it was

good in their eyes.

Heb.

then.

31 And Phinehas the fon of Eleazar the prieft faid 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, becaufe ye have not committed this trefpals against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Ifrael out of the hand of the LORD.

32¶And Phinehas the fon of Eleazar the prieft, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Ifrael, and brought them word again.

33 And the thing pleafed the children of Ifrael, and the children of Ifrael bleffed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battel, to deftroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

34 And the children of Reuben, and the chilThat is, dren of Gad called the altar u Ed, for it shall be a witnefs witnels between us, that the LORD 15 God... CHAP. XXIII,

+ Heb.

come into

dayes.

Exod. 1+14.

4 Heb. at the fun fet.

*Deut. 5.32. and 28.14.

*P(1. 16.4.

Or, for if ye will

cleave,&c. OT,

1 Jolbuas exbortation before his death; 3 by former benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and by threatnings.

And it came to pafs, a long time after that all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed the LORD had given reft unto Ifrael from old, and tftricken in age.

2 And Joshua called for all Ifrael, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and faid unto them, I am old, and ftricken in age:

3 And ye have feen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all thefe nations, becaufe 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 fea weft-ward.

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 promifed unto you.

6 Be ye therefore very couragious, to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moles, 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 amongst you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor caufe to fwear by them, neither ferve them,nor bow your felves unto them.

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

9 For the LORD hath driven out from be fore you, great nations and ftrong, but as for then the you, no man hath been able to ftand before you unto this day.

LORD

will drive * Lev.26. 8. Deut.

31.30it Heb, fouls.

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.

11 Take good heed therefore unto your felves: that ye love the LORD your God. 12Elfe,if ye do in any wife go back,and cleave unto the remnant of thefe nations,even thefe that remain among you, and hall make marriages

23.33.

with them, and go in unto them, and they to you; 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of thele nations Exod. from before you: * but they fhall be fnares and traps unto you, and fcourges in your fides, and Numb.33 thorns in your eyes; until ye perifh from off 35. deut. this good land which the LORD your God hath 7.16. 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, that not one thing hath failed chap of all the good things which the LORD your God ipake concerning you,all are come to pafs unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

15 Therefore it fhall come to pals, that as all good things are come upon you,which the LORD your God promited you: fo fhall the LORD bring upon you all evil things,until he have de ftroyed 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 your felves 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.

Joshua affemble: the tribes at Shechem.2A brief biftory of Gods benefits from Terab. 14 He renew eth a covenant between them and God 26 Aftone the witness of the covenant. 29 Fofbuabs age,death

and buriall.32 Fosephs bones are buried. 33 Elea

gar

to Shechem, and called for the elders of If rael, and for the heads, and for the judges, and for their officers, and they prefented themselves before God.

Nd Jofhua gathered all the tribes of Ifrael

21.45.

Me olam

2 And Jofhua faid unto all the people, Thus faith the LORD God of Ifrael,* Your fathers Gen. dwelt on the other fide of the floudfin old time, 11.31 even Terah the father of Abraham, and the fa t Heb ther of Nacher: and they ferved other gods. that is, 3 And I took your father Abraham from thee eother fide of the floud, and led him throughout verlafting. all the land of Canaan, and multiplyed his feed and gave him Ifaac.

* Gen.

*Gen.

4 And I gave unto Ifaac,*Jacob and Efau and 21.2. I gave unto Efau mount Seir,to poffefs it:*but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5I fent Mofes alfo and Aaron, and I plagued Gen. Egypt, according to that which I did amongft 36,8them and afterward I brought you out.

25.26.

ት (en.

Exod.

6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt, 46 6. and ye came unto the fea,and the Egyptians pur13.10. fued after your fathers with chariots and horf-Exod. men unto the Red-fea. 12.37.

7 And when they cryed unto the LORD,he put Exod darknefs between you and the Egyptians, and 14.9. brought the fea upon them, and covered them, and your eyes have feen what I have done in Egypt, and ye dwelt in the wildernefs a long featon.

8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorite, which dwelt on the other fide Jordan

and they fought with you, and I gave them Numb. into your hand, that ye might poffefs their land, 21.38. and I deftroyed them from before you.

Fofbua his age,

Exod. $3.28. cut.7.20.

Chap. 33.18.

Jericho and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgafhite, the Hivite, and the Jebufite, 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 Amorite: 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 floud, and in Egypt; and ferve ye the LORD.

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

16 And the people anfwered 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 Amorite which dwelt in the land: therefore will we allo 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 tranfgref fions, nor your fins.

20 If ye forsake the LORD, and ferve ftrange gods, then he will turn, and do you hurt, and confiume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people faid unto Joshua, Nay, but wwe will ferve the LORD.

CHAP. I.

death and buriall

22 And Joshua laid unto the people, Ye are witnefies against your felves,that ye have chofen you the LORD, to ferve him. And they faid, We are witneffes.

23 Now therefore put away, faid be,the ftrange gods which are among you, and encline your heart unto the LORD God of Ifrael.

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

25 So Jofhua made a covenant with the people that day,and fet them a statute, and an ordinance in Shechem.

26 And Jofhua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and fet it up there,under an oak that was by the fanctuary of the LORD.

27 And Jofhua faid unto all the people, Be hold, this itone fhall be a witnefs unto us: for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us, it fhall be there for a witness unto you, left ye deny your God.

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

29 And it came to pafs after these things, that Joshua the fon of Nun, the fervant of the LORD died,being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance, in * Timnath-ferah, which is in Chap. mount Ephraim, on the north-fide of the hill of 19:50. Judg.z. Gaafh. 31 And Ifrael ferved the LORD all the days of Joshua,and all the days of the elders that t over-t Heb. lived Jofhua,and which had known all the works Prolonged their days of the LORD, that he had done for Ifrael.

after Jo

Exod.

32 And the bones of Jofeph,which the chil- mua. dren of Ifrael brought up out of Egypt, buried Gen. they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which 25. Jacob bought of the fons of Hamor the father 13.19. of Shecheni, for an hundred pieces of filver, Gen and it became the inheritance of the children 33.19. 11 Or, of Jofeph.

33 And Eleazar the fon of Aaron died, and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his fon, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

of LUDGES.

they fought against him, and they flew the Ca naanite, and the Perizzite.

6 But Adoni-bezek fled, and they purfued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs, and his great toes.

lambs

N

Ow after the death of Jofhua, it came to pafs, that the children of Ifrael ask ed the LORD, faying, Who fhall go up for us against the Canaanite firit, to fight against them?

2 And the LORD faid, Judah fhall goup: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

3 And Judah faid unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanite, and I likewife will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with

him.

4 And Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanite, and the Perizzite into their hand, and they flew of them in Bezek ten thouand men.

And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek, and

feet. 11 Or,

8 (Now the children of Judah had fought a- gleaned. gainst Jerufalem, and had taken it, and fmitten Joh. it with the edge of the fword, and fet the city on 10.36.3ad 11.21.2nd fire) 15.13 9¶ And afterward the children of Judah, went down to fight against the Canaanite that low com dwelt in the mountain, and in the fouth, and in trey the valley.

To And Judah went against the Canaanite that dwelt in Hebron, (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba) and they flew She- Josh. fhai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-fepher)

25.13.

Ifraels idolatry.

+ Heb. Saved.

* Chap. 3.12. 11 Or, Miere. Corrupt. At Heb. they let nothing tall of

their.

Or. Suffered.

17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of he way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD: but they did not fo.

18 And when the LORD raifed them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and † delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the dayes of the judge (for it repented the LORD, becaufe of their groanings, by reafon of them that oppreffed them, and vexed them :)

19 And it came to pats when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted them Selves more then their fathers, in following other gods, to ferve them, and to bow down unto them, they ceafed not from their own doings, nor from their ftubborn way.

20 And the anger of the LORD was hot againit Ifrael, and he faid, Becaule that this people hath tranfgreffed my covenant which I com manded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice:

21 I allo will not henceforth drive out any from before them, of the nations which Jofhua left when he died:

22 That through them I may prove Ifrael,whether they will keep the way of the LORD, to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or

nor.

23 Therefore the LORD left thofe nations, without driving them out haftily, neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. CHAP. III.

I The nations which were left to prove Ifrael: 5 By communion with them, they commit idolatry 80cbriel delivereth them from Chusban-rijbathaim: 12 Ebud from Eglon: 31 Shamgar from the Philistines.

Ow thele are the nations which the LORD

Nieft to prove Ifrael by them, (even as many

of Ifrael as had not known all the wars of Ca

naan;

2 Only that the generations of the children of Ifrael night know to teach them war, at the eaft fuch as before knew nothing thereof)

3 Namely,five lords of the Philiftines, and all the Canaanite, and the Zidonian,and the Hivite that dwelt in mount Lebanon,trom mount Baalhermon, unto the entring in of Hamath.

4 And they were to prove Ifrael by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Mofes.

5 ¶ And the children of Ifrael dwelt among the Canaanite, Hittite, and Amorite, and Perizzite, and Hivite, and Jebufite.

6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their fons, and ferved their gods.

7 And the children of Ifrael did evil in the fight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and ferved Baalim and the groves.

8Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot againft Ifrael, and he fold them into the hand of Chufhan-ifhathaim king of Mefopotamia: Arams and the children of Ifrael Terved Chufhan-rithathaim eight years.

Heb.

haraim.

9 And when the children of Ifrael cried unto the LORD the LORD railed up afdeliverer to the children of Ifracl,who delivered them, eu n Othmiel the fon of Kenaz, Calebs younger brother. TO And the fpirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Ifrael, and went out to war, and the LORD delivered Chufhan-rifhathaim king oft Melopotamia into his hand; and his hand

Ehud and Shamgar deliver Ifrael.

prevailed against Cufhan-rifhathaim.
II And the land had reft forty years, and Oth
niel the fon of Kenaz died.

12 And the children of Ifrael did evil again in the fight of the LORD,and the LORD ftrengthned Eglon the king of Moab againft Ifrael, becaufe they had done evil in the fight of the LORD.

13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon, and Amalek, and went and fmote Ifra el, and poffeffed the city of palm-trees.

14 So the children of Ifrael ferved Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

a faviours

15 But when the children of Ifrael cried unto the LORD,theLORD raifed them up afdeliverer, Heb. Ehud the fon of Gera, a Benjamite,a man left-si handed: and by him the children of Ifrael fento, prefent unto Eglon the king of Moab.

a

the son of

16 But Ehud made him a dagger (which had Jemini + Heb. two edges) of a cubit length, and he did gird it fhut of under his raiment upon his right thigh. his right

17 And he brought the prefent unto Eglon band, king of Moab : and Eglon was a very fat man.

18 And when he had made an end to offer the prefent, he fent away the people that bare the prefent.

19 But he himself turned again from the quar-Or ries that were by Gilgal, and faid, I have a fecret av errand unto thee, king, who faid,Keep filence. And all that flood by him went out from him.

images.

20 And Ehud came unto him, and he was fite + Heb. ting inta fummer parlour,which he had for hima parlor felf alone: and Ehud faid, I have a message from of cooling God unto thee. And he arofe out of bis +leat. T Neb. 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took throne. + Heb. the dagger from his right thigh,and thrust it in- Hame to his belly. So Gr.

22 And the haft alfo went in after the+blade: See Gen and the fat clofed upon the blade, t fo that he 324, + Heb. could not draw the dagger out of his belly, and because he the dirt came out.

drew not.

23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, so Gr. and fhut the doors of the parlour upon him, andr locked them.

it came out at the

24 When he was gone out, his fervants came, fundaand when they faw, that behold, the doors of the ment. parlour were locked,they faid,Surely he covers Or. eth his feet in his funimer chamber.

deth his

25 And they tarried till they were afhamed: cafemest. and behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour,therefore they took a key,and opened them: and behold, their ford was fallen down dead on the earth.

26 And Ehud efcaped while they tarried: and paffed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.

27 And it came to pafs when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim; and the children of Ifraei went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

28 And he faid unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the foords of Jordan toward Moab, and fuffered not a man to país over.

29 And they flew of Moab at that time about 14 Heb. ten thousand men, all † lufty, and all men of vafat. lour, and there efcaped not a man.

30 So Moab was fubdued that day under the hand of Ifrael, and the land had reft fourfcore years.

31 And after him was Shamgar the fon of A nath, which few of the Philiftines fix hundred men with an ox goad, he allotdelivered Ifrael. + Heb. CHAP. IV.

Deborah and Barak deliver Ifrael from Fabin and Sifra. 18 Jael killerb Sifera.

And

faved