Joshua 18 Cross References - MSTC

¹ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of witness there, and the land was in subjection before them. ² But there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not their inheritance divided out. ³ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, "How long are ye so slack to go and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? ⁴ Bring of every tribe three men that I may send them. And that they may rise and walk through the land and distribute it by their inheritances and come again to me. ⁵ Divide it into seven parts. For Judah shall abide by their coasts in the south, and the house of Joseph shall stand to their coasts in the north. ⁶ Describe ye the land therefore into seven parts, and bring the description to me hither, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. ⁷ The Levites have no part among you, for the priestship of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan Eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them." ⁸ And the men arose and went their way. And Joshua charged them that went to describe the land saying, "Hence, and go through the land and describe it, and come again to me hither: and I will cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh." ⁹ And the men departed, and walked through the land and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and returned to Joshua unto the host at Shiloh. ¹⁰ And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there he divided the land unto the children of Israel, to each their portion. ¹¹ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their kindreds. And the coasts of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. ¹² And their north coasts were from Jordan and went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward, and they ended at the wilderness of Bethaven; ¹³ and went from thence to the south side of Luz, otherwise called Bethel: and descended to Atarothaddar upon the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron. ¹⁴ And the west coast draweth and compasseth southward, even from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron, and goeth out at Kiriathbaal which is Kiriathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: and this is the west quarter. ¹⁵ And the south coast goeth from the edge of Kiriathjearim westward, and goeth out to the water well of Nephtoah; ¹⁶ and cometh down to the edge of the hill that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom which is in the valley of Rephaim northward, and descendeth through the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward and goeth down to the well of Rogel. ¹⁷ And compasseth from the north and goeth forth to Enshemesh and to the coasts that lie before the going up unto Adummim; and goeth down to the stone of Bohan the son of Ruben; ¹⁸ and then goeth along toward the side of the plain, northward; and goeth down into the plain; ¹⁹ and goeth along to the side of Bethhoglah northward, and endeth and the point of the salt sea north therefrom, and at the end of Jordan south therefrom. This is the south coast, ²⁰ and Jordan is their east coast. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin with their coasts round about and by their kindreds. ²¹ And these are the cities of the tribes of the children of Benjamin in their kindreds: Jericho, Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz; ²² Betharabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel; ²³ Avvim, Parah, and Ophrah; ²⁴ Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: Twelve cities with their villages. ²⁵ Gibeon, Ramah, and Beeroth; ²⁶ Mizpeh, Chephirah and Mozah; ²⁷ Rekem, Irpeel and Taralah, ²⁸ Zela, Haeleph, and the city of the Jebusites, which is Jerusalem; Gibeah, and Kiriathjearim: Fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin in their kindreds.

⁵¹ These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun, and the ancient fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, in the door of the tabernacle of witness, and so made an end of dividing the country.

² and spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan saying, "The LORD commanded by Moses, to give us cities to dwell in and the fields about them, for our cattle."

⁹ And the children of Ruben, the children of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh, returned and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, and to the land of their possession, wherein they were possessed at the mouth of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

³¹ And they set them up the carved image which Micah made, all the while that the house of God was in Shiloh.

¹⁹ Then they said, "Behold, there is a feast of the LORD yearly in Shiloh which is on the north side of Bethel, and on the east side of the way that goeth from Bethel to Shechem and south from Lebanon."

³ And the said man went out of his city every feastful day, to pray and to offer unto the LORD of Hosts: where the two sons of Eli — Hophni and Phinehas — were the LORD's priests.

²⁴ And then she took him with her, when she had weaned him, with three bullocks and an ephah of flour and a bottle of wine, and brought him into the house of the LORD in Shiloh, how be it the child was yet young.

³ And when the people were come into their tents, the elders of Israel said, "Wherefore hath the LORD beaten us this day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD, out of Shiloh unto us, and let it come among us and save us out of the hands of our enemies." ⁴ And the people sent to Shiloh, and fetched from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts which dwelleth between the Cherubims. And there were the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas with the ark of the covenant of God.

²⁷ And so Solomon put away Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD: to fulfill the words of the LORD which he spake over the house of Eli in Shiloh.

² And Jeroboam said unto his wife, "Up, a fellowship, and change thine apparel that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam, and get thee to Shiloh. For there is Ahijah the prophet which told me that I should be king over this people.

⁴ And Jeroboam's wife did so: she arose and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were waxen dim for age.

⁶⁶ He smote his enemies in the hinder parts, and put them to a perpetual shame.

¹² Go to my place in Shiloh, whereunto I gave my name afore time, and look well what I did to the same place for the wickedness of my people of Israel. ¹³ And now, though ye have done all these deeds, sayeth the LORD, and I myself rose up ever betimes to warn you and to commune with you, yet would ye not hear me: I called, ye would not answer. ¹⁴ And therefore even as I have done to Shiloh, so will I do to this house that my name is given unto, and that ye put your trust in: yea, unto the place that I have given to you and your fathers.

⁶ then will I do to this house, as I did unto Shiloh, and will make this city to be abhorred of all the people of the earth.'"

⁹ And they said, "Up, and let us go unto them, for we have seen the land, that it is very good. Haste therefore and be not slothful to depart and go and conquer the land.

² that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding. ³ For if thou criest after wisdom, and callest for knowledge; ⁴ If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures; ⁵ then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For it is the LORD that giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

⁴ An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.

⁴ The sluggard would fain have, and cannot get his desire; but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty.

¹⁹ The way of the slothful is full of thorns; but the street of the righteous is well cleansed.

¹⁰ Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.

¹⁶ In that time it shall be said unto Jerusalem, "Fear not," and to Zion, "Let not thine hands be slack,

⁶ And he went out about the eleventh hour and found others standing idle, and said unto them, 'Why stand ye here all the day idle?'

²⁷ Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat that endureth unto everlasting life, which meat the son of man shall give unto you. For him hath God the father sealed."

¹³ Brethren, I count not myself that I have gotten it: but one thing I say: I forget that which is behind me, and stretch myself unto that which is before me; ¹⁴ and press unto that mark appointed, to obtain the reward of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence for to make your calling and election sure. For if ye do such things, ye shall never err. ¹¹ Yea, and by this means an entering-in shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

⁴ And with you shall be, of every tribe, a head man in the house of his father.

² "Send men out to search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers, a man; and let them all be such as are rulers among them."

¹² And now take you twelve men of the children of Israel, of every tribe a man.

² "Take you twelve men out of the people, of every tribe a man.

³ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, "How long are ye so slack to go and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

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

⁹ And the men departed, and walked through the land and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and returned to Joshua unto the host at Shiloh.

¹ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah in their kindreds was the wilderness of Zin that stretched to the coasts of Edom southward, and is the utmost part of the south coasts. ² And their south coasts were from the brink of the salt sea and from a certain point of the sea that leaneth southward. ³ And it went out on the south side of the going up to Akrabbim, and went along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, and went along the Hezron and went up to Addar, and set a compass to Karka, ⁴ and went along to Azmon, and it went out to the river of Egypt: so that the end of the coast is the sea. And these are their south coasts. ⁵ And their east coasts are the salt sea, even unto the edge of Jordan. And their borders in the north quarter were from another point of the sea where Jordan endeth. ⁶ And went up to Bethhoglah and went along by the north side of Betharabah and went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. ⁷ And then went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal that lieth before the going up to Adummim, which is of the south side of the River. And then went along to the water of Enshemesh, and ended at the well of Rogel. ⁸ And then went up to the valley of the son of Hinnom, even unto the south side of the Jebusites the inhabiters of Jerusalem. And then went up to the top of the hill that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, and by the edge of the valley of Rephaim northward; ⁹ and then it draweth from the sand hill unto the fountain of water called Nephtoah, and goeth out at the cities of mount Ephron; and draweth to Baalah, otherwise called Kiriathjearim; ¹⁰ and then it compasseth from Baalah westward, unto Seir, and then goeth along unto the side of mount Jearim, otherwise called Chesalon, on the north side thereof; and cometh down to Bethshemesh and goeth to Timnah, ¹¹ and goeth out on the side of Ekron northward; And then draweth to Shikkeron and goeth along to mount Baalah, and goeth out at Jabneel; and the end of the coasts is the sea. ¹² And the west borders are the great sea and the coasts that lie thereon. And these are the coasts of the children of Judah round about in their kindreds.

¹ And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho eastward, and the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel: ² and then goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and runneth along unto the borders of Archiataroth; ³ and goeth down westward, even unto the coasts of Japhleti, and unto the coasts of Bethhoron the nether, and so to Gezer, and the ends of their coasts came to the sea. ⁴ And so the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. ⁵ And the children of Ephraim took their coasts by kindreds. And the coasts of their inheritance eastward were, Atarothaddar, even unto Bethhoron the upper, ⁶ and went out westward to Michmethath on the north side, and compassed eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and past it on the east side unto Janoah, ⁷ and went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, and met at Jericho, and went out at Jordan. ⁸ And their borders went from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah, and the ends were the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim in their kindreds, ⁹ and the bordering cities of the children of Ephraim, lie among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh: even all the cities with their villages. ¹⁰ Notwithstanding, they drave not out the Cananites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Cananites dwelt among the Ephraimites unto this day, and pay tribute.

¹ And the second lot came out unto the tribe of the children of Simeon by their kindreds. And their inheritance fell in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah. ² And their inheritance was Beersheba, Sheba, and Moladah; ³ Hazarshual, Balah, and Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul and Hormah; ⁵ Ziklag, Bethmarcaboth and Hazarsusah; ⁶ Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen: Thirteen cities with their villages. ⁷ Aim, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan: Four cities with their villages. ⁸ And thereto all the villages that lie round about these cities, even unto Baalathbeer and Ramah, southward. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon in their kindreds. ⁹ Out of the portion of the children of Judah came the inheritance of the children of Simeon. For the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: and therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance in the inheritance of them.

⁵⁴ to many, thou shalt give the more inheritance; and to few, the less. To every tribe shall the inheritance be given according to the number thereof. ⁵⁵ Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot; and according to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherit:

⁵⁴ And ye shall divide the inheritance of the land by lot among your kindreds, and give to the more the more inheritance, and to the fewer the less inheritance. And your inheritance shall be in the tribes of your fathers, in the place where every man's lot falleth.

¹³ And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, "This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, and which the LORD commanded to give unto nine tribes and a half:

² gave them their inheritance by lot, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, to give unto the nine tribes, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh.

⁸ And the men arose and went their way. And Joshua charged them that went to describe the land saying, "Hence, and go through the land and describe it, and come again to me hither: and I will cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh."

¹⁰ And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there he divided the land unto the children of Israel, to each their portion.

¹¹ saying, "Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance."

³³ The lots are cast into the lap, but their fall standeth in the LORD.

¹⁸ The lot pacifieth the variance, and parteth the mighty asunder.

¹⁹ And he destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, and divided their land to them by lot.

²⁰ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, "Thou shalt have none inheritance in their land, nor part among them. For I am thy part and thy inheritance among the children of Israel.

²³ And the Levites shall do the service in the tabernacle of witness and bear their sin, and it shall be a law forever unto your children after you: But among the children of Israel they shall inherit none inheritance.

²⁹ and said unto them, "If the children of Gad and Reuben will go with you over Jordan, all prepared to fight before the LORD: then when the land is subdued unto you, give them the land of Gilead to possess. ³⁰ But and if they will not go over with you in harness, then they shall have their possessions among you in the land of Canaan." ³¹ And the children of Gad and Ruben answered, saying, "That which the LORD hath said unto thy servants we will do. ³² We will go harnessed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall be on this side the Jordan." ³³ And Moses gave unto the children of Gad and of Reuben, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land that belonged unto the cities thereof in the coasts of the country round about. ³⁴ And the children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth Aroer, ³⁵ Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, ³⁶ Bethnimra and Bethharan fenced cities, and they built folds for their sheep. ³⁷ And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, ³⁸ Nebo, Baalmeon — and turned their names — and Sibmah also: and gave names unto the cities which they built. ³⁹ And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and put out the Amorites that were therein. ⁴⁰ And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh and he dwelt therein. ⁴¹ And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them the towns of Jair.

¹² And when we had conquered this land the same time, I gave from Aroer, which is upon the river of Arnon, and half mount Gilead and the cities thereof unto the Reubenites, and Gadites. ¹³ And the rest of Gilead and all Bashan the kingdom of Og, I gave unto the half tribe of Manasseh: all the region of Argob with all Bashan was called the land of Giants. ¹⁴ Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi, and called the towns of Bashan after his own name: the towns of Jair unto this day. ¹⁵ And I gave half Gilead unto Machir. ¹⁶ And unto Reuben and Gad, I gave from Gilead unto the river of Arnon and half the valley and the coast, even unto the river Jabbok which is the border of the children of Ammon, ¹⁷ and the fields and Jordan with the coast, from Chinnereth even unto the sea in the field which is the salt sea under the springs of Pisgah eastward.

⁴⁷ and conquered his land and the land of Og king of Bashan two kings of the Amorites on the other side Jordan toward the sun rising: ⁴⁸ from Aroer upon the bank of the river Arnon, unto mount Sirion which is called Hermon,

⁹ Wherefore the Levites have no part nor inheritance with their brethren. The LORD he is their inheritance, as the LORD thy God hath promised them.

¹ The priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel. The offerings of the LORD and his inheritance they shall eat, ² but shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

⁸ For the other half, with the Reubenites and the Gadites, have received their inheritance already which Moses gave them beyond Jordan eastward: even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them: ⁹ from Aroer that lieth on the brim of the river Arnon, with the city in the midst of the river. And all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; ¹⁰ and all the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorites which reigned in Heshbon, even unto the borders of the children of Ammon; ¹¹ and Gilead, and the lands that border upon the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and all mount Hermon and all Bashan unto Salecah; ¹² even all the kingdom of Og in Bashan which reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei which same remained yet of the rest of the Rephaim. But Moses smote them and destroyed them. ¹³ Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites nor the Maacathites: But the Geshurites and the Maacathites dwelt among the Israelites even unto this day. ¹⁴ Only unto the tribe of Levi, he gave none inheritance: for the offering of the LORD God of Israel is their inheritance as he said unto them. ¹⁵ And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben by their kindreds. ¹⁶ And their coasts were from Aroer that lieth on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that lieth in the river, and all the plain about Medeba, ¹⁷ Heshbon, and all her towns that lie in the plain: Dibon Bamothbaal and Bethbaalmeon; ¹⁸ Jahaz, Kedemoth and Mephaath; ¹⁹ Kiriathaim, Sibmah and Zerethshahar in mount Emak; ²⁰ and Bethpeor and the springs of Pisgah, and Bethjeshimoth; ²¹ and all the cities in the plain. And all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the lords of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba, the lords of Sihon, and the inhabiters of the country. ²² And Balaam, also, the son of Beor, the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword, among other that were slain. ²³ And the borders of the children of Reuben was Jordan, with the country that lieth thereon. This is the inheritance of the children of Reuben in their kindreds, with the cities and villages pertaining thereto. ²⁴ And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad he gave by kindreds. ²⁵ And their coasts were Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that lieth before Rabbah; ²⁶ And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the borders of Debir. ²⁷ And in the valley they had Betharam, Bethnimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, and Jordan and the coasts that lie thereon, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth, on the other side Jordan eastward. ²⁸ This is the inheritance of the children of Gad in their kindreds, the cities with their villages. ²⁹ And Moses gave unto the half tribe of Manasseh. And the half tribe of Manasseh had their part by their kindreds. ³⁰ And their coasts were from Mahanaim, even all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair which lie in Bashan, even three score cities, ³¹ and half Gilead and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which pertain unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, and that unto half the children of Machir by their kindreds.

³³ But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave none inheritance, "For the LORD God of Israel he is their inheritance," as he said unto them.

¹⁷ Arise, and walk about in the land, in the length of it and in the breadth, for I will give it unto thee."

¹⁶ And so Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes: and the tribe of Judah was caught. ¹⁷ Then he brought the kindreds of Judah, and found the kindred of the Zerahites guilty. ¹⁸ And he brought the kindred of the Zerahites by householders, and Zabdi was caught. And he brought his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah in the tribe of Judah was caught.

⁷ Now therefore divide this land to inherit, unto the nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh."

¹ And these are the countries which the children inherited in the land of Canaan, unto which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun and the ancient heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, ² gave them their inheritance by lot, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, to give unto the nine tribes, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh.

¹ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah in their kindreds was the wilderness of Zin that stretched to the coasts of Edom southward, and is the utmost part of the south coasts.

¹ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of witness there, and the land was in subjection before them.

⁴¹ And Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, "Give perfect knowledge." And Saul and Jonathan were caught, and the people escaped free.

²⁴ And they prayed, saying, "Thou Lord which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether thou hast chosen of these two, ²⁵ that the one may take the room of this ministration, and apostleship from the which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place." ²⁶ And they gave forth their lots, and the lot fell on Mathias. And he was counted with the eleven apostles.

¹⁹ Let us follow those things which make for peace: and things wherewith one may edify another.

⁵ The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; thou shalt maintain my lot. ⁶ The lot is fallen unto me in fair ground; yea I have a goodly heritage.

⁴ He shall choose out a heritage for us, even the worship of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah.

⁵ For thou, O LORD, hast heard my desires, and hast given a heritage unto those that fear thy name.

²² and divide it to be a heritage for you, and for the strangers that dwell among you, and begotten children. For ye shall take them among the children of Israel, like as though they were of your own household and country, and they shall have heritage with you among the children of Israel.

²⁹ This is the land with his portions, which ye shall distribute unto the tribes of Israel, sayeth the LORD God.

³⁵ When they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and did cast lots. To fulfill that was spoken by the prophet, "They divided my garments among them: and upon my vesture did cast lots."

² As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

¹⁸ to open their eyes that they might turn from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith in me.'

¹² giving thanks unto the father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of saints in light.

¹ In the same season the LORD said unto me, 'Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first and come up unto me into the mount and make thee an Ark of wood, ² and I will write in the table, the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.' ³ And I made an ark of sethim-wood and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mountain; and the two tables in mine hand. ⁴ And he wrote in the tables according to the first, writing the ten verses which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the fire in the day when the people were gathered together — and gave them unto me. ⁵ And I departed and came down from the hill and put the tables in the ark which I had made: and there they remained, as the LORD commanded me. ⁶ And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son became priest in his stead. ⁷ And from thence they departed unto Gudgodah: and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of rivers of water. ⁸ And the same season the LORD separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD and to stand before the LORD, and to minister unto him and to bless in his name unto this day. ⁹ Wherefore the Levites have no part nor inheritance with their brethren. The LORD he is their inheritance, as the LORD thy God hath promised them. ¹⁰ And I tarried in the mount, even as at the first time forty days and forty nights, and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, so that the LORD would not destroy thee. ¹¹ And the LORD said unto me, "Up, and go forth in the journey before the people and let them go in and conquer the land which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.' ¹² And now, Israel, what is it that the LORD thy God requireth of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God and to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul, ¹³ that thou keep the commandments of the LORD and his ordinances which I command thee this day, for thy wealth? ¹⁴ Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's, thy God, and the earth with all that therein is: ¹⁵ only the LORD had a lust unto thy fathers to love them, and therefore chose you their seed after them of all nations, as it is come to pass this day. ¹⁶ Circumcise, therefore, the foreskin of your hearts, and be no longer stiff-necked. ¹⁷ For the LORD your God, he is God of Gods and Lord of lords; a great God, a mighty and a terrible which regardeth no man's person nor taketh gifts: ¹⁸ but doeth right unto the fatherless and widow and loveth the stranger, to give him food and raiment. ¹⁹ Love therefore the stranger, for ye were strangers yourselves in the land of Egypt. ²⁰ Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God and serve him and cleave unto him and swear by his name, ²¹ for he is thy praise, and he is thy God that hath done these great and terrible things for thee, which thine eyes have seen. ²² Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy souls, and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.

¹² If thou shalt hear say of one of thy cities which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell in,

¹ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah in their kindreds was the wilderness of Zin that stretched to the coasts of Edom southward, and is the utmost part of the south coasts. ² And their south coasts were from the brink of the salt sea and from a certain point of the sea that leaneth southward. ³ And it went out on the south side of the going up to Akrabbim, and went along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, and went along the Hezron and went up to Addar, and set a compass to Karka, ⁴ and went along to Azmon, and it went out to the river of Egypt: so that the end of the coast is the sea. And these are their south coasts. ⁵ And their east coasts are the salt sea, even unto the edge of Jordan. And their borders in the north quarter were from another point of the sea where Jordan endeth. ⁶ And went up to Bethhoglah and went along by the north side of Betharabah and went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. ⁷ And then went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal that lieth before the going up to Adummim, which is of the south side of the River. And then went along to the water of Enshemesh, and ended at the well of Rogel. ⁸ And then went up to the valley of the son of Hinnom, even unto the south side of the Jebusites the inhabiters of Jerusalem. And then went up to the top of the hill that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, and by the edge of the valley of Rephaim northward;

¹ Then Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies, secretly, saying, "Go and view the land and also Jericho." And they went, and came unto a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

¹⁶ the water that came down from above did stop; and stood upon a heap, a great way from Adam, a city beside Zarethan. And the water that went down vanished into the sea of the wilderness called the salt sea as soon as it was divided: and the people went right over against Jericho.

¹ And Jericho shut in her people, and was shut for fear of the children of Israel, so that no man went out or in.

² Then Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, "Get you up and view the country." And the men went up and spied out Ai,

¹ And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho eastward, and the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel:

¹⁵ Though thou, Israel, are disposed to play the harlot, yet shouldest not thou have offended, O Judah. Thou shouldest not have run to Gilgal, nor gone up to Bethaven, nor have sworn, 'The LORD liveth.'

⁸ Blow with the shawmes at Gibeah, and with the trumpet in Ramah, cry out at Bethaven upon the yon-side of Benjamin.

⁵ They that dwell in Samaria have worshiped the calf of Bethaven: therefore shall the people mourn over them, yea and the priests also, that in their wealthiness rejoiced with them. And why? It shall pass away from them.

¹⁹ And he called the name of the place Bethel, for indeed the name of the city was called Luz before time.

¹¹ And as they fled from Israel, even in the going down to Bethhoron, the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them, until they came unto Azekah, that they died. And there were more that died with hailstones, than the children of Israel slew with the sword.

² and then goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and runneth along unto the borders of Archiataroth; ³ and goeth down westward, even unto the coasts of Japhleti, and unto the coasts of Bethhoron the nether, and so to Gezer, and the ends of their coasts came to the sea.

⁵ And the children of Ephraim took their coasts by kindreds. And the coasts of their inheritance eastward were, Atarothaddar, even unto Bethhoron the upper,

²² and Kibzaim with her suburbs; Bethhoron with her suburbs: Four cities.

²² And in like manner the house of Joseph went up to Bethel and the LORD with them, ²³ and the house of Joseph searched out Bethel which before time was called Luz. ²⁴ And the spies saw a man come out of the city and they said unto him, "Show us the way into the city, and we will show thee mercy." ²⁵ And he showed them the way into the city, and they smote it with the edge of the sword, but let the man and all his household go free. ²⁶ And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.

⁹ and then it draweth from the sand hill unto the fountain of water called Nephtoah, and goeth out at the cities of mount Ephron; and draweth to Baalah, otherwise called Kiriathjearim;

⁶⁰ Kiriathbaal, which is Kiriathjearim, and Harabbah: Two cities with their villages.

¹ And the men of Kiriathjearim came and set up the ark of the LORD, and brought it unto the house of Abinadab in Gibeah and sanctified Eleazar his son to wait upon the ark of the LORD. ² And while the ark abode in Kiriathjearim, the days multiplied, that it was twenty years, and all Israel lamented after the LORD.

² and arose and went, with all the folk that were with him of the men of Judah, to fetch away the Ark of God: upon which is called the name of the LORD of Hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.

⁵ And David gathered all Israel together from Shihor in Egypt unto Hamath, to bring the Ark of the Lord from Kiriathjearim. ⁶ And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, and so to Kiriathjearim that is in Judah, to fetch thence the Ark of the God and LORD that sitteth on the Cherubs, where his name is called on.

⁶³ But the Jebusites that were the inhabiters of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not cast out. Wherefore the Jebusites dwell among the children of Judah unto this day.

²⁸ Zela, Haeleph, and the city of the Jebusites, which is Jerusalem; Gibeah, and Kiriathjearim: Fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin in their kindreds.

⁸ The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

²¹ And the children of Benjamin did not cast out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

¹⁰ Neverthelater, the man would not tarry, but arose and departed and came as far as Jebus, which is Jerusalem, and his two asses laden, and his concubine, and his lad with him.

¹⁷ As for Jonathan and Ahimaaz, they stood by the well of Rogel, and a damsel went thither and told them. They went on their way and told King David, for they durst not be seen to come into the city.

⁹ And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings at the stone of Zoheleth which is fast by the well of Rogel, and bade all his brethren, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.

¹⁰ And he defiled Tophet also, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, because no man should offer his son or his daughter in fire to Moloch.

⁹ And the Philistines came and pranced in the valley of Rephaim.

³ And he offered cense in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and burnt his children in fire after the abomination of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

⁶ And he burnt his children in fire in the valley of the sons of Hinnom. And he observed dismal days and occupied witchcraft and sorcery, and maintained workers with spirits and seers of fortunes: and wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to anger him withal.

³³ For the fire of pain is ordained from the beginning: yea, even for kings it is prepared. This hath the LORD set in the deep, and made it wide: the burning whereof is fire and much wood. The breath of the LORD, which is a river of brimstone, doth kindle it.

³¹ They have also builded an altar at Tophet, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom: that they might burn their sons and daughters - which I never commanded them, neither came it ever in my thought. ³² And therefore behold, the days shall come, sayeth the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, or the valley of the children of Hinnom, but the valley of the slain - for in Tophet they shall be buried, because they shall else have no room.

² into the valley of the children of Hinnom, which lieth before the port that is made of brick, and show them there the words, that I shall tell thee,

⁶ Behold therefore, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the children of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter.

¹¹ 'Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Even so will I destroy this people and city: as a Potter breaketh a vessel, that cannot be made whole again. In Tophet shall they be buried, for they shall have none other place.

³⁵ They have builded high places for Baal in the valley of the children of Hinnom, to cause their sons and daughters to pass through fire in honor of Moloch: which I never commanded them, neither came it ever in my thought, to make Judah sin with such abomination.

⁶ And went up to Bethhoglah and went along by the north side of Betharabah and went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

⁶¹ And in the wilderness they had Betharabah, Middin and Secacah;

³ All these came together unto the vale of Siddim, which is now the salt sea.

²⁵ and overthrew those cities and all the region, and all that dwelled in the cities, and that that grew upon the earth.

³ And your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, so that your south quarter shall be from the side of the salt sea eastward,

¹⁷ and the fields and Jordan with the coast, from Chinnereth even unto the sea in the field which is the salt sea under the springs of Pisgah eastward.

³ And in the plain unto the sea of Chinnereth eastward, and unto the sea in the plain called the salt sea eastward, the way to Bethjeshimoth and by south under the springs of Pisgah.

² And their south coasts were from the brink of the salt sea and from a certain point of the sea that leaneth southward.

¹⁵ The LORD also shall cleave the tongues of the Egyptian's sea, and with a mighty wind shall he lift up his hand over the Nile, and shall smite his seven streams and make men go over dry shod.

¹² And their north coasts were from Jordan and went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward, and they ended at the wilderness of Bethaven;

¹⁹ and goeth along to the side of Bethhoglah northward, and endeth and the point of the salt sea north therefrom, and at the end of Jordan south therefrom. This is the south coast,

³⁰ Jesus answered and said, "A certain man descended from Jerusalem into Jericho; And fell into the hands of thieves, which robbed him of his raiment and wounded him, and departed leaving him half dead.

¹ And he entered in, and went through Jericho.

¹⁸ Arvadi, Zemari and Hamathi. And afterward sprang the kindreds of the Canaanites.

¹⁸ and then goeth along toward the side of the plain, northward; and goeth down into the plain;

²⁹ And he put the one in Bethel and the other in Dan. ³⁰ And that doing was a cause of sin. And the people went before the one as far as Dan. ³¹ And he made houses of hill altars, and made, of the lowest of the people, priests which were not of the sons of Levi. ³² And Jeroboam made a feast the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like unto the feast that was in Judah, and offered on the altar. And so did he in Bethel, to offer unto the calves that he had made. And he put in Bethel the priests of the hill altars, which he had made.

⁴ And Abijah stood up upon Zemaraim a hill in mount Ephraim and said, "Hear me thou Jeroboam and all Israel!

¹⁷ And there came out of the host of the Philistines three companies, to destroy: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah unto the land of Shual;

¹⁷ And out of the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon with her suburbs; Geba with her suburbs;

²⁶ The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and one and twenty;

³⁰ The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and one and twenty;

²⁹ and go over the fiord. Geba shall be their resting place; Ramah shall be afraid; Gibeah of Saul shall flee away.

¹⁷ Then he brought the kindreds of Judah, and found the kindred of the Zerahites guilty.

¹⁷ For the children of Israel took their journey and came unto their cities the third day: and their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth and Kiriathjearim.

² then they feared exceedingly, for Gibeon was a great city, as any city of the kingdom, and thereto greater than Ai, and all her men were mighty.

³⁴ Zanoah, Engannim, Tappuah and Enam;

¹ There was a man of Ramathaimzophim of mount Ephraim, named Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

⁴ And the king went to Gibeon, to offer there: for that was a great offering place. And there Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings upon that altar. ⁵ And in Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God said, "Ask what I shall give thee."

² the LORD appeared unto him again, as he appeared to him at Gibeon.

²¹ For the LORD shall step forth as he did upon the mount Perazim, and shall take on as he did upon the vale of Gibeon: that he may bring forth his device, his strange device: and fulfill his work, his wonderful work.

¹⁵ Thus sayeth the LORD, "The voice of heaviness, weeping and lamentation was heard on the hills; even of Rachel mourning for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were not."

⁵⁷ When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea named Joseph, which same also was Jesus' disciple.

¹⁷ Then the children of Ammon gathered together and pitched in Gilead. And the children of Israel gathered them together and pitched in Mizpeh.

²⁵ The children of Kiriathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and three and forty;

⁵⁴ to many, thou shalt give the more inheritance; and to few, the less. To every tribe shall the inheritance be given according to the number thereof.

⁸ And then went up to the valley of the son of Hinnom, even unto the south side of the Jebusites the inhabiters of Jerusalem. And then went up to the top of the hill that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, and by the edge of the valley of Rephaim northward;

¹⁶ and cometh down to the edge of the hill that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom which is in the valley of Rephaim northward, and descendeth through the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward and goeth down to the well of Rogel.

¹² But his master said unto him, "We will not turn in to a strange city that are not of the children of Israel: we will go forth to Gibeah." ¹³ And he said unto his lad, "Go forward, and we shall come to one place or other and shall lodge all night in Gibeah or in Ramah." ¹⁴ And they went forward upon their way, and the sun went down upon them when they were fast by Gibeah which is in Benjamin. ¹⁵ And they turned thitherward to go and lodge all night in Gibeah. And when they came in, they sat them down in a street of the city, for there was no man took them in to lodge.

⁴ And the Levite, the woman's husband that was slain, answered and said, "I came into Gibeah that is in Benjamin with my concubine to lodge all night. ⁵ And the citizens of Gibeah rose against me, and set the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and caught my concubine and forced her, that she died.

²⁶ And Saul also went home to Gibeah. And there went with him a host, such as God had touched their hearts.

¹⁵ And Samuel arose and gat him from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about a six hundred men. ¹⁶ And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people that were found with them, had their abiding in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines had pitched in Michmash.

⁸ Then said David the same day, "Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, and getteth up to the gutters of the houses: smite the lame and the blind that hate David's soul." Wherefore they said, "The blind and the lame shall not come into the house."

¹⁴ and buried them with the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin, in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father. And when they had performed all that the king commanded, God was then at one with the land.

⁹ O Israel, thou hast sinned as Gibeah did afore time, where they remained: should not the battle then come upon the wicked children, as well as upon the Gibeonites?