26 March - Joshua 12-15

Jude Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:59 am

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

JOSHUA 12

1And these are the sovereigns of the land whom the children of Yisra’ĕl smote, and whose land they possessed beyond the Yardĕn towards the sun-rising, from the wadi Arnon to Mount Ḥermon, and all the desert plain eastward:

2Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites, who dwelt in Ḥeshbon, ruling from Aro‛ĕr, which is on the bank of the wadi Arnon, from the middle of that wadi, and half Gil‛aḏ, even as far as the wadi Yabboq, the border of the children of Ammon,

3and the desert plain from the Sea of Kinneroth eastward as far as the Sea of the Araḇah, the Salt Sea, the way to Bĕyth Yeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah,

4and the border of Og̅, sovereign of Bashan, who was of the remnant of the Repha’ites, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Eḏre‛i,

5and ruled in Mount Ḥermon, and in Salḵah, and in all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Ma‛aḵathites, and the half of Gil‛aḏ as far as the border of Siḥon sovereign of Ḥeshbon.

6Mosheh the servant of יהוה and the children of Yisra’ĕl had smitten them. And Mosheh the servant of יהוה had given it as a possession to the Re’uḇĕnites, and to the Gaḏites, and to half the tribe of Menashsheh.

7And these are the sovereigns of the land which Yehoshua and the children of Yisra’ĕl smote beyond the Yardĕn, on the west, from Ba‛al Gaḏ in the Valley of Leḇanon as far as Mount Ḥalaq that goes up to Sĕ‛ir, which Yehoshua gave to the tribes of Yisra’ĕl as a possession according to their divisions,

8in the mountain country, and in the low country, and in the desert plain, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South, the Ḥittites, the Amorites and the Kena‛anites, the Perizzites, the Ḥiwwites, and the Yeḇusites:

9the sovereign of Yeriḥo, one; the sovereign of Ai, which is beside Bĕyth Ěl, one;

10the sovereign of Yerushalayim, one; the sovereign of Ḥeḇron, one;

11the sovereign of Yarmuth, one; the sovereign of Laḵish, one;

12the sovereign of Eg̅lon, one; the sovereign of Gezer, one;

13the sovereign of Deḇir, one; the sovereign of Geḏer, one;

14the sovereign of Ḥormah, one; the sovereign of Araḏ, one;

15the sovereign of Liḇnah, one; the sovereign of Aḏullam, one;

16the sovereign of Maqqĕḏah, one; the sovereign of Bĕyth Ěl, one;

17the sovereign of Tappuwaḥ, one; the sovereign of Ḥĕpher, one;

18the sovereign of Aphĕq, one; the sovereign of Sharon, one;

19the sovereign of Maḏon, one; the sovereign of Ḥatsor, one;

20the sovereign of Shimron Mĕron, one; the sovereign of Aḵshaph, one;

21the sovereign of Ta‛anaḵ, one; the sovereign of Meg̅iddo, one;

22the sovereign of Qeḏesh, one; the sovereign of Yoqne‛am in Karmel, one;

23the sovereign of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the sovereign of the nations of Gilgal, one;

24the sovereign of Tirtsah, one – thirty-one sovereigns in all.

JOSHUA 13

1And Yehoshua was old, advanced in years. And יהוה said to him, “You are old, advanced in years, and still much of the land remains to be possessed.

2“This is the land that remains: all the districts of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,

3from Shiḥor which is in front of Mitsrayim, and up to the border of Eqron northward, are considered as Kena‛anite – the five princes of the Philistines, the Azzathites, and the Ashdoḏites, the Eshqelonites, the Gittites, and the Eqronites; also the Awwites

4on the south; all the land of the Kena‛anites, and Me‛arah that belongs to the Tsiḏonians as far as Aphĕq, to the border of the Amorites;

5and the land of the Geḇalites, and all Leḇanon, toward the sunrise, from Ba‛al Gaḏ below Mount Ḥermon as far as the entrance to Ḥamath;

6all the inhabitants of the mountains from Leḇanon as far as Misrephoth Mayim, and all the Tsiḏonians. I Myself drive them out from before the children of Yisra’ĕl. Only, divide it by lot to Yisra’ĕl as an inheritance, as I have commanded you.

7“And now, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Menashsheh.”

8With them the other half tribe the Re’uḇĕnites and the Gaḏites received their inheritance, which Mosheh had given them, beyond the Yardĕn eastward, as Mosheh the servant of יהוה had given them:

9from Aro‛ĕr which is on the bank of the wadi Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the wadi, and all the plain of Mĕyḏeḇa as far as Diḇon;

10and all the cities of Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites, who reigned in Ḥeshbon, as far as the border of the children of Ammon;

11and Gil‛aḏ, and the border of the Geshurites, and of the Ma‛aḵathites, and all Mount Ḥermon, and all Bashan as far as Salḵah;

12all the reign of Og̅ in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Eḏre‛i, who remained of the remnant of the Repha’ites, for Mosheh had smitten and dispossessed them.

13However, the children of Yisra’ĕl did not drive out the Geshurites nor the Ma‛aḵathites, so the Geshurites and the Ma‛aḵathites dwell in the midst of Yisra’ĕl to this day.

14Only to the tribe of Lĕwi he had given no inheritance – the offerings made by fire to יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl were their inheritance, as He said to them.

15And Mosheh gave to the tribe of the children of Re’uḇĕn, for their clans:

16and their border was from Aro‛ĕr, which is on the bank of the wadi Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the wadi, and all the plain by Mĕyḏeḇa,

17Ḥeshbon and all its cities that are in the plain: Diḇon, and Bamoth Ba‛al, and Bĕyth Ba‛al Me‛on,

18and Yahtsah, and Qeḏĕmoth, and Mĕpha‛ath,

19and Qiryathayim, and Siḇmah, and Tsereth Shaḥar on the mountain of the valley,

20and Bĕyth Pe‛or, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Bĕyth Yeshimoth;

21and all the cities of the tableland, and all the reign of Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites, who reigned in Ḥeshbon, whom Mosheh had smitten with the princes of Miḏyan: Ewi, and Reqem, and Tsur, and Ḥur, and Reḇa, princes of Siḥon dwelling in the land.

22And the sons of Yisra’ĕl killed with the sword Bil‛am son of Be‛or, the diviner, among those who were killed by them.

23And the border of the children of Re’uḇĕn was the bank of the Yardĕn. This was the inheritance of the children of Re’uḇĕn for their clans, the cities and their villages.

24And Mosheh gave to the tribe of Gaḏ, to the children of Gaḏ for their clans:

25and their border was Ya‛zĕr, and all the cities of Gil‛aḏ, and half the land of the children of Ammon as far as Aro‛ĕr, which is before Rabbah,

26and from Ḥeshbon to Ramath Mitspeh and Betonim, and from Maḥanayim to the border of Deḇir,

27and in the valley Bĕyth Haram, and Bĕyth Nimrah, and Sukkoth, and Tsaphon, the rest of the reign of Siḥon sovereign of Ḥeshbon, the Yardĕn being its border, as far as the edge of the Sea of Kinnereth, beyond the Yardĕn eastward.

28This is the inheritance of the children of Gaḏ for their clans, the cities and their villages.

29And Mosheh gave to half the tribe of Menashsheh, and it was for half the tribe of the children of Menashsheh for their clans:

30and their border was from Maḥanayim, all Bashan, all the reign of Og̅ sovereign of Bashan, and all the small towns of Ya’ir which are in Bashan, sixty cities;

31and the half of Gil‛aḏ, and Ashtaroth and Eḏre‛i, cities of the reign of Og̅ in Bashan, were for the children of Maḵir son of Menashsheh, to the half of the children of Maḵir for their clans.

32These Mosheh gave as an inheritance in the desert plains of Mo’aḇ beyond the Yardĕn, by Yeriḥo eastward.

33But to the tribe of Lĕwi Mosheh gave no inheritance. יהוה, Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, He was their inheritance, as He had said to them.

JOSHUA 14

1Now these the children of Yisra’ĕl inherited in the land of Kena‛an, which El‛azar the priest, and Yehoshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕl caused them to inherit.

2Their inheritance was by lot, as יהוה had commanded by the hand of Mosheh, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

3For Mosheh had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Yardĕn, but to the Lĕwites he gave no inheritance in their midst.

4For the children of Yosĕph had become two tribes: Menashsheh and Ephrayim. And they gave no part to the Lĕwites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their open land for their livestock and their possessions.

5As יהוה had commanded Mosheh, so the children of Yisra’ĕl did, and they divided the land.

6And the children of Yehuḏah came to Yehoshua in Gilgal, and Kalĕḇ son of Yephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word which יהוה said to Mosheh the man of Elohim concerning you and me in Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa.

7“I was forty years old when Mosheh the servant of יהוה sent me from Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart.

8“But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I followed יהוה my Elohim completely.

9“So Mosheh swore on that day, saying, ‘The land on which your foot has trodden is your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have followed יהוה my Elohim completely.’

10“And now, see, יהוה has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years since יהוה spoke this word to Mosheh while Yisra’ĕl walked in the wilderness. And now, see, I am eighty-five years old today.

11“Yet I am still as strong today as I was on the day that Mosheh sent me. As my strength was then, so my strength is now, for battle, and for going out and for coming in.

12“And now, give me this mountain of which יהוה spoke in that day, for you heard in that day how the Anaqim were there, and that the cities were great and walled. If יהוה is with me, then I shall dispossess them, as יהוה said.”

13Yehoshua then blessed him, and gave Ḥeḇron to Kalĕḇ son of Yephunneh as an inheritance.

14So Ḥeḇron became the inheritance of Kalĕḇ son of Yephunneh the Qenizzite to this day, because he followed יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl completely.

15Now the name of Ḥeḇron was formerly Qiryath Arba (Arba was the greatest man among the Anaqim). And the land had rest from fighting.

JOSHUA 15

1And the lot of the tribe of the children of Yehuḏah for their clans was to the border of Eḏom, the Wilderness of Tsin southward in the extreme south.

2And their southern border began at the edge of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.

3And it went out to the southern side of the Ascent of Aqrabbim, passed over to Tsin, and went up on the south side of Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa, and passed over to Ḥetsron, went up to Aḏar, and went around to Qarqa,

4and passed over to Atsmon, and went out to the wadi of Mitsrayim, and the border ended at the sea. This is your southern border.

5And the east border was the Salt Sea as far as the end of the Yardĕn. And the border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the end of the Yardĕn.

6And the border went up to Bĕyth Ḥog̅lah and passed over north of Bĕyth Araḇah. And the border went up to the stone of Bohan son of Re’uḇĕn.

7And the border went up toward Deḇir from the Valley of Aḵor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Aḏummim, which is south of the wadi. And the border passed over to the waters of Ěn Shemesh and ended at Ěn Rog̅ĕl.

8And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Yeḇusite city, that is Yerushalayim. And the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Repha’im northward.

9And the border went around from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtowaḥ, and went up to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around to Ba‛alah, that is Qiryath Ye‛arim.

10And the border turned around from Ba‛alah westward to Mount Sĕ‛ir, and passed over to the side of Mount Ye‛arim on the north, that is Kesalon, and went down to Bĕyth Shemesh, and passed over to Timnah.

11And the border went out to the side of Eqron northward. And the border went around to Shikkeron, and passed over to Mount Ba‛alah, and went out to Yaḇne’ĕl. And the border ended at the sea.

12And the west border was the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Yehuḏah all around for their clans.

13And to Kalĕḇ son of Yephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Yehuḏah, according to the command of יהוה to Yehoshua: Qiryath Arba, that is Ḥeḇron – Arba was the father of Anaq.

14And Kalĕḇ drove out the three sons of Anaq from there: Shĕshai, and Aḥiman, and Talmai, the children of Anaq.

15And he went up from there to the inhabitants of Deḇir, and the name of Deḇir formerly was Qiryath Sĕpher.

16And Kalĕḇ said, “He who smites Qiryath Sĕpher and shall capture it, to him I shall give Aḵsah my daughter as wife.”

17And Othni’ĕl son of Qenaz, the brother of Kalĕḇ, did capture it, so he gave him Aḵsah his daughter as wife.

18And it came to be, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. And when she got off from the donkey, Kalĕḇ said to her, “What is the matter?”

19And she said, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the South, give me also fountains of water.” And he gave her the upper fountains and the lower fountains.

20This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Yehuḏah for their clans:

21And the cities at the furthest border of the tribe of the children of Yehuḏah, toward the border of Eḏom in the South, were Qaḇtse’ĕl, and Ěḏer, and Yag̅ur,

22and Qinah, and Dimonah, and Aḏaḏah,

23and Qeḏesh, and Ḥatsor, and Yithnan,

24Ziph, and Telem, and Be‛aloth,

25and Ḥatsor, Ḥaḏattah, and Qeriyoth, Ḥetsron, that is Ḥatsor,

26Amam, and Shema, and Molaḏah,

27and Ḥatsar Gaddah, and Ḥeshmon, and Bĕyth Pelet,

28and Ḥatsar Shu‛al, and Be’ĕrsheḇa, and Bizyothyah,

29Ba‛alah, and Iyim, and Etsem,

30and Eltolaḏ, and Kesil, and Ḥormah,

31and Tsiqlag̅, and Maḏmannah, and Sansannah,

32and Leḇa’oth, and Shilḥim, and Ayin, and Rimmon. All the cities were twenty-nine, with their villages.

33In the low country: Eshta’ol, and Tsor‛ah, and Ashnah,

34and Zanowaḥ, and Ěn Gannim, Tappuwaḥ and Ěnam,

35Yarmuth and Aḏullam, Soḵoh and Azĕqah,

36and Sha‛arayim, and Aḏithayim, and Geḏĕrah, and Geḏĕrothayim – fourteen cities with their villages.

37Tsenan, and Ḥaḏashah, and Mig̅dal Gaḏ,

38and Dil‛an, and Mitspeh, and Yoqthe’ĕl,

39Laḵish, and Botsqath, and Eg̅lon,

40and Kabbon, and Laḥmam, and Kithlish,

41and Geḏĕroth, Bĕyth Dag̅on, and Na‛amah, and Maqqĕḏah – sixteen cities with their villages.

42Liḇnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

43and Yiphtaḥ, and Ashnah, and Netsiḇ,

44and Qe‛ilah, and Aḵziḇ, and Marĕshah – nine cities with their villages.

45Eqron with its towns and its villages,

46from Eqron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdoḏ, with their villages.

47Ashdoḏ, its towns and its villages; Azzah, its towns and its villages; as far as the wadi of Mitsrayim and the Great Sea with its coastline.

48And in the mountain country: Shamur, and Yattir, and Soḵoh,

49and Dannah, and Qiryath Sannah, that is Deḇir,

50and Anaḇ, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

51and Goshen, and Ḥolon, and Giloh – eleven cities with their villages.

52Araḇ, and Dumah, and Esh‛an,

53and Yanim, and Bĕyth Tappuwaḥ, and Aphĕqah,

54and Ḥumtah, and Qiryath Arba, that is Ḥeḇron, and Tsi‛or – nine cities with their villages.

55Ma‛on, Karmel, and Ziph, and Yutah,

56and Yizre‛ĕl, and Yoqḏe‛am, and Zanowaḥ,

57Qayin, Giḇ‛ah, and Timnah – ten cities with their villages.

58Ḥalḥul, Bĕyth Tsur, and Geḏor,

59and Ma‛arath, and Bĕyth Anoth, and Elteqon – six cities with their villages.

60Qiryath Ba‛al, that is Qiryath Ye‛arim, and Rabbah – two cities with their villages.

61In the wilderness: Bĕyth Araḇah, Middin, and Seḵaḵah,

62and Niḇshan, and the City of Salt, and Ěn Geḏi – six cities with their villages.

63As for the Yeḇusites, the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, the children of Yehuḏah were unable to drive them out, so the Yeḇusites have dwelt with the children of Yehuḏah at Yerushalayim to this day.