{N}I WILL BE WITH YOU{/}

{1}1{/}

[\u0095]{R}_{I}1_{/}After the death of Moses, Yahweh spoke to Joshua, the son 
of Nun and the minister of Moses, and said to him: [=]_{R}_{I}2_{/}"My 
servant Moses is dead; therefore, the hour has come for you to 
cross the Jordan River, and all the people shall go with you to 
the land which I give to the sons of Israel. [=]_{I}3_{/}I give you 
all the places where you set your feet, as I promised Moses. 
{R}_{I}4_{/}Your frontiers will extend from the mountain of Lebanon in 
the north, to the desert in the south, as far as the great 
Euphrates in the east and the Great Sea in the west.
[=]_{I}5_{/}As long as you live, no one will be able to stand against 
you. I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not leave you 
or abandon you. {I}6_{/}Be valiant and have courage for I will give 
this people the land I swore to their fathers I would give them. 
{R}_{I}7_{/}Therefore, be brave and faithfully fulfill the whole Law 
which Moses, my servant, gave you. Do not turn aside from it 
either to the right or to the left, and you shall succeed wherever 
you go.
[=]_{R}_{I}8_{/}Constantly read the book of this Law and meditate on it 
day and night that you may truly do what it says. So shall your 
plans be fulfilled and you shall succeed in everything. {R}_{I}9_{/}It is 
I who command you; be strong, then, and be valiant. Do not tremble 
or be afraid, because Yahweh, your God, is with you wherever you 
go."
{R}_{I}10_{/}Joshua ordered the secretaries of the people: {R}_{I}11_{/}"Pass 
through the camp and give this command: 'Store up enough food for, 
in three days' time, you shall cross the Jordan and enter the land 
which Yahweh, your God, will give you'."
{R}_{I}12_{/}To the people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to half of 
the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, [=]_{I}13_{/}"Remember the command 
of Moses, the servant of Yahweh; Yahweh has provided you with a 
place of rest and has given you all this region. {R}_{I}14_{/}The women 
and children, as well as the livestock, shall remain on this side 
of the Jordan, in the region which Moses gave you; but you who are 
valiant shall cross over, armed, ahead of your brothers and shall 
help them {R}_{I}15_{/}until Yahweh gives them rest, as he has given you, 
that they may also conquer the land which Yahweh, our God, gives 
them. So you shall return to the region which Moses gave us and 
take possession of that land at the east of the Jordan."
{R}_{I}16_{/}They answered Joshua: "We will do all you have commanded us 
and go wherever you send us. Just as we have obeyed Moses, so 
shall we obey you in the same way. {R}_{I}17_{/}May Yahweh, your God, be 
with you as he was with Moses. {I}18_{/}He who contradicts your words 
and disobeys your orders shall die. But be valiant and 
courageous."

{N}THE HISTORY OF RAHAB{/}

{1}2{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Joshua sent two spies secretly from Shittim with the 
following order "Go and look over the land well, especially the 
city of Jericho."
The spies went and as soon as they came to Jericho, they went to 
the house of the prostitute named Rahab. {R}_{I}2_{/}But someone told the 
king of Jericho: "Some Israelites have entered here tonight to spy 
on us." {R}_{I}3_{/}So the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab: "Send 
those men out of your house because they came to spy on the land." 
{I}4_{/}But the woman had hidden them, so she said: "It is true; they 
came to my house but I did not know where they came from. {I}5_{/}And 
at nightfall, shortly before the city gates were to be closed, 
they went out. I do not know where they went, but hurry and you 
will surely overtake them." {I}6_{/}The woman had hidden them on the 
roof of the house, under the stalks of flax which she kept there.
{R}_{I}7_{/}The pursuers went to search for them by the road leading to 
the valley of the Jordan, and as they went out, the city gates 
were closed.
{R}_{I}8_{/}Then the woman went up to where she had hidden the spies of 
Joshua, {R}_{I}9_{/}and she said to them: "I know that Yahweh, your God, 
has given this land to you; we are frightened and the inhabitants 
of the land tremble before you. [=]_{R}_{I}10_{/}We know how Yahweh dried 
up the waters of the Red Sea to let you cross when you came out of 
Egypt. We know what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who 
lived at the other side of the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you 
destroyed by anathema. 
{R}_{I}11_{/}The news has frightened us, and everyone has lost courage 
because of you, for Yahweh, your God, is God in heaven above as he 
is on earth below.
{I}12_{/}Now then, swear to me by Yahweh that just as I have been 
faithful to you, so shall you be towards my family, {I}13_{/}and 
respect the life of my father, mother, brothers and sisters, and 
all that belong to them."
{I}14_{/}The men answered: "Provided that you do not reveal our talk, 
then we will pay back life for life when Yahweh hands over to us 
this land, and we will deal generously and faithfully with you."
[=]_{I}15_{/}Then she let them down by a rope through the window, 
since her house was built into the city wall. {R}_{I}16_{/}But she said 
to them: "Go through the mountains so that you do not meet those 
who pursue you. Remain in hiding for three days, until they 
return, and then you may go your way." {I}17_{/}They answered: "See 
how we shall fulfill our oath. {I}18_{/}When we enter this land, tie 
this scarlet cord as a sign on the window through which we have 
escaped. Bring into your house your father, mother, brothers and 
sisters, and all your relatives. {R}_{I}19_{/}If any of them leaves the 
house, he shall be the one responsible for his death, and the 
guilt will not be ours. But if anyone who is with you is killed, 
then may the punishment for his death come upon us. {I}20_{/}However, 
be careful not to reveal our plan. If you do, then we are freed 
from the oath we have sworn." {I}21_{/}Rahab said to them: "So be it." 
And after she had sent them off, she tied the scarlet cord to the 
window.
{I}22_{/}The men went into the mountains and hid there for three days, 
until their pursuers had returned. These men had searched in vain 
for them everywhere. {R}_{I}23_{/}Then the two spies came down again from 
the mountains and, crossing the Jordan River, came to Joshua, son 
of Nun, and gave him an account of their mission and everything 
that had happened. {R}_{I}24_{/}They said to Joshua: "Yahweh has given 
all this land into our hands; their inhabitants already tremble 
before us."

{N}CROSSING THE JORDAN{/}

{1}3{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Early in the morning, Joshua rose and set out from 
Shittim with all the people of Israel and came to the Jordan 
River. There they encamped while waiting to cross the river.
{I}2_{/}After three days, the officers went around the camp {R}_{I}3_{/}and 
ordered the Israelites: "When you see the Ark of the Covenant of 
Yahweh go by, carried by the priests from the tribe of Levi, then 
you shall set out from your camp and follow it, {I}4_{/}that you may 
know the way you shall go. Because you have never been that way 
before. But you shall follow it at a distance of a thousand 
meters. Do not go near it."
[=]_{R}_{I}5_{/}Joshua said to the Israelites: "Purify yourselves, for 
tomorrow Yahweh will be in your midst doing wonders." {R}_{I}6_{/}And 
Joshua ordered the priests: "Take the Ark of the Covenant and 
cross the river at the head of the people."
{R}_{I}7_{/}Then Yahweh said to Joshua: "Today I will begin to make you 
great in the eyes of Israel and they shall know that I am with you 
as I was with Moses. {R}_{I}8_{/}Give this order to the priests who carry 
the Ark of the Covenant: As soon as you come to the banks of the 
Jordan, stand still in the river." {R}_{I}9_{/}And Joshua said to the 
Israelites: "Come nearer and listen to the words of Yahweh, our 
God. {R}_{I}10_{/}Do you want a sign that Yahweh, the living God, is in 
your midst, he who drives away before you the Canaanites, 
Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, as well as the Girgashites, 
Jebusites and Amorites? {R}_{I}11_{/}See, the Ark of the Covenant of the 
Lord of all the earth is going to cross the Jordan before you. 
{R}_{I}12_{/}Now, choose twelve men from the twelve tribes of Israel, one 
from each tribe. {R}_{I}13_{/}When the priests who carry the Ark of the 
Lord of all the earth put their feet into the water of the Jordan, 
the water coming from upstream shall stop flowing and stand in one 
single mass."
{R}_{I}14_{/}When the people set out from their camp to cross the Jordan, 
the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant went before them. 
{R}_{I}15_{/}There was much water in the Jordan, for it was overflowing 
its banks at this time of the barley harvest. Nevertheless, when 
those who carried the Ark went down to the river and their feet 
touched the edge of the water, the water from upstream stopped 
flowing.
{R}_{I}16_{/}The water stood still, forming something like a dam very far 
from that place, near Adam, the neighboring city of Zarethan. The 
water flowing down to the Dead Sea was completely cut off, and so 
the people could cross opposite Jericho. {R}_{I}17_{/}The priests who 
carried the Ark of the Covenant remained in the middle of the 
river which dried up, until all the Israelites had crossed the 
Jordan.

{1}4{/}

{I}1_{/}Once the whole nation had crossed, {R}_{I}2_{/}Yahweh said to Joshua: 
"Choose twelve men, one from each tribe, {R}_{I}3_{/}and give them the 
following order: Take twelve stones from the riverbed of the 
Jordan, from the very place where the priests stood still. Bring 
them with you and put them where you will encamp tonight."
{R}_{I}4_{/}Joshua then called the twelve men he had chosen from the 
twelve tribes of Israel {R}_{I}5_{/}and ordered them: "Walk to the Ark, 
up to the middle of the Jordan and take from there a stone for 
each tribe and carry it upon your shoulder. [=]_{I}6_{/}They will 
remain with you as a sign of what happened, so that when your 
children ask you in the future: What do these stones mean for you? 
{R}_{I}7_{/}you may answer: When the Ark of Yahweh crossed the Jordan, 
the water parted before it. So these stones shall serve as a 
memorial to the Israelites forever."
{R}_{I}8_{/}The Israelites carried out Joshua's order and picked up 
twelve stones from the riverbed of the Jordan, one for each tribe, 
just as Yahweh had ordered Joshua. They brought these to the place 
where they encamped and placed them there.
{R}_{I}9_{/}Joshua piled up twelve stones on the riverbed of the Jordan, 
at the spot where the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant 
stood. They are still there to this day. {R}_{I}10_{/}The priests who 
carried the Ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until Joshua 
finished saying everything that Yahweh had ordered him. {R}_{I}11_{/}Then 
when all the people had finished crossing the river, the Ark also 
crossed, and the priests walked at the head of the people again.
{R}_{I}12_{/}The men from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half of the tribe 
of Manasseh went ahead armed, as Moses had ordered them to do. 
{R}_{I}13_{/}They were about forty thousand, well-armed, and they marched 
before Yahweh, ready for battle, to the plains of Jericho.
{R}_{I}14_{/}On that day, Yahweh exalted Joshua before all Israel, and 
henceforth they respected him all the days of his life as they had 
done with Moses.
{R}_{I}15_{/}Yahweh said to Joshua: {R}_{I}16_{/}"Command the priests who carry 
the Ark of the Divine Words to come up from the Jordan." 
{R}_{I}17_{/}Joshua, therefore, ordered them to come up from the river. 
{R}_{I}18_{/}And when these priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant 
of Yahweh came up from the middle of the Jordan, when their feet 
touched the banks, the waters of the Jordan returned as abundantly 
as on previous days and overflowed its banks.
{R}_{I}19_{/}It was on the tenth day of the first month when the people 
came up out of the Jordan and encamped in Gilgal, on the eastern 
border of Jericho. {R}_{I}20_{/}There in Gilgal, Joshua set up the twelve 
stones taken from the riverbed of the Jordan.
{R}_{I}21_{/}Then Joshua said to the Israelites: "When your children ask 
you in the future what these stones mean, {R}_{I}22_{/}then you shall 
tell them that the people of Israel crossed the Jordan without 
getting their feet wet, [=]_{R}_{I}23_{/}for Yahweh, our God, dried up 
the waters of the Jordan before us just as he did to the Red Sea 
which he also dried up before us to let us cross. {R}_{I}24_{/}He did 
this so that the people of this land may know the power of Yahweh, 
our God, and that you yourselves may fear him forever."

{N}THE ISRAELITES ARE CIRCUMCISED AT GILGAL{/}

{1}5{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}The kings of the Amorites on the west of the Jordan and 
all the kings of the Canaanites who lived in the neighboring lands 
of the Mediterranean Sea came to know how Yahweh dried up the bed 
of the Jordan for the Israelites to cross. So they lost their 
courage and spirit to face the Israelites.
[=]_{R}_{I}2_{/}At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua: "Make flint knives 
and celebrate a new circumcision for the sons of Israel." 
{R}_{I}3_{/}Joshua obeyed the order of Yahweh and circumcised the 
Israelites at a place called the Hill of the Foreskins.
{R}_{I}4_{/}This is the reason why Joshua did this second circumcision: 
all the men of Israel who left Egypt were circumcised, but they 
died during their journey in the desert. {R}_{I}5_{/}But all those born 
in the desert were not circumcised. [=]_{R}_{I}6_{/}For the Israelites 
walked in the desert for forty years until the whole nation died - 
the whole generation who did not obey Yahweh. For Yahweh had sworn 
that they would not enter the land flowing with milk and honey 
which he promised to their fathers. {R}_{I}7_{/}But it was their 
children, whom Joshua circumcised.
{I}8_{/}After circumcising all, they rested in the camp until they 
were healed. {R}_{I}9_{/}Then Yahweh said to Joshua: "Today I have 
removed from you the shame of Egypt." So the place is called 
Gilgal up to this day.
{R}_{I}10_{/}The Israelites encamped in Gilgal where they celebrated the 
Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month in the 
plains of Jericho. {I}11_{/}On the following day, they ate of the 
produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain on that 
very day. {R}_{I}12_{/}And from that day on when they ate of the produce 
of the land, the manna ceased.
There was no more manna for the Israelites, and that year they ate 
of the fruit of the land of Canaan.
[=]_{R}_{I}13_{/}When Joshua was near Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and 
saw before him a man with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua 
approached him and said: "Are you for us or for our enemies?" 
[=]_{R}_{I}14_{/}And he answered: "No, I have come as the commander of 
the army of Yahweh." Joshua lay prostrate on the ground, worshiped 
him and said: "What does my Lord ask of his servant?" 
[=]_{R}_{I}15_{/}The commander of the army of Yahweh said to him: "Take 
off your sandals from your feet; the place where you stand is 
holy." And Joshua did so.

{N}THE CONQUEST OF JERICHO{/}

{1}6{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}The inhabitants of Jericho had closed the city and had 
fastened their bolts so that the Israelites could not enter. No 
one came in and no one went out. {R}_{I}2_{/}But Yahweh said to Joshua: 
"I will give you the city, its king and all its men of war. 
{I}3_{/}For this, you shall have to go around the city once every day 
for six days. {R}_{I}4_{/}Seven priests shall go before the Ark bearing 
the seven trumpets used in the time of the Jubilee. On the seventh 
day, they shall march around the city seven times, {I}5_{/}and when 
they blow the horn, all the people shall come up to attack, 
shouting their battle cry. At that moment, the walls of the city 
will fall and everyone shall enter straight ahead of him."
{R}_{I}6_{/}Joshua, son of Nun, called the priests and said to them: "You 
shall carry the Ark of the Covenant; seven priests shall go ahead 
with the trumpets they use for the Jubilee." {R}_{I}7_{/}Then Joshua said 
to the people: "You shall march around the city and the vanguard 
of the army shall go before the Ark of Yahweh."
{R}_{I}8_{/}When Joshua finished speaking, the priests began to blow the 
seven trumpets they used to blow on the Feast of the Jubilee, and 
they went before the Ark of Yahweh. {R}_{I}9_{/}The vanguard of the 
people went before the priests, and the rest of the people came 
after the Ark. {R}_{I}10_{/}The trumpets blew continually. Joshua had 
given this order: "Do not shout or utter anything, nor let even a 
single word be heard, until the day comes when I say: Shout and 
cry out!"
{I}11_{/}That day he had the Ark of Yahweh carried around the city 
once, then all returned to the camp where they spent the night. 
{R}_{I}12_{/}On the following day, Joshua rose early in the morning 
{R}_{I}13_{/}and the priests took the Ark and those who blew the seven 
trumpets again went before the Ark. The vanguard went before them 
and the rest followed the Ark while the trumpets blew.
{I}14_{/}So they did the next day, and for six days they marched once 
a day around the city and then returned to the camp. {R}_{I}15_{/}On the 
seventh day, the Israelites rose early at dawn and marched around 
Jericho in the same way as on the previous days. But on that day, 
they did it seven times. {R}_{I}16_{/}At the seventh time, as the priests 
blew the trumpets, Joshua ordered the people: "Shout your battle 
cry for Yahweh has given you the city!
{I}17_{/}The city and all that is in it shall be given in anathema to 
Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute with all who may be with her in 
her house shall live, since she hid the spies we sent. {R}_{I}18_{/}But 
for your part, be careful not to touch anything, big or small 
since everything shall be consecrated in anathema; do not take 
anything for yourself lest the curse be upon the camp of Israel 
and bring trouble upon it. [=]_{I}19_{/}All the gold, silver, copper 
and iron are to be consecrated to Yahweh and shall go into the 
treasury of Yahweh."
[=]_{I}20_{/}The people shouted and the trumpets blew. At this precise 
moment, the walls of the city fell. Then everyone went straight 
into the city to the place before him.
{R}_{I}21_{/}They seized Jericho. And with sword in hand, they killed all 
the men and women, both young and old, as well as the oxen, sheep 
and asses, and they gave these as anathema or, rather, sacrificed 
them to God.
{R}_{I}22_{/}Two men had been sent to explore Jericho, (and upon entering 
the city, were hidden by a prostitute). Then Joshua said to them: 
"Go into the house of the prostitute and bring her out with all 
her family as you had sworn to her."
{R}_{I}23_{/}These young men then brought out the woman named Rahab, her 
father, her mother, her brothers and sisters with all her 
relatives to safety outside the camp of Israel. {I}24_{/}Afterwards, 
they burned the city and all that was in it. They saved only the 
silver, gold and the vessels of bronze and iron which they put 
with the precious things in the Sanctuary of Yahweh. {R}_{I}25_{/}Joshua 
saved the prostitute and all her family, and she lived in Israel, 
because she had kept the spies sent by Joshua.
[=]_{R}_{I}26_{/}Joshua asked the people to pronounce this curse: "May 
Yahweh curse the man who rebuilds Jericho. May its foundation rise 
on the body of his eldest son, and the gates on that of his 
youngest son."
{R}_{I}27_{/}So Yahweh was with Joshua and made him famous in all the 
land.

{N}THE SACRILEGE OF ACHAN IS PUNISHED{/}

{1}7{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}The Israelites did not keep the anathema. It happened 
that Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe 
of Judah, appropriated for himself some of the things consecrated 
by anathema, and because of this, the anger of Yahweh burned 
against Israel.
{R}_{I}2_{/}Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which was near Bethaven, 
east of the city of Bethel. And he said to them: "Go up and 
explore the land." {R}_{I}3_{/}The spies said to Joshua on their return: 
"It would not be necessary to mobilize the whole army: some two or 
three thousand men will be enough to conquer the land. It would be 
useless to tire the people for that nation is but few in number."
{R}_{I}4_{/}So about three thousand men attacked Ai but were repulsed by 
the city's defenders. {R}_{I}5_{/}The people of Ai killed thirty-six men 
and pursued them outside the gate as far as Shebarim, defeating 
them on the slopes. Upon seeing this, all the people were 
disheartened.
{R}_{I}6_{/}Then Joshua and all the leaders of Israel rent their 
garments, put ashes on their heads and remained prostrate before 
the Ark of Yahweh until evening. Joshua lamented: [=]_{R}_{I}7_{/}"Alas, 
Yahweh, why have you made this people cross the river Jordan just 
to give us into the hands of the Amorites who will destroy us?
It would have been better for us to remain on the other side of 
the Jordan. {R}_{I}8_{/}Yahweh, my God, what can I say when I see Israel 
fleeing from their enemies? {R}_{I}9_{/}The Canaanites and all the 
inhabitants of this land will know of this. They will unite to 
surround us and drive us out. And you, what are you going to do 
for the honor of your Name?"
[=]_{I}10_{/}Yahweh answered: "Stand up! Why are you prostrate on the 
ground? {R}_{I}11_{/}Israel sinned and has violated my covenant; 
Israelites have taken from what was set apart by anathema and have 
hidden stolen objects with their belongings. {R}_{I}12_{/}So Israel 
cannot face its enemies, but shall flee from them, since it has 
come to be an anathema. I will not be with you anymore unless you 
remove the curse from your midst. {R}_{I}13_{/}Go then, and sanctify the 
people. Say to them: 'Cleanse yourselves for tomorrow. Yahweh, the 
God of Israel, says to you: Oh, Israel, the anathema is in your 
midst and you shall not face your enemies until you have removed 
the anathema from you. [=]_{R}_{I}14_{/}Therefore in the morning you 
shall come near, grouped according to tribes. The tribe that 
Yahweh designates by lot shall present itself by families. And the 
family that Yahweh designates shall present itself by households, 
and the household by individuals. {R}_{I}15_{/}He who turns out to be 
responsible for this offense shall be burned, together with all 
his household goods, for having violated the covenant of Yahweh 
and having done a detestable crime in Israel."
{R}_{I}16_{/}Joshua rose early in the morning and ordered the tribes of 
Israel to present themselves. {R}_{I}17_{/}The lot fell on the tribe of 
Judah. Lots were drawn among the families, and the family of Zerah 
was left. Lots were drawn among the households of this family and 
the household of Zabdi was left. {R}_{I}18_{/}And then lots were drawn 
among the members of this household which revealed that the guilty 
one was Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zoreh, of the 
tribe of Judah.
{R}_{I}19_{/}Joshua then said to him: "My son, confess the truth before 
Yahweh, the God of Israel, and render him praise. Tell me what you 
have done without hiding anything." {I}20_{/}Achan answered: "It is 
true that I have sinned against Yahweh. This is what I have done: 
{I}21_{/}I saw among the plunder a beautiful mantle from Shinar, two 
hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty 
shekels. I was tempted so I took them. Then I hid them in the 
ground inside my tent with the silver underneath."
{R}_{I}22_{/}Joshua then sent some messengers who ran to the tent of 
Achan and found the booty inside the tent with the silver 
underneath. {R}_{I}23_{/}They took all these and presented them to Joshua 
and to the people; everything was put before Yahweh.
{R}_{I}24_{/}Then Joshua took Achan together with the silver, the mantle 
and the gold, his sons as well as his daughters, his oxen, asses 
and sheep, his tent and all that he had. All Israel accompanied 
him and they brought them to the Valley of Achor. [=]_{R}_{I}25_{/}There 
Joshua said to him: "Since you brought us misfortune, may Yahweh 
bring this misfortune upon you today." Then all the people stoned 
him. {I}26_{/}And of those that were his, some were crushed and others 
were burned. They piled on him a great heap of stones that remains 
to this day. Then the Lord turned from his anger.
Henceforth the place was called the Valley of Achor.

{N}JOSHUA CONQUERS AI{/}

{1}8{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}Then Yahweh said to Joshua: "Do not fear or be discouraged. 
March with all your warriors against the city of Ai. I will give 
into your hands its king and its people, the city and its 
territory. {R}_{I}2_{/}You shall deal with Ai as you have dealt with 
Jericho and its king. But you may take possession of the plunder 
and all the animals. So now, prepare an ambush behind the city."
{R}_{I}3_{/}So Joshua left with all his warriors and went up to Ai. Then 
he chose thirty thousand valiant warriors, and sent them out by 
night. {I}4_{/}And he commanded them: "Lie in ambush behind the city. 
Do not go very far and be ready.
{I}5_{/}I and all the people who are with me shall close in on the 
city. But when they come out against us, as they did before, we 
shall flee from them. {I}6_{/}Then they shall pursue us and go out far 
from the city, thinking that we are fleeing from them as before. 
{R}_{I}7_{/}But then you shall rise from where you are hiding and occupy 
the city. Yahweh, our God, will give it to us. {I}8_{/}After taking 
the city,you shall burn it according to what Yahweh has commanded. 
These are my orders."
{R}_{I}9_{/}So Joshua sent them out and they went to the place of ambush, 
between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city, while Joshua slept 
that night in the midst of his people.
{R}_{I}10_{/}Very early in the morning, Joshua rose and mustered his 
army, and then marched at the head of the people, accompanied by 
the leaders. {I}11_{/}All the warriors who were with him went up and 
marched until they reached the front of the city. Then they 
encamped opposite the northern side of the city. The valley 
separated them from the city. 
{R}_{I}12_{/}(Then he took five thousand men whom he set in ambush 
between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.)
{R}_{I}13_{/}The people then set up their camp to the north of the city 
and their rearguard to the west. That night Joshua was in the 
valley.

{N}BATTLE OF AI{/}

{R}_{I}14_{/}When the king of Ai saw the situation, he made haste with 
all his people to attack Israel on the slope opposite the valley 
of Jordan, without knowing that the Israelites had prepared an 
ambush behind the city. {R}_{I}15_{/}Joshua and the Israelites pretended 
that they were being defeated, and so fled to the road leading to 
the wilderness. {I}16_{/}Then all the people of the city began to 
shout and left to pursue them. {I}17_{/}No one remained to defend the 
city, and they left the city open.
{R}_{I}18_{/}Then Yahweh said to Joshua: "Stretch out toward Ai the 
javelin you have in your hand because I have given you this city." 
{R}_{I}19_{/}So Joshua did this, and at this sign the warriors rose out 
of their places in the ambush and ran to the city. They entered 
and seized the city, and set it on fire.
{R}_{I}20_{/}The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city 
rising up to heaven, and at the same time, the Israelites who were 
fleeing turned back upon them. {I}21_{/}They lost their courage as 
they were trapped by the Israelites: {R}_{I}22_{/}for on one side were 
Joshua and all the people of Israel, and on the other, those who 
had just set the city on fire.
The Israelites killed them until none were left to survive or to 
escape. {R}_{I}23_{/}Only the king of Ai was taken alive and they brought 
him to Joshua.
{R}_{I}24_{/}The Israelites killed the inhabitants of Ai who went into 
the fields or who fled to the wilderness; they killed them all. 
Then they returned to the city and killed all by the sword. 
{I}25_{/}The total of those who fell that day was twelve thousand. 
{R}_{I}26_{/}Joshua did not give the order to stop the war until all the 
inhabitants of Ai had been killed in accordance with anathema. 
{I}27_{/}But the Israelites took for themselves the livestock and 
plunder as Yahweh had commanded.
{R}_{I}28_{/}Joshua burned the city and left it in ruins. That place has 
remained as it was to this day. {R}_{I}29_{/}As for the king of Ai, 
Joshua had him hanged on a tree until the sun set. Then he had his 
body taken down; they cast it at the entrance of the city and 
raised over it a great heap of stones which can be seen to this 
day.

{N}JOSHUA RENEWS THE COVENANT IN SHECHEM{/}

[\u0095]_[=]_{R}_{I}30_{/}Joshua then built an altar to Yahweh, the God of 
Israel, on Mount Ebal. [=]_{R}_{I}31_{/}He fulfilled what Moses had 
commanded the children of Israel. And according to what is written 
in the book of the Law of Moses, the altar was made of uncut 
stones and was built without the use of an iron tool. On this 
altar, he offered burnt offerings and peace offerings to Yahweh. 
{R}_{I}32_{/}There in the presence of the Israelites he wrote upon the 
stones a copy of the Law which Moses had written.
{R}_{I}33_{/}All the people stood on both sides of the Ark, with their 
leaders, secretaries and judges. Opposite it were the priests and 
the Levites who carried the Ark of Yahweh. Israelites by birth and 
aliens were together. Half the people were in front of Mount 
Gerizim and the other half were near Mount Ebal according to 
Moses' commandment for the blessing of Israel.
{R}_{I}34_{/}Joshua proceeded to read the words of blessing and curse, 
and all that is written in the book of the Law. {R}_{I}35_{/}He did not 
omit any word from all that was written by Moses. He read it with 
a loud voice before the assembly of all Israel, including women, 
children and foreigners who lived among them.

{N}THE RUSE OF THE GIBEONITES{/}

{1}9{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}1_{/}The kings who lived west of the Jordan, on the mountain, 
on the plain and on the seacoast heard of these events. The 
Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites 
{R}_{I}2_{/}made a pact and came to an agreement to fight as one against 
Joshua and Israel.
{R}_{I}3_{/}The inhabitants of Gibeon came to know what Joshua had done 
to Jericho and Ai, {I}4_{/}and decided to deceive the Israelites. They 
prepared provisions for themselves, loaded some worn-out, torn and 
mended sacks and wineskins on their asses, {I}5_{/}put on worn-out and 
patched sandals and clothes. For their journey, they brought some 
dry bread, broken into pieces. {R}_{I}6_{/}Then they went to Joshua, to 
the camp at Gilgal, and said to him: "We come from a far land to 
make a pact with you."
{I}7_{/}The Israelites answered: "Do you live near us? If so, then we 
cannot make a pact with you." {R}_{I}8_{/}They answered Joshua: "We are 
your servants." And Joshua asked them: "Who are you? Where do you 
come from?" {R}_{I}9_{/}They answered: "Your servants come from a very 
far country and through the greatness of Yahweh, your God, we came 
to know of his power and all that he did in Egypt {R}_{I}10_{/}and with 
the two kings of the Amorites who reigned in the eastern part of 
the Jordan - Sihon, the king of Heshbon, and Og, the king of 
Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth. {R}_{I}11_{/}The leaders and the rest of 
the inhabitants of our country told us: 'Take provisions for a 
long journey, go out to meet them and say to them: We are your 
servants; may you make a covenant with us.' {I}12_{/}Look at our bread 
which was warm when we took it from our houses to come and meet 
you, but see how dry it has become and how it has broken into 
pieces. {I}13_{/}These wineskins that we filled up with wine were new, 
now they are ripped and worn-out. The clothes and sandals that we 
use have worn out because of the very long journey." {I}14_{/}The 
Israelites shared their food with them without having asked Yahweh 
what must be done. {R}_{I}15_{/}Joshua made a covenant with them without 
waiting for any answer from Yahweh. So he as well as the leaders 
of the community promised to let them live.
[=]_{I}16_{/}Three days later, the Israelites learned that these 
people lived near their own territory. {R}_{I}17_{/}On hearing this, the 
Israelites set out and entered their cities: Gibeon, Chephirah, 
Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim. {I}18_{/}They spared their lives because 
of what the leaders of the people had sworn to them by the name of 
Yahweh. {I}19_{/}But all the people criticized their leaders. Then all 
the leaders said to them: "We have sworn by the name of Yahweh, 
therefore, we cannot kill them. {I}20_{/}But this we can do: we shall 
let them live so that the anger of Yahweh may not be upon us, 
{R}_{I}21_{/}but they shall serve by cutting firewood and fetching water 
for the community of Israel."
{R}_{I}22_{/}Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and told them about the 
decision of the leaders: "Why did you deceive us and say to us 
that you come from very far when in fact, you live right in our 
midst? {R}_{I}23_{/}Henceforth, you are cursed and shall always cut wood 
and fetch water for the House of my God." {I}24_{/}The Gibeonites 
answered: "We came to know that Yahweh had commanded Moses to 
destroy all the inhabitants of the land he gave you. We were 
afraid so we opted for this measure. {I}25_{/}And now, we are in your 
hands: do with us whatever seems good and just to you."
{R}_{I}26_{/}Joshua fulfilled his promise and did not let the Israelites 
kill them. [=]_{R}_{I}27_{/}But from that day on, they cut firewood and 
fetched water for the whole community and for the altar of Yahweh 
in the place he would choose.

{N}"THE SUN STOOD STILL"{/}

{1}10{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Adonizedek king of Jerusalem came to know how Joshua had 
conquered and leveled Ai, doing to it and its king what he had 
done to Jericho and its king. He also knew how the Gibeonites had 
made peace with the Israelites and were living in their midst. 
{R}_{I}2_{/}He feared greatly, for Gibeon was a very important city, a 
royal city greater than Ai and its men were very brave.
{R}_{I}3_{/}In view of this, Adonizedek sent for Hoham king of Hebron, 
for Aram king of Jarmuth, for Japhia king of Lachish and for Debir 
king of Eglon saying: {R}_{I}4_{/}"Come and help me conquer Gibeon for it 
has made a pact with Joshua and the Israelites."
{R}_{I}5_{/}So the five kings of the Amorites - the kings of Jerusalem, 
Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon - joined forces and set out, 
each one with troops. They encamped opposite Gibeon and surrounded 
it.
{R}_{I}6_{/}The Gibeonites sent word to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal: "Do 
not leave us alone, but come and help us, for all the Amorite 
kings who live on the mountains have united against us."
{R}_{I}7_{/}So Joshua left Gilgal that day with all his valiant warriors. 
{R}_{I}8_{/}Then Yahweh said to Joshua: "Do not be afraid because I have 
placed them in your hands and no one among them will be able to 
stand up against you." {R}_{I}9_{/}Joshua marched from Gilgal, journeying 
throughout the night and came upon the Amorites by surprise.
[=]_{R}_{I}10_{/}Yahweh defeated them. The Israelites gained a great 
victory in Gibeon and pursued the Amorites by the slope of Beth-
horon up to Azekah and Makkedah.
[=]_{I}11_{/}As they were fleeing, Yahweh rained huge hailstones on 
them and pursued them up to Azekah, and they were killed. There 
were more who died because of the hailstones than by the sword of 
the Israelites.
[=]_{R}_{I}12_{/}On that day when Yahweh gave the Amorites over to them, 
Joshua addressed Yahweh and said in the sight of all Israel:
"Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and you, moon, in the valley of 
Aijalon."
[=]_{R}_{I}13_{/}And the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the 
people had taken revenge on their enemies: so it is written in the 
Book of the Just, "The sun stood still in mid-heaven and did not 
hasten to set for almost a whole day. [=]_{R}_{I}14_{/}There has not been 
a day like this before or after in which Yahweh obeyed the order 
of a man. It was Yahweh who fought for Israel."
{R}_{I}15_{/}Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
{R}_{I}16_{/}But the five kings fled and hid themselves in a cave at 
Makkedah. {R}_{I}17_{/}And so it was told to Joshua: "We have found the 
five kings. They are hiding in a cave at Makkedah."
{R}_{I}18_{/}So Joshua ordered: "Roll great stones against the entrance 
of the cave and set men to guard it. {R}_{I}19_{/}But do not stay there. 
Pursue your enemies and fall upon their rear. Do not let them 
return to their cities for Yahweh, our God, has placed them in our 
hands."
{R}_{I}20_{/}Joshua and the Israelites destroyed and finished them off. 
Only a few survivors were left who took refuge in the fortified 
cities {R}_{I}21_{/}while all Israel returned unscathed to the camp with 
Joshua. Henceforth, no one dared challenge them.
{R}_{I}22_{/}Then Joshua ordered: "Open the entrance of the cave, take 
the five kings out and bring them to me." {R}_{I}23_{/}They did this and 
brought the five kings before Joshua: the kings of Jerusalem, 
Hebron, Lachish, Jarmuth and Eglon. [=]_{R}_{I}24_{/}Joshua assembled all 
Israel and said to the captains of the troops: "Come here and step 
on the necks of these kings."
So they came near and put their feet on the necks of the kings.
{R}_{I}25_{/}Then Joshua said to them: "Do not be afraid or lose courage, 
be valiant and firm, for Yahweh will do so to all your enemies 
against whom you will fight."
[=]_{R}_{I}26_{/}Joshua immediately put them to death by hanging them on 
five trees until evening. {R}_{I}27_{/}At nightfall, they took down the 
bodies of the kings and threw them into the same cave where they 
had hidden and closed it with great stones which remain there to 
this day.

{N}JOSHUA CONQUERS THE SOUTHERN PART OF CANAAN{/}

{R}_{I}28_{/}On that same day Joshua seized Makkedah. He slew its king 
and its inhabitants. And he consecrated it and all that was in it 
in anathema to Yahweh, without sparing anyone. The king suffered 
the same fate as did the king of Jericho.
{R}_{I}29_{/}Then Joshua and all Israel went to attack Libnah. 
{R}_{I}30_{/}Yahweh gave the city and its king to the Israelites, and 
they put to the sword all its inhabitants without sparing anyone. 
The king met the same fate as the king of Jericho. {R}_{I}31_{/}From 
Libnah Joshua went to Lachish, laid siege to it and attacked it. 
{R}_{I}32_{/}Yahweh also gave them this city and its king and inhabitants 
suffered the same fate as Libnah. [=]_{R}_{I}33_{/}Then Horam king of 
Gezer came to help Lachish but Joshua destroyed him together with 
all his people without leaving anyone alive.
{R}_{I}34_{/}From Lachish he then went to Eglon; he besieged it and 
conquered it on the same day. {R}_{I}35_{/}The king and the inhabitants 
of Eglon were also put to death by the sword. They consecrated the 
city in anathema as they had done to Lachish.
{R}_{I}36_{/}From Eglon they went to Hebron. Joshua conquered it together 
with {R}_{I}37_{/}all the towns which were subject to it, put to the 
sword its king and all its inhabitants, without letting anyone 
survive. He consecrated it in anathema as he had dealt with Eglon.
{R}_{I}38_{/}Joshua and all Israel with him turned back to Debir and 
attacked it. He took it as well as the towns subject to it. 
{R}_{I}39_{/}He put to the sword its king and inhabitants, consecrating 
them in anathema, without sparing anyone. Debir and its king 
received the same punishment as Hebron and Libnah.
[=]_{R}_{I}40_{/}In this way, Joshua struck the whole region of the 
Mountains, the Negeb Desert, the Plains and the mountain slopes 
with their kings.
He did not let anyone survive but consecrated all living beings in 
anathema according to what Yahweh had commanded. {R}_{I}41_{/}Joshua 
destroyed them all from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza and from Goshen to 
Gibeon. {R}_{I}42_{/}Joshua defeated all these kings and seized all these 
lands in one single campaign because Yahweh fought for Israel.
{R}_{I}43_{/}Then he and all Israel returned to their camp at Gilgal.

{N}CONQUEST OF THE NORTH{/}

{1}11{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}When Jabin king of Hazor came to know all this, he sent 
ambassadors to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the 
king of Achshaph, {R}_{I}2_{/}to the kings in the northern mountains, on 
the steppes to the south of Chineroth in the plains, and in the 
heights of Dor on the west, [=]_{R}_{I}3_{/}to the Canaanites in the east 
and the west, to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites 
in the mountains, and the Hivites at the foot of Mount Hermon in 
the region of Mizpah. {R}_{I}4_{/}And they set out with their troops, a 
multitude as numerous as the sand of the sea, accompanied by a 
great number of horses and chariots ready for combat. {R}_{I}5_{/}All 
these kings joined forces and encamped together at the spring of 
Merom to attack Israel.
{R}_{I}6_{/}Then Yahweh said to Joshua: "Do not be afraid, for tomorrow 
at this hour I will give them to you that you may sacrifice them 
to me. Cut the hocks of their horses and burn their chariots of 
war."
{R}_{I}7_{/}So Joshua and all the armed men with him went to Merom and 
attacked them by surprise. {R}_{I}8_{/}Yahweh gave them into the hand of 
Israel; the Israelites destroyed and pursued them as far as Great 
Sidon and Misrephoth-maim and as far as Mizpah to the east, 
without leaving anyone alive. {R}_{I}9_{/}Joshua also carried out what 
Yahweh had commanded - cutting the hocks of the horses and burning 
the chariots.
{R}_{I}10_{/}At once Joshua turned back and conquered Hazor, and killed 
its king. At that time, Hazor was the capital of all those 
kingdoms. {I}11_{/}He put to the sword all the inhabitants of that 
city, consecrating it in anathema. No one was left alive, and they 
immediately set the city on fire.
[=]_{R}_{I}12_{/}Joshua took all the cities of these kings and all their 
kings, and consecrated them in anathema according to what Moses, 
the servant of Yahweh, had commanded.
{R}_{I}13_{/}Israel set on fire all the cities except those lying on the 
slopes and on the heights; of these only Hazor was burned by 
Joshua.
{I}14_{/}The Israelites divided among themselves the plunder and the 
livestock of these cities, but they put to the sword the whole 
population without sparing anyone. {R}_{I}15_{/}So what Yahweh had 
commanded Moses, and what Moses had entrusted to Joshua was 
completely fulfilled: Joshua did not neglect anything that Yahweh 
had commanded Moses.
{R}_{I}16_{/}So Joshua conquered all this land: the mountains, the Negeb, 
Goshen, the plains, the steppes, and the mountains of Israel with 
its plains. {R}_{I}17_{/}From the region of the mountain range that rises 
up to Seir, as far as Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon, to the 
foot of Mount Hermon, he destroyed all their kings - vanquishing 
and killing them.
{R}_{I}18_{/}The war Joshua waged against these kings lasted a long time; 
[=]_{R}_{I}19_{/}there was no city that made peace with the Israelites 
except the Hivites of Gibeon; all were conquered.
{R}_{I}20_{/}Yahweh gave all of them courage to fight against Israel, so 
that at the end, they could be consecrated in anathema and 
destroyed without pity as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
[=]_{R}_{I}21_{/}At that time, Joshua came back and wiped out the Anakim 
from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab and from 
all the mountains of Judah and Israel. They and their cities were 
given in anathema.
{R}_{I}22_{/}No Anakim was left in the land of Israel except in Gaza, 
Gath and Ashdod. {R}_{I}23_{/}Joshua seized the whole land as Yahweh had 
directed Moses and gave it as an inheritance to the Israelites to 
be distributed among their tribes. With this, the land rested from 
war.

{1}12{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}These are the kings of the country whom the Israelites 
defeated, taking their land beyond the Jordan eastward, from the 
valley of Arnon to Mount Hermon, including all the lowland.
{R}_{I}2_{/}Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, and ruled 
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon (the border was at 
the middle of the valley), as far as the Jabbok river, that was 
the boundary with the Ammonites. {R}_{I}3_{/}To him belonged half of 
Gilead and the lowland from the east side of the Lake of 
Chinneroth to the Beth-jeshimot road, on the east side of the sea 
of the lowland, that is the Salt Sea, at the foot of the slopes of 
Pisgah.
{R}_{I}4_{/}Og, king of Bashan, one of the survivors of the Rephaim, who 
lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei, {R}_{I}5_{/}ruled over Mount Hermon, 
Salecah and all Bashan to the boundary of the Geshurites and 
Macathites, and over half of Gilead beyond the land of Sihon, king 
of Heshbon. {I}6_{/}Moses, the servant of Yahweh, with the Israelites, 
defeated them and Moses gave their land to the Reubenites, the 
Gadites and half the tribe of Mannaseh as their inheritance.
{R}_{I}7_{/}Now these are the kings of the country whom Joshua and the 
Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baalgad, 
in the valley of Lebanon, to Mount Halak rising toward Seir. This 
is the land that Joshua divided among the tribes of Israel: 
{R}_{I}8_{/}the hill country and the lowlands, the Arabah, the hillsides, 
the wilderness and the Negeb. This land had belonged to the 
Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 
And these were the defeated kings:
{R}_{I}9_{/}king of Jericho, king of Ai near Bethel.
{R}_{I}10_{/}king of Jerusalem, king of Hebron.
{R}_{I}11_{/}king of Jarmuth, king of Lachish.
{R}_{I}12_{/}king of Eglon, king of Gezer.
{R}_{I}13_{/}king of Debir, king of Geder.
{R}_{I}14_{/}king of Hormah, king of Arad.
{R}_{I}15_{/}king of Libnah, king of Adullam.
{R}_{I}16_{/}king of Makkedah, king of Bethel.
{R}_{I}17_{/}king of Tappuah, king of Hepher.
{R}_{I}18_{/}king of Aphek, king of Sharon.
{R}_{I}19_{/}king of Madon, king of Hazor.
{R}_{I}20_{/}king of Symoon, king of Achshaph.
{R}_{I}21_{/}king of Taanach, king of Megiddo.
{R}_{I}22_{/}king of Kedesh, king of Jokneam in Carmel.
{R}_{I}23_{/}king of Dor on the hillsides of Dor.
king of Goiim in Galilee, {R}_{I}24_{/}and king of Tirzah.
Total number of all these kings: thirty-one.

{C}II. DIVISION OF THE LAND AMONG THE TRIBES{/}

{N}JOSHUA DIVIDES THE COUNTRY OF CANAAN{/}

{1}13{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Now Joshua had grown old and advanced in years. Yahweh 
said to him, "You are old now, yet much of the land is still 
unconquered, including:
{R}_{I}2_{/}All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites. 
{R}_{I}3_{/}All the land from the river east of Egypt, to the boundary of 
Ekron in the north that is considered Canaanite territory. (The 
five chief towns of the Philistines: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath 
and Ekron; the Avvites also in the south.)
{R}_{I}4_{/}The whole country of the Canaanites from Arah, which the 
Sidonians hold, to Aphekah at the Amorite border, {R}_{I}5_{/}and then 
the country of the Gebalites with all Lebanon eastward from Baagad 
at the foot of Mount Hermon to the Pass of Hamath. {I}6_{/}All the 
land of the Sidonians who live in the highlands from Lebanon to 
Misrephoth-maim westward.
I myself will drive them all out before the Israelites. In the 
meantime, share out the land among the Israelites by drawing lots 
as I have commanded you. {R}_{I}7_{/}The time has come to divide this 
land among the nine tribes and half the tribe of Mannaseh: from 
the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea westward you shall give 
it to them; the Mediterranean will mark their boundary."
{R}_{I}8_{/}As for the other half tribe of Mannaseh, they and the tribes 
of Reuben and Gad had already received the land given them by 
Moses on the east side of the Jordan River. Moses the servant of 
Yahweh had given them {I}9_{/}the land as far as Aroer, which lies on 
the edge of the Arnon valley, with the city in the middle of that 
valley and all the high, flat land from Medeba to Dibon. 
[=]_{R}_{I}10_{/}All the towns of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had 
reigned in Heshbon, were included, as far as the boundary of the 
Ammonites. {I}11_{/}Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and 
Maacathites with all the highlands of Hermon and with the whole of 
Bashan as far as Salecah. {R}_{I}12_{/}In Bashan the whole kingdom of Og, 
who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and was the last survivor of 
the Rephaim. Moses had conquered these people and driven them out. 
{I}13_{/}But the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the 
Maacathites, and therefore Geshur and Maacah still live in the 
midst of Israel to this day.
{R}_{I}14_{/}To the tribe of Levi alone no land was given; Yahweh the God 
of Israel was their inheritance, as he had told them.

{N}LAND GIVEN TO REUBEN, GAD AND MANASSEH{/}

{I}15_{/}Moses had given the tribe of Reuben a part of the land 
according to their clans. {I}16_{/}The land they received stretched 
from Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Valley, including the town 
within the valley itself, and all the high, flat land up to 
Medeba, {I}17_{/}and Heshbon and all the towns on the high, flat land: 
Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,{I}_18_{/}Jahaz, Kedemoth Mephaath, 
{I}19_{/}Kiriathaim, Sibmah and Zereth-shahar in the highlands of Gor; 
{I}20_{/}Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth-jeshimoth, {R}_{I}21_{/}all 
these towns and the whole kingdom of Sihon the king of the 
Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon; he had been defeated by Moses, 
and with him the princes of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and 
Reba, who had ruled the land for King Sihon who used to live in 
this country. {I}22_{/}As for Balaam son of Beor, the seer, the 
Israelites had put him to the sword with others they had killed. 
{R}_{I}23_{/}Thus the land of the Reubenites stretched to the Jordan 
River. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Reuben according 
to their clans, with the towns and their outlying villages.
[=]_{I}24_{/}Moses had given the tribe of Gad, a part of the land 
according to their clans: {I}25_{/}Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, 
half the country of the Ammonites as far as Aroer facing Rabbah, 
{I}26_{/}and from Heshbon to Ramathmizpeh and Betonim, and from 
Mahanaim as far as the territory of Lodebar, {R}_{I}27_{/}and lastly, in 
the Jordan valley: Beth-haram, Bethnimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, 
the rest of the kingdom of Sihon the king of Heshbon. The Jordan 
River was their western border as far north as the Sea of Galilee, 
on the eastern side of the Jordan. {I}28_{/}This was the inheritance 
of the tribe of Gad according to their clans, with the towns and 
their outlying villages.
{R}_{I}29_{/}Moses had given half the tribe of Manasseh a part of the 
land according to their clans: {R}_{I}30_{/}from Mahanaim right through 
Bashan, including the whole kingdom of Og the king of Bashan and 
all sixty villages of Jair in Bashan. {R}_{I}31_{/}Half of Gilead as well 
as Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan, were 
given to half the families from Machir, son of Manasseh.
{R}_{I}32_{/}This was how Moses divided the land when he was in the 
plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan east of Jericho. [=]_{R}_{I}33_{/}But 
to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no land; Yahweh the God of 
Israel is their inheritance, as he has told them.

{1}14{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}The land of Canaan was divided among the Israelites by 
Eleazar the priest and by Joshua son of Nun and by the heads of 
the families of the tribes of Israel. {I}2_{/}They divided the land by 
drawing lots as Yahweh had commanded through Moses for the nine. 
{R}_{I}3_{/}(Remember that Moses had given the two and a half tribes 
beyond the Jordan their own property; to the Levites, he had given 
no land, {R}_{I}4_{/}but the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and 
Ephraim.) The Levites were given no share of the land except 
certain towns to live in, with pasture lands nearby for their 
cattle and property. {I}5_{/}In dividing the land, the Israelites did 
as Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.

{N}LAND GIVEN TO CALEB{/}

{R}_{I}6_{/}When the sons of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal, Caleb son of 
Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, "You know what Yahweh said 
to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me. 
{I}7_{/}I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of Yahweh, sent 
me from Kadesh-barnea to spy on this land, and I made an honest 
report about it to him. {R}_{I}8_{/}But the men who had gone with me 
discouraged the people, whereas I myself faithfully obeyed Yahweh 
my God. {R}_{I}9_{/}That day Moses made this promise to me, 'Because you 
have obeyed Yahweh my God, the land your foot may walk upon shall 
be the land which you and your children will own forever.' 
{R}_{I}10_{/}From then till now, Yahweh has kept me alive in accordance 
with his promise. It is forty-five years since Yahweh made this 
promise to Moses (Israel was then journeying through the 
wilderness), and now I am eighty-five years old. {I}11_{/}Today I am 
still as strong as the day when Moses sent me out on the raid; for 
fighting, for going and coming, I am as strong now as then. 
{I}12_{/}Give me then the highlands that Yahweh promised me. You know 
that there are a race of giants called the Anakim and their towns 
are great and strong. But if Yahweh is with me, I shall drive them 
out as Yahweh said."
{R}_{I}13_{/}Joshua blessed Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and gave him the 
city of Hebron as an inheritance. {R}_{I}14_{/}And hence Hebron down to 
the present day belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of 
Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, because he obeyed Yahweh the God of 
Israel. {R}_{I}15_{/}The name of Hebron in earlier times was Kiriath-
arba. Arba had been the greatest man of the Anakim.
And the country had rest from war.

{N}BOUNDARIES OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH{/}

{1}15{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}The land given to the tribe of Judah according to their clans 
was near the border of Edom from the wilderness of Zin to Kadesh 
southwestward. {R}_{I}2_{/}Their southern border began at the end of the 
Dead Sea; {I}3_{/}went south from the Ascent of Akrabbim and crossed 
through Zin. It went south of Kadesh-barnea, passed Hezron, went 
up to Addar and from there turned toward Karka, {R}_{I}4_{/}skirted 
Azmon, came out at the stream on the border of Egypt and ended at 
the Mediterranean.
{R}_{I}5_{/}On the east, the border was formed by the Dead Sea as far as 
the mouth of the Jordan.
{R}_{I}6_{/}On the north the border began at the Sea Tongue at the mouth 
of the Jordan. This border went up to Beth-hoglah, passed through 
the north of Beth-arabah and reached the Stone of Bohan of Reuben. 
{I}7_{/}The border then went up to Debir from Acor Valley and turned 
toward the circle of stones opposite the Ascent of Adummim, south 
of the valley; the border went on to the waters of En-shemesh and 
ended at Enrogel. {R}_{I}8_{/}Then it went on up the Benhinnom Valley on 
the south side of the hill where the Jebusite city, that is to 
say, Jerusalem, was located. The border then climbed to the top of 
the mountain on the west side of Hinnom Valley and at the northern 
end of the plain of Rephaim. {R}_{I}9_{/}From the mountain the border 
bent toward the source of the waters of Nephtoah, passed from 
there toward Mount Ephron and then turned toward Baalah, that is 
to say, Kiriath-jearim. {R}_{I}10_{/}From Baalah the border bent westward 
to the mountain country of Seir, went on the northern slope of 
Mount Jearim, that is to say, Chesalon, went down to Beth-shemesh 
and through Timnah, {R}_{I}11_{/}reached the north side of Ekron, turned 
toward Shikkeron, passed by the Hill of Baalah, then on to 
Jabneel, and ended at the Big Sea, that is, the Mediterranean.
{R}_{I}12_{/}The western border was the Big Sea itself. This was the 
border that enclosed the lands given to the clans of the tribe of 
Judah.
[=]_{R}_{I}13_{/}Caleb son of Jephunneh was given part of the territory 
of Judah, as Yahweh had commanded Joshua to do. Joshua gave him 
Kiriath-arba, the chief city of the Anakim, which is now Hebron. 
{R}_{I}14_{/}Caleb drove the descendants of Anak out of it: the clans of 
Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai. {I}15_{/}From there he marched up to 
attack the people living in Debir, the name of which was once 
Kiriath-sepher. {R}_{I}16_{/}Then Caleb said, "To the man who conquers 
and captures Kiriath-sepher, I will give my daughter Achsah as 
wife." {R}_{I}17_{/}Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother conquered the 
city; Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage. {R}_{I}18_{/}When 
she came to her husband, he urged her to ask her father for a 
field. When she jumped down from her donkey, Caleb asked her, 
"What do you want?" {R}_{I}19_{/}She answered, "Grant me a favor; since 
you have sent me away to the wilderness of the Negeb, at least 
grant me some springs of water." So he gave her the upper springs 
and the lower springs.

{N}LIST OF THE CITIES OF JUDAH{/}

{R}_{I}20_{/}This was the land given to the tribe of Judah according to 
their clans.
{R}_{I}21_{/}These are the furthermost towns of the tribe of Judah, 
toward the boundary of Edom in the Negeb: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, 
{I}22_{/}Kinah, Dimon, Adadah, {I}23{/}Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, {I}24_{/}Ziph, 
Telem, Bealoth, {R}_{I}25_{/}Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is to 
say, Hazor), {I}26_{/}Amam, Shema, Moladah, {I}27_{/}Hazar-gaddah, 
Heshmon, Beth-pelet, {I}28_{/}Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, Biziothiah, 
{I}29_{/}Baalah, Iim, Ezem, {I}30_{/}Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, {I}31_{/}Ziklag, 
Madmannah, Sansannah, {I}32_{/}Lebaoth, Shilhim, En-rimmon. In all, 
twenty-nine towns, with their outlying villages. {I}33_{/}In the 
lowlands there were fourteen towns with their villages: Eshtaol, 
Zorah, Ashnah, {I}34_{/}Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 
{I}35_{/}Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, {I}36_{/}Shaaraim, Adithaim, 
Gederah.
{I}37_{/}Zenan, Hadashah, Migdalgad, {I}38_{/}Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, 
{R}_{I}39_{/}Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, {I}40_{/}Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish, 
{I}41_{/}Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, Makkedah, altogether sixteen 
towns with their villages.
{I}42_{/}Libnah, Ether, Ashan, {I}43_{/}Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 
{R}_{I}44_{/}Keilah, Achzib, Mareshah, altogether nine towns with their 
villages.
{R}_{I}45_{/}Ekron with its towns and villages near Ashdod.
{R}_{I}46_{/}From Ekron to the sea, {R}_{I}47_{/}Ashdod and Gaza with their 
towns and villages as far as the stream on the border of Egypt and 
the Mediterranean Sea.
{I}48_{/}In the highlands: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, {I}49_{/}Dannah, 
Kiriath-sannah, which is now Debir, {I}50_{/}Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 
{I}51_{/}Goshen, Holon, Giloh - eleven towns with their villages.
{I}52_{/}Arab, Dumah, Eshan, {I}53_{/}Janum, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, 
{R}_{I}54_{/}Humtah, Kiriath-arba, which is now Hebron, Zior - nine towns 
with their villages.
{R}_{I}55_{/}Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, {I}56_{/}Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 
{I}57_{/}Kain, Gibeah, Timnah - ten towns with their villages.
{I}58_{/}Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, {R}_{I}59_{/}Maarath, Beth-anoth, Eltekon - 
six towns with their villages.
Tekoa, Ephrathah, which is now Bethlehem, Peor, Etam, Kulon, 
Tatam, Sores, Carem, Gallim, Bether, Manach - eleven towns with 
their villages.
{I}60_{/}Kiriath-baal, which is now Kiriath-jearim, and Rabbah - two 
towns with their villages.
{I}61_{/}In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, 
{R}_{I}62_{/}Nibshan, the City of Salt and Engedi - six towns with their 
villages.
{R}_{I}63_{/}But the people of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites 
who lived in Jerusalem; the Jebusites lived there side by side 
with the sons of Judah, as they still do today.

{N}THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM{/}

{1}16{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}The land given by lot to the descendants of Joseph stretched 
from the Jordan opposite Jericho eastward. From Jericho onward the 
southern border climbed the highlands into the hill country as far 
as Bethel; {R}_{I}2_{/}it left Bethel and Luz and went on toward the 
border of the Archites of Ataroth; {R}_{I}3_{/}then it went westward to 
the area of the Japhletites as far as the area of Lower Beth-
horon. From there it went to Gezer, and reached the Mediterranean 
Sea. {R}_{I}4_{/}The tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim, descendants of 
Joseph, divided this inheritance among themselves.
{R}_{I}5_{/}The border of the tribe of Ephraim ran from Ataroth-addar as 
far as Upper Beth-horon, {R}_{I}6_{/}and it ended at the Mediterranan 
Sea. Michmethath was to the north. From there the border turned 
east towards Tanaath-shiloh and ran beyond it on the east to 
Janoah. {R}_{I}7_{/}Then it went down from Janaoah to Ataroth and Naarah, 
touched Jericho and ended at the Jordan. {R}_{I}8_{/}From Tappuah the 
border went westward to the stream Kanah and ended at the 
Mediterranean Sea. This was the land given to the tribe of Ephraim 
according to their clans, {R}_{I}9_{/}as well as the towns set apart for 
the Ephraimites inside the territory of the descendants of 
Manasseh, all those towns and their villages. {R}_{I}10_{/}The Canaanites 
living in Gezer were not driven out; they have lived among the 
Ephraimites to the present day, but are submitted to obligatory 
works.

{N}THE TRIBE OF MANASSEH{/}

{1}17{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}A part of the land awarded to Manasseh, who was Joseph's 
firstborn son, was given to Machir, Manasseh's eldest son and 
father of Gilead. To him was given, as was fitting for a military 
hero, the country of Gilead and Bashan. {R}_{I}2_{/}Land was also given 
to other families descended from Manasseh according to their 
clans: the families of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, 
Shemida. These were the clans of the male descendants of Manasseh 
son of Joseph.
{R}_{I}3_{/}Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son 
of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters, whose names are: Mahlah, 
Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. {R}_{I}4_{/}These daughters went to the 
priest Eleazar and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the leaders, 
and said, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give us some of the land 
among our brothers as our own." According to Yahweh's command, 
therefore, they were given land along with their male relatives.
{R}_{I}5_{/}In this way Manasseh received ten shares besides the country 
of Gilead and Bashan which lies across the Jordan, {R}_{I}6_{/}since 
Manasseh's female descendants received a share in the land as well 
as his male descendants. The country of Gilead itself belonged to 
the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.
{R}_{I}7_{/}The border of Manasseh stretched from Asher to Michmethath, 
which is opposite Shechem. From there the border went south to the 
spring of Tappuah. {R}_{I}8_{/}The land surrounding Tappuah belonged to 
Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on Manasseh's border belonged to 
the descendants of Ephraim. {R}_{I}9_{/}The border passed down to the 
stream, south of the river, where the towns set apart for Ephraim 
from among the towns of Manasseh were situated. The border of 
Manasseh passed north of the stream and ended at the sea. 
{R}_{I}10_{/}Ephraim was to the south and Manasseh to the north, and both 
were bounded on the west by the Mediterranan Sea. They touched 
Asher to the north and Issachar to the east. {R}_{I}11_{/}Within the 
territories of Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and 
Ibleam with their surrounding towns, as well as Dor and Endor, 
Taanach and Megiddo and their surrounding towns, and a third of 
the Nepheth. {R}_{I}12_{/}But the people of Manasseh could not conquer 
these towns, and the Canaanites continued to live there. 
{R}_{I}13_{/}However, when the Israelites became stronger, they forced 
the Canaanites to work for them, but they never drove them out.
{R}_{I}14_{/}The descendants of Joseph spoke to Joshua, "Why have you 
given us only one share of the land when there are so many of us 
because Yahweh blessed us?" {R}_{I}15_{/}Joshua answered, "If your people 
are so many, go up to the forest and clear out a place for 
yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since 
the highlands of Ephraim are too small for you."{R}_{I}16_{/}The 
descendants of Joseph answered, "The highlands are not enough for 
us, and, in the plain, the Canaanites have iron chariots, and so 
have those in Beth-shean and its surrounding towns, and those in 
the plain of Jezreel." {R}_{I}17_{/}Joshua said to the tribes of Ephraim 
and Manasseh, "You are a numerous people and very powerful; you 
will not be left with only this share {R}_{I}18_{/}for you will go up to 
the forest and clear it. All the land shall be yours, and you will 
drive out the Canaanites despite their iron chariots and great 
strength."

{N}JOSHUA DIVIDES THE REST OF THE LAND{/}

{1}18{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}1_{/}After they had conquered the land, the whole community of 
Israel gathered at Shiloh, and the Tent of Meeting was set up 
there.
{R}_{I}2_{/}Among the Israelites were seven tribes which had not yet been 
given their share of the land. {R}_{I}3_{/}Then Joshua said to them, "How 
much longer will you wait before going in and taking possession of 
the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers has given you? 
{I}4_{/}Choose three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make 
a survey of the whole territory so that it can be divided. 
{R}_{I}5_{/}They must divide the land into seven parts, because those of 
the tribe of Judah have already their territory to the south, and 
those of the tribe of Joseph have their territory to the north. 
{R}_{I}6_{/}You are to survey the land in seven divisions and bring your 
findings to me here, so that I can cast lots for you before Yahweh 
our God. {R}_{I}7_{/}The Levites have no share in the land with the rest 
of you; their share is to serve as priests of Yahweh, and the 
tribes of Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have 
received their land beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses, Yahweh's 
servant, gave it to them."
{R}_{I}8_{/}To those who were to survey the country, Joshua gave this 
command before they started on their way: "Go, survey and map the 
whole country, and then come back to me. Here in Shiloh I will 
consult Yahweh for you by drawing lots." {R}_{I}9_{/}So the men left and 
went all over the country, making a list of all the towns and how 
they were to be divided into seven parts. When they brought it 
back to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh, {I}10_{/}he drew lots to consult 
Yahweh for them and divided the land among the Israelites 
according to their clans.

{N}THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN{/}

{R}_{I}11_{/}The first share of land went to the tribe of Benjamin 
according to their clans: their territory lay between that of the 
tribes of Judah and Joseph.
{R}_{I}12_{/}The northern border began at the Jordan, climbed to the 
northern side of Jericho, rose through the hill country westward 
and ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven. {R}_{I}13_{/}From there it 
continued toward the south side of Luz which is now called Bethel; 
then downward to Ata-roth-addar, on the mountain south of Lower 
Beth-horon. {R}_{I}14_{/}The border then curved, and on the western side 
of this mountain turned southward and ended at Kiriath-baal, which 
is now called Kiriath-jearim, a city of the tribe of Judah. This 
was the western border.
{I}15_{/}The southern border ran from the edge of Kiriath-jearim 
toward Gasin, and to the spring of Nephtoah. {R}_{I}16_{/}It continued to 
the foot of the mountain facing the Valley of Ben-hinnom, at the 
north end of Rephaim Valley. It then went south through the Valley 
of Hinnom, south of the mountainside of the Jebusites and reached 
En-rogel. {I}17_{/}It then curved northward to En-shemesh coming out 
at the circles of stones facing the Ascent of Adummim, {I}18_{/}then 
on to Cheteph in sight of the Arabah and down to the Arabah and 
{R}_{I}19_{/}the stone of Bohan (Bohan was a son of Reuben) and from 
there passed north of the mountainside overlooking the Jordan 
Valley. The border ended at the bay of the Dead Sea, at the mouth 
of the Jordan. This was the southern border. {R}_{I}20_{/}The Jordan 
itself was the eastern border. Such was the land given to the 
tribe of Benjamin, with the borders defining it.
{R}_{I}21_{/}The towns of the tribe of Benjamin, according to their 
clans, were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz; {R}_{I}22_{/}Beth-arabah, 
Zemaraim, Bethel; {I}23_{/}Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, {I}24_{/}Chephar-ammoni, 
Ophni, Geba: twelve towns and their surrounding villages. 
{R}_{I}25_{/}Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth; {I}26_{/}Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah; 
{I}27_{/}Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah; {R}_{I}28_{/}Zela, Haeleph, Jerusalem, 
Gibeah and Kiriath: fourteen towns with their surrounding 
villages. This was the land given to the tribe of Benjamin, 
according to their clans.

{N}THE SHARE OF THE OTHER TRIBES{/}

{1}19{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}The second share of land went to the tribe of Simeon, 
according to their clans; their land was encircled by the land of 
the tribe of Judah. {I}2_{/}For they had Beer-sheba, Shema, Moladah; 
{I}3_{/}Hazarshual, Balah, Ezem; {R}_{I}4_{/}Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah; 
{I}5_{/}Ziglag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah; {I}6_{/}Beth-lebaoth and 
Sharuhen - thirteen towns and their surrounding villages: {I}7_{/}Ain, 
Rimmon, Ether and Ashan - four towns and their surrounding 
villages. {I}8_{/}Moreover, they were given all the villages lying 
outside these towns as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. 
This was the land given to the tribe of Simeon according to their 
clans.
{R}_{I}9_{/}This land was taken from the territory of Judah, because 
their share of these was too large for them; this is why the tribe 
of Simeon was given land within the territory of the tribe of 
Judah.
{I}10_{/}The third share of land went to the tribe of Zebulun 
according to their clans; their border reached as far as Sarid. 
{I}11_{/}From there the border climbed westward to Maraalah, touching 
Dabbesheth first and then the stream east of Jokneam. {I}12_{/}From 
Sarid it went eastward toward the sunrise to the border of 
Chisloth-tabor, then to Dobrath and to Japhia. {I}13_{/}From there it 
continued eastward to Gathhepher and Ittah-kazin; it came out at 
Rimmon and turned toward Neah. {I}14_{/}On the north the border bent 
toward Hannathon and ended at the valley of Iphtahel. {R}_{I}15_{/}It 
included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Iralah and Bethlehem - twelve 
towns with their surrounding villages. {I}16_{/}This was the land 
received by the tribe of Zebulun according to their clans: these 
towns and their surrounding villages.
{I}17_{/}The fourth share of land went to the tribe of Issachar, 
according to their clans. {I}18_{/}Their border reached to Jezreel and 
included Chesulloth and Shunem; {I}19_{/}Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath; 
{I}20_{/}Dobrath, Kishion, Ebez; {I}21_{/}Remeth and En-gannim, En-haddah 
and Beth-pazzez. {R}_{I}22_{/}Their border touched Tabor and Shahazimah 
and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan: sixteen towns with 
their surrounding villages. {I}23_{/}This was the land given to the 
tribe of Issachar, according to their clans: the towns with their 
surrounding villages.
{I}24_{/}The fifth share of land went to the tribe of Asher, according 
to their clans. {I}25_{/}Within their territory were Helkath, Hali, 
Beten, Achshaph, {R}_{I}26_{/}Allammelech, Amad and Mishal; on the west 
their border touched Carmel and the stream of the Libnath; {I}27_{/}on 
the other side it went eastward to Beth-dagon, touching Zebulun 
and the Valley of Iphtahel on the way north to Beth-emek and 
Neiel. It continued north to Cabul, {I}28_{/}Abdon, Rehob, Hammon and 
Kanah as far as Sidon the Great. {R}_{I}29_{/}The border then turned back 
toward Ramah reaching the fortress city of Tyre. From there it 
turned to Hosah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. It included 
Mahalab, Achzib, {R}_{I}30_{/}Acco, Aphek, Rehob: twenty-two towns with 
their surrounding villages. {I}31_{/}This was the land given to the 
tribe of Asher, according to their clans; these towns with their 
surrounding villages.
{I}32_{/}The sixth share of land went to the tribe of Naphtali 
according to their clans. {R}_{I}33_{/}Their border went from Heleph and 
the Oak of Zanaannim to Adami-negeb, to Jabneel as far as Lakkum, 
and ended at the Jordan. {R}_{I}34_{/}From there the border ran west to 
Aznoth-tabor and went on to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south, 
Asher on the west and the Jordan on the east. {I}35_{/}The fortified 
towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth; 
{R}_{I}36_{/}Adamah, Ramah, Hazor; {I}37_{/}Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor; 
{I}38_{/}Yiron, Migdalel, Horem, Beth-anath, Beth-shemesh: nineteen 
towns with their surrounding villages. {I}39_{/}This was the land 
given to the tribe of Naphtali according to their clans.
{R}_{I}40_{/}The seventh share of the land went to the tribe of Dan 
according to their clans, {I}41_{/}Within their territory were Zorah, 
Eshtaol, Irshemesh; {I}42_{/}Sha-alabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah; {I}43{/}Elon, 
Timnah, Ekron, {I}44_{/}Eltekeh, Gibbethon, {I}45_{/}Baalath; Jehud, Bene-
berak, Gathrimmon; {I}46_{/}Mejarkon and Rakkon with the land around 
Joppa.
{R}_{I}47_{/}But the territory of the tribe of Dan was too small for 
them; and therefore they went up and attacked Leshem and captured 
it and killed its people. Having seized the town they settled in 
it, and changed the name of Leshem to Dan after Dan their 
ancestor. {R}_{I}48_{/}This was the land of the tribe of Dan, according 
to their clans: these towns with their surrounding villages.
{R}_{I}49_{/}When the Israelites finished distributing the land by 
drawing lots, they gave Joshua son of Nun a part of the land as 
his own; {R}_{I}50_{/}at the command of Yahweh, they gave him the town he 
had asked for, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim; he 
rebuilt the city and settled there.
{R}_{I}51_{/}These are the shares of land which Eleazar the priest, 
Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of each family divided among the 
tribes of Israel by drawing lots at Shiloh, in Yahweh's presence, 
at the door of the Tent of Meeting; and thus they finished 
dividing the land.

{N}THE CITIES OF REFUGE{/}

{1}20{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Yahweh said to Joshua, {I}2_{/}"Speak to the Israelites and 
say to them: Choose the cities of refuge about which I told you 
through Moses, {R}_{I}3_{/}towns where a person who kills someone 
accidentally may find safety; they are to be your refuge from the 
dead person's relative who is looking for revenge.
{R}_{I}4_{/}The man who has killed may run away to one of these towns; he 
shall appear at the entrance to the town and explain his case to 
the elders of the place. They shall welcome him and assign him. 
place to live among them. {I}5_{/}If the person who wants revenge 
follows him there, they are not to hand him over, since he has 
killed his neighbor accidentally and not out of hatred.
{R}_{I}6_{/}The man who has killed must remain in that town until he has 
received a public trial and until the death of the high priest 
then in office. Only then may the man who has killed go back to 
his own town and his own house, to the town from which he has 
escaped."
{R}_{I}7_{/}For this purpose they set aside Kedesh in Galilee, in the 
hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the highlands of Ephraim, and 
Kiriath-arba, which is now Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.
{R}_{I}8_{/}East of the Jordan, in the desert east of Jericho, they chose 
Bezer in the territory of Reuben, Ramoth-gilead in the territory 
of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the territory of Manasseh. 
{R}_{I}9_{/}These were the towns set aside for all the Israelites and for 
any foreigner living among them, where anyone who had killed a 
person accidentally could find safety from the dead person's 
relative looking for revenge, until he had been given a public 
trial.

{N}THE LEVITICAL TOWNS{/}

{1}21{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}1_{/}The heads of families among the Levites came to Eleazar 
the priest and to Joshua son of Nun and to the heads of families 
of all the tribes of Israel. {R}_{I}2_{/}At Shiloh in the land of Canaan, 
they said to them, "Yahweh commanded through Moses that we should 
be given towns to live in, with the pasture land around them for 
our cattle."
{I}3_{/}In accordance with Yahweh's command, the Israelites gave the 
Levites certain cities and pasture lands out of their own 
territories.
{R}_{I}4_{/}First among the Levite clan of Kohath, the families descended 
from Aaron the priest, were given thirteen towns from the 
territories of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin; {R}_{I}5_{/}the other Kohath 
families received, clan by clan, ten towns from the territories of 
Ephraim, Dan and half the tribe of Manasseh. {R}_{I}6_{/}The clan of 
Gershon was given thirteen towns from the territories of Issachar, 
Asher, Naphtali and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. {I}7_{/}The 
families of the clan of Merari were given twelve towns from the 
territories of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
{I}8_{/}These towns and the pasture lands near them the Israelites 
gave to the Levites by drawing lots, as Yahweh had commanded 
through Moses.
{R}_{I}9_{/}These are the towns of Judah and Simeon that Joshua gave 
{I}10_{/}to the descendants of Aaron who were of the Kohathite clan of 
the Levites, the first to be given some cities.
{R}_{I}11_{/}They gave them Kiriath-arba, the chief city of the Anakim, 
which is now Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the 
pasture lands around it. {R}_{I}12_{/}But the fields and surrounding 
villages of this town had already been given to Caleb son of 
Jephunneh as his property. {R}_{I}13_{/}To the descendants of Aaron the 
priest, they gave Hebron, a city of refuge, and the pasture lands 
near it; also Libnah with its pasture lands, {I}14_{/}and Jattir, 
Eshtemoa, {I}15_{/}Holon, Debir, {R}_{I}16_{/}Ashan, Juttah and Bethshemesh, 
each with its pasture lands: nine towns taken from these two 
tribes. {R}_{I}17_{/}From the territory of Benjamin four towns: Gibeon 
and Geba with their pasture lands, {I}18_{/}Anathoth and Almon with 
theirs. {R}_{I}19_{/}The towns of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, 
were thirteen towns in all, with their pasture lands.
{R}_{I}20_{/}Some towns from the territory of Ephraim were given to the 
other families of the Levite clan of Kohath: {R}_{I}21_{/}the city of 
refuge, Shechem, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of 
Ephraim, together with Gezer, {I}22_{/}Kibzaim and Beth-horon, each 
with its pasture lands: four towns. {R}_{I}23_{/}From the territory of 
Dan, Elteke, Gibbethon, {I}24_{/}Aijalon and Gathrimmon with their 
pasture lands: four towns. {R}_{I}25_{/}From the territory of half the 
tribe of Manasseh they were given two towns: Taanach and Jibleam 
with their pasture lands. {I}26_{/}In all, ten towns with their 
pasture lands were given to the families of the clan of Kohath.
{R}_{I}27_{/}To the Levite clan of Gershon were given the city of refuge 
Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, each with its pasture lands: 
two towns, both from the territory of the half tribe of Manasseh. 
{I}28_{/}From the territory of Issachar four towns: Kishion, Dobrath, 
{I}29_{/}Jarmuth and En-gannim, each with its pasture lands. {I}30_{/}From 
the territory of Asher four towns: Mishal, Abdon, {I}31_{/}Helkath and 
Rehob, each with its pasture lands. {R}_{I}32_{/}From the territoy of 
Naphtali three towns: Kedesh, the city of refuge in Galilee, 
Hammoth-dor and Rakkath, each with its pasture lands. {I}33_{/}The 
Gershonites according to their clans were given thirteen towns in 
all with their pasture lands.
{I}34_{/}To the clans of Merari, the rest of the Levites, were given 
four towns with their pasture lands from the territory of Zebulun: 
{I}35_{/}Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmon and Nahalal. {R}_{I}36_{/}From the territory 
of Reuben, beyond the Jordan four towns: the city of refuge Bezer, 
Jahaz, {I}37_{/}Kedemoth and Mephaath, each with its pasture lands. 
{I}38_{/}From the tribeof Gad four towns: the city of refuge Ramoth-
gilead, Mahanaim, {I}39_{/}Heshbon and Jazer, each with pasture lands. 
{I}40_{/}A total of twelve towns were given to the clan of Merari.
{I}41_{/}The towns thus given to the Levites from the Israelite 
inheritance were {I}42_{/}forty-eight, with their pasture lands. All 
these towns, as well as the pasture lands around them, were given 
to the Levites.
{I}43_{/}So it was that Yahweh gave the Israelites all the land he had 
solemnly promised to give their ancestors. They took possession of 
it and began to live there. {I}44_{/}Yahweh gave them peace throughout 
their land just as he had promised their ancestors. Not one of 
their enemies was able to stand against them; Yahweh gave them 
victory over all their enemies {R}_{I}45_{/}and kept all the promises he 
had made to the people of Israel.

{N}THE QUESTION OF THE ALTAR ACROSS THE JORDAN{/}

{1}22{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the 
halftribe of Manasseh [=]_{I}2_{/}and said to them, {R}_{I}3_{/}"You have 
observed all that Moses, the servant of Yahweh ordered you, and 
you have obeyed me constantly. You have never deserted your 
brothers over this long period of time; at every point you have 
obeyed the orders of Yahweh your God. {R}_{I}4_{/}Now that Yahweh your 
God has granted your brothers the rest he promised them, go back 
to your tents, to the land given into your possession by Moses the 
servant of Yahweh, beyond the Jordan.
{R}_{I}5_{/}But take care above all to keep the commandments of the Law 
which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you: love Yahweh your God, 
follow his paths always, keep his commandments, be faithful to him 
and serve him with all your heart and all your soul." {R}_{I}6_{/}So 
Joshua blessed them and sent them away; they went home to their 
tents.
{R}_{I}7_{/}Moses had given territory in Bashan to one half of the tribe 
of Manasseh; because of this Joshua gave land to the other half of 
Manasseh among their brothers on the west bank of the Jordan. As 
Joshua sent them home to their tents he blessed them [=]_{I}8_{/}and 
said to them, "You are going back to your tents with great wealth, 
with cattle in plenty, with silver and gold, bronze and iron and 
great quantities of clothing; these are the spoils of your enemies 
that you shared with your brothers."
{R}_{I}9_{/}The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh 
went home again; they left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of 
Canaan, and made their way back to the land of Gilead, the 
territory which belonged to them and where they had settled in 
accordance with the order of Yahweh given through Moses. 
[=]_{R}_{I}10_{/}When they came to the circles of stones at the Jordan 
which are in Canaanite territory, the Reubenites, the Gadites and 
the half-tribe of Manasseh built there beside the Jordan, an 
imposing altar of great size. {R}_{I}11_{/}The Israelites were told, "The 
Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built 
this altar facing the land of Canaan near the circles of stones at 
the Jordan, beyond the territory of the Israelites."
{R}_{I}12_{/}At this news the children of Israel summoned the whole 
community at Shiloh, ready to make war on them.
{R}_{I}13_{/}The Israelites sent the priest Phinehas son of Eleazar to 
the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the 
land of Gilead, {R}_{I}14_{/}and with him ten leading men, one leader 
from each tribe in Israel; every one of them was head of his 
family among the clans of Israel. {R}_{I}15_{/}When they came to the 
Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land 
of Gilead, they said to them:
{R}_{I}16_{/}"The whole community of Yahweh asks you: What do you mean by 
this treachery committed against the God of Israel? Why turn aside 
from Yahweh today, building yourselves an altar? You are sinning 
against Yahweh himself.
[=]_{I}17_{/}Was the sin at Peor not enough, the sin from which we are 
not cleansed even now, in spite of the plague that ravaged the 
whole community of Yahweh? {R}_{I}18_{/}You have stopped following Yahweh 
today, and you have set yourselves in revolt against him today. 
Tomorrow his anger will be roused against the whole community of 
Israel.
{R}_{I}19_{/}Do you think your land is unclean? Then cross over into the 
territory of Yahweh, where his Holy Tent is and come to live among 
us. But do not rebel against Yahweh or set yourselves apart by 
building an altar to vie with the altar of Yahweh our God. 
{R}_{I}20_{/}When Achan, son of Zerah betrayed his trust in the matter of 
the anathema, did not Yahweh vent his anger on the whole community 
of Israel, although he was only one man? Did he not have to die 
for his sin?"
{R}_{I}21_{/}The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh 
answered the heads of the clans of Israel:
{R}_{I}22_{/}"Yahweh is the God of gods! Yahweh well knows, and let 
Israel know it too: Let Yahweh punish us immediately if there has 
been defiance or treachery on our part against Yahweh. {R}_{I}23_{/}Let 
Yahweh punish us if we have built an altar to turn away from 
Yahweh and offer holocaust and oblation and communion sacrifice on 
it. {R}_{I}24_{/}We made it to prevent what might happen one day when 
your children say to ours: 'What link have you with Yahweh the God 
of Israel? {R}_{I}25_{/}Has not Yahweh set the boundary of the Jordan 
between us and you, you sons of Reuben and sons of Gad? You have 
no share in Yahweh.' Thus your children might make us turn aside 
from Yahweh.
{R}_{I}26_{/}So we said to each other, 'Let us build this altar, not for 
holocausts or other sacrifices [=]_{I}27_{/}but as a witness between 
us and you and among our descendants after us. It will prove that 
we, too, worship Yahweh with our holocausts, our victims and our 
communion sacrifices in his presence. So that your children will 
never be able to say to ours: You have no share in Yahweh. 
{R}_{I}28_{/}For, in this case, we should say to them: Look at this 
structure, Yahweh's altar made by our ancestors not for holocausts 
or other sacrifices but as a witness between us and you.' {R}_{I}29_{/}We 
have no intention of defying Yahweh or turning away from him 
today. We are not building an altar for holocaust or oblations or 
sacrifices to compete with the altar of Yahweh our God that stands 
before his tabernacle!"
{R}_{I}30_{/}When Phinehas the priest, and the leaders of the community 
who were with him, heard the answer of the sons of Gad and of 
Reuben and of Manasseh, they approved of them. {R}_{I}31_{/}Then the 
priest Phinehas son of Eleazar said to the sons of Reuben and sons 
of Gad and sons of Manasseh, "Now we clearly see that Yahweh is 
among us, because you have not sinned against him; you have saved 
the children of Israel from the punishment of Yahweh."
{R}_{I}32_{/}The priest Phinehas son of Eleazar and the leaders left the 
Reubenites and the Gadites and returned from the land of Gilead to 
the land of Canaan, and they brought back this answer to the 
Israelites. {R}_{I}33_{/}The Israelites were pleased to hear this; they 
gave thanks to God and spoke no more of making war and ravaging 
the country where the sons of Reuben and of Gad had settled. 
{R}_{I}34_{/}The Reubenites and the Gadites named the altar: 'Witness', 
"Because," they said, "it will be a witness between us that Yahweh 
is God."

{N}JOSHUA'S LAST DISCOURSE{/}

{1}23{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}A long time after Yahweh gave peace to Israel in all its 
borders, {R}_{I}2_{/}Joshua, who was now very old and burdened with age, 
summoned all Israel - their elders, leaders, secretaries and 
judges -  and he said to them: "I am now very old. {I}3_{/}You have 
seen all that Yahweh has done to all these nations for your sake 
and how he himself has fought for you. {R}_{I}4_{/}See, I have 
distributed to you the territory of all these nations that we 
destroyed from the Jordan to the Great Sea, as well as those 
nations that still remain. {R}_{I}5_{/}Yahweh, our God, will continue 
driving them back before you and will deprive them of their lands 
that you may take them as Yahweh has promised you.
{R}_{I}6_{/}Therefore be very valiant and have the determination to do 
all that is written in the book of the Law of Moses, without 
turning aside from it either to the right or to the left. 
[=]_{I}7_{/}Do not intermingle with these nations that are left among 
you. Do not call upon their gods or swear by their name. Do not 
serve them or bow before them, {R}_{I}8_{/}but remain united to Yahweh, 
our God, as you have done to this day. {I}9_{/}For that reason, Yahweh 
has driven away before you many powerful nations: no one was able 
to stand before your presence. {R}_{I}10_{/}One of you pursued a thousand 
since Yahweh, our God, fought for you as he had promised. {R}_{I}11_{/}So 
then, be very careful to love Yahweh, your God.
{I}12_{/}But if you separate yourselves from him and become one with 
the rest of these nations that still remain among you, if they 
come to be your relatives and you intermarry with them, {R}_{I}13_{/}know 
very well that Yahweh shall no longer drive out these nations 
before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a 
scourge on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish 
from this beautiful land Yahweh, our God, has given you.
{R}_{I}14_{/}I am now about to go the way of all creatures, so I say to 
you: know in your soul and in your conscience that all the 
promises of Yahweh, our God, have been fulfilled; not one of them 
has failed. [=]_{I}15_{/}But just as all these promises of Yahweh in 
your favor have been fulfilled, so shall Yahweh bring all the evil 
he has threatened against you until you have been wiped out from 
this magnificent land he has given you, [=]_{R}_{I}16_{/}if you break the 
covenant that Yahweh, our God, has given us. If you follow and 
serve other gods and bow before them, the wrath of Yahweh shall 
rise against you, and you shall suddenly perish from this fertile 
land he has given you."

{N}THE COVENANT RENEWED AT SHECHEM{/}

{1}24{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Joshua summoned all the tribes of Israel in Shechem, and 
assembled the elders, leaders, judges and secretaries. And 
together they presented themselves before God. 
[=]_{R}_{I}2_{/}Addressing the people, Joshua said to them: "Yahweh, the 
God of Israel, commands me to say to you: Your ancestors lived 
beyond the Euphrates River - Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor 
- serving other gods. {R}_{I}3_{/}But I brought Abraham your father from 
beyond the Euphrates and led him through the whole land of Canaan. 
Then I gave him a son Isaac, that he might have numerous 
descendants. {R}_{I}4_{/}And to Isaac, I gave two sons: Esau and Jacob. 
Esau received the mountains of Seir as his inheritance, while 
Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
{R}_{I}5_{/}Then I sent Moses and Aaron to punish Egypt in the way that 
you know, that you might leave. {R}_{I}6_{/}Then I brought your fathers 
out of Egypt and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued you 
with chariots and horses as far as the Red Sea. {R}_{I}7_{/}Then you 
cried to Yahweh, and he put immense darkness between you and the 
Egyptians. He made the sea go back on them and they were drowned. 
You have witnessed all the things he did in Egypt, and then you 
lived in the desert for a long time. {R}_{I}8_{/}Then I brought you to 
the land of the Amorites who were on the east of the Jordan. You 
fought them but it was I who gave them into your hand; you 
destroyed them and you seized their lands.
{R}_{I}9_{/}Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, declared war on 
Israel and commanded Balaam son of Beor to curse you. {I}10_{/}But I 
would not listen to him, so Balaam blessed you and I saved you 
from the hands of Balak.
{R}_{I}11_{/}Then you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the 
landlords of Jericho fought against you: the Amorites, Perizzites, 
Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites declared 
war on you, but I gave them to you. {R}_{I}12_{/}The two Amorite kings 
fled from you because of the swarm of hornets that attacked them 
and not because of your sword and bow. {I}13_{/}I gave you lands which 
you have not tilled, cities which you did not build but in which 
you now live. I gave you vineyards and olive groves which you did 
not plant but from which you now eat.
[=]_{R}_{I}14_{/}So fear Yahweh, and be sincere and faithful in serving 
him. Set aside those gods your fathers worshiped in Mesopotamia 
and Egypt. Serve only Yahweh. {R}_{I}15_{/}But if you do not want to 
serve Yahweh, make known this very day whom you shall serve - 
whether they be the gods your fathers served in Mesopotamia or the 
gods of the Amorites who formerly occupied the land in which you 
now live. As for me, I and my household will serve Yahweh."
{R}_{I}16_{/}The people answered: "May God not permit that we ever 
abandon Yahweh to serve other gods! {R}_{I}17_{/}For it was he who 
brought us and our fathers out of Egypt, the house of slavery. It 
was he who did those great wonders that we have seen; he protected 
us on the way and through all the land where we passed, 
{R}_{I}18_{/}driving away before us all the nations especially the 
Amorites who lived in this land. So we shall also serve Yahweh: he 
is our God!"
[=]_{R}_{I}19_{/}Joshua asked the people: "Will you be able to serve 
Yahweh? He is a Holy God, a Jealous God who does not tolerate 
wickedness or faults. {I}20_{/}If you abandon Yahweh to serve other 
gods, he will turn against you and just as he has done you so much 
good, so shall he punish you and destroy you." {I}21_{/}The people 
replied: "No, may it not be as you say. We will serve Yahweh." 
[=]_{R}_{I}22_{/}Joshua said: "You yourselves are witnesses that you have 
chosen Yahweh to serve him." They answered: "We are witnesses."
{R}_{I}23_{/}Joshua then said, "Remove now from your midst any other gods 
and serve Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all your heart." 
[=]_{R}_{I}24_{/}The people answered: "We will serve Yahweh, our God, and 
obey his commands."
{R}_{I}25_{/}On that day at Shechem, Joshua made a covenant with the 
people and fixed laws and ordinances. [=]_{R}_{I}26_{/}He also wrote down 
everything expressed in the book of the Law of God; he chose a 
great stone and put it under the oak tree in the sacred place of 
Yahweh. [=]_{R}_{I}27_{/}Then Joshua said to the people: "This stone 
shall be a witness to all that Yahweh said to us, for it heard all 
these words. It shall be a witness against you, lest you deal 
falsely with Yahweh."
{R}_{I}28_{/}Joshua immediately sent the people away and everyone 
returned to his land.
{R}_{I}29_{/}After all these deeds, Joshua, son of Nun and servant of 
Yahweh, died at the age of a hundred and ten. {R}_{I}30_{/}They buried 
him in his land at Timnath-serah, in the hill country of Ephraim, 
to the north of Mount Gaash. [=]_{R}_{I}31_{/}Israel served Yahweh 
throughout the whole life of Joshua and of the elders who outlived 
Joshua and who had witnessed all the wonders Yahweh did for 
Israel. {R}_{I}32_{/}The Israelites brought from Egypt the bones of 
Joseph. They buried them at Shechem in a place in the field which 
Jacob bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, 
for a hundred pieces of money. This became the possession of the 
children of Joseph. 
{R}_{I}33_{/}Eleazar the son of Aaron also died and they buried him on 
the hill given to his son Phinehas on the mountains of Ephraim.

