Joshua:9-16
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And it came to pass ,
when all the kings which were on this side Jordan ,
in the hills ,
and in the valleys ,
and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon ,
the Hittite ,
and the Amorite ,
the Canaanite ,
the Perizzite ,
the Hivite ,
and the Jebusite ,
heard thereof ;
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That they gathered themselves together ,
to fight with Joshua and with Israel ,
with one accord .
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And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai ,
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They did work wilily ,
and went and made as if they had been ambassadors ,
and took old sacks upon their asses ,
and wine bottles ,
old ,
and rent ,
and bound up ;
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And old shoes and clouted upon their feet ,
and old garments upon them ;
and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy .
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And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal ,
and said unto him ,
and to the men of Israel ,
We be come from a far country :
now therefore make ye a league with us .
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And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites ,
Peradventure ye dwell among us ;
and how shall we make a league with you ?
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And they said unto Joshua ,
We are thy servants .
And Joshua said unto them ,
Who are ye ?
and from whence come ye ?
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And they said unto him ,
From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God :
for we have heard the fame of him ,
and all that he did in Egypt ,
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And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites ,
that were beyond Jordan ,
to Sihon king of Heshbon ,
and to Og king of Bashan ,
which was at Ashtaroth .
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Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us ,
saying ,
Take victuals with you for the journey ,
and go to meet them ,
and say unto them ,
We are your servants :
therefore now make ye a league with us .
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This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ;
but now ,
behold ,
it is dry ,
and it is mouldy :
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And these bottles of wine ,
which we filled ,
were new ;
and ,
behold ,
they be rent :
and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey .
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And the men took of their victuals ,
and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD .
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And Joshua made peace with them ,
and made a league with them ,
to let them live :
and the princes of the congregation sware unto them .
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And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them ,
that they heard that they were their neighbours ,
and that they dwelt among them .
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And the children of Israel journeyed ,
and came unto their cities on the third day .
Now their cities were Gibeon ,
and Chephirah ,
and Beeroth ,
and Kirjathjearim .
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And the children of Israel smote them not ,
because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel .
And all the congregation murmured against the princes .
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But all the princes said unto all the congregation ,
We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel :
now therefore we may not touch them .
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This we will do to them ;
we will even let them live ,
lest wrath be upon us ,
because of the oath which we sware unto them .
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And the princes said unto them ,
Let them live ;
but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation ;
as the princes had promised them .
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And Joshua called for them ,
and he spake unto them ,
saying ,
Wherefore have ye beguiled us ,
saying ,
We are very far from you ;
when ye dwell among us ?
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Now therefore ye are cursed ,
and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen ,
and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God .
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And they answered Joshua ,
and said ,
Because it was certainly told thy servants ,
how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land ,
and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you ,
therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you ,
and have done this thing .
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And now ,
behold ,
we are in thine hand :
as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us ,
do .
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And so did he unto them ,
and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel ,
that they slew them not .
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And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation ,
and for the altar of the LORD ,
even unto this day ,
in the place which he should choose .
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Now it came to pass ,
when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai ,
and had utterly destroyed it ;
as he had done to Jericho and her king ,
so he had done to Ai and her king ;
and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel ,
and were among them ;
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That they feared greatly ,
because Gibeon was a great city ,
as one of the royal cities ,
and because it was greater than Ai ,
and all the men thereof were mighty .
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Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron ,
and unto Piram king of Jarmuth ,
and unto Japhia king of Lachish ,
and unto Debir king of Eglon ,
saying ,
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Come up unto me ,
and help me ,
that we may smite Gibeon :
for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel .
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Therefore the five kings of the Amorites ,
the king of Jerusalem ,
the king of Hebron ,
the king of Jarmuth ,
the king of Lachish ,
the king of Eglon ,
gathered themselves together ,
and went up ,
they and all their hosts ,
and encamped before Gibeon ,
and made war against it .
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And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal ,
saying ,
Slack not thy hand from thy servants ;
come up to us quickly ,
and save us ,
and help us :
for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us .
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So Joshua ascended from Gilgal ,
he ,
and all the people of war with him ,
and all the mighty men of valour .
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And the LORD said unto Joshua ,
Fear them not :
for I have delivered them into thine hand ;
there shall not a man of them stand before thee .
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Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly ,
and went up from Gilgal all night .
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And the LORD discomfited them before Israel ,
and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon ,
and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron ,
and smote them to Azekah ,
and unto Makkedah .
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And it came to pass ,
as they fled from before Israel ,
and were in the going down to Bethhoron ,
that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah ,
and they died :
they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword .
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Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel ,
and he said in the sight of Israel ,
Sun ,
stand thou still upon Gibeon ;
and thou ,
Moon ,
in the valley of Ajalon .
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And the sun stood still ,
and the moon stayed ,
until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies .
Is not this written in the book of Jasher ?
So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven ,
and hasted not to go down about a whole day .
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And there was no day like that before it or after it ,
that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man :
for the LORD fought for Israel .
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And Joshua returned ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto the camp to Gilgal .
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But these five kings fled ,
and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah .
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And it was told Joshua ,
saying ,
The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah .
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And Joshua said ,
Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave ,
and set men by it for to keep them :
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And stay ye not ,
but pursue after your enemies ,
and smite the hindmost of them ;
suffer them not to enter into their cities :
for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand .
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And it came to pass ,
when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter ,
till they were consumed ,
that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities .
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And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace :
none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel .
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Then said Joshua ,
Open the mouth of the cave ,
and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave .
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And they did so ,
and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave ,
the king of Jerusalem ,
the king of Hebron ,
the king of Jarmuth ,
the king of Lachish ,
and the king of Eglon .
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And it came to pass ,
when they brought out those kings unto Joshua ,
that Joshua called for all the men of Israel ,
and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him ,
Come near ,
put your feet upon the necks of these kings .
And they came near ,
and put their feet upon the necks of them .
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And Joshua said unto them ,
Fear not ,
nor be dismayed ,
be strong and of good courage :
for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight .
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And afterward Joshua smote them ,
and slew them ,
and hanged them on five trees :
and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening .
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And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun ,
that Joshua commanded ,
and they took them down off the trees ,
and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid ,
and laid great stones in the cave '
s mouth ,
which remain until this very day .
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And that day Joshua took Makkedah ,
and smote it with the edge of the sword ,
and the king thereof he utterly destroyed ,
them ,
and all the souls that were therein ;
he let none remain :
and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho .
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Then Joshua passed from Makkedah ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto Libnah ,
and fought against Libnah :
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And the LORD delivered it also ,
and the king thereof ,
into the hand of Israel ;
and he smote it with the edge of the sword ,
and all the souls that were therein ;
he let none remain in it ;
but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho .
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And Joshua passed from Libnah ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto Lachish ,
and encamped against it ,
and fought against it :
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And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel ,
which took it on the second day ,
and smote it with the edge of the sword ,
and all the souls that were therein ,
according to all that he had done to Libnah .
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Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish ;
and Joshua smote him and his people ,
until he had left him none remaining .
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And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon ,
and all Israel with him ;
and they encamped against it ,
and fought against it :
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And they took it on that day ,
and smote it with the edge of the sword ,
and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day ,
according to all that he had done to Lachish .
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And Joshua went up from Eglon ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto Hebron ;
and they fought against it :
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And they took it ,
and smote it with the edge of the sword ,
and the king thereof ,
and all the cities thereof ,
and all the souls that were therein ;
he left none remaining ,
according to all that he had done to Eglon ;
but destroyed it utterly ,
and all the souls that were therein .
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And Joshua returned ,
and all Israel with him ,
to Debir ;
and fought against it :
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And he took it ,
and the king thereof ,
and all the cities thereof ;
and they smote them with the edge of the sword ,
and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein ;
he left none remaining :
as he had done to Hebron ,
so he did to Debir ,
and to the king thereof ;
as he had done also to Libnah ,
and to her king .
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So Joshua smote all the country of the hills ,
and of the south ,
and of the vale ,
and of the springs ,
and all their kings :
he left none remaining ,
but utterly destroyed all that breathed ,
as the LORD God of Israel commanded .
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And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza ,
and all the country of Goshen ,
even unto Gibeon .
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And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time ,
because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel .
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And Joshua returned ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto the camp to Gilgal .
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And it came to pass ,
when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things ,
that he sent to Jobab king of Madon ,
and to the king of Shimron ,
and to the king of Achshaph ,
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And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains ,
and of the plains south of Chinneroth ,
and in the valley ,
and in the borders of Dor on the west ,
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And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west ,
and to the Amorite ,
and the Hittite ,
and the Perizzite ,
and the Jebusite in the mountains ,
and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh .
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And they went out ,
they and all their hosts with them ,
much people ,
even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude ,
with horses and chariots very many .
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And when all these kings were met together ,
they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom ,
to fight against Israel .
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And the LORD said unto Joshua ,
Be not afraid because of them :
for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel :
thou shalt hough their horses ,
and burn their chariots with fire .
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So Joshua came ,
and all the people of war with him ,
against them by the waters of Merom suddenly ;
and they fell upon them .
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And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel ,
who smote them ,
and chased them unto great Zidon ,
and unto Misrephothmaim ,
and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward ;
and they smote them ,
until they left them none remaining .
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And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him :
he houghed their horses ,
and burnt their chariots with fire .
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And Joshua at that time turned back ,
and took Hazor ,
and smote the king thereof with the sword :
for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms .
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And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword ,
utterly destroying them :
there was not any left to breathe :
and he burnt Hazor with fire .
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And all the cities of those kings ,
and all the kings of them ,
did Joshua take ,
and smote them with the edge of the sword ,
and he utterly destroyed them ,
as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded .
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But as for the cities that stood still in their strength ,
Israel burned none of them ,
save Hazor only ;
that did Joshua burn .
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And all the spoil of these cities ,
and the cattle ,
the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves ;
but every man they smote with the edge of the sword ,
until they had destroyed them ,
neither left they any to breathe .
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As the LORD commanded Moses his servant ,
so did Moses command Joshua ,
and so did Joshua ;
he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses .
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So Joshua took all that land ,
the hills ,
and all the south country ,
and all the land of Goshen ,
and the valley ,
and the plain ,
and the mountain of Israel ,
and the valley of the same ;
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Even from the mount Halak ,
that goeth up to Seir ,
even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon :
and all their kings he took ,
and smote them ,
and slew them .
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Joshua made war a long time with all those kings .
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There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel ,
save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon :
all other they took in battle .
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For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts ,
that they should come against Israel in battle ,
that he might destroy them utterly ,
and that they might have no favour ,
but that he might destroy them ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .
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And at that time came Joshua ,
and cut off the Anakims from the mountains ,
from Hebron ,
from Debir ,
from Anab ,
and from all the mountains of Judah ,
and from all the mountains of Israel :
Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities .
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There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel :
only in Gaza ,
in Gath ,
and in Ashdod ,
there remained .
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So Joshua took the whole land ,
according to all that the LORD said unto Moses ;
and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes .
And the land rested from war .
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Now these are the kings of the land ,
which the children of Israel smote ,
and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun ,
from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon ,
and all the plain on the east :
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Sihon king of the Amorites ,
who dwelt in Heshbon ,
and ruled from Aroer ,
which is upon the bank of the river Arnon ,
and from the middle of the river ,
and from half Gilead ,
even unto the river Jabbok ,
which is the border of the children of Ammon ;
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And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east ,
and unto the sea of the plain ,
even the salt sea on the east ,
the way to Bethjeshimoth ;
and from the south ,
under Ashdothpisgah :
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And the coast of Og king of Bashan ,
which was of the remnant of the giants ,
that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei ,
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And reigned in mount Hermon ,
and in Salcah ,
and in all Bashan ,
unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites ,
and half Gilead ,
the border of Sihon king of Heshbon .
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Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite :
and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites ,
and the Gadites ,
and the half tribe of Manasseh .
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And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west ,
from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak ,
that goeth up to Seir ;
which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions ;
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In the mountains ,
and in the valleys ,
and in the plains ,
and in the springs ,
and in the wilderness ,
and in the south country ;
the Hittites ,
the Amorites ,
and the Canaanites ,
the Perizzites ,
the Hivites ,
and the Jebusites :
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The king of Jericho ,
one ;
the king of Ai ,
which is beside Bethel ,
one ;
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The king of Jerusalem ,
one ;
the king of Hebron ,
one ;
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The king of Jarmuth ,
one ;
the king of Lachish ,
one ;
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The king of Eglon ,
one ;
the king of Gezer ,
one ;
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The king of Debir ,
one ;
the king of Geder ,
one ;
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The king of Hormah ,
one ;
the king of Arad ,
one ;
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The king of Libnah ,
one ;
the king of Adullam ,
one ;
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The king of Makkedah ,
one ;
the king of Bethel ,
one ;
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The king of Tappuah ,
one ;
the king of Hepher ,
one ;
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The king of Aphek ,
one ;
the king of Lasharon ,
one ;
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The king of Madon ,
one ;
the king of Hazor ,
one ;
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The king of Shimronmeron ,
one ;
the king of Achshaph ,
one ;
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The king of Taanach ,
one ;
the king of Megiddo ,
one ;
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The king of Kedesh ,
one ;
the king of Jokneam of Carmel ,
one ;
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The king of Dor in the coast of Dor ,
one ;
the king of the nations of Gilgal ,
one ;
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The king of Tirzah ,
one :
all the kings thirty and one .
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Now Joshua was old and stricken in years ;
and the LORD said unto him ,
Thou art old and stricken in years ,
and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed .
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This is the land that yet remaineth :
all the borders of the Philistines ,
and all Geshuri ,
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From Sihor ,
which is before Egypt ,
even unto the borders of Ekron northward ,
which is counted to the Canaanite :
five lords of the Philistines ;
the Gazathites ,
and the Ashdothites ,
the Eshkalonites ,
the Gittites ,
and the Ekronites ;
also the Avites :
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From the south ,
all the land of the Canaanites ,
and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians ,
unto Aphek ,
to the borders of the Amorites :
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And the land of the Giblites ,
and all Lebanon ,
toward the sunrising ,
from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath .
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All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim ,
and all the Sidonians ,
them will I drive out from before the children of Israel :
only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance ,
as I have commanded thee .
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Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes ,
and the half tribe of Manasseh ,
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With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance ,
which Moses gave them ,
beyond Jordan eastward ,
even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them ;
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From Aroer ,
that is upon the bank of the river Arnon ,
and the city that is in the midst of the river ,
and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon ;
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And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites ,
which reigned in Heshbon ,
unto the border of the children of Ammon ;
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And Gilead ,
and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites ,
and all mount Hermon ,
and all Bashan unto Salcah ;
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All the kingdom of Og in Bashan ,
which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei ,
who remained of the remnant of the giants :
for these did Moses smite ,
and cast them out .
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Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites ,
nor the Maachathites :
but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day .
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Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance ;
the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance ,
as he said unto them .
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And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families .
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And their coast was from Aroer ,
that is on the bank of the river Arnon ,
and the city that is in the midst of the river ,
and all the plain by Medeba ;
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Heshbon ,
and all her cities that are in the plain ;
Dibon ,
and Bamothbaal ,
and Bethbaalmeon ,
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And Jahazah ,
and Kedemoth ,
and Mephaath ,
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And Kirjathaim ,
and Sibmah ,
and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley ,
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And Bethpeor ,
and Ashdothpisgah ,
and Bethjeshimoth ,
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And all the cities of the plain ,
and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites ,
which reigned in Heshbon ,
whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian ,
Evi ,
and Rekem ,
and Zur ,
and Hur ,
and Reba ,
which were dukes of Sihon ,
dwelling in the country .
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Balaam also the son of Beor ,
the soothsayer ,
did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them .
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And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan ,
and the border thereof .
This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families ,
the cities and the villages thereof .
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And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad ,
even unto the children of Gad according to their families .
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And their coast was Jazer ,
and all the cities of Gilead ,
and half the land of the children of Ammon ,
unto Aroer that is before Rabbah ;
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And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh ,
and Betonim ;
and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir ;
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And in the valley ,
Betharam ,
and Bethnimrah ,
and Succoth ,
and Zaphon ,
the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon ,
Jordan and his border ,
even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward .
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This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families ,
the cities ,
and their villages .
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And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh :
and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families .
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And their coast was from Mahanaim ,
all Bashan ,
all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan ,
and all the towns of Jair ,
which are in Bashan ,
threescore cities :
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And half Gilead ,
and Ashtaroth ,
and Edrei ,
cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan ,
were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh ,
even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families .
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These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab ,
on the other side Jordan ,
by Jericho ,
eastward .
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But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance :
the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance ,
as he said unto them .
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And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan ,
which Eleazar the priest ,
and Joshua the son of Nun ,
and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel ,
distributed for inheritance to them .
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By lot was their inheritance ,
as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses ,
for the nine tribes ,
and for the half tribe .
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For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan :
but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them .
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For the children of Joseph were two tribes ,
Manasseh and Ephraim :
therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land ,
save cities to dwell in ,
with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance .
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As the LORD commanded Moses ,
so the children of Israel did ,
and they divided the land .
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Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal :
and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him ,
Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea .
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Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land ;
and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart .
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Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt :
but I wholly followed the LORD my God .
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And Moses sware on that day ,
saying ,
Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance ,
and thy children '
s for ever ,
because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God .
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And now ,
behold ,
the LORD hath kept me alive ,
as he said ,
these forty and five years ,
even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses ,
while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness :
and now ,
lo ,
I am this day fourscore and five years old .
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As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me :
as my strength was then ,
even so is my strength now ,
for war ,
both to go out ,
and to come in .
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Now therefore give me this mountain ,
whereof the LORD spake in that day ;
for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there ,
and that the cities were great and fenced :
if so be the LORD will be with me ,
then I shall be able to drive them out ,
as the LORD said .
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And Joshua blessed him ,
and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance .
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Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day ,
because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel .
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And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba ;
which Arba was a great man among the Anakims .
And the land had rest from war .
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This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families ;
even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast .
*
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea ,
from the bay that looketh southward :
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And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim ,
and passed along to Zin ,
and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea ,
and passed along to Hezron ,
and went up to Adar ,
and fetched a compass to Karkaa :
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From thence it passed toward Azmon ,
and went out unto the river of Egypt ;
and the goings out of that coast were at the sea :
this shall be your south coast .
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And the east border was the salt sea ,
even unto the end of Jordan .
And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan :
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And the border went up to Bethhogla ,
and passed along by the north of Betharabah ;
and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben :
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And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor ,
and so northward ,
looking toward Gilgal ,
that is before the going up to Adummim ,
which is on the south side of the river :
and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh ,
and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel :
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And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite ;
the same is Jerusalem :
and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward ,
which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward :
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And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah ,
and went out to the cities of mount Ephron ;
and the border was drawn to Baalah ,
which is Kirjathjearim :
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And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir ,
and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim ,
which is Chesalon ,
on the north side ,
and went down to Bethshemesh ,
and passed on to Timnah :
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And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward :
and the border was drawn to Shicron ,
and passed along to mount Baalah ,
and went out unto Jabneel ;
and the goings out of the border were at the sea .
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And the west border was to the great sea ,
and the coast thereof .
This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families .
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And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah ,
according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua ,
even the city of Arba the father of Anak ,
which city is Hebron .
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And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak ,
Sheshai ,
and Ahiman ,
and Talmai ,
the children of Anak .
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And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir :
and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher .
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And Caleb said ,
He that smiteth Kirjathsepher ,
and taketh it ,
to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife .
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And Othniel the son of Kenaz ,
the brother of Caleb ,
took it :
and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife .
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And it came to pass ,
as she came unto him ,
that she moved him to ask of her father a field :
and she lighted off her ass ;
and Caleb said unto her ,
What wouldest thou ?
*
Who answered ,
Give me a blessing ;
for thou hast given me a south land ;
give me also springs of water .
And he gave her the upper springs ,
and the nether springs .
*
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families .
*
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel ,
and Eder ,
and Jagur ,
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And Kinah ,
and Dimonah ,
and Adadah ,
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And Kedesh ,
and Hazor ,
and Ithnan ,
*
Ziph ,
and Telem ,
and Bealoth ,
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And Hazor ,
Hadattah ,
and Kerioth ,
and Hezron ,
which is Hazor ,
*
Amam ,
and Shema ,
and Moladah ,
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And Hazargaddah ,
and Heshmon ,
and Bethpalet ,
*
And Hazarshual ,
and Beersheba ,
and Bizjothjah ,
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Baalah ,
and Iim ,
and Azem ,
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And Eltolad ,
and Chesil ,
and Hormah ,
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And Ziklag ,
and Madmannah ,
and Sansannah ,
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And Lebaoth ,
and Shilhim ,
and Ain ,
and Rimmon :
all the cities are twenty and nine ,
with their villages :
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And in the valley ,
Eshtaol ,
and Zoreah ,
and Ashnah ,
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And Zanoah ,
and Engannim ,
Tappuah ,
and Enam ,
*
Jarmuth ,
and Adullam ,
Socoh ,
and Azekah ,
*
And Sharaim ,
and Adithaim ,
and Gederah ,
and Gederothaim ;
fourteen cities with their villages :
*
Zenan ,
and Hadashah ,
and Migdalgad ,
*
And Dilean ,
and Mizpeh ,
and Joktheel ,
*
Lachish ,
and Bozkath ,
and Eglon ,
*
And Cabbon ,
and Lahmam ,
and Kithlish ,
*
And Gederoth ,
Bethdagon ,
and Naamah ,
and Makkedah ;
sixteen cities with their villages :
*
Libnah ,
and Ether ,
and Ashan ,
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And Jiphtah ,
and Ashnah ,
and Nezib ,
*
And Keilah ,
and Achzib ,
and Mareshah ;
nine cities with their villages :
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Ekron ,
with her towns and her villages :
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From Ekron even unto the sea ,
all that lay near Ashdod ,
with their villages :
*
Ashdod with her towns and her villages ,
Gaza with her towns and her villages ,
unto the river of Egypt ,
and the great sea ,
and the border thereof :
*
And in the mountains ,
Shamir ,
and Jattir ,
and Socoh ,
*
And Dannah ,
and Kirjathsannah ,
which is Debir ,
*
And Anab ,
and Eshtemoh ,
and Anim ,
*
And Goshen ,
and Holon ,
and Giloh ;
eleven cities with their villages :
*
Arab ,
and Dumah ,
and Eshean ,
*
And Janum ,
and Bethtappuah ,
and Aphekah ,
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And Humtah ,
and Kirjatharba ,
which is Hebron ,
and Zior ;
nine cities with their villages :
*
Maon ,
Carmel ,
and Ziph ,
and Juttah ,
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And Jezreel ,
and Jokdeam ,
and Zanoah ,
*
Cain ,
Gibeah ,
and Timnah ;
ten cities with their villages :
*
Halhul ,
Bethzur ,
and Gedor ,
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And Maarath ,
and Bethanoth ,
and Eltekon ;
six cities with their villages :
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Kirjathbaal ,
which is Kirjathjearim ,
and Rabbah ;
two cities with their villages :
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In the wilderness ,
Betharabah ,
Middin ,
and Secacah ,
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And Nibshan ,
and the city of Salt ,
and Engedi ;
six cities with their villages .
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As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
the children of Judah could not drive them out :
but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day .
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And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho ,
unto the water of Jericho on the east ,
to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel ,
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And goeth out from Bethel to Luz ,
and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth ,
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And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti ,
unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether ,
and to Gezer :
and the goings out thereof are at the sea .
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So the children of Joseph ,
Manasseh and Ephraim ,
took their inheritance .
*
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus :
even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar ,
unto Bethhoron the upper ;
*
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side ;
and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh ,
and passed by it on the east to Janohah ;
*
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth ,
and to Naarath ,
and came to Jericho ,
and went out at Jordan .
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The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah ;
and the goings out thereof were at the sea .
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families .
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And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh ,
all the cities with their villages .
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And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer :
but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day ,
and serve under tribute .
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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 .
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