The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh. Before CHAP. XVIII. CHST spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast 1444- thou given me but "one lot and one porGen. 48.22. tion to inherit, seeing I am a great peoGen. 48. 19. ple, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed Numb. 26. 36 37 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 10г, R 1520 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 Ca Deut. 20. 1. naanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. fch 142 & ver. 10. 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. The remainder of the land divided. on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. 81 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. Before CHRIST 1444 12 And their border on the north side i See ch. 16 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. 1. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, *which is Beth-el, southward; and the k Gen. 28. border descended to Ataroth-adar, near 25 the hill that lieth on the south side of 1 ch. 16 3. the nether Beth-horon. 19. Judg. 1. 75 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is ch. 13. & their inheritance: "and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan | Jordan: this was the south coast, 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 Heb. ch13 13 went down unto Arabah: Or, the plain. tongue. s ch. 15. 8. a ver. 9. b1 Chron. 4. 28. e ver. 1. d Gen. 49. 13. 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 Beth-el, 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. mah, 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 inherit ance 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 Before Issachar, Asher, the sea, and Maralah, and reached to CHRIST Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that 1444is 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, e ch. 12. 22. 15 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Iitahkazin, and goeth out to Remmon-|| me-or, which thoar 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 Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. 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 Haphraim, and Shihon, 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 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 feh. 11.8 Zidon; Judg. 1.3 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Re- Mic. L hob: twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to Naphtali, and Dan. Before CHRIST 1441 h Deut. 13. 23 i Jolg. 1.35. 1 Ог, осет 1 Or, Jeppa, Acts 9. 36. k See Judg. their families, these cities with their | Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of 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 Enhazor, 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 1. Judg. 18. Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 29 • Numb. 34. 1. ch. 14. L Before CHRIST 10. Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the 1444tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot Pin Shiloh be- p ch. 18. 1, fore the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the 356, 11, 14hand 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. a Exod. 21. 13. Nunib. Deut. 19. 2, 9 2. 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 Ruth 4-1, 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, duntil 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. & 21. 11, 13. h Luke 1.39. 43. Chron. 6. k ch. 21. 38. ch. 21. 36. 78. 1 Kings 22. 3. 1 eh. 21. 27. m Numb. 35. 9th These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the 15stranger 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 n ver. 6. he stood before the congregation. CHAP. XXI. 1 Eight and forty cities given by lot, out of the other tribes, unto the Levites. 43 God gave the land, and rest unto the Israelites, according to his promise. THEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Elea T 51 These are the inheritances, which | zar the priest, and unto Joshua the son a ch. 14. 1.. & 17.4 Eight and forty cities Before CHRIST 1444 b ch. 18. 1. 2. C JOSHUA. 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh Numb. 35. 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 famid ver. 8, 19. lies of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of See ch. 24. 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. 33. Γver. 20, &c. g ver. 27, &c. h ver. 34,&c. i ver. 3. 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. 7h 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 k Numb-35- their suburbs, as the Lord commanded 2 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 + Heb. call cities which are here mentioned by name, 101 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for their's was the first lot. ed. her suburbs, 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and e ch. 18.25. • Almon with her suburbs; four cities. d ch. 18. 24, 19 All the cities of the children of ex Chron. 6. Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities 60, Alemeth. with their suburbs. 1 Chron. 6. 20And the families of the children of ver. 5of Kohath, the Levites which remained 66. 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 8 ch. 20.7. 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, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. 1 Chron. 6. 27 And unto the children of Ger- hver. 6. shon, of the families of the Levites, out 71. of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, i ch. 20. 8. to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah 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 k ch. 20. 7. 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. 1 Chron. 6. 34 And unto the families of the 1 ver. 7. See children of Merari, the rest of the Le-7 vites, 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. u ch. 15.50. 14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and ch. 15. 51. Debir with her suburbs, y ch. 15. 49. 21 Chron. 16 And Ain with her suburbs, and 6. 59, Ashan, Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-m Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, | Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. CHAP. XXII. The two tribes and half sent home. They build an altar of testimony. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, "Ra- | Manasseh Moses had given possession in Before Before CHRIST 1444 moth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a n ch. 20. 8. city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, • Numb. 15. 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. 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 CHRIST 1444 Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren ong ch. 17. 5. 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: di- h Numb. 31 vide the spoil of your enemies with your 36 14. brethren. 27. 1 Sam 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 i Numb. 32. 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. 1, 26, 29. 12, &c. Judg. 11 And the children of Israel heard Deut. 13. say, Behold, the children of Reuben and 20.12. 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 1 Judg. 20. 1. the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. n 6.25. 7. 13 And the children of Israelm sent m Deut. 13. 14. Judg. 20 unto the children of Reuben, and to the 12. 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 o Numb. 1. 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, Exod.2 thes of father. 4. 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 P.89 day against the LORD? P p See Lev. Deut. 12. 13, 14. 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little q Numb. 25. for us, from which we are not cleansed 34. Deut. until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, |