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Chapter
17
Joshua 17 To
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17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the
firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the
father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead
and Bashan.
2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by
their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of
Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem,
and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these
were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their
families.
3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are
the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and
Tirzah.
4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the
son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses
to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to
the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the
brethren of their father.
5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead
and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons:
and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth
before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the
inhabitants of En-tappuah.
8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of
Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the
river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the
coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the
outgoings of it were at the sea:
10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and
the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north,
and in Issachar on the east.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns,
and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns,
and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of
Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns,
even three countries.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of
those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong,
that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive
them out.
14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou
given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great
people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee
up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of
the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for
thee.
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and
all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots
of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who
are of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to
Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou
shalt not have one lot only:
18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt
cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt
drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though
they be strong. |
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Whose
boundaries are described in this chapter? (1)
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How
did Joshua reply when the people of Joseph felt that their allotment
was too small? (14-18)
Chapter
18
Joshua 18 To
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18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled
together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation
there. And the land was subdued before them.
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which
had not yet received their inheritance.
3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack
to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath
given you?
4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send
them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it
according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in
their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their
coasts on the north.
6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the
description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the
LORD our God.
7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the
LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of
Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east,
which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went
to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and
describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you
before the LORD in Shiloh.
9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by
cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the
host at Shiloh.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there
Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their
divisions.
11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up
according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth
between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border
went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through
the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the
wilderness of Beth-aven.
13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of
Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to
Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether
Beth-horon.
14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the
sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward;
and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is
Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west
quarter.
15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the
border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of
Nephtoah:
16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth
before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of
the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the
side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel,
17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and
went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of
Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and
went down unto Arabah:
19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward:
and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea
at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round
about, according to their families.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according
to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of
Keziz,
22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with
their villages:
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and
Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance
of the children of Benjamin according to their families. |
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What
were the three men from each tribe sent out to do? (4-6)
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How
was it determined what land would belong to which tribes? (6,10)
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Whose
boundaries are described in this chapter? (11)
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Chapter
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Joshua 19 To
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19:1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of
the children of Simeon according to their families: and their
inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer,
Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families.
9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of
the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too
much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance
within the inheritance of them.
10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to
their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached
to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border
of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to daberath, and goeth up to
Japhia,
13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to
Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and
the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem:
twelve cities with their villages.
16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to
their families, these cities with their villages.
17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of
Issachar according to their families.
18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh;
and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with
their villages.
23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families.
25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel
westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
27 And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to
Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of
Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre;
and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the
sea from the coast to Achzib:
30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their
villages.
31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the
children of Naphtali according to their families.
33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami,
Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at
Jordan:
34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out
from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and
reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward
the sunrising.
35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and
Chinnereth,
36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh;
nineteen cities with their villages.
39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families.
41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and
Ir-shemesh,
42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them:
therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and
took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it,
and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their
father.
48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by
their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the
son of Nun among them:
50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he
asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and
dwelt therein.
51 These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the
son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children
of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the
LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made
an end of dividing the country. |
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Whose
inheritance was taken from the share of Judah because Judah’s
portion was more than they needed? (1,9)
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What
tribe received the third lot whose boundaries are described? (10)
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Who
received the fourth lot whose boundaries are described? (17)
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Who
received the fifth lot whose boundaries are described? (24)
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Who
received the sixth lot whose boundaries are described? (32)
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Who
received the seventh lot whose boundaries are described? (40)
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What
was given to Joshua? (49-51)
Chapter
20
Joshua 20 To
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20:1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities
of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may
flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at
the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in
the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city
unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not
deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour
unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the
congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that
shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto
his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he
fled.
7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem
in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain
of Judah.
8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned
Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and
Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of
the tribe of Manasseh.
9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and
for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth
any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of
the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. |
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What
six cities were selected to be cities of refuge? (7-9)
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Chapter
21
Joshua 21 To
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21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto
Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads
of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,
The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in,
with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their
inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their
suburbs.
4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the
children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot
out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of
the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the
families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out
of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe
of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen
cities.
7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of
Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun,
twelve cities.
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities
with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of
the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here
mentioned by name,
10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the
Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the
first lot.
11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city
is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof
round about it.
12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her
suburbs,
14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh
with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba
with her suburbs,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which
remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their
lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be
a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four
cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon
with her suburbs,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four
cities.
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and
Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the
children of Kohath that remained.
27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,
out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with
her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah
with her suburbs; two cities.
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh
with her suburbs,
29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with
her suburbs,
31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with
her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and
Kartah with her suburbs,
35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah
with her suburbs,
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four
cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to
be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in
all.
40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families,
which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot
twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children
of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them:
thus were all these cities.
43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give
unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he
sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their
enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their
hand.
45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken
unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. |
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From
where did the descendants of Aaron get their towns? (4,9-19)
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From
where did the rest of the Kohathites get their towns? (5,20-26)
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From
where did the Gershonites get their towns? (6,27-33)
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From
where did the Merarites get their towns? (7,34-42)
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How
many of God’s good promises to Israel failed? (45)
Chapter
22
Joshua 22 To
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22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasseh,
2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the
LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded
you:
3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but
have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he
promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents,
and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the
LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which
Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God,
and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to
cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all
your soul.
6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their
tents.
7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given
possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua
among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua
sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your
tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with
brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of
your enemies with your brethren.
9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel
out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country
of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were
possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land
of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see
to.
11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the chidren of Reuben
and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an
altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at
the passage of the children of Israel.
12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation
of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to
go up to war against them.
13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to
the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land
of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout
all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of
their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and
they spake with them, saying,
16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is
this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away
this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an
altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not
cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the
congregation of the LORD,
18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it
will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he
will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then
pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the
LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel
not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar
beside the altar of the LORD our God.
20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed
thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man
perished not alone in his iniquity.
21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands
of Israel,
22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel
he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against
the LORD, (save us not this day,)
23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or
if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer
peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying,
In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying,
What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye
children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD:
so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for
burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our
generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before
him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our
peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in
time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us
or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold
the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for
burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us
and you.
29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day
from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for
meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our
God that is before his tabernacle.
30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation
and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the
words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the
children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children
of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of
Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye
have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have
delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad,
out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of
Israel, and brought them word again.
33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of
Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in
battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad
dwelt.
34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar
Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. |
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Who
did Joshua send back across Jordan after doing their duty? (1-4)
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What
did they build near Jordan? (10)
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Why
did the rest of Israel want to go to war against them? (11,16-20)
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What
reason did they give for building the altar? (24-29)
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What
did they name the altar? (34)
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Chapter
23
Joshua 23 To
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23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given
rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed
old and stricken in age.
2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for
their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said
unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these
nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought
for you.
4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to
be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations
that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and
drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as
the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is
written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside
therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you;
neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by
them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto
this day.
10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it
is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD
your God.
12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of
these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make
marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out
any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and
traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes,
until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath
given you.
14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye
know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath
failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning
you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed
thereof.
15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come
upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD
bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off
this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which
he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed
yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled
against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which
he hath given unto you. |
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How could one of Israel chase a thousand? (10)
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What
would happen to Israel if they intermarried with the surviving
nations? (12-13)
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What
did Joshua realize was about to happen to him? (14)
Chapter
24
Joshua 24 To
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24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and
called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their
judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before
God.
2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time,
even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they
served other gods.
3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and
led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed,
and gave him Isaac.
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount
Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that
which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea;
and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and
horsemen unto the Red sea.
7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and
the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and
your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the
wilderness a long season.
8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the
other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your
hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from
before you.
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against
Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you
still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of
Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and
the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before
you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor
with thy bow.
13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities
which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and
oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in
truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other
side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day
whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that
were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in
whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the
LORD.
16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake
the LORD, to serve other gods;
17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did
those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way
wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the
Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the
LORD; for he is our God.
19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he
is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your
transgressions nor your sins.
20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn
and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against
yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they
said, We are witnesses.
23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among
you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve,
and his voice will we obey.
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a
statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and
took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the
sanctuary of the LORD.
27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a
witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he
spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny
your God.
28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun,
the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the
hill of Gaash.
31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days
of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works
of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up
out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which
Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred
pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of
Joseph.
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill
that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount
Ephraim. |
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What
did Joshua summarize when he assembled the tribes together? (1-14)
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What
choice did Joshua give the Israelites? (14-15)
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What
was Joshua’s choice? (15)
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What
was the reply of the people? (16-21)
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What
symbol was placed under an oak tree as a witness? (26-27)
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How
long did Israel serve the LORD? (31)
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Whose
bones were buried at Shechem? (32)
Answers
to Joshua
Study Questions
Quiz on Joshua Chapters 9 - 24
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