Category: Joshua

Conquest of Northern Cities

1 When Jabin king of Hazor heard this news, he sent a message to:

Jobab king of Madon,

the kings of Shimron and Achshaph,

2 and the kings of the north in the hill country,

the Arabah south of Chinnereth,

the Judean foothills,

and the Slopes of Dorto the west,

3 the Canaanites in the east and west,

the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites,

and Jebusites in the hill country,

and the Hivites at the foot of Hermon

in the land of Mizpah.

4 They went out with all their armies — a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore— along with a vast number of horses and chariots.

5 All these kings joined forces; they came together and camped at the waters of Merom to attack Israel.

6 TheLordsaid to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for at this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to be killed before Israel.You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”

7 So Joshua and his whole military force surprised them at the waters of Merom and attacked them.

8 TheLordhanded them over to Israel, and they struck them down, pursuing them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and to the east as far as the Valley of Mizpeh.They struck them down, leaving no survivors.

9 Joshua treated them as theLordhad told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.

10 At that time Joshua turned back, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, because Hazor had formerly been the leader of all these kingdoms.

11 They struck down everyone in it with the sword, completely destroyingthem; he left no one alive. Then he burned down Hazor.

12 Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and struck them down with the sword. He completely destroyed them, as Moses theLord’s servanthad commanded.

13 However, Israel did not burn any of the cities that stood on their mounds except Hazor, which Joshua burned.

14 The Israelites plundered all the spoils and cattle of these cities for themselves. But they struck down every person with the sword until they had annihilated them, leaving no one alive.

15 Just as theLordhad commanded His servant Moses, Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that theLordhad commanded Moses.

Summary of Conquests

16 So Joshua took all this land — the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen,the foothills,the Arabah, and the hill country of Israel with its foothills—

17 from Mount Halak,which ascends to Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.

18 Joshua waged war with all these kings for a long time.

19 No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites who inhabited Gibeon;all of them were taken in battle.

20 For it was theLord’s intention to harden their hearts,so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as theLordhad commanded Moses.

21 At that time Joshua proceeded to exterminate the Anakimfrom the hill country — Hebron, Debir, Anab — all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them with their cities.

22 No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites, except for some remaining in Gaza, Gath,and Ashdod.

23 So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that theLordhad told Moses. Joshua then gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. After this, the land had rest from war.

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Territory East of the Jordan

1 The Israelites struck down the following kings of the land and took possession of their land beyond the Jordan to the east and from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

2 Sihon king of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled over the territory from Aroeron the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites),

3 the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnerethto the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimothand southwardbelow the slopes of Pisgah.

4 Ogking of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all Bashan up to the Geshurite and Maacathite border, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon, king of Heshbon.

6 Moses theLord’s servantand the Israelites struck themdown. And Moses theLord’s servant gave their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

Territory West of the Jordan

7 Joshua and the Israelites struck down the following kings of the land beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak,which ascends toward Seir (Joshua gave their land as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments:

8 the hill country, the Judean foothills,the Arabah, the slopes, the desert, and the Negev of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

9 the king of Jericho one
the king of Ai,which is next to Bethel one
10 the king of Jerusalem one
the king of Hebron one
11 the king of Jarmuth one
the king of Lachish one
12 the king of Eglon one
the king of Gezer one
13 the king of Debir one
the king of Geder one
14 the king of Hormah one
the king of Arad one
15 the king of Libnah one
the king of Adullam one
16 the king of Makkedah one
the king of Bethel one
17 the king of Tappuah one
the king of Hepher one
18 the king of Aphek one
the king of Lasharon one
19 the king of Madon one
the king of Hazor one
20 the king of Shimron-meron one
the king of Achshaph one
21 the king of Taanach one
the king of Megiddo one
22 the king of Kedesh one
the king of Jokneam in Carmel one
23 the king of Dor in Naphath-dor one
the king of Goiim in Gilgal one
24 the king of Tirzah one
the total number of all kings: 31.

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Unconquered Lands

1 Joshua was now old, getting on in years,and theLordsaid to him, “You have become old, getting on in years, but a great deal of the land remains to be possessed.

2 This is the land that remains:

All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites:

3 from the Shihor east of Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory) — the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites

4 in the south; all the land of the Canaanites: from Arah of the Sidonians to Aphek and as far as the border of the Amorites;

5 the land of the Gebalites;and all Lebanon east from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath—

6 all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim,all the Sidonians.

I will drive them out before the Israelites, only distribute the land as an inheritance for Israel, as I have commanded you.

7 Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

The Inheritance East of the Jordan

8 With the other half of the tribe, the Reubenites and Gadites had received the inheritance Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses theLord’s servant had given them:

9 From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley,all the Medeba plateau as far as Dibon,

10 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the Ammonites;

11 also Gileadand the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah —

12 the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei; he was one of the remaining Rephaim.

Moses struck them down and drove them out,

13 but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites and Maacathites.So Geshur and Maacath live in Israel to this day.

14 He did not give any inheritance to the tribe of Levi. This was its inheritance, just as He had promised: the offerings made by fire to theLord, the God of Israel.

Reuben’s Inheritance

15 To the tribe of the Reubenites by their clans, Moses gave

16 this as their territory:

From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau as far asMedeba,

17 with Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau — Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,

18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,

20 Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth —

21 all the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. Moses had killed him and the chiefs of Midian — Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba — the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

22 Along with those the Israelites put to death, they also killed the diviner, Balaam son of Beor, with the sword.

23 The border of the Reubenites was the Jordan and its plain. This was the inheritance of the Reubenites by their clans, with the cities and their villages.

Gad’s Inheritance

24 To the tribe of the Gadites by their clans, Moses gave

25 this as their territory:

Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites to Aroer, near Rabbah;

26 from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

27 in the valley:Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon — the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon. Their land also included the Jordan and its territory as far as the edge of the Sea of Chinnerethon the east side of the Jordan.

28 This was the inheritance of the Gadites by their clans, with the cities and their villages.

East Manasseh’s Inheritance

29 And to half the tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of Manasseh’s descendants by their clans, Moses gave

30 this as their territory:

From Mahanaim through all Bashan — all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all of Jair’s Villagesthat are in Bashan — 60 cities.

31 But half of Gilead, and Og’s royal cities in Bashan — Ashtaroth and Edrei — are for the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half the descendants of Machir by their clans.

32 These were the portions Moses gave them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan east of Jericho.

33 But Moses did not give a portion to the tribe of Levi. TheLord, the God of Israel, was their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

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Israel’s Inheritance in Canaan

1 The Israelites received these portions that Eleazar the priest,Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes gave them in the land of Canaan.

2 Their inheritance was by lotas theLordcommanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes,

3 because Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes beyond the Jordan.But he gave no inheritance among them to the Levites.

4 The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. No portion of the land was given to the Levites except cities to live in, along with pasturelands for their cattle and livestock.

5 So the Israelites did as theLordcommanded Moses,and they divided the land.

Caleb’s Inheritance

6 The descendants of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what theLordpromised Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

7 I was 40 years old when Moses theLord’s servant sent me from Kadesh-barnea to scout the land, and I brought back an honest report.

8 My brothers who went with me caused the people’s hearts to melt with fear, but I remained loyal to theLordmy God.

9 On that day Moses promised me: ‘The land where you have set foot will be an inheritance for you and your descendants forever, because you have remained loyal to theLordmy God.’

10 “As you see, theLordhas kept me alive these 45 years as He promised,since theLordspoke this word to Moses while Israel was journeying in the wilderness. Here I am today, 85 years old.

11 I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. My strength for battle and for daily tasksis now as it was then.

12 Now give me this hill country theLordpromised me on that day, because you heard then that the Anakim are there,as well as large fortified cities.Perhaps theLordwill be with me and I will drive them out as theLordpromised.”

13 Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as an inheritance.

14 Therefore, Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day,because he remained loyal to theLord, the God of Israel.

15 Hebron’s name used to be Kiriath-arba; Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim.After this, the land had rest from war.

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Judah’s Inheritance

1 Now the allotment for the tribe of the descendants of Judah by their clanswas in the southernmost region, south to the Wilderness of Zin and over to the border of Edom.

2 Their southern border began at the tip of the Dead Sea on the south bay

3 and went south of the Ascent of Akrabbim,proceeded to Zin, ascended to the south of Kadesh-barnea, passed Hezron, ascended to Addar, and turned to Karka.

4 It proceeded to Azmon and to the Brook of Egyptand so the border ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This is yoursouthern border.

5 Now the eastern border was along the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan.

The border on the north side was from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

6 It ascended to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and ascended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

7 Then the border ascended to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to the Gilgal that is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, which is south of the ravine. The border proceeded to the waters of En-shemesh and ended at En-rogel.

8 From there the border ascended the Valley of Hinnom to the southern Jebusite slope (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

9 From the top of the hill the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, went to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

10 The border turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, went to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), descended to Beth-shemesh, and proceeded to Timnah.

11 Then the border reached to the slope north of Ekron, curved to Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went to Jabneel, and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

12 Now the western border was the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

This was the boundary of the descendants of Judah around their clans.

Caleb and Othniel

13 He gave Caleb son of Jephunneh the following portion among the descendants of Judah based on theLord’s instruction to Joshua: Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron; Arba was the father of Anak).

14 Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

15 From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir whose name used to be Kiriath-sepher,

16 and Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife to the one who strikes down and captures Kiriath-sepher.”

17 So Othnielson of Caleb’s brother, Kenaz, captured it, and Caleb gave his daughter Achsah to him as a wife.

18 When she arrived, she persuaded Othniel to ask her father for a field. As she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want? ”

19 She replied, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me the springs of water also.” So he gave her the upper and lower springs.

Judah’s Cities

20 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Judah by their clans.

21 These were the outermost cities of the tribe of the descendants of Judah toward the border of Edom in the Negev: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,

23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,

24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),

26 Amam, Shema, Moladah,

27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,

28 Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, Biziothiah,

29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem,

30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,

31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,

32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon — 29 cities in all, with their villages.

33 In the Judean foothills:Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

34 Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah,Enam,

35 Jarmuth, Adullam,Socoh,Azekah,

36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim — 14 cities, with their villages;

37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,

38 Dilan, Mizpeh, Jokthe-el,

39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

40 Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish,

41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah — 16 cities, with their villages;

42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,

44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah — nine cities, with their villages;

45 Ekron, with its towns and villages;

46 from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, with their villages;

47 Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, to the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),

50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh — 11 cities, with their villages;

52 Arab, Dumah,Eshan,

53 Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,

54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior — nine cities, with their villages;

55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah — 10 cities, with their villages;

58 Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,

59 Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon — six cities, with their villages;

60 Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah — two cities, with their villages.

61 In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,

62 Nibshan, the City of Salt,and En-gedi — six cities, with their villages.

63 But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem.So the Jebusites live in Jerusalem among the descendants of Judah to this day.

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Joseph’s Inheritance

1 The allotment for the descendants of Josephwent from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wildernessascending from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

2 From Bethel it went to Luz and proceeded to the border of the Archites by Ataroth.

3 It then descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer,and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

4 So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph,received their inheritance.

Ephraim’s Inheritance

5 This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans:

The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addaron the east of Upper Beth-horon.

6 In the north the border went westward from Michmethath;it turned eastward from Taanath-shiloh and passed it east of Janoah.

7 From Janoah it descended to Ataroth and Naarah,and then reached Jericho and went to the Jordan.

8 From Tappuah the borderwent westward along the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans, together with

9 the cities set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh — all these cities with their villages.

10 But, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer.So the Canaanites live in Ephraim to this day,but they are forced laborers.

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West Manasseh’s Inheritance

1 This was the allotment for the tribe of Manassehas Joseph’s firstborn. Gilead and Bashan came to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh and the father of Gilead, who was a man of war.

2 So the allotment was for the rest of Manasseh’s descendants by their clans, for the sons of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, by their clans.

3 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

4 They came before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, “TheLordcommanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our male relatives.”So they gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with theLord’s instruction.

5 As a result, 10 tracts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which are beyond the Jordan,

6 because Manasseh’s daughters received an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of Manasseh’s sons.

7 The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem. It then went southward toward the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

8 The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself on Manasseh’s borderbelonged to the descendants of Ephraim.

9 From there the border descended to the Brook of Kanah; south of the brook, cities belonged to Ephraim among Manasseh’s cities. Manasseh’s border was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

10 Ephraim’s territory was to the south and Manasseh’s to the north, with the Sea as its border. Theyreached Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean with its towns, Ibleam with its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor with its towns;the inhabitants of En-dor with its towns, the inhabitants of Taanach with its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo with its towns — the three cities ofNaphath.

12 The descendants of Manasseh could not possess these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

13 However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they imposed forced labor on the Canaanites but did not drive them out completely.

Joseph’s Additional Inheritance

14 Joseph’s descendants said to Joshua, “Why did you give us only one tribal allotmentas an inheritance? We have many people, because theLordhas been blessing us greatly.”

15 “If you have so many people,” Joshua replied to them, “go to the forest and clear an area for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, because Ephraim’s hill country is too small for you.”

16 But the descendants of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who inhabit the valley area have iron chariots, both at Beth-shean with its towns and in the Jezreel Valley.”

17 So Joshua replied to Joseph’s family (that is, Ephraim and Manasseh), “You have many people and great strength. You will not have just one allotment,

18 because the hill country will be yours also. It is a forest; clear it and its outlying areas will be yours. You can also drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.”

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Land Distribution at Shiloh

1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shilohwhere it set up the tent of meeting there; the land had been subdued by them.

2 Seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance.

3 So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that theLord, the God of your fathers, gave you?

4 Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They are to go and survey the land, write a description of it for the purpose of their inheritance, and return to me.

5 Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south and Joseph’s family in theirterritory in the north.

6 When you have written a description of the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lotsfor you here in the presence of theLordour God.

7 But the Levites among you do not get a portion, because their inheritance is the priesthood of theLord.Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses theLord’s servant gave them.”

8 As the men prepared to go, Joshua commanded themto write down a description of the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, write a description of it, and return to me. I will then cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of theLord.”

9 So the men left, went through the land, and described it by towns in a document of seven sections. They returned to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

10 Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of theLordwhere he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.

Benjamin’s Inheritance

11 The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans, and their allotted territory lay between Judah’s descendants and Joseph’s descendants.

12 Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, ascended to the slope of Jericho on the north, through the hill country westward, and ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

13 From there the border went toward Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); it then went down by Ataroth-addar, over the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

14 On the west side, from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south, the border curved, turning southward, and ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the descendants of Judah. This was the west side of their border.

15 The south side began at the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border extended westward; it went to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

16 The border descended to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim. It ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the south Jebusite slope and downward to En-rogel.

17 It curved northward and went to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, which is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohanson of Reuben.

18 Then it went north to the slope opposite the Jordan Valleyand proceeded into the valley.

19 The border continued to the north slope of Beth-hoglah and ended at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

20 The Jordan formed the border on the east side.

This was the inheritance of Benjamin’s descendants, by their clans, according to its surrounding borders.

Benjamin’s Cities

21 These were the cities of the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans:

Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

22 Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

24 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba — 12 cities, with their villages;

25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

26 Mizpeh,Chephirah, Mozah,

27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

28 Zela, Haeleph, Jebus(that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath— 14 cities, with their villages.

This was the inheritance for Benjamin’s descendants by their clans.

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Simeon’s Inheritance

1 The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of his descendants by their clans, but their inheritance was within the portion of Judah’s descendants.

2 Their inheritance included:

Beer-sheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

3 Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,

4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

5 Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,

6 Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen — 13 cities, with their villages;

7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan — four cities, with their villages;

8 and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the south).

This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon’s descendants by their clans.

9 The inheritance of Simeon’s descendants was within the territory of Judah’s descendants, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So Simeon’s descendants received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.

Zebulun’s Inheritance

10 The third lot came up for Zebulun’s descendants by their clans.

The territory of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid;

11 their border went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.

12 From Sarid, it turned east toward the sunrise along the border of Chisloth-tabor, went to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.

13 From there, it went east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon, curving around to Neah.

14 The border then circled around Neah on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el,

15 along with Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem — 12 cities, with their villages.

16 This was the inheritance of Zebulun’s descendants by their clans, these cities, with their villages.

Issachar’s Inheritance

17 The fourth lot came out for the tribe of Issachar’s descendants by their clans.

18 Their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,

19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,

21 Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, Beth-pazzez.

22 The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan — 16 cities, with their villages.

23 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar’s descendants by their clans, the cities, with their villages.

Asher’s Inheritance

24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher’s descendants by their clans.

25 Their boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

26 Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal and reached westward to Carmel and Shihor-libnath.

27 It turned eastward to Beth-dagon, passed Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, north toward Beth-emek and Neiel, and went north to Cabul,

28 Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon.

29 The boundary then turned to Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre; it turned back to Hosah and ended at the sea, including Mahalab, Achzib,

30 Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob — 22 cities, with their villages.

31 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Asher’s descendants by their clans, these cities with their villages.

Naphtali’s Inheritance

32 The sixth lot came out for Naphtali’s descendants by their clans.

33 Their boundary went from Heleph and from the oak in Zaanannim, including Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan.

34 To the west, the boundary turned to Aznoth-tabor and went from there to Hukkok, reaching Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judahat the Jordan on the east.

35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

37 Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,

38 Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh — 19 cities, with their villages.

39 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali’s descendants by their clans, the cities with their villages.

Dan’s Inheritance

40 The seventh lot came out for the Danite tribe by its clans.

41 The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,

42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon,Ithlah,

43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

45 Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,

46 Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory facing Joppa.

47 When the territory of the Danites slipped out of their control,they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and struck it down with the sword. So they took possession of it, lived there, and renamed Leshem aftertheir ancestor Dan.

48 This was the inheritance of the Danite tribe by its clans, these cities with their villages.

Joshua’s Inheritance

49 When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them.

50 By theLord’s command, they gave him the city Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim,which he requested. He rebuilt the city and lived in it.

51 These were the portions that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed to the Israelite tribes by lot at Shiloh in theLord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting.So they finished dividing up the land.

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Cities of Refuge

1 Then theLordspoke to Joshua,

2 “Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

3 so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

4 When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case beforethe elders of that city, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

5 And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbor accidentally and did not hate him beforehand.

6 He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time.Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to his own city from which he fled.”

7 So they designated Kedesh in the hill country of Naphtali in Galilee,Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

8 Across the Jordan east of Jericho, they selected Bezer on the wilderness plateau from Reuben’s tribe, Ramoth in Gilead from Gad’s tribe, and Golan in Bashan from Manasseh’s tribe.

9 These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them,so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.

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