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JCp. ch. 16.1.

À See ch. 7.2.

I See ch. 15.2.

k ch. 16. 3.

10.

ICp. ch. 13.11.

* See ch. 15.8.

dren of Joseph. 12/And their border on the north quarter was from 9 ch. 18. 21. Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of h Beth-aven. 13 And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of 'Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the borjeh. 16. 5. der went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether. See ch. 10. 14 And the border was drawn and turned about on the 'west quarter southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at ch. 15. 9. Kiriath-baal ( the same is Kiriathjearim), a city of the children of Judah this was the west quarter. 15 And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah: 16 and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before "the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel; 17 and it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; 18 and it passed along to the side over against "the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah: 19 and the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the goings out of the border were at the north 2 bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of Jordan: this was the south border. 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were 'Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz; 22 and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el; 23 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah; 24 and Che

• See ch. 12.4.

See ch. 15. 7.

ch. 15. 6.

ch. 11. 2 & 15. 6.

# ch. 15. 2.

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1 Heb. shoulder.

phar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth; 26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah; 27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah; 28 and Zelah, Eleph, and the "Jebusite (the same u See ch. is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. 1 And the second lot came

19 out for Simeon, even for the

15. 8.

ver. 9. Cp. Gen.

49.7.

2-8, see 1 Chr. 4. 28-33.

tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: "and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah. 2" And they had for their w For ver. inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah; 3 and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem; 4 and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah; 5 and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah; 6 and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages: 7 Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages: 8 and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. 9 Out x ver. 1. of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.

18. 14 & Gen. 49. 13.

& 21. 34.

10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: 11 and their border went up west- Cp. ch. ward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam; z ch. 12. 22 12 and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia; 13 and from thence it passed along eastward to Gathhepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretcheth unto Neah; 14 and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon : and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Ïphtah-el; 15 and Kat2 Heb. tongue. & Heb. line.

a ch. 11. 1. tath, and Nahalal, and "Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

b 1 Sam. 28. 4.

al.

17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families. 18 And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shu2 Kin. 4.8, nem; 19 and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath; 20 and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez; 21 and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; 22 and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out 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 with their villages.

c1 Kin. 18. 2 Kin. 2.25

19, 20, 42.

& 4. 25.
S. of S. 7.5.

Isai. 33.9.
Jer. 50. 19.

Amos 1. 2,
al.

d Cp. 1 Kin.

9. 13.

24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph; 26 and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westWard, and to Shihor-libnath; 27 and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand, 28 and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto e great Zidon; 29 and the border Cp. Judg. turned to Ramah, and to 1 the fenced city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea 2 by the region of Achzib: 30 Ummah also, and Åphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

e ch. 11. 8. 1. 31.

32 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33 And their border fCp. Judg. was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at Jordan: 34 and the border turned westward

4. II.

9 Cp. Deut.

33. 23.

to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at Jordan toward the sunrising. 35 And the fenced cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and "Chinnereth; 36 and Adamah, See ch. and Ramah, and Hazor; 37 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor; 38 and Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.

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11. 2. i ch. 11. 1.

35.

40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh; 42 and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, Judg. 1. and Ithlah; 43 and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron; 44 and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath; 45 and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon; 46 and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against ** Jop- 2 Chr. 2. pa. 47'And the border of the children of Dan went out 5 beyond them: for the children of Dan went up and fought 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. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

49 So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them: 50 according to the commandment of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even

16.

Ezra 3. 7. 1 Mac. 10. 75, 76.

2 Mac. 12. 3. 7. Acts 9. 36, 43 & 10. 4, al.

Judg. 1. 34, 35

& 18. 1.

Timnath-serah in the hill mch. 24. 30. country of Ephraim: and he built Judg. 2.9. the city, and dwelt therein.

ch. 14. 1.

Num. 34.

17.

51"These are the inheritances, n which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Sce ch. Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting. So

Or, the city of Mibzar Zor that is, the fortress of Tyre. 2 Or, from Hebel to Achzib 3 Or, oak (or terebinth) of Bezaanannim

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18. 1.

P. Ex. 21.13. See Num.

35. 6, 11-14

41-43

& 13.2-9.

21.19

& Ruth 4. 1,2

& Ps. 127.5.

they made an end of dividing the land. 1 And the LORD spake unto 20 Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, PAssign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the & Deut. 4. hand of Moses: 3 that the manslayer that killeth any person 1unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And he shall flee unto one Cp. Deut. of those cities, and shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; be cause he smote his neighbour unawares, and hated him not beforetime. 6 And he shall dwell in that Num. 35. city, "until he stand before the congregation for judgement, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 7 And they set apart Kedesh in 4 Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and 'She chem in the hill country of Ephraim, and "Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) "in the hill country of Judah. 8 And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the 5 plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person 1 unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

12, 24, 25.

ch 31. 32. 1Cbr676

ch. 21. 21.

ch. 1. 11, See eh. 14.

13.

13-13.

ch. 21. 11.

Lake 1.3.

ch. 21. 36.

1 Chr. 6.78. zch. 1. CalKin. 22.3.

ch. 21. 27,

1 Chr. 6. 71.

2 Num. 25.

a ch. 14. 1 & 17.4 #19. 31. Num. 34. 17, 18.

Then came near the heads 21 of fathers' houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children

18. 1. c Num.

35.2.

of Israel; 2 and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of b See ch. Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs.

4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, dhad by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

d See ver.

9-19
& Ex. 6.

16-19 17-20.

& Num. 3.

20-26.

5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the fam- e See ver. ilies of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

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Num.35.2.

See ch. 14. 3-5.

8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. 9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name: 10 and they were for the jver. 4. children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi: for theirs was the first lot. 11*And they gave them For ver. Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak, (the same is Hebron,) in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

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13" And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron

3 Heb. sanctified. 4 Heb. Galil. 5 Or, table land 7 Heb. Anok.

1 Or, through error 2 Heb. gather. 6 Or, pasture lands

11-19, see 1 Chr. 6. 54-60. 7 See ch. 14.

13-15. m ch. 20. 7.

Luke 1.39.

n ch. 20. 7.

with her suburbs, "the city of refo ch. 10. 29. uge for the manslayer, and Libnah with her suburbs; 14 and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs; 15 and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs; 16 and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs; 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities. 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

p ch. 9. 3.

q For ver. 20-26,

6. 66-70.

20 And the families of the chilsee Chr. dren of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 And they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in the hill country of r ch. 20.7,8. Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with her suburbs; 22 and Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs; 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities. 26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

s For ver. 27-33,

27 And unto the children of Gersce l'Chr. shon, of the families of the Levites,

6. 71-76.

out of the half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer; and Be-eshterah with her suburbs; two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs; 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs; 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, the city of refuge

t

1

Forver.

34-40,

see 1 Chr.

6.77-81.

for the manslayer, and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. 361 And out of the tribe of Reuben, "Bezer u ch. 20.8. with her suburbs, and Jahaz with her suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, "Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and "Mahanaim with her suburbs; v See ch. 13. 39" Heshbon with her suburbs, 26. Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. 40 All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

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See ch. 11.

23.

43 So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. 44" And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there ch. 10. 8 stood not a man of all their enemies before them; "the LORD delivered a ch. 2. 24. all their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

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I Then Joshua called the 22 Reubenites, and the Gadites,

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& 23. 9.

Deut. 7.24.

bch. 23.

14, 15.

and the half tribe of Manasseh, 2 and said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of c See Num. the LORD commanded you, and have hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded you: 3ye 17. have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have

1 Verses 36, 37 are not in the Massoretic text, but are found in very many MSS. and in the ancient versions. See also 1 Chr. 6. 78, 79.

32. 20-22 & Deut. 3. 18-20. d ch. 1. 16,

23.

ƒ See ch. 13. 8.

Deut. 6. 6,17 & 11. 22.

kept the charge of the commande See ch. 11. ment of the LORD your God. 4° And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond Jordan. 5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 6 So ich. 14. 13. Joshua 'blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

A ch. 23. 11.

Deut. 6, 5 & 10. 12

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7 Now to the one half tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan: but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them, 8 and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and Num. 31. with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

1 Sam. 30.

24.

1 Num. 32. 1,36,29.

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 land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 10 And when they came unto the region about Jordan, that is 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 to see to. 11 And the children See Deut. of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children

12.12-15.

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of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel. 12 And when the children

of Israel heard of it, "the whole nJudg. 20.1. congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to

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Ex. 6. 25. Num. 25.7. Judg. 20.

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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, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest; 14 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were Pevery pNum. 1. 4. one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel. 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 Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 16 Thus saith the whole congregation 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, to rebel this day against ver. 18, 19. the LORD? 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD, 18 that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against the LORD, that to-morrow he will be wroth with Num. 16. the whole congregation of Israel. 19 Howbeit, 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 t ch. 18. 1. tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: "but rebel not u ver. 16, 18. against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God. 20" Did not Achan the son of Zerah v ch. 7. 1, 5. commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

Num. 14.9. Cp. Lev. 17.8, 9 & Deut. 12. 13, 14. r Num.25.3. Deut. 4. 3. Ps. 106. 28.

22.

w Deut. 10.

21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thou- 17 sands of Israel, 222 The LORD," the Kin. 8. God of gods, the LORD, the God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall

1 Or, families 2 Or, God, even God, the LORD Heb. El Elohim Jehovah.

39.

Ps. 44. 20,

21

& 94. 11, al.

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