The two tribes and a half JOSHUA, XXII. and with very much raiment; di- | B. C. 1444. vide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. I Nu.31.27. 26,29. 9 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the n ch.24.26,27. country of Gilead, m to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word o De. 13, 12, of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 10 And when they came unto! the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar n to see to. 11 And the children of Israel heard o say. Behold, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. Ge.28.18. 31.46,52. &c. p Ex.6.25. 13. house of ? Le.17.8.9. Ezr.9.13,14. 12 And when the children of Is-u Nu. 16.22. rael heard of it, the whole congre- v ch.18.1. gation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at w ch.7.1,&c. Shiloh, to go up to war against them. 13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, p Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 14 And with him ten princes, of each 1 chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel: and each one was an head q of the house of their fathers among the thou-| sands of Israel. y De. 10. 17. 11.36. IKI.8.39. sent home with a blessing. |day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be u wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, v and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. 20 Did not Achan w the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 21 T Then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh answered and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22 The LORD God r of gods, the and Israel z he shall know; if it be LORD God of gods, he knoweth, in rebellion, a or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require bit; 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, 2 In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? Job.23.10. 21.17. Acts 1.24. 2 Cor.11.11, Heb.4.13. 31. 15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gi-z Mal,3.18. lead, and they spake with them, a 1Sa. 15.23. saying, 16 Thus saith the whole congre- b De. 18. 19. gation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel r this day against the LORD? 2 18a.20.16. to morrow, c Ne.2.20. d 1Ki. 12.27, 17 Is the iniquity of Peor s too little for us, from which we are not e ver.34. cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, 18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and t it will be, seeing ye rebel to f De. 12.5,&c. 11. 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 27 But that it may be a witnesse between us and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before f him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern g of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacri Exhortation to obedience 3 i was good in their eyes. Le.26. 11,12. by promises and threatenings. nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea 2 westward. 5 And the LORD your God, hef shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your land, as the LORD your God hath sight; and ye shall possess their promised g unto you. JOSHUA, XXIII. fices; but it is a witness between B. C. 1444. us and you. 29 God forbid h that we should re-h Ge.44.7,17. bel against the LORD, and turn this 1Sa. 12.23. 1Kİ.21.3. day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, Rom.3.6. for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. 30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congrega-4 then. tion, and heads of the thousands of k Pr. 25. 13. Israel which were with him, heard | 1Sa.25.32, the words that the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, it 3 pleased them. Zec.8.23. 33. Dan.2. 19. 5 i. e. a wit- 31 And Phinehas the son of Elea- De.31.28. ICh.25.1. d Ps.44.3. e ch. 13.6,7. 18. 10. 32 And Phinehas the son of Elea- again. Ps.44.2. i Deut.5.32. De.7.2,3. I Ps. 16.4. 33 And the thing pleased the chil-g Nu.33.53. dren of Israel; and the children of h ch.17. Israel / blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. CHAPTER XXIII. 1 Joshua's exhortation before his death, 3 by former benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and by threatenings. Zep.1.4-6. the LORD o Lev.28.8. 5 15.15. &c. your souls. q I's. 125.5. ND it came to pass a long time A after that the LORD had given rest a unto Israel from all their P Ex.23.27, enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old b and 1 stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called c for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: Is. 1.4. 2 Pet.2.20, 2Cor.6. 14. t Iki.11.4. 3 And ye have seen all that ther LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that. hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have divided e unto w Le.26.14, you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tnbes, from Jordan, with all the v ch.21.45. &c. De.28.15. 6 Be ye therefore very courageous h to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that iye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 7 That & ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear m by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: 8 3 But cleave n unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. 94 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. 10 One o man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, asp he hath promised you. 11 Take good heed therefore unto 5 yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, q and cleave unto the reinnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages r with them, and 50 in unto them, and they to you: 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more s drive out any of these nations from before you: but they shall be snares / and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off u this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 14 And behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your hearts, and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you w all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 16 When ve have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, Joshua relates God's benefits. JOSHUA, XXIV. which he commanded you, and B. C.1427. have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; x 2K1.24.20. d Ge. 12.1. e Ge.21.2,3. Deut.2.5. h Ge.46.1-7. i Ex.VII-XII. m Nu.21.21 Renewal of the covenant. of q Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. 13 And I have givent you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities u which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. A tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called a for the elders of Israel, and for their heads and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented b themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers c dwelt on! the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nan chor: and they served other gods. 3 And I took d your father Abraham from the other side of the P ch.3.14-17. the gods which your fathers served flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him e Isaac. 14 Now v therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity w and in truth; and put away a the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Nu.22.5,&c Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose y you this day whom ye will serve; whetherz 35. o Deut.23.4. q ch.VI. 4 And f I gave unto Isaac, Jacob r Ex.23.28. and Esau and I gave unto Esau g Deut.7.20. mount Seir, to possess it; but s Ps.44.3,6. Jacob h and his children went t ch.21.45. down into Egypt. u ch.11.13. De.6.10-12. Sa.12.24. 5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued i Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt and k ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. w Ge. 17. 1. x Lev. 17.7. Ru.1.15,16. IKI.18.21. z Eze.20.39. 119.106. 7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt a Ps. 101.2. in the wilderness a long / season. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and m they fought with you and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent n and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: 10 But o I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still so I delivered you out of his hand. 11 And p ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho; and the men b Ps. 116.16. 1Sa.6.20, Is.6.3. e Ex.20.5. ƒ Ex.34.7. Ezra 8.22. Is.65.11,12. h Eze, 18.24. Ps.119.173. 1Sam.7.3. 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: 18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore b will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot c serve the LORD: ford he is an holy God; he is a jealouse God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If g ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after h that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Yei are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore put l away (said he) the strange gods which are m Pr.2.2. He.12.28, 29. n De.5.28,29. o Ju.9.6. p Deut.32.1. q ch.22.28,34. r ch.19.50. s Ju.2.7. 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there o under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard p all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall qt De.11.2,7. be therefore a witness unto you, u Ge.50.25. lest ye deny your God. 28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. 29 T And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, prolonged their days after. Ex.13.19. v Ge.33.19. Eleazar's death. being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance r in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. 31 And Israel s served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that 1 overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD that he had done for Israel. 32 And u the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought v of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred 2 pieces of silver; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. The Book of JUDGES. Year of the Creation, 2579....Before Christ, 1425....Year of the Exodus, 66. CHAPTER 1. 1 The acts of Judah and Simeon. 8 Jerusalem taken. 21 The acts of Benjamin, Manasseh, etc. NOW B. C. 1425. and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. a Jos.24.29. b cb.20.18. TOW, after the death a of Joshua Nu.27.21. it came to pass, that the childc Ge.49.8,9. ren of Israel b asked the LORD, sayd ver. 17. ing, Who shall go up for us against e 1Sa. 11.8. the Canaanites first to fight against them? 2 And the LORD said, Judah c shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee d into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 4 And Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek e ten thousand men. of their 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having 1 their thumbs and their great toes cut off, 2 gathered their meat under my table; asf I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. 8 Now the children of Judah hadg 1 the thumbs fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 2 hands and feet. f Lev.24.19. 1Sa. 15.33. Is.33.1. Mat.7.1,2. Jam.2.13. g Jos.15.63. h Jos.11.21. 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in 3 or, low Bezek: and they fought against country. him, and they slew the Canaanites i Jos. 15.13. and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, k Jos. 15.15, &c. 9 And afterward h the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the 3 valley. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in i Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba :) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: 12 And & Caleb said, He that The acts of Benjamin. JUDGES, II. smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh | B. C. 1425. it, to him will I give Achsah, my daughter to wife. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 1 Ge.33.11. m ch.4.11,17. n Deut.34.3. o Nu.21.1. 14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and P Nu. 10.29she lighted from off her ass; and 1Sa. 15.6. Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? q ver.3. 32. 15 And she said unto him, Giver Nu.21.3. me a blessing: for thou hast s Jos. 11.22. given me a south land; give me t ver.2. also springs of water. And Caleb 2Ki. 18.7. gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. 16 T And the children of the m4 Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the n city of palm-trees Ps.60.12. Of Zebulun, Asher, &c. | land of the c Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. 27 Neither did Manasseh d drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns; but the Canaanites would e dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. 29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; f but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 30 Neither did Zebulun drive with the children of Judah into the u Ex. 14.7,&c. out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of o Arad; and p they went and dwelt among the people. 17 And Judah q went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.r 18 Also Judah took Gaza s with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. Jos. 17.16. v Jos. 14.9-14. 18.28. y ver. 19. Ge.49.24. z Jos.7.2. 19 And the LORD t was with Judah; and he 4 drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but c 2K1.7.6. could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots u of iron. d Jos. 17.11 13. e Rom.4.21. 20 And they gave Hebron v unto Caleb, as Moses said: w and he ex-f Jos. 16. 10. pelled thence the three sons of Anak. 1K1.9.16. 30. g Jos. 19.15. 21 And the children of Benjamin xh Jos. 19.24. did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebu-i Ps. 106.35. sites dwell with the children of k Jos. 19.32Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. Z ver.30. 39. Ps. 18.44. 22 T And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: m Jos. 10. 12. and the y LORD was with them. 19.42. 23 And the house of Joseph sent 5 was heavy. to descry z Beth-el. (Now the 6 or, Maalehname of the city before was Luz.a) Akrabbim, Nu.34.4. Jos. 15.3. 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and web will shew thee mercy. 26 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man went into the (CHAP. 2.) ger. a ver.5. the inhabitants of Nahalol; g but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 31 Neither did Asher h drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did i not drive them out. 33 Neither did Naphtali k drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries / unto them. 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, m and in Shaalbim yet the hand of the house of Joseph 5 prevailed, so that they became tributaries. 36 And the coast of the Amorites was from 6 the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. CHAPTER II. 1 An angel rebuketh the people at Bochim. 20 The Canaanites are left to prove Israel. AND an 1 angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, a and said, I made you to go up out 1 or, messen of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said,b I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And c ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land: ye d shall throw down their al b Ge. 17.7. Fs.89.34. c Deut.7.2. d Deut. 12.3. |