1 35. And Joshua greatly exhorted place which he had given to his chil- ́ the children of Israel to serve the dren. Lord all their days. 36. And all the Israelites said, we will serve the Lord our God all our days, we and our children, and our children's children, and our seed for ever. 37. And Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and he 45. And the bones of Joseph they buried in Shechem, in the part of the field which Jacob had purchased from Hamor, and which became to Joseph for an inheritance. 46. And they buried Benjamin in Jerusalem opposite the Jebusite, which was given to the children of Benjamin; the children of Israel buried their fathers each man in the city of his children. 38. And it was in those days, when the children of Israel were dwelling 47. And at the end of two years, securely in their cities, that they bu- Joshua the son of Nun died, one hunried the coffins of the tribes of their dred and ten years old, and the time ancestors, which they had brought which Joshua judged Israel was up from Egypt, each man in the in- twenty eight years, and Israel served heritance of his children, the twelve the Lord all the days of his life. sons of Jacob did the children of Is- 48. And the other affairs of Joshua rael bury, each man in the possession and his battles and his reproofs with of his children. which he reproved Israel, and all 39. And these are the names of which he had commanded them, and the cities wherein they buried the the names of the cities which the chiltwelve sons of Jacob, whom the children of Israel possessed in his days, dren of Israel had brought up from Egypt. 40. And they buried Reuben and Gad on this side Jordan, in Romia, which Moses had given to their children. 41. And Simeon and Levi they buried in the city Mauda, which he had given to the children of Simeon, and the suburb of the city was for the children of Levi. 42. And Judah they buried in the city of Benjamin opposite Bethle hem. 43. And the bones of Issachar and Zebulun they buried in Zidon, in the portion which fell to their children. behold they are written in the book of the words of Joshua to the children of Israel, and in the book of the wars of the Lord, which Moses and Joshua and the children of Israel had writ ten. 49. And the children of Israel buried Joshua in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-serach, which was given to him in mount Ephraim. 50. And Elazer the son of Aaron died in those days, and they buried him in a hill belonging to Phineas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. CHAPTER XCI. 44. And Dan was buried in the 1. At that time, after the death of city of his children in Eshtael, and Joshua, the children of the Canaan Naphtali and Asher they buried in ites were still in the land, and the Kadesh-naphtali, each man in his Israelites resolved to drive them out. 2. And the children of Israel asked city and we will show kindness to of the Lord, saying, who shall first thee. go up for us to the Canaanites to fight against them? and the Lord said, Judah shall go up. 10. And that man showed them the entrance of the city, and the children of Joseph came and smote the city with the edge of the sword. 3. And the children of Judah said to Simeon, go up with us into our 11. And the man with his family lot, and we will fight against the they sent away, and he went to the Canaanites and we likewise will go Hittites and he built a city, and he up with you, in your lot, so the called the name thereof Luz, so all children of Simeon went with the the Israelites dwelt in their cities, children of Judah. and the children of Israel dwelt in up 4. And the children of Judah went their cities, and the children of Isand fought against the Canaanites, rael served the Lord all the days of so the Lord delivered the Canaan- Joshua, and all the days of the elders, ites into the hands of the children of who had lengthened their days after Judah, and they smote them in Be- Joshua, and saw the great work of zek, ten thousand men. the Lord, which he had performed for Israel. 5. And they fought with Adonibezek in Bezek, and he fled from before them, and they pursued him and caught him, and they took hold of him and cut off his thumbs and great toes. 6. And Adoni-bezek said, three score and ten kings having their thumbs and great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table, as I have done, so God has requited me, and they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there. 7. And the children of Simeon went with the children of Judah, and they smote the Canaanites with the edge of the sword. 12. And the elders judged Israel after the death of Joshua for seventeen years. 13. And all the elders also fought the battles of Israel against the Canaanites, and the Lord drove the Canaanites from before the children of Israel, in order to place the Israelites in their land. 14. And he accomplished all the words which he had spoken to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the oath which he had sworn, to give to them and to their children, the land of the Canaanites. 15. And the Lord gave to the 8. And the Lord was with the children of Israel the whole land of children of Judah, and they possess- Canaan, as he had sworn to their ed the mountain, and the children ancestors, and the Lord gave them of Joseph went up to Bethel, the rest from those around them, and the same is Luz, and the Lord was with children of Israel dwelt securely in them. their cities. 9. And the children of Joseph spied out Bethel, and the watchmen saw a man going forth from the city, and they caught him and said unto him, show us now the entrance of the 16. Blessed be the Lord for ever, amen, and amen. 17. Strengthen yourselves, and let the hearts of all you that trust in the Lord be of good courage. THE END |