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The fix cities of refuge.

JOSHUA. 50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he 1 afked, even Timnath-ferah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

Forty eight cities given CHAP. XXI.

Eight and forty cities given by lot out of the other tribes unto the Levites. 43 God gave the land and reft to the Ifraelites.

HEN came near heads of the

Thefe are the inheritances, which I fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar

Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the fon of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Ifrael, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

CHAP. XX.

I God commandeth, 7 and the Ifraelites appoint fix cities of refuge.

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HE LORD alfo spake unto Joshua, faying,

2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, faying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I fpake unto you by the hand of Mofes :

3 That the flayer that killeth any perfon unawares and unwittingly may flee thither and they fhall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

And when he that doth flee unto one of thofe cities fhall ftand at the entering of the gate of the city, and thall declare his caufe in the ears of the elders of that city, they fhall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that may dwell among them.

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

the priest, and unto Jofhua the fon of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Ifrael;

2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, faying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Mofes to give us cities to dwell in, with the fuburbs. thereof for our cattle.

3. And the children of Ifrael gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, åt the commandment of the LORD, thefe cities and their fuburbs.

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

5 And the rest of the children of Kohath bad by lot out of the families of the tribe of Fphraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manaffeh, ten cities.

6 And the children of Gerfhon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of If fachar, and out of the tribe of Afher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manaffeh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

7 And the children of Merari by their families bad out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

6 And he thall dwell in that city, until he ftand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high prieft that fhall be in thofe days: then hall the flayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, by the hand of Mofes. unto the city from whence he fied.

8 And the children of Ifrael gave by lot unto the Levites thefe cities with their fuburbs, as the LORD commanded

7 And they appointed Kedefh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

8 And on the other fide Jordan by Jericho eastward, they affigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bahan out of the tribe of Manaffeh.

9 Thefe were the cities appointed for all the children of Ifrael, and for the franger that fojourneth among them, that whofoever killeth any perfon at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he ftood before the congregation,

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

10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for their's was the firft lot.

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

12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the fon of Jephunneh for his poffeffion.

13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the prieft Hebron with her fuburbs, to be a city of refuge for the flayer; and Libnah with her fuburbs,

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16 And Ain with her fuburbs, and Juttah with her fuburbs, and Beth-fhemesh with her fuburbs; nine cities out of thofe two tribes.

17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her fuburbs,

18 Anathoth with her fuburbs, and Almon with her fuburbs; four cities.

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, avere thirteen cities with their fuburbs.

20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

21 For they gave them Shechem with her fuburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the flayer; and Gezer with her fuburbs,

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

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

25 And out of the half tribe of Manaffeh, Tanach with her fuburbs, and Gathrimmon with her fuburbs; two cities.

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

27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manaffeh they gave Golan in Bafhan with her fuburbs, to be a city of refuge for the flayer; and Beefhterah with her fuburbs; two cities.

28 And out of the tribe of Iffachar, Kifhon with her fuburbs, Dabarch with her fuburbs,

29 Jarmuth with her fuburbs, En-gannim with her fuburbs; four cities.

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

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezor with her fuburbs, and Jahazah with her fuburbs,

37 Kedemoth with her fuburbs, and Mephaath with her fuburbs; four cities.

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her fuburbs, to be a city of refuge for the flayer; and Mahanaim with her fuburbs,

39 Hefhbon with her fuburbs, Jazer with her fuburbs; four cities in all.

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

41 All the cities of the Levites within the poffeffion of the children of Ifrael avere forty and eight cities with their fuburbs.

42 Thefe cities were every one with their fuburbs round about them: thus avere all these cities.

43 T And the LORD gave unto Ifrael all the land which he fware to give unto their fathers; and they poffeffed it, and dwelt therein.

44 And the LORD gave them reft round about: according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there ftood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the houfe of Ifrael; all came to pass. CHAP. XXII.

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The tavo tribes and half fent home, 10 They build an altar of teftimony in their journey. II Contentions thereupon.

HEN Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe Manaffeh,

2 And faid unto them, Ye have kept 30 And out of the tribe of Afher, Mi-all that Mofes the fervant of the LORD fhal with her fuburbs, Abdon with her commanded you, and have obeyed my fuburbs, voice in all that I commanded you:

31 Helkath with her fuburbs, and Rehob with her fuburbs; four cities.

32 And out of the tribe of Napthali, Kedesh in Galilee with her fuburbs, to be a city of refuge for the flayer; and Hammoth-dor with her fuburbs, and Kartan with her fuburbs; three cities.

33 All the cities of the Gerfhonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their fuburbs.

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3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.

4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promifed them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your poffeffion, which Mofes the fervant of the LORD gave you on the other fide Jordan.

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The altar of teftimony.

JOSHUA.

Contention thereupon.

5 But take diligent heed to do the and to the half tribe of Manaffeh, unto commandment and the law, which Mofes the land of Gilead, and they fpake with the fervant of the LORD charged you, to them, faying, love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to ferve him with all your heart and with all your foul.

6 So Jofhua bleffed them, and fent them away: and they went unto their tents.

7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manaffeh Mofes had given poffeffion in Bahan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this fide Jordan weftward. And when Joshua fent them away also unto their tents, then he bleffed them, cars frstime ig.

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16 Thus faith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trefpafs is this that ye have committed against the God of Ifrael, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD! CHULL SANTI Tuis 20

17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, belon

18 But that ye muft turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, feeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, 8 And he spake unto them, faying, Re- that to morrow he will be wroth with turn with much riches unto your tents, the whole congregation of Ifraelo I Jus and with very much cattle, with filver, 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your and with gold, and with brass, and with poffeffion be unclean, then pals ye over iron, and with very much raiment di- unto the lands of the poffeffion of the vide the fpoil of your enemies with your LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle brethren. dwelleth, and take potefion among its:

9 And the children of Reuben and the but rebel not again the LORD, nomre children of Gad and the half tribe of bel against us, in building you an altar Manaffeh returned, and departed from befide the altar of the LORD. Our Godale the children of Ifrael out of Shiloh, which.20 Did not chan the son of Zerah is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the commit a treipals in the accurfeds thing, country of Gilead, to the land of their poffeflion, whereof they were poffeffed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Mofes.

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

and wrath fell on all the congregation of Ifrael? and that man perifted not alone in his iniquity, taxoladt tadi avísurg Kelas Then the children of: Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manaffeh answered,band faid unto the heads of the thousands of Ifrael,oi so

22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Jfrael he fhall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in tranfgreffion against the LORD, (fave us not this day,) to baul

11 And the children of Ifrael heard fay, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of 23 That we have built us an altar to Manaffeh have built an altar over againft turn from following the LORD, or if to the land of Canaan, in the borders of offer thereon burnt offering or meat offerJordan, at the paffage of the children of ing, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, Ifrael. let the LORD himfelf require it; 12 And when the children of Ifrael|| 24 And if we have not rather done it heard of it, the whole congregation of for fear of this thing, faying, In time to the children of Ifrael gathered themselves come your children might fpeak unto our together at Shiloh, to go up to war a children, faying, What have ye to do gainst them. with the LORD God of Ifrael?

13 And the children of Ifrael fent unto 25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a the children of Reuben, and to the chil-border between us and you, ye children dren of Gad, and to the half tribe of Ma- of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have naffel, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas no part in the LORD: fo fhall your chilthe fon of Eleazar the prieft, aldren make our children ceafe from fearing the LORD.

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

15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad,

26 Therefore we faid, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for facrifice:

27 But that it may be a witnefs between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the

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Reconciliation enfueth.

Joshua's exhortation. for their judges, and for their officers, and faid unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

Chap. xxiii. LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our facrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not fay to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

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

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

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

31 And Phinehas the fon of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manaffeh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trefpafs against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Ifrael out of the hand of the LORD: l

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

4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot thefe nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea weftward.

5 And the LORD your God, he fhall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your fight; and ye fhall poffefs their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Mofes, that ye turn not afide therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

7 That ye come not among these nations, thefe that remain among you ; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to fwear by them, neither ferve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

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

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

10 One man of you fhall chafe a thoufand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promifed you,

32 And Phinehas the fon of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the II Take good heed therefore unto children of Gad, out of the land of Gi-yourselves, that ye love the LORD your lead, unto the land of Canaan, to the God, children of Ifrael, and brought them word again.s La gatwolle

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do in any wife go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these na33 And the thing pleafed the children tions, even these that remain among you, of Ifrael; and the children of Ifrael bleff- and shall make marriages with them, and ed God, and did not intend to go up go in unto them, and they to you: against thein in battle, to deftroy the13 Know for a certainty that the LORD land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witnefs between us that the LORD is God.:

CHAP. XXIII. 196 I Joshua's exhortation before his death, 3 by former benefits, 5 by promises, II and by threatenings.

your God will no more drive out any of thefe nations from before you; but they fhall be fnares and traps unto you, and fcourges in your fides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perifh from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your fouls,

AND it came to pals a long time af- that not one thing hath failed of all the ter that the LORD had given reft good things which the LORD your God unto Ifrael from all their enemies round pake concerning you; all are come to about, that Joshua waxed old and trick-pafs unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

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2 And Joshua called for all Ifrael, and for their elders, and for their heads, and

15 Therefore it fhall come to pass, that

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JOSHUA. God's benefits to Ifrael. as all good things are come upon you, 10 But I would not hearken unto Bawhich the LORD your God promifed you; laam; therefore he bleffed you ftill: fo fhall the LORD bring upon you all evil fo I delivered you out of his hand. things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

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

CHAP. XXIV.

i Joshua affembling the tribes, 2 relateth God's benefits. 14 He reneweth a covenant between them and God. 29 His death.

ND Joshua gathered all the tribes A of Ifrael to Shechem, and called for

the elders of Ifrael, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they prefented themfelves before God.

2 T And Jofhua faid unto all the people, Thus faith the LORD God of Ifrael, Your fathers dwelt on the other fide of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they ferved other gods.

3 And I took your father Abraham from the other fide of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his feed, and gave him Ifaac.

4 And I gave unto Ifaac Jacob and Efau and I gave unto Efau mount Seir, to poffefs it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

5 I fent Mofes alfo and Aaron, and plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them and afterward I brought you out.

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6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt and ye came unto the fea; and the Egyptians purfued after your fathers with chariots and horfemen unto the Red fea.

7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the fea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt and ye dwelt in the wildernefs a long feafon.

8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other fide Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might poffefs their land; and I deftroyed them from before you.

9 Then Balak the fon of Zippor, king of Moab, arofe and warred against Ifrael, and fent and called Balaam the fon of Beor to curfe you:

II And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgafhites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

12 And I fent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy fword, nor with thy bow.

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

14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and, ferve him in fincerity and in truth and put away the gods which your fathers ferved on the other fide of the flood, and in Egypt; and ferve ye the LORD.

15 And if it feem evil unto you to ferve the LORD, choofe you this day whom ye will ferve; whether the gods which your fathers ferved that were on the other fide of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whofe land ye dwell: but as for me and my houfe, we will ferve the LORD.

16 And the people answered and faid, God forbid that we fhould forfake the LORD, to ferve other gods;

17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the houfe of bondage, and which did thofe great figns in our fight, and preferved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we paffed ;

18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we alfo ferve the LORD; for he is our God.

19 And Joshua faid unto the people, Ye. cannot ferve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your tranfgreffions nor your fins.

20 If ye forfake the LORD, and ferve ftrange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and confume you, after that he hath done you good.

21 And the people faid unto Joshua, Nay; but we will ferve the LORD.

22 And Joshua faid unto the people, Ye are witneffes against yourselves that ye have chofen you the LORD, to serve him. And they faid, We are witnelles.

23 Now therefore put away, faid be the ftrange gods which are among you,

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