Joshua
Chapter 13
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When Joshua was old and advanced in years, the LORD said to him: "Though now you are old and advanced in years, a very large part of the land still remains to be conquered.
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1 This additional land includes all Geshur and all the districts of the Philistines
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(from the stream adjoining Egypt to the boundary of Ekron in the north is reckoned Canaanite territory, though held by the five lords of the Philistines in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron); also where the Avvim are in the south;
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all the land of the Canaanites from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, and the boundaries of the Amorites;
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and the Gebalite territory; and all the Lebanon on the east, from Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon to Labo in the land of Hamath.
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At the advance of the Israelites I will drive out all the Sidonian inhabitants of the mountain regions between Lebanon and Misrephoth-maim; at least include these areas in the division of the Israelite heritage, just as I have commanded you.
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Now, therefore, apportion among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh the land which is to be their heritage."
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Now the other half of the tribe of Manasseh as well as the Reubenites and Gadites, had received their heritage which Moses, the servant of the LORD, had given them east of the Jordan:
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from Aroer on the bank of the Wadi Arnon and the city in the wadi itself, through the tableland of Medeba and Dibon,
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with the rest of the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the boundary of the Ammonites;
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also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah,
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the entire kingdom in Bashan of Og, a survivor of the Rephaim, who reigned at Ashtaroth and Edrei. Though Moses conquered and occupied these territories,
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the Israelites did not dislodge the Geshurites and Maacathites, so that Geshur and Maacath survive in the midst of Israel to this day.
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However, to the tribe of Levi Moses assigned no heritage since, as the LORD had promised them, the LORD, the God of Israel, is their heritage.
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What Moses gave to the Reubenite clans:
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Their territory reached from Aroer, on the bank of the Wadi Arnon, and the city in the wadi itself, through the tableland about Medeba,
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to include Heshbon and all its towns which are on the tableland, Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
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Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
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Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the knoll within the valley,
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Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth-jeshimoth,
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and the other cities of the tableland and, generally, of the kingdom of Sihon. This Amorite king, who reigned in Heshbon, Moses had killed, with his vassals, the princes of Midian, who were settled in the land: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba;
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and among their slain followers the Israelites put to the sword also the soothsayer Balaam, son of Beor.
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The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These cities and their villages were the heritage of the clans of the Reubenites.
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What Moses gave to the Gadite clans:
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Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, toward Rabbah (that is,
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from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the boundary of Lodebar);
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and in the Jordan valley: Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, the other part of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, with the bank of the Jordan to the southeastern tip of the Sea of Chinnereth.
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These cities and their villages were the heritage of the clans of the Gadites.
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What Moses gave to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh:
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Their territory included Mahanaim, all of Bashan, the entire kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are sixty cities in Bashan.
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Half of Gilead, with Ashtaroth and Edrei, once the royal cities of Og in Bashan, fell to the descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, for half the clans descended from Machir.
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These are the portions which Moses gave when he was in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan east of Jericho.
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However, Moses gave no heritage to the tribe of Levi, since the LORD himself, the God of Israel, is their heritage, as he promised.
Joshua
Chapter 14
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Here follow the portions which the Israelites received in the land of Canaan. Eleazar the priest, Joshua, son of Nun, and the heads of families in the tribes of the Israelites determined
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their heritage by lot, in accordance with the instructions the LORD had given through Moses concerning the remaining nine and a half tribes.
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For to two and a half tribes Moses had already given a heritage beyond the Jordan; and though the Levites were given no heritage among the tribes,
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the descendants of Joseph formed two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites themselves received no share of the land except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for the cattle and flocks.
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Thus, in apportioning the land, did the Israelites carry out the instructions of the LORD to Moses.
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When the Judahites came up to Joshua in Gilgal, the Kenizzite Caleb, son of Jephunneh, said to him: "You know what the LORD said to the man of God, Moses, about you and me in Kadesh-barnea.
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I was forty years old when the servant of the LORD, Moses, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to reconnoiter the land; and I brought back to him a conscientious report.
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My fellow scouts who went up with me discouraged the people, but I was completely loyal to the LORD, my God.
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On that occasion Moses swore this oath, 'The land where you have set foot shall become your heritage and that of your descendants forever, because you have been completely loyal to the LORD, my God.'
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Now, as he promised, the LORD has preserved me while Israel was journeying through the desert, for the forty-five years since the LORD spoke thus to Moses; and although I am now eighty-five years old,
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I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me forth, with no less vigor whether for war or for ordinary tasks.
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Give me, therefore, this mountain region which the LORD promised me that day, as you yourself heard. True, the Anakim are there, with large fortified cities, but if the LORD is with me I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD promised."
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Joshua blessed Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and gave him Hebron as his heritage.
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Therefore Hebron remains the heritage of the Kenizzite Caleb, son of Jephunneh, to the present day, because he was completely loyal to the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Hebron was formerly called Kiriath-arba, for Arba, the greatest among the Anakim. And the land enjoyed peace.
Joshua
Chapter 15
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The lot for the clans of the Judahite tribe fell in the extreme south toward the boundary of Edom, the desert of Zin in the Negeb.
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The boundary there ran from the bay that forms the southern end of the Salt Sea,
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southward below the pass of Akrabbim, across through Zin, up to a point south of Kadesh-barnea, across to Hezron, and up to Addar; from there, looping around Karka,
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it crossed to Azmon and then joined the Wadi of Egypt before coming out at the sea. (This is your southern boundary.)
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The eastern boundary was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.
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The northern boundary climbed from the bay where the Jordan meets the sea, up to Beth-hoglah, and ran north of Beth-arabah, up to Eben-Bohan-ben-Reuben.
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Thence it climbed to Debir, north of the vale of Achor, in the direction of the Gilgal that faces the pass of Adummim, on the south side of the wadi; from there it crossed to the waters of En-shemesh and emerged at En-rogel.
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1 Climbing again to the Valley of Ben-hinnom on the southern flank of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem), the boundary rose to the top of the mountain at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim, which bounds the Valley of Hinnom on the west.
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From the top of the mountain it ran to the fountain of waters of Nephtoah, extended to the cities of Mount Ephron, and continued to Baalah, or Kiriath-jearim.
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From Baalah the boundary curved westward to Mount Seir and passed north of the ridge of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon); thence it descended to Beth-shemesh, and ran across to Timnah.
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It then extended along the northern flank of Ekron, continued through Shikkeron, and across to Mount Baalah, thence to include Jabneel, before it came out at the sea.
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The western boundary was the Great Sea and its coast. This was the complete boundary of the clans of the Judahites.
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As the LORD had commanded, Joshua gave Caleb, son of Jephunneh, a portion among the Judahites, namely, Kiriath-arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron.
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And Caleb drove out from there the three Anakim, the descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.
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From there he marched up against the inhabitants of Debir, which was formerly called Kiriath-sepher.
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Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it."
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2 Othniel, son of Caleb's brother Kenaz, captured it, and so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.
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On the day of her marriage to Othniel, she induced him to ask her father for some land. Then, as she alighted from the ass, Caleb asked her, "What is troubling you?"
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She answered, "Give me an additional gift! Since you have assigned to me land in the Negeb, give me also pools of water." So he gave her the upper and the lower pools.
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3 This is the heritage of the clans of the tribe of Judahites:
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The cities of the tribe of the Judahites in the extreme southern district toward Edom were: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
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Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
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Kedesh, Hazor and Ithnan;
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Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
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Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor);
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Amam, Shema, Moladah,
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Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,
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Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba and Biziothiah;
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Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
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Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
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Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
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Lebaoth, Shilhim and En-rimmon; a total of twenty-nine cities with their villages.
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4 In the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
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Zanoah, Engannim, Tappuah, Enam,
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Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
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Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their villages.
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Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,
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Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
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Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
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Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish,
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Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.
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Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
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Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
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Keilah, Achzib and Mareshah; nine cities and their villages.
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Ekron and its towns and villages;
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from Ekron to the sea, all the towns that lie alongside Ashdod, and their villages;
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Ashdod and its towns and villages; Gaza and its towns and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coast of the Great Sea.
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In the mountain regions: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
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Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),
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Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
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Goshen, Holon and Giloh; eleven cities and their villages.
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Arab, Dumah, Eshan,
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Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,
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Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages.
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Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
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Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
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Kain, Gibbeah and Timnah; ten cities and their villages.
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Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,
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Maarath, Beth-anoth and Eltekon; six cities and their villages. Tekoa, Ephrathah (that is, Bethlehem), Peor, Etam, Kulom, Tatam, Zores, Karim, Gallim, Bether and Manoko; eleven cities and their villages.
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Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah; two cities and their villages.
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5 In the desert: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
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Nibshan, Ir-hamelah and En-gedi; six cities and their villages.
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(But the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem the Judahites could not drive out; so the Jebusites dwell in Jerusalem beside the Judahites to the present day.)
