y Deut. 18. 19. 1 Sam. 20. 16. 6, 21. 2 know; if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against the LORD, (save thou us not this day,) 23 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following the LORD; or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 24 and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, sayz See ch. 4. ing, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD, the God of Israel? 25 for the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no portion in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice : 27 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of the LORD before 5, 6, 17, 18. 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 portion in the LORD. 28 Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is "a witness between us and you. 29 God c Bee ver. 16. forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn away this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. a ver. 34. ch. 24. 27. Gen. 31. 48 b Deut. 12. 15. of us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now have ye delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. 32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of ver. 10, 11, the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 33 And the thing "pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt. 34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar 1Ed: For, said they, it is a witness between j ver. 27. us that the LORD is God. 1 And it came to pass after 23 many days, when the LORD hver. 30. 1 Chr. 29. 20. Dan. 2. 19. Luke 2.28. 23. had given rest unto Israel * See ch.11. from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well ch. 13. 1. stricken in years; 2 that Joshua m o ch. 24.1. 31.28 Cp. Deut. & 1 Chr. 28. 1. 42. ch. 10. 14, Ex. 14. 14. See ch. 13. 2-7. called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and well stricken in years: 3 and ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; "for the LORD your God, he it is that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun. 5 And the LORD your God, "he shall thrust them out from be- pch. 13. 6. fore you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spake unto you. 6 Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and torch. 1. 7. do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside there from 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 by them, neither serve them, nor bow down your selves unto them: 8" but cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have 1 That is, Witness. ch. 13. 6. Ex. 23. 30 & Deut. 32. 2 ver. 8. Deut. S. 22. a ch. 22. 5. Ex. 54. 16. Deut. 7. 8. Judg. 23, 21. Ex. 23.33. Num. 33. Deut. 7. 16. Judg. 2. 3. a done unto this day. 9" For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day. 10" One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you. 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 13 know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 14 And, beKin. 2. 2. hold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, ch. 21. 45. 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, not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which the LORD your God spake unto you, so shall the LORD bring upon you all the evil things, Deut. 28. until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 16 When ye transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. ¿See Lev. 314-29 15-08. & ver. 25, 32. 1 See ch. 3.1. e Judith 5. 6, 7. & 35. 2. 12. 1-5 31.30 m See Gen. & Acts 7. 24 Gen. 21. Gen. 25. 24-26. Deut. 2. 5. » Gen. 12. 6. 2,3. q Gen. 36. 8. & 4. 14. t See Ex. ch. 7-ch. 12 u Ex. 12. 37, 51. Ex. 14.2. w Ex. 14. 9. Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and 'they served other gods. 3" And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and "led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 4 And I gave unto Isaac "Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof: and "afterward I brought you out. 6 And "I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and "ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea. 7 And when they cried out unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt beyond Jordan; and they fought with you and I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 9 Then d Cp. Judg. Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel; and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: 10 but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still so I delivered you out of his hand. 119 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: hand the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand. 12 And I sent the hornet before Ex. 23. 28. you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, ¿ Ps. 44. 3. nor with thy bow. 13 And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not laboured, and cities which ye built & Deut. 6. not, and ye dwell therein; of vine13. 2 And Joshua yards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 14' Now Deut. 10. therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your m ver. 2, 23. 1 And Joshua gathered all 24 the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their 1 Sam. 10. officers; and they presented themselves before God. said unto all the people, Thus saith See Gen. the LORD, the God of Israel, *Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of 117-3 1 Or, hath chased 21. Ezek. 20. 39. o ver. 22. m ver. 2, 23. pEx. 23. 24, 32, 33 & 34. 15. Deut. 13.7 & 29. 18. q Gen. 18. 19. fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve ye the n1 Kin. 18. LORD. 15" And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. 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 and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of 1bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed: 18 and the LORD drave out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore we also will serve the LORD; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD; for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins. 20" If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after 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, Ye are witnesses against your selves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, 1 Sam. 7.3. and incline your heart unto the LORD, the God of Israel. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The Lev. 19. 2. 1 Sam. 6. Ps. 99.5, 9. Isai. 5. 16. 8 Ex. 20. 5. Nah. 1. 2. Ex. 23. 21. 28.9 & Ezra 8. & Isai. 1. 28 & 65, 11, 12 & Jer. 17. ch. 23, 15, Cp. Acts 7. Isai. 63. 10. 42. w ver. 15. x ver. 14. Judg. 10. 16. a Num. 27. 21. 1 Sam. 22. 24. Cp. ch.4.3 18. & Gen. 28. Gen. 35.4. Judg. 9. 6. ch. 22. 27, 26 And Joshua" wrote these words a Deut. 31. in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was 2by the sanctuary of the LORD. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for eit hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God. 28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance. 28, 34. Gen. 31. 48, 52. Deut. 31. e Cp. Deut. For ver. 29-31, see Judg. 2. 7-9. 50. & 31. 13. 29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath- Cp. ch. 19. serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. 31'And Israel Judg. 2. 7. served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had Deut. 11. 2 known all the work of the LORD, that he had wrought for Israel. 32* And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of " Phinehas his son, which was given him in "the hill country of Ephraim. THE BOOK OF JUDGES. 1 AND it came to pass after the I death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, 6 ch. 20. 18. to fight against them? 2 And the 1 Heb. bondmen. 2 Or, in 10. 2 Sam. 2. 1. LORD said, Judah 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 like- c ver. 17. 3 Or, Gibeah of Phinehas wise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 4And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs dCp. Luke and their great toes cut off, a gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. 16. 21. ⚫ Cp. Lev. 24. 19 & 1 Sam. 15.3. /Cp. Josh. 15.63. Josh. 9.1 & 11. 2, 16 A For ver. 22. Josh. 15. 14. d 8 And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba:) and Num. 13. they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. II And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath - sepher.) 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh 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. 14 And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted down from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 15 And she said unto him, Give me a 1 blessing; for that thou hast 2 set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. * ch. 3. 9. Zeh. 4. 11,17. - Dent. 34.3. 16 And the children of the 'Kenite, 1 Sam. 156. Moses' brother in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south Num. eer 10.29-32. o See Num. p ver. 3. a ver. 2, 22. Cp. ch. Num. 21.3. 3.3 22. of "Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people. 17P And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof. 19" And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had 'chariots of iron. 20" And they Josh. 17. gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drave out thence "the three sons of Anak. 21 And Josh. 14. the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem: "but the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem, unto this day. 8 See ver. 9. 16, 18. u Num. 14. 24. Deut. 1.36. 9, 13 v ver. 10. 15.03. & 35. 6 & 48. 3. 13. 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and z ver. 19. the LORD was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the Gen. 28. 19 city beforetime was Luz.) 24 And the watchers saw a man come forth Josh. 18. out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will Josh. 2. deal kindly with thee. 25 And he shewed them the entrance into the city, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family. 26 And the man went into "the land a Josh. 1. 4. of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. 1 Or, present 2 Or, given me the land of the South 5 Heb. daughters. 3 Or, father in law 4 Heb. devoted. 30 Zebulun drave not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabd Cp. Josh. itants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became 1 tributary. 19.15 & 21. 35. e For ver. 31, 32, see Josh. 19. 24-30. ƒ For ver. 9 Cp. Josh. 19. 47, 48. A Josh. 19. 42. Josh. 15. 3. j ver. 3. * Gen. 17.7. 31 Asher drave not out the inhabitants of Acco, 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 not drive them out. 33 Naphtali drave not out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributary unto them. I p For ver. 7-9, 24.29-31. see Josh. to possess the land. 7" And the peo- 50. r Josh. 24. ch. 3. 7 1 & 6. 1 Deut. 31. 16. Cp. Deut. 6.14. ver. 17, 19. CP. Ex. Deut. 31. ch. 3. 7 20.5. 29. II And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of 34 And the Amorites forced the the LORD, and served the Baalim: children of Dan into the hill coun- 12 and they forsook the LORD, the try for they would not suffer them God of their fathers, which brought to come down to the valley: 35 but them out of the land of Egypt, "and the Amorites would dwell in mount followed other gods, of the gods of Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim : the peoples that were round about yet the hand of the house of Joseph them, "and bowed themselves down prevailed, so that they became tribu- unto them: " and they provoked the tary. 36 And the border of the LORD to anger. 13 And they forNum. 34.4. Amorites was from the ascent of sook the LORD, and served Baal Akrabbim, from 2the rock, and up- and the Ashtaroth. 14" And the ward. anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, "and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could. not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were sore distressed. 16d And the LORD raised up judges, which saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they hearkened not unto their judges, for they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the Cp. Josh. LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: Ex. 6. 4. Deut. 31. 16. Deut. 7. 2. m Deut. 12. 3. n ver. 21. o Num. 33. Josh. 7. See Lev. 26.14-46 15-68. 7.4. And the angel of the LORD 2 came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, will never break my covenant with you: 2'and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars but ye have not hearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said, "I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place 5 Bochim and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. 6 Now when Joshua had sent the 1 Or, subject to taskwork and so vv. 33, 35, 2 Or, Sela 3 Or, a messenger h 4 Some ancient d ch. 3. 9, 15. 1 Sam. 12. |