reading is ἐπὶ the slope or utterly destroyed them all, and there | them in Gaza, and in Gath, and in was no living thing left in it; and they Aseldo. 23 And Joshua took all the land, burnt Asor with fire. 12 And Joshua as the Lord commanded Moses; and took all the cities of the kingdoms, Joshua gave them for an inheritance and their kings, and slew them with to Israel by division according to their the edge of the sword; and utterly tribes; and the land ceased from war. slew them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. 13 But all the walled 12. And these are the kings of the cities Israel burnt not; but Israel burnt land, whom the children of Israel slew, Asor only. 14 And the children of and inherited their land beyond JorIsrael took all its spoils to themselves; dan from the east, from the valley of and they slew all the men with the edge Arnon to the mount of Aermon, and of the sword, until he destroyed them; all the land of Araba on the east. they left not one of them breathing. 2 Seon king of the Amorites, who dwelt 15 As the Lord commanded his servant in Esebon, ruling from Arnon, which Moses, even so Moses commanded Jo- is in the valley, on the side + Another shua, and so Joshua did, he trans- of the valley, and half of TOû xeidous on gressed no precept of all that Moses Galaad as far as Jaboc, the edge. commanded him. 16 And Joshua took borders of the children of Ammon. all the hill country, and all the land of 3 And Araba as far as the sea of CheNageb, and all the land of Gosom, nereth eastward, and as far as the sea and the plain country, and that to- of Araba; the salt sea eastward by the ward the west, and the mountain of way to Asimoth, from Thæman under Israel and the low country by the Asedoth Phasga. And Og king of mountain; 17 from the mountain of Basan, who dwelt in Astaroth and in Chelcha, and that which goes up to Edrain, was left of the giants ruling Seir, and as far as Balagad, and the from Mount Aermon and from Secchai, plains of Libanus, under Mount Aer- and over all the land of Basan to the mon; and he took all their kings, and borders of Gergesi, and Machi, and the destroyed, and slew them. 18 And for half of Galaad of the borders of Seon many days Joshua waged war with king of Esebon. Moses the servant these kings. 19 And there was no city of the Lord and the children of Israel which Israel took not; they took all smote them; and Moses gave them by 20 For it was of the Lord to way of inheritance to Ruben, and Gad, + Gr. strengthen. *harden their hearts to go and to the half tribe of Manasse. And forth to war against Israel, that they these are the kings of the Amorites, might be utterly destroyed, that mercy whom Joshua and the children of should not be granted to them, but Israel slew beyond Jordan by the sea that they should be utterly destroyed, of Balagad in the plain of Libanus, as the Lord said to Moses. 21 And and as far as the mountain of Chelcha, Joshua came at that time, and utterly as men go up to Seir: and Joshua gave destroyed the Enakim out of the hill it to the tribes of Israel to inherit country, from Chebron and from Da- according to their portion; in the bir, and from Anaboth, and from all mountain, and in the plain, and in Heb. the 'race of Israel, and from Araba, and in Asedoth, and in the all the mountain of Juda wilderness, and Nageb; the Chettite, with their cities; and Jo- and the Amorite, and the Chananite, shua utterly destroyed them. and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and 22 There was not any one left the Jebusite. The king of Jericho, of the Enakim by the chil- and the king of Gai, which is near dren of Israel, only there was left of Bethel; 10 the king of Jerusalem, the in war. הר probably דור confounded with a mountain, not a generation. in the coast of Dor. Gr. days. He + + Gr. him. king of Chebron, the king of Jeri- | shalt give it them: the great sea shall muth, the king of Lachis; 12 the king be the boundary. But to the two tribes of Elam, the king of Gazer; 13 the and to the half tribe of Manasse, to king of Dabir, the king of Gader; Ruben and to Gad Moses gave an inhe14 the king of Hermath, the king of ritance beyond Jordan: Moses the serAder; 15 the king of Lebna, the king vant of the Lord gave it to them eastof Odollam, the king of Elath, the ward, from Aroer, which 9 king of Taphut, the king of Opher, the is on the bank of the brook of Arnon, king of Ophec of Aroc, the king of and the city in the midst of the valley, Asom, the king of Symoon, the king and all Misor from Mædaban. 10 All of Mambroth, the king of Aziph, the the cities of Seon king of the Amorites, king of Kades, the king of Zachac, the who reigned from Esebon to the coasts king of Maredoth, the king of Jecom of the children of Ammon; 11 and the of Chermel, 23 the king of Odollam region of Galaad, and the borders of Heb. Dor. belonging to Phennealdor, the Gesirites and the Machatites, the the king of Gei of Gali- whole mount of Aermon, and all lee: 24the king of Thersa: all these the land of Basan to Acha. 12 All the were twenty-nine kings. kingdom of Og in the region of Basan, who reigned in Astaroth and in Edrain: 13. And Joshua was old and very he was left of the giants; and Moses advanced in years; and smote him, and destroyed him. 13 But braism. the Lord said to Joshua, the children of Israel destroyed not Thou art advanced in years, and there the Gesirite and the Machatite and is much land left to inherit. And this the Chananite; and the king of the is the land that is left: the borders of the Gesiri and the Machatite dwelt among Phylistines, the Gesirite and the Cha- the children of Israel until this day. +Gr. unin- nanite, from the 'wilder-14 Only no inheritance was given to ness before Egypt, as far as the tribe of Levi: the Lord God of the borders of Accaron on the left of the Israel, he is their inheritance, as Chananites the land is reckoned to the the Lord said to them; and this five principalities of the Phylistines, to is the division which Moses made to the inhabitant of Gaza, and of Azotus, the children of Israel in Araboth and of Ascalon, and of Geth, and of Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Accaron, and to the Evites; from Jericho. Thæman even to all the land of Chanaan before Gaza, and the Sidonians as far as Aphec, as far as the borders of the Amorites. And all the land of Galiath of the Phylistines, and all Libanus eastward from Galgal, under the mountain Aermon as far as the entering in of Emath. Every one that inhabits the hill country from Libanus as far as Masereth Memphomaim; all the Sidonians, I will destroy them from before Israel; but do thou give them by inheritance to Israel, as I charged thee. And now divide this land by lot to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasse. From Jordan to the great sea westward thou habited coun try. 8 4 15 And Moses gave the land to the tribe of Ruben according to their families. 16 And their borders were from Aroer, which is opposite the brook of Arnon, and theirs is the city that is in the valley of Arnon; and all Misor, 17 to Esebon, and all the cities in Misor and Dæbon, and Bæmon-Baal, and the house of Meelboth; 18 and Basan, and Bakedmoth, and Mæphaad, 19 and Kariathaim, and Sebama, and Serada, and Sion in Mount Enab; 20 and Bæthphogor, and Asedoth Phasga, and Bætthasinoth, 21 and all the cities of Misor, and all the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, whom Moses smote, even him and the princes of passage, any + Madian, and Evi, and Robok, and dren of Israel that received their inheGr. apxorra Sur, and Ur, and Robe ritance in the land of Chanaan, to whom vapa y, the prince of the spoils of Sion, Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son way ungram and the inhabitants of Sion. of Naue, and the heads of the families 22 And Balaam the son of of the tribes of the children of Israel Bæor the prophet they slew gave inheritance. They inherited according to their lots, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Joshua to the nine tribes and the half tribe, on the matical and most probably corrupt. 2 5 in the battle. 23 And the borders of Ruben were even Jordan was the boundary; this is the inheritance of the children of Ruben according to other side of Jordan. But to the their families, these were their cities and their villages. 24 And Moses gave inheritance to the sons of Gad according to their families. 25 And their borders were Jazer, all the cities of Galaad, and half the land of the children of Ammon unto Araba, which is before Arad. 26 And from Esebon unto Araboth by Massepha, and Botanim, and Maan to the borders of Dæbon, 27and Enadom, and Othargai, and Bænthanabra, and Soccotha, and Saphan, and the rest of the kingdom of Seon king of Esebon: and Jordan shall be the boundary as far as part of the sea of Chenereth beyond Jordan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families and according to their cities: according to their families they will turn their + Gr. necks. backs before their enemies, because their cities and their villages were according to their families. 7 Levites he gave no inheritance among them. For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasse and Ephraim; and there was none inheritance in the land given to the Levites only cities to dwell in, and their suburbs separated for the cattle, and their cattle. As the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel; and they divided the land. "And the children of Juda came to Joshua in Galgal, and Chaleb the son of Jephone the Kenezite said to him, Thou knowest the word that the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kades Barne. For I was forty years old when Moses the servant of God sent me out of Kades Barne to spy out the land; and I returned him an answer according to his mind. My brethren that went up with me turned away the heart of the people, but I applied my- ing to the Heb. self to follow the Lord my idiom with inGod. 9 And Moses swore which LXX. on that day, saying, The bat, land on which thou art gone theyford my up, it shall be thy inherit- God. ance and thy children's for ever, because thou hast applied thyself to follow the Lord our God. 10 And now the Lord has kept me alive as he said: this is the forty-fifth year since the Lord spoke that word to Moses; and Israel journeyed in the wilderness; and now, behold! I am this day eightyfive years old. "I am still strong this day, as when the Lord sent me: just so strong am I now to go out and to come in for war. 12 And now I ask of thee this mountain, as the Lord said 14. And these are they of the chil- in that day, for thou heardest this See note on chap. 7. 12. 29 And Moses gave to half the tribe of Manasse according to their families. 30 And their borders were from Maan, and all the kingdom of Basan, and all the kingdom of Og king of Basan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in the region of Basan sixty cities: 31and the half of Galaad, and in Astaroth, and in Edrain, royal cities of Og in the land of Basan, Moses gave to the sons of Machir the sons of Manasse, according to their families. 32 These are they whom Moses caused to inherit beyond Jordan in Araboth Moab, beyond Jordan by Jericho eastward. + Or, accord stances of peatedly, i. e. fully followed word on that day; and now the Enakim are there, cities great and strong: if then the Lord should be with me, I will utterly destroy them, as the Lord said to me. + See note chap. 10. 2. Heb. tongue. 8 terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel. And the borders go up to the valley of Ennom behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the valley of Ennom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Raphain northwards. And the border going forth from the top of the mountain terminates at the foun 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave Chebron to Chaleb the son of Jephone the son of Kenez for an inheritance. 14 Therefore Chebron became the inheritance of Chaleb the son of Jephone the Kenezite until this day, because he followed the commandment of the Lord God of Israel. 15 And the name of Che-tain of the water of Naphtho, and terbron before was the city minates at Mount Ephron; and the Argob, it is the metro- border will lead to Baal; this is the polis of the Enakim: and the land city of Jarim. 10 And the border will rested from war. go round from Baal to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Assar behind 15. And the borders of the tribe of the city of Jarin northwards; this is Juda according to their families were Chaslon: and it will come down to the from the borders of Idumea from the city of the Sun, and will go on to the wilderness of Sin, as far as Kades south. 11 And the border terminates southwards. And their borders were behind Accaron northwards, and the from the south as far as a part of the borders will terminate at Socchoth, + Gr. neck. salt sea from the high and the borders will go on to the country that extends south-south, and will terminate at Lebna, ward. And they proceed before the and the issue of the borders will be at ascent of Acrabin, and go out round the sea; and their borders shall be toSena, and go up from the south toward the sea, the great sea shall be the Kades Barne; and go out to Asoron, boundary. 12 These are the borders of and proceed up to Sarada, and go out the children of Juda round about acby the way that is west of Kades. cording to their families. 13 And to And they go out to Selmona, and Chaleb the son of Jephone he gave a issue at the valley of Egypt; and the portion in the midst of the children of termination of its boundaries shall be Juda by the command of God; and at the sea: these are their boundaries Joshua gave him the city of Arboc southwards. And their boundaries the metropolis of Enac; this is Cheeastward are all the salt sea as far as bron. 14 And Chaleb the son of Jephone Jordan; and their borders from the destroyed thence the three sons of north, and from the border of the sea, Enac, Susi, and Tholami, and Achima. and from part of Jordan-6 the borders 15 And Chaleb went up thence to the go up to Bæthaglaam, and they go inhabitants of Dabir; and + Heb. Kirjathalong from the north to Batharaba, the name of Dabir before sepher. and the borders go on up to the stone was the city of Letters. of Bæon the son of Ruben. And the So the Greek. borders continue on to the There seems to fourth of the valley of part wrong reading Achor, and go down to have been a of the word רבע of + as if part Galgal, which is before the approach of Adammin, which is southward in the valley, and + 17 16 And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall take and destroy the city of Letters, and master it, to him will I give my daughter Ascha to wife. And Gothonicl the son of Chenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and he gave him. Ascha his daughter to wife. 18 And it 49 hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary. 48 And in the hill country Samir, and Jether, and Socha, 19 and Renna and the city of Letters, this is Dabir; 50 and Anon, and Es, and Man, and Esam, 51 and Gosom, and Chalu, and Channa, and Gelom: eleven cities, and their villages; 52 Erem, and Remna, and Soma, 53 and Jemain, and Bæthachu, and Phakua, 54 and Euma, and the city Arboc, this is Chebron, and Soraith: nine cities, and their villages: 55 Maor, and Chermel, and Ozib, and Itan, 56 and Jariel, and Aricam, and Zacanaim, 57 and Gabaa, and Thamnatha; nine cities, and their villages; 58 Elua, and Bethsur, and Geddon, 59 and Magaroth, and Bæthanam, and Thecum; six cities, and their villages; 60 Theco, and Ephratha, this is Bathleem, and Phagor, and Etan, and Kulon, and Tatam, and Thobes, and Carem, and Galem, and Thether, and Manocho: eleven cities, and their villages, Cariathbaal, this is the city of Jarim, and Sotheba: two cities, and their villages: 61 and Baddargeis, and Tharabaam, and Enon; 62 and Eochioza, and Naphlazon, and the cities of Sadon, and Ankades; seven cities, and their villages. 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Juda. 21 And their cities were cities belonging to the tribe of the children of Juda on the borders of Edom by the wilderness, and Bæseleel, and Ara and Asor, 22 and Icam, and Regma, and Aruel, 23 and Kades, and Asorionain, and Mænam, 24 and Balmænan, and their villages, 25 and the cities of Ascron, this is Asor, 26 and Sen, and Salmaa, and Molada, 27 and Seri, and Bæphalath, 28 and Cholaseola, and Beersabee; and their villages, and their hamlets, 29 Bala and Bacoc, and Asom, 30 and Elboudad, and Bethel, and Herma, 31 and Sekelac, and Macharim, and Sethennac, 32 and Labos, and Sale, and Eromoth; twentynine cities, and their villages. 33 In the plain country Astaol, and Raa, and Assa, 34 and Ramen, and Tano, and Iluthoth, and Maiani, 35 and Jermuth, and Odollam, and Membra, and Saocho, and Jazeca. 36 And Sacarim and Gadera, and its villages: fourteen cities, and their villages: 37 Senna, and Adasan, and Magadalgad, 38 and Dalad, and Maspha, and Jachareel, 39 and Basedoth, and Ideadalea; 40 and Chabra, 16. And the borders of the children and Maches, and Maachos, 11 and Ged- of Joseph were from Jordan by Jericho dor, and Bagadiel, 41 and Noman, and eastward; and they will go up from Machedan sixteen cities, and their Jericho to the hill country, to the wilvillages; 42 Lebna, and Ithac, and derness, to Bethel Luza. 2And they Anoch, 43 and Jana, and Nasib, " and will go out to Bethel, and will proceed Keilam, and Akiezi, and Kezib, and to the borders of Achatarothi. 3 And Bathesar, and Ælom: ten cities, and they will go across to the sea to the their villages; 45 Accaron and her borders of Aptalim, as far as the borvillages, and their hamlets: 46 from ders of Bathoron the lower, and the Accaron, Gemna, and all the cities that going forth of them shall be to the are near Asedoth; and their villages. sea. And the sons of Joseph, Ephraim 47 Asiedoth, and her villages, and her and Manasse, took their inheritance. 41 44 63 And the Jebusite dwelt in Jerusalem, and the children of Juda could not destroy them; and the Jebusites dwelt in Jerusalem to this day. 3 |