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Joshua Chapter 1
Joshua 1:1 (NKJV)
1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying:
Joshua 1:2 (NKJV)
2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them–the children of Israel.
Joshua 1:3 (NIV)
3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.
Joshua 1:4 (NIV)
4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates–all the Hittite country–to the Great Sea on the west.
Joshua 1:5 (NKJV)
5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.
Joshua 1:6 (NKJV)
6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
Joshua 1:7 (NIV)
7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
Joshua 1:8 (NASB)
8 “This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.
Joshua 1:9 (NLT)
9 This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:10 (NIV)
10 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people:
Joshua 1:11 (NIV)
11 “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.'”
Joshua 1:12 (NIV)
12 But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
Joshua 1:13 (AMP)
13 Remember what Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God is giving you [of these two and a half tribes a place of] rest and will give you this land [east of the Jordan].
Joshua 1:14 (NLT2)
14 Your wives, children, and livestock may remain here in the land Moses assigned to you on the east side of the Jordan River. But your strong warriors, fully armed, must lead the other tribes across the Jordan to help them conquer their territory. Stay with them
Joshua 1:15 (NLT2)
15 until the LORD gives them rest, as he has given you rest, and until they, too, possess the land the LORD your God is giving them. Only then may you return and settle here on the east side of the Jordan River in the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, assigned to you.”
Joshua 1:16 (NIV)
16 Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
Joshua 1:17 (NIV)
17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses.
Joshua 1:18 (NASB)
18 “Anyone who rebels against your command and does not obey your words in all that you command him, shall be put to death; only be strong and courageous.”
Joshua Chapter 2
Joshua 2:1 (NIV)
1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
Joshua 2:2 (AMP)
2 It was told the king of Jericho, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the Israelites to search out the country.
Joshua 2:3 (NIV)
3 So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”
Joshua 2:4 (NIV)
4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
Joshua 2:5 (NIV)
5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.”
Joshua 2:6 (NIV)
6 (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.)
Joshua 2:7 (NIV)
7 So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.
Joshua 2:8 (NIV)
8 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof
Joshua 2:9 (NIV)
9 and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given this land to you and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.
Joshua 2:10 (NIV)
10 We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.
Joshua 2:11 (NIV)
11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
Joshua 2:12 (NLT2)
12 “Now swear to me by the LORD that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that
Joshua 2:13 (NLT2)
13 when Jericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families.”
Joshua 2:14 (NASB)
14 So the men said to her, “Our life for yours if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall come about when the LORD gives us the land that we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.”
Joshua 2:15 (NIV)
15 So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall.
Joshua 2:16 (NIV)
16 Now she had said to them, “Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way.”
Joshua 2:17 (NIV)
17 The men said to her, “This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us
Joshua 2:18 (NIV)
18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house.
Joshua 2:19 (NIV)
19 If anyone goes outside your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head; we will not be responsible. As for anyone who is in the house with you, his blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on him.
Joshua 2:20 (NIV)
20 But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
Joshua 2:21 (NIV)
21 “Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.” So she sent them away and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
Joshua 2:22 (NIV)
22 When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them.
Joshua 2:23 (NIV)
23 Then the two men started back. They went down out of the hills, forded the river and came to Joshua son of Nun and told him everything that had happened to them.
Joshua 2:24 (NIV)
24 They said to Joshua, “The LORD has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.”
Joshua Chapter 3
Joshua 3:1 (NASB)
1 Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and he and all the sons of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they lodged there before they crossed.
Joshua 3:2 (NIV)
2 After three days the officers went throughout the camp,
Joshua 3:3 (NIV)
3 giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests, who are Levites, carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it.
Joshua 3:4 (NIV)
4 Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about a thousand yards between you and the ark; do not go near it.”
Joshua 3:5 (NIV)
5 Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.”
Joshua 3:6 (NIV)
6 Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they took it up and went ahead of them.
Joshua 3:7 (NIV)
7 And the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.
Joshua 3:8 (NIV)
8 Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.'”
Joshua 3:9 (NIV)
9 Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.
Joshua 3:10 (NLT2)
10 Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites ahead of you.
Joshua 3:11 (NIV)
11 See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.
Joshua 3:12 (NIV)
12 Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
Joshua 3:13 (NIV)
13 And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the LORD–the Lord of all the earth–set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”
Joshua 3:14 (NIV)
14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.
Joshua 3:15 (NIV)
15 Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
Joshua 3:16 (NIV)
16 the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
Joshua 3:17 (NIV)
17 The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.
Joshua Chapter 4
Joshua 4:1 (NIV)
1 When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
Joshua 4:2 (NIV)
2 “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
Joshua 4:3 (NIV)
3 and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan from right where the priests stood and to carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”
Joshua 4:4 (NIV)
4 So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
Joshua 4:5 (NIV)
5 and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,
Joshua 4:6 (NIV)
6 to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’
Joshua 4:7 (NIV)
7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.”
Joshua 4:8 (NIV)
8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down.
Joshua 4:9 (CJB)-M
9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the Jordan River itself, in the place where the feet of the priests carrying the ark for the covenant had stood. They are there to this day.
Joshua 4:10 (CJB)-M
10 The priests carrying the ark stood in the Jordan riverbed until Joshua had finished saying to the people everything that the LORD had ordered him to say, in keeping with everything that Moses had ordered Joshua; then the people hurried across.
Joshua 4:11 (NIV)
11 and as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the LORD and the priests came to the other side while the people watched.
Joshua 4:12 (NIV)
12 The men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over, armed, in front of the Israelites, as Moses had directed them.
Joshua 4:13 (NIV)
13 About forty thousand armed for battle crossed over before the LORD to the plains of Jericho for war.
Joshua 4:14 (NIV)
14 That day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
Joshua 4:15 (NIV)
15 Then the LORD said to Joshua,
Joshua 4:16 (NIV)
16 “Command the priests carrying the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.”
Joshua 4:17 (NIV)
17 So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”
Joshua 4:18 (NIV)
18 And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before.
Joshua 4:19 (NIV)
19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
Joshua 4:20 (NIV)
20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan.
Joshua 4:21 (NIV)
21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones mean?’
Joshua 4:22 (NIV)
22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
Joshua 4:23 (NIV)
23 For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan just what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.
Joshua 4:24 (NIV)
24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God.”
Joshua Chapter 5
Joshua 5:1 (NIV)
1 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until we had crossed over, their hearts melted and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.
Joshua 5:2 (NIV)
2 At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.”
Joshua 5:3 (NIV)
3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.
Joshua 5:4 (NIV)
4 Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt–all the men of military age–died in the desert on the way after leaving Egypt.
Joshua 5:5 (NIV)
5 All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the desert during the journey from Egypt had not.
Joshua 5:6 (NIV)
6 The Israelites had moved about in the desert forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the LORD. For the LORD had sworn to them that they would not see the land that he had solemnly promised their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Joshua 5:7 (NIV)
7 So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way.
Joshua 5:8 (NIV)
8 And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.
Joshua 5:9 (NIV)
9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.
Joshua 5:10 (NIV)
10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover.
Joshua 5:11 (NIV)
11 The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain.
Joshua 5:12 (NIV)
12 The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate of the produce of Canaan.
Joshua 5:13 (NIV)
13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”
Joshua 5:14 (NIV)
14 “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord have for his servant?”
Joshua 5:15 (NIV)
15 The commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
Joshua Chapter 6
Joshua 6:1 (NIV)
1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
Joshua 6:2 (NIV)
2 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.
Joshua 6:3 (NIV)
3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days.
Joshua 6:4 (NIV)
4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.
Joshua 6:5 (NIV)
5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have all the people give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the people will go up, every man straight in.”
Joshua 6:6 (NIV)
6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the LORD and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.”
Joshua 6:7 (NIV)
7 And he ordered the people, “Advance! March around the city, with the armed guard going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
Joshua 6:8 (NIV)
8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the LORD went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the LORD’s covenant followed them.
Joshua 6:9 (NIV)
9 The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding.
Joshua 6:10 (NIV)
10 But Joshua had commanded the people, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!”
Joshua 6:11 (NIV)
11 So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. Then the people returned to camp and spent the night there.
Joshua 6:12 (NIV)
12 Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
Joshua 6:13 (NIV)
13 The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the LORD and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the trumpets kept sounding.
Joshua 6:14 (NIV)
14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
Joshua 6:15 (NIV)
15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times.
Joshua 6:16 (NIV)
16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
Joshua 6:17 (NLT2)
17 Jericho and everything in it must be completely destroyed as an offering to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she protected our spies.
Joshua 6:18 (NIV)
18 But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it.
Joshua 6:19 (NIV)
19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go into his treasury.”
Joshua 6:20 (NIV)
20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city.
Joshua 6:21 (NIV)
21 They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it–men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
Joshua 6:22 (NIV)
22 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.”
Joshua 6:23 (NIV)
23 So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.
Joshua 6:24 (NIV)
24 Then they burned the whole city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
Joshua 6:25 (NIV)
25 But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho–and she lives among the Israelites to this day.
Joshua 6:26 (NIV)
26 At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: “At the cost of his firstborn son will he lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest will he set up its gates.”
Joshua 6:27 (NIV)
27 So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.
Joshua Chapter 7
Joshua 7:1 (NIV)
1 But the Israelites acted unfaithfully in regard to the devoted things; Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the LORD’s anger burned against Israel.
Joshua 7:2 (NIV)
2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the region.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
Joshua 7:3 (NIV)
3 When they returned to Joshua, they said, “Not all the people will have to go up against Ai. Send two or three thousand men to take it and do not weary all the people, for only a few men are there.”
Joshua 7:4 (NIV)
4 So about three thousand men went up; but they were routed by the men of Ai,
Joshua 7:5 (NIV)
5 who killed about thirty-six of them. They chased the Israelites from the city gate as far as the stone quarries and struck them down on the slopes. At this the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
Joshua 7:6 (NIV)
6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the LORD, remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads.
Joshua 7:7 (NIV)
7 And Joshua said, “Ah, Sovereign LORD, why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
Joshua 7:8 (NIV)
8 O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies?
Joshua 7:9 (NIV)
9 The Canaanites and the other people of the country will hear about this and they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. What then will you do for your own great name?”
Joshua 7:10 (NIV)
10 The LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your face?
Joshua 7:11 (NIV)
11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions.
Joshua 7:12 (NIV)
12 That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.
Joshua 7:13 (NIV)
13 “Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: That which is devoted is among you, O Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove it.
Joshua 7:14 (NIV)
14 “‘In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD takes shall come forward clan by clan; the clan that the LORD takes shall come forward family by family; and the family that the LORD takes shall come forward man by man.
Joshua 7:15 (NIV)
15 He who is caught with the devoted things shall be destroyed by fire, along with all that belongs to him. He has violated the covenant of the LORD and has done a disgraceful thing in Israel!'”
Joshua 7:16 (NIV)
16 Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was taken.
Joshua 7:17 (NIV)
17 The clans of Judah came forward, and he took the Zerahites. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward by families, and Zimri was taken.
Joshua 7:18 (NIV)
18 Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
Joshua 7:19 (NIV)
19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and give him the praise. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
Joshua 7:20 (NIV)
20 Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done:
Joshua 7:21 (NIV)
21 When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
Joshua 7:22 (NIV)
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath.
Joshua 7:23 (NIV)
23 They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the LORD.
Joshua 7:24 (NIV)
24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold wedge, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.
Joshua 7:25 (NIV)
25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble on us? The LORD will bring trouble on you today.” Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them.
Joshua 7:26 (NIV)
26 Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the LORD turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since.
Joshua Chapter 8
Joshua 8:1 (NIV)
1 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land.
Joshua 8:2 (NIV)
2 You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.”
Joshua 8:3 (NIV)
3 So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night
Joshua 8:4 (NASB)
4 He commanded them, saying, “See, you are going to ambush the city from behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.
Joshua 8:5 (CJB)
5 I and all the troops with me will approach the city; and when they come out to attack us, as they did before, we will run away from them.
Joshua 8:6 (NIV)
6 They will pursue us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are running away from us as they did before.’ So when we flee from them,
Joshua 8:7 (AMP)
7 Then you shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.
Joshua 8:8 (NIV)
8 When you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do what the LORD has commanded. See to it; you have my orders.”
Joshua 8:9 (NASB)
9 So Joshua sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.
Joshua 8:10 (HCSB)
10 Joshua started early the next morning and mobilized them. Then he and the elders of Israel led the troops up to Ai.
Joshua 8:11 (NIV)
11 The entire force that was with him marched up and approached the city and arrived in front of it. They set up camp north of Ai, with the valley between them and the city.
Joshua 8:12 (NIV)
12 Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
Joshua 8:13 (NIV)
13 They had the soldiers take up their positions–all those in the camp to the north of the city and the ambush to the west of it. That night Joshua went into the valley.
Joshua 8:14 (NIV)
14 When the king of Ai saw this, he and all the men of the city hurried out early in the morning to meet Israel in battle at a certain place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set against him behind the city.
Joshua 8:15 (HCSB)
15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten back by them and fled toward the wilderness.
Joshua 8:16 (NIV)
16 All the men of Ai were called to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were lured away from the city.
Joshua 8:17 (NIV)
17 Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go after Israel. They left the city open and went in pursuit of Israel.
Joshua 8:18 (NIV)
18 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the javelin that is in your hand, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his javelin toward Ai.
Joshua 8:19 (NIV)
19 As soon as he did this, the men in the ambush rose quickly from their position and rushed forward. They entered the city and captured it and quickly set it on fire.
Joshua 8:20 (NIV)
20 The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising against the sky, but they had no chance to escape in any direction, for the Israelites who had been fleeing toward the desert had turned back against their pursuers.
Joshua 8:21 (NIV)
21 For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from the city, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.
Joshua 8:22 (NIV)
22 The men of the ambush also came out of the city against them, so that they were caught in the middle, with Israelites on both sides. Israel cut them down, leaving them neither survivors nor fugitives.
Joshua 8:23 (NIV)
23 But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Joshua 8:24 (NIV)
24 When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the desert where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it.
Joshua 8:25 (NLT2)
25 So the entire population of Ai, including men and women, was wiped out that day—12,000 in all.
Joshua 8:26 (HCSB)
26 Joshua did not draw back his hand that was holding the sword until all the inhabitants of Ai were completely destroyed.
Joshua 8:27 (NIV)
27 But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the LORD had instructed Joshua.
Joshua 8:28 (NIV)
28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolate place to this day.
Joshua 8:29 (NIV)
29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree and left him there until evening. At sunset, Joshua ordered them to take his body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.
Joshua 8:30 (NIV)
30 Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel,
Joshua 8:31 (NIV)-M
31 as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses–an altar of [whole] uncut stones, on which no iron tool had been used. On it they offered to the LORD burnt offerings and sacrificed fellowship offerings.
Joshua 8:32 (NIV)
32 There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua copied on stones the law of Moses, which he had written.
Joshua 8:33 (NIV)
33 All Israel, aliens and citizens alike, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD, facing those who carried it–the priests, who were Levites. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.
Joshua 8:34 (NIV)
34 Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law–the blessings and the curses–just as it is written in the Book of the Law.
Joshua 8:35 (NIV)
35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the aliens who lived among them.
Joshua Chapter 9
Joshua 9:1 (HCSB)
1 When all the kings heard ⌊about Jericho and Ai⌋, those who were west of the Jordan in the hill country, in the Judean foothills, and all along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea toward Lebanon—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—
Joshua 9:2 (NLT2)
2 These kings combined their armies to fight as one against Joshua and the Israelites.
Joshua 9:3 (HCSB)
3 When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
Joshua 9:4 (NIV)
4 they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
Joshua 9:5 (NIV)
5 The men put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.
Joshua 9:6 (NIV)
6 Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant country; make a treaty with us.”
Joshua 9:7 (NASB)
7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we make a covenant with you?”
Joshua 9:8 (NIV)
8 “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. But Joshua asked, “Who are you and where do you come from?”
Joshua 9:9 (NIV)
9 They answered: “Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt,
Joshua 9:10 (NIV)
10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan–Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
Joshua 9:11 (HCSB)
11 So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions with you for the journey; go and meet them and say, “We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.”’
Joshua 9:12 (NIV)
12 This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is.
Joshua 9:13 (NIV)
13 And these wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey.”
Joshua 9:14 (NIV)
14 The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the LORD.
Joshua 9:15 (NIV)
15 Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.
Joshua 9:16 (NIV)
16 Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near them.
Joshua 9:17 (NIV)
17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.
Joshua 9:18 (NIV)
18 But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. The whole assembly grumbled against the leaders,
Joshua 9:19 (NIV)
19 but all the leaders answered, “We have given them our oath by the LORD, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now.
Joshua 9:20 (NIV)
20 This is what we will do to them: We will let them live, so that wrath will not fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them.”
Joshua 9:21 (NIV)
21 They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the entire community.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.
Joshua 9:22 (NIV)
22 Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by saying, ‘We live a long way from you,’ while actually you live near us?
Joshua 9:23 (NIV)
23 You are now under a curse: You will never cease to serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
Joshua 9:24 (NIV)
24 They answered Joshua, “Your servants were clearly told how the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.
Joshua 9:25 (NIV)
25 We are now in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
Joshua 9:26 (NIV)
26 So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.
Joshua 9:27 (NIV)
27 That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the place the LORD would choose. And that is what they are to this day.
Joshua Chapter 10
Joshua 10:1 (NIV)
1 Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and were living near them.
Joshua 10:2 (NIV)
2 He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters.
Joshua 10:3 (NIV)
3 So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon.
Joshua 10:4 (NIV)
4 “Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
Joshua 10:5 (NIV)
5 Then the five kings of the Amorites–the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon–joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.
Joshua 10:6 (NIV)
6 The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
Joshua 10:7 (NIV)
7 So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his entire army, including all the best fighting men.
Joshua 10:8 (NIV)
8 The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them; I have given them into your hand. Not one of them will be able to withstand you.”
Joshua 10:9 (NIV)
9 After an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua took them by surprise.
Joshua 10:10 (NIV)
10 The LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great victory at Gibeon. Israel pursued them along the road going up to Beth Horon and cut them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
Joshua 10:11 (NIV)
11 As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the LORD hurled large hailstones down on them from the sky, and more of them died from the hailstones than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.
Joshua 10:12 (NIV)
12 On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
Joshua 10:13 (NIV)
13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.
Joshua 10:14 (NIV)
14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the LORD listened to a man. Surely the LORD was fighting for Israel!
Joshua 10:15 (NIV)
15 Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
Joshua 10:16 (NIV)
16 Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
Joshua 10:17 (NIV)
17 When Joshua was told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah,
Joshua 10:18 (NIV)
18 he said, “Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it.
Joshua 10:19 (NIV)
19 But don’t stop! Pursue your enemies, attack them from the rear and don’t let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has given them into your hand.”
Joshua 10:20 (NIV)
20 So Joshua and the Israelites destroyed them completely–almost to a man–but the few who were left reached their fortified cities.
Joshua 10:21 (NIV)
21 The whole army then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a word against the Israelites.
Joshua 10:22 (NIV)
22 Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”
Joshua 10:23 (NIV)
23 So they brought the five kings out of the cave–the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon.
Joshua 10:24 (NIV)
24 When they had brought these kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had come with him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came forward and placed their feet on their necks.
Joshua 10:25 (NIV)
25 Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.”
Joshua 10:26 (NIV)
26 Then Joshua struck and killed the kings and hung them on five trees, and they were left hanging on the trees until evening.
Joshua 10:27 (NIV)
27 At sunset Joshua gave the order and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had been hiding. At the mouth of the cave they placed large rocks, which are there to this day.
Joshua 10:28 (NIV)
28 That day Joshua took Makkedah. He put the city and its king to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it. He left no survivors. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Joshua 10:29 (NIV)
29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it.
Joshua 10:30 (NIV)
30 The LORD also gave that city and its king into Israel’s hand. The city and everyone in it Joshua put to the sword. He left no survivors there. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Joshua 10:31 (NIV)
31 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish; he took up positions against it and attacked it.
Joshua 10:32 (NIV)
32 The LORD handed Lachish over to Israel, and Joshua took it on the second day. The city and everyone in it he put to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.
Joshua 10:33 (NIV)
33 Meanwhile, Horam king of Gezer had come up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his army–until no survivors were left.
Joshua 10:34 (NIV)
34 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Lachish to Eglon; they took up positions against it and attacked it.
Joshua 10:35 (NIV)
35 They captured it that same day and put it to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it, just as they had done to Lachish.
Joshua 10:36 (NIV)
36 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and attacked it.
Joshua 10:37 (NIV)
37 They took the city and put it to the sword, together with its king, its villages and everyone in it. They left no survivors. Just as at Eglon, they totally destroyed it and everyone in it.
Joshua 10:38 (NIV)
38 Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned around and attacked Debir.
Joshua 10:39 (NIV)
39 They took the city, its king and its villages, and put them to the sword. Everyone in it they totally destroyed. They left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.
Joshua 10:40 (NIV)
40 So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills and the mountain slopes, together with all their kings. He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
Joshua 10:42 (NIV)
42 All these kings and their lands Joshua conquered in one campaign, because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
Joshua 10:43 (NIV)
43 Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
Joshua Chapter 11
Joshua 11:1 (NIV)
1 When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron and Acshaph,
Joshua 11:2 (NIV)
2 and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Kinnereth, in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor on the west;
Joshua 11:3 (NIV)
3 to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites below Hermon in the region of Mizpah.
Joshua 11:4 (NIV)
4 They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots–a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.
Joshua 11:5 (NIV)
5 All these kings joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Joshua 11:6 (NIV)
6 The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel, slain. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”
Joshua 11:7 (NIV)
7 So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them,
Joshua 11:8 (NIV)
8 and the LORD gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left.
Joshua 11:9 (NIV)
9 Joshua did to them as the LORD had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
Joshua 11:10 (NIV)
10 At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword. (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.)
Joshua 11:11 (NIV)
11 Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed them, not sparing anything that breathed, and he burned up Hazor itself.
Joshua 11:12 (NIV)
12 Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.
Joshua 11:13 (NIV)
13 Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds–except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
Joshua 11:14 (NIV)
14 The Israelites carried off for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but all the people they put to the sword until they completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed.
Joshua 11:15 (NIV)
15 As the LORD commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
Joshua 11:16 (NIV)
16 So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country, all the Negev, the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills,
Joshua 11:17 (NIV)
17 from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.
Joshua 11:18 (NIV)
18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time.
Joshua 11:19 (NIV)
19 Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle.
Joshua 11:20 (NIV)
20 For it was the LORD himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Joshua 11:21 (NIV)
21 At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns.
Joshua 11:22 (NIV)
22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.
Joshua 11:23 (NIV)
23 So Joshua took the entire land, just as the LORD had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.
Joshua Chapter 12
Joshua 12:1 (NIV)
1 These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took over east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern side of the Arabah:
Joshua 12:2 (NIV)
2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge–from the middle of the gorge–to the Jabbok River, which is the border of the Ammonites. This included half of Gilead.
Joshua 12:3 (NIV)
3 He also ruled over the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), to Beth Jeshimoth, and then southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
Joshua 12:4 (NASB)
4 and the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Joshua 12:5 (NIV)
5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the people of Geshur and Maacah, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Joshua 12:6 (NIV)
6 Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites conquered them. And Moses the servant of the LORD gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh to be their possession.
Joshua 12:7 (NIV)
7 These are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (their lands Joshua gave as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions–
Joshua 12:8 (NIV)
8 the hill country, the western foothills, the Arabah, the mountain slopes, the desert and the Negev–the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites):
Joshua 12:9 (NIV)
9 the king of Jericho, one the king of Ai (near Bethel), one
Joshua 12:10 (NIV)
10 the king of Jerusalem, one the king of Hebron, one
Joshua 12:11 (NIV)
11 the king of Jarmuth, one the king of Lachish, one
Joshua 12:12 (NIV)
12 the king of Eglon, one the king of Gezer, one
Joshua 12:13 (NIV)
13 the king of Debir, one the king of Geder, one
Joshua 12:14 (NIV)
14 the king of Hormah, one the king of Arad, one
Joshua 12:15 (NIV)
15 the king of Libnah, one the king of Adullam, one
Joshua 12:16 (NIV)
16 the king of Makkedah, one the king of Bethel, one
Joshua 12:17 (NIV)
17 the king of Tappuah, one the king of Hepher, one
Joshua 12:18 (NIV)
18 the king of Aphek, one the king of Lasharon, one
Joshua 12:19 (NIV)
19 the king of Madon, one the king of Hazor, one
Joshua 12:20 (NIV)
20 the king of Shimron Meron, one the king of Acshaph, one
Joshua 12:21 (NIV)
21 the king of Taanach, one the king of Megiddo, one
Joshua 12:22 (NIV)
22 the king of Kedesh, one the king of Jokneam in Carmel one
Joshua 12:23 (NIV)
23 the king of Dor (in Naphoth Dor), one the king of Goyim in Gilgal, one
Joshua 12:24 (NIV)
24 the king of Tirzah, one thirty-one kings in all.
Joshua Chapter 13
Joshua 13:1 (NIV)
1 When Joshua was old and well advanced in years, the LORD said to him, “You are very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.
Joshua 13:2 (NIV)
2 “This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites:
Joshua 13:3 (NIV)
3 from the Shihor River on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite (the territory of the five Philistine rulers in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron–that of the Avvites);
Joshua 13:4 (NIV)
4 from the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek, the region of the Amorites,
Joshua 13:5 (NIV)
5 the area of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
Joshua 13:6 (NIV)
6 “As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,
Joshua 13:7 (NIV)
7 and divide it as an inheritance among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”
Joshua 13:8 (NIV)
8 The other half of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the LORD, had assigned it to them.
Joshua 13:9 (NIV)
9 It extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
Joshua 13:10 (NIV)
10 and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, out to the border of the Ammonites.
Joshua 13:11 (NIV)
11 It also included Gilead, the territory of the people of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salecah–
Joshua 13:12 (NIV)
12 that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had survived as one of the last of the Rephaites. Moses had defeated them and taken over their land.
Joshua 13:13 (NIV)
13 But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.
Joshua 13:14 (NIV)
14 But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the offerings made by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.
Joshua 13:15 (NIV)
15 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, clan by clan:
Joshua 13:16 (NIV)
16 The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba
Joshua 13:17 (NIV)
17 to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
Joshua 13:18 (NIV)
18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
Joshua 13:19 (NIV)
19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley,
Joshua 13:20 (NIV)
20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth
Joshua 13:21 (NIV)
21 –all the towns on the plateau and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba–princes allied with Sihon–who lived in that country.
Joshua 13:22 (NIV)
22 In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination.
Joshua 13:23 (NIV)
23 The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites, clan by clan.
Joshua 13:24 (NIV)
24 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, clan by clan:
Joshua 13:25 (NIV)
25 The territory of Jazer, all the towns of Gilead and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
Joshua 13:26 (NIV)
26 and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir;
Joshua 13:27 (NIV)
27 and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth and Zaphon with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth).
Joshua 13:28 (NIV)
28 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites, clan by clan.
Joshua 13:29 (NIV)
29 This is what Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the descendants of Manasseh, clan by clan:
Joshua 13:30 (NIV)
30 The territory extending from Mahanaim and including all of Bashan, the entire realm of Og king of Bashan–all the settlements of Jair in Bashan, sixty towns,
Joshua 13:31 (NIV)
31 half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan). This was for the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh–for half of the sons of Makir, clan by clan.
Joshua 13:32 (NIV)
32 This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab across the Jordan east of Jericho.
Joshua 13:33 (NIV)
33 But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance; the LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he promised them.
Joshua Chapter 14
Joshua 14:1 (NIV)
1 Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel allotted to them.
Joshua 14:2 (NIV)
2 Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
Joshua 14:3 (NIV)
3 Moses had granted the two-and-a-half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,
Joshua 14:4 (NIV)
4 for the sons of Joseph had become two tribes–Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
Joshua 14:5 (NIV)
5 So the Israelites divided the land, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Joshua 14:6 (NIV)
6 Now the men of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me.
Joshua 14:7 (NIV)
7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,
Joshua 14:8 (NIV)
8 but my brothers who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however, followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.
Joshua 14:9 (NIV)
9 So on that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.’
Joshua 14:10 (NIV)
10 “Now then, just as the LORD promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, eighty-five years old!
Joshua 14:11 (NIV)
11 I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then.
Joshua 14:12 (NIV)
12 Now give me this hill country that the LORD promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the LORD helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.”
Joshua 14:13 (NIV)
13 Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
Joshua 14:14 (NIV)
14 So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.
Joshua 14:15 (NIV)
15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites.) Then the land had rest from war.
Joshua Chapter 15
Joshua 15:1 (NIV)
1 The allotment for the tribe of Judah, clan by clan, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south.
Joshua 15:2 (NIV)
2 Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Salt Sea,
Joshua 15:3 (NIV)
3 crossed south of Scorpion Pass, continued on to Zin and went over to the south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it ran past Hezron up to Addar and curved around to Karka.
Joshua 15:4 (NIV)
4 It then passed along to Azmon and joined the Wadi of Egypt, ending at the sea. This is their southern boundary.
Joshua 15:5 (NIV)
5 The eastern boundary is the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The northern boundary started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan,
Joshua 15:6 (NIV)
6 went up to Beth Hoglah and continued north of Beth Arabah to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
Joshua 15:7 (NIV)
7 The boundary then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor and turned north to Gilgal, which faces the Pass of Adummim south of the gorge. It continued along to the waters of En Shemesh and came out at En Rogel.
Joshua 15:8 (NIV)
8 Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
Joshua 15:9 (NIV)
9 From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim).
Joshua 15:10 (NIV)
10 Then it curved westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh and crossed to Timnah.
Joshua 15:11 (NIV)
11 It went to the northern slope of Ekron, turned toward Shikkeron, passed along to Mount Baalah and reached Jabneel. The boundary ended at the sea.
Joshua 15:12 (NIV)
12 The western boundary is the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.
Joshua 15:13 (NIV)
13 In accordance with the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah–Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
Joshua 15:14 (NIV)
14 From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites–Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai–descendants of Anak.
Joshua 15:15 (NIV)
15 From there he marched against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).
Joshua 15:16 (NIV)
16 And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.”
Joshua 15:17 (NIV)
17 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
Joshua 15:18 (NIV)
18 One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”
Joshua 15:19 (NIV)
19 She replied, “Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
Joshua 15:20 (NIV)
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, clan by clan:
Joshua 15:21 (NIV)
21 The southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the boundary of Edom were: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
Joshua 15:22 (NIV)
22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
Joshua 15:23 (NIV)
23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
Joshua 15:24 (NIV)
24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
Joshua 15:25 (NIV)
25 Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (that is, Hazor),
Joshua 15:26 (NIV)
26 Amam, Shema, Moladah,
Joshua 15:27 (NIV)
27 Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
Joshua 15:28 (NIV)
28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
Joshua 15:29 (NIV)
29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
Joshua 15:30 (NIV)
30 Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah,
Joshua 15:31 (NIV)
31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
Joshua 15:32 (NIV)
32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon–a total of twenty-nine towns and their villages.
Joshua 15:33 (NIV)
33 In the western foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
Joshua 15:34 (NIV)
34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
Joshua 15:35 (NIV)
35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
Joshua 15:36 (NIV)
36 Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim)–fourteen towns and their villages.
Joshua 15:37 (NIV)
37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,
Joshua 15:38 (NIV)
38 Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
Joshua 15:39 (NIV)
39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
Joshua 15:40 (NIV)
40 Cabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish,
Joshua 15:41 (NIV)
41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah and Makkedah–sixteen towns and their villages.
Joshua 15:42 (NIV)
42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
Joshua 15:43 (NIV)
43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
Joshua 15:44 (NIV)
44 Keilah, Aczib and Mareshah–nine towns and their villages.
Joshua 15:45 (NIV)
45 Ekron, with its surrounding settlements and villages;
Joshua 15:46 (NIV)
46 west of Ekron, all that were in the vicinity of Ashdod, together with their villages;
Joshua 15:47 (NIV)
47 Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
Joshua 15:48 (NIV)
48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
Joshua 15:49 (NIV)
49 Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir),
Joshua 15:50 (NIV)
50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
Joshua 15:51 (NIV)
51 Goshen, Holon and Giloh–eleven towns and their villages.
Joshua 15:52 (NIV)
52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan,
Joshua 15:53 (NIV)
53 Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,
Joshua 15:54 (NIV)
54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) and Zior–nine towns and their villages.
Joshua 15:55 (NIV)
55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
Joshua 15:56 (NIV)
56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
Joshua 15:57 (NIV)
57 Kain, Gibeah and Timnah–ten towns and their villages.
Joshua 15:58 (NIV)
58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,
Joshua 15:59 (NIV)
59 Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon–six towns and their villages.
Joshua 15:60 (NIV)
60 Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah–two towns and their villages.
Joshua 15:61 (NIV)
61 In the desert: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
Joshua 15:62 (NIV)
62 Nibshan, the City of Salt and En Gedi–six towns and their villages.
Joshua 15:63 (NIV)
63 Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.
Joshua Chapter 16
Joshua 16:1 (NIV)
1 The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan of Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel.
Joshua 16:2 (NIV)
2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth,
Joshua 16:3 (NIV)
3 descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the sea.
Joshua 16:4 (NIV)
4 So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.
Joshua 16:5 (NIV)
5 This was the territory of Ephraim, clan by clan: The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon
Joshua 16:6 (NIV)
6 and continued to the sea. From Micmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east.
Joshua 16:7 (NIV)
7 Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
Joshua 16:8 (NIV)
8 From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, clan by clan.
Joshua 16:9 (NIV)
9 It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.
Joshua 16:10 (NIV)
10 They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.
Joshua Chapter 17
Joshua 17:1 (NIV)
1 This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn, that is, for Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because the Makirites were great soldiers.
Joshua 17:2 (NIV)
2 So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh–the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.
Joshua 17:3 (NIV)
3 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.
Joshua 17:4 (NIV)
4 They went to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance along with the brothers of their father, according to the LORD’s command.
Joshua 17:5 (NIV)
5 Manasseh’s share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,
Joshua 17:6 (NIV)
6 because the daughters of the tribe of Manasseh received an inheritance among the sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.
Joshua 17:7 (NIV)
7 The territory of Manasseh extended from Asher to Micmethath east of Shechem. The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah.
Joshua 17:8 (NIV)
8 (Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.)
Joshua 17:9 (NIV)
9 Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine. There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the sea.
Joshua 17:10 (NIV)
10 On the south the land belonged to Ephraim, on the north to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the sea and bordered Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
Joshua 17:11 (NIV)
11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth).
Joshua 17:12 (NIV)
12 Yet the Manassites were not able to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region.
Joshua 17:13 (NIV)
13 However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out completely.
Joshua 17:14 (NIV)
14 The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people and the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
Joshua 17:15 (NIV)
15 “If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”
Joshua 17:16 (NIV)
16 The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have iron chariots, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Joshua 17:17 (NIV)
17 But Joshua said to the house of Joseph–to Ephraim and Manasseh–“You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment
Joshua 17:18 (NIV)
18 but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have iron chariots and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”
Joshua Chapter 18
Joshua 18:1 (CJB)-M
1 The entire community of the people of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there, after the land had been subdued before them.
Joshua 18:2 (CJB)-M
2 There still remained among the people of Israel seven tribes that had not yet received their inheritance.
Joshua 18:3 (NIV)
3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
Joshua 18:4 (HCSB)
4 Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They are to go and survey the land, write a description of it for the purpose of their inheritance, and return to me.
Joshua 18:5 (NIV)
5 You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to remain in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph in its territory on the north.
Joshua 18:6 (NIV)
6 After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the LORD our God.
Joshua 18:7 (NIV)
7 The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the LORD gave it to them.”
Joshua 18:8 (NIV)
8 As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua instructed them, “Go and make a survey of the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will cast lots for you here at Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”
Joshua 18:9 (NIV)
9 So the men left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.
Joshua 18:10 (NIV)
10 Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.
Joshua 18:11 (NIV)
11 The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
Joshua 18:12 (NIV)
12 On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the desert of Beth Aven.
Joshua 18:13 (NIV)
13 From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.
Joshua 18:14 (NIV)
14 From the hill facing Beth Horon on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.
Joshua 18:15 (NIV)
15 The southern side began at the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim on the west, and the boundary came out at the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
Joshua 18:16 (NIV)
16 The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim. It continued down the Hinnom Valley along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel.
Joshua 18:17 (NIV)
17 It then curved north, went to En Shemesh, continued to Geliloth, which faces the Pass of Adummim, and ran down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
Joshua 18:18 (NIV)
18 It continued to the northern slope of Beth Arabah and on down into the Arabah.
Joshua 18:19 (NIV)
19 It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.
Joshua 18:20 (NIV)
20 The Jordan formed the boundary on the eastern side. These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.
Joshua 18:21 (NIV)
21 The tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, had the following cities: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
Joshua 18:22 (NIV)
22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Joshua 18:23 (NIV)
23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Joshua 18:24 (NIV)
24 Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba–twelve towns and their villages.
Joshua 18:25 (NIV)
25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
Joshua 18:26 (NIV)
26 Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,
Joshua 18:27 (NIV)
27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
Joshua 18:28 (NIV)
28 Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath–fourteen towns and their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.
Joshua Chapter 19
Joshua 19:1 (NIV)
1 The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon, clan by clan. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah.
Joshua 19:2 (NIV)
2 It included: Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
Joshua 19:3 (NIV)
3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,
Joshua 19:4 (NIV)
4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
Joshua 19:5 (NIV)
5 Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,
Joshua 19:6 (NIV)
6 Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen–thirteen towns and their villages;
Joshua 19:7 (NIV)
7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan–four towns and their villages–
Joshua 19:8 (NIV)
8 and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev). This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, clan by clan.
Joshua 19:9 (NIV)
9 The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah’s portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.
Joshua 19:10 (NIV)
10 The third lot came up for Zebulun, clan by clan: The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid.
Joshua 19:11 (NIV)
11 Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam.
Joshua 19:12 (NIV)
12 It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.
Joshua 19:13 (NIV)
13 Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon and turned toward Neah.
Joshua 19:14 (NIV)
14 There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El.
Joshua 19:15 (NIV)
15 Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.
Joshua 19:16 (NIV)
16 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, clan by clan.
Joshua 19:17 (NIV)
17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, clan by clan.
Joshua 19:18 (NIV)
18 Their territory included: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,
Joshua 19:19 (NIV)
19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,
Joshua 19:20 (NIV)
20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,
Joshua 19:21 (NIV)
21 Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez.
Joshua 19:22 (NIV)
22 The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.
Joshua 19:23 (NIV)
23 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, clan by clan.
Joshua 19:24 (NIV)
24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher, clan by clan.
Joshua 19:25 (NIV)
25 Their territory included: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,
Joshua 19:26 (NIV)
26 Allammelech, Amad and Mishal. On the west the boundary touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath.
Joshua 19:27 (NIV)
27 It then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.
Joshua 19:28 (NIV)
28 It went to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
Joshua 19:29 (NIV)
29 The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the sea in the region of Aczib,
Joshua 19:30 (NIV)
30 Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages.
Joshua 19:31 (NIV)
31 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, clan by clan.
Joshua 19:32 (NIV)
32 The sixth lot came out for Naphtali, clan by clan:
Joshua 19:33 (NIV)
33 Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.
Joshua 19:34 (NIV)
34 The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan on the east.
Joshua 19:35 (NIV)
35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,
Joshua 19:36 (NIV)
36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
Joshua 19:37 (NIV)
37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
Joshua 19:38 (NIV)
38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their villages.
Joshua 19:39 (NIV)
39 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, clan by clan.
Joshua 19:40 (NIV)
40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan, clan by clan.
Joshua 19:41 (NIV)
41 The territory of their inheritance included: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
Joshua 19:42 (NIV)
42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
Joshua 19:43 (NIV)
43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
Joshua 19:44 (NIV)
44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
Joshua 19:45 (NIV)
45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,
Joshua 19:46 (NIV)
46 Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.
Joshua 19:47 (NIV)
47 (But the Danites had difficulty taking possession of their territory, so they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their forefather.)
Joshua 19:48 (NIV)
48 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, clan by clan.
Joshua 19:49 (NIV)
49 When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them,
Joshua 19:50 (NIV)
50 as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for–Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.
Joshua 19:51 (NIV)
51 These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. And so they finished dividing the land.
Joshua Chapter 20
Joshua 20:1 (NIV)
1 Then the LORD said to Joshua:
Joshua 20:2 (NIV)
2 “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
Joshua 20:3 (NIV)
3 so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.
Joshua 20:4 (NIV)
4 “When he flees to one of these cities, he is to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state his case before the elders of that city. Then they are to admit him into their city and give him a place to live with them.
Joshua 20:5 (NIV)
5 If the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the one accused, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.
Joshua 20:6 (NIV)
6 He is to stay in that city until he has stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then he may go back to his own home in the town from which he fled.”
Joshua 20:7 (NIV)
7 So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Joshua 20:8 (NIV)
8 On the east side of the Jordan of Jericho they designated Bezer in the desert on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 20:9 (NIV)
9 Any of the Israelites or any alien living among them who killed someone accidentally could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
Joshua Chapter 21
Joshua 21:1 (NIV)
1 Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel
Joshua 21:2 (NIV)
2 at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock.”
Joshua 21:3 (NASB)
3 So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the command of the LORD.
Joshua 21:4 (NIV)
4 The first lot came out for the Kohathites, clan by clan. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.
Joshua 21:5 (NIV)
5 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.
Joshua 21:6 (NIV)
6 The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
Joshua 21:7 (NIV)
7 The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
Joshua 21:8 (NIV)
8 So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
Joshua 21:9 (NIV)
9 From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name
Joshua 21:10 (NIV)
10 (these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):
Joshua 21:11 (NIV)
11 They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
Joshua 21:12 (NIV)
12 But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
Joshua 21:13 (NIV)
13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,
Joshua 21:14 (NASB)
14 and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
Joshua 21:15 (NASB)
15 and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands,
Joshua 21:16 (NASB)
16 and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes.
Joshua 21:17 (NASB)
17 From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
Joshua 21:18 (NASB)
18 Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.
Joshua 21:19 (NIV)
19 All the towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were thirteen, together with their pasturelands.
Joshua 21:20 (NIV)
20 The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:
Joshua 21:21 (NIV)
21 In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,
Joshua 21:22 (NASB)
22 and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities.
Joshua 21:23 (NIV)
23 Also from the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
Joshua 21:24 (NIV)
24 Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands–four towns.
Joshua 21:25 (NASB)
25 From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.
Joshua 21:26 (NKJV)
26 All the ten cities with their common-lands were for the rest of the families of the children of Kohath.
Joshua 21:27 (NASB)
27 To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.
Joshua 21:28 (NASB)
28 From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
Joshua 21:29 (NASB)
29 Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities.
Joshua 21:30 (NASB)
30 From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
Joshua 21:31 (NASB)
31 Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities.
Joshua 21:32 (NASB)
32 From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.
Joshua 21:33 (NIV)
33 All the towns of the Gershonite clans were thirteen, together with their pasturelands.
Joshua 21:34 (NASB)
34 To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands.
Joshua 21:35 (NASB)
35 Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.
Joshua 21:36 (NASB)
36 From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,
Joshua 21:37 (NASB)
37 Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities.
Joshua 21:38 (NASB)
38 From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
Joshua 21:39 (NASB)
39 Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.
Joshua 21:40 (NASB)
40 All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
Joshua 21:41 (NASB)
41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
Joshua 21:42 (NASB)
42 These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; thus it was with all these cities.
Joshua 21:43 (NASB)
43 So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.
Joshua 21:44 (NASB)
44 And the LORD gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before them; the LORD gave all their enemies into their hand.
Joshua 21:45 (NASB)
45 Not one of the good promises which the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass.
Joshua Chapter 22
Joshua 22:1 (NIV)
1 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh
Joshua 22:2 (NIV)
2 and said to them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and you have obeyed me in everything I commanded.
Joshua 22:3 (NIV)
3 For a long time now–to this very day–you have not deserted your brothers but have carried out the mission the LORD your God gave you.
Joshua 22:4 (NIV)
4 Now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as he promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
Joshua 22:5 (NIV)
5 But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul.”
Joshua 22:6 (NIV)
6 Then Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their homes.
Joshua 22:7 (NIV)
7 (To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half of the tribe Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan with their brothers.) When Joshua sent them home, he blessed them,
Joshua 22:8 (NIV)
8 saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth–with large herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze and iron, and a great quantity of clothing–and divide with your brothers the plunder from your enemies.”
Joshua 22:9 (NIV)
9 So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the LORD through Moses.
Joshua 22:10 (NIV)
10 When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
Joshua 22:11 (NIV)
11 And when the Israelites heard that they had built the altar on the border of Canaan at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side,
Joshua 22:12 (CJB)-M
12 When the people of Israel heard of it, the entire community of Israel gathered together in Shiloh to wage war against them.
Joshua 22:13 (NIV)
13 So the Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead–to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 22:14 (NIV)
14 With him they sent ten of the chief men, one for each of the tribes of Israel, each the head of a family division among the Israelite clans.
Joshua 22:15 (NIV)
15 When they went to Gilead–to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh–they said to them:
Joshua 22:16 (NIV)
16 “The whole assembly of the LORD says: ‘How could you break faith with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the LORD and build yourselves an altar in rebellion against him now?
Joshua 22:17 (HCSB)
17 Wasn’t the sin of Peor, which brought a plague on the LORD’s community, enough for us, so that we have not cleansed ourselves from it even to this day,
Joshua 22:18 (NIV)
18 And are you now turning away from the LORD? “‘If you rebel against the LORD today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel.
Joshua 22:19 (NIV)
19 If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the LORD’s land, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar for yourselves, other than the altar of the LORD our God.
Joshua 22:20 (NIV)
20 When Achan son of Zerah acted unfaithfully regarding the devoted things, did not wrath come upon the whole community of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.'”
Joshua 22:21 (NIV)
21 Then Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel:
Joshua 22:22 (NIV)
22 “The Mighty One, God, the LORD! The Mighty One, God, the LORD! He knows! And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the LORD, do not spare us this day.
Joshua 22:23 (NIV)
23 If we have built our own altar to turn away from the LORD and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD himself call us to account.
Joshua 22:24 (NIV)
24 “No! We did it for fear that someday your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
Joshua 22:25 (NIV)
25 The LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you–you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the LORD.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
Joshua 22:26 (NIV)
26 “That is why we said, ‘Let us get ready and build an altar–but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.’
Joshua 22:27 (NIV)
27 On the contrary, it is to be a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the LORD at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and fellowship offerings. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’
Joshua 22:28 (NIV)
28 “And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us, or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the LORD’s altar, which our fathers built, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’
Joshua 22:29 (NIV)
29 “Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands before his tabernacle.”
Joshua 22:30 (NIV)
30 When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community–the heads of the clans of the Israelites–heard what Reuben, Gad and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.
Joshua 22:31 (CJB)-M
31 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Manasseh, “Today we know that the Lord is here with us, because you have not committed this treasonous act against the Lord. Now you have saved the people of Israel from the anger of the Lord.”
Joshua 22:32 (NIV)
32 Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders returned to Canaan from their meeting with the Reubenites and Gadites in Gilead and reported to the Israelites.
Joshua 22:33 (NIV)
33 They were glad to hear the report and praised God. And they talked no more about going to war against them to devastate the country where the Reubenites and the Gadites lived.
Joshua 22:34 (AMP)
34 The Reubenites and Gadites called the altar Ed [witness], saying, It shall be: A Witness Between Us that the Lord is God.
Joshua Chapter 23
Joshua 23:1 (NIV)
1 After a long time had passed and the LORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then old and well advanced in years,
Joshua 23:2 (AMP)
2 Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders, heads, judges, and officers, and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.
Joshua 23:3 (NASB)
3 “And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the LORD your God is He who has been fighting for you.
Joshua 23:4 (NASB)
4 “See, I have apportioned to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have cut off, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun.
Joshua 23:5 (NASB)
5 “The LORD your God, He will thrust them out from before you and drive them from before you; and you will possess their land, just as the LORD your God promised you.
Joshua 23:6 (NIV)
6 “Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.
Joshua 23:7 (NIV)
7 Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them.
Joshua 23:8 (NIV)
8 But you are to hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have until now.
Joshua 23:9 (NKJV)
9 For the LORD has driven out from before you great and strong nations; but as for you, no one has been able to stand against you to this day.
Joshua 23:10 (NIV)
10 One of you routs a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as he promised.
Joshua 23:11 (NIV)
11 So be very careful to love the LORD your God.
Joshua 23:12 (NIV)
12 “But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them and associate with them,
Joshua 23:13 (NIV)
13 then you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the LORD your God has given you.
Joshua 23:14 (CJB)-M
14 “Today I am going the way of all the earth. Therefore, consider in all your heart and being that not one of all the good things the Lord your God said concerning you has failed to happen; it has all come to pass; nothing of it has failed.
Joshua 23:15 (NASB)
15 “It shall come about that just as all the good words which the LORD your God spoke to you have come upon you, so the LORD will bring upon you all the threats, until He has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
Joshua 23:16 (NIV)
16 If you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land he has given you.”
Joshua Chapter 24
Joshua 24:1 (NIV)
1 Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
Joshua 24:2 (NIV)
2 Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your forefathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River and worshiped other gods.
Joshua 24:3 (NASB)
3 ‘Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac.
Joshua 24:4 (NASB)
4 ‘To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau, and to Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
Joshua 24:5 (NASB)
5 ‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out.
Joshua 24:6 (AMP)
6 I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.
Joshua 24:7 (AMP)
7 When they cried to the Lord, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness a long time [forty years].
Joshua 24:8 (NIV)
8 “‘I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I gave them into your hands. I destroyed them from before you, and you took possession of their land.
Joshua 24:9 (NIV)
9 When Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, prepared to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam son of Beor to put a curse on you.
Joshua 24:10 (HCSB)-M
10 but I would not listen to Balaam but he repeatedly blessed you instead and I delivered you from his hand.
Joshua 24:11 (NIV)
11 “‘Then you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites, but I gave them into your hands.
Joshua 24:12 (NKJV)
12 ‘I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, also the two kings of the Amorites, but not with your sword or with your bow.
Joshua 24:13 (NLT2)
13 I gave you land you had not worked on, and I gave you towns you did not build—the towns where you are now living. I gave you vineyards and olive groves for food, though you did not plant them.
Joshua 24:14 (NIV)
14 “Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
Joshua 24:15 (NASB)
15 “If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:16 (NIV)
16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
Joshua 24:17 (NIV)
17 It was the LORD our God himself who brought us and our fathers up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
Joshua 24:18 (AMP)
18 And the Lord drove out before us all the people, the Amorites who dwelt in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for He is our God.
Joshua 24:19 (NIV)
19 Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.
Joshua 24:20 (AMP)
20 If you forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.
Joshua 24:21 (NIV)
21 But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:22 (AMP)
22 Then Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses.
Joshua 24:23 (NIV)
23 “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
Joshua 24:24 (NIV)
24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey him.”
Joshua 24:25 (NIV)
25 On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he drew up for them decrees and laws.
Joshua 24:26 (NASB)
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Joshua 24:27 (AMP)
27 And Joshua said to all the people, See, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the Lord spoke to us; so it shall be a witness against you, lest [afterward] you lie (pretend) and deny your God.
Joshua 24:28 (NASB)
28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance.
Joshua 24:29 (NIV)
29 After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten.
Joshua 24:30 (NIV)
30 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Joshua 24:31 (NIV)
31 Israel served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the LORD had done for Israel.
Joshua 24:32 (NIV)
32 And Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the tract of land that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.
Joshua 24:33 (NIV)
33 And Eleazar son of Aaron died and was buried at Gibeah, which had been allotted to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.