The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments

Lot of Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, JOSHUA.

B. C. 1144.

8 ch. 15. 8.

a ver, 9,

61 Chr. 4, 28.

c ver. 1.

d Gen. 49. 13.

e ch. 12. 23.

Or, which 18 drawn,

24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, | and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and 'Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

CHAPTER XIX.

1 The lot of Simeon, 10 of Zebulun, 17 of Issachar, 24 of Asher, 32 of Naphtali, 40 of Dan. 49 The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua.

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ND the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: "and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,

3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,

6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:

7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:

8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: "therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;

12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,

13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-" methoar to Neah;

14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:

15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.

16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.

18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,

20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 21 And Remeth, and En-ganuim, and Enhaddah, and Beth-pazzez;

22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and

of Asher, Naphtali, and Dan.

Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: Sixteen cities with their villages.

23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;

27 And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, ƒ even unto great Zidon; 29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, t and to the strong city † Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: | 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. 32

The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:

B. C. 1444.

fch 11. 8.
Judg. 1. 31.
Heb. Tzor,
2 Sam. 5. 11.
gGen, 38, 5.

Judg. 1. 31.
Mic. 1. 14.

34 And then the coast turneth westward h Deut. 33.23. to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.

35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtacl, and Ir-shemesh,

42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and | i Judg. 1. 35. Jethlah,

43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gathrimmon,

46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.

Or, over against.

Or, Joppa, Acts 9. 36. SeeJudg.18.

47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, Judg. 18. 29. after the name of Dan their father.

48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their

Eight and forty cities

B. C. 1444.

m ch. 24. 30.
n 1 Chr. 7. 24.

1444.

ch. 14. 1.

JOSHUA.

coasts, the children of Israel gave an inher-
itance to Joshua the son of Nun among
them :

50 According to the word of the LORD they
gave him the city which he asked, even
Timnath-" serah in mount Ephraim: and
he built the city, and dwelt therein.

51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of o Num. 34. 17. Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

pch. 18. 1, 10.

a Ex. 21. 13.
Num, 35, 6,
11, 14.
Deut. 19.2,9.

b Ruth 4. 1, 2.

c Num, 35. 12.

d Num. 35.12, 25.

† Heb. sanctified.

e ch. 21. 32. 1 Chr. 6. 76. fch. 21. 21. 2 Chr. 10. 1. g ch. 14. 15. & 21. 11, 13

h Luke 1 39. i Deut. 4. 43.

ch. 21. 36.

1 Chr. 6, 78, & ch. 21. 38. I King: 22.3. Ich 21, 27. m Num.35.15. n ver. 6.

a ch. 14. 1. & 17. 4.

b ch. 18. 1.
• Num, 35, 2.

CHAPTER XX.

1 God commandeth, 7 and the children of Israel
appoint the six cities of refuge.

THE LORD also spake unto Joshua, say

ing,

are given to the Levites

4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron | ver. 8, 19. the priest, which were of the Levites, "had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

5 And the rest of the children of Kohath | fver. 20, &c. had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, teu cities.

6 And the children of Gershon had by loty ver. 27, &c.
out of the families of the tribe of Issachar,
and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the

tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe
of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 7 The children of Merari by their fami-
"Appoint out for you cities of refuge, where-lies had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out
of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of
Zebulun, twelve cities.

of I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
3 That the slayer that killeth any person
unawares and unwittingly may flee thither:
and they shall be your refuge from. the
avenger of blood.

4 And when he that doth flee unto one of
those cities shall stand at the cntering of
bthe gate of the city, and shall declare his
cause in the ears of the elders of that city,
they shall take him into the city unto them,
and give him a place, that he may dwell
among them.

5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

6 And he shall dwell in that city, duntil he stand before the congregation for Judg. ment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

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8 i And the children of Israel gave by lot | i ver. 3.
unto the Levites these cities with their sub-
urbs, kas the LORD commanded by the | ✯ Num, 35. 2.
hand of Moses.

9 And they gave out of the tribe of the
children of Judah, and out of the tribe of
the children of Simeon, these cities which
are here † mentioned by name,

10 Which the children of Aaron, being | of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

11" And they gave them "the city of Arba the father of "Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

† Heb. called. i ver. 4.

Or, Kirjathm 1 Chr. 6. 55. arba, Gen. 23. 2.

12 But the fields of the city, and the vil-n ch 15.13, 14. lages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of och. 20, 7. Jcphunneh for his possession.

13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest' Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; "and Libnah with her suburbs,

14 And Jattir with her suburbs, "and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

16 And Ain with her suburbs, "and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

Luke 1. 39,

p ch. 14. 14.

1 Chr. 6, 56.

1 Chr. 6, 57,

&c.

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, | bch 15. 10.
the priests, were thirteen cities with their
suburbs.

20 And the families of the children of
Kohath, the Levites which remained of the
children of Kohath, even they had the cities
of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 For they gave them Shechem with her
suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of
refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her
suburbs,

22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and
Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh
with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her sub-
urbs,

24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.

25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh,

c ch. 18, 25. dch. 18. 24, Gaba.

el Chr 6. 60, Alemeth, fver. 5.

1 Chr. 6. 66. g ch. 20. 7

Cities given to the Levites.

Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rim- | manded you, band have obeyed my voice in
mon with her suburbs; two cities.
all that I commanded you:

26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave iGolan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families avere thirteen cities with their suburbs.

34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, "Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

3 Ye have not left your brethren these many
days unto this day, but have kept the charge
of the commandment of the LORD your God.
4 And now the LORD your God hath given
rest unto your brethren, as he promised
them: therefore now return ye, and get you
unto your tents, and unto the land of your
possession, "which Moses the servant of the
LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
5 But take diligent heed to do the com-
mandment and the law, which Moses the
servant of the LORD charged you, to love
the LORD your God, and to walk in all his
ways, and to keep his commandments, and
to cleave unto him, and to serve him with
all your heart and with all your soul.

Gen. 47. 7. Ex. 39. 43. ch. 14. 13. 2 Sam, 6. 18. Luke 24, 50.

6 So Joshua fblessed them, and sent them
away and they went unto their tents.
7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Ma-
nasseh Moses had given possession in Ba-
shan: but unto the other half thereof gave
Joshua among their brethren on this side gch, 17, 5.
Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent
them away also unto their tents, then he
blessed them,

8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return
with much riches unto your tents, and with
very much cattle,.with silver, and with gold,
and with brass, and with iron, and with very
much raiment: divide the spoil of your
enemies with your brethren.

9 And the children of Reuben and the chil-
dren of Gad and the half tribe of Manasséh
returned, and departed from the children
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Meph- of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land
aath with her suburbs; four cities.
of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gil-
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, "Ramothead, to the land of their possession, whereof
in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of
refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with
her suburbs,

39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

41° All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

43 And the LORD gave unto Israel Pall the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt

therein.

9 ch. 11. 23, &
44 And the LORD gave them rest round
22. 4.
about, according to all that he sware unto
Deut. 7. 24. their fathers: and "there stood not
man of all their enemies before them; the
LORD delivered all their enemies into their
hand.

they were possessed, according to the word
of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

10 ¶ And when they came unto the borders
of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan,
the children of Reuben and the children of
Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built
there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to

see to.

11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

Num. 31.27.

1 Sam, 30.24.

i Num. 32, 1, 26, 29.

& Deut. 13,12,
&c.
Judg. 20, 12.

12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the chil- | 1 Judg. 20. 1, dren of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.

13 And the children of Israel "sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, "Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

14 And with him ten princes, of each + chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was a head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

m Deut.13.14. Judg. 20. 12.

n Ex. 6. 25. Num. 25. 7.

Heb. house of the father. o Num. 1. 4.

15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in See Lev. 17. that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?

17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this

8, 9.

Deut. 12. 13, 14.

qNum.25.3,4. Deut. 4. 3.

Contention between the tribes.

B. C. 1444.

Num. 16.22.

ch, 18. 1.

t ch. 7. 1, 5.

u Deut. 10.17.

1 Kin. 8. 39. Job 10. 7. & 23. 10. Ps. 44. 21. & 139. 1, 2. Jer. 12.3. 2 Cor. 11. 11, 31.

y Deut. 18.19. 1 Sam.20.16. † Heb. Tomorrow.

z Gen. 31. 48. ch. 24. 27. ver. 34.

a Deut. 12. 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 26, 27.

b Deut. 12, 13, 14.

† Heb. it was good in their eyes.

JOSHUA.

B. C. 1444.

Joshua's exhortation. day, although there was a plague in the con- | LORD is among us, because ye have not gregation of the LORD, 18 But that ye must turn away this day† now ye have delivered the children of Iscommitted this trespass against the LORD: from following the LORD? and it will be, rael out of the hand of the LORD. seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow "he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, 8 wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God.

20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his in iquity.

21 ¶ Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Ma

32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the
priest, and the rinces, returned from the
children of Reuben, and from the children
of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the
land of Cancan, to the children of Israel,
and brought them word again.

33 And the thing pleased the children of
Israel; and the children of Israel dblessed
God, and did not intend to go up against
them in battle, to destroy the land wherein
the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
34 And the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it
shall be a witness between us that the LORD
is God.

CHAPTER XXIII.

1 Joshua's exhortation before his death, 3 by former
benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and by threatenings,

nasseh answered, and said unto the heads AND it came to pass, a long time after

of the thousands of Israel,

22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)

23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself y require it;

24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, †In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?

25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, yo children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

27 But that it may be 2a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offer ings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, bto build an altar for burnt of ferings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle.

30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, tit pleased them.

31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the

Israel from all their enemies round about,
that the LORD "had given rest unto
that Joshua waxed old and †stricken in
age.

2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and
for their elders, and for their heads, and
for their judges, and for their officers, and
said unto them, I am old and stricken in
age:

3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your
God hath done unto all these nations be-
cause of you; for the LORD your God is
he that hath fought for you.

these nations that remain, to be an inherit- |
4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot
the nations that I have cut off, even unto
ance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all
the great sea † westward.

c Deut. 31. 28. ch. 24. 1.

1 Chr. 28. 1. dEx. 14. 14.

ch, 10. 14, 42. ech. 13. 2, 6. & 18. 10.

† Heb. at the sunset.

ƒ Ex. 23. 30. & 33.2.& 34.11. Deut. 11. 23. ch. 13. 6.

g Num. 33.53.

5 And the LORD your God, ƒhe shall ex-
pel them from before you, and drive them ch. 1. 7.
from out of your sight; and ye shall possess
their land, as the LORD your God hath
promised unto you.

6 h Be ye therefore very courageous to keep
and to do all that is written in the book of
the law of Moses, ithat ye turn not aside
therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
7 That ye k come not among these nations,
these that remain among you; neither make
mention of the name of their gods, nor cause
to swear by them, neither serve them, nor
bow yourselves unto them:

8 But cleave unto the LORD your God,
as ye have done unto this day.

9 "For the LORD hath driven out from
before you great nations and strong: but
before you unto this day.
as for you, no man hath been able to stand

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i Deut. 5. 32.
& 28. 14.

* Ex. 23. 33.
Deut, 7. 2, 3.
Prov. 4. 14.
Eph. 5. 11.

/ Ex. 23. 13.
P. 16. 4.
Jer. 5, 7.
Zeph. 1. 5.
See Num.32.
38.

|| Or, For if ye
will cleave,
fc.

m Deut.10.20. & 11. 22. & 13. 4.

ch. 22. 5.

Or, Then the LORD will drive,

n Deut. 11.23. o ch, 1. 5. p Lev. 26. 8. Deut. 32. 30. See Judg. 3. 31. & 15. 15. 2 Sam, 23. S. 9 Ex. 14. 14. & 23.27. Deut. 3. 22.

* ch. 22. 5.

your God will no more drive out any of
13 Know for a certainty that "the LORD
shall be snares and traps unto you, and
these nations from before you; "but they
† Heb.
scourges in your sides, and thorns in your
૪૦૫૧ ૭૦૫le.
Heb. 10, 38,
39.
u Judg. 2. 3. Ex. 23. 33. Num.

2 Pet. 2. 20, 21. t Deut. 7.3.
33. 55. Deut. 7. 16. 1 Kings 11. 4.

God's benefits to Israel.

B. C.

about 1427.

y 1 Kings 2. 2. SeeHeb.9.27. z ch. 21. 45. Luke 21. 33.

a Deut. 28.63.

6 Lev. 26. 16. Deut. 28. 15, 16, &c.

a Gen. 35. 4. b ch. 23. 2.

d Gen. 11. 26, 31.

e Gen. 31. 53.

JOSHUA.

eyes, until ye perish from off this good land
which the LORD your God hath given you.
14 And, behold, this day I am going the
way of all the earth: and ye know in all
your hearts and in all your souls, that "not
one thing hath failed of if the good things
which the LORD your God spake concerning
you; all are come to pass unto you, and
not one thing hath failed thereof.

15 "Therefore it shall come to pass, that
as all good things are come upon you, which
the LORD your God promised you; so shall
the LORD bring upon you all evil things,
until he have destroyed you from off this
good land which the LORD your God hath
given you.

16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

CHAPTER XXIV.

1 Joshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 2 A
brief history of God's benefits from Terah. 14
He reneweth the covenant between them and God.
26 A stone the witness of the covenant. 29
Joshua's age, death, and burial. 32 Joseph's
bones are buried, 33 Eleazar dieth.
ND Joshua gathered all the tribes of

God's covenant renewed.

B. C. about 1427.

unto Jericho: and dthe men of Jericho
fought against you, the Amorites; and the
Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, dch.6.1. & 10.
and the Jebusites; and I delivered them
1. & 11. 1.
into your hand.

e Ex. 23. 28. Deut. 7. 20.

12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not ƒ Ps. 44. 3, 6. with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

11.
ch. 11. 13.

13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built Deut. 6. 10, not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 14

Now therefore fear the LORD, and h Deut. 10.12. serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, "choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether "the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the

for of bondage,

the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and c1 Sam. 10.19. they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, d Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. 3 And ƒ I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and mulg Gen. 21. 2,3. tiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 4 And I gave unto Isaac h Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto i Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

7 And when they cried unto the LORD, "he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness "a long season. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jor2 Num.21.21, dan; and they fought with you and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from be

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and which did those great signs in our sight,
and preserved us in all the way wherein we
went, and among all the people through
whom we passed:

18 And the LORD drave out from before
us all the people, even the Amorites which
dwelt in the land: therefore will we also
serve the LORD; for he is our God.
19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye
cannot serve the LORD: for he is a "holy
God; he is a jealous God; the will not
forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
20 "If ye forsake the LORD, and serve
strange gods, "then he will turn and do you
hurt, and consume you, after that he hath
done you good.

21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay;
but we will serve the LORD.

1 Sam.12.21. i Gen. 17. 1. & 20. 5. Deut. 18. 13. Ps. 119. 1. 2 Cor. 1. 12. Eph. 6. 24. kver. 2, 23. Lev. 17. 7. Ez. 20. 18. Ez. 20. 7,8. & 23.3.

m See Ruth 1. 15.

1 Kin. 18. 21. Ez, 20. 39. John 6. 67. n ver. 14.

o Ex.23.24,32,
33. & 34. 15.
Deut. 13.7.&
29. 18.
Judg. 6. 10.
pGen. 18. 19.

g Matt. 6. 24.
→ Lev. 19. 2.
1 Sam. 6. 20.
Ps. 99.5, 9.
Is. 5. 16.
8 Ex. 20. 5.
t Ex. 23. 21.
ul Chr. 28. 9.
2 Chr. 15. 2.
Ezra 8. 22.
Is. 1.28. & 65.
11, 12.
Jer. 17. 13.

22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye ch. 23. 15.
are witnesses against yourselves that ye
have chosen you the LORD, to serve him.
And they said, We are witnesses.

23 Now therefore put away, said he, the
strange gods which are among you, and in-
cline your heart unto the LORD God of Is-
rael.

24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

25 So Joshua "made a covenant with the
people that day, and set them a statute and
an ordinance b in Shechem.

26 And Joshua wrote these words in the
book of the law of God, and took a great
stone, and set it up there ƒ under an oak,
that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
27 And Joshua said unto all the people,
Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto
us; for hit hath heard all the words of the
LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be
therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny
your God.

28 So i Joshua let the people depart, every
man unto his inheritance.

29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the

Is. 63. 10.
Acts 7. 42.
y Ps. 119. 173.
z ver. 14.

Gen. 35. 2,
Judg. 10. 16.

1 Sam. 7. 3.

a Sec Ex. 15. 25.

2 Kings 11.

17.

b ver. 26.

c Deut. 31,24.

d See Judg. 9. 6.

e See Gen, 28.
18. ch. 4. 3.
ƒ Gen. 35. 4.
g See Gen. 31.
48, 52.
Deut. 31. 19,
21, 26.
ch. 22. 27,28,
31.

h Deut. 32. 1.
i Judg. 2. 6.
4 Judg. 2. 8.
about 1420.

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