sch. 18. 1. tch 7.1, 5. u Deut. 10. 17. 39. Job 10. 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 x 1 Kings 8. 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,) 7. & 23. 10. Ps. 44. 44.21. & 139. 1, 2. Jer. 12. 3. 2 Cor. 11. 11, 31. y 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 there Deut. 18. on, let the LORD himself require it; 20. 16. + Heb. To morrow. z Gen. 31.48. ch. 24. 27. ver. 34. 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 26, 27. 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: a 27 But that it may be a witness between us and you, and our generations Deut 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. b Deut. 12. 13, 14. 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 Before Joshua's exhortation. for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or cHRIST 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. 1444 + Heb. it was good in their 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar eyes. 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, be- c Lev. 26. 11, cause ye have not committed this trespass 15.2. against the LORD: now ye have deli- † Heb. thes. vered 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.. Numb. 13 Know for a certainty that "the DLORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; Exod 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. 33. 55. Deut. 14 y 1 Kings 2. 2. See Hebr. 997. Luke 21. 33. 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, a ch. 21. 45. that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 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. CHAP. XXIV. 1 Joshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 2 A brief history of God's benefits from Terah. 14 Hereneweth the covenant between the covenant. 29 Joshua's age, death, and burial. 32 Joseph's bones are buried. 33 A ND 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 b ch. 23. 2. officers; and they presented themselves 1 Sam. 10. before God. 19. d Gen. 11. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of adith the flood in old time, even Terah, the fa- 5-6,7. ther of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. e Gen. 31. 3 And I took your father Abraham f Gen. 12. 1. from the other side of the flood, and led Acts 7.2,3 53 him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him & Gen. 21. 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. 2,3. Ps. 127. 3. 24, 25, 26. Gen i Gen. 36. 8. k Gen. 46. Deut. 2. 5. 1, 6. Acts 7. 15. & 8. & 9. & 5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and 1 Exod. 3.10 I plagued Egypt, according to that which m Exod. 7. I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. 10. & 12. 37, 51. o Exod. 14. 6 And I brought your fathers out of n Exod. 12. Egypt: andye came unto the sea; Pand the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. p Exod. 14. 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 2.32. & 3.1. might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. them and God. 26 A stone the witness of Eleazar dicth. 20. fPs. 44.3, 6. 10, 11. ch. Israel's covenant renewed. Before 12. 1 Sam. 12. 24. & 20. 5. Ps. 119. 1. JUDGES, I. CHRIST 14 Now therefore fear the LORD, | cir. 1437. and serve him in 'sincerity and in truth: h Deut. 10. and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, 1 Gen. 17. 1. and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. Dent. 18. 13. 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve 2 Cor. 1. 12. the LORD, tTM choose you this day whom Eph. 6.243 ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other of the flood, or the gods of the A7, 8. & 23.3. morites, in whose land ye dwell: "but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. 16 And the people answered and said, 39. John 6. God forbid that we should forsake the Lev. 17. 7. Ezek. 20. 18. Ezek. 20. m See Ruth 1.15. 1 Kings 18. 21. Ezek. 20. 67. n ver. 14. o Exod. 23. 21, 32, 33. & 13. 7. & 29. 10. side LORD, to serve other gods; 17 For the LORD our God, he it is 34. 15. Deut. that brought us up and our fathers 18. Judg. 6. 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: p Gen. 18.19. q Matt. 6. 24 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; the will P29.5.9. not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. r Lev. 19. 2. 1 Sam. 6. 20. Isai. 5. 16. s Exod. 20. 5 1 Exod. 23. 21. u 1 Chron. 28. 9. 20 "If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he Chron. 15. hath done you good. 2. Ezra 8. 22. Isai. 1. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, 12. Nay; but we will serve the LORD. 13. Jer. 17. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, 16105 Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 25 Now therefore put away, said he, Judg. 10. 16. the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. z ver. 14. Gen. 35. 2. Before CHRIST things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the 30 And they buried him in the border 31 And Israel served the LORD all m Judg. 2.7. the days of Joshua, and all the days of + overlived Joshua, and Heather which had known all the works of the days after longed Joshua. 25. Exod. 13 p Gen. 33. the children of Israel brought up out of Gen. 50 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron THE BOOK OF JUDGES. CHAP. I. cir. 1425. 1 The acts of Judah and Simeon. 6 Adonibezek justly requited. 8 Jerusalem taken. 10 Hebron taken. 13 Othniel hath Achsah to wife for taking of Debir. 16 The Kenites dwell in Judah. 17 Hormah, Gaza, Askelon and Ekron taken. 21 The acts of Benjamin. 22 Of the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el. 27 Of Manasseh. 30 Of Zebulun. 31 Of Asher. 33 Of Naphtali. 34 Of Dan. N TOW after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of 21 Numb. 17: Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? ch.20.18. b Gen. 49. 8. 2 And the LORD said, Judah shall gọ 218 to his hand. ther, Come up with me into my lot, that delivered the Canaanites and the Periz- zek: and they fought against him, and Jerusalem taken. CHAP. I. The acts of several tribės. Before sued after him, and caught him, and cut | bited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell Before eir. 1425 off his thumbs and his great toes. CHRIST thumbs of their hands 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore 1. Heb. the and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, || gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so 10t, gles God hath requited me. And they brought e Lev. 54. 19. him to Jerusalem, and there he died. and of their feet. ed 1 Sam. 153 James 2 13 See Juab. 1563 g Josh. ra. 15. 13. 10r, low country. h Josh. 14. 15 & 15 13, 4 Josh. 15. 15 1444 k Josh. 15. 16, 17. 1 ch. 39. m Josh. 15. a Gen. 33.11. cir. 1425. och. 4. 11, 6. 1 Chron. 81 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the || valley. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before wash Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, 1 Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? 15 And she said unto him, "Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. 16 And the children of the Kenite, 17.1 Sam.15. Moses' father in law, went up out of the Jeras city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. 21 And the children of Benjamin the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath be. n ver. 30. came tributaries unto them. 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaal- Josh. 19. bim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph + prevailed, so that they became tri-leh was butaries. a See Josh. 15. 63. & 18. did not drive out the Jebusites that inha heavy. ND an ||angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware b Gen 17.7. unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. e ver. 20. Ps. 106. 34. c Deut. 7. 2. 2 And ye shall make no league with d Deut. 12.3. the inhabitants of this land; dye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice. why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall their Josh. 23.13. be as thorns in your sides, and gods shall be ahsnare unto you. g ch. 3. 6. h Exod. 23. 33. & 34. 12. Dent. 7. 16. Ps. 106. 36. That is, weepers. i Josh. 22. 6. & 24.28. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place || Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. 6 And when Joshua had let the cir. 1444 people, go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out 9 Deut. 6. 14. of the land of Egypt, and followed "other gods, of the gods of the people that were Exod. 20.5- round about them, and 'bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. sch. 3.7. 10.6. Ps.106. 36. t ch. 3. 8. Ps. 106. 40, 41, 42. u 2 Kings 17. 20. 13 And they forsook the LORD, 'and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 14 And the anger of the LORD God's anger and pity towards Iarael. CHRIST them into the hands of spoilers that chor's 4.2. Ps. 44. 12. Isai. 50. 1. y Lev. 26.37. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the Josh.7.12, hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lev. 26. LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. Deut. 28. ach.3.0 9, 10, 15. 1 Sam.12. 16 Nevertheless "the Lord raised up judges, which † delivered them out of the 1. Acts 13. hand of those that spoiled them. 20. † Heb.saved. 15, 16. Lev. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whor- b Exod. 34 ing after other gods, and bowed them-17.7. selves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD: but they did not so. 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the Josh. 1.5 judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repente repented the LORD because d See Gen. 6. of their groanings by reason of them that 36. Ps. 106. oppressed them and vexed them. judge was dead, that they returned, and Iet nothing fall of their. Josh. 23. 20 And the anger of the LORD fver. 14. was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 13. 21 I also will not henceforth drive b Josh. 23. out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: 22 That through them I may prove i ch. 3.1.4 Israel, whether they will keep the way of k Deut. 8.2, 16 & 13-3 ed. 25 Therefore the LORD || left those Or,nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before was hot against Israel, and he "delivered | knew nothing thereof; a ch. 2. 21, 22. |