The lot of Naphtali and Dan. JOSHUA.

The six cities of refuge.

to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, families, these cities with their villages. and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward 49 When they had made an end of the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, dividing the land for inheritance by their and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, coasts, the children of Israel gave an inhe28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Ham-ritance to Joshua the son of Nun among mon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; them:

29 And then the coast turneth to Ra- 50 According to the word of the LORD mah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the they gave him the city which he asked, coast turneth to Hosah: and the out-go-even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: ings thereof are at the sea from the coast and he built the city, and dwelt therein. to Achzib: 51 These are the inheritances which 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Re-Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of nob: twenty and two cities with their Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the villages. tribes of the children of Israel, divided for 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the of the children of Asher according to their LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the families, these cities with their villages. congregation. So they made an end of 32 The sixth lot came out to the chil-dividing the country. dren of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

CHAP. XX.

HE LORD also spake unto Joshua,

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33 And their coast was from Heleph, saying, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, sayNekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and ing, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, the out-goings thereof were at Jordan: whereof I spake unto you by the hand of 34 And then the coast turneth west-Moses:

ward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from 3 That the slayer that killeth any perthence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebu- son unawares and unwittingly, may flee lun on the south side, and reacheth to thither: and they shall be your refuge from Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon the avenger of blood. Jordan toward the sun-rising. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, of those cities shall stand at the entering Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Cin- of the gate of the city, and shall declare neroth, his cause in the ears of the elders of that 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, city, they shall take him into the city unto 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, them, and give him a place, that he may 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, dwell among them. and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe slayer up into his hand; because he smote of the children of Naphtali according to his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him their families, the cities and their villages. not beforetime.

40 And the seventh lot came out for 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until the tribe of the children of Dan according he stand before the congregation for judgto their families. ment, and until the death of the high priest 41 And the coast of their inheritance that shall be in those days: then shall the was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, slayer return, and come unto his own city, 42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and and unto his own house, unto the city from Jethlah, whence he fled.

43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, Baalath,

45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, Gath-immon,

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

and

46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.

8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer n the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of 47 And the coast of the children of Dan, the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out went out too little for them: therefore the of the tribe of Manasseh.

children of Dan went up to fight against 9 These were the cities appointed for Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the all the children of Israel, and for the stranedge of the sword, and possessed it, and ger that sojourneth among them, that whodwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, soever killeth any person at unawares after the name of Dan their father. might flee thither, and not die by the hand 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the avenger of blood, until he stood be of the children of Dan according to their fore the congregation.

Forty-eight cities given

CHAP. XXI.

by lot to the Levites. 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, HEN came near the heads of the Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her

CHAP. XXI.

Tfathers of the Levites unto Eleazar suburbs,

the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Aland unto the heads of the fathers of the mon with her suburbs; four cities. tribes of the children of Israel;

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh the priests, were thirteen cities with their in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD suburbs. commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

20 ¶ And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the ci3 And the children of Israel gave unto ties of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. the Levites out of their inheritance, at the 21 For they gave them Shechem with commandment of the LORD, these cities her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city and their suburbs. of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with

4 And the lot came out for the families her suburbs, of the Kohathites: and the children of

22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Aaron the priest, which were of the Le-Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities. vites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

suburbs,

5 And the rest of the children of Kohath 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimhad by lot out of the families of the tribe of mon with her suburbs; four cities. Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and 25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasout of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. seh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath6 And the children of Gershon had by lot rimmon, with her suburbs; two cities. out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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

8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

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

10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had : for theirs was the first lot.

11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak (which city is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

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

27 ¶ And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

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

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

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

33 All the cities of the Gershonites, ac12 But the fields of the city, and the vil-cording to their families, were thirteet. lages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son cities with their suburbs. of Jephunneh for his possession. 34 And unto the families of the chil13 Thus they gave to the children of dren of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out Aaron the priest, Hebron with her suburbs, of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, Libnah with her suburbs, 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal

14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and with her suburbs; four cities. Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

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

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of

The Israelites rest from war.

JOSHUA. An altar of testimony built.

refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with and with very much raiment: divide the her suburbs, spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer 9 And the children of Reuben, and with her suburbs; four cities in all. the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of

40 So all the cities for the children of Manasseh returned, and departed from the Merari by their families, which were re-children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is maining of the families of the Levites, in the land of Canaan, to go unto the counwere by their lot twelve cities. try of Gilead, to the land of their posses41 All the cities of the Levites within sion, whereof they were possessed, acthe possession of the children of Israel were cording to the word of the LORD by the forty and eight cities with their suburbs. hand of Moses. 42 These cities were every one with 10 And when they came unto the their suburbs round about them. Thus borders of Jordan, that are in the land of were all these cities. Canaan, the children of Reuben, and the 43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Mathe land which he sware to give unto their nasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt great altar to see to.

therein.

11 ¶ And the children of Israel heard 44 And the LORD gave them rest round say, Behold, the children of Reuben, and about, according to all that he sware unto the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of their fathers: and there stood not a man of Manasseh, have built an altar over against all their enemies before them; the LORD the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordelivered all their enemies into their hand. dan, at the passage of the children of Israel. 45 There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. CHAP. XXII.

THEN Joshua called the Reubenites,

of Manasseh,

2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.

13 And the children of Israel sent untó the children of Reuben, and to the chil dren of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

14 And with him ten princes, of each 3 Ye have not left your brethren these chief house a prince throughout all the many days unto this day, but have kept tribes of Israef; and each one was a the charge of the commandment of the head of the house of their fathers among LORD your God. the thousands of Israel.

4 And now the LORD your God hath 15 And they came unto the children of given rest unto your brethren, as he pro-Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to mised them: therefore now return ye, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of get you unto your tents, and unto the land Gilead, and they spake with them, of your possession, which Moses the ser-saying, vant of the LORD gave you on the other 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye

side Jordan.

5 But take diligent heed to do the com- have committed against the God of Israel, mandment and the law, which Moses the to turn away this day from following the servant of the LORD charged you, to love LORD, in that ye have builded you an althe LORD your God, and to walk in all his tar, that ye might rebel this day against ways, and to keep his commandments, the LORD?

and to cleave unto him, and to serve him 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for with all your heart, and with all your soul. us, from which we are not cleansed until 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them this day, although there was a plague in away; and they went unto their tents. the congregation of the LORD,

7¶ Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, an with brass, and with iron,

18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against the LORD, that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

19 Notwithstanding, if the land of yo'n possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us,