↑ Heb. it was good in their eyes. © Lev. 26. 11, 12. 2 Chr. 15. 2. ↑ Heb. then. 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. Joshua's charge to Israel. B. C. LORD your God hath done unto all 4 Behold, I have divided unto you d Ex. 14. 14. ch. 10. 14, 42. e ch. 13. 2, 6, & 18. 10. + Heb. at the f Ex. 23. 30. 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 Num. 33. 53. 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; h ch. 1. 7. 1 Deut. 5, 32 & 28. 14. k Ex. 23. 39. 7 That ye k come not among these 8 But cleave unto the LORD your Ps. 16. 4. 58. Or, For if ye will cleave, ! &c. Or, Then the LORD will drive. m Deut. 10. 20. & 11. 22. & 13. 4. ch. 22 5 n Deut. 11. 23 o ch. 1. 5. 10 POne man of you shall chase a thousand for the LORD your God, he Lev. 20 it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. your God. Deut. 32. 30. See Judg. S. 31. & 15 15. 2 Sam. 23. 8 souls. 11 Take good heed therefore unto 33 And the thing pleased the chil-yourselves, that ye love the LORD Heb. your dren of Israel; and the children of d1 Chr. 29. 20. 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. 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: q Ex. 14. 14. 2 Pet. 2.20.21. Deut. 7. 3. Judg. 2. S. 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 Ex. 29. 53. traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land AND it came to pass, a long time which the LORD your God hath given 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 * Gen. 35. 4. ch. 23. 2. 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. CHAPTER XXIV. Joshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 2 A brief history of God's benefits from Terah onward. 14 He reneweth the covenant between them and God, and age death, and burial. 32 Joseph's bones are buried. setteth up a stone as a witness thereof. 29 Joshua's 33 Eleazar dieth. of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and 1 Sam. 10. 19. for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and 161,6. 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. Acte 7. 15. Ex. 3. 10. = Ex. 7. & & 9.& 10. & 12 Ex. 12. 57, • Ex. 14.2 PEL. 149 Ex. 14. 10. Ex. 14. 20. EL 14 27, 2 + DPEL 4.34. & 22 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; Pand 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 2 with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their Sem. 21. 21, 243.1. Exhortation to fear him. 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: B. C. about 1427. y See Judg. 11. 25. 2 Num. 22. 5. Deut. 23. 4. a Deut. 23. 5. 10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed youb Num. 23. 11, 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. 20. & 24. 10. c ch. 3. 14, 17. & 4. 10, 11, 12. d ch. 6. 1. & 10. 1. & 11. 1. • Ex. 23. 28. Deut. 7. 20. 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, Ps. 44. 3, 6. 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 Deut. 6. 10, dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 11. ch. 11. 13. 1 Sam. 12. 24. i Gen. 17. 1. & 20. 5. Deut. 18. 13. Ps. 119. 1. 2 Cor. 14 Now therefore fear the LORD, h Deut. 10. 12. 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. m 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. 1. 12. Eph. k ver. 2, 23. 1 Ez. 20. 7, 8. & 23. 3. m See Ruth 1. 15. 1 Kings 18. 21. Ez. 20. 39. John 6. 67. n ver. 14. o Ex. 23. 24, 32, 33. & 34. 15. Deut. 13. 7. & 29. 18. Judg. 6. 10. P Gen. 18. 19. r Lev. 19. 2. 1 Sam. 6. 20. Ps. 99. 5, 9. Is. 5. 16. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, a Matt. 6. 24. Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is holy God; he is 'a jealous God; 'he will not forgive your transgres-Ex. 20. 5. sions nor your sins. a t Ex. 23. 21. a See Ex. 15. 11. 17. b ver. 26. 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. a C 25 So Joshua made a covenant 252 Kings 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 4 See Judg. 9. took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. e Deut. 31. 24. 6. e See Gen. 28. 18. ch. 4. 3. f Gen. 35. 4. g See Gen. 31. 48, 52. Deut. 31. 19, 21, 26. ch. 22. 27, 28, 34. h Deut. 32. 1. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be & a witness unto us; for hit hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore 238 The death of Joshua. 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 a hundred and ten years old. B. C. about 1427. i Judg. 2. 6. Judg. 2. 8. about 1426. Judg. 2. 9. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Tim-1 ch. 19. 50. nath-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 toverlived Joshua, and which had "known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. m Judg. 27. Heb. prolonged their days after Joshua. n See Deut. 11. 2. & 31. 13. o Gen. 50, 25. Ex. 13. 19. 32 T 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 p Gen. 38. 19. Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver; and it became Or, lambs. the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 33 And Eleazar the son of Aa- about 1420. ron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. Ex. 6. 25. Judg. 20. 28. THE BOOK OF JUDGE S. B. C. about 1425. d. 20. 18. CHAPTER I. The acts of Judah and Simeon. 6 Adoni-bezek justly TOW the of Joshua 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the Josh. 15. 15. name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: Caleb He smiteth Nive after pass, that the chil- Kirjath sepher, and taketh it, to beth, 1444. 16, it Num. 27. 21. dren of Israel asked the LORD, Saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. e 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore 8 Now the children of Judah had 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, Moses' father in law, went up out Pof the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the P Deut. 34. 3. south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called 'Hormah. 18 Also Judah took "Gaza with the coast thereof, and Ashkelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 9 ¶ And afterward the children of sessed mountain. y Josh. 17. 16, 18. z Num. 14. 24. Deut. 1. 36. Josh. 14.9, 18. & 15. 13, 14. a See Josh. 15. 63. & 18. 28. The acts of several tribes. B. C. 22 B. C. And the house of Joseph, they | Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house about 1425. also went up against Beth-el: of Joseph + prevailed, so that they be about 1425. the LORD was with them. b ver. 19. e Josh. 2. 1. & 7. 2. ch. 18. 2. d Gen. 28. 19. e Josh. 2. 12, 14. f Josh. 17. 11, 12, 13. g Josh. 16. 10. and 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el: now the name of the city before was & Luz: 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. 27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. 29 ¶ Neither did Ephraim drive out 1 Kings 9. 16. the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. h Josh. 19. 15. i Josh. 19. 2430. k Ps. 106. 34, 35. 1 Josh. 19. 38. m ver. 32. n ver. 30. Josh. 19. 42. came tributaries. 36 And the coast of the Amorites was Pfrom the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. CHAPTER II. An angel rebuketh the people at Bochim. 6 The wick edness of the next generation after Joshua. 14 God's dealings with them in judgment and mercy. 20 The nations left to prove Israel. AND 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 unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you; 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; dye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice; why have ye done this? e 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be 'as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 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. + Heb. was heavy. 1 Or, Maalehakrabbim. p Num. 34. 4. Josh. 15. 3. || Or, messeager. a ver. 5. b Gen. 17.7. Deut. 7. 2 d Deut. 12. 3. e ver. 20. Josh. 23. 13. 5 ch. S. 6. h Ex. 23. 33. & 34. 12. Deut. 7. 16. Ps. 106. 36. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed That is, there unto the LORD. 6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old. |