commanded them and said to them, “Go, that you may know the entrance of the city on the side behind the city, and do not approach it closely from the city, and all of you remain in your positions. And I and all who are with me will encamp near the city, and when the men of the valley come out and receive us as before, we will flee from before them. And when they come out and pursue us, we will draw them away from the city, and they will say, ‘These flee from before us as before,’ but we will flee from before them. Then you also arise and destroy their city, and the Lord your God will deliver it into your hands.

And as they entered their city, they set it on fire and did as I told you; now I have commanded you. And Joshua sent them, and they went to ambush, and they lay between Bethel and between Gai, on the side of the sea of Gai. And the house of Joshua was there that night among the people. And Joshua arose in the morning and saw the people, and he and the leaders of Israel ascended before the people up to Gai. And all the fighting people ascended with him, and when they went and arrived before the city on the east side, and those who had surrounded the city on the east side of the sea took hold of it on the west side of Gai, and they went out between them and between Gai. And he took five hundred men and placed them to ambush between Bethel and between Gai, on the side of the sea of Gai.

And they destroyed all the people whose eyes were toward the side of the west of the city, and its border as far as the sea of the city. And Joshua went in that night in the midst of that ambush. And when the king of Gai heard, he hastened, and the people of the city went out and received those who were before them as if to fight them, he and all the people with him, at the time of the morning of the plain, and he did not know that they had ambushed them on the side of the wall of the city. And when they arrived, Joshua and all Israel turned from before their faces and fled into the path of the desert. And all the people of the land were destroyed, and they pursued them and put them to flight and drove them from behind the children of Israel. And they pursued them from the city when there was none left, and there was no one in Gai and in Bethel who did not pursue them and who did not drive them for Israel, and they left the city empty and put them to flight for Israel and drove them.

And the Lord said to Joshua, "Raise your hand with the spear that is in your hand [over the city of Gai], for you have brought it into your hand. And those who were in ambush, let them rise quickly from their places." And Joshua raised his hand with the spear over the city. And those who were in ambush rose quickly from their places, and they went out when he raised his hand with the spear, [and they entered the city] and found it and set it on fire quickly. And when the men of Gai looked behind them and saw smoke rising into the sky from within their city, they knew not where to flee, to the right or to the left. And the people who had fled into the wilderness met those who had hidden them. And Joshua saw that those who had ambushed the city had found it [and taken it]. When he saw smoke rising into the sky from the city, then they met and killed the men of Gai.

And those also came out from the city and received them and brought them into the midst of their ambush for Israel and killed them. And those from here and those from there, until they were utterly destroyed, none of them escaped. And they seized the king of Gai alive and brought him to Joshua. And when they had finished killing the men of Gai, the children of Israel in the wilderness and on the slopes of the mountain, where they had hidden them, and they killed all of them with the sword and destroyed them. And Joshua returned at that time into Gai and killed with the sword. And all those who died were one thousand and twenty hundred men and women, all the people of Gai. And Joshua did not lower his hand which he had raised with his spear until they had destroyed the men of Gai. Without livestock and plunder of the city, all that the children of Israel plundered for themselves by the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua.

And Joshua set fire to the city, and it became ash and dust, as if no one had ever dwelt there, until this day and until this very day. And as for the king of Gai, he hung him on a tree of the forest, and he remained on the tree until evening. And when the sun set, Joshua commanded, and they brought him down from the tree and stoned him in a pit, in the midst of the ruins of the city, and they heaped upon him a great pile of stones until this day and until this very day. And when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, those who were in the mountains, and those who were in the wilderness, and those who were in all the region of the Great Sea, and those who were in Antilibanus, and the Hittites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Amorites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites heard,

They conspired together to stone Joshua and all Israel. And Joshua built an altar on that mountain for the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Gebal, as Moses commanded his children for the Lord, for the children of Israel, as it is written in the law of Moses: an altar of hewn stone, which he had not hewn nor made with iron, and he offered a sacrifice to the Lord and a peace offering. And Joshua wrote on the stone for this second time the law of Moses, which he had written before them for all the children of Israel. And all Israel and their princes and their scribes go from left and from right before the ark; and the priests and the Levites carry the ark of the law of the Lord; and between them, the elders, and those who from their creation were pure, go to Mount Gebal; and between them, the pure go to Mount Gerizim, those whom Moses commanded his children for the Lord, that they might bless the people of Israel.

And they stood. And after this, Joshua read all the words of this law, its blessings and its curses, everything that is written in the Law of Moses. And there was not a word from all that Moses commanded Joshua that he did not read and cause them to hear, Joshua, to all the assembly of the children of Israel, to their elders, to their women, to their children, and to the strangers who went with Israel (and to all Israel). Joshua 9 9 And those who dwelt in Gibeon heard all that the Lord had done against Jericho and against Ai. And they also acted with cunning, and they came, their donkeys, and they made them carry, and they placed old sacks upon their shoulders, and old wine and skins and goatskins. And they placed fresh cheese for them, and old cheese for them, and goatskins on their feet, and old garments upon them, and their donkey's bread was dry and broken and withered.

And they came to Joshua at the camp of Israel, as far as Gilgal, and they said to Joshua and to all Israel: "From a distant land we have come, and now we will make a covenant with you." And the children of Israel said to the Gibeonites: "How shall we make a covenant with you? An oath is strong; you are near to us, you dwell." And they said to Joshua: "We are your servants." And he said to them: "From where are you, and from where have you come?" And they said to him: "From a very distant land we have come; we are your servants, in the name of the Lord your God, because we have heard concerning him and all that he did [to the Egyptians, and all that he did] to the two kings of the Amorites who dwell in the land of the plain of the Jordan: Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, who dwells in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.

And when we heard, our elders and all the people of our land said to us: "Take your provisions for the journey and go." They received them and said to them: "We are your servants, and now swear an oath with us." And behold, this is our bread, while it is still hot we took it from our houses on the day we departed, so that we might come to you, and now it is cold and dry. And this is our wine, which we filled new, and now it has soured and spoiled and become vinegar, and our clothes also have worn out and become spoiled, for the journey was very long. And they took the provisions of their journey and inquired of the Lord. And Joshua made peace with them and swore an oath with them to save them, and they swore to them by the angels of the covenant. And it came to pass after three days from when they swore the oath with them, they heard that they were from nearby, and that they dwelt near them.

And the children of Israel went and arrived in their cities on the third day. And those cities were Gibeon, and Kephirah, and Beeroth, and the city of Chephirah. And the children of Israel did not kill them, because they had sworn an oath to all the elders of the Gibeonites by the God of Israel, and they had made a covenant with all the Gibeonites for the children of Israel over their elders. And all the elders said to all the Gibeonites: "We have sworn an oath to them by the God of Israel, and now we cannot betray them in any way." And thus we will only do: we will spare them and protect them, and there will be no transgression upon us because of the oath we swore to them. And the elders said to them: "We have spared you and named you; you shall cut wood and draw water for all the Gibeonites." And thus the elders commanded them.

And Joshua called them and said to them, “Why did you mock me and say to me, ‘We are very far from you’? And now your cities are yours, for those who dwell with us. And now be accursed; Israel is from you, a servant who cuts wood and who draws water for me and for my god.” And they answered him and said to him, “The news, the news of us, all that the Lord your God said to Moses his servant, how he gave you this land and how he destroyed us and all who dwell in it before your face, and [through this] we did this thing. And now we are in your hands, as you wish and as it pleases you; spare us, spare us.” And Joshua spared them on that day. And he appointed them as woodcutters and water-carriers for every feast and for the tabernacle of the Lord. And through this, the men of Gibeon became woodcutters and water-carriers for every feast and for the tabernacle of the Lord, until today and until this day, and for the place that the Lord has chosen.

When Adonibezek, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had taken Ai and destroyed it as he had done to Jericho and its king, and likewise had done to Ai and its king, and that the men of Gibeon had feared them and come to Joshua and to Israel and dwelt among them, they feared them greatly, for they knew that Gibeon was a great city, very great, like one of the cities of the kingdom, for it was greater than Ai and its strong men, all of them, were its helpers. And Adonibezek, king of Jerusalem, sent to Elam, king of Hebron, and to Pidon, king of Jarmuth, and to Jephthah, king of Lachish, and to Debir, king of Eglon, and said to them, “Come, go up to me, and help me, so that we may smite the Gibeonites, who have gone over to Joshua and to the children of Israel.

And the five kings gathered together: the king of the Jebusites, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Hebron, and the king of Yarmut, and the king of Lachish, and the king of Odollam, these and all their peoples and their cities, against Gibeon, and they besieged it. And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua in the camp of Israel at Gilgal, and they said, “Do not abandon us, your servants; come up to us quickly and help us and save us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the mountains have gathered against us.” And Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the fighting people with him and all his strong force. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand, and not one of them will survive before you, not even one.

And Joshua reached them at Gibeon by night, having come from Gilgal. And the Lord cast them into confusion before the face of Israel, and the Lord smote them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and pursued them on the road of the descent of Bethoron, and smote them as far as Azekah and as far as Makkedah. And when they fled before the face of the children of Israel in the defile of Bethoron, the Lord cast down upon them from heaven hailstones as far as Azekah, and those who died by the hailstones were more numerous than those whom the children of Israel slew with their swords in the battle. This is what Joshua spoke with the Lord when the Lord delivered the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel, when they smote them at Gibeon and they were smitten before the face of Israel, and Joshua said, “Stand still, O sun, over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Ajalon.

And the sun and the moon stood still in their places where they were until the Lord had destroyed their enemies. And behold, this is written in this book in its time, and the sun stood still in the midst of the sky and did not go toward the west until the completion of one full day. And it was not like that day before it nor after it, as the Lord prolonged the word of the son of the living, because the Lord fought for Israel. And Joshua and all Israel with him entered into the spectacle, into Gilgal. And those five kings fled and hid themselves in a cave within Makkedah. And they reported to Joshua and said to him, "Those five kings are found in the cave of Makkedah where they hid themselves." And Joshua said to them, "Roll large stones at the mouth of that cave and set guards over them who will watch them.

And you, stand firm, destroy all your enemies to their limits, and kill them in their cities, for the Lord our God has delivered them into our hands. And then, when Joshua and all Israel had finished killing them, they made a great slaughter, exceedingly great, without number. And those who escaped from them escaped and fled into strong cities. And all the people gathered in astonishment to Joshua at Makkedah, for their salvation, and there was none who could speak against them, not even one of the children of Israel. And Joshua said to them, "Reveal that cave, and bring to me those five kings from that cave." And they did accordingly, and they brought out those five kings from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

And they brought them to Joshua. And Joshua summoned all Israel, those who had fought and those who had gone with him. And he said to them, "Go and place your hands upon their necks." [And they placed their hands upon their necks.] And Joshua said to them, "Do not fear them, and do not be dismayed by them. Be bold and steadfast, for thus the Lord our God will do to all your enemies whom you pursue." And then Joshua killed them, and stoned them, and hung them upon five trees. And their corpses remained upon the trees until evening. And then, when the sun had set, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from those trees, and cast them into that pit wherein they had fallen and rolled, with great stones upon that pit, until this day and until this time.

And as for Makeda, they took it on that day and killed them by the edge of the sword; and as for its king, they destroyed all who had breath within it, and no fugitive escaped from within, nor any survivor; and they did to the king of Makeda as they had done to the king of Jericho. And Joshua and all Israel with him went from Makeda to Libnah. And the Lord delivered Libnah into the hands of Israel, and they took it and took its king, and killed him by the edge of the sword; and none who had breath within it remained, nor did any escape, not even one fugitive from among them; and they did to its king as they had done to the king of Jericho. And Joshua and all Israel with him went from Libnah to Lachish, and they encamped against it and fought against it. And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hands of Israel, and they took it on the second day and killed them by the edge of the sword, and destroyed it as they had done to Libnah.

And he went up, that is, Amire, king of Gazer, to come to the aid of Lachish, and Joshua killed him with the edge of the sword, and as for his people, until not one of them remained as a fugitive, and there was none who escaped. And Joshua and all Israel with him went from Lachish into Odollam, and they encamped against it and fought against it. And the Lord delivered it into the hands of Israel, and they took it on that day and killed it with the edge of the sword, and they killed all who had breath within it, as they had done to Lachish. And Joshua and all Israel with him went into Hebron, and they encamped against it. And they killed it with the edge of the sword, and all who had breath within it, and there was none who escaped, as they had done to Odollam, and they destroyed it together with all who were within it. And Joshua and all Israel entered into Dabir, and they encamped against it.

And he took it, and as for its king, and as for its inhabitants, and he killed them, and he destroyed them with the edge of the sword, and all that had breath within it, and there was none whom they spared within it, who escaped, as they had done to Hebron and to its king; likewise they did to Dabir and to its king. And Joshua killed all the inhabitants of the land of the mountain-dwellers, and of Nob, and its fields, and its villages, and its kings, and there was none of them who escaped, and all that had the breath of life he destroyed, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded. From Kadesh Barnea to Gaza, all their territory as far as Gibeon. And Joshua killed all their kings and their lands in a moment, because the Lord fought for Israel. [And Joshua and all Israel with him went to the camp at Gilgal.] Joshua 11

And when ʿUyābēs, king of Aššur, heard this, he went to ʿUyobāb, king of the Amorites, and to the king of the Samonites, and to the king of Azif, and to the kings who were in the region of Sidon, which is great, which is in the mountains and in the plain, which is before Keneret, and in the fields, and in Fenador, and in the territory of Canaan which is on the east side, and in the territory of the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites and the Perizzites, who are in the mountains, and the Hittites, who are in the fields and in the deserts. And they also went out, they and their kings with them, like the sand of the sea, their multitude, and horses and chariots very many. And all their kings assembled and came together, and they took hold to fight against Israel at the waters of Merom.

And the Lord said to ʿIyāsus, “Do not fear before their faces, for I have brought them together at this time so that they may be killed before Israel. And as for their horses, cut their sinews, and burn their chariots with fire.” And ʿIyāsus and all the people of the battle went against them to the waters of Meron, and they brought them down, and they descended upon them from the mountains. And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel, and they pursued them while they killed them as far as Sidon the Great, and as far as Māsēron, and as far as the field of Māsōḫ, on the side of its east, and they killed them; not one of them escaped. And ʿIyāsus did as the Lord commanded: he cut the sinews of their horses, and burned their chariots with fire. And ʿIyāsus was astonished in those days, and he took [thought] of Aššur and its king, for Aššur was formerly the strength of all these kings.

And they killed all who had breath within them by the sword, and they destroyed all of them until not one remained alive within them who had breath. And they burned Hazor with fire, and all the cities of the kings. And Joshua took their kings and killed them with the sword, and he hanged them as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded. And Israel burned all the cities of the lands that they had set on fire, except Hazor alone, which Israel burned. And the children of Israel plundered for themselves all the plunder, and they hanged all of them until they destroyed them by the edge of the sword, and not one of them remained, nor any who had breath. As the Lord commanded Moses, his servant, and Moses commanded Joshua, so Joshua did, and he omitted nothing of all that Moses had commanded. And Joshua took all the booty of their land from the side of the mountains, and all the land of Adeb, and all the land of Gosom, and its fields, and from the side of its west, and the mountain of Israel, and he divided their booty from the side of the mountain.

From Mount Ekel and it ascends to Seir and to Balagad and the plain of Lebanon on the side of Mount Hermon, and he took all of their kings and killed them and destroyed them. And the days of Joshua were spent among these kings while he was killing them. And there was no city that Israel did not take; they took all of them by the sword. For the Lord strengthened their hearts for killing for Israel, so that they would destroy them and so that they would not spare them, but so that they would annihilate them, just as the Lord commanded Moses. And Joshua went in those days and destroyed those who were in the valley, those who were in the mountains, from Hebron and from Daber and from Anathoth and from within all their territories for Israel, and from the mountains of Judah with their cities, and Joshua destroyed them.

And none of them remained among those who were in Aqim from among Israel, except those who were in Gaze and Asedo who remained. And Joshua took all of their land, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and Joshua gave them their inheritance to Israel, as he had divided it according to their tribes, and the land rested from killing. Joshua 12 12 And these are the kings whom the children of Israel killed and whose lands they inherited on the other side of the Jordan, on the side of the rising sun, from the valley of Arnon as far as Mount Hermon, and all the land of Araba on the side of its east. Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon and ruled from the Arnon, which is in the valley, which one side and the middle of Gilead as far as Jabbok, he drove out the children of Ammon.

And the plain as far as the Sea of Kinnereth on the east side, and as far as the Sea of the Plain, the Sea of Alon, from its east from the road on the side of Asimoth from the south, which is below the meadows and Pisgah. And Og, king of Bashan, who remained from among those who would multiply, who dwelt in Ashtaroth and Edrei. The prince is from the mountains of Hermon and from Seke, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of the Girgashites, and Makat, and the middle of Gilead, they gave to Sihon, king of Heshbon. Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel killed them and gave their inheritance. Moses gave that land to Reuben and to Gad and to half the tribe of Manasseh. And these are the kings of the Amorites whom Joshua and the children of Israel killed at the fords of the Jordan on the side of the sea, in Gad, in the wilderness of Lebanon, and as far as Mount Kalke which descends into Seir. And Joshua gave that land to the people of Israel as an inheritance and caused them to inherit it.

in the mountain and in the wilderness and in the plain and in the slopes and in the fields and Negeb and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Jebusites and the Hivites. And the king of Jericho and the king of Gai, which is east of Bethel. The king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron. The king of Jeremoth, the king of Lachish. The king of Elem, the king of Gezer. The king of Dabir, the king of Gisir. The king of Ermoth, the king of Arad. The king of Lemna, the king of Adullam. The king of Edah. The king of Etefad, the king of Opher. The king of Opheqetesharoth, the king of Asom. The king of Somʿon, the king of Mamrot. The king of Azif, the king of Qades. The king of Zaqq, the king of Meredoth. The king of Yeqom of Carmel, the king of Edor of Pheneador. The king of Haggi of Galya, the king of Tersa.

All these kings, twenty-nine. Joshua 13 13 And Joshua grew old, and his days passed, and the Lord said to Joshua, "Behold, your days have passed for you, and much land remains to be inherited." And this is the land that remained: the territory of the Philistines, and of Gezer, and of the Canaanites. From the desert on the side of the face of Egypt as far as the territory of Ekron, on the side of the sword of the Amorites, which is divided among the five lordships of the Philistines: for Gaza, and for Ashdod, and for Ashkelon, and for Gath, and for Ekron, and for Eweon. From the south, and all the land of Canaan before Gaza and Sidon as far as Aphek, as far as the mountains of the Amorites. And all the land of Gilead of the Philistines, and all Lebanon from the east, and from Gilgal beneath Mount Hermon as far as the entrance of Hamath.

All those who dwell in the mountains from Lebanon as far as Muʿala Seret, both from the sea and from the plain, all Sidon, whom I destroyed before the face of Israel, as I told you. And now divide this land among them and apportion it to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe of Manasseh. From the Jordan as far as the Great Sea, toward the setting of the sun, it shall be given to them, and their boundary and their limit shall be the Great Sea. For the two and a half tribes, for Reuben and for Gad and for the half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses gave them on the other side of the Jordan. Toward the rising of the sun, Moses gave them the portion of the Lord from Aroer, which is on the other side of the river Arnon, and the city which is in the midst of the plain, and all of Misor from Medabon.

All the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as their borders, the children of Ammon; and Gilead, and its borders, Geshur, and Maacath, and all the mountains of Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Aka. All the kingdom of Og of Bashan, who reigned in Edrei and in Ashtaroth, he who remained from among those who would fight, and Moses killed him and destroyed him, and the children of Israel destroyed Geshur and Maacath and the Canaanites who were among them, and the king of Geshur and Maacath dwells among the children of Israel until this day and until this day. Except the tribe of Levi, who did not receive their portion, because the Lord God of Israel is their portion, as the Lord told them, and thus they were divided, as Moses divided for the children of Israel in the plains of Moab, on the bank of the Jordan opposite Jericho.

And Moses gave to the tribe of Reuben according to their portions. And their border was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and its towns which are in the valley of Arnon, and all the plain as far as Heshbon. And all the cities which were in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth, Baal, and Abiat Meʿelmot. And Bashan, and Beqedmon, and Mephaat. And Qaryat, and Sebama, and Seradot, and Siyon on Mount Enab. And Beth Peor, and Esedot, and Pisgah, and Ebetanesinot. And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, whom Moses slew, and the princes of Midian, and the Ewim, and Roboq, and Sur, and Hur, and Robe, the princes of Paralya, and those who dwelt in Siyon. And Balaam son of Beor, the magician, they slew with the sword. And their border for Reuben was the Jordan, and their boundary; and this is the inheritance of the children of Reuben in their tribe and their cities.

And Moses gave to the children of Gad according to their tribes. And their border was from Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half of the land of the children of Ammon as far as Aroer, which is before the face of Arad. And from Heshbon as far as Aroboth, which is toward the side of Mepha, and Beth-jaan, and as far as their border of Dibon. And in Adom, and Othrga, and Aben, which dwells, and Secota, and Saphen, and Baedni, which remained of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon; and the Jordan, and their border as far as one part of the sea of Kinnereth, on the eastern side of the Jordan. And this is the division of the children of Gad according to their tribes; and they rejoiced in their portion before their enemies, because according to their tribes were their towns and the mountains of their towns. And Moses gave to half the tribe of Manasseh according to their numbers.

And their border was from Mahanaim and all the kingdom of Bashan and all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair which were in Bashan, sixty towns. And half of the land of Gilead, and in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, the towns of the kingdom of Og which were in Bashan, to the children of Machir, of the tribe of Manasseh, and to the halves of the children of Machir, of the tribe of Manasseh, according to their tribes. These are those whom Moses caused to inherit on the other side of the Jordan, in the plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan, to the east of Jericho. Joshua 14 14 And these are those whom they caused the children of Israel to inherit in the land of Canaan; and Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the houses of the fathers of their tribes caused them to inherit for Israel.

Each of them received their portion by lot, as the Lord commanded through the hand of Joshua, for the nine tribes and for half the tribe of Manasseh from the east of the Jordan. And to the Levites they gave their portion. For the two sons of Joseph, these two tribes, that of Manasseh and that of Ephraim, gave their portion of land to the Levites, without the cities within which they dwell, which were set apart for them. As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. And the children of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb, son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, "You know the word that the Lord spoke to Moses concerning me, and you were at Kadesh-barnea. For I was forty years old when Moses sent me as a spy for the Lord from Kadesh-barnea to see that land, and I reported to him the matter of how their hearts were; my brothers who went up with me and I strengthened the heart of the people, and I returned to give thanks to the Lord my God.

And Moses swore on that day, saying, “The land into which you have entered shall be your portion and the portion of your children forever, because I have entered to give it to the Lord our God.” And now the Lord has brought me to this: behold, forty-five years [have passed] since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, and Israel went into the wilderness. And now, behold, I am eighty-five years old today. Yet I am still strong, as when Moses sent me; I am as strong now as then, for the end of battle and for victory. And now I ask you this: concerning this mountain, as the Lord said on that day, since you yourself heard that word spoken, are the people of Anakin still there, with their great and strong cities? And if the Lord is with me, I will destroy them, as the Lord told me.

And Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb, son of Jephone the Kenizzite, as his portion, until this day, because he had fulfilled the command of the Lord God of Israel. And earlier he had measured Hebron, the city of Argob and the mountain of the peoples, which is for those who are in the plain and the lands of the dead from the slaughter. Joshua 15 And the lot of the tribe of Judah was according to their divisions from their borders, from the wilderness of Zin to Kadesh, towards the south. And their lot was from Libos to one shore of the Salt Sea, from the road that goes up to Liba. And it turns before the scorpions and goes out to Senake, and ascends from Libos to Kadesh Barnea, and goes out to Asron, and ascends to Serada, and goes out to the desert of Kadesh.

And it goes over Selmona, and comes out over the plains of Egypt, and its outlet will be to the sea of the Philistines, over the sea. And this is the sea of the Philistines on the side of the south. And the sea of the Philistines on the side of the east, all the sea of Alike as far as the Jordan. And the sea of the Philistines on the side of the west, from the road that goes to the sea, and from one bank of the Jordan. And the sea of the Philistines goes up over Beth-Gilam, and passes over Bora, and the sea of the Philistines goes up over Lithonbewon, son of Reuben. And the sea of the Philistines goes up over the fourth of the plains of Akor, and descends over Gilgal, which is before the plain of Ademin, on the side of the south of the plain, and comes out over the spring of the water of Heliu, and its outlet will be the spring of Rogel. And the sea of the Philistines goes up over the plain of the son of Enom, on the side of the south of Jebus, which is Jerusalem, and the sea of the Philistines comes out into the head of the mountain which is before the plain of Enom, which is by the sea, which is in one bank of the land of Rephaim, on the side of the west.

And it takes the border from that mountain peak above the water spring which flows out, and it reaches to Mount Ephron, and it takes the border above Baal, which is the city of Iyarin. And the border passes from Baal above the sea, and it passes the border of Asarethus, which is toward the south of the city of Iyarim, and Mesha of Kesalon, and it descends above the city of Elyu, and it passes above Liba. And it brings out the border above the south of Ekron, and it enters above Mesha, and it brings out the border upon Socoth, and the border passes above the south, and it brings out above Lebna, and its outlet will be for the border upon the sea. And the border which is toward the sea is the Great Sea, and their boundary. And this is the border of the sons of Judah which they brought out according to their tribes.

And to Caleb, son of Jephone, he gave his portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, by the command of the Lord, and Joshua gave him the city of Arboq, the mountain of the giants of Enaq, which is Hebron. And Caleb, son of Jephone, destroyed from there the three sons of Enaq: Seshi, Talmai, and Ahiman. And Caleb went up from there against those who dwell in the city of Dabir, and the name of Dabir formerly was the city of the Book. And Caleb said, “Whoever takes and kills the city of the Book and gathers it, I will give him Aksa, my daughter, as wife.” And Othniel, son of Qenaz, the brother of Caleb, took her, and he gave Aksa, his daughter, as wife. And then, when she was about to go, she advised him, saying, “Ask my father for irrigated fields and watercourses upon the land.” And Caleb said to her, “What has happened to you?

And he said to him, "Give me a blessing, for in the land of the south you have afflicted me; give me Botanis." And he gave him Gonetlan the upper and Gonetlan the lower, from the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah. And their cities were the cities of the tribe of the sons of Judah within the districts of Edom, in its desert: and Besaleel, and Ara, and Asor. And Anaqem, and Regma, and Aruhel. And Kades, and Asrione, and Minan. And Belmanan, and their villages. And the city of Aseron, which is Asor. And Sen, and Samaa, and Molada. And Seri, and Befalad. And Kolasoeda, and Bersabeh, and their villages. Bala, and Baqob, and their dependencies, and Asom. And Eletohidad, and Bethel, and Erma. And Seqelaq, and Mekerem, and Seteneh. And Labos, and Sale, and Ermot: twenty-nine cities and their villages. Within the field of Astahol, and Sara, and Asa.

and Ramin, which is the upper, and ʿAdutot, and Maḥans. And Ermut, and Odolem, and Memra, and Saʿoko, and Ḥazeqa. And Saqarm, and Gedeira, and [Debrat]iha: twenty-four towns and their hamlets. Sena, and Adasan, and Magadgad. And Adalel, and Me[s]fa, and Yeqarell, and Makeisa. And Tosedot, and Yedeḥa, Doleya. And Kobra, and Makis, and Maḥakos. And Gedor, and Togadiyel, and Noman, and Maqedem: twenty-six towns and their hamlets. Lemna, and Eteq, and Anok. And Adna, and Nasib. And ʿAlam, and Aqezm, and Bateisar, and Elom: ten towns and their hamlets. Aqaron, and its hamlets, and their dependencies. From Aqaron, Gema, and all that is near Asedot, and their hamlets. Aseyedot, and its hamlets, and [Debrat]iha, and Gaza, and its hamlets, and its dependencies, as far as the river of Egypt and the great sea, which divides it.

and the mountains of Samirhi, and ʿAyater, and Saka. And Rena, and the City of the Book, which is Daber. And Anon, and Seqema, and Esama. And Gosom, and [Ke]lu, and [Ke]na: eleven towns and their hamlets. Erem, and Remna, and [So]ma. And ʿAyamayn, and Bettaqu, and Faquḥ. And Ewma, and the town of Arboq, which is Kebron, and Soret: six towns and their hamlets. Meḥor, and Kermel, and ʿOzib, and ʿAṭan. And ʿAyariyel, and ʿAyariqem, and Zaqayn. And Gaba, and Temna: six towns and their hamlets. And A[lu]wa, and Betsur, and Gedor. And Megedot, and Betanem, and Etequm: six towns and their hamlets. Teqo, and Efrat, which is Bet Leḥem, and Fagor, and Etan, and Qulon, and Ṭeṭon, and Sobeḥe, and Qare, and Galem, and Eter, and Menoko: eleven towns and their hamlets. Qaryat Baʿal, which is the city of ʿAyarim, and Sobeṭa: two towns and their hamlets.

and Baldagis, and Tarabaʿam, and Emon. and Sekiozan, and Neftlazan, and their villages: Salem, and Aqades: seven villages and their hamlets. And the Jebusites, who dwell in Jerusalem, the sons of Judah slew them, and the Jebusites dwelt in Jerusalem until this day. Joshua 16 16 And the lot fell for the sons of Joseph from the Jordan on the side of Jericho, from its east, and ascends from Jericho to the mountains that are in the desert, to Bethel Luza. And it goes out to Bethel, and passes over the lot of Keronti. And it passes over the lot of the seven rivers within the lot of Lower Bethoron, and their boundary becomes the sea. And the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, inherited. And the lot for Ephraim also was according to their tribes, and the lot of their inheritance was from the east of Ataroth and Erokh and Upper Bethoron and Gazara.

and passes, their circuit goes over the sea from the west to Therma, and passes over the east upon Tenata, and within Elas, and passes from the east within ʿUyānok, and within Merako, and Aṭārot, and their hamlets, and enters upon ʿUyāriko, and goes out upon the Jordan. And from Ṭāfu their circuit goes over the sea upon Kelqāna, and their exit is upon the sea. And this is the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim according to their tribes. And the cities which the sons of Ephraim divided within the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all their cities and their hamlets. And Ephraim did not destroy the Canaanites who dwell in Gazer, and the Canaanites dwelt in Ephraim until the day, until the time when Pharaoh, king of Egypt, went up and took and burned with fire the Canaanites and the Perizzites and those who dwell in Gazer, and he smote them, and Pharaoh gave her to his daughter, Haphtseha, as her portion.

Joshua 17 17 And the circuit of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. For Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh his father, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war in the midst of Gilead and in the midst of Bashan. And it was for the sons of Manasseh, for those who remained in their districts, for the sons of ʿUyyezi, and for the sons of Qelezi, and for the sons of ʿUyyeriyel, and for the sons of ʿUḥakem, and for the sons of ʿOfer. These were divided according to their districts. And Ṣelṗeʿad, son of ʿOfer, had no sons, but daughters; and these are the names of the daughters of Ṣelṗeʿad: Maḥela, and Nuḥa, and Ḥegla, and Melka, and Tersa. And she stood before Eleazar the priest, and before ʿUyesus, and before the angels, and said, “The Lord commanded through the hand of Moses that he should give us an inheritance in the midst of our brothers.” And they gave them by the command of the Lord together with the brothers of their father.

And the lot of Heblon fell from Hanas, and the field of Lebeq from Gilead, which is on the east of the Jordan. For the sons of Manasseh inherited an inheritance among their brothers; and the land of Gilead was for the sons of Manasseh who remained. And the circuit of the sons of Manasseh was Delanet, which is before the face of the sons of Hanet; and their circuit passes over to the right, and within the left, upon the spring of Tefot. It was for Manasseh; and the boundary over the circuit of Manasseh for the sons of Ephraim. And their circuit descends upon the valleys of Qarana, which is on the left, and upon the valleys of Uyariel, and Oteremnton of Ephraim, in the midst of the cities of Manasseh; and the circuit of Manasseh is over the south, which is toward the river; and its outlet was the sea, which is on the side of the left of Ephraim, and which is toward the south of Manasseh; and the sea is their boundary. [And in Asher they meet together in the south, and in Issachar from the east.] And it shall be for Manasseh in Issachar and in Asher, and Tohan and its daughters, and those who dwell in Dor and its daughters, and those who dwell in Gedo and its daughters, and the third part of Mefeta and its daughters.

And the sons of Manasseh asked to destroy those cities, and they came to the Canaanites who dwelt in that land. And Israel strengthened them and subdued them, and they destroyed only those whom they destroyed. And the sons of Joseph approached [Joshua] and said to him, “Why have you given us one inheritance and one lot, while we are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed me?” And he said to them, “Go up to Mount Ephraim and clear it for yourselves, if Mount Ephraim pleases you.” And they said, “We have eaten Mount Ephraim, and the Canaanites who dwell in it have choice horses and are numerous in Bethes and in its villages, in the plain of [Jez]reel.” And Joshua said to the sons of Joseph, “If you are a numerous people and with you is great strength, one inheritance will not suffice for you. For the field is for you, for it is a wilderness, and you will clear it for yourselves, and it will suffice for you until you destroy the Canaanites, for they have choice horses, and you have subdued them.

And all the assembly of the children of Israel gathered at Shiloh, and they set up the Tabernacle of the Covenant there. And they strengthened the land, those ones. And the children of Israel who had not inherited remained, seven tribes. And Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Until when will you delay the land, that you may inherit it, which the Lord our God has given you? Send out from among you three men from each tribe, and let them arise and survey the land and write it down before me, as it is surveyed. And they saw it and came to him, and he divided it into seven portions, and he set aside for Judah a portion toward the south, and the children of Joseph set aside for themselves a portion toward the north. And you, divide the land into seven portions, and bring them to me here, and I will give you an inheritance before the Lord your God.

Because the children of Levi have no portion with you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their portion; and Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh took their inheritance on the eastern side of the Jordan, which Moses gave them, the children of the Lord. And those men arose, went, and Joshua commanded those who were to go to survey the land, and he said to them, “Go, survey the land, and return to me here, so that I may bring your allotments before the Lord at Shiloh.” And they went and surveyed the land, saw it, and wrote it in a book according to its cities, and brought it to Joshua. And Joshua brought their allotments before the Lord at Shiloh. And the portion of Benjamin arrived before each of his clans, and he found the lot of their allotments between Judah and Joseph.

And their border [on the side of the south] from the Jordan goes up to the slope of Jericho, and it comes to the south, and goes up to the mountain by the sea, and its end is at the Midbarayt of Beton. And it passes from there over the mountains of Luza, which are on the side of the slope of Luza, which is Bethel, and it descends to the border of Atarot of Horekh, which is over the mountains on the side of the slope of Lower Betoron. And their border passes over one ridge that looks toward the sea, on the side of the slope of the mountain before Betoron, which is on the south, and its end is at the town of Baal, which is Qaryatyarm, the city of the sons of Judah. And this is their border on the side of the sea.

And their border on the side of the west from Qaryata Baʿal passes, and their border goes above Gayn upon the spring of water of Nefto. And their border descends upon one Khebr which is before Napesanem on the side of its back of Emekarfayn which is toward the east, and it descends from Napin upon Zavana of the Jebusites which is toward the west, and it descends upon the spring of Rogel. And it passes upon the spring of Betasamis, and it enters upon the Keliyot which are before the heel of Etamin, and it descends upon the stone of Beon of the tribe of Rubel. And it passes upon Zavana of Betarab which is toward the east, and their border descends upon Zavana of the sea which is toward the east. And the termination of their border shall be upon the way of the sea of Alon which is toward the east, and its back of the Jordan which is toward the west. [This is the western border.]

And the Jordan: and their border from the east side, and this is their circuit which surrounds the children of Benjamin according to their tribes which they inherited. And the cities of the children of Benjamin according to their tribes were: Jericho and Beth-Geyo and Amekasis. And Beth-Bara and Sera and Besena. And En and Fara and Ephrata. And Kerafa and Kefra and Moni and Gobah: twenty-two cities and their villages. Gabaon and Rama. And Mesema and Beron and Moqe. And Bera and Kafen and Kana and Seleken and Tarela. And Jebus, which is the city of Jerusalem, and Gabaot and the city of Jarim: twenty-three cities and their villages. And this is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their tribes. Joshua 19 19 And the lot of the children of Simeon, the second portion, came forth, and their inheritance was in the midst of the children of Judah.

And they received their portion: Beersheba, and Somah, and Qoladem. And Arsela, and Bela, and Ayason. And Luala, and Bul, and Erma. And Siqelaq, and Bet Makereb, and Sersusin. And [Bate]rot, and their fields: twenty-three cities and their villages. And Remon, and Telka, and Ayater, and Asa: four cities and their villages. And the circuit of these cities extends to Baleq, and passes over Bameth toward the region of Azeba; and this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon. For the portion of the children of Judah was greater than theirs, and the children of Simeon inherited within their portion. And they received the third portion for Zebulon according to their tribes; the boundary of their inheritance was Esedeq, Gola, their boundary. From the sea and Magirela, and it is joined with Bet Raba, which is in the plain, which is before the face of Ayakemen.

And it passes from the south, above before its east, for the house of Samis, upon the circuit of Kselotet, and passes through the Dabirote, and ascends above Fet. And from there it passes before its east for the city of Gebire, which is toward Sem, and passes upon Remon of Amteryoza. And their circuit passes above the meadow of Amot, and their boundary shall be above Gefahel, which is toward Net. And Nebahel, and Simo'on, and Ayareka, and Metmen. This is their inheritance for the tribe of the sons of Zabulon, according to their portions: cities and their fields. And he found for Issachar the fourth portion. And their circuit was Ayazer, and Kelselot, and Susan. And Agin, and Siyonen, and Rheet. And Anakeret, and Debarot, and Qison, and Rebes. And Remen, and Emareq, and Bersabes. And their circuit shall be taken above Getebor, and above Selim, which is toward the sea, and the house of Samis, and the boundary of their circuit shall be the Jordan.

And this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar, according to their portions and their cities and their villages. And five portions fell to Asher. And their circuit was from Eleket and Aleph and Betoq and Akeyafa. And Alimeli and Amihel and Mehas, and it is held at Carmel on the side of the sea, and at Sion and Lebanon. From its east it enters Betegenet, and it is held at Zabulon, and from Gege and Ftehel on the side of the south. And their circuit enters into Sefte Betemekh and Enehel, and passes into Kobem and Asomel. And Ebron and Raab and Ememahon and Qen[te]neos [as far as] Sidon the Great. And their circuit enters into Ara[ma] and as far as the spring of Mesfat and (S)ṭeryon, and their circuit enters into Uyasif, and the circuit of its outlet becomes the sea, and from Leb and Kozob.

And Arkob, and ʿAfeq, and Raʿaw. And this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher, according to their portions and their cities and their villages. And the sixth portion fell to Naphtali. And their circuit was Moḥallam and Mola and Be[s]emiyin and Arme and Nabo and ʿAyafteme as far as Aodom, and their outlet was the Jordan. And their circuit goes up over the sea of Anathbron and passes from there over ʿUqenaqa and is joined to Zebulon on the south side, and Asher also is joined to them on the side of the sea, and the Jordan on the east side. And the cities of Ṭyros which are on the border, and Ṭyros, and Omodataqet, and Qe[ne]ret. And Armet and Arahiel and Asor. And Qades and Asrayis and Neqʿa Asor. And Qerokh and Megelaḥrm and Betame and Tesamis. And this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali.

And the seventh portion fell to Dan. And their circuit was: the district of Serah and the city of Asa of Samawes. And Salabin, and Ammon, and Silata. And Elon, and Temnata, and Aqaron. And Leqata, and Gebeton, and Gebelan. And Azor, and Benebaqt, and Gethremo. And from the sea of Yeraqon, the circuit which is near Yoppe. And this is their inheritance, for the tribe of the children of Dan, according to their portions, their cities, and their villages. And the children of Dan did not give tribute to the Amorites, who were exacting tribute from them in the mountain; and the Amorites did not bring them down to the lowlands, but they took from them one share from their circuit of division. And the children of Dan went and killed the people of Lakish, and took their city, and slew them with the edge of the sword, and dwelt therein, and named it Sendan. And the Amorites arose to dwell in Elom and in Selamin, and the hand of Ephraim prevailed over them, and he made them tributaries.

And they went around the land within their circuit, and the children of Israel gave a portion to Joshua among them, by the command of God. And they gave him the city which he asked for, which is Timnath-serah, which is in Mount Ephraim, and he built that city and dwelt within it. And this is their portions, as Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the elders of the tribes of Israel apportioned to them according to their divisions at Shiloh, before God, at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and they went around the land. Joshua 20 20 And God spoke to Joshua and said to him: "Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, 'Give cities of refuge, which I told you through Moses.'" A refuge for a killer, for one who kills a person unintentionally, without intending to, and make for yourselves cities of refuge.

And he goes into one of those cities, and he stands at the gate of the city, and he tells the words to the elders of that city, and he brings men to them, and they give him a place, and he dwells with them. And when the avenger of blood delays, they bring to him into his hand, because he killed the other unintentionally, and while he does not hate him beforehand. And he dwells in that city until he arrives before the altar of the sanctuary, and until the time when the high priest who was in those days dies, and that one, having completed, the killer returns and goes to his city and to his house and to the city from which he fled. And the avenger of blood does not kill the killer until he stands before the altar of the sanctuary. And the division of Kadesh in Galilee, in the mountain of Naphtali, and Sichem in the mountain of Ephraim, and the city of Arboq in the mountain of Judah, which is Hebron.

And at the crossing of the Jordan, Jericho, and from the direction of the east, and he gave Bosor in the wilderness of the desert, and from the tribe of Reuben and Eremoth in Gilead, and from the tribe of Gad and Geulon in Bashan, and from the tribe of Manasseh. These are the ones who remained, the children of Israel, and for the proselyte who was among them, so that he might flee there from the slayer of everyone who killed a human soul unintentionally, so that the avenger of blood might not kill him until he stands before the court and is judged. Joshua 21 21 And the messengers of the children of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua son of Nun, and to the messengers of the tribes of the houses of the fathers of the people of Israel. And they said to them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, while saying, "The Lord commanded through the hand of Moses that he give us cities within which we may dwell, and their pastures for our livestock.

And they gave them, the children of Israel, to the Levites, by the command of God, these cities and their territories. And they reached their portions for the children of the people of Qahat; and it was for the priests, for the children of Aaron, and for the Levites, from the people of Judah and from the people of Simeon and from the people of Benjamin, their portions: thirteen cities. And for the children of Qahat who remained from among the people of Ephraim and from the people of Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, their portions: thirteen cities. And for the children of Gershon, from the tribe of the people of Issachar and from the people of Asher and from the people of Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, their portions: thirteen cities. And for the children of Merari, according to their tribes, from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun, their portions: twelve cities.

And they gave them, the children of Israel, these cities and their territories to the Levites, as the Lord commanded Moses. Their portions. And the tribe of the children of Judah and the tribe of the children of Simeon and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave these cities and their names. To the children of Aaron from the people of Qahat, for the children of Levi, because their portions were for them. And they gave them the land of Qaratertobq, the mountain of the cities of Enaq, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, and its territories, the plain. And the fields of the city and its villages, and Joshua gave them to the children of Caleb, son of Yephone, as their portion. And to the children of Aaron he gave them the city of Miskay for the slaying of Hebron, and its river, and Lemna and its river. And Elom and its river, and Tema and its river.

And Gela and its territories, and Daber and its territories. And Asa and its territories, and Tani and its territories, and Bet-Semis and its territories: six cities from the two tribes and from these tribes. And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabao and its territories, and Gaba and its territories. And Anathoth and its territories, and Almon and its territories: four cities. And all their cities of the sons of Aaron the priests: thirteen. And for the tribe of the sons of Qahat, for the Levites who remained from the sons of Qahat, and their cities were for their priests from the tribe of Ephraim. And they gave them the city of Meskay to the slayer of Shechem and its territories, and Gezer and its territories, and Qebesayin and its territories, and Bet-Horon and its territories: four cities.

And from the tribe of Dan: Elqotem and its territories, and Gebaton and its territories, and Elon and its territories, and Geteremon and its territories: four cities. And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Tanakh and its territories, and Yebota and its territories: two cities. All the cities: ten, and their territories, which are near to the tribe of the sons of Qahat for those who remained. And for the sons of Gershon, for the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh: the cities which were allotted to Qetali Gelon in Basan and its territories, and Bosor and its territories: two cities. And from the tribe of Issachar: Qesyon and its territories, and Daberat and its territories, and Yaremot and its territories, and Engan and its territories: four cities. And from the tribe of Aser: Bela and its territories, and Dabo and its territories.

And Kelqet and its territories, and Raab and its territories: four cities. And from the tribe of Naphtali: the city which they divided for the slaying of Qadesh in Galilee and its territories, and Pemet and its territories, and Aemon and its territories: three cities. And all the cities of Gedsom according to their tribes: thirteen cities. And for the clan of the tribe of Merari, for those who remained of the Levites: and from the tribe of Zebulon, Maan and its suburbs, and Qadesh and its suburbs. And Sela and its suburbs. And in the plain of the Jordan on the side of Jericho, from the tribe of Reuben: the city of refuge for the slaying of Bosor in the wilderness of Mison and its suburbs, and Yazer and its suburbs, and Gadeon and its suburbs, and Ausafa and its suburbs: four cities. And from the tribe of Gad: the city of refuge for the slaying of Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Qamin and its suburbs, and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Yazer and its suburbs: four cities. All the cities.

And for the descendants of Merari, according to their lots, all their cities for those who remained from the tribe of Levi, and their lot was twelve cities. And all the cities of the Levites in the midst of the lot of the descendants of Israel were forty-eight cities, and their territories which they assigned to those cities. For each city, they assigned its territories to all these cities; and Joshua finished [the division of] the land according to their lots. And the descendants of Israel gave a portion to Joshua by the command of the Lord, and they gave him the city which he asked for, Timnath-serah, and they gave it to him on Mount Ephraim; and Joshua rebuilt that city and dwelt within it. And Joshua took this place, the cave of the rock, which he had cut for the descendants of Israel who were with him on the journey in the wilderness, because they were circumcised in the wilderness, and he placed them in Timnath-serah.

And the Lord gave to the children of Israel all the land which he had sworn to their fathers, and they inherited it and dwelt within it. And the Lord gave them rest from all their enemies, as he had sworn to their fathers, and there was none who could withstand them before their face from among all their enemies, for the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands. And not one word of all the good things which the Lord had spoken to the children of Israel failed; all came to pass for them. Joshua 22 22 And after that, Joshua summoned the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh. And he said to them, "You have heard all that Moses commanded you, the servant of the Lord, and you have heard all my words which I commanded you. And you have not abandoned your brothers in those many days until this day, and you have kept the commandment of the Lord your God.