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s ch. 18. 1.

tch 7. 1, 5

u Deut. 10. 17.

x1 Kings 8. 7 & 23. 10.

39. Job 10.

Ps. 44.21. &

139. 1, 2. Jer. 12. 3. 2 Cor. 11. 11, 31.

y Deut. 18. 20. 16.

19. 1 Sam.

+ Heb. To

morrow.

z Gen. 31.48. ch. 24. 27.

6, 11, 12, 17,

18, 26, 27.

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19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.

20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

22 The LORD "God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)

23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat of fering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself 'require it;

24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, +In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?

25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have

Joshua's exhortation.

for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle.

30 ¶ And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, tit pleased them.

Before CHRIST

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+ 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- eLev. 26. 11, cause ye have not committed this trespass 15. 2. against the LORD: +now ye have deli- t Heb. then. 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..

12. 2 Chron.

33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go di Chron. up against them in battle, to destroy the Da land wherein the children of Reuben and 218 Luke Gad dwelt.

34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar || Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.

CHAP. XXIII.

1 Joshua's exhortation before his death, 3 by former benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and by threatenings.

no part in the LORD: so shall your child AND it came to pass a long time after

ren make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar; not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

27 But that it may be a witness bever. 34. tween us and you, and our generations a Deut. 12.5 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

8.6.

2. 28.

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33. Dent. 7. 7 That ye come not among these na234tions, these that remain among you; nei11. ther make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: See Numb 8 | But cleave unto the LORD your Or Fer God, as ye have done unto this day.

13. Ps. 16.4 Zeph is

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9"For the LORD hath driven out Drat. 10. from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

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10 One man of you shall chase a Det thousand: for the LORD your God, he it| is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised

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ch. 1.5.

› Lev. 26. 8. Deut. 32. 30. See Judg. 3.

you.

11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your

31&15 2 Sam. 23.8. God. Exod. 14. 14. & 23.27. Deut. 3.22. 7 ch. 22. 5.

12¶ Else if ye do in any wise 'go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these +Heb. your nations, even these that remain among Heb. 10. you, and shall make marriages with them, 2 Pet. 2. 20, and I go in unto them, and they to you:

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13 Know for a certainty that "the Deat 7:3 LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; Exod 23. 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.

7.161 Kings

21.33

71 Kings 2. 2. See Hebr. 14 And, behold, this day 'I am going 9.27. the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, Loke 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.

a Deut. 28,

15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, Ler. 16. so shall the LORD bring upon you ball which the LORD your God promised you; evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

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Joshua relateth God's benefits.

AND Joshua gathered all the tribes of CHRIS Israel to Shechem, and called cir. 1427. for the elders of Israel, and for their a Gen-35-4heads, and for their judges, and for their b ch. 23. 2. officers; and they presented themselves 1 Sam. 10. before God.

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.

C 19.

2¶ And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, à Your fathers dwelt on the other side of d Gen. 11. 26,31. Judith the flood in old time, even Terah, the fa- 5-6, 7ther 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 him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and Isaac.

1 Joshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 2 A brief history of God's benefits from Terah. He reneweth the covenant between them and God. 26 A stone the witness of the covenant. 29 Joshua's age, death, and burial. 32 Joseph's bones are buried. 33

Eleasar dieth.

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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 A7, 8. & 23. 3. morites, in whose land ye dwell: "but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

k ver. 2, 23Lev. 17. 7. Ezek. 20. 18. Ezek. 20.

m See Ruth

1.151 Kings 18. 21. Ezek. 20.

16 And the people answered and said, 39. John 6. God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

67.

n ver. 14. o Exod. 23. 24, 32, 33. &

13.7. & 29.

10.

p Gen. 18.19.

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: 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.

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Joshua's age, and death. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, CHRIST The LORD our God will we serve, and cir. 1427. his voice will we obey.

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25 So Joshua made a covenant with a See Exod. the people that day, and set them a 2 Kings 11. statute and an ordinance in Shechem. b ver. 26. 26 And Joshua wrote these words c Deut. 31. 24. in the book of the law of God, and took d See Judges da great stone, and set it there funup der an oak, that was by the sanctuary of See Gen. the LORD.

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28. 18. ch.4. 3.

31. 48, 52.

21, 26. ch.

27 And Joshua said unto all the peo- f Gen. 35 4 ple, Behold, this stone shall be a witness & See Gen. unto us; for it hath heard all the words Deut. 31. 19, of the LORD which he spake unto us: it 22 27, 28. 34shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest Deut. 32. 1. ye deny your God.

28 So Joshua let the people depart, i every man unto his inheritance.

29 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

Judg. 2. 6.

Judg. 2. &

eir. 1426.

1 ch.

30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, 1950 which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

Heb.

31 And Israel served the LORD all Judg. 2.7. the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and longed their which had "known all the works of the days after LORD, that he had done for Israel.

Joshua.

n See Deut. 11. 2. & 31

13. 25. Exod. 13

19.

19.

Gen. sa

Gen. 33

32 ¶ And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred || pieces of silver: and it be- 1 Or, lamès came the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

33¶ And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

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up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. we may fight against the Canaanites; and So Simeon went with him.

4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in a Bezek ten thousand men.

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 pur

cir.

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q Exod. 6. 25. Judg. 20. 28.

Before CHRIST cir. 1423

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7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore +Heb. the and ten kings, having their thumbs and their hands their great toes cut off, gathered their feet. meat under my table: as I have done, so Or, gles God hath requited me. And they brought Lev. 24 19 him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

and of their

ed.

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a Gen. 33.11.

cir. 1425. och. 4. 11,

2.55 Jer.35.

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8¶ 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, 1Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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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, 171 Sam.15. Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which 4 Numb. 21. lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

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Deut. 34-3

- Numb. 10.

32

17 And Judah went with Simeon 3 set. 2 his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city Numb 21. was called Hormah.

3. Josh. 194

"Josh. 11.

I ver. 2

2 Kings 18. 7. 1 Or, he

18 Also Judah took "Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the possessed the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had 'chariots of iron.

mountain..

- Josh. 17. 16, 18

1 Numb. 1421. Deut. L

20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, Josh 14 as Moses said: and he expelled thence 315 the three sons of Anak.

13.14

2 See Josh. by & 18.

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30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the "inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 31 Neither did Asher drive out the Josh. 19.24. inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 32 But the Asherites * dwelt among the Ps. 106. 34, Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

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Israel rebuked at Bochim.

Before CHRIST cir. 1425.

p Numb. 34. 4. Josh. 15-3. | Or, Manleh

akrabbim.

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CHRIST

36 And the coast of the Amorites was | them into the hands of spoilers that Before 'from the going up to Akrabbim, from spoiled them, and he sold them into the cir. 1426. the rock, and upward. hands of their enemies round about, so xch. 3. 8. & that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

CHAP. II.

1 An angel rebuketh the people at Bochim.
10 The wickedness of the new generation
after Joshua. 14 God's anger and pity
toward them. 20 The Canaanites are left
to prove Israel.

A to and said,

ND an angel of the LORD came up

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.

e Deut. 7.2. 2 And ye shall make no league with Deut. 12.3. the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice. why have ye done this? 5 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall Josh. 23.13. be as thorns in your sides, and their h Exod. 23. gods shall be a "snare unto you.

g ch. 3. 6.

33. & 34. 12. Dent. 7. 16. Ps. 106. 36.

That is, weepers.

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.

444.

12. Isai. 50. 1. y Lev. 26.37. Josh. 7. 12,

13

as the Lev. 26.

15 Whithersoever they went out, the
hand of the LORD was against them for
evil, as the LORD had said, and
LORD had sworn unto them: and they
were greatly distressed.

Deut. 28.

a ch. 3. 9, 10, 15. 1 Sam.12.

16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the Acts 13. hand of those that spoiled them.

b

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: 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 repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

See Gen. 6. 36. Ps. 106.

6. Deut. 32

44, 45

ch.312.&

4.1. & 8.33

Or, were

corrupt.

19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their 6¶ And when Joshua had let the fathers, in following other gods to serve cir. 1444 people, go, the children of Israel went them, and to bow down unto them; they every man unto his inheritance to possess+ceased not from their own doings, nor + Heb. they the land. from their stubborn way.

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21 I also will not henceforth drive Josh. 23out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

ich. 3.1.416. & 13-3

k Deut. 8. 2,

ed.

23 Therefore the LORD || left those or, nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

CHAP. III.

1 The nations which were left to prove Israel.
6 By communion with them they commit
idolatry. 8 Othniel delivereth them from
Cushan-rishathaim. 15 Ehud from Eglon.
31 Shamgar from the Philistines.
WOW these are the nations which ach. 221,
the Long left, to prove Israel by
them, even as many of Israel as had not
known all the wars of Canaan;

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2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

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