cities and their villages. (But the children of Dan did not root out the Amorites who distressed them on the mountains, and the Amorites did not suffer them to come down into the valley. 47 Nay they took from them the border of their portion. Whereupon the children of Dan went and made war on Lachis, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and dwelt there, and called its name Lasen Dan. The Amorites continued also to dwell in Elom, and Salamin, but the hand of Ephraim was heavy upon them, and they were made tributaries to them.)

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Now when the children of Israel set out to enter into the land, according to their respective bounds, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nave, a portion among them. By the command of God, they gave him the city which he asked, namely Thamnasarach, which is on mount Ephraim, and he rebuilt the city, and dwelt there.

These were the portions which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nave, and the chiefs of the patriarchal families, distributed by lot among the tribes of Israel, at Selo, in the presence of the Lord, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony. So they set out to take possession of the land. XX. Now the Lord had spoken to Joshua, saying, Speak to 2 the children of Israel and say, Give the cities of refuge which I ordered you by Moses, a refuge for the manslayer who hath 3 killed a person unawares. And these cities shall be for

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refuge, that the slayer may not be put to death by the avenger 7 of blood, until he stand before the congregation for trial; and he had set apart Kades, in Galilee, on mount Nephthaleim, and Sychem, on mount Ephraim, and the city Arbok, which is Che8 bron, on the mountain of Juda: And on the bank of the Jordan they had given Bosor, in the wilderness, in the plain, from the tribe of Reuben, and Aremoth in Galaad, from the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in Basanitis from the tribe of Manasses. 9 These are the cities renowned among the children of Israel and the proselytes who dwell among them, for every one who smiteth a person unawares to flee thither, that he may not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stand before the congregation for trial.

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dren of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nave, and to the chiefs of the patriarchal families, of the tribes 2 of Israel, and spoke to them at Selo, in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord, by the ministry of Moses, commanded to give us cities to dwell in, with the arable lands around for our 3 cattle; whereupon the children of Israel gave the Levites for a possession, by the command of the Lord, the following cities 4 with their suburbs. And the lot came out for the community of Kaath, and there fell by lot to the children of Aaron, the priests, who were Levites, out of the tribe of Juda, and from the tribe of Symeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen 5 cities; and to the rest of the Kaathites out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and from half of the tribe 6 of Manasses by lot ten cities; and to the Gersonites, from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Aser, and from the tribe of Nephthaleim, and from the half of the tribe of Manas7 ses in Basan, thirteen cities; And to the Merarites, according to their communities, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zabulon, by lot, twelve ci8 ties. These cities, with their suburbs, the children of Israel 9 gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord commanded Moses. So the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, gave, and there were given from the tribe of the children of Benjamin, the following cities which were assigned 10 to the children of Aaron, of the community of Kaath, who were 11 Levites-because the lot fell to them, they gave them Kari

atharbok, the capital of the Enakims, which is Chebron, on the 12 mountain of Juda. Now the suburbs around it, and the fields

belonging to the city, and the villages thereof, Joshua had given to the children of Chaleb, son of Jephonne, for a possession; 13 but to the sons of Aaron, they gave Chebron, the city of refuge 14 for the manslayer, with what was set apart for it as such, and Lemma with its suburbs, and Ailom with its suburbs, and Tema with its suburbs, and Gella with its suburbs, and Dabir with its suburbs, and Asa with its suburbs, and Tanu with its 17 suburbs, and Baithsamys with its suburbs, nine cities from these two tribes; and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon with its suburbs, and Gatheth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs, and Gamala with its suburbs, four cities. All the cities of the children of Aaron the priests were thirteen.

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And to the communities of the Kaathites, the Levites, the rest of the Kaathites, was assigned, from the tribe of Ephraim, the city of their priests; and they gave them Sychem, the city of refuge for the manslayer with its appurtenances, and Gazara with its fields and its suburbs, and Baithoron with its suburbs, four cities; and from the tribe of Dan, Elkothaim with its suburbs, and Gethedan with its suburbs, and Ailon with its sub25 urbs, and Getheremmon with its suburbs, four cities; and from the half of the tribe of Manasses, Tanach with its suburbs, and 26 Jebatha with its suburbs, two cities. All the citics for the remaining communities of the Kaathites were ten, with their suburbs.

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And to the children of Gerson, the Levites, they gave out of the half of the tribe of Manasses, the city set apart for the manslayers, Gaulon in Basanitis with its suburbs, and Bosora 28 with its suburbs, two cities; and out of the tribe of Issachar,

Kison with its suburbs, and Lebba with its suburbs, and Remmath with its suburbs, and Fountain of letters with its suburbs, 30 four cities; and out of the tribe of Aser, Basellan with its suburbs, and Dabbon with its suburbs, and Chelkat with its su32 burbs, and Raab with its suburbs, four cities; and out of the tribe of Nephthaleim, Kades in Galilee, the city set apart for the slayer, with its suburbs, and Nemmath with its suburbs, and Themmon with its suburbs, three cities. All the cities of the Gersonites, according to their communities, were thirteen cities.

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And to the community of the Merarites, the rest of the Levites, they gave out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan with its suburbs, and Kades with its suburbs, and Sella with its su36 burbs, three cities; and on the bank of the Jordan, over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Reuben, the city of refuge for the slayer, namely, Bosor, in the wilderness, which is called Miso with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs, and Dekmon with its suburbs, and Mapha with its suburbs, four cities; 38 and from the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, namely, Ramoth in Galaad with its suburbs, and Kamin with its suburbs, and Esbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its 40 suburbs; all the cities four. All the cities for the children of

Merari, according to their communities, being the remaining families of the tribe of Levi, were twelve cities with their 41 borders. All the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty eight with the 42 grounds appropriate to them, around these cities. All these cities had every one a circuit of ground around it.

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Now when Joshua had finished dividing the land among them by their borders, the children of Israel gave Joshua a portion, by the command of the Lord. They gave him the city which he asked. They gave him Thamnasachar on mount Ephraim, and Joshua rebuilt the city, and dwelt therein. And Joshua took the stone knives with which he had circumcised the children of Israel, who were born by the way in the wilderness, and deposited them at Thamnasachar.

Thus the Lord gave Israel all the land which he solemnly. promised to give to their fathers, and they took possession of 44 it, and dwelt therein; and the Lord gave them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers. Of all their enemies not one rose up against them. The Lord delivered all their enemies 45 into their hands. There was not a failure of any of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel. They were all accomplished.

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Then Joshua convened the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasses, and 2 said to them, You have hearkened to all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you; and you have obeyed my 3 orders according to all that he commanded you. You have not

for these many years left your brethren: even to this day you 4 have kept the command of the Lord your God. Now the Lord our God hath given our brethren rest as he promised them. Now therefore return and go to your homes, and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you on the bank of the Jordan. 5 But be very careful to perform the commandments and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you to do, to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him and serve him with your 6 whole heart, and with your whole soul. Then Joshua blessed them and dismissed them, and they set out on their return to their homes.

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Now to one half of the tribe of Manasses Moses had given a possession in Basanitis, and to the other half Joshua gave one on the western side of the Jordan, among their brethren. 8 So when Joshua had sent them away to their homes, and blessed them, they set out homewards with much wealth, for they had shared with their brethren, vast numbers of cattle, and a great abundance of silver, and gold, and iron, and rai9 ment, the spoil of their enemies. And when the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasses, had set out from the children of Israel, at Selo in the land of Chanaan, to go to Galaad, to the land of their possession, which they had got from Moses by the command of 10 the Lord, and were come to Galaad of the Jordan, which is in

the land of Chanaan, the Reubenites and the Gadites, and the half of the tribe of Manasses built there an altar by the Jor11 dan-an altar great and conspicuous. And when the Israelites heard it said, Behold the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half of the tribe of Manasses have built an altar on the borders 12 of the land of Chanaan, at Galaad of the Jordan, on the bank of the children of Israel, all the Israelites assembled at Selo, 13 to go up to war against them. And the children of Israel sent to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half of the tribe of Manasses, to the land of Galaad, Phineas, son of Elea14 zar, son of Aaron, the chief priest, and ten of the chiefs with

him, a chief from the head family of every tribe of Israel. Now 15 the chiefs of the head families are the chiliarchs of Israel. And when they came to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half of the tribe of Manasses, to the land of Galaad, they spoke to 16 them, saying, Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this which you have committed in the presence of the God of Israel, to turn away this day from the Lord, having built for yourselves an altar that you may apos17 tatize from the Lord? Is the sin of Phogor a small matter to you? Because we have not been cleansed from it even to this day, though there was a plague in the congregation of the 18 Lord; are you therefore now turned away from the Lord? For the consequence will be, if you this day apostatize from the Lord, there will be to-morrow wrath against all Israel. 19 Now if the land of your possession be too small for you, come