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The Greeks call him Jesus: for Josue and Jesus in the Hebrew, are +the same name, and have the same signification, viz., A SAVIOUR. And it +was not without a mystery that he who was to bring the people into the +land of promise should have his name changed from OSEE (for so he was +called before, Num. 13.17,) to JOSUE or JESUS, to give us to understand, +that Moses by his law could only bring the people within sight of the +promised inheritance, but that our Saviour JESUS was to bring us into +it. + + +Josue Chapter 1 + +Josue, encouraged by the Lord, admonisheth the people to prepare +themselves to pass over the Jordan. + +1:1. Now it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the +Lord, that the Lord spoke to Josue, the son of Nun, the minister of +Moses, and said to him: + +1:2. Moses my servant is dead: arise, and pass over this Jordan, thou +and thy people with thee, into the land which I will give to the +children of Israel. + +1:3. I will deliver to you every place that the sole of your foot shall +tread upon, as I have said to Moses. + +1:4. From the desert, and from Libanus unto the great river Euphrates, +all the land of the Hethites, unto the great sea toward the going down +of the sun, shall be your border. + +1:5. No man shall be able to resist you all the days of thy life: as I +have been with Moses, so will I be with thee: I will not leave thee, nor +forsake thee. + +1:6. Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by lot to this +people the land for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver +it to them. + +1:7. Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst +observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: +turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayst +understand all things which thou dost. + +1:8. Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but thou shalt +meditate on it day and night, that thou mayst observe and do all things +that are written in it: then shalt thou direct thy way, and understand +it. + +1:9. Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong. Fear not, and +be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things +whatsoever thou shalt go to. + +1:10. And Josue commanded the princes of the people, saying: Pass +through the midst of the camp, and command the people, and say: + +1:11. Prepare your victuals: for after the third day you shall pass over +the Jordan, and shall go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God +will give you. + +1:12. And he said to the Rubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe +of Manasses: + +1:13. Remember the word, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded +you, saying: The Lord your God hath given you rest, and all this land. + +1:14. Your wives, and children; and cattle, shall remain in the land +which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan: but pass you over armed +before your brethren all of you that are strong of hand, and fight for +them, + +1:15. Until the Lord give rest to your brethren, as he hath given you, +and they also possess the land which the Lord your God will give them: +and so you shall return into the land of your possession, and you shall +dwell in it, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the +Jordan, toward the rising of the sun. + +1:16. And they made answer to Josue, and said: All that thou hast +commanded us, we will do: and whither soever thou shalt send us, we will +go. + +1:17. As we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we obey thee also: only +be the Lord thy God with thee, as he was with Moses. + +1:18. He that shall gainsay thy mouth, and not obey all thy words, that +thou shalt command him, let him die: only take thou courage, and do +manfully. + +Josue Chapter 2 + +Two spies are sent to Jericho, who are received and concealed by Rahab. + +2:1. And Josue, the son of Nun, sent from Setim two men, to spy +secretly: and said to them: Go, and view the land, and the city of +Jericho. They went, and entered into the house of a woman that was a +harlot, named Rahab, and lodged with her. + +2:2. And it was told the king of Jericho, and was said: Behold there are +men come in hither, by night, of the children of Israel, to spy the +land. + +2:3. And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men +that came to thee, and are entered into thy house: for they are spies, +and are come to view all the land. + +2:4. And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they +came to me, but I knew not whence they were: + +2:5. And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went +out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them +quickly, and you will overtake them. + +2:6. But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered +them with the stalks of flax, which was there. + +2:7. Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that +leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, +the gate was presently shut. + +2:8. The men that were hid were not yet asleep, when behold the woman +went up to them, and said: + +2:9. I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of +you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all +strength. + +2:10. We have heard that the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea, at +your going in, when you came out of Egypt: and what things you did to +the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan, Sehon and +Og whom you slew. + +2:11. And at the hearing these things, we were affrighted, and our heart +fainted away, neither did there remain any spirit in us, at your coming +in: for the Lord your God he is God in heaven above, and in the earth +beneath. + +2:12. Now, therefore, swear ye to me by the Lord, that as I have shewed +mercy to you, so you also will shew mercy to my father's house: and give +me a true token. + +2:13. That you will save my father and mother, my brethren and sisters, +and all things that are theirs, and deliver our souls from death. + +2:14. They answered her: Be our lives for you unto death, only if thou +betray us not. And when the Lord shall have delivered us the land, we +will shew thee mercy and truth. + +2:15. Then she let them down with a cord out of a window: for her house +joined close to the wall. + +2:16. And she said to them: Get ye up to the mountains, lest perhaps +they meet you as they return: and there lie ye hid three days, till they +come back, and so you shall go on yonr way. + +2:17. And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which +thou hast made us swear, + +2:18. If, when we come into the land, this scarlet cord be a sign, and +thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather +together thy father and mother, and brethren, and all thy kindred into +thy house. + +2:19. Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall +be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that +shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man +touch them. + +2:20. But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall +be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear. + +2:21. And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done: and sending +them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window. + +2:22. But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three +days, till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them +through all the way, they found them not. + +2:23. And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, +and came down from the mountain: and passing over the Jordan, they came +to Josue, the son of Nun, and told him all that befel them, + +2:24. And said: the Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands, +and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear. + +Josue Chapter 3 + +The river Jordan is miraculously dried up for the passage of the +children of Israel. + +3:1. And Josue rose before daylight, and removed the camp: and they +departed from Setim, and came to the Jordan: he, and all the children of +Israel, and they abode there for three days. + +3:2. After which, the heralds went through the midst of the camp, + +3:3. And began to proclaim: When you shall see the ark of the covenant +of the Lord your God, and the priests of the race of Levi carrying it, +rise you up also, and follow them as they go before: + +3:4. And let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand +cubits: that you may see it afar off, and know which way you must go: +for you have not gone this way before: and take care you come not near +the ark. + +3:5. And Josue said to the people: Be ye sanctified: for tomorrow the +Lord will do wonders among you. + +3:6. And he said to the priests: Take up the ark of the covenant, and go +before the people. And they obeyed his commands, and took it up, and +walked before them. + +3:7. And the Lord said to Josue: This day will I begin to exalt thee +before Israel: that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I am with +thee also. + +3:8. And do thou command the priests, that carry the ark of the +covenant, and say to them: When you shall have entered into part of the +water of the Jordan, stand in it. + +3:9. And Josue said to the children of Israel: Come hither, and hear the +word of the Lord your God. + +3:10. And again he said: By this you shall know, that the Lord, the +living God, is in the midst of you, and that he shall destroy, before +your sight, the Chanaanite and the Hethite, the Hevite and the +Pherezite, the Gergesite also, and the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite. + +3:11. Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall +go before you into the Jordan. + +3:12. Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe. + +3:13. And when the priests, that carry the ark of the Lord the God of +the whole earth, shall set the soles of their feet in the waters of the +Jordan, the waters that are beneath shall run down and go off: and those +that come from above, shall stand together upon a heap. + +3:14. So the people went out of their tents, to pass over the Jordan: +and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant, went on before +them. + +3:15. And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and their feet were +dipped in part of the water, (now the Jordan, it being harvest time, had +filled the banks of its channel,) + +3:16. The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and +swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off, from the city that is +called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran +down into the sea of the wilderness, (which now is called the Dead Sea) +until they wholly failed. + +3:17. And the people marched over against Jericho: and the priests that +carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, stood girded upon the dry +ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all the people passed over, +through the channel that was dried up. + +Josue Chapter 4 + +Twelve stones are taken out of the river to be set up for a monument of +the miracle; and other twelve are placed in the midst of the river. + +4:1. And when they were passed over, the Lord said to Josue: + +4:2. Choose twelve men, one of every tribe: + +4:3. And command them to take out of the midst of the Jordan, where the +feet of the priests stood, twelve very hard stones, which you shall set +in the place of the camp, where you shall pitch your tents this night. + +4:4. And Josue called twelve men, whom he had chosen out of the children +of Israel, one out of every tribe, + +4:5. And he said to them: Go before the ark of the Lord your God to the +midst of the Jordan, and carry from thence every man a stone on your +shoulders, according to the number of the children of Israel, + +4:6. That it may be a sign among you: and when your children shall ask +you tomorrow, saying: What means these stones? + +4:7. You shall answer them: The waters of the Jordan ran off before the +ark of the covenant of the Lord when it passed over the same: therefore +were these stones set for a monument of the children of Israel forever. + +4:8. The children of Israel therefore did as Josue commanded them, +carrying out of the channel of the Jordan twelve stones, as the Lord had +commanded him according to the number of the children of Israel unto the +place wherein they camped, and there they set them. + +4:9. And Josue put other twelve stones in the midst of the channel of +the Jordan, where the priests stood that carried the ark of the +covenant: and they are there until this present day. + +4:10. Now the priests that carried the ark, stood in the midst of the +Jordan, till all things were accomplished, which the Lord had commanded +Josue to speak to the people, and Moses had said to him. And the people +made haste, and passed over. + +4:11. And when they had all passed over, the ark also of the Lord passed +over, and the priests went before the people. + +4:12. The children of Ruben also, and Gad, and half the tribe of +Manasses, went armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had +commanded them. + +4:13. And forty thousand fighting men by their troops and bands, marched +through the plains and fields of the city of Jericho. + +4:14. In that day the Lord magnified Josue in the sight of all Israel, +that they should fear him, as they had feared Moses, while he lived. +4:15. And he said to him: + +4:16. Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, to come +up out of the Jordan. + +4:17. And he commanded them, saying: Come ye up out of the Jordan. + +4:18. And when they that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, +were come up, and began to tread on the dry ground, the waters returned +into their channel, and ran as they were wont before. + +4:19. And the people came up out of the Jordan, the tenth day of the +first month, and camped in Galgal, over against the east side of the +city of Jericho. + +4:20. And the twelve stones, which they had taken out of the channel of +the Jordan, Josue pitched in Galgal, + +4:21. And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask +their fathers tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones? + +4:22. You shall teach them, and say: Israel passed over this Jordan +through the dry channel, + +4:23. The Lord your God drying up the waters thereof in your sight, +until you passed over: + +4:24. As he had done before in the Red Sea, which he dried up till we +passed through: + +4:25. That all the people of the earth may learn the most mighty hand of +the Lord, that you also may fear the Lord your God for ever. + +Josue Chapter 5 + +The people are circumcised: they keep the pasch. The manna ceaseth. An +angel appeareth to Josue. + +5:1. Now when all the kings of the Amorrhites, who dwelt beyond the +Jordan, westward, and all the kings of Chanaan, who possessed the places +near the great sea, had heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of +the Jordan before the children of Israel, till they passed over, their +heart failed them, and there remained no spirit in them, fearing the +coming in of the children of Israel. + +5:2. At that time the Lord said to Josue: Make thee knives of stone, and +circumcise the second time the children of Israel. + +The second time... Not that such as had been circumcised before were to +be circumcised again; but that they were now to renew, and take up again +the practice of circumcision; which had been omitted during their forty +years' sojourning in the wilderness; by reason of their being always +uncertain when they should be obliged to march. + +5:3. He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the children +of Israel in the hill of the foreskins. + +5:4. Now this is the cause of the second circumcision: All the people +that came out of Egypt that were males, all the men fit for war, died in +the desert, during the time of the long going about in the way: + +5:6. Now these were all circumcised. But the people that were born in +the desert, + +5:6. During the forty years of the journey in the wide wilderness, were +uncircumcised: till all they were consumed that had not heard the voice +of the Lord, and to whom he had sworn before, that he would not shew +them the land flowing with milk and honey. + +5:7. The children of these succeeded in the place of their fathers, and +were circumcised by Josue: for they were uncircumcised even as they were +born, and no one had circumcised them in the way. + +5:8. Now after they were all circumcised, they remained in the same +place of the camp, until they were healed. + +5:9. And the Lord said to Josue: This day have I taken away from you the +reproach of Egypt. And the name of that place was called Galgal, until +this present day. + +5:10. And the children of Israel abode in Galgal, and they kept the +phase, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in the plains of +Jericho: + +5:11. And they ate on the next day unleavened bread of the corn of the +land, and frumenty of the same year. + +5:12. And the manna ceased after they ate of the corn of the land, +neither did the children of Israel use that food any more, but they ate +of the corn of the present year of the land of Chanaan. + +5:13. And when Josue was in the field of the city of Jericho, he lifted +up his eyes, and saw a man standing over against him, holding a drawn +sword, and he went to him, and said: Art thou one of ours, or of our +adversaries? + +5:14. And he answered: No: but I am prince of the host of the Lord, and +now I am come. + +Prince of the host of the Lord, etc... St. Michael, who is called prince +of the people of Israel, Dan. 10.21. + +5:15. Josue fell on his face to the ground. And worshipping, said: What +saith my lord to his servant? + +Worshipping... Not with divine honour, but with a religious veneration +of an inferior kind, suitable to the dignity of his person. + +5:16. Loose, saith he, thy shoes from off thy feet: for the place +whereon thou standest is holy. And Josue did as was commanded him. + +Josue Chapter 6 + +After seven days' processions, the priests sounding the trumpets, the +walls of Jericho fall down: and the city is taken and destroyed. + +6:1. Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children +of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in. + +6:2. And the Lord said to Josue: Behold I have given into thy hands +Jericho, and the king thereof, and all the valiant men. + +6:3. Go round about the city all ye fighting men once a day: so shall ye +do for six days. + +6:4. And on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets, +which are used in the jubilee, and shall go before the ark of the +covenant: and you shall go about the city seven times, and the priests +shall sound the trumpets. + +6:5. And when the voice of the trumpet shall give a longer and broken +tune, and shall sound in your ears, all the people shall shout together +with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the +ground, and they shall enter in every one at the place against which +they shall stand. + +6:6. Then Josue, the son of Nun, called the priests, and said to them: +Take the ark of the covenant: and let seven other priests take the seven +trumpets of the jubilee, and march before the ark of the Lord. + +6:7. And he said to the people: Go, and compass the city, armed, +marching before the ark of the Lord. + +6:8. And when Josue had ended his words, and the seven priests blew the +seven trumpets before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, + +6:9. And all the armed men went before, the rest of the common people +followed the ark, and the sound of the trumpets was heard on all sides. + +6:10. But Josue had commanded the people, saying: You shall not shout, +nor shall your voice be heard, nor any word go out of your mouth: until +the day come wherein I shall say to you: Cry, and shout. + +6:11. So the ark of the Lord went about the city once a day, and +returning into the camp, abode there. + +6:12. And Josue rising before day, the priests took the ark of the Lord, + +6:13. And seven of them seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee: +and they went before the ark of the Lord, walking and sounding the +trumpets: and the armed men went before them, and the rest of the common +people followed the ark, and they blew the trumpets. + +6:14. And they went round about the city the second day once, and +returned into the camp. So they did six days. + +6:15. But the seventh day, rising up early, they went about the city, as +it was ordered, seven times. + +6:16. And when in the seventh going about the priests sounded with the +trumpets, Josue said to all Israel: Shout: for the Lord hath delivered +the city to you: + +6:17. And let this city be an anathema, and all things that are in it, +to the Lord. Let only Rahab, the harlot, live, with all that are with +her in the house: for she hid the messengers whom we sent. + +6:18. But beware ye lest you touch ought of those things that are +forbidden, and you be guilty of transgression, and all the camp of +Israel be under sin, and be troubled. + +6:19. But whatsoever gold or silver there shall be, or vessels of brass +and iron, let it be consecrated to the Lord, laid up in his treasures. + +6:20. So all the people making a shout, and the trumpets sounding, when +the voice and the sound thundered in the ears of the multitude, the +walls forthwith fell down: and every man went up by the place that was +over against him: and they took the city, + +6:21. And killed all that were in it, man and woman, young and old. The +oxen also, and the sheep, and the asses, they slew with the edge of the +sword. + +6:22. But Josue said to the two men that had been sent for spies: Go +into the harlot's house, and bring her out, and all things that are +hers, as you assured her by oath. + +6:23. And the young men went in, and brought out Rahab, and her parents, +her brethren also, and all her goods, and her kindred, and made them to +stay without the camp. + +6:24. But they burned the city, and all things that were therein; except +the gold and silver, and vessels of brass and iron, which they +consecrated unto the treasury of the Lord. + +6:25. But Josue saved Rahab the harlot, and her father's house, and all +she had, and they dwelt in the midst of Israel until this present day: +because she hid the messengers whom he had sent to spy out Jericho. At +that time, Josue made an imprecation, saying: + +6:26. Cursed be the man before the Lord, that shall raise up and build +the city of Jericho. In his firstborn may he lay the foundation thereof, +and in the last of his children set up its gates. + +Cursed, etc... Jericho, in the mystical sense, signifies iniquity: the +sounding of the trumpets by the priests, the preaching of the word of +God; by which the walls of Jericho are thrown down, when sinners are +converted; and a dreadful curse will light on them who build them up +again. + +6:27. And the Lord was with Josue, and his name was noised throughout +all the land. + +Josue Chapter 7 + +For the sins of Achan, the Israelites are defeated at Hai. The offender +is found out; and stoned to death, and God's wrath is turned from them. + +7:1. But the children of Israel transgressed the commandment, and took +to their own use of that which was accursed. For Achan, the son of +Charmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zare, of the tribe of Juda, took +something of the anathema: and the Lord was angry against the children +of Israel. + +7:2. And when Josue sent men from Jericho against Hai, which is beside +Bethaven, on the east side of the town of Bethel, he said to them: Go +up, and view the country: and they fulfilled his command, and viewed +Hai. + +7:3. And returning, they said to him: Let not all the people go up, but +let two or three thousand men go, and destroy the city: why should all +the people be troubled in vain, against enemies that are very few? + +7:4. There went up therefore three thousand fighting men: who +immediately turned their backs, + +7:5. And were defeated by the men of the city of Hai, and there fell of +them six and thirty men: and the enemies pursued them from the gate as +far as Sabarim, and they slew them as they fled by the descent: and the +heart of the people was struck with fear, and melted like water. + +7:6. But Josue rent his garments, and fell flat on the ground, before +the ark of the Lord, until the evening, both he and all the ancients of +Israel: and they put dust upon their heads. + +7:7. And Josue said: Alas, O Lord God, why wouldst thou bring this +people over the river Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the +Amorrhite, and to destroy us? would God we had stayed beyond the +Jordan, as we began. + +7:8. My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to +their enemies? + +7:9. The Chanaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land, will hear of +it, and being gathered together will surround us, and cut off our name +from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name? + +7:10. And the Lord said to Josue: Arise, why liest thou flat on the +ground? + +7:11. Israel hath sinned, and transgressed my covenant: and they have +taken of the anathema, and have stolen and lied, and have hid it among +their goods. + +7:12. Neither can Israel stand before his enemies, but he shall flee +from them: because he is defiled with the anathema. I will be no more +with you, till you destroy him that is guilty of this wickedness. + +7:13. Arise, sanctify the people, and say to them: Be ye sanctified +against tomorrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel: The curse is in +the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thy enemies, +till he be destroyed out of thee, that is defiled with this wickedness. + +7:14. And you shall come in the morning, every one by your tribes: and +what tribe soever the lot shall find, it shall come by its kindreds, and +the kindred by its houses and tho house by the men. + +7:15. And whosoever he be that shall be found guilty of this fact, he +shall be burnt with fire, with all his substance, because he hath +transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and hath done wickedness in +Israel. + +7:16. Josue, therefore, when he rose in the morning, made Israel to come +by their tribes, and the tribe of Juda was found. + +7:17. Which being brought by in families, it was found to be the family +of Zare. Bringing that also by the houses, he found it to be Zabdi: + +7:18. And bringing his house man by man, he found Achan, the son of +Charmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zare, of the tribe of Juda. + +7:19. And Josue said to Achan: My son, give glory to the Lord God of +Israel, and confess, and tell me what thou hast done, hide it not. + +7:20. And Achan answered Josue, and said to him: Indeed I have sinned +against the Lord, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done. + +7:21. For I saw among the spoils a scarlet garment, exceeding good, and +two hundred sicles of silver, and a golden rule of fifty sicles: and I +coveted them, and I took them away, and hid them in the ground in the +midst of my tent, and the silver I covered with the earth that I dug up. + +7:22. Josue therefore sent ministers: who running to his tent, found all +hid in the same place, together with the silver. + +7:23. And taking them away out of the tent, they brought them to Josue, +and to all the children of Israel, and threw them down before the Lord. + +7:24. Then Josue, and all Israel with him, took Achan, the son of Zare, +and the silver, and the garment, and the golden rule, his sons also, and +his daughters, his oxen, and asses, and sheep, the tent also, and all +the goods: and brought them to the valley of Achor: + +His sons, etc... Probably conscious to, or accomplices of, the crime of +their father. + +7:25. Where Josue said: Because thou hast troubled us, the Lord trouble +thee this day. And all Israel stoned him: and all things that were his, +were consumed with fire. + +7:26. And they gathered together upon him a great heap of stones, which +remaineth until this present day And the wrath of the Lord was turned +away from them. And the name of that place was called the Valley of +Achor, until this day. + +Achor... That is, trouble. + +Josue Chapter 8 + +Hai is taken and burnt, and all the inhabitants slain. An altar is +built, and sacrifices offered. The law is written on stones, and the +blessings and cursings are read before all the people. + +8:1. And the Lord said to Josue: Fear not, nor be thou dismayed: take +with thee all the multitude of fighting men, arise, and go up to the +town of Hai: Behold I have delivered into thy hand the king thereof, and +the people, and the city, and the land. + +8:2. And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the king thereof, as +thou hast done to Jericho, and to the king thereof: but the spoils, and +all the cattle, you shall take for a prey to yourselves: lay an ambush +for the city behind it. + +8:3. And Josue arose, and all the army of the fighting men with him, to +go up against Hai: and he sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the +night, + +8:4. And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go +not very far from it: and be ye all ready. + +8:5. But I, and the rest of the multitude which is with me, will +approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall +come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before: + +8:6. Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will +think that we flee as before. + +8:7. And whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall rise out of +the ambush, and shall destroy the city: and the Lord your God will +deliver it into your hands. + +8:8. And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire, and you shall do +all things so as I have commanded. + +8:9. And he sent them away, and they went on to the place of the ambush, +and abode between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the city of Hai. +But Josue staid that night in the midst of the people, + +8:10. And rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and +went up with the ancients in the front of the army, environed with the +aid of the fighting men. + +8:11. And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, +they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there +was a valley in the midst. + +8:12. And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush +between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city: + +Five thousand... These were part of the thirty thousand mentioned above, +ver. 3. + +8:13. But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north +side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the +city. So Josue went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley. + +8:14. And when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, +and went out with all the army of the city, and set it in battle array, +toward the desert, not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back. + +8:15. But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were +afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness. + +8:16. But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued +them. And when they were come from the city, + +8:17. And not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did +not pursue after Israel, leaving the towns open as they had rushed out, + +8:18. The Lord said to Josue: Lift up the shield that is in thy hand, +towards the city of Hai, for I will deliver it to thee. + +8:19. And when he had lifted up his shield towards the city, the ambush, +that lay hid, rose up immediately: and going to the city, took it, and +set it on fire. + +8:20. And the men of the city, that pursued after Josue, looking back, +and seeing the smoke of the city rise up to heaven, had no more power to +flee this way or that way: especially as they that had counterfeited +flight, and were going toward the wilderness, turned back most valiantly +against them that pursued. + +8:21. So Josue, and all Israel, seeing that the city was taken, and that +the smoke of the city rose up, returned, and slew the men of Hai. + +8:22. And they also that had taken and set the city on fire, issuing out +of the city to meet their own men, began to cut off the enemies who were +surrounded by them. So that the enemies being cut off on both sides, not +one of so great a multitude was saved. + +8:23. And they took the king of the city of Hai alive and brought him to +Josue. + +8:24. So all being slain that had pursued after Israel, in his flight to +the wilderness, and falling by the sword in the same place, the children +of Israel returned and laid waste the city. + +8:25. And the number of them that fell that day, both of men and women, +was twelve thousand persons, all of the city of Hai. + +8:26. But Josue drew not back his hand, which he had stretched out on +high, holding the shield, till all the inhabitants of Hai were slain. + +8:27. And the children of Israel divided among them, the cattle and the +prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Josue. + +8:28. And he burnt the city, and made it a heap forever: + +8:29. And he hung the king thereof on a gibbet, until the evening and +the going down of the sun. Then Josue commanded, and they took down his +carcass from the gibbet: and threw it in the very entrance of the city, +heaping upon it a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this +present day. + +8:30. Then Josue built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount +Hebal, + +8:31. As Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded the children of +Israel, and it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of +unhewn stones, which iron had not touched: and he offered upon it +holocausts to the Lord, and immolated victims of peace offerings. + +8:32. And he wrote upon stones, the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, +which he had ordered before the children of Israel. + +8:33. And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes, and judges, +stood on both sides of the ark, before the priests that carried the ark +of the covenant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was born +among them, half of them by Mount Garizim, and half by Mount Hebal, as +Moses the servant of the Lord, had commanded. And first he blessed the +people of Israel. + +8:34. After this, he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing, +and all things that were written in the book of the law. + +8:35. He left out nothing of those things which Moses had commanded, but +he repeated all before all the people of Israel, with the women and +children, and strangers, that dwelt among them. + +Josue Chapter 9 + +Josue is deceived by the Gabaonites: who being detected are condemned to +be perpetual servants. + +9:1. Now when these things were heard of, all the kings beyond the +Jordan, that dwelt in the mountains, and in the plains, in the places +near the sea, and on the coasts of the great sea, they also that dwell +by Libanus, the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, the Chanaanite, the +Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, + +9:2. Gathered themselves together, to fight against Josue and Israel +with one mind, and one resolution. + +9:3. But they that dwelt in Gabaon, hearing all that Josue had done to +Jericho and Hai: + +9:4. Cunningly devising took for themselves provisions, laying old sacks +upon their asses, and wine bottles rent and sewed up again, + +9:5. And very old shoes, which for a show of age were clouted with +patches, and old garments upon them: the loaves also, which they carried +for provisions by the way, were hard, and broken into pieces: + +9:6. And they went to Josue, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and +said to him, and to all Israel with him: We are come from a far country, +desiring to make peace with you. And the children of Israel answered +them, and said: + +9:7. Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can +make no league with you. + +9:8. But they said to Josue: We are thy servants. Josue said to them: +Who are you? and whence came you? + +9:9. They answered: From a very far country thy servants are come in the +name of the Lord thy God. For we have heard the fame of his power, all +the things that he did in Egypt. + +9:10. And to the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the +Jordan, Sehon, king of Hesebon, and Og, king of Basan, that was in +Astaroth: + +9:11. And our ancients, and all the inhabitants of our country, said to +us: Take with you victuals for a long way, and go meet them, and say: We +are your servants, make ye a league with us. + +9:12. Behold, these loaves we took hot, when we set out from our houses +to come to you, now they are become dry, and broken in pieces by being +exceeding old. + +9:13. These bottles of wine when we filled them were new, now they are +rent and burst. These garments we have on, and the shoes we have on our +feet, by reason of the very long journey, are worn out, and almost +consumed. + +9:14. They took therefore of their victuals, and consulted not the mouth +of the Lord. + +9:15. And Josue made peace with them, and entering into a league, +promised that they should not be slain: the princes also of the +multitude swore to them. + +9:16. Now three days after the league was made, they heard that they +dwelt nigh, and they should be among them. + +9:17. And the children of Israel removed the camp, and came into their +cities on the third day, the names of which are, Gabaon, and Caphira, +and Beroth, and Cariathiarim. + +9:18. And they slew them not, because the princes of the multitude had +sworn in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. Then all the common +people murmured against the princes. + +9:19. And they answered them: We have sworn to them in the name of the +Lord, the God of Israel, and therefore we may not touch them. + +9:20. But this we will do to them: Let their lives be saved, lest the +wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, if we should be forsworn: + +9:21. But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing +wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things, + +9;22. Josue called the Gabaonites, and said to them: Why would you +impose upon us, saying: We dwell very far off from you, whereas you are +in the midst of us? + +9:23. Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always +be hewers of wood, and carriers of water, into the house of my God. + +9:24. They answered: It was told us, thy servants, that the Lord thy God +had promised his servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy +all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared exceedingly and +provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you, and we +took this counsel. + +9:25. And now we are in thy hand: deal with us as it seemeth good and +right unto thee. + +9:26. So Josue did as he had said, and delivered them from the hand of +the children of Israel, that they should not be slain. + +9:27. And he gave orders in that day, that they should be in the service +of all the people, and of the altar of the Lord, hewing wood, and +carrying water, until this present time, in the place which the Lord +hath chosen. + +Josue Chapter 10 + +Five kings war against Gabaon. Josue defeateth them: many are slain with +hailstones. At the prayer of Josue the sun and moon stand still the +space of one day. The five kings are hanged. Divers cities are taken. + +10:1. When Adonisedec, king of Jerusalem, had heard these things, to +wit, that Josue had taken Hai, and had destroyed it, (for as he had done +to Jericho and the king thereof, so did he to Hai and its king) and that +the Gabaonites were gone over to Israel, and were their confederates, + +10:2. He was exceedingly afraid. For Gabaon was a great city, and one of +the royal cities, and greater than the town of Hai, and all its fighting +men were most valiant. + +10:3. Therefore Adonisedec, king of Jerusalem, sent to Oham, king of +Hebron, and to Pharam, king of Jerimoth, and to Japhia, king of Lachis, +and to Dabir, king of Eglon, saying: + +10:4. Come up to me, and bring help, that we may take Gabaon, because it +hath gone over to Josue, and to the children of Israel. + +10:5. So the five kings of the Amorrhites being assembled together, went +up: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jerimoth, the +king of Lachis, the king of Eglon, they and their armies, and camped +about Gabaon, laying siege to it. + +10:6. But the inhabitants of the city of Gabaon, which was besieged, +sent to Josue, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to him: +Withdraw not thy hands from helping thy servants: come up quickly, and +save us, and bring us succour: for all the kings of the Amorrhites, who +dwell in the mountains, are gathered together against us. + +10:7. And Josue went up from Galgal, and all the army of the warriors +with him, most valiant men. + +10:8. But the Lord said to Josue: Fear them not: for I have delivered +them into thy hands: none of them shall be able to stand against thee. + +10:9. So Josue going up from Galgal all the night, came upon them +suddenly. + +10:10. And the Lord troubled them, at the sight of Israel: and he slew +them with a great slaughter, in Gabaon, and pursued them by the way of +the ascent to Bethoron, and cut them off all the way to Azeca and +Maceda. + +10:11. And when they were fleeing from the children of Israel, and were +in the descent of Bethoron, the Lord cast down upon them great stones +from heaven, as far as Azeca: and many more were killed with the +hailstones, than were slain by the swords of the children of Israel, + +10:12. Then Josue spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the +Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said before +them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the +valley of Ajalon. + +10:13. And the sun and the moon stood still, till the people revenged +themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of the +just? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to +go down the space of one day. + +The book of the just... In Hebrew Jasher: an ancient book long since +lost. + +10:14. There was not before, nor after, so long a day, the Lord obeying +the voice of a man, and fighting for Israel. + +10:15. And Josue returned, with all Israel, into the camp of Galgal. + +10:16. For the five kings were fled, and had hid themselves in a cave of +the city of Maceda. + +10:17. And it was told Josue, that the five kings were found hid in a +cave of the city of Maceda. + +10:18. And he commanded them that were with him, saying: Roll great +stones to the mouth of the cave, and set careful men to keep them shut +up: + +10:19. And stay you not, but pursue after the enemies, and kill all the +hindermost of them as they flee, and do not suffer them whom the Lord +God hath delivered into your hands, to shelter themselves in their +cities. + +10:20. So the enemies being slain with a great slaughter, and almost +utterly consumed, they that were able to escape from Israel, entered +into fenced cities. + +10:21. And all the army returned to Josue, in Maceda, where the camp +then was, in good health, and without the loss of any one: and no man +durst move his tongue against the children of Israel. + +10:22. And Josue gave orders, saying: Open the mouth of the cave, and +bring forth to me the five kings that lie hid therein. + +10:23. And the ministers did as they were commanded: and they brought +out to him the five kings out of the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the +king of Hebron, the king of Jerimoth, the king of Lachis, the king of +Eglon. + +10:24. And when they were brought out to him, he called all the men of +Israel, and said to the chiefs of the army that were with him: Go, and +set your feet on the necks of these kings. And when they had gone, and +put their feet upon the necks of them lying under them, + +10:25. He said again to them: Fear not, neither be ye dismayed, take +courage, and be strong: for so will the Lord do to all your enemies, +against whom you fight. + +10:26. And Josue struck, and slew them, and hanged them upon five +gibbets; and they hung until the evening. + +10:27. And when the sun was down, he commanded the soldiers to take them +down from the gibbets. And after they were taken down, they cast them +into the cave, where they had lain hid, and put great stones at the +mouth thereof, which remain until this day. + +10:28. The same day Josue took Maceda, and destroyed it with the edge of +the sword, and killed the king and all the inhabitants thereof: he left +not in it the least remains. And he did to the king of Maceda, as he had +done to the king of Jericho. + +10:29. And he passed from Maceda with all Israel to Lebna, and fought +against it: + +10:30. And the Lord delivered it with the king thereof into the hands of +Israel: and they destroyed the city with the edge of the sword, and all +the inhabitants thereof. They left not in it any remains. And they did +to the king of Lebna, as they had done to the king of Jericho. + +10:31. From Lebna he passed unto Lachis, with all Israel: and investing +it with his army, besieged it. + +10:32. And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel, and he +took it the following day, and put it to the sword, and every soul that +was in it, as he had done to Lebna. + +10:33. At that time Horam, king of Gazer, came up to succour Lachis: and +Josue slew him with all his people so as to leave none alive. + +10:34. And he passed from Lachis to Eglon, and surrounded it, + +10:35. And took it the same day: and put to the sword all the souls that +were in it, according to all that he had done to Lachis. + +10:36. He went up also with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron, and fought +against it: + +10:37. Took it, and destroyed it with the edge of the sword: the king +also thereof, and all the towns of that country, and all the souls that +dwelt in it: he left not therein any remains: as he had done to Eglon, +so did he also to Hebron, putting to the sword all that he found in it. + +The king... Viz., the new king, who succeeded him that was slain, ver. +26. + +10:38. Returning from thence to Dabir, + +10:39. He took it, and destroyed it: the king also thereof, and all the +towns round about, he destroyed with the edge of the sword: he left not +in it any remains: as he had done to Hebron and Lebna, and to their +kings, so did he to Dabir, and to the king thereof. + +10:40. So Josue conquered all the country of the hills, and of the +south, and of the plain, and of Asedoth, with their kings: he left not +any remains therein, but slew all that breathed, as the Lord, the God of +Israel, had commanded him. + +Any remains therein, but slew, etc... God ordered these people to be +utterly destroyed, in punishment of their manifold abomination; and that +they might not draw the Israelites into the like sins. + +10:41. From Cadesbarne even to Gaza. All the land of Gosen even to +Gabaon, + +10:42. And all their kings, and their lands he took and wasted at one +onset: for the Lord the God of Israel fought for him. + +10:43. And he returned with all Israel to the place of the camp in +Galgal. + +Josue Chapter 11 + +The kings of the north are overthrown: the whole country is taken. + +11:1. And when Jabin king of Asor had heard these things, he sent to +Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Semeron, and to the king of +Achsaph: + +11:2. And to the kings of the north, that dwelt in the mountains and in +the plains over against the south side of Ceneroth, and in the levels +and the countries of Dor by the sea side: + +11:3. To the Chanaanites also on the east and on the west, and the +Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Jebusite in the +mountains: to the Hevite also who dwelt at the foot of Hermon in the +land of Maspha. + +11:4. And they all came out with their troops, a people exceeding +numerous as the sand that is on the sea shore, their horses also and +chariots a very great multitude, + +11:5. And all these kings assembled together at the waters of Merom, to +fight against Israel. + +11:6. And the Lord said to Josue: Fear them not: for to morrow at this +same hour I will deliver all these to be slain in the sight of Israel: +thou shalt hamstring their horses, and thou shalt burn their chariots +with fire. + +Hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire, etc... God so +ordained, that his people might not trust in chariots and horses, but in +him. + +11:7. And Josue came, and all the army with him, against them to the +waters of Merom on a sudden, and fell upon them. + +11:8. And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel. And they +defeated them, and chased them as far as the great Sidon and the waters +of Maserophot, and the field of Masphe, which is on the east thereof. He +slew them all, so as to leave no remains of them: + +11:9. And he did as the Lord had commanded him, he hamstringed their +horses and burned their chariots. + +11:10. And presently turning back he took Asor: and slew the king +thereof with the sword. Now Asor of old was the head of all these +kingdoms. + +11:11. And he cut off all the souls that abode there: he left not in it +any remains, but utterly destroyed all, and burned the city itself with +fire. + +11:12. And he took and put to the sword and destroyed all the cities +round about, and their kings, as Moses the servant of God had commanded +him. + +11:13. Except the cities that were on hills and high places, the rest +Israel burned: only Asor that was very strong he consumed with fire. + +11:14. And the children of Israel divided among themselves all the spoil +of these cities and the cattle, killing all the men. + +11:15. As the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command +Josue, and he accomplished all: he left not one thing undone of all the +commandments which the Lord had commanded Moses. + +11:16. So Josue took all the country of the hills, and of the south, and +the land of Gosen, and the plains and the west country, and the mountain +of Israel, and the plains thereof: + +11:17. And part of the mountain that goeth up to Seir as far as Baalgad, +by the plain of Libanus under mount Hermon: all their kings he took, +smote and slew. + +11:18. Josue made war a long time against these kings. + +A long time... Seven years, as appears from chap. 14.10. + +11:19. There was not a city that delivered itself to the children of +Israel, except the Hevite, who dwelt in Gabaon: for he took all by +fight. + +11:20. For it was the sentence of the Lord, that their hearts should be +hardened, and they should fight against Israel, and fall, and should not +deserve any clemency, and should be destroyed as the Lord had commanded +Moses. + +Hardened... This hardening of their hearts, was their having no thought +of yielding or submitting: which was a sentence or judgment of God upon +them in punishment of their enormous crimes. + +11:21. At that time Josue came and cut off the Enancims from the +mountains, from Hebron, and Dabir, and Anab, and from all the mountain +of Juda and Israel, and destroyed their cities. + +11:22. He left not any of the stock of the Enacims, in the land of the +children of Israel: except the cities of Gaza, and Geth, and Azotus, in +which alone they were left. + +11:23. So Josue took all the land, as the Lord spoke to Moses, and +delivered it in possession to the children of Israel, according to their +divisions and tribes. And the land rested from wars. + +Josue Chapter 12 + +A list of the kings slain by Moses and Josue, + +12:1. These are the kings, whom the children of Israel slew and +possessed their land beyond the Jordan towards the rising of the sun, +from the torrent Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the east country that +looketh towards the wilderness. + +12:2. Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hesebon, and had +dominion from Aroer, which is seated upon the bank of the torrent Arnon, +and of the middle part in the valley, and of half Galaad, as far as the +torrent Jaboc, which is the border of the children of Ammon. + +12:3. And from the wilderness, to the sea of Ceneroth towards the east, +and to the sea of the wilderness, which is the most salt sea, on the +east side by the way that leadeth to Bethsimoth: and on the south side +that lieth under Asedoth, Phasga. + +12:4. The border of Og the king of Basan, of the remnant of the Raphaims +who dwelt in Astaroth, and in Edrai, and had dominion in mount Hermon, +and in Salecha, and in all Basan, unto the borders + +12:5. Of Gessuri and Machati, and of half Galaad: the borders of Sehon +the king of Hesebon. + +12:6. Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel slew +them, and Moses delivered their land in possession to the Rubenites, and +Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses. + +12:7. These are the kings of the land, whom Josue and the children of +Israel slew beyond the Jordan on the west side from Baalgad in the field +of Libanus, unto the mount, part of which goeth up into Seir: and Josue +delivered it in possession to the tribes of Israel, to every one their +divisions, + +12:8. As well in the mountains as in the plains and the champaign +countries. In Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and in the south was the +Hethite and the Amorrhite, the Chanaanite and the Pherezite, the Hevite +and the Jebusite. + +12:9. The king of Jericho one: the king of Hai, which is on the side of +Bethel, one: + +12:10. The king of Jerusalem one, the king of Hebron one, + +12:11. The king of Jerimoth one, thee king of Lachis one, + +12:12. The king of Eglon one, the king of Gazer one, + +12:13. The king of Dabir one, the king of Gader one, + +12:14. The king of Herma one, the king of Hered one, + +12:15. The king of Lebna one, the king of Odullam one, + +12:16. The king of Maceda one, the king of Bethel one, + +12:17. The king of Taphua one, the king of Opher one, + +12:18. The king of Aphec one, the king of Saron one, + +12:19. The king of Madon one, the king of Asor one, + +12:20. The king of Semeron one, the king of Achsaph one, + +12:21. The king of Thenac one, the king of Mageddo one, + +12:22. Thee king of Cades one, the king of Jachanan of Carmel one, + +12:23. The king of Dor, and of the province of Dor one, the king of the +nations of Galgal one, + +12:24. The king of Thersa one: all the kings thirty and one. + +Josue Chapter 13 + +God commandeth Josue to divide the land: the possessions of Ruben, Gad, +and half the tribe of Manasses, beyond the Jordan. + +13:1. Josue was old, and far advanced in years, and the Lord said to +him: Thou art grown old, and advanced in age, and there is a very large +country left, which is not yet divided by lot: + +Josue was old, and far advanced in years... He was then about one +hundred and one years old.-And their is a very large country left, which +is not yet divided by lot... Not yet possessed by the children of +Israel. + +13:2. To wit, all Galilee, Philistia, and all Gessuri. + +13:3. From the troubled river, that watereth Egypt, unto the border of +Accaron northward: the land of Chanaan, which is divided among the lords +of the Philistines, the Gazites, the Azotians, the Ascalonites, the +Gethites, and the Accronites. + +13:4. And on the south side are the Hevites, all the land of Chanaan, +and Maara of the Sidonians as far as Apheca, and the borders of the +Amorrhite, + +13:5. And his confines. The country also of Libanus towards the east +from Baalgad under mount Hermon to the entering into Emath. + +13:6. Of all that dwell in the mountains from Libanus, to the waters of +Maserephoth, and all the Sidonians. I am he that will cut them off from +before the face of the children of Israel. So let their land come in as +a part of the inheritance of Israel, as I have commanded thee. + +13:7. And now divide the land in possession to the nine tribes, and to +the half tribe of Manasses, + +13:8. With whom Ruben and Gad have possessed the land, which Moses the +servant of the Lord delivered to them beyond the river Jordan, on the +east side. + +With whom... That is, with the other half of that same tribe. + +13:9. From Aroer, which is upon the bank of the torrent Arnon, and in +the midst of the valley and all the plains of Medaba, as far as Dibon: + +13:10. And all the cities of Sehon, king of the Amorrhites, who reigned +in Hesebon, unto the borders of the children of Ammon. + +13:11. And Galaad, and the borders of Gessuri and Machati, and all mount +Hermon, and all Basan as far as Salecha, + +13:12. All the kingdom of Og in Basan, who reigned in Astaroth and +Edrai, he was of the remains of the Raphaims: and Moses overthrew and +destroyed them. + +13:13. And the children of Israel would not destroy Gessuri and Machati +and they have dwelt in the midst of Israel, until this present day. + +13:14. But to the tribe of Levi he gave no possession: but the +sacrifices and victims of thee Lord God of Israel, are his inheritance, +as he spoke to him. + +13:15. And Moses gave a possession to the children of Ruben according to +their kindreds. + +13:16. And their border was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the +torrent Arnon, and in the midst of the valley of the same torrent: all +the plain, that leadeth to Medaba, + +13:17. And Hesebon, and all their villages, which are in the plains. +Dibon also, and Bamothbaal, and the town of Baalmaon, + +13:18. And Jassa, and Cidimoth, and Mephaath, + +13:19. And Cariathaim, and Sabama, and Sarathasar in the mountain of the +valley. + +13:20. Bethphogor and Asedoth, Phasga and Bethiesimoth, + +13:21. And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdoms of Sehon +king of the Amorrhites, that reigned in Hesebon, whom Moses slew with +the princes of Madian: Hevi, and Recem, and Sur and Hur, and Rebe, dukes +of Sehon inhabitants of the land. + +The princes of Madian... It appears from hence that these were subjects +of king Sehon: they are said to have been slain with him, that is, about +the same time, but not in the same battle. + +13:22. Balaam also the son of Beor the soothsayer, the children of +Israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain. + +13:23. And the river Jordan was the border of the children of Ruben. +This is the possession of the Rubenites, by their kindreds, of cities +and villages. + +13:24. And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad and to his children by their +kindreds a possession, of which this is the division. + +13:25. The border of Jaser, and all the cities of Galaad, and half the +land of the children of Ammon: as far as Aroer which is over against +Rabba: + +13:26. And from Hesebon unto Ramoth, Masphe and Betonim: and from Manaim +unto the borders of Dabir. + +13:27. And in the valley Betharan and Bethnemra, and Socoth, and Saphon +the other part of the kingdom of Sehon king of Hesebon: the limit of +this also is the Jordan, as far as the uttermost part of the sea of +Cenereth beyond the Jordan on the east side, + +13:28. This is the possession of the children of Gad by their families, +their cities, and villages. + +13:29. He gave also to the half tribe of Manasses and his children +possession according to their kindreds, + +13:30. The beginning whereof is this: from Manaim all Basan, and all the +kingdoms of Og king of Basan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in +Basan, threescore towns. + +13:31. And half Galaad, and Astaroth, and Edrai, cities of the kingdom +of Og in Basan: to the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, to one +half of the children of Machir according to their kindreds. + +13:32. This possession Moses divided in the plains of Moab, beyond the +Jordan, over against Jericho on the east side, + +13:33. But to the tribe of Levi he gave no possession: because the Lord +the God of Israel himself is their possession, as he spoke to them. + +Josue Chapter 14 + +Caleb's petition; Hebron is given to him and to his seed. + +14:1. This is what the children of Israel possessed in the land of +Chanaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the +princes of the families by the tribes of Israel gave to them. + +14:2. Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded the hand of Moses, +to the nine tribes, and the half tribe. + +14:3. For to two tribes and a half Moses had given possession beyond the +Jordan: besides the Levites, who received no land among their brethren: + +14:4. But in their place succeeded the children of Joseph divided into +two tribes, of Manasses and Ephraim: neither did the Levites receive +other portion of land, but cities to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed +their beasts and flocks. + +Hebron belonged, etc... All the country thereabouts, depending on +Hebron, was given to Caleb; but the city itself with the suburbs, was +one of those that were given to the priests to dwell in. + +14:5. As the Lord had commanded Moses so did the children of Israel, and +they divided the land. + +14:6. Then the children of Juda came to Josue in Galgal, and Caleb the +son of Jephone the Cenezite spoke to him: Thou knowest what the Lord +spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Cadesbarne. + +14:7. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me +from Cadesbarne, to view the land, and I brought him word again as to me +seemed true, + +14:8. But my brethren, that had gone up with me, discouraged the heart +of the people: and I nevertheless followed the Lord my God. + +14:9. And Moses swore in that day, saying: The land which thy foot hath +trodden upon shall be thy possession, and thy children for ever, because +thou hast followed the Lord my God. + +14:10. The Lord therefore hath granted me life, as he promised until +this present day, It is forty and five years since the Lord spoke this +word to Moses, when Israel journeyed through the wilderness: this day I +am eighty-five years old, + +14:11. As strong as I was at that time when I was sent to view the land: +the strength of that time continueth in me until this day, as well to +fight as to march. + +14:12. Give me therefore this mountain, which the Lord promised, in thy +hearing also, wherein are the Enacims, and cities great and strong: if +so be the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to destroy them, as +he promised me. + +14:13. And Josue blessed him, and gave him Hebron in possession. + +14:14. And from that time Hebron belonged to Caleb the son of Jephone +the Cenezite, until this present day: because he followed the Lord the +God of Israel. + +14:15. The name of Hebron before was called Cariath-Arbe: Adam the +greatest among the Enacims was laid there and the land rested from wars. + +Josue Chapter 15 + +The borders of the lot of Juda. Caleb's portion and conquest. The cities +of Juda. + +15:1. Now the lot of the children of Juda by their kindreds was this: +From the frontier of Edom, to the desert of Sin southward, and to the +uttermost part of the south coast. + +15:2. Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the +bay thereof, that looketh to the south. + +15:3. And it goeth out towards the ascent of the Scorpion, and passeth +on to Sina: and ascendeth into Cadesbarne, and reacheth into Esron, +going up to Addar, and compassing Carcaa. + +15:4. And from thence passing along into Asemona, and reaching the +torrent of Egypt: and the bounds thereof shall be the great sea, this +shall be the limit of the south coast. + +15:5. But on the east side the beginning shall be the most salt sea even +to the end of the Jordan: and towards the north from the bay of the sea +unto the same river Jordan. + +15:6. And the border goeth up into Beth-Hagla, and passeth by the north +into Beth-Araba: going up to the stone of Boen the son of Ruben. + +15:7. And reaching as far as the borders of Debara from the valley of +Achor, and so northward looking towards Galgal, which is opposite to the +ascent of Adommin, on the south side of the torrent, and the border +passeth the waters that are called the fountain of the sun: and the +goings out thereof shall be at the fountain Rogel. + +15:8. And it goeth up by the valley of the son of Ennom on the side of +the Jebusite towards the south, the same is Jerusalem: and thence +ascending to the top of the mountain, which is over against Geennom to +the west in the end of the valley of Raphaim, northward. + +15:9. And it passeth on from the top of the mountain to the fountain of +the water of Nephtoa: and reacheth to the towns of mount Ephron: and it +bendeth towards Baala, which is Cariathiarim, that is to say, the city +of the woods. + +15:10. And it compasseth from Baala westward unto mount Seir: and +passeth by the side of mount Jarim to the north into Cheslon: and goeth +down into Bethsames, and passeth into Thamna. + +15:11. And reacheth northward to a part of Accaron at the side: and +bendeth to Sechrona, and passeth mount Baala: and cometh into Jebneel, +and is bounded westward with the great sea. + +15:12. These are the borders round about of the children of Juda in +their kindreds. + +15:13. But to Caleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of +the children of Juda, as the Lord had commanded him: Cariath-Arbe the +father of Enac, which is Hebron. + +15:14. And Caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of Enac, Sesai and +Ahiman, and Tholmai of the race of Enac. + +15:15. And going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of Dabir, +which before was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, the city of +letters. + +15:16. And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, +I will give him Axa my daughter to wife. + +15:17. And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, took +it: and he gave him Axa his daughter to wife. + +15:18. And as they were going together, she was moved by her husband to +ask a field of her father, and she sighed as she sat on her ass. And +Caleb said to her: What aileth thee? + +15:19. But she answered: Give me a blessing: thou hast given me a +southern and dry land, give me also a land that Is watered. And Caleb +gave her the upper and the nether watery ground. + +15:20. This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Juda by +their kindreds. + +15:21. And the cities from the uttermost parts of the children of Juda +by the borders of Edom to the south, were Cabseel and Eder and Jagur, + +15:22. And Cina and Dimona and Adada, + +15:23. And Cades and Asor and Jethnam, + +15:24. Ziph and Telem and Baloth, + +15:25. New Asor and Carioth, Hesron, which is Asor. + +15:26. Amam, Sama and Molada, + +15:27. And Asergadda and Hassemon and Bethphelet, + +15:28. And Hasersual and Bersabee and Baziothia, + +15:29. And Baala and Jim and Esem, + +15:30. And Eltholad and Cesil and Harma, + +15:31. And Siceleg and Medemena and Sensenna, + +15:32. Lebaoth and Selim and Aen and Remmon: all the cities twenty-nine, +and their villages. + +15:33. But in the plains: Estaol and Sarea and Asena, + +15:34. And Zanoe and Engannim and Taphua and Enaim, + +15:35. And Jerimoth and Adullam, Socho and Azeca, + +15:36. And Saraim and Adithaim and Gedera and Gederothaim: fourteen +cities, and their villages. + +15:37. Sanan and Hadassa and Magdalgad, + +15:38. Delean and Masepha and Jecthel, + +15:39. Lachis and Bascath and Eglon, + +15:40. Chebbon and Leheman and Cethlis, + +15:41. And Gideroth and Bethdagon and Naama and Maceda: sixteen cities, +and their villages. + +15:42. Labana and Ether and Asan, + +15:43. Jephtha and Esna and Nesib, + +15:44. And Ceila and Achzib and Maresa: nine cities, and their villages. + +15:45. Accaron with the towns and villages thereof. + +15:46. From Accaron even to the sea: all places that lie towards Azotus +and the villages thereof. + +15:47. Azotus with its towns and villages. Gaza with its towns and +villages, even to the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea that is the +border thereof. + +15:48. And in the mountain Samir and Jether and Socoth, + +15:49. And Danna and Cariath-senna, this is Dabir: + +15:50. Anab and Istemo and Anim, + +15:51. Gosen and Olon and Gilo: eleven cities and their villages. + +15:52. Arab and Ruma and Esaan, + +15:53. And Janum and Beththaphua and Apheca, + +15:54. Athmatha and Cariath-Arbe, this is Hebron and Sior: nine cities +and their villages. + +15:55. Maon and Carmel and Ziph and Jota, + +15:56. Jezrael and Jucadam and Zanoe, + +15:57. Accain, Gabaa and Thamna: ten cities and their villages. + +15:58. Halhul, and Bessur, and Gedor, + +15:59. Mareth, and Bethanoth, and Eltecon: six cities and their +villages. + +15:60. Cariathbaal, the same is Cariathiarim the city of woods, and +Arebba: two cities and their villages. + +15:61. In the desert Betharaba, Meddin and Sachacha, + +15:62. And Nebsan, and the city of salt, and Engaddi: six cities and +their villages. + +15:63. But the children of Juda could not destroy the Jebusite that +dwelt in Jerusalem: and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of Juda in +Jerusalem until this present day. + +Josue Chapter 16 + +The lot of the sons of Joseph. The borders of the tribe of Ephraim. + +16:1. And the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan over +against Jericho and the waters thereof, on the east: the wilderness +which goeth up from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel: + +16:2. And goeth out from Bethel to Luza: and passeth the border of +Archi, to Ataroth, + +16:3. And goeth down westward, by the border of Jephleti, unto the +borders of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gazer: and the countries of it +are ended by the great sea: + +16:4. And Manasses and Ephraim the children of Joseph possessed it. + +16:5. And the border of the children of Ephraim was according to their +kindreds: and their possession towards the east was Ataroth-addar unto +Beth-horon the upper. + +16:6. And the confines go out unto the sea: but Machmethath looketh to +the north, and it goeth round the borders eastward into Thanath-selo: +and passeth along on the east side to Janoe. + +Looketh to the north, etc... The meaning is, that the border went +towards the north, by Machmethath; and then turned eastward to Thanath- +selo. + +16:7. And it goeth down from Janoe into Ataroth and Naaratha: and it +cometh to Jericho, and goeth out to the Jordan. + +16:8. From Taphua it passeth on towards the sea into the valley of +reeds, and the goings out thereof are at the most salt sea. This is the +possession of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. + +16:9. And there were cities with their villages separated for the +children of Ephraim in the midst of the possession of the children of +Manasses. + +16:10. And the children of Ephraim slew not the Chanaanite, who dwelt in +Gazer: and the Chanaanite dwelt in the midst of Ephraim until this day, +paying tribute. + +Josue Chapter 17 + +The lot of the half tribe of Manasses. + +17:1. And this lot fell to the tribe of Manasses for he is the firstborn +of Joseph to Machir the firstborn of Manasses the father of Galaad, who +was a warlike man, and had for possession Galaad and Basan. + +17:2. And to the rest of the children of Manasses according to their +families: to the children of Abiezer, and to the children of Helec, and +to the children of Esriel, and to the children of Sechem, and to the +children of Hepher, and to the children of Semida: these are the male +children of Manasses the son of Joseph, by their kindreds. + +17:3. But Salphaad the son of Hepher the son of Galaad the son of Machir +the son of Manasses had no sons, but only daughters: whose names are +these, Maala and Noa and Hegla and Melcha and Thersa. + +17:4. And they came in the presence of Eleazar the priest and of Josue +the son of Nun, and of the princes, saying: The Lord commanded by the +hand of Moses, that a possession should be given us in the midst of our +brethren. And he gave them according to the commandment of the Lord a +possession amongst the brethren of their father. + +17:5. And there fell ten portions to Manasses, beside the land of Galaad +and Basan beyond the Jordan. + +17:6. For the daughters of Manasses possessed inheritance in the midst +of his sons. And the land of Galaad fell to the lot of the rest of the +children of Manasses. + +17:7. And the border of Manasses was from Aser, Machmethath which +looketh towards Sichem: and it goeth out on the right hand by the +inhabitants of the fountain of Taphua. + +17:8. For the lot of Manasses took in the land of Taphua, which is on +the borders of Manasses, and belongs to the children of Ephraim. + +17:9. And the border goeth down to the valley of the reeds, to the south +of the torrent of the cities of Ephraim, which are in the midst of the +cities of Manasses: the border of Manasses is on the north side of the +torrent, and the outgoings of it are at the sea: + +17:10. So that the possession of Ephraim is on the south, and on the +north that of Manasses, and the sea is the border of both, and they are +joined together in the tribe of Aser on the north, and in the tribe of +Issachar on the east. + +17:11. And the inheritance of Manasses in Issachar and in Aser, was +Bethsan and its villages, and Jeblaam with its villages, and the +inhabitants of Dor, with the towns thereof: the inhabitants also of +Endor with the villages thereof: and in like manner the inhabitants of +Thenac with the villages thereof: and the inhabitants of Mageddo with +their villages, and the third part of the city of Nopheth. + +17:12. Neither could the children of Manasses overthrow these cities, +but the Chanaanite began to dwell in his land. + +17:13. But after that the children of Israel were grown strong, they +subdued the Chanaanites, and made them their tributaries, and they did +not kill them. + +17:14. And the children of Joseph spoke to Josue, and said: Why hast +thou given me but one lot and one portion to possess, whereas I am of so +great a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed me? + +17:15. And Josue said to them: If thou be a great people, go up into the +woodland, and cut down room for thyself in the land of the Pherezite and +the Raphaims: because the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for +thee. + +17:16. And the children of Joseph answered him: We cannot go up to the +mountains, for the Chanaanites that dwell in the low lands, wherein are +situate Bethsan with its towns, and Jezrael in the midst of the valley, +have chariots of iron. + +17:17. And Josue said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasses: +Thou art a great people, and of great strength, thou shalt not have one +lot only: + +17:18. But thou shalt pass to the mountain, and shalt cut down the wood, +and make thyself room to dwell in: and mayst proceed farther, when thou +hast destroyed the Chanaanites, who as thou sayest have iron chariots, +and are very strong. + +Josue Chapter 18 + +Surveyors are sent to divide the rest of the land into seven tribes. +The lot of Benjamin. + +18:1. And all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo, and +there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was +subdued before them. + +18:2. But there remained seven tribes of the children of Israel, which +as yet had not received their possessions. + +18:3. And Josue said to them: How long are you indolent and slack, and +go not in to possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers +hath given you? + +18:4. Choose of every tribe three men, that I may send them, and they +may go and compass the land, and mark it out according to the number of +each multitude: and bring back to me what they have marked out. + +18:5. Divide to yourselves the land into seven parts: let Juda be in his +bounds on the south side, and the house of Joseph on the north. + +18:6. The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; +and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the +Lord your God. + +The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts... That +is to say, the rest of the land, which is not already assigned to Juda +or Joseph. + +18:7. For the Levites have no part among you, but the priesthood of the +Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Ruben, and the half tribe of +Manasses have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan +eastward: which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them. + +18:8. And when the men were risen up, to go to mark out the land, Josue +commanded them saying: Go round the land and mark it out, and return to +me: that I may cast lots for you before the Lord in Silo. + +18:9. So they went and surveying it divided it into seven parts, writing +them down in a book. And they returned to Josue, to the camp in Silo. + +18:10. And he cast lots before the Lord in Silo, and divided the land to +the children of Israel into seven parts. + +18:11. And first came up the lot of the children of Benjamin by their +families, to possess the land between the children of Juda, and the +children of Joseph. + +18:12. And their border northward was from the Jordan: going along by +the side of Jericho on the north side, and thence going up westward to +the mountains, and reaching to the wilderness of Bethaven, + +18:13. And passing along southward by Luza, the same is Bethel, and it +goeth down into Ataroth-addar to the mountain, that is on the south of +the nether Beth-horon. + +18:14. And it bendeth thence going round towards the sea, south of the +mountain that looketh towards Beth-horon to the southwest: and the +outgoings thereof are into Cariathbaal, which is called also +Cariathiarim, a city of the children of Juda This is their coast towards +the sea, westward. + +18:15. But on the south side the border goeth out from part of +Cariathiarim towards the sea, and cometh to the fountain of the waters +of Nephtoa. + +18:16. And it goeth down to that part of the mountain that looketh on +the valley of the children of Ennom: and is over against the north +quarter in the furthermost part of the valley of Raphaim, and it goeth +down into Geennom (that is the valley of Ennom) by the side of the +Jebusite to the south: and cometh to the fountain of Rogel, + +18:17. Passing thence to the north, and going out to Ensemes, that is to +say, the fountain of the sun: + +18:18. And It passeth along to the hills that are over against the +ascent of Adommim: and it goeth down to Abenboen, that is, the stone of +Boen the son of Ruben: and it passeth on the north side to the champaign +countries; and goeth down Into the plain, + +18:19. And it passeth by Bethhagla northward: and the outgoings thereof +are towards the north of the most salt sea at the south end of the +Jordan. + +18:20. Which is the border of it on the east side. This is the +possession of the children of Benjamin by their borders round about, and +their families. + +18:21. And their cities were, Jericho and Bethhagla and Vale-Casis, + +18:22. Betharaba and Samaraim and Bethel, + +18:23. And Avim and Aphara and Ophera, + +18:24. The town Emona and Ophni and Gabee: twelve cities, and their +villages. + +18:25. Gabam and Rama and Beroth, + +18:26. And Mesphe, and Caphara, and Amosa, + +18:27. And Recem, Jarephel, and Tharela, + +18:28. And Sela, Eleph and Jebus, which is Jerusalem, Gabaath and +Cariath: fourteen cities, and their villages. This is the possession of +the children of Benjamin by their families. + +Josue Chapter 19 + +The lots of the tribes of Simeon, Zabulon, Issachar, Aser, Nephtali and +Dan. A city is given to Josue. + +19:1. And the second lot came forth for the children of Simeon by their +kindreds: and their inheritance was + +19:2. In the midst of the possession of the children of Juda: Bersabee +and Sabee and Molada, + +19:3. And Hasersual, Bala and Asem, + +19:4. And Eltholad, Bethul and Harma, + +19:5. And Siceleg and Bethmarchaboth and Hasersusa, + +19:6. And Bethlebaoth and Sarohen: thirteen cities, and their villages. + +19:7. And Remmon and Athor and Asan: four cities, and their villages. + +19:8. And all the villages round about these cities to Baalath Beer +Ramath to the south quarter. This is the inheritance of the children of +Simeon according to their kindreds, + +19:9. In the possession and lot of the children of Juda: because it was +too great, and therefore the children of Simeon had their possession in +the midst of their inheritance. + +19:10. And the third lot fell to the children of Zabulon by their +kindreds: and the border of their possession was unto Sarid. + +19:11. And It went up from the sea and from Merala, and came to +Debbaseth: as far as the torrent, which is over against Jeconam. + +19:12. And it returneth from Sarid eastward to the borders of +Ceseleththabor: and it goeth out to Dabereth and ascendeth towards +Japhie. + +19:13. And it passeth along from thence to the east side of Gethhepher +and Thacasin: and goeth out to Remmon, Amthar and Noa. + +19:14. And it turneth about to the north of Hanathon: and the outgoings +thereof are the valley of Jephtahel, + +19:15. And Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and Jedala and Bethlehem: +twelve cities and their villages. + +19:16. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Zabulon +by their kindreds, the cities and their villages. + +19:17. The fourth lot came out to Issachar by their kindreds. + +19:18. And his inheritance was Jezrael and Casaloth and Sunem, + +19:19. And Hapharaim and Seon and Anaharath, + +19:20. And Rabboth and Cesion, Abes, + +19:21. And Rameth and Engannim and Enhadda and Bethpheses. + +19:22. And the border thereof cometh to Thabor and Sehesima and +Bethsames: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the Jordan: sixteen +cities, and their villages. + +19:23. This is the possession of the sons of Issachar by their kindreds, +the cities and their villages. + +19:24. And the fifth lot fell to the tribe of the children of Aser by +their kindreds: + +19:25. And their border was Halcath and Chali and Beten and Axaph, + +19:26. And Elmelech and Amaad and Messal: and it reacheth to Carmel by +the sea and Sihor and Labanath, + +19:27. And it returneth towards the east to Bethdagon: and passeth along +to Zabulon and to the valley of Jephthael towards the north to Bethemec +and Nehiel. And it goeth out to the left side of Cabul, + +19:28. And to Abaran and Rohob and Hamon and Cana, as far as the great +Sidon. + +19:29. And it returneth to Horma to the strong city of Tyre, and to +Hosa: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the sea from the portion of +Achziba: + +19:30. And Amma and Aphec and Rohob: twenty-two cities, and their +villages. + +19:31. This is the possession of the children of Aser by their kindreds, +and the cities and their villages. + +19:32. The sixth lot came out to the sons of Nephtali by their families: + +19:33. And the border began from Heleph and Elon to Saananim, and Adami, +which is Neceb, and Jebnael even to Lecum: + +19:34. And the border returneth westward to Azanotthabor, and goeth out +from thence to Hucuca, and passeth along to Zabulon southward, and to +Aser westward, and to Juda upon the Jordan towards the rising of the +sun. + +19:35. And the strong cities are Assedim, Ser, and Emath, and Reccath +and Cenereth, + +19:36. And Edema and Arama, Asor, + +19:37. And Cedes and Edri, Enhasor, + +19:38. And Jeron and Magdalel, Horem, and Bethanath and Bethsames: +nineteen cities, and their villages. + +19:39. This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Nephtali +by their kindreds, the cities and their villages. + +19:40. The seventh lot came out to the tribe of the children of Dan by +their families, + +19:41. And the border of their possession was Saraa and Esthaol, and +Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun, + +19:42. Selebin and Aialon and Jethela, + +19:43. Elon and Themna and Acron, + +19:44. Elthece, Gebbethon and Balaath, + +19:45. And Juda and Bane and Barach and Gethremmon: + +19:46. And Mejarcon and Arecon, with the border that looketh towards +Joppe, + +19:47. And is terminated there. And the children of Dan went up and +fought against Lesem, and took it: and they put it to the sword, and +possessed it, and dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem Dan, by the +name of Dan their father. + +19:48. This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their +kindreds, the cities and their villages. + +19:49. And when he had made an end of dividing the land by lot to each +one by their tribes, the children of Israel gave a possession to Josue +the son of Nun in the midst of them, + +19:50. According to the commandment of the Lord, the city which he asked +for, Thamnath Saraa, in mount Ephraim: and he built up the city, and +dwelt in it. + +19:51. These are the possessions which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the +son of Nun, and the princes of the families, and of the tribes of the +children of Israel, distributed by lot in Silo, before the Lord at the +door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they divided the land. + +Josue Chapter 20 + +The cities of refuge are appointed for casual manslaughter. + +20:1. And the Lord spoke to Josue, saying: Speak to children of Israel +and say to them: + +20:2. Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of +Moses: + +20:3. That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them, and +may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood. + +20:4. And when he shall flee to one of these cities: he shall stand +before the gate of the city, and shall speak to the ancients of that +city, such things as prove him innocent: and so shall they receive him, +and give him a place to dwell in. + +20:5. And when the avenger of blood shall pursue him, they shall not +deliver him into his hands, because he slew his neighbour unawares, and +is not proved to have been his enemy two or three days before, + +20:6. And he shall dwell in that city, till he stand before judgment to +give an account of his fact, and till the death of the high priest, who +shall be at that time: then shall the manslayer return, and go into his +own city and house from whence he fled. + +20:7. And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of mount Nephtali, and Sichem +in mount Ephraim, and Cariath-Arbe, the same is Hebron in the mountain +of Juda. + +20:8. And beyond the Jordan to the east of Jericho, they appointed +Bosor, which is upon the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of Ruben, +and Ramoth in Galaad of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in Basan of the +tribe of Manasses. + +20:9. These cities were appointed for all the children of Israel, and +for the strangers, that dwelt among them, that whosoever had killed a +person unawares might flee to them, and not die by the hand of the +kinsman, coveting to revenge the blood that was shed, until he should +stand before the people to lay open his cause. + +Josue Chapter 21 + +Cities with their suburbs are assigned for the priests and Levites. + +21:1. Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the +priest, and to Josue the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds +of all the tribes of the children of Israel. + +21:2. And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: +The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us +to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle. + +21:3. And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according +to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs. + +21:4. And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of +Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of +Benjamin, thirteen cities. + +21:5. And to the rest of the children of Caath, that is, to thee +Levites, who remained, out of the tribes of Ephraim, and of Dan, and the +half tribe of Manasses, ten cities. + +21:6. And the lot came out to children of Gerson, that they should take +of the tribes of Issachar and of Aser and of Nephtali, and of the half +tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities. + +21:7. And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of +Ruben and of Gad and of Zabulon, twelve cities. + +21:8. And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and +their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to +every one by lot. + +21:9. Of the tribes of the children of Juda and of Simeon Josue gave +cities: whose names are these, + +21:10. To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of +Levi (for the first lot came out for them) + +21:11. The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in +the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about. + +21:12. But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the +son of Jephone for his possession. + +21:13. He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a +city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof, and Lebna with the suburbs +thereof, + +21:14. And Jether and Estemo, + +21:15. And Holon, and Dabir, + +21:16. And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities +out of the two tribes, as hath been said. + +21:17. And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and +Gabae, + +21:18. And Anathoth and Almon, with, their suburbs: four cities. + +21:19. All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest, were +thirteen, with their suburbs, + +21:20. And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the +race of Levi was given this possession. + +21:21. Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with +the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Gazer, + +21:22. And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities. + +21:23. And of he tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon, + +21:24. And Aialon and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, four cities. + +21:25. And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with +their suburbs, two cities. + +21:26. All the cities were ten, with their suburbs, which were given to +the children of Caath, of the inferior degree. + +21:27. To the children of Gerson also of the race of Levi out of the +half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon in Basan, one of the cities of refuge, +and Bosra, with their suburbs, two cities. + +21:28. And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth, + +21:29. And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities. + +21:30. And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon, + +21:31. And Helcath, and Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities. + +21:32. Of the tribe also of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee, one of the +cities of refuge: and Hammoth Dor, and Carthan, with their suburbs, +three cities. + +21:33. All the cities of the families of Gerson, were thirteen, with +their suburbs. + +21:34. And to the children of Merari, Levites of the inferior degree, by +their families were given of the tribe of Zabulon, Jecnam and Cartha, + +21:35. And Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs. + +21:36. Of the tribe of Ruben beyond the Jordan over against Jericho, +Bosor in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Misor and Jaser +and Jethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs. + +Four cities... There are no more, though there be five names: for Misor +is the same city as Bosor, which is to be observed in some other places, +where the number of names exceeds the number of cities. + +21:37. Of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad, one of the cities of +refuge, and Manaim and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities with their +suburbs, + +21:38. All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and +kindreds, were twelve. + +21:39. So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the +children of Israel were forty-eight, + +21:40. With their suburbs, each distributed by the families. + +21:41. And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to +give to their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt in it. + +21:42. And he gave them peace from all nations round about: and none of +their enemies durst stand against them, but were brought under their +dominion. + +21:43. Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto +them, was made void, but all came to pass. + +Josue Chapter 22 + +The tribes of Ruben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasses return to +their possessions. They build an altar by the side of the Jordan, which +alarms the other tribes. An embassage is sent to them, to which they +give a satisfactory answer. + +22:1. At the same time Josue called the Rubenites, and the Gadites, and +the half tribe of Manasses, + +22:2. And said to them: You have done all that Moses the servant of the +Lord commanded you: you have also obeyed me in all things, + +22:3. Neither have you left your brethren this long time, until this +present day, keeping the commandment of the Lord your God. + +22:4. Therefore as the Lord your God hath given your brethren rest and +peace, as he promised: return, and go to your dwellings, and to the land +of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond +the Jordan: + +22:5. Yet so that you observe attentively, and in work fulfil the +commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded +you: that you love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, and keep +all his commandments, and cleave to him, and serve him with all your +heart, and with all your soul. + +22:6. And Josue blessed them, and sent them away, and they returned to +their dwellings. + +22:7. Now to half the tribe of Manasses, Moses had given a possession in +Basan: and therefore to the half that remained, Josue gave a lot among +the rest of their brethren beyond the Jordan to the west. And when he +sent them away to their dwellings and had blessed them, + +22:8. He said to them: With much substance and riches, you return to +your settlements, with silver and gold, brass and iron, and variety of +raiment: divide the prey of your enemies with your brethren. + +22:9. So the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half +tribe of Manasses returned, and parted from the children of Israel in +Silo, which is in Chanaan, to go into Galaad the land of their +possession, which they had obtained according to the commandment of the +Lord by the hand of Moses. + +22:10. And when they were come to banks of the Jordan, in the land of +Chanaan, they built an altar immensely great near the Jordan. + +22:11. And when the children of Israel had heard of it, and certain +messengers brought them an account that the children of Ruben, and of +Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses had built an altar in the land of +Chanaan, upon the banks of the Jordan, over against the children of +Israel: + +22:12. They all assembled in Silo, to go up and fight against them. + +22:13. And in the mean time they sent to them into the land of Galaad, +Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, + +22:14. And ten princes with him, one of every tribe. + +22:15. Who came to the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half tribe +of Manasses, into the land of Galaad, and said to them: + +22:16. Thus saith all the people of the Lord: What meaneth this +transgression? Why have you forsaken the Lord the God of Israel, +building a sacrilegious altar, and revolting from the worship of him? + +22:17. Is it a small thing to you that you sinned with Beelphegor, and +the stain of that crime remaineth in us to this day? and many of the +people perished. + +22:18. And you have forsaken the Lord to day, and to morrow his wrath +will rage against all Israel. + +22:19. But if you think the land of your possession to be unclean, pass +over to the land wherein is the tabernacle of the Lord, and dwell among +us: only depart not from the Lord, and from our society, by building an +altar beside the altar of the Lord our God. + +22:20. Did not Achan the son of Zare transgress the commandment of the +Lord, and his wrath lay upon all the people of Israel? And he was but +one man, and would to God he alone had perished in his wickedness. + +22:21. And the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of +Manasses answered the princes of the embassage of Israel: + +22:22. The Lord the most mighty God, the Lord the most mighty God, he +knoweth, and Israel also shall understand: If with the design of +transgression we have set up this altar, let him not save us, but punish +us immediately: + +22:23. And if we did it with that mind, that we might lay upon it +holocausts, and sacrifice, and victims of peace offerings, let him +require and judge: + +22:24. And not rather with this thought and design, that we should say: +To morrow your children will say to our children: What have you to do +with the Lord the God of Israel? + +22:25. The Lord hath put the river Jordan for a border between us and +you, O ye children of Ruben, and ye children of Gad: and therefore you +have no part in the Lord. And by this occasion your children shall turn +away our children from the fear of the Lord. We therefore thought it +best, + +22:26. And said: Let us build us an altar, not for holocausts, nor to +offer victims, + +22:27. But for a testimony between us and you, and our posterity and +yours, that we may serve the Lord, and that we may have a right to offer +both holocausts, and victims and sacrifices of peace offerings: and that +your children to morrow may not say to our children: You have no part in +the Lord. + +22:28. And if they will say so, they shall answer them: Behold the altar +of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for holocausts, nor for +sacrifice, but for a testimony between us and you. + +22:29. God keep us from any such wickedness that we should revolt from +the Lord, and leave off following his steps, by building an altar to +offer holocausts, and sacrifices, and victims, beside the altar of the +Lord our God, which is erected before his tabernacle. + +22:30. And when Phinees the priest, and the princes of the embassage, +who were with him, had heard this, they were satisfied: and they +admitted most willingly the words of the children of Ruben, and Gad, and +of the half tribe of Manasses, + +22:31. And Phinees the priest the son of Eleazar said to them: Now we +know that the Lord is with us, because you are not guilty of this +revolt, and you have delivered the children of Israel from the hand of +the Lord. + +22:32. And he returned with the princes from the children of Ruben and +Gad, out of the land of Galaad, into the land of Chanaan, to the +children of Israel, and brought them word again. + +22:33. And the saying pleased all that heard it. And the children of +Israel praised God, and they no longer said that they would go up +against them, and fight, and destroy the land of their possession. + +22:34. And the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad called the +altar which they had built, Our testimony, that the Lord is God, + +Josue Chapter 23 + +Josue being old admonisheth the people to keep God's commandments: and +to avoid marriages and all society with the Gentiles for fear of being +brought to idolatry. + +23:1. And when a long time was passed, after that the Lord had given +peace to Israel, all the nations round about being subdued and Josue +being now old, and far advanced in years: + +23:2. Josue called for all Israel, and for the elders, and for the +princes, and for the judges, and for the masters, and said to them: I am +old, and far advanced in years, + +23:3. And you see all that the Lord your God hath done to all the +nations round about, how he himself hath fought for you: + +23:4. And now since he hath divided to you by lot all the land, from the +east of the Jordan unto the great sea, ant many nations yet remain: + +23:5. The Lord your God will destroy them, and take them away from +before your face, and you shall possess the land as he hath promised +you. + +23:6. Only take courage, and be careful to observe all things that are +written in the book of the law of Moses: and turn not aside from them +neither to the right hand nor to the left: + +23:7. Lest after that you are come in among the Gentiles, who will +remain among you, you should swear by the name of their gods, and serve +them, and adore them: + +23:8. But cleave ye unto the Lord your God, as you have done until this +day. + +23:9. And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that +are great and very strong, and no man shall be able to resist you. + +23:10. One of you shall chase a thousand men of the enemies: because the +Lord your God himself will fight for you, as he hath promised. + +23:11. This only take care of with all diligence, that you love the Lord +your God. + +23:12. But if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell +among you, and make marriages with them, and join friendships: + +23:13. Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your God will not destroy +them before your face, but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, +and a stumbling-block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he +take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land, which he +hath given you. + +23:14. Behold this day I am going into the way of all the earth, and you +shall know with all your mind that of all the words which the Lord +promised to perform for you, not one hath failed, + +23:15. Therefore as he hath fulfilled in deed, what he promised, and all +things prosperous have come: so will he bring upon you all the evils he +hath threatened, till he take you away and destroy you from off this +excellent land, which he hath given you, + +23:16. When you shall have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your +God, which he hath made with you, and shall have served strange gods, +and adored them: then shall the indignation of the Lord rise up quickly +and speedily against you, and you shall be taken away from this +excellent land, which he hath delivered to you. + +Josue Chapter 24 + +Josue assembleth the people, and reneweth the covenant between them and +God. His death and burial. + +24:1. And Josue gathered together all the tribes of Israel in Sichem, +and called for the ancients, and the princes and the judges, and the +masters: and they stood in the sight of the Lord: + +24:2. And he spoke thus to the people: Thus saith the Lord the God of +Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Thare +the father of Abraham, and Nachor: and they served strange gods. + +Of the river... The Euphrates. + +24:3. And I took your father Abraham from the borders of Mesopotamia: +and brought him into the land of Chanaan: and I multiplied his seed, + +24:4. And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I +gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children +went down into Egypt. + +24:5. And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with many signs and +wonders. + +24:6. And I brought you and your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to +the sea: and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and +horsemen, as far as the Red Sea. + +24:7. And the children of Israel cried to the Lord: and he put darkness +between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and +covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you dwelt in +the wilderness a long time. + +24:8. And I brought you into the land of the Amorrhite, who dwelt beyond +the Jordan. And when they fought against you, I delivered them into your +hands, and you possessed their land, and slew them. + +24:9. And Balac son of Sephor king of Moab arose and fought against +Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you: + +24:10. And I would not hear him, but on the contrary I blessed you by +him, and I delivered you out of his hand. + +24:11. And you passed over the Jordan, and you came to Jericho. And the +men of that city fought against you, the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, +and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Gergesite, and the Hevite, +and the Jebusite: and I delivered them into your hands. + +24:12. And I sent before you and I drove them out from their places, the +two kings of the Amorrhites, not with thy sword nor with thy bow, + +24:13. And I gave you a land, in which you had not laboured, and cities +to dwell in which you built not, vineyards and oliveyards, which you +planted not. + +24:14. Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and +most sincere heart: and put away the gods which your fathers served in +Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. + +24:15. But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your +choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather +serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the +gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my +house we will serve thee Lord, + +24:16. And the people answered, and said, God forbid we should leave the +Lord, and serve strange gods. + +24:17. The Lord our God he brought us and our fathers out of the land of +Egypt, out of the house of bondage: and did very great signs in our +sight, and preserved us in all the way by which we journeyed, and among +all the people through whom we passed. + +24:18. And he hath cast out all the nations, the Amorrhite the +inhabitant of the land into which we are come. Therefore we will serve +the Lord, for he is our God. + +24:19. And Josue said to the people: You will not be able to serve the +Lord: for he is a holy God, and mighty and jealous, and will not forgive +your wickedness and sins. + +You will not be able to serve the Lord, etc... This was not said by way +of discouraging them; but rather to make them more earnest and resolute, +by setting before them the greatness of the undertaking, and the courage +and constancy necessary to go through with it. + +24:20. If you leave the Lord, and serve strange gods, he will turn, and +will afflict you, and will destroy you after all the good he hath done +you. + +24:21. And the people said to Josue: No, it shall not be so as thou +sayest, but we will serve the Lord. + +24:22. And Josue said to the people, You are witnesses, that you +yourselves have chosen you the Lord to serve him. And they answered: We +are witnesses. + +24:23. Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods from among you, and +incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel. + +24:24. And the people said to Josue: We will serve the Lord our God, and +we will be obedient to his commandments. + +24:25. Josue therefore on that day made a covenant, and set before the +people commandments and judgments in Sichem. + +24:26. And he wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the +Lord: and he took a great stone, and set it under the oak that was in +the sanctuary of the Lord. + +24:27. And he said to all the people: Behold this stone shall be a +testimony unto you, that it hath heard all the words of the Lord, which +he hath spoken to you: lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, and lie +to the Lord your God. + +It hath heard... This is a figure of speech, by which sensation is +attributed to inanimate things; and they are called upon, as it were, to +bear witness in favour of the great Creator, whom they on their part +constantly obey. + +24:28. And he sent the people away every one to their own possession, + +24:29. And after these things Josue the son of Nun the servant of the +Lord died, being a hundred and ten years old: + +And after, etc... If Josue wrote this book, as is commonly believed, +these last verses were added by Samuel, or some other prophet. + +24:30. And they buried him in the border of his possession in +Thamnathsare, which is situate in mount Ephraim, on the north side of +mount Gaas. + +24:31. And Israel served the Lord all the days of Josue, and of the +ancients that lived a long time after Josue, and that had known all the +works of the Lord which he had done in Israel. + +24:32. 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