CHAPTER XVI,

JOSHUA, XVI, XVII.
The lot of Manasseh.
mida: these were the male children
of Manasseh the son of Joseph by
their families.

B. C. 1144.

1 The general borders of the sons of Joseph, 5 and of Ephraim.

AND the lot of the children of (CHAP. 16.) 3 But Zelophehail, the son of He

went forth.

Joseph 1 fell from Jordan Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout a mount Beth-el,

pher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

4 And they came near before e Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD com

c 1Ch.7.28.

3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of b Beth-horon the nether, and to d 1Chr.17.14. manded Moses f to give us an inGezer: c and the goings out thereof heritance among our brethren. are at the sea. Therefore, according to the commandment of the LORD, he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

The borders of Joseph.

2 And goeth out from Beth-el to a Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

e ch. 17.7.

4 So d the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their ƒ ch. 17.9. inheritance.

ch.18. 13.

Ge. 28. 19.
Ju. 1.26.

b 2Chr 8.5.

IK 1.9. 16,

21.

5 And the border of the chil-g Ju.1.29. dren of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth- (CHAP. 17.) horon the upper;

6 And the border went out toward a Ge.41.51. the sea to Michmethahe on the north side; and the border went b Ge.50.23. about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to c Deut.3, 15. Janohah;

32.

7 And it went down from Janohahd Nu.26.29to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

1 Nu.26.30,
Jeezer.

the firstborn a of Joseph; to wit, for Machir b the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead c and Bashan.

or, brook
of reeds.

h ch. 16.9.

i 1Chr.7.29.

the

THERE was also a lot for task 18.31.10.

IKI.4.12.

1Sa.25.7.

Ps. 83.10.

m Zec. 12.11.

2 There was also a lot for the rest d of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children ofn Ju.1.27,28. Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of She-o ch. 16. 10. chem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of She

5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;

6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

7 T And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, g that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand, unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.

8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah but Tappuah, on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.

9 And the coast descended unto the 2 river Kanah, southward of the river. These cities h of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the out-goings of it were at the sea: 10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

11 And i Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, Beth-shean k and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants m of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

12 Yet n the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; o but did not utterly drive them out.

The tabernacle at Shiloh.

JOSHUA, XVIII.

p Ge.49.22

14 And the children of Joseph | B. C. 1444. spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed p me hitherto? 15 And Joshua answered thein, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the 3 giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

26. Nu.26.3437. De.33.1317.

16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell q Ju. 1.19.

4.3.

in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, q both they who are of Beth-sheanr and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel s

17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only:

3 or, Re-
phaims,
Ge. 14.5.
15.20.
2Sa.5.18,
22.

4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise and god through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to

me.

5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah e shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of f Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

IK1.4.12.

$ 2Ki.9.10,37.

18 But the mountain shall be
thine; for it is a wood, and thou
shalt cut it down: and the out-
goings of it shall be thine: for tb Ju. 18.31.
thou shalt drive out the Canaanites,
though they have iron chariots, and
though they be strong.

1Sa.1.3,24.
4.3,4.

CHAPTER XVIII.

6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast g lots for you here before the LORD our God.

7 But the Levitesh have no part

(CHAP. 18.)
a ch. 19.51.
Jer.7.12.

The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh. A the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, a and set up the tabernacle b of the congregation there: and the land was subdued before them.

2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

3 And Joshua said unto the chil-i ch. 13.8. dren of Israel, How long are ye slack c to go to possess the land k Ge.13.17. which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

Ac.13.19.

t Deut.20.1.

10 And Joshua cast lots m for them in Shiloh before the LORD: Is.41.14-16. and there Joshua divided the land Ro.8 31.37, unto the children of Israel accordHeb. 13.6. ing to their divisions.

11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

12 And their border, on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westard; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth

c Ju.18.9.

d ver.8.

e ch. 15.1, &c. fch. 16. 1-4.

g ver.10.
ch. 14.2.
h ch.13.33.

m Eze.47.22.
48.29.

n Ge.28. 19.
Ju.1.23.

o ch.16.3.

p 1Ch.13.5,6.
q ch. 15.9.

r. ch.15.8.

2Ki.23.10. 2Cb.28.3. 33.6. Jer.19.2. 32.35.

The lot of Benjamin.

among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: andi Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

s ch.15.7.

8 And the men arose, and went away and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities, into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

aven.

13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which n is Beth-el) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.o

14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, (which is Kirjath-jearim) a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.

The cities of Benjamin.

t ch.15.6.

JOSHUA, XIX. and went forth to En-shemesh, and B. C. 1414. went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stonet of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Ara-2 tongue, Is. 11.15. bah:

9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon for the part of the children of Judah was too much g for them: therefore h the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: | and the out-goings of the border were at the north 2 bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan. This was the south coast.

10 And the third lot came up w 1Sa. 13. 17. for the children of Zebulun accord20 And Jordan was the border of ing to their families and the borit on the east side. This was the x 1Ki.3.4,5.der of their inheritance was unto inheritance of the children of BenSarid: jamin, by the coasts thereof round y Jer.31.15. about, according to their families. z Ju. 10. 17. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin accord-a ch.15.8,63.ed

ing to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

5 And Ziklag, e and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,

1 or, the
plain.

6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:

u Ge. 10. 18.
2Chr. 13.4.

1Ki. 12.29,

32.

22 And Beth-arabah, and u Zemaraim, and Beth-el, v

23 And Avim, and Parah, and w Ophrah,

24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages :

25 Gibeon, Beeroth,

and Ramah, y and

m, and Irpeel, and

26 And Mizpeh, z and Chephirah, and Mozah. 27 And Taralah, 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and a Jebusi, (which is Jerusalem) Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. CHAPTER XIX.

The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua.

AND the second lot came forth m 1Ch.6.72.

n 2Ki.14.25.

to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inherit-1 or, which ance was a within the inheritance is drawn. of the children of Judah.

2 And they had in their inheritance, Beer-sheba, b or Sheba, and Moladah,

3 And c Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,

4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and d Hormah,

(CHAP. 19.)
a ver.9.

b Ge.21.31.
1Chr.4.28.

c ch.15.28-32.

d Ju.1.17.

e 1Sa.27.6.
30.1.

1Sa.30.27.

g 2Cor.8.14,

15.

h ver.1.
Ge.49.13.

k ch.12.22.

I Ju.4.6, 12.
Ps.89.12.

o Ju. 1.30.

p ch.11.1,

q Ru. 1.19.
25a.23.15.

2Chr. 11.6.

r 1Ki.21.1.

s ISa. 28.4.
2Ki,4,8,12.

t ch.21.29.

u 1Ch.6.77. 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their vil-v 1Sa.6.9,&c. lages :

2Ki.14.11.

8 And all the villages that were

The lot of Simeon, &c.

round about these cities to Baalathbeer. Ramath f of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

11 And their border went up toward the sea, i and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reach

to the river that is before Jokneam, k

12 And turned from Sarid eastward, toward the sun-rising, unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, m and goeth up to Japhia,

13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, n to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-1methoar to Neah; 14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the out-goings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:

15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, o and Shimron,p and Idalah, and Beth-lehem;q twelve cities with their villages.

16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Isachar according to their families.

18 And their border was toward Jezreel, r and Chesulloth, and Shunem,s

19 And Hapharaim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,

20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,

21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, t and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, u and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; v and the out-goings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was Hel

46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border 3 before 4 Japho. 47 And m the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

Eight and forty cities

JOSHUA, XXI. until he stand before the congre- | B. C. 1444. gation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 7 And they appointed Kedesh e in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem f in mount Ephraim,and Kirjath-arba,g (which is Hebron) in the mountain h of Judah.

g ch.14.15.
21.11,13.
h Luke 1.39.

i ch.21.36.
Deut.4.13.
1Ch.6.78.