2 And goeth out from Beth-el to ch. 18. 13. Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, Judg. 1. 26. bch. 18. 13. Chr. 8. 6. c1 Chr. 7. 28. 1 Kings 9. 15. 4 ch. 17. 14. ch. 18. 13. с 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, "unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. 5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was • Ataroth-addar, funto Beth 2 Chr.8.5. horon the upper; 6 And the border went out toward ch. 17.7. the sea to Michmethah on the north b1 Chr. 7. 23. The lot of Manasseh. 10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute. CHAPTER XVII. 12 The The lot of Manasseh. 7 His coast. Canaanites not driven out. 14 The children of Joseph obtain another lot. Tribe of Manasseh; for he was HERE was also a lot for the the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had • Gilead and Bashan. BEFORE 1444. 1Judg. 1.29. See 1 Kings 9. 16. 2 There was also a lot for d the rest of the children of Manasseh by | their families; for the children of 2Abiezer, and for the children of 2 Num. 26. Helek, and for the children of As-30, Jeezer. riel, and for the children of Shechem, | 31. and for the children of Hepher, and Num. 26. f for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. h f Num. 26. 32. 33. & 27.1. & 36. 2. 3 T But Zelophehad, the son of h Num. 26. Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. * Num. 27. 4 And they came near before 'E- ch. 14. 1. leazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inherit- 6,7. ance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 6 Because the daughters of Maside; and the border went about east-nasseh had an inheritance among his ward unto Taanath-shiloh, and pass- sons: and the rest of Manasseh's ed by it on the east to Janohah; sons had the land of Gilead. 7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 8 The border went out from Tapch. 17.9. puah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. ch. 17. 9. 9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. The Canaanites not driven out. JOSHUA, XVIII. BEFORE CHRIST 1444. pl Chr.7.29. 10. 1 Sam. 31. 1 Kings4.12. Judg. 1. 27, 23. coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: 10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 11 P And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher 4 Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, ch. 16. 10. that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them 15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Gen. 14. 5. Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 2 Or, Rephaims. & 15. 20. Judg.1.19. & 4. 3. ch. 19. 18. 1 Kingst.12. 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: 18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt Deut. 20.1. drive out the Canaanites, a though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. CHAPTER XVIII. а a The tabernacle set up. together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. 2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? с 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, f that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. 7 5 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: hand Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. 8 ¶ And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. 11 T And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12 'And their border on the north see ch.16.1. side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on moth tains and went the north side, and went up through the The lot of Benjamin. BEFORE CHRIST 1444. Judg. 1. 23. 1 ch.16.3. 9. JOSHUA, XIX. goings out thereof were at the wil- 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Gen. 23.19. Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. 14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at The lot of Simeon. CHAPTER XIX. The lot of Simeon, 10 of Zebulun, 17 of Is- ND the second lot came forth to See ch. 15. Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath A Simeon, even for the tribe of a ch. 15. 9. • ch. 15. 8. P ch.15.7. 16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to P En-rogel, 17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adumch. 15. 6. mim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, rch. 15. 6. 2 Or, The plain. 8 Heb. tongue. 18 And passed along toward the side over against r2 Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: 19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. BEFORE CHRIST 1444. ⚫ ch. 15. 8. the children of Simeon according to b 2 And they had in their inhe-b1 Chr. 4.28. ritance Beer-sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, 3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: 8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the chil-ver. 1. 20 And Jordan was the border of it dren of Simeon had their inheriton the east side. This was the inhe-ance within the inheritance of them. ritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, 22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: 11 And their border went up to- Gen.49.13. ward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; 12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, 13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-2methoar to Neah; The lots of Issachar, BEFORE CHRIST 1444. f ch. 11. 8. Judg. 1. 31. 2 Sam. 5.11. JOSHUA, XIX. on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el: 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. 17 T And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shu nem, 19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. 24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; 27 And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, f 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; 29 And then the coast turneth to 3 Heb. Tzor. Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 8 Gen. 38. 5. Judg. 1. 21. Mic. 1. 14. 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. Asher, Naphtali, and Dan. children of Naphtali according to BEFORE their families. 33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: CHRIST 1444. 23. 34 And then the coast turneth Deut. 33. westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. 40 ¶ And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, 42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, Judg. 1.35. and Jethlah, 43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, 46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. 3 2 Or, over against. 8 Or, Joppa, Acts 9. 36. * See Judg. 18. 47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, 'Dan, Judg. 18 after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. 49 ¶ When they had made an end 31 This is the inheritance of the of dividing the land for inheritance tribe of the children of Asher accord-by their coasts, the children of Israel ing to their families, these cities with gave an inheritance to Joshua the son their villages. of Nun among them : 32 ¶ The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the 50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which 29. he asked, even Timnath-"serah in 51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance Pch.18.1,10. by lot Pin Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. Ex. 21. 13. Num. 35. 6, 11,14. Deut. 19. 2,9. b Ruth 4. 1,2. • Num. 35. 12. 12,25. CHAPTER XX. 1 God commandeth, 7 and the children of Israel THE Cities given to the Levites. CHRIST and not die by the hand of the aven- BEFORE 1 CHAPTER XXI. Eight and forty cities given by lot, out of the TH 1444. A ver. 6. HEN came near the heads of 2 And they spake unto them at a 2 Speak to the children of Israel, 3 That the slayer that killeth any 5 And if the avenger of blood 6 And he shall dwell in that city, Num. 35. until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 8 And on the other side Jordan by Deut. 143. Jericho eastward, they assigned 'Be1 Chr. 6. 78. zer in the wilderness upon the plained by name, ch. 21. 38. out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and 'Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 1 Kings 22. 3. Ich. 21. 27. 15. Num. 35. 9 "These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, 10 'Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for their's was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of "Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 2. 2 Heb. called. 1 ver. 4. |