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Chapter
9 Conquest of Southern Canaan and Deception of the Gibeonites
Though Israel could make peace with more
distant cities, she was obliged to destroy the cities of the Canaanites
(Deut.7:1-2; 20:11-15). Because Gibeon was located just 6/1/2 miles SW. of Ai,
its envoys had to pretend they came from a great distance if they were to have
any hope of escaping the invading Israelites. Hivites (v.7), were apparently
the same as the Horites (Gen.36:2,20) who are identified as Hurrians, settlers
in Palestine before the time of Joshua. The Gibeonites(v.10) were clever not to
mention Israel’s recent victories-news they would not have known had they come
a long distance. The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire
of the Lord. Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with Gibeonites and let them
live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath. (vv.14-15).Israel’s
sin was in not asking the Lord’s counsel in the matter. The Gibeonites were allowed to live because
of the oath. But had to become wood choppers and water carriers for the
Tabernacle (Ezra2:43).
News of the treaty between the Gibeonites and Israelites prompted five of the kings of the Amorites to unite and attack the Gibeonites, who then called for help from Joshua. After marching twenty five miles uphill during the night, Joshua routed the coalition of kings, and the Lord sent hailstones to kill even more. Miraculously, none of the hailstones harmed the Israelites.(vv.9-11).
Verses 12-14 "Sun stood still", concerning this
phenomenon fall into two categories. The first assumes a slowing or suspending
of the normal rotation of the earth so that there were extra hours that day
(either twelve or twenty-four). God did this so that Joshua’s forces could
complete their victory before the enemy had a night for rest and regrouping.
The Hebrew for “stood still” (v.13) is a verb of motion, indicating a slowing
or stopping of the rotation of the earth on its axis(which would not affect the
earth’s movement around the sun). Verse 14 indicates this was
a unique day in the history of the world. The second category includes views
that assume no irregularity includes views that assume no irregularity in the
rotation of the earth. One such view argues for the prolonging of daylight by some sort of unusual refraction
of the sun’s rays. Thus, there were more daylight hours but not more hours in
the day. Another view supposes a prolonging of semi-darkness to give Joshua’s
men relief from the blazing summer sun, accomplished by God’s sending an
unusual summer hailstorm. This view takes stood still in verse 13 to mean “be still” or
“ cease,”
indicating that the sun was clouded by the storm and no extra hours were added
to the days. Verses 12-15 are quoted from the Book of Jashar, a collection of
songs praising the heroes of Israel (2Sam.1:18).
God
had given five kings into Joshua’s hand. Joshua gave the order “come here and
put your feet on the necks of five kings,”(v.24) a symbol of complete
subjugation. Then, Joshua struck and killed the kings and hung them on five
trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening, then, took them down
and threw them into the cave where they had been hiding.(vv.24-27). Verses 28-40,
Joshua now used lightning –like raids against key cities in the southern part
of Canaan, W. of the Dead Sea. Makkedah was about twenty miles SW. of
Jerusalem(v.28).
Chapter
11 Conquest of Northern Canaan
News of Joshua’s victories in the south prompted the kings of the city-states in the areas of Galilee and westward to form a coalition. This alliance was led by the king of Hazor, a city five miles SW. of the now drained Lake Huleh, ten miles N. of the Sea of Galilee. Kinnereth (v.2) is the Sea of Galilee. Dor was on the Mediterranean coast between Caesarea and Mt. Carmel. The Waters of Merom (v.5). Evidently not Lake Huleh, but an area of copious springs between Huleh and the Sea of Galilee, about ten miles W. Here the armies of the northern coalition massed. Hamstring(v.6), Joshua was commanded to cripple the enemies’ horses and burn their chariots, rather than capture them. In this way the Israelites would not put their trust in horses and chariots. Halak (v.17) was about twenty –three miles SE. of Beersheba in the south. Hermon is about forty miles NE. of the Sea of Galilee in the north. Joshua had subdued the whole land. Anakites(v.21)Giants living in the south who had terrified the spies more than forty years before (Num.13:33).
Chapter
12 Summary of the victories
Verses 1-6 summary of the victories under Moses on the E. side of the Jordan (Num.21 and Deut.2:24-3:17). Verses 9-16 Kings in southern Canaan. Verses 17-24 Kings in northern Canaan. All of these victories were accomplished through the power of the living God as His people trusted in Him.
Chapter
13 Dividing the land of Canaan
Joshua
was ninety or one hundred years old at this time (23:1;24:29). To be taken
over. The area yet to be subdued by the tribes is described in verses2-6,
moving from S. to N. In verse 2 mention of the Philistines(Gen.21:32) may be an
editioral note explaining that what was later their territory belonged to the
Canaanites in Joshua’s day. Shihor
(v.3) may refer to the easternmost branch of the Nile or to the River of Egypt
(Wadi-el-Arish). The territory given to Reuben, previously occupied by Moab,
was just to the E. of the Dead Sea. (vv.15-23) The area given to the tribe of
Gad (N.of the Dead Sea, was originally a part of Gilead.(vv.24-28). Half of the
tribe of Manasseh settled E. of the Jordan; the other half chose to settle W.of
the Jordan.(vv.29-33).
Chapter
14 Division of Canaan
The double portion right
of the firstborn was given to Joseph’s two sons (Gen.48:5). The Levites were
given certain towns and pasturelands (Num.35:2 and 35:4-5). Caleb, who with
Joshua had brought the minority report at Kadesh Barnea, asked for and received
the city of Hebron as his special inheritance. “ Joshua blessed Caleb, son of
Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.”(15:13). Still vigorous at
eight-five, he helped drive out the Anakites(14:12) and later willingly gave up
Hebron to the Levites and lived in the suburbs (21:12). Then the land had rest
from war.
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Old
Testament (NIV) Joshua Chapter 9-14
Chapter
9 The Gibeonite Deception
9:1 Now when all the
kings west of the Jordan heard about these things--those in the hill country,
in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Great Sea as far as
Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites
and Jebusites)--
9:2 they came together
to make war against Joshua and Israel.
9:3 However, when the
people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
9:4 they resorted to a
ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks
and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
9:5 The men put worn
and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their
food supply was dry and moldy.
9:6 Then they went to
Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, "We
have come from a distant country; make a treaty with us."
9:7 The men of Israel
said to the Hivites, "But perhaps you live near us. How then can we make a
treaty with you?"
9:8 "We are your
servants," they said to Joshua. But Joshua asked, "Who are you and
where do you come from?"
9:9 They answered:
"Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame
of the LORD your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in
Egypt,
9:10 and all that he
did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan--Sihon king of Heshbon,
and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
9:11 And our elders
and all those living in our country said to us, 'Take provisions for your
journey; go and meet them and say to them, "We are your servants; make a
treaty with us." '
9:12 This bread of
ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But
now see how dry and moldy it is.
9:13 And these
wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our
clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey."
9:14 The men of Israel
sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the LORD.
9:15 Then Joshua made a
treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly
ratified it by oath.
9:16 Three days after
they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were
neighbors, living near them.
9:17 So the Israelites
set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth
and Kiriath Jearim.
9:18 But the
Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn
an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. The whole assembly grumbled
against the leaders,
9:19 but all the
leaders answered, "We have given them our oath by the LORD, the God of
Israel, and we cannot touch them now.
9:20 This is what we
will do to them: We will let them live, so that wrath will not fall on us for
breaking the oath we swore to them."
9:21 They continued,
"Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the
entire community." So the leaders' promise to them was kept.
9:22 Then Joshua
summoned the Gibeonites and said, "Why did you deceive us by saying, 'We
live a long way from you,' while actually you live near us?
9:23 You are now under
a curse: You will never cease to serve as woodcutters and water carriers for
the house of my God."
9:24 They answered
Joshua, "Your servants were clearly told how the LORD your God had
commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its
inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and
that is why we did this.
9:25 We are now in
your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you."
9:26 So Joshua saved
them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.
9:27 That day he made
the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the
altar of the LORD at the place the LORD would choose. And that is what they are
to this day.
Chapter 10 The Sun Stands Still
10:1 Now Adoni-Zedek
king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed it,
doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the
people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and were living near
them.
10:2 He and his people
were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one
of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters.
10:3 So Adoni-Zedek
king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth,
Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon.
10:4 "Come up and
help me attack Gibeon," he said, "because it has made peace with
Joshua and the Israelites."
10:5 Then the five kings
of the Amorites--the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and
Eglon--joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions
against Gibeon and attacked it.
10:6 The Gibeonites then
sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: "Do not abandon your servants.
Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from
the hill country have joined forces against us."
10:7 So Joshua marched
up from Gilgal with his entire army, including all the best fighting men.
10:8 The LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be
afraid of them; I have given them into your hand. Not one of them will be able
to withstand you."
10:9 After an
all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua took them by surprise.
10:10 The LORD threw them into confusion
before Israel, who defeated them in a great victory at Gibeon. Israel pursued
them along the road going up to Beth Horon and cut them down all the way to
Azekah and Makkedah.
10:11 As they fled
before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the
LORD hurled large hailstones down on them from the sky, and more of them died from the hailstones
than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.
10:12 On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over
to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel: "O sun,
stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon."
10:13 So the sun stood still, and the moon
stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the
Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down
about a full day.
10:14 There has never
been a day like it before or since, a day when the LORD listened to a man.
Surely the LORD was fighting for Israel!
10:15 Then Joshua
returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
Five Amorite Kings Killed
10:16 Now the five
kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
10:17 When Joshua was
told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah,
10:18 he said,
"Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to
guard it.
10:19 But don't stop!
Pursue your enemies, attack them from the rear and don't let them reach their
cities, for the LORD your God has given them into your hand."
10:20 So Joshua and
the Israelites destroyed them completely--almost to a man--but the few who were
left reached their fortified cities.
10:21 The whole army
then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a
word against the Israelites.
10:22 Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the
cave and bring those five kings out to me."
10:23 So they brought the five kings out of
the cave--the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon.
10:24 When they had brought these kings to
Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who
had come with him, "Come here and put your feet on the necks of these
kings." So they came forward and placed their feet on their necks.
10:25 Joshua said to them, "Do not be afraid;
do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do
to all the enemies you are going to fight."
10:26 Then Joshua
struck and killed the kings and hung them on five trees, and they were left
hanging on the trees until evening.
10:27 At sunset Joshua
gave the order and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the
cave where they had been hiding. At the mouth of the cave they placed large
rocks, which are there to this day.
Southern Cities Conquered
10:28 That day Joshua
took Makkedah. He put the city and its king to the sword and totally destroyed
everyone in it. He left no survivors. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he
had done to the king of Jericho.
10:29 Then Joshua and
all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it.
10:30 The LORD also
gave that city and its king into Israel's hand. The city and everyone in it
Joshua put to the sword. He left no survivors there. And he did to its king as
he had done to the king of Jericho.
10:31 Then Joshua and
all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish; he took up positions
against it and attacked it.
10:32 The LORD handed
Lachish over to Israel, and Joshua took it on the second day. The city and
everyone in it he put to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.
10:33 Meanwhile, Horam
king of Gezer had come up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his
army--until no survivors were left.
10:34 Then Joshua and
all Israel with him moved on from Lachish to Eglon; they took up positions
against it and attacked it.
10:35 They captured it
that same day and put it to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it,
just as they had done to Lachish.
10:36 Then Joshua and
all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and attacked it.
10:37 They took the
city and put it to the sword, together with its king, its villages and everyone
in it. They left no survivors. Just as at Eglon, they totally destroyed it and
everyone in it.
10:38 Then Joshua and
all Israel with him turned around and attacked Debir.
10:39 They took the
city, its king and its villages, and put them to the sword. Everyone in it they
totally destroyed. They left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as
they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.
10:40 So Joshua
subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev, the western
foothills and the mountain slopes, together with all their kings. He left no
survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of
Israel, had commanded.
10:41 Joshua subdued
them from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza and from the whole region of Goshen to Gibeon.
10:42 All these kings
and their lands Joshua conquered in one campaign, because the LORD, the God of
Israel, fought for Israel.
10:43 Then Joshua
returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
Chapter
11 Northern Kings Defeated
11:1 When Jabin king
of Hazor heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of
Shimron and Acshaph,
11:2 and to the
northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Kinnereth, in
the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor on the west;
11:3 to the Canaanites
in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites in
the hill country; and to the Hivites below Hermon in the region of Mizpah.
11:4 They came out
with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots--a huge army,
as numerous as the sand on the seashore.
11:5 All these kings
joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom, to fight against
Israel.
11:6 The LORD said to
Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will
hand all of them over to Israel, slain. You are to hamstring their horses and
burn their chariots."
11:7 So Joshua and his
whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them,
11:8 and the LORD gave
them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way
to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east,
until no survivors were left.
11:9 Joshua did to
them as the LORD had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their
chariots.
11:10 At that time
Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword. (Hazor had
been the head of all these kingdoms.)
11:11 Everyone in it
they put to the sword. They totally destroyed them, not sparing anything that
breathed, and he burned up Hazor itself.
11:12 Joshua took all
these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally
destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.
11:13 Yet Israel did
not burn any of the cities built on their mounds--except Hazor, which Joshua
burned.
11:14 The Israelites
carried off for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but
all the people they put to the sword until they completely destroyed them, not
sparing anyone that breathed.
11:15 As the LORD
commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he
left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
11:16 So Joshua took
this entire land: the hill country, all the Negev, the whole region of Goshen,
the western foothills, the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their
foothills,
11:17 from Mount
Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below
Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to
death.
11:18 Joshua waged war
against all these kings for a long time.
11:19 Except for the
Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the
Israelites, who took them all in battle.
11:20 For it was the
LORD himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he
might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the LORD had
commanded Moses.
11:21 At that time
Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron,
Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill
country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns.
11:22 No Anakites were
left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.
11:23 So Joshua took
the entire land, just as the LORD had directed Moses, and he gave it as an
inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had
rest from war.
Chapter
12 List of Defeated Kings
12:1 These are the
kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they
took over east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon, including
all the eastern side of the Arabah:
12:2 Sihon king of the
Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon
Gorge--from the middle of the gorge--to the Jabbok River, which is the border
of the Ammonites. This included half of Gilead.
12:3 He also ruled
over the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the
Salt Sea), to Beth Jeshimoth, and then southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
12:4 And the territory
of Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who reigned in
Ashtaroth and Edrei.
12:5 He ruled over
Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the people of Geshur and
Maacah, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
12:6 Moses, the
servant of the LORD, and the Israelites conquered them. And Moses the servant
of the LORD gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe
of Manasseh to be their possession.
12:7 These are the
kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of
the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises
toward Seir (their lands Joshua gave as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel
according to their tribal divisions-
12:8 the hill country,
the western foothills, the Arabah, the mountain slopes, the desert and the
Negev--the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and
Jebusites):
12:9 the king of
Jericho one the king of Ai (near Bethel) one
12:10 the king of
Jerusalem one the king of Hebron one
12:11 the king of
Jarmuth one the king of Lachish one
12:12 the king of
Eglon one the king of Gezer one
12:13 the king of
Debir one the king of Geder one
12:14 the king of
Hormah one the king of Arad one
12:15 the king of
Libnah one the king of Adullam one
12:16 the king of
Makkedah one the king of Bethel one
12:17 the king of
Tappuah one the king of Hepher one
12:18 the king of
Aphek one the king of Lasharon one
12:19 the king of
Madon one the king of Hazor one
12:20 the king of
Shimron Meron one the king of Acshaph one
12:21 the king of
Taanach one the king of Megiddo one
12:22 the king of
Kedesh one the king of Jokneam in Carmel one
12:23 the king of Dor
(in Naphoth Dor) one the king of Goyim in Gilgal one
12:24 the king of
Tirzah one thirty-one kings in all.
Chapter
13 Land Still to Be Taken
13:1 When Joshua was
old and well advanced in years, the LORD said to him, "You are very old,
and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.
13:2 "This is the
land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites:
13:3 from the Shihor
River on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north, all of it
counted as Canaanite (the territory of the five Philistine rulers in Gaza,
Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron--that of the Avvites);
13:4 from the south,
all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek, the
region of the Amorites,
13:5 the area of the
Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to
Lebo Hamath.
13:6 "As for all
the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that
is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be
sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed
you,
13:7 and divide it as
an inheritance among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh."
Division of the Land
East of the Jordan
13:8 The other half of
Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that
Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the LORD, had
assigned it to them.
13:9 It extended from
Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the
gorge, and included the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
13:10 and all the
towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, out to the border of
the Ammonites.
13:11 It also included
Gilead, the territory of the people of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon
and all Bashan as far as Salecah--
13:12 that is, the
whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had
survived as one of the last of the Rephaites. Moses had defeated them and taken
over their land.
13:13 But the
Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so they continue
to live among the Israelites to this day.
13:14 But to the tribe of
Levi he gave no inheritance, since the offerings made by fire to the LORD, the
God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.
13:15 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, clan by clan:
13:16 The territory
from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of
the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba
13:17 to Heshbon and
all its towns on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
13:18 Jahaz, Kedemoth,
Mephaath,
13:19 Kiriathaim,
Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley,
13:20 Beth Peor, the
slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth
13:21 --all the towns
on the plateau and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at
Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur
and Reba--princes allied with Sihon--who lived in that country.
13:22 In addition to
those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor,
who practiced divination.
13:23 The boundary of
the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were
the inheritance of the Reubenites, clan by clan.
13:24 This is what Moses
had given to the tribe of Gad, clan by clan:
13:25 The territory of
Jazer, all the towns of Gilead and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer,
near Rabbah;
13:26 and from Heshbon
to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir;
13:27 and in the
valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth and Zaphon with the rest of the realm
of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the
end of the Sea of Kinnereth).
13:28 These towns and
their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites, clan by clan.
13:29 This is what Moses
had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the
descendants of Manasseh, clan by clan:
13:30 The territory
extending from Mahanaim and including all of Bashan, the entire realm of Og
king of Bashan--all the settlements of Jair in Bashan, sixty towns,
13:31 half of Gilead,
and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan). This was for the
descendants of Makir son of Manasseh--for half of the sons of Makir, clan by
clan.
13:32 This is the
inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab across the Jordan
east of Jericho.
13:33 But to the tribe of
Levi, Moses had given no inheritance; the LORD, the God of Israel, is their
inheritance, as he promised them.
Chapter 14 Division of the Land West of the Jordan
14:2 Their
inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the LORD
had commanded through Moses.
14:3 Moses had granted
the two-and-a-half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan but had not
granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,
14:4 for the sons of
Joseph had become two tribes--Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no
share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks
and herds.
14:5 So the Israelites
divided the land, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Allotment for Caleb
14:6 Now the men of
Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite
said to him, "You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at
Kadesh Barnea about you and me.
14:7 I was forty years
old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore
the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,
14:8 but my brothers
who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however,
followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.
14:9 So on that day
Moses swore to me, 'The land on which your feet have walked will be your
inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the
LORD my God wholeheartedly.'
14:10 "Now then, just
as the LORD promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time
he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am
today, eighty-five years old!
14:11 I am still as
strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I'm just as vigorous to go out to
battle now as I was then.
14:12 Now give me this
hill country that the LORD promised me that day. You yourself heard then that
the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the
LORD helping me, I will drive them out just as he said."
14:14 So Hebron has
belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he
followed the LORD, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.
14:15 (Hebron used to be
called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites.)
Then the land had rest from war.
Bibliography,
Ryrie, Charles C. The
Ryrie study Bible (NIV).Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986
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