Jos 9, Jos 15, Jos 19 | ESV | STEP | As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon , the Hittites , the Amorites , the Canaanites , the Perizzites , the Hivites , and the Jebusites , heard of this,

1 As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan ^ain the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast ^bof the Great Sea toward Lebanon, ^cthe Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard of this, 2 they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.

3 But when the inhabitants of ^dGibeon heard what Joshua had done ^eto Jericho and ^fto Ai, 4 they on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended, 5 with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly. 6 And they went to Joshua in ^gthe camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant country, so now make a covenant with us.” 7 But the men of Israel said to ^hthe Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then ⁱhow can we make a covenant with you?” 8 They said to Joshua, ^j“We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?” 9 They said to him, ^k“From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the Lord your God. ^lFor we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 10 ^mand all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in ⁿAshtaroth. 11 So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey and go to meet them and say to them, “We are your servants. Come now, make a covenant with us.”’ 12 Here is our bread. It was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey on the day we set out to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly. 13 These wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they have burst. And these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey.” 14 So the men took some of their provisions, but ^odid not ask counsel from the Lord. 15 And Joshua ^pmade peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

16 At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors ^qand that they lived among them. 17 And the people of Israel set out and reached their cities on the third day. ^rNow their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. 18 But the people of Israel did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders. 19 But all the leaders said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them: let them live, lest ^swrath be upon us, ^tbecause of the oath that we swore to them.” 21 And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became ^ucutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders ^vhad said of them.

22 Joshua summoned them, and he said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ^w‘We are very far from you,’ when ^xyou dwell among us? 23 Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, ^ycutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.” 24 They answered Joshua, “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the Lord your God had ^zcommanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you—so ^aawe feared greatly for our lives because of you and did this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are in your hand. Whatever seems good and right in your sight to do to us, do it.” 26 So he did this to them and delivered them out of the hand of the people of Israel, and they did not kill them. 27 But Joshua made them that day ^abcutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, ^acin the place that he should choose.

Joshua 15

The Allotment for Judah

1 The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward ^adto the boundary of Edom, to ^aethe wilderness of Zin at the farthest south. 2 And their south boundary ran from the end of the ^afSalt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. 3 It goes out southward of ^agthe ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, and goes up south of Kadesh-barnea, along by Hezron, up to Addar, turns about to Karka, 4 passes along to Azmon, goes out by ^ahthe Brook of Egypt, and comes to its end at the sea. This shall be your south boundary. 5 And the east boundary is the ^aiSalt Sea, to the mouth of the Jordan. And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. 6 And the boundary goes up to ^ajBeth-hoglah and passes along north of ^akBeth-arabah. And the boundary goes up to ^althe stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 7 And the boundary goes up to Debir from ^amthe Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite ^anthe ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of ^aoEn-shemesh and ends at ^apEn-rogel. 8 Then the boundary goes up by ^aqthe Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite ( ^arthat is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley ^asof Rephaim. 9 Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain ^atto the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah ( ^authat is, Kiriath-jearim). 10 And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to ^avBeth-shemesh and passes along by ^awTimnah. 11 The boundary goes out ^axto the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron, then the boundary bends around to Shikkeron and passes along to Mount ^ayBaalah and goes out to Jabneel. Then the boundary comes to an end at the sea. 12 And the west boundary was ^azthe Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.

13 According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, ^baKiriath-arba, that is, ^bbHebron (Arba was the father of Anak). 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, ^bcSheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. 15 And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. ^bdNow the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher. 16 And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.” 17 ^beAnd Othniel the son of Kenaz, ^bfthe brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 18 When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she got off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” 19 She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans. 21 The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, ^bgEder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, 24 ^bhZiph, Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, Moladah, 27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet, 28 Hazar-shual, ^biBeersheba, Biziothiah, 29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, 31 ^bjZiklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.

33 And in the lowland, ^bkEshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 35 ^blJarmuth, ^bmAdullam, ^bnSocoh, ^boAzekah, 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages.

37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel, 39 ^bpLachish, Bozkath, ^bqEglon, 40 Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and ^brMakkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.

42 ^bsLibnah, Ether, Ashan, 43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 44 ^btKeilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.

45 ^buEkron, with its towns and its villages; 46 from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

47 ^bvAshdod, its towns and its villages; ^bwGaza, its towns and its villages; to ^bxthe Brook of Egypt, and ^bythe Great Sea with its coastline.

48 And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, 49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah ( ^bzthat is, Debir), 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 51 ^caGoshen, Holon, and ^cbGiloh: eleven cities with their villages.

52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan, 53 Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, 54 Humtah, ^ccKiriath-arba (that is, ^cdHebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

55 ^ceMaon, ^cfCarmel, ^cgZiph, Juttah, 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 57 Kain, Gibeah, and ^chTimnah: ten cities with their villages.

58 Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, 59 Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages.

60 ^ciKiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

61 In the wilderness, ^cjBeth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and ^ckEngedi: six cities with their villages.

63 But the ^clJebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ^cmthe people of Judah could not drive out, ^cnso the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

Joshua 19

The Inheritance for Simeon

1 The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, ^coand their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah. 2 ^cpAnd they had for their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah, 3 Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem, 4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, 5 Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah, 6 Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities with their villages; 7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities with their villages, 8 together with all the villages around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Simeon according to their clans. 9 ^cqThe inheritance of the people of Simeon formed part of the territory of the people of Judah. Because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them, the people of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.

The Inheritance for Zebulun

10 The third lot came up for the people of Zebulun, according to their clans. And the territory of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid. 11 Then their boundary goes up ^crwestward and on to Mareal and touches Dabbesheth, then the brook that is east of ^csJokneam. 12 From Sarid it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of Chisloth-tabor. From there it goes to Daberath, then up to Japhia. 13 From there it passes along on the east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and going on to Rimmon it bends toward Neah, 14 then on the north the boundary turns about to Hannathon, and it ends at the Valley of Iphtahel; 15 and Kattath, Nahalal, ^ctShimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun, according to their clans—these cities with their villages.

The Inheritance for Issachar

17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the people of Issachar, according to their clans. 18 Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, ^cuShunem, 19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, 20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, 21 Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, Beth-pazzez. 22 The boundary also touches Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and its boundary ends at the Jordan—sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Issachar, according to their clans—the cities with their villages.

The Inheritance for Asher

24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans. 25 Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, 26 Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west it touches ^cvCarmel and Shihor-libnath, 27 then it turns eastward, it goes to Beth-dagon, and touches Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtahel northward to Beth-emek and Neiel. Then it continues in the north to ^cwCabul, 28 Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, as far as ^cxSidon the Great. 29 Then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre. Then the boundary turns to Hosah, and it ends at the sea; Mahalab, ^{▼▼Compare Septuagint; Hebrew Mehebel} Achzib, 30 Ummah, Aphek and Rehob—twenty-two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans—these cities with their villages.

The Inheritance for Naphtali

32 The sixth lot came out for the people of Naphtali, for the people of Naphtali, according to their clans. 33 And their boundary ran from Heleph, from ^czthe oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and it ended at the Jordan. 34 Then the boundary turns ^dawestward to Aznoth-tabor and goes from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun at the south and Asher on the west and Judah on the east at the Jordan. 35 The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, ^dbChinnereth, 36 Adamah, Ramah, ^dcHazor, 37 Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, 38 Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh—nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Naphtali according to their clans—the cities with their villages.

The Inheritance for Dan

40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans. 41 And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, 42 ^ddShaalabbin, ^deAijalon, Ithlah, 43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45 Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, 46 and Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against ^dfJoppa. 47 When ^dgthe territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans—these cities with their villages.

The Inheritance for Joshua

49 When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun. 50 By command of the Lord they gave him the city that he asked, ^dhTimnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it.

51 ^diThese are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot ^djat Shiloh before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.