\id JOS - Copyright World Bible Translation Center 1987, 1999, 2006, 2008 
\ide UTF-8
\h Joshua 
\toc1 Joshua 
\toc2 Joshua 
\mt1 Joshua 
\c 1  
\s1 God Chooses Joshua to Lead Israel 
\p
\v 1 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Moses’|strong="H4872"\w* helper. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
\v 2 “\w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 3 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0834"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* go. 
\v 4 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* (\w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*) \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* yours. \w And|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* (\w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w sets|strong="H3996"\w*) \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w within|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
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\v 6 “Joshua, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w be|strong="H0776"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* brave! \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* lead \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w take|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0834"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 7 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* must \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* brave \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w obeying|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* follow \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w teachings|strong="H8451"\w* \w exactly|strong="H0834"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w successful|strong="H7919"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\v 8 Always remember \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*. \w Speak|strong="H6310"\w* \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* study \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* sure \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w wise|strong="H7919"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\v 9 Remember, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* brave. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* afraid, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* go.” 
\s1 Joshua \w Takes|strong="H2388"\w* \w Command|strong="H6680"\w* 
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\v 10 \w So|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: 
\v 11 “\w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, ‘\w Get|strong="H0935"\w* \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \w food|strong="H6720"\w* \w ready|strong="H3559"\w*. \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*.’” 
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, 
\v 13-14 “Remember what the LORD’S servant Moses told you. He said that the LORD your God would give you a place to live. So he has given you this land east of the Jordan River. But now you must help your relatives get their land. Your wives and children can stay here with your animals. But all your fighting men must prepare for battle and lead the men of the other tribes across the river. 
\v 15 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* live, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* do \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H0853"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*. \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* help \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* control \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w settle|strong="H5117"\w* here \w on|strong="H5117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* said \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w yours|strong="H5414"\w*.” 
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w*. 
\v 17 \w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w whatever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* say, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* ask \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* refuses \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* turns \w against|strong="H0376"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Just|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* brave!” 
\c 2  
\s1 Spies in Jericho 
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\v 1 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* camped \w at|strong="H1004"\w* Acacia.\f + \fr 2:1  \fk Acacia \ft Or “Shittim,” a town east of the Jordan River. Also in 3:1.\f* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w*. \w No|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* knew \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* these \w men|strong="H0376"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w especially|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.” 
\p \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stayed|strong="H7901"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w*. 
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\v 2 \w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w someone|strong="H0376"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, “Last \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w look|strong="H2009"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* weaknesses \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w our|strong="H0935"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.” 
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w*: “\w Do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* hide \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* stayed \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* spy \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.” 
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\v 4 Rahab \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w hidden|strong="H6845"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w here|strong="H3651"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H0370"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\v 5 \w In|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* evening, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w close|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H0575"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w*, maybe \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H1980"\w* \w catch|strong="H5381"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w*.” 
\v 6 (\w Rahab|strong="H5927"\w* said \w this|strong="H1931"\w*, \w but|strong="H5921"\w* really \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* \w taken|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* men \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w flax|strong="H6593"\w*\f + \fr 2:6  \fk flax \ft A plant used to make linen.\f* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* piled \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w*.) 
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* king’s \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w closed|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* king’s \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* look \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* two \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Israel. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w and|strong="H0376"\w* looked \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* places \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* cross \w the|strong="H0834"\w* river. 
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* two men \w were|strong="H1992"\w* ready \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* night, \w but|strong="H1992"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H5927"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* talk \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. 
\v 9 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* frighten \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. 
\v 10 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* afraid \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* ways \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Red \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w Amorite|strong="H0567"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* destroyed \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* living \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3588"\w*. 
\v 11 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w*, \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H0376"\w* \w very|strong="H4605"\w* afraid. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* brave enough \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fight \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* rules \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w*! 
\v 12 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* want \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* kind \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* kind \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w tell|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* allow \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H0001"\w* \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*—\w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w*, \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w families|strong="H0001"\w*. Promise \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w save|strong="H5315"\w* \w us|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.” 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* agreed \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* trade \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w yours|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* kind \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H0518"\w* trust \w us|strong="H5414"\w*.” 
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\v 15 Rahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* built \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* used \w a|strong="H3588"\w* rope \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* men \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w through|strong="H1157"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H0310"\w* \w she|strong="H0310"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H7725"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w so|strong="H6435"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* king’s \w men|strong="H0559"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* accidentally find \w you|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Hide|strong="H2247"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* king’s \w men|strong="H0559"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* can \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.” 
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* must \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w*, \w or|strong="H0376"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* responsible \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*. 
\v 18 \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w tie|strong="H7194"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w red|strong="H8144"\w* \w rope|strong="H2339"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* using \w to|strong="H0413"\w* help \w us|strong="H0413"\w* escape. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 19 \w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* protect \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w stays|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* hurt, \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w responsible|strong="H1818"\w*. \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* killed, \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w responsible|strong="H1818"\w*. \w It|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* fault. 
\v 20 \w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* making \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0834"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* doing, \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w free|strong="H5355"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1697"\w*.” 
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\v 21 Rahab \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* do \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*.” \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* goodbye, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0559"\w* left \w her|strong="H7971"\w* house. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w tied|strong="H7194"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w red|strong="H8144"\w* \w rope|strong="H8615"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* house \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* king’s \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w looked|strong="H1245"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w along|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*. \w After|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w stopped|strong="H0935"\w* \w looking|strong="H1245"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. 
\v 23 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river. \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H0376"\w* learned. 
\v 24 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w really|strong="H0559"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*.” 
\c 3  
\s1 Miracle at the Jordan River 
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\v 1 \w Early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w got|strong="H7925"\w* \w up|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w left|strong="H5265"\w* Acacia. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w traveled|strong="H5265"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* camped \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. 
\v 2 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* leaders \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*. 
\v 3 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: “\w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Box \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H0408"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w follow|strong="H1961"\w* \w too|strong="H3808"\w* closely. Stay \w about|strong="H1961"\w* 1000 yards\f + \fr 3:4  \fk 1000 yards \ft Literally, “2000 cubits” (888 m).\f* \w behind|strong="H4060"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w here|strong="H1870"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w follow|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w*.” 
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H4279"\w* pure. \w Tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w amazing|strong="H6381"\w* \w things|strong="H6381"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Box \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* river \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Box \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. 
\v 8 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Box \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w this|strong="H0935"\w*, ‘Walk \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* shore \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w stop|strong="H5975"\w* \w just|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* step \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.’” 
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H5066"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Here|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H0410"\w* proof \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w is|strong="H0410"\w* \w really|strong="H0559"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0410"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* defeat \w your|strong="H3045"\w* enemies. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0410"\w* defeat \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w Girgashites|strong="H1622"\w*, \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0410"\w* force \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w*. 
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Box \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H0776"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w choose|strong="H3947"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 13 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Holy Box \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H0776"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* Box \w in|strong="H3068"\w* front \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w into|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w enter|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fill behind \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* dam.” 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Box \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H5265"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* camped. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* going \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. 
\v 15 (\w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* overflows \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w banks|strong="H1415"\w*, \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* fullest.) \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Box \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* shore \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w*. \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* stepped \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, 
\v 16 \w immediately|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* piled \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H3772"\w* wall. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* piled \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w high|strong="H4605"\w* \w a|strong="H3772"\w* long \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w river|strong="H3405"\w*—\w all|strong="H8552"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Adam|strong="H0121"\w* (\w a|strong="H3772"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w Zarethan|strong="H6891"\w*). \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w* (\w the|strong="H0834"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*) \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w completely|strong="H8552"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w river|strong="H3405"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. 
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H2724"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H5975"\w* became \w dry|strong="H2724"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Box \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w waited|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* walked \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* \w land|strong="H2724"\w*. 
\c 4  
\s1 Rocks to Remind the People 
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, 
\v 2 “\w Choose|strong="H3947"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w look|strong="H5375"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* river \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w standing|strong="H4673"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w get|strong="H8432"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w from|strong="H8432"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H4411"\w*. \w Carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w stay|strong="H3885"\w* \w tonight|strong="H3915"\w*.” 
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* chose \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w together|strong="H0259"\w*. 
\v 5 \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5674"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* river \w where|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Holy Box \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Each|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* find \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w rock|strong="H0068"\w*. \w There|strong="H8432"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w rock|strong="H0068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* twelve \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. Carry \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w rock|strong="H0068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*. 
\v 6 \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w In|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* future, \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* mean?’ 
\v 7 \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* stopped \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Holy Box \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* stopped \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w*. \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* help \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* remember \w this|strong="H0428"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.” 
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* obeyed \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w rock|strong="H0068"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H4411"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* camp. 
\v 9 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w also|strong="H2088"\w* \w put|strong="H5375"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w put|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Holy Box. \w These|strong="H2088"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w*. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w*. \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Holy Box \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w*. Meanwhile, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w hurried|strong="H4116"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w*. 
\v 11 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w finished|strong="H8552"\w* \w crossing|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* carried \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* obeyed \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. \w These|strong="H1696"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* river \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* other \w people|strong="H1121"\w*. \w These|strong="H1696"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* prepared \w for|strong="H0413"\w* war. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* going \w to|strong="H0413"\w* help \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* take \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H0413"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 13 \w About|strong="H0413"\w* 40,000 \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w*, prepared \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* marching \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w From|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w respected|strong="H5869"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, 
\v 16 “\w Command|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Box \w that|strong="H4480"\w* holds \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Agreement\f + \fr 4:16  \fk Box that holds the Agreement \ft Literally, “Testimony.” See “Agreement” in the Word List.\f* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* river.” 
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\v 17 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River.” 
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* obeyed Joshua. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Box \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* touched \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H3383"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* overflowed \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w banks|strong="H1415"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3709"\w* \w crossed|strong="H3383"\w*. 
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w crossed|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3405"\w* \w on|strong="H2583"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6218"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w at|strong="H2583"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. 
\v 20 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w carried|strong="H6965"\w* \w with|strong="H8147"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. 
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Joshua \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* future \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* mean?’ 
\v 22 \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, ‘\w These|strong="H2088"\w* rocks help \w us|strong="H3045"\w* remember \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w way|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w on|strong="H3383"\w* \w dry|strong="H3004"\w* \w land|strong="H3004"\w*.’ 
\v 23 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w caused|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* stop \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* could \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*—\w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* stopped \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Red \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* could \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. 
\v 24 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2389"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.” 
\c 5  
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\v 1 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* finished \w crossing|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* living \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* living \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* frightened. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* brave enough \w to|strong="H5704"\w* stand \w and|strong="H1121"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w Are|strong="H0834"\w* Circumcised 
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\v 2 \w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w knives|strong="H2719"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w flint|strong="H6697"\w* \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w circumcise|strong="H4135"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.” 
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w knives|strong="H2719"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w flint|strong="H6697"\w* \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* Gibeath Haaraloth.\f + \fr 5:3  \fk Gibeath Haaraloth \ft This name means “Circumcision Hill.”\f* 
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\v 4-7 This is why Joshua circumcised the men: After the Israelites left Egypt, all the men who were able to serve in the army were circumcised. While in the desert, many of the fighting men did not listen to the LORD. So the LORD promised that they would not see the “land where much food grows.” He promised our ancestors to give us that land, but because of those men, he forced the people to wander in the desert for 40 years. That way all those fighting men would die. So all the fighting men died, and their sons took their place. But none of the boys who were born in the desert on the trip from Egypt had been circumcised. So Joshua circumcised them. 
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\v 8 Joshua \w finished|strong="H8552"\w* \w circumcising|strong="H4135"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* camped \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* healed. 
\s1 First Passover \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Canaan 
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* slaves \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w made|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* ashamed. \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* taken \w away|strong="H1556"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w shame|strong="H2781"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.\f + \fr 5:9  \fk Gilgal \ft This name is like the Hebrew word meaning “to roll away.”\f* \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w at|strong="H2583"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w This|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* 14th \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*. 
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H4283"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H0776"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w food|strong="H0398"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* grew \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* made without yeast \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w roasted|strong="H7033"\w* grain. 
\v 12 \w The|strong="H0398"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w morning|strong="H4283"\w*, \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w manna|strong="H4478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* heaven stopped coming. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* first \w day|strong="H4283"\w* \w after|strong="H4283"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w food|strong="H0398"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* grew \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*. \w From|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w*, \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* get \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w manna|strong="H4478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* heaven. 
\s1 \w The|strong="H0398"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* Lord’s \w Army|strong="H0776"\w* 
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\v 13 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w near|strong="H5048"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Are|strong="H0376"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w friend|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* enemies?” 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* man \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* enemy. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w just|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” 
\p \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* show \w respect|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. \w Does|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w master|strong="H0136"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w command|strong="H0559"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*?” 
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H5975"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* obeyed \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\c 6  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* gates \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w closed|strong="H5462"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city \w were|strong="H3478"\w* afraid \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w*. \w No|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. 
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\v 2 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* all \w the|strong="H0853"\w* fighting \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city. 
\v 3 \w March|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w once|strong="H0259"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 4 Tell \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w made|strong="H5437"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w horns|strong="H7782"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* male sheep \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Box. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* tell \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w*. 
\v 5 \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H8085"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w*, \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* begin \w shouting|strong="H7321"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w straight|strong="H5048"\w* \w into|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.” 
\s1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Battle|strong="H8643"\w* \w Against|strong="H5048"\w* Jericho 
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* together \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Box \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* march \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*.” 
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Joshua \w ordered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “Now \w go|strong="H5437"\w*! \w March|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* weapons \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Box \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.” 
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\v 8 \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* finished \w speaking|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* marching \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w marched|strong="H1980"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 9 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* soldiers \w with|strong="H1980"\w* weapons \w marched|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H0727"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w horns|strong="H7782"\w*. \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rest \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Holy Box, marching \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H0853"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* war \w cry|strong="H7321"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w shout|strong="H7321"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w shout|strong="H7321"\w*.” 
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\v 11 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* Joshua \w made|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* priests \w carry|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Box \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w spent|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* night \w there|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w Early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w got|strong="H7925"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box \w again|strong="H7925"\w*. 
\v 13 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w marched|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box, \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* soldiers \w with|strong="H1980"\w* weapons \w marched|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w marched|strong="H1980"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box. During \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w whole|strong="H6440"\w* time \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w marched|strong="H1980"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H0727"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*. 
\v 14 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w marched|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* continued \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w every|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w got|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w dawn|strong="H7837"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w way|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*. 
\v 16 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* marched \w around|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w command|strong="H0559"\w*: “\w Now|strong="H1961"\w*, \w shout|strong="H7321"\w*! \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*! 
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w offering|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Only|strong="H7535"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*. \w These|strong="H1931"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* killed \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* helped \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H1004"\w* \w spies|strong="H4397"\w*. 
\v 18 Remember, \w we|strong="H6435"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* everything \w else|strong="H6435"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H8104"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* anything. \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* anything \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w our|strong="H4480"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* destroyed, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* cause \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* \w for|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* rest \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w our|strong="H4480"\w* people. 
\v 19 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* belong \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* must \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w treasury|strong="H0214"\w*.” 
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\v 20 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* priests \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w shouting|strong="H7321"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w ran|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Israelites defeated \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
\v 21 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* destroyed \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H0802"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* destroyed \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w living|strong="H0376"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cattle|strong="H7794"\w*, \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* talked \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*. \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*.” 
\p
\v 23 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* two \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* house \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w*, \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* safe \w place|strong="H0935"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelites \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w except|strong="H7535"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w treasury|strong="H0214"\w*. 
\v 25 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* saved \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*, \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w* helped \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\p
\v 26 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* important \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “\w Whoever|strong="H0834"\w* \w rebuilds|strong="H1129"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* 
\q2 \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* danger \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\q1 \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w lays|strong="H3245"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w*, 
\q2 \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* lose \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H6810"\w*. 
\q1 \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* sets \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gates|strong="H1817"\w*, 
\q2 \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* lose \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6810"\w* \w son|strong="H6810"\w*.”\f + \fr 6:26  \fk When he … son \ft See 1 Kings 16:34.\f* 
\b
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\v 27 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w famous|strong="H8089"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\c 7  
\s1 Achan’s Sin 
\p
\v 1 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* did \w not|strong="H1121"\w* obey \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* named \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Carmi|strong="H3756"\w*, \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Zimri, great-grandson \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*. \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* kept \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H4603"\w* destroyed. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 2 \w After|strong="H0413"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* defeated \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.\f + \fr 7:2  \fk Ai \ft The name of this town means “the ruins.”\f* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* Beth Aven, \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* look \w for|strong="H0413"\w* weaknesses \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w spy|strong="H7270"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
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\v 3 Later, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w weak|strong="H3605"\w* area. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0376"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w need|strong="H0376"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Send|strong="H5927"\w* 2000 \w or|strong="H0176"\w* 3000 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* fight \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w no|strong="H0408"\w* \w need|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* use \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* fight \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p
\v 4-5 So about 3000 men went to Ai, but the people of Ai killed about 36 men of Israel. And the Israelites ran away. The people of Ai chased them from the city gates all the way to the quarries.\f + \fr 7:4-5  \fk quarries \ft Places where people cut stones from the solid rock.\f* The people of Ai beat them badly. 
\p When the people from Israel saw this, they became very frightened and lost their courage. 
\v 6 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* heard \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* show \w his|strong="H5921"\w* sadness. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w bowed|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Holy Box \w and|strong="H3068"\w* stayed \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w thing|strong="H1931"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w threw|strong="H5307"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* show \w their|strong="H3068"\w* sadness. 
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\v 7 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w GOD|strong="H0136"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w far|strong="H4100"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*? We \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w been|strong="H0006"\w* satisfied \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. 
\v 8 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H0559"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H0834"\w* life, \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*! \w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* nothing \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w now|strong="H0310"\w*. \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* surrendered \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*. 
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* happened. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*! \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* protect \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*?” 
\p
\v 10 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* ground? \w Stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*! 
\v 11 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w broken|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* obey. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w things|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* destroy. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w stolen|strong="H1589"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w lied|strong="H3584"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w things|strong="H3627"\w* \w for|strong="H3627"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7760"\w*. 
\v 12 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w why|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ran|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H6437"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* fight. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* wrong. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H0518"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w unless|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* everything \w I|strong="H3588"\w* commanded \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w*. 
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\v 13 “\w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w make|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* pure. \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, ‘\w Make|strong="H6965"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H4279"\w* pure. \w Prepare|strong="H6942"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* keeping \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* destroyed. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* defeat \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* throw \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w those|strong="H0853"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*. 
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\v 14 “‘\w Tomorrow|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* must \w all|strong="H3920"\w* stand before \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w All|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* stand before \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose \w one|strong="H0834"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. Only \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* stand before \w him|strong="H7126"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose \w one|strong="H0834"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* group \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. Only \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* group must stand before \w him|strong="H7126"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* look \w at|strong="H3068"\w* each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* group, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose \w one|strong="H0834"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* look \w at|strong="H3068"\w* each \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w*. 
\v 15 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* keeping \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w caught|strong="H3920"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* owns \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w broke|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* very bad \w thing|strong="H5039"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*!’” 
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\v 16 \w Early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* led \w out|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. Each \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w came|strong="H7126"\w* \w forward|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* stand before \w the|strong="H0853"\w* LORD, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* chose \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\v 17 \w So|strong="H7126"\w* \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* groups \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* stood before \w the|strong="H0853"\w* LORD, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* chose \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Zerah \w family|strong="H4940"\w* group. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Zerah group stood before \w the|strong="H0853"\w* LORD, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* chose \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* Zimri. 
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Joshua told \w all|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w come|strong="H7126"\w* before \w the|strong="H0853"\w* LORD. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* chose \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Carmi|strong="H3756"\w*. (\w Carmi|strong="H3756"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Zimri. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* Zimri \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*.) 
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w*, “\w Son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Praise|strong="H8426"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w confess|strong="H5046"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* sins \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* try \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 20 \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*! \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*: 
\v 21 \w In|strong="H0776"\w* Jericho, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* beautiful coat \w from|strong="H3947"\w* Babylon, \w about|strong="H3947"\w* 5 pounds\f + \fr 7:21  \fk about 5 pounds \ft Literally, “200 shekels” (2.3 kg).\f* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w about|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* pound\f + \fr 7:21  \fk about a pound \ft Literally, “50 shekels” (575 g).\f* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* wanted \w these|strong="H3947"\w* \w things|strong="H2530"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* myself, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*. \w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w find|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w buried|strong="H2934"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*. \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w is|strong="H0776"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* coat.” 
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\v 22 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* men \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*. \w They|strong="H7323"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* found \w the|strong="H8478"\w* things \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*. \w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w was|strong="H3091"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* coat. 
\v 23 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* threw \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* led \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Achor|strong="H5911"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* coat, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, Achan’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w cattle|strong="H7794"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w owned|strong="H0168"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Achor|strong="H5911"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w*. 
\v 25 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* caused \w much|strong="H4100"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5916"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w threw|strong="H5619"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Achan \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* family until \w they|strong="H3117"\w* died. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* owned. 
\v 26 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* burned Achan, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w many|strong="H1419"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* body. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H3651"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Achor|strong="H5911"\w*.\f + \fr 7:26  \fk Achor \ft This name means “trouble.”\f* \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w angry|strong="H0639"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w*. 
\c 8  
\s1 Ai Destroyed 
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*; \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*. \w Lead|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fighting \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.\f + \fr 8:1  \fk Ai \ft See Josh. 7:2. The name of this town means “the ruins.”\f* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 2 \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H7760"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* same thing \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H7760"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w Only|strong="H7535"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* time \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* \w all|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* wealth \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* yourselves. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* share \w the|strong="H0834"\w* wealth \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*. \w Now|strong="H0310"\w*, tell some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w hide|strong="H0693"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.” 
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* led \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w toward|strong="H5927"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* 30,000 \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* best fighting \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. 
\v 4 Joshua \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w*: “\w Listen|strong="H3605"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3966"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w hide|strong="H0693"\w* \w in|strong="H0693"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Wait|strong="H0693"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* attack. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w watch|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w ready|strong="H3559"\w*. 
\v 5 \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w lead|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*; \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w march|strong="H3318"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* fight \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w turn|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w*. 
\v 6 \w These|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H0559"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* chase \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w away|strong="H0310"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H0310"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w think|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* running \w away|strong="H0310"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* hiding \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* win. 
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\v 8 “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Watch|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* attack \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H8610"\w* control \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*.” 
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* hiding \w place|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* waited. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w place|strong="H3220"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*, \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w But|strong="H1931"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w Early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w led|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. 
\v 11 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* Joshua \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w stopped|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H2583"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Joshua chose \w about|strong="H3947"\w* 5000 \w men|strong="H0376"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w sent|strong="H3947"\w* \w these|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w hide|strong="H0693"\w* \w in|strong="H0693"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* area \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. 
\v 13 \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* prepared \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fight|strong="H4264"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* main \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H6010"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* hiding \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* went \w down|strong="H7760"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w Later|strong="H0310"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w hurried|strong="H4116"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H6440"\w* \w side|strong="H0310"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan Valley, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w* hiding \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* let \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H1870"\w* Ai push \w them|strong="H6440"\w* back. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* began running \w east|strong="H6440"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. 
\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* began \w to|strong="H4480"\w* shout \w and|strong="H3091"\w* started \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
\v 17 \w All|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* army \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w*—\w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* stayed \w to|strong="H3478"\w* protect \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Hold|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w spear|strong="H3591"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w held|strong="H5186"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w spear|strong="H3591"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. 
\v 19 \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Israelites \w who|strong="H7323"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* hiding saw \w this|strong="H0935"\w*, \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H0935"\w* hiding \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w hurried|strong="H4116"\w* \w toward|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H0935"\w* \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H5186"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* soldiers \w started|strong="H6965"\w* \w fires|strong="H0784"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w back|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H0310"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* burning. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w rising|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* lost \w their|strong="H0310"\w* \w strength|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* courage. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* stopped \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w*. \w The|strong="H0413"\w* Israelites stopped \w running|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H0310"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* fight \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* safe \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 21 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* control \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w rising|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7725"\w* running \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* fight \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. 
\v 22 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0428"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* hiding \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* help \w with|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* fight. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* army \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w both|strong="H4480"\w* \w sides|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0428"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* Ai—\w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0428"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* Ai \w were|strong="H1961"\w* trapped. \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* fought \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w none|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0428"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* Ai \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*—\w none|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* enemy \w escaped|strong="H3318"\w*. 
\v 23 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* left \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*. \w Joshua’s|strong="H3091"\w* men \w brought|strong="H7126"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. 
\s1 \w A|strong="H7126"\w* Review \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Fighting 
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\v 24 \w During|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fighting, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w killing|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w still|strong="H7725"\w* alive \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. 
\v 25 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w died|strong="H5307"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* 12,000 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*. 
\v 26 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w held|strong="H5186"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w spear|strong="H3591"\w* \w toward|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* sign \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* destroyed. 
\v 27 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* kept \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w could|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w*. 
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* city became \w an|strong="H7760"\w* empty pile \w of|strong="H3117"\w* rocks. \w It|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 29 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w left|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w hanging|strong="H8518"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*. \w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w sunset|strong="H6153"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* covered \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w many|strong="H1419"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w*. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w pile|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\s1 Reading \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Blessings \w and|strong="H0935"\w* Curses 
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ebal|strong="H5858"\w*. 
\v 31 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* build \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* Joshua built \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* explained \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \bk \+w Book|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H0853"\+w* \+w Law|strong="H8451"\+w*\bk*\f + \fr 8:31  \fk Law \ft Or “Teachings.” Also in verses 32, 34.\f* \bk \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*\bk*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H0834"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cut. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w tool|strong="H5130"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* ever \w been|strong="H0834"\w* used \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* fellowship \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*. 
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\v 32 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* Joshua copied \w onto|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w down|strong="H3789"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* all \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 33 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w officers|strong="H7860"\w*, \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w around|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Box \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Holy Box. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w*. \w Half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ebal|strong="H5858"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gerizim|strong="H1630"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1288"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*. 
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Joshua \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blessings|strong="H1293"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w curses|strong="H7045"\w*. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \bk \+w Book|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Law|strong="H8451"\+w*\bk*. 
\v 35 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6951"\w* together \w there|strong="H1961"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*. \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w*. 
\c 9  
\s1 The Gibeonites Trick Joshua 
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\v 1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* plains. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w along|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* seacoast \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w far|strong="H1419"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*. 
\v 2 \w All|strong="H3162"\w* these kings came \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* made plans \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* way \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* defeated \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. 
\v 4 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* decided \w to|strong="H3196"\w* try \w to|strong="H3196"\w* trick \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Israelites. \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H1571"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* plan: \w They|strong="H1992"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H1571"\w* old \w wineskins|strong="H4997"\w* \w that|strong="H1571"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* cracked \w and|strong="H8242"\w* \w broken|strong="H1234"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* old \w wineskins|strong="H4997"\w* \w on|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* backs \w of|strong="H3196"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* animals. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w put|strong="H3947"\w* old \w pieces|strong="H1234"\w* \w of|strong="H3196"\w* cloth \w on|strong="H1571"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* animals \w to|strong="H3196"\w* look \w as|strong="H1571"\w* if \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3196"\w* traveled \w from|strong="H3947"\w* far \w away|strong="H3947"\w*. 
\v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* put old \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w wore|strong="H5921"\w* old \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* found \w some|strong="H3605"\w* old \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* moldy. 
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w This|strong="H6258"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* near \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w We|strong="H6258"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w traveled|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H3772"\w* faraway \w country|strong="H0776"\w*. \w We|strong="H6258"\w* want \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3772"\w* peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w*.” 
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* these \w Hivite|strong="H2340"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, “\w Maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* trying \w to|strong="H0413"\w* trick \w us|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w near|strong="H7130"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*. \w We|strong="H7130"\w* cannot \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3772"\w* peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* until \w we|strong="H7130"\w* know \w where|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w*.” 
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* Hivite \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.” 
\p \w But|strong="H0859"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*? \w Where|strong="H0370"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w*?” 
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* faraway \w country|strong="H0776"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* power \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. 
\v 10 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* heard \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* defeated \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*. 
\v 11 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w enough|strong="H3027"\w* \w food|strong="H6720"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*. Go \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelites.’ \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. \w Make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.’ 
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\v 12 “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w warm|strong="H2525"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* fresh. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w can|strong="H1004"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* old. 
\v 13 \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H1870"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w wineskins|strong="H4997"\w*. \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* left home, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*. \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* cracked \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w old|strong="H1086"\w*. \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H1870"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w long|strong="H7230"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w almost|strong="H3966"\w* destroyed \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w things|strong="H0428"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w wear|strong="H1086"\w*.” 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* Israel wanted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* know \w if|strong="H0376"\w* \w these|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H0376"\w* telling \w the|strong="H0853"\w* truth. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* tasted \w the|strong="H0853"\w* bread—\w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w should|strong="H0376"\w* do. 
\v 15 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H7650"\w* let \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. \w The|strong="H3091"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w of|strong="H5712"\w* Israel agreed \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w of|strong="H5712"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. 
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\v 16 \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Israelites learned \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w men|strong="H3772"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* very \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* camp. 
\v 17 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w place|strong="H0935"\w* \w where|strong="H0413"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* lived. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w Kephirah|strong="H3716"\w*, \w Beeroth|strong="H0881"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim. 
\v 18 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* cities. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* peace agreement \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\p \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* complained \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* agreement. 
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* given \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*. \w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* fight \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*. 
\v 20 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* hurt \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H7110"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* broke \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\v 21 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* servants. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cut|strong="H2404"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* carry \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* break \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* peace \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Gibeonites together. \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* lie \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*? \w Your|strong="H4480"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w was|strong="H3091"\w* \w near|strong="H7130"\w* \w our|strong="H4480"\w* camp. \w But|strong="H0859"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w were|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* faraway country. 
\v 23 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* many troubles. \w All|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*—\w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* carry \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.\f + \fr 9:23  \fk house of God \ft This might mean the “family of God” (Israel), “the Holy Tent,” or “the Temple.”\f*” 
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Gibeonites \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* lied \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* kill \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w why|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* lied \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 25 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w we|strong="H6258"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* servants. \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.” 
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\v 26 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Gibeonites became \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* Joshua \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* live. \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\v 27 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* slaves \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H2088"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w cut|strong="H2404"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H0413"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*—\w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* slaves \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\c 10  
\s1 The Day the Sun Stood Still 
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\v 1 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* Adoni Zedek \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* defeated \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w completely|strong="H8085"\w* destroyed \w it|strong="H3588"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* learned \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* learned \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Gibeonites \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* peace agreement \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w near|strong="H0854"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 2 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* Adoni Zedek \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H0376"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* frightened. \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* small \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w like|strong="H0376"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* big \w city|strong="H5892"\w*—\w as|strong="H0376"\w* big \w as|strong="H0376"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4467"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.\f + \fr 10:2  \fk royal city \ft A strong, well-protected city that controlled smaller towns nearby.\f* \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H0376"\w* good fighters, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*. 
\v 3 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Adoni Zedek \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* talked \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hoham|strong="H1944"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* talked \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Piram|strong="H6502"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Japhia|strong="H3309"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* begged these \w men|strong="H0559"\w*, 
\v 4 “\w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H5221"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* peace agreement \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*.” 
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w Amorite|strong="H0567"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* joined \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w*. (\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*.) \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, surrounded \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* began \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*: “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*! \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w leave|strong="H7503"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w alone|strong="H7503"\w*. \w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*! \w Hurry|strong="H4120"\w*! \w Save|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*! \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Amorite|strong="H0567"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w fight|strong="H4264"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w marched|strong="H5973"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* best fighting \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w were|strong="H2428"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
\v 8 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w those|strong="H0376"\w* \w armies|strong="H3808"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” 
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\v 9 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Gibeon, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H3915"\w* \w was|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w complete|strong="H3605"\w* surprise \w when|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H2000"\w* \w those|strong="H7291"\w* armies \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w confused|strong="H2000"\w* \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w*. \w So|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* won \w a|strong="H5221"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* victory. \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* enemy \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w along|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* going \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Beth Horon. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* chased \w the|strong="H6440"\w* enemy \w down|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* road \w from|strong="H4480"\w* Beth Horon \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w*. \w While|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* chasing \w the|strong="H6440"\w* enemy, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w hailstones|strong="H1259"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w fall|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* enemy \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w hailstones|strong="H1259"\w*. \w More|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hailstones|strong="H1259"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* soldiers \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* victory \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* stood \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w Sun|strong="H8121"\w*, stop \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. 
\q2 \w Moon|strong="H3394"\w*, stand \w still|strong="H0559"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aijalon|strong="H0357"\w*.” 
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\v 13 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* move, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* defeated \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* story \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \bk \+w Book|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Jashar|strong="H3477"\+w*\bk*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w middle|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* move \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 14 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w again|strong="H0310"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* really \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*! 
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\v 15 \w After|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H7725"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. 
\v 16 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w during|strong="H0428"\w* \w the|strong="H0428"\w* fight, \w the|strong="H0428"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w*. \w They|strong="H0428"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H4428"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* near \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*, 
\v 17 \w but|strong="H4428"\w* someone \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w* \w hiding|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* learned \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H5046"\w*. 
\v 18 \w He|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Cover|strong="H0068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w*. \w Put|strong="H6485"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* there \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*. 
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w stay|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H0859"\w*. \w Continue|strong="H5975"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* attacking \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w get|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0310"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* victory \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 20 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* enemy. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* tall walls around \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* hide. \w These|strong="H1992"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w*. 
\v 21 \w After|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fighting, \w Joshua’s|strong="H3091"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*. \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* country \w was|strong="H3478"\w* brave enough \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Move \w the|strong="H0853"\w* rocks \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* covering \w the|strong="H0853"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*. \w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\v 23 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* Joshua’s \w men|strong="H0428"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*—\w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*, \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*. 
\v 24 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* five \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* officers \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H1980"\w* \w here|strong="H7760"\w*! \w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* officers \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joshua’s|strong="H3091"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w close|strong="H7126"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*, “\w Be|strong="H0408"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* brave! \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* future.” 
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* kings \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* bodies \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w hanging|strong="H8518"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*. 
\v 27 \w At|strong="H0413"\w* sunset \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* bodies \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* bodies \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* kings \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w hiding|strong="H2244"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* covered \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w entrance|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w*. \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* bodies \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 28 \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w thing|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. 
\s1 Taking \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Southern Cities 
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\v 29 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w traveled|strong="H5674"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3898"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* city. 
\v 30 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* city \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H0853"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* left \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* went \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* army \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* city \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3898"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 32 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*. 
\v 33 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Horam|strong="H2036"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*. \w No|strong="H1115"\w* \w one|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*. 
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w traveled|strong="H5674"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3898"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 35 \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w thing|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*. 
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\v 36 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* traveled \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 37 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* small \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w near|strong="H3920"\w* Hebron. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israelites \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w an|strong="H5221"\w* offering \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Lord. 
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\v 38 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3898"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 39 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w near|strong="H3920"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w an|strong="H5221"\w* offering \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Lord. 
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\v 40 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* cities \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* western \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* eastern \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w*. 
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\v 41 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* captured \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* cities \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Kadesh Barnea \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* captured \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* cities \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w*\f + \fr 10:41  \fk Goshen \ft The northeastern part of Egypt.\f* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. 
\v 42 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* cities \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* series \w of|strong="H4428"\w* battles. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* did \w this|strong="H0428"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 43 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. 
\c 11  
\s1 Defeating the Northern Cities 
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\v 1 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* everything \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* decided \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w call|strong="H8085"\w* together \w the|strong="H0413"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* several \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jobab|strong="H3103"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Madon|strong="H4068"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shimron|strong="H8110"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Acshaph|strong="H0407"\w*, 
\v 2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*. Jabin sent \w the|strong="H0834"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Kinnereth|strong="H3672"\w*,\f + \fr 11:2  \fk Kinnereth \ft The area near the Sea of Galilee.\f* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* sent \w the|strong="H0834"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Naphoth \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*. 
\v 3 Jabin sent \w the|strong="H8478"\w* message \w to|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* kings \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*. \w He|strong="H4217"\w* sent \w the|strong="H8478"\w* message \w to|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* living \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*. \w He|strong="H4217"\w* also sent \w the|strong="H8478"\w* message \w to|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w* living \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* near \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*. 
\v 4 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* kings \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w together|strong="H5973"\w*. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* fighting \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w large|strong="H7230"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w*—\w it|strong="H5921"\w* looked \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w if|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* grains \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seashore|strong="H3220"\w*. 
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\v 5 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* met \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w at|strong="H2583"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* small river \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Merom|strong="H4792"\w*. \w They|strong="H0935"\w* \w joined|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* armies \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H2583"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w made|strong="H3259"\w* plans \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w battle|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* army, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w By|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H2491"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cut \w the|strong="H3605"\w* legs \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*.” 
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* surprised \w the|strong="H3605"\w* enemy \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w attacked|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Merom|strong="H4792"\w*. 
\v 8 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* army \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Greater|strong="H7227"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w*, \w Misrephoth|strong="H4956"\w* Maim, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1237"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* army \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* fought \w until|strong="H5704"\w* none \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* enemy \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*; \w he|strong="H0834"\w* cut \w the|strong="H0853"\w* legs \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. (\w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* fought \w against|strong="H6440"\w* Israel.) 
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H6310"\w* Israel \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* city \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w*. \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. 
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\v 12 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*—\w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*. 
\v 13 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* built \w on|strong="H5921"\w* hills. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* built \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* hill \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*. \w This|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w*. 
\v 14 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* kept \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H0428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* found \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0120"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*. 
\v 15 Long ago \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* obeyed \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. 
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\v 16 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* defeated \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* control \w over|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* western \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan Valley, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* near \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\v 17 Joshua \w had|strong="H4428"\w* control \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Halak|strong="H2510"\w* \w near|strong="H3920"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Baal Gad \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1237"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* land \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w fought|strong="H0854"\w* \w against|strong="H0854"\w* \w them|strong="H0854"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 19 \w Only|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* peace agreement \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hivite|strong="H2340"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* defeated \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*. 
\v 20 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* feel brave enough \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* could \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w completely|strong="H8045"\w* \w without|strong="H1115"\w* \w mercy|strong="H8467"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w*. 
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Anakites|strong="H6062"\w* lived \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*, \w Anab|strong="H6024"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* fought \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3772"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*. 
\v 22 \w There|strong="H7604"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w Anakites|strong="H6062"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* living \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H3808"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w Anakites|strong="H6062"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*. 
\v 23 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* control \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w long|strong="H0413"\w* ago. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* divided \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w among|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. Finally, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fighting ended \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w peace|strong="H8252"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
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\s1 Kings Defeated by Israel 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w taken|strong="H5221"\w* control \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w* Ravine \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w along|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eastern|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*. \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w this|strong="H0428"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: 
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\v 2 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* defeated \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* city \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w* Ravine \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jabbok|strong="H2999"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*. \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* started \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w center|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* ravine. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w*. \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. 
\v 3 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* also ruled \w over|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w eastern|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Jordan Valley \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Lake Galilee \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* (\w Salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*). \w And|strong="H1870"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* ruled \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Beth Jeshimoth \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w south|strong="H8486"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* hills \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Pisgah|strong="H6449"\w*. 
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* defeated \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*. \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w Rephaites|strong="H7497"\w*. \w He|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Edrei|strong="H0154"\w*. 
\v 5 Og \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H4910"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w*, \w Salecah|strong="H5548"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* ended where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Geshur \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Maacah lived. Og \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w This|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* ended \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* all these kings. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* land \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* land \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H3425"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*. \w This|strong="H0428"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Baal Gad \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1237"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Halak|strong="H2510"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w rises|strong="H5927"\w* \w toward|strong="H5927"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* divided \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w among|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*. 
\v 8 This included \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* western \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* Jordan Valley, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* eastern \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*. This \w was|strong="H2022"\w* where \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w had|strong="H0567"\w* lived. These \w are|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* kings \w the|strong="H2022"\w* Israelites defeated: 
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\v 9 \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, 
\li1 \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w near|strong="H6654"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, 
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\v 10 \w the|strong="H3389"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, 
\li1 \w the|strong="H3389"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, 
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\v 11 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, 
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\v 12 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*, 
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\v 13 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Geder|strong="H1445"\w*, 
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\v 14 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hormah|strong="H2767"\w*, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Arad|strong="H6166"\w*, 
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\v 15 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w*, 
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\v 16 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, 
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\v 17 \w the|strong="H8599"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w*, 
\li1 \w the|strong="H8599"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w*, 
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\v 18 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sharon|strong="H8289"\w*, 
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\v 19 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Madon|strong="H4068"\w*, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, 
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\v 20 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Shimron Meron, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Acshaph|strong="H0407"\w*, 
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\v 21 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w*, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, 
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\v 22 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*, 
\li1 the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jokneam|strong="H3362"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, 
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\v 23 \w the|strong="H1471"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* Mount \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w*, 
\li1 \w the|strong="H1471"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Goyim \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, 
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\v 24 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. 
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\m \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* number \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H0259"\w* 31. 
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\s1 Land Not Yet Taken 
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w grown|strong="H2204"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, \w but|strong="H0859"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* control \w of|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 2 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w not|strong="H0776"\w* \w yet|strong="H2063"\w* taken \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* Geshur \w or|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. 
\v 3 \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* not \w yet|strong="H5921"\w* taken \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Shihor|strong="H7883"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*\f + \fr 13:3  \fk Shihor River \ft Probably one of the eastern branches of the Nile River.\f* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H5757"\w* further \w north|strong="H6828"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H5757"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w belongs|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* must \w still|strong="H5704"\w* defeat \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5633"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Gaza, \w Ashdod|strong="H0796"\w*, \w Ashkelon|strong="H0832"\w*, \w Gath|strong="H1663"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* must \w also|strong="H6430"\w* defeat \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Avvites|strong="H5757"\w* 
\v 4 \w who|strong="H0834"\w* live \w south|strong="H8486"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaanite|strong="H3669"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w And|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0776"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* go north \w to|strong="H5704"\w* take \w Mearah|strong="H4632"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sidonians|strong="H6722"\w* control. \w From|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0776"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* go \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Amorite|strong="H0567"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*. 
\v 5 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w not|strong="H0776"\w* \w yet|strong="H5704"\w* defeated \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gebalites|strong="H1382"\w*. \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w also|strong="H0935"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w is|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* Baal Gad \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* Lebo \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*. 
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\v 6 “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Sidon \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Misrephoth|strong="H4956"\w* Maim. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* force \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Be|strong="H1121"\w* sure \w to|strong="H5704"\w* remember \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w divide|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w among|strong="H5159"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Dividing|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Land|strong="H0776"\w* 
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* half \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Manasseh \w had|strong="H3068"\w* already \w received|strong="H3947"\w* all \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. 
\v 9 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* land started \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w* Ravine \w and|strong="H3605"\w* continued \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ravine. \w And|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Medeba|strong="H4311"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*. 
\v 10 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* continued \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* lived. 
\v 11 Also \w the|strong="H3605"\w* town \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w was|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w*. \w And|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Geshur \w and|strong="H2022"\w* Maacah lived \w was|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Salecah|strong="H5548"\w* \w was|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w*. 
\v 12 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H7604"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* land. \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H7604"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*. \w In|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* past \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H7604"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Edrei|strong="H0154"\w*. \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w from|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Rephaites|strong="H7497"\w*. \w In|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* past \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w taken|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* land. 
\v 13 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* force \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* get \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3878"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* all \w the|strong="H0834"\w* animals \w offered|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H0801"\w* \w fire|strong="H0801"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* group \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* some \w land|strong="H4940"\w*. This \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* they received: 
\v 16 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w* Ravine \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Medeba|strong="H4311"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ravine. 
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* land continued \w to|strong="H0834"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*. \w It|strong="H0834"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*, \w Bamoth|strong="H1120"\w* Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 
\v 18 \w Jahaz|strong="H3096"\w*, \w Kedemoth|strong="H6932"\w*, \w Mephaath|strong="H4158"\w*, 
\v 19 \w Kiriathaim|strong="H7156"\w*, \w Sibmah|strong="H7643"\w*, Zereth Shahar \w on|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*, 
\v 20 Beth Peor, the hills \w of|strong="H0794"\w* \w Pisgah|strong="H6449"\w*, \w and|strong="H6449"\w* Beth Jeshimoth. 
\v 21 \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w Evi|strong="H0189"\w*, \w Rekem|strong="H7552"\w*, \w Zur|strong="H6698"\w*, \w Hur|strong="H2354"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Reba|strong="H7254"\w*. (\w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* fought together \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*.) \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 22 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* defeated \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beor|strong="H1160"\w*. (\w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* tried \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w use|strong="H7080"\w* magic \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* future.) \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* many \w people|strong="H1121"\w* during \w the|strong="H0853"\w* fighting. 
\v 23 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* stopped \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* shore \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* all \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* fields \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* listed. 
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\v 24 This \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* this \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* each \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w*: 
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\v 25 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*. 
\v 26 \w Their|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Ramath Mizpah \w and|strong="H2809"\w* \w Betonim|strong="H0993"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*, 
\v 27 \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zaphon|strong="H6829"\w*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, \w along|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w way|strong="H5704"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Lake Galilee \w on|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w eastern|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w*. 
\v 28 All \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* Moses \w gave|strong="H5159"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*. \w That|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* included all \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* listed. Moses \w gave|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* group. 
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\v 29 This \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w Half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* all \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* got this \w land|strong="H4940"\w*: 
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\v 30 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*. (\w In|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* 60 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.) 
\v 31 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w also|strong="H4519"\w* included \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Edrei|strong="H0154"\w*. (\w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Edrei|strong="H0154"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* where King \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w had|strong="H4519"\w* lived.) All this \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w Half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* all \w his|strong="H4519"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* got this \w land|strong="H4940"\w*. 
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\v 32 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H5157"\w* all \w this|strong="H0428"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w to|strong="H3383"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* tribes. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H0428"\w* \w while|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* camped \w on|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H6160"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*. \w This|strong="H0428"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3405"\w*, \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H6160"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. 
\v 33 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w gift|strong="H5159"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*. 
\c 14  
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\v 1 \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* all \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* decided \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H5157"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*. 
\v 2 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* long ago \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* wanted \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* choose \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* threw \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* decide \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* get. 
\v 3 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* already \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3588"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w receive|strong="H5414"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w*. 
\v 4 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* divided \w into|strong="H0776"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w*—\w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. \w Each|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* these \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w received|strong="H1961"\w* some \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w only|strong="H0518"\w* some \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* scattered throughout \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* some fields around \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*. 
\v 5 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w among|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w way|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*. 
\s1 Caleb Gets \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w Land|strong="H0776"\w* 
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\v 6 \w One|strong="H0376"\w* \w day|strong="H4872"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. \w One|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jephunneh|strong="H3312"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Kenizzite|strong="H7074"\w*. \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* remember \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* Kadesh Barnea. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w his|strong="H5921"\w* servant.\f + \fr 14:6  \fk his servant \ft Literally, “the man of God.”\f* \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* look \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w going|strong="H7725"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H8141"\w*. \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w thought|strong="H3824"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 8 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H0251"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H0310"\w* told \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H0834"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* afraid. \w But|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* really believed \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* allow \w us|strong="H0310"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* land. 
\v 9 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0310"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5159"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w really|strong="H0559"\w* believed \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.’ 
\p
\v 10 “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* kept \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* 45 more \w years|strong="H8141"\w*—\w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w*. \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w wandered|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w*, 85 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*. 
\v 11 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* am \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* am \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w ready|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w then|strong="H0227"\w*. 
\v 12 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H3117"\w*. \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w strong|strong="H1419"\w* \w Anakites|strong="H6062"\w* lived \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* big \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w well|strong="H0834"\w* protected. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* land \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.” 
\p
\v 13 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jephunneh|strong="H3312"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* own. 
\v 14 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* city \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w belongs|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* family \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jephunneh|strong="H3312"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Kenizzite|strong="H7074"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w belongs|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* trusted \w and|strong="H1121"\w* obeyed \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 15 \w In|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* past \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w called|strong="H8034"\w* Kiriath Arba. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w among|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Anakites|strong="H6062"\w*—\w a|strong="H0776"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* Arba. 
\p \w After|strong="H0776"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* there \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w peace|strong="H8252"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\c 15  
\s1 Land for Judah 
\p
\v 1 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* divided \w among|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w*. \w That|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* all \w the|strong="H0413"\w* way \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zin|strong="H6790"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* edge \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Teman. 
\v 2 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Judah’s \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. 
\v 3 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* border \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Scorpion \w Pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* continued \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Zin|strong="H6790"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* border continued \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Kadesh Barnea. \w It|strong="H5437"\w* continued past \w Hezron|strong="H2696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Addar|strong="H0146"\w*. \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w Addar|strong="H0146"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* border \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* continued \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Karka|strong="H7173"\w*. 
\v 4 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Azmon|strong="H6111"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. All \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*. 
\p
\v 5 \w Their|strong="H5704"\w* eastern \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w was|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* shore \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* where \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* flowed \w into|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. 
\p \w Their|strong="H5704"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H6285"\w* \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* where \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* flowed \w into|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Beth Hoglah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* continued \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beth Arabah. \w The|strong="H5927"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* continued \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bohan|strong="H0932"\w*. (\w Bohan|strong="H0932"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*.) 
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Achor|strong="H5911"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w from|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* road \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w goes|strong="H5927"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* mountain \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Adummim|strong="H0131"\w*. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w side|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w along|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* En Shemesh. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* stopped \w at|strong="H0413"\w* En Rogel. 
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ben \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* (\w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w*, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*). \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*. 
\v 9 \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w spring|strong="H4599"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Nephtoah|strong="H5318"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* near \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w*. \w There|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w turned|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w*. (\w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* also called \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim.) 
\v 10 \w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*. \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* continued \w along|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Jearim|strong="H3297"\w* (\w Kesalon|strong="H3693"\w*) \w and|strong="H2022"\w* continued \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Beth Shemesh. \w From|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* past \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*. \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w turned|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Shikkeron|strong="H7942"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* past \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w*. \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jabneel|strong="H2995"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* ended \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. 
\v 12 \w The|strong="H5439"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*. \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* inside \w these|strong="H2088"\w* four \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*. \w The|strong="H5439"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* lived \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6310"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jephunneh|strong="H3312"\w* \w part|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6310"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* town \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Kiriath Arba, \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. (Arba \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w*.) 
\v 14 \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* forced \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* Anakite \w families|strong="H1121"\w* living \w in|strong="H1121"\w* Hebron \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w families|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sheshai|strong="H8344"\w*, \w Ahiman|strong="H0289"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Talmai|strong="H8526"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* family \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w*. 
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* Caleb fought \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*. (\w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* past, \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* also \w called|strong="H8034"\w* Kiriath Sepher.) 
\v 16 \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H0802"\w* \w marriage|strong="H0802"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* man \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w attacks|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H0802"\w* conquers Kiriath Sepher.” 
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\v 17 \w Othniel|strong="H6274"\w* \w was|strong="H0802"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Caleb’s|strong="H3612"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Kenaz|strong="H7073"\w*. \w Othniel|strong="H6274"\w* defeated \w that|strong="H1121"\w* city, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Acsah|strong="H5915"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Othniel|strong="H6274"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. 
\v 18 Acsah \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* live \w with|strong="H5921"\w* Othniel. Othniel \w told|strong="H0559"\w* Acsah\f + \fr 15:18  \fk Othniel told Acsah \ft Or “Acsah told Othniel.”\f* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* some \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*. Acsah \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H4100"\w* got \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*, \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* want?” 
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\v 19 Acsah \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w*.\f + \fr 15:19  \fk Give me a blessing \ft Or “Please welcome me” or “Give me a stream of water.”\f* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* dry desert \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*. Please \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* some \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w with|strong="H0776"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* Caleb \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* wanted. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w upper|strong="H5942"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w lower|strong="H8482"\w* pools \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* got \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H4940"\w* God promised \w them|strong="H1121"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* group got part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* got all \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*. These \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* near \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*. Here \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* list \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*: 
\li1 \w Kabzeel|strong="H6909"\w*, \w Eder|strong="H5740"\w*, \w Jagur|strong="H3017"\w*, 
\v 22 \w Kinah|strong="H7016"\w*, \w Dimonah|strong="H1776"\w*, \w Adadah|strong="H5735"\w*, 
\v 23 \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*, \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, \w Ithnan|strong="H3497"\w*, 
\v 24 \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w*, \w Telem|strong="H2928"\w*, \w Bealoth|strong="H1175"\w*, 
\v 25 \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* Hadattah, \w Kerioth|strong="H7152"\w* \w Hezron|strong="H2696"\w* (\w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*), 
\v 26 \w Amam|strong="H0538"\w*, \w Shema|strong="H8090"\w*, \w Moladah|strong="H4137"\w*, 
\v 27 Hazar Gaddah, \w Heshmon|strong="H2829"\w*, Beth Pelet, 
\v 28 Hazar Shual, \w Beersheba|strong="H0884"\w*, \w Biziothiah|strong="H0964"\w*, 
\v 29 \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w*, \w Iim|strong="H5864"\w*, \w Ezem|strong="H6107"\w*, 
\v 30 \w Eltolad|strong="H0513"\w*, \w Kesil|strong="H3686"\w*, \w Hormah|strong="H2767"\w*, 
\v 31 \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, \w Madmannah|strong="H4089"\w*, \w Sansannah|strong="H5578"\w*, 
\v 32 \w Lebaoth|strong="H3822"\w*, \w Shilhim|strong="H7978"\w*, \w Ain|strong="H5871"\w*, \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*. \w In|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w there|strong="H3605"\w* were 29 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* fields. 
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\v 33 \w The|strong="H8219"\w* tribe of Judah also got these towns in \w the|strong="H8219"\w* western \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*: 
\li1 \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w*, \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, \w Ashnah|strong="H0823"\w*, 
\v 34 \w Zanoah|strong="H2182"\w*, En Gannim, \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w*, \w Enam|strong="H5879"\w*, 
\v 35 \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*, \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w*, \w Socoh|strong="H7755"\w*, \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w*, 
\v 36 \w Shaaraim|strong="H8189"\w*, \w Adithaim|strong="H5723"\w*, \w and|strong="H8189"\w* \w Gederah|strong="H1449"\w* (\w Gederothaim|strong="H1453"\w*). \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all, there \w were|strong="H0702"\w* 14 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H8189"\w* all their fields. 
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\v 37 The tribe of Judah was also given these towns: 
\li1 \w Zenan|strong="H6799"\w*, \w Hadashah|strong="H2322"\w*, Migdal Gad, 
\v 38 \w Dilean|strong="H1810"\w*, \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*, \w Joktheel|strong="H3371"\w*, 
\v 39 \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w Bozkath|strong="H1218"\w*, \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*, 
\v 40 \w Cabbon|strong="H3522"\w*, \w Lahmas|strong="H3903"\w*, \w Kitlish|strong="H3798"\w*, 
\v 41 \w Gederoth|strong="H1450"\w*, Beth Dagon, \w Naamah|strong="H5279"\w*, \w and|strong="H1016"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*. \w In|strong="H4719"\w* all, there were 16 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1016"\w* all \w the|strong="H5892"\w* fields around them. 
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\v 42 The people of Judah also got these towns: 
\li1 \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*, \w Ether|strong="H6281"\w*, \w Ashan|strong="H6228"\w*, 
\v 43 \w Iphtah|strong="H3316"\w*, \w Ashnah|strong="H0823"\w*, \w Nezib|strong="H5334"\w*, 
\v 44 \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, \w Aczib|strong="H0392"\w*, \w and|strong="H7084"\w* \w Mareshah|strong="H4762"\w*. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all, there were \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H7084"\w* all \w the|strong="H5892"\w* fields around them. 
\v 45 \w The|strong="H6138"\w* people \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Judah also got \w the|strong="H6138"\w* town \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* all \w the|strong="H6138"\w* small \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* fields near it. 
\v 46 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0834"\w* got \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fields \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w towns|strong="H2691"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*. 
\v 47 \w All|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* around \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* small \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* part \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H1366"\w*. \w The|strong="H5704"\w* people \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H1366"\w* also got \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* around \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* fields \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w*. \w Their|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* continued \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w And|strong="H4714"\w* \w their|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* continued \w along|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* coast \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. 
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\v 48 \w The|strong="H2022"\w* people \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Judah \w were|strong="H2022"\w* also given these towns \w in|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*: 
\li1 Shamir, \w Jattir|strong="H3492"\w*, \w Socoh|strong="H7755"\w*, 
\v 49 \w Dannah|strong="H1837"\w*, Kiriath Sannah (\w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*), 
\v 50 \w Anab|strong="H6024"\w*, \w Eshtemoh|strong="H0851"\w*, \w Anim|strong="H6044"\w*, 
\v 51 \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w*, \w Holon|strong="H2473"\w*, \w and|strong="H0259"\w* \w Giloh|strong="H1542"\w*. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H0259"\w*, there were \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H0259"\w* \w all|strong="H0259"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* fields around them. 
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\v 52 The people of Judah were also given these towns: 
\li1 \w Arab|strong="H0694"\w*, \w Dumah|strong="H1746"\w*, \w Eshan|strong="H0824"\w*, 
\v 53 \w Janim|strong="H3241"\w*, Beth Tappuah, \w Aphekah|strong="H0664"\w*, 
\v 54 \w Humtah|strong="H2547"\w*, Kiriath Arba (\w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*), \w and|strong="H2547"\w* \w Zior|strong="H6730"\w*. There were \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H2547"\w* all \w the|strong="H1931"\w* fields around \w them|strong="H1931"\w*. 
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\v 55 The people of Judah were also given these towns: 
\li1 \w Maon|strong="H4584"\w*, \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w*, \w Juttah|strong="H3194"\w*, 
\v 56 \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w Jokdeam|strong="H3347"\w*, \w Zanoah|strong="H2182"\w*, 
\v 57 \w Kain|strong="H7014"\w*, \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, \w and|strong="H1390"\w* \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w*. \w In|strong="H1390"\w* all, there were \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1390"\w* all \w the|strong="H5892"\w* fields around them. 
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\v 58 The people of Judah were also given these towns: 
\li1 \w Halhul|strong="H2478"\w*, Beth Zur, \w Gedor|strong="H1446"\w*, 
\v 59 \w Maarath|strong="H4638"\w*, Beth Anoth, \w and|strong="H4638"\w* \w Eltekon|strong="H0515"\w*. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all, there were \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4638"\w* all \w the|strong="H5892"\w* fields around them. 
\li1
\v 60 \w The|strong="H8147"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* Judah \w were|strong="H8147"\w* also given \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Baal (\w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim). 
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\v 61 The people of Judah \w were|strong="H4057"\w* also given these towns in the \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*: 
\li1 Beth Arabah, \w Middin|strong="H4081"\w*, \w Secacah|strong="H5527"\w*, 
\v 62 \w Nibshan|strong="H5044"\w*, \w Salt|strong="H5898"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H5898"\w* En Gedi. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all, there were \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5898"\w* all \w the|strong="H5892"\w* fields around them. 
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\v 63 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* force \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
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\s1 Land for Ephraim and Manasseh 
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\v 1 This \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H1486"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* family \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* received. This \w land|strong="H1486"\w* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3405"\w* near \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* continued \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. (This \w was|strong="H4325"\w* just \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.) \w The|strong="H3318"\w* border \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* continued \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* (\w Luz|strong="H3870"\w*) \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Arkite|strong="H0757"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ataroth|strong="H5852"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Japhletites|strong="H3311"\w*. \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Lower|strong="H8481"\w* Beth Horon. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. 
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\v 4 So \w the|strong="H5157"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* got \w their|strong="H5157"\w* land. (\w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.) 
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\v 5 This \w is|strong="H0669"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*: \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w eastern|strong="H4217"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* Ataroth Addar \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w Upper|strong="H5945"\w* Beth Horon. 
\v 6 \w And|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w at|strong="H3220"\w* Micmethath. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Taanath Shiloh \w and|strong="H3318"\w* continued \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Janoah|strong="H3239"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Janoah|strong="H3239"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Ataroth|strong="H5852"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Naarah|strong="H5292"\w*. \w The|strong="H3318"\w* border continued until \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* ended \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3405"\w*. 
\v 8 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Kanah|strong="H7071"\w* Ravine \w and|strong="H1121"\w* ended \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H0669"\w* all \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* got \w a|strong="H1961"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
\v 9 Many \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* border \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* actually \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w Manasseh’s|strong="H4519"\w* borders, \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w* got \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fields around \w them|strong="H8432"\w*. 
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* force \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* town \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w although|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w*. 
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1486"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joseph’s|strong="H3130"\w* first son. \w Manasseh’s|strong="H4519"\w* first son \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.\f + \fr 17:1  \fk father of Gilead \ft Or “the leader of the area of Gilead.”\f* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* great \w soldier|strong="H4421"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* areas \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w family|strong="H0001"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H4519"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w other|strong="H0428"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w Abiezer|strong="H0044"\w*, \w Helek|strong="H2507"\w*, \w Asriel|strong="H0844"\w*, \w Shechem|strong="H7928"\w*, \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shemida|strong="H8061"\w*. All \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w other|strong="H0428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* got \w their|strong="H1961"\w* share \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w Zelophehad|strong="H6765"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w*. \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w Zelophehad|strong="H6765"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* five \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Mahlah|strong="H4244"\w*, \w Noah|strong="H5270"\w*, \w Hoglah|strong="H2295"\w*, \w Milcah|strong="H4435"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. 
\v 4 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* daughters \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* daughters \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H0853"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w male|strong="H1121"\w* \w relatives|strong="H0251"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* obeyed \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* daughters some \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, just \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* uncles. 
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w areas|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w west|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* two more \w areas|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 6 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* these \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* got \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* same \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w families|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* lands \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* Micmethath. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* En Tappuah \w area|strong="H1366"\w*. 
\v 8 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* around \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* town itself did \w not|strong="H1961"\w*. \w The|strong="H0413"\w* town \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh’s|strong="H4519"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. 
\v 9 \w The|strong="H8432"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Kanah|strong="H7071"\w* Ravine. \w This|strong="H0428"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* people \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. \w Manasseh’s|strong="H4519"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. 
\v 10 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. \w And|strong="H0669"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Asher’s|strong="H0836"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H0669"\w* \w Issachar’s|strong="H3485"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*. 
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* area \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w*. Beth Shean, \w Ibleam|strong="H2991"\w*, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* small \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* around \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w*, Endor, \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w*, \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* small \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* around these cities. They \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Naphoth. 
\v 12 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* defeat \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. 
\v 13 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* grew \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* force \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* land. 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* area \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?” 
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\v 15 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w too|strong="H7227"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* wooded \w area|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* clear \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* live. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Rephaites|strong="H7497"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w is|strong="H0776"\w* \w too|strong="H7227"\w* small \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w take|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.” 
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w It|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* true \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* large \w enough|strong="H4672"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w us|strong="H0559"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* powerful weapons—\w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*! \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* control \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*, Beth Shean, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* small \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w*.” 
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w strong|strong="H3581"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w should|strong="H0559"\w* get \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* share \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H1486"\w*. 
\v 18 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* can cut \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* trees \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* good \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* live. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* can \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* force \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* can defeat \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1270"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*.” 
\c 18  
\s1 Dividing the Rest of the Land 
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\v 1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6950"\w* \w together|strong="H6950"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w set|strong="H7931"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Meeting|strong="H4150"\w* \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* controlled \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* defeated \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* still \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w received|strong="H3498"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w wait|strong="H7503"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*? \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*, \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. 
\v 4 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w should|strong="H0376"\w* \w choose|strong="H3051"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*. \w I|strong="H0776"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* study \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w describe|strong="H3789"\w* \w that|strong="H0776"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w then|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 5 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* parts. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* keep \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* keep \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*. 
\v 6 \w But|strong="H0859"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w describe|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w divide|strong="H2506"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* parts. \w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w map|strong="H3789"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w we|strong="H0776"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* throw \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* let \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* decide how \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w divide|strong="H2506"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w among|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tribes. 
\v 7 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0369"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w share|strong="H2506"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w share|strong="H2506"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* serve \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* priests. \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* already \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w*.” 
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H0376"\w* chosen \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* look \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w down|strong="H7993"\w* what \w they|strong="H0376"\w* saw. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w describe|strong="H3789"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w writing|strong="H3789"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*. \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w let|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* decide how \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* share \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.” 
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w As|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* walked \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w down|strong="H3789"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* saw. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* listed \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* divided \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* parts. \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*. \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* gave each tribe \w its|strong="H0853"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\s1 \w Land|strong="H0776"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* Benjamin 
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H0996"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* given \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w areas|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w got|strong="H5927"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*. This \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* chosen \w for|strong="H3318"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: 
\v 12 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3405"\w*. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w along|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* edge \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* until \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* just east \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Beth Aven. 
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w* (\w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*), \w then|strong="H5674"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Ataroth Addar. Ataroth Addar \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Lower|strong="H8481"\w* Beth Horon. 
\v 14 \w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beth Horon, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H5437"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H6285"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Baal (\w also|strong="H2063"\w* called \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim). \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H6285"\w* near \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* River \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Nephtoah|strong="H5318"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ben \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*, \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* continued \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w* city. \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* En Rogel. 
\v 17 \w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w turned|strong="H0413"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* En Shemesh, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* continued \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Geliloth|strong="H1553"\w*. (\w Geliloth|strong="H1553"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* near \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Adummim|strong="H0131"\w* Pass \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* mountains.) \w The|strong="H0834"\w* border \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Great \w Stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* named \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w Bohan|strong="H0932"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*. 
\v 18 \w It|strong="H3381"\w* continued \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* part \w of|strong="H6160"\w* Beth \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* border \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* Jordan Valley. 
\v 19 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* part \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Beth Hoglah \w and|strong="H3220"\w* ended \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* shore \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River flows \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w That|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* eastern \w border|strong="H1379"\w*. \w So|strong="H0853"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. \w These|strong="H2063"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w borders|strong="H1367"\w* \w on|strong="H6285"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w sides|strong="H5439"\w*. 
\v 21 Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* got \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*. These \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*: \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, Beth Hoglah, \w Emek|strong="H6010"\w* \w Keziz|strong="H7104"\w*, 
\v 22 Beth Arabah, \w Zemaraim|strong="H6787"\w*, \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, 
\v 23 \w Avvim|strong="H5761"\w*, \w Parah|strong="H6511"\w*, \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w*, 
\v 24 Kephar Ammoni, \w Ophni|strong="H6078"\w*, \w and|strong="H1387"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w*. There \w were|strong="H8147"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1387"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* fields around them. 
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\v 25 \w The|strong="H1391"\w* tribe of Benjamin also got \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w Beeroth|strong="H0881"\w*, 
\v 26 \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w*, \w Kephirah|strong="H3716"\w*, \w Mozah|strong="H4681"\w*, 
\v 27 \w Rekem|strong="H7552"\w*, \w Irpeel|strong="H3416"\w*, \w Taralah|strong="H8634"\w*, 
\v 28 \w Zelah|strong="H6762"\w*, \w Haeleph|strong="H0507"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*), Gibeah, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w*. \w There|strong="H2063"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* 14 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* fields around \w them|strong="H1121"\w*. \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* got all \w these|strong="H2063"\w* areas. 
\c 19  
\s1 Land for Simeon 
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* Joshua \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* all \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w share|strong="H5159"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. \w The|strong="H8432"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w they|strong="H3318"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w inside|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* area \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\v 2 This \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* tribe: \w Beersheba|strong="H0884"\w* (also called \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w*), \w Moladah|strong="H4137"\w*, 
\v 3 Hazar Shual, \w Balah|strong="H1088"\w*, \w Ezem|strong="H6107"\w*, 
\v 4 \w Eltolad|strong="H0513"\w*, \w Bethul|strong="H1329"\w*, \w Hormah|strong="H2767"\w*, 
\v 5 \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, 
\v 6 Beth Lebaoth, \w and|strong="H1034"\w* \w Sharuhen|strong="H8287"\w*. There \w were|strong="H7969"\w* 13 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1034"\w* all \w the|strong="H5892"\w* fields around them. 
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\v 7 They also got \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Ain|strong="H5871"\w*, \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, \w Ether|strong="H6281"\w*, \w and|strong="H6281"\w* \w Ashan|strong="H6228"\w*. There \w were|strong="H0702"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6281"\w* all \w the|strong="H5892"\w* fields around them. 
\v 8 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H2063"\w* got \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fields \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* Baalath Beer (\w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*). \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H5439"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* given \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*. \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* got \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Simeon’s|strong="H8095"\w* \w share|strong="H2506"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* area \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* got. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w than|strong="H7227"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* needed, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* got \w part|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
\s1 \w Land|strong="H5159"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* Zebulun 
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* next \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w get|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w got|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* promised \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*. \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* Sarid. 
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Maralah|strong="H4831"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Dabbesheth|strong="H1708"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ravine \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jokneam|strong="H3362"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Sarid \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Kisloth Tabor. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Daberath|strong="H1705"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Japhia|strong="H3309"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* border continued \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* Gath Hepher \w and|strong="H8033"\w* Eth Kazin. \w It|strong="H8033"\w* ended \w at|strong="H8033"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w turned|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w Neah|strong="H5269"\w*. 
\v 14 \w At|strong="H1961"\w* Neah \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w*, \w went|strong="H5437"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Hannathon|strong="H2615"\w*, \w and|strong="H5437"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Iphtah El. 
\v 15 Inside this border \w were|strong="H8147"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* Kattath, \w Nahalal|strong="H5096"\w*, \w Shimron|strong="H8110"\w*, \w Idalah|strong="H3030"\w*, \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*. \w In|strong="H1035"\w* all, there \w were|strong="H8147"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* all \w the|strong="H8147"\w* fields around them. 
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\v 16 So \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* fields around \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* got \w its|strong="H5892"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
\s1 \w Land|strong="H5159"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* Issachar 
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w its|strong="H3318"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*. 
\v 18 This \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* tribe: \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w Kesulloth|strong="H3694"\w*, \w Shunem|strong="H7766"\w*, 
\v 19 \w Hapharaim|strong="H2663"\w*, \w Shion|strong="H7866"\w*, \w Anaharath|strong="H0588"\w*, 
\v 20 \w Rabbith|strong="H7245"\w*, \w Kishion|strong="H7191"\w*, \w Ebez|strong="H0077"\w*, 
\v 21 \w Remeth|strong="H7432"\w*, En Gannim, En Haddah, \w and|strong="H7432"\w* Beth Pazzez. 
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*, \w Shahazumah|strong="H7831"\w*, \w and|strong="H3383"\w* Beth Shemesh. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* ended \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. \w In|strong="H1961"\w* all, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* 16 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* fields around \w them|strong="H1961"\w*. 
\v 23 \w These|strong="H2063"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* got \w its|strong="H5892"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
\s1 \w Land|strong="H5159"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* Asher 
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w part|strong="H2549"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H4940"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w its|strong="H3318"\w* \w part|strong="H2549"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*. 
\v 25 This \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* tribe: \w Helkath|strong="H2520"\w*, \w Hali|strong="H2482"\w*, \w Beten|strong="H0991"\w*, \w Acshaph|strong="H0407"\w*, 
\v 26 \w Allammelech|strong="H0487"\w*, \w Amad|strong="H6008"\w*, \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w Mishal|strong="H4861"\w*. 
\p \w The|strong="H6293"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* border continued \w to|strong="H3220"\w* Mount \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* Shihor Libnath. 
\v 27 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* border \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*. \w It|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Beth Dagon. \w The|strong="H0413"\w* border \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1516"\w* Iphtah El. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1516"\w* Beth Emek \w and|strong="H7725"\w* Neiel. \w It|strong="H7725"\w* passed \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1516"\w* \w Cabul|strong="H3521"\w*. 
\v 28 Then \w the|strong="H5704"\w* border went \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Abdon,\f + \fr 19:28  \fk Abdon \ft Or “Ebron.”\f* \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, \w Hammon|strong="H2540"\w*, \w and|strong="H6721"\w* \w Kanah|strong="H7071"\w*. \w It|strong="H5704"\w* continued \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Greater|strong="H7227"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w* area. 
\v 29 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w south|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*. \w It|strong="H7725"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* strong \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hosah|strong="H2621"\w*. \w It|strong="H7725"\w* ended \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w Aczib|strong="H0392"\w*, 
\v 30 \w Ummah|strong="H5981"\w*, \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*, \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*. 
\p \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all there \w were|strong="H8147"\w* 22 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* fields around them. 
\v 31 \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* fields around \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H4940"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* got \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w share|strong="H5159"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
\s1 \w Land|strong="H5159"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* Naphtali 
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\v 32 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* \w part|strong="H8345"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w its|strong="H3318"\w* share \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*. 
\v 33 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* large tree \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w Zaanannim|strong="H6815"\w*. This \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w Heleph|strong="H2501"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* through Adami \w Nekeb|strong="H5346"\w* \w and|strong="H3383"\w* \w Jabneel|strong="H2995"\w*. \w It|strong="H5704"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Lakkum|strong="H3946"\w* \w and|strong="H3383"\w* ended \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*. 
\v 34 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w through|strong="H3318"\w* Aznoth Tabor. \w It|strong="H7725"\w* ended \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w Hukkok|strong="H2712"\w*. \w The|strong="H7725"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w*. \w The|strong="H7725"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*. 
\v 35 There were some very strong \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* inside these borders. They were \w Ziddim|strong="H6661"\w*, \w Zer|strong="H6863"\w*, \w Hammath|strong="H2575"\w*, \w Rakkath|strong="H7557"\w*, \w Kinnereth|strong="H3672"\w*, 
\v 36 \w Adamah|strong="H0128"\w*, \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, 
\v 37 \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*, \w Edrei|strong="H0154"\w*, En Hazor, 
\v 38 Iron, Migdal El, \w Horem|strong="H2765"\w*, Beth Anath, \w and|strong="H1053"\w* Beth Shemesh. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all, there \w were|strong="H1053"\w* 19 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1053"\w* all \w the|strong="H5892"\w* fields around them. 
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\v 39 \w These|strong="H2063"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* fields around \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H4940"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* got \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
\s1 \w Land|strong="H5159"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* Dan 
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\v 40 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H4940"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w its|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*. 
\v 41 This \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*: \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w*, Ir Shemesh, 
\v 42 \w Shaalabbin|strong="H8169"\w*, \w Aijalon|strong="H0357"\w*, \w Ithlah|strong="H3494"\w*, 
\v 43 \w Elon|strong="H0356"\w*, \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w*, \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, 
\v 44 \w Eltekeh|strong="H0514"\w*, \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, \w Baalath|strong="H1191"\w*, 
\v 45 \w Jehud|strong="H3055"\w*, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, 
\v 46 \w Me|strong="H5973"\w* Jarkon, \w Rakkon|strong="H7542"\w*, \w and|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w Joppa|strong="H3305"\w*. 
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\v 47 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w had|strong="H0001"\w* trouble taking \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w*. \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* strong enemies \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* could \w not|strong="H1121"\w* easily \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* northern part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* Laish.\f + \fr 19:47  \fk Laish \ft Or “Leshem.”\f* \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* Laish \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w*. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* town \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Laish. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* changed \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w because|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* tribe. 
\v 48 All \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* fields around \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* given \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*. Each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* got \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w share|strong="H5159"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
\s1 \w Land|strong="H5159"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* Joshua 
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\v 49 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* leaders \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w dividing|strong="H5157"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* different tribes. \w After|strong="H0776"\w* \w they|strong="H0776"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w*, \w all|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w decided|strong="H3615"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w* some \w land|strong="H0776"\w* too. This \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. 
\v 50 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* get \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H8556"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* Joshua \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Timnath \w Serah|strong="H0834"\w*\f + \fr 19:50  \fk Timnath Serah \ft Or “Timnath Heres.”\f* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* Joshua told \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* wanted. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* stronger \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. 
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\v 51 \w All|strong="H3615"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* given \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* different \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* each \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* met together \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* met \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Meeting|strong="H4150"\w* \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w*. \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w dividing|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\c 20  
\s1 Cities of Safety 
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*: 
\v 2 “\w Through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* choose \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* safety. 
\v 3 \w Anyone|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w kills|strong="H5221"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w accidentally|strong="H7684"\w* can \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* city \w of|strong="H1818"\w* safety \w to|strong="H1961"\w* hide \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w relatives|strong="H1350"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*. 
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\v 4 “\w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* accidentally kill \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H0622"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w stop|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w can|strong="H5975"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w enter|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H0428"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 5 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* someone \w chases|strong="H7291"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w follows|strong="H7291"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* give \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w up|strong="H5462"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* protect \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* came \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* safety \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w killing|strong="H5221"\w* someone \w by|strong="H3027"\w* accident—\w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* angry \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* plan \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w person|strong="H3027"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* something \w that|strong="H3588"\w* just happened. 
\v 6 \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H3548"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w court|strong="H4941"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w judged|strong="H4941"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w dies|strong="H4194"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* hometown.” 
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Israelites chose some cities \w to|strong="H3063"\w* \w be|strong="H1931"\w* called cities \w of|strong="H2022"\w* safety. \w These|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* cities: \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w* \w in|strong="H3063"\w* \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w* \w in|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*; \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w in|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*; Kiriath Arba (\w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*) \w in|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; 
\v 8 \w Bezer|strong="H1221"\w*, \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3405"\w* \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w from|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* area \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*; \w Ramoth|strong="H7216"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*; \w and|strong="H1568"\w* \w Golan|strong="H1474"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. 
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\v 9 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w living|strong="H1481"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* accident \w were|strong="H1961"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* safety. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* could \w be|strong="H1961"\w* safe \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* chasing \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* court \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* judge \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. 
\c 21  
\s1 Towns for Priests and Levites 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w family|strong="H0001"\w* \w rulers|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w went|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* talk \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w rulers|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* other \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 2 \w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Levite \w rulers|strong="H3427"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* fields \w where|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w* can eat.” 
\v 3 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* obeyed \w this|strong="H0428"\w* \w command|strong="H6310"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* around \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* animals: 
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* Kohath \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*. \w Part|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Kohath \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given 13 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* areas \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Simeon|strong="H8099"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. 
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* other \w Kohath|strong="H6955"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* given \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* areas \w that|strong="H1121"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gershon|strong="H1648"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* given 13 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*. These \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* areas \w that|strong="H1121"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*, \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w*, \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* given 12 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*. These \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* came \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* areas \w that|strong="H1121"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*. 
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* fields \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. 
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\v 9 \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* areas \w that|strong="H0834"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*. 
\v 10 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w choice|strong="H1486"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* towns \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3878"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Kohath \w family|strong="H4940"\w* group. 
\v 11 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* Kiriath Arba. (\w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* named \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* man named Arba. Arba \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w*.) \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* land \w near|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* town \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* animals. 
\v 12 But \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* small \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* around \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Kiriath Arba belonged \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jephunneh|strong="H3312"\w*. 
\v 13 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H3548"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Aaron’s|strong="H0175"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*. (\w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* safety.) \w They|strong="H3548"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Aaron’s|strong="H0175"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*, 
\v 14 \w Jattir|strong="H3492"\w*, \w Eshtemoa|strong="H0851"\w*, 
\v 15 \w Holon|strong="H2473"\w*, \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*, 
\v 16 \w Ain|strong="H5871"\w*, \w Juttah|strong="H3194"\w*, \w and|strong="H4054"\w* Beth Shemesh. \w They|strong="H0428"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w some|strong="H0428"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* land near \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* for \w their|strong="H8147"\w* animals. \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*. 
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\v 17 They \w also|strong="H0853"\w* gave Aaron’s descendants cities \w that|strong="H4294"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. These cities \w were|strong="H1144"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w*, 
\v 18 \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, \w and|strong="H4054"\w* \w Almon|strong="H5960"\w*. They gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* these \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4054"\w* some \w of|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* land near \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* for their animals. 
\v 19 \w In|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* gave 13 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. (\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*.) \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H0175"\w* gave \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* land near \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* animals. 
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* other \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* Kohathite \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* given \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* areas \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. They got these \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*: 
\v 21 \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w from|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* (\w which|strong="H2022"\w* \w was|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* safety), \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*, 
\v 22 \w Kibzaim|strong="H6911"\w*, \w and|strong="H4054"\w* Beth Horon. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all, Ephraim gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4054"\w* some land around \w each|strong="H0702"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* for their animals. 
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\v 23 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w Eltekeh|strong="H0514"\w*, \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, 
\v 24 \w Aijalon|strong="H0357"\w*, \w and|strong="H4054"\w* Gath Rimmon. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all, Dan gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4054"\w* some land around \w each|strong="H0702"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* for their animals. 
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\v 25 \w Half|strong="H4276"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* \w and|strong="H4054"\w* Gath Rimmon. \w In|strong="H4519"\w* all, this \w half|strong="H4276"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4054"\w* some land around \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* for \w their|strong="H8147"\w* animals. 
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\v 26 \w In|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kohath|strong="H6955"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* got \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* around \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* animals. 
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\v 27 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Gershon|strong="H1648"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*. They got these \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*: 
\p \w Half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w Golan|strong="H1474"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*. (\w Golan|strong="H1474"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H2677"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* safety.) \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w Be|strong="H1121"\w* Eshtarah. \w In|strong="H1121"\w* all, this \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* some \w land|strong="H4940"\w* around \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H3881"\w* \w their|strong="H8147"\w* animals. 
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\v 28 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w Kishion|strong="H7191"\w*, \w Daberath|strong="H1705"\w*, 
\v 29 \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*, \w and|strong="H4054"\w* En Gannim. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all, Issachar gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4054"\w* some land around \w each|strong="H0702"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* for their animals. 
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\v 30 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w Mishal|strong="H4861"\w*, \w Abdon|strong="H5658"\w*, 
\v 31 \w Helkath|strong="H2520"\w*, \w and|strong="H4054"\w* \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all, Asher gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4054"\w* some land around \w each|strong="H0702"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* for their animals. 
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\v 32 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w* \w in|strong="H6943"\w* \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w*. (\w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w* was \w a|strong="H5321"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* safety.) \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* Hammoth Dor \w and|strong="H4054"\w* \w Kartan|strong="H7178"\w*. \w In|strong="H6943"\w* all, \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* gave \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4054"\w* some land around each \w town|strong="H5892"\w* for their animals. 
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\v 33 \w In|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Gershon \w family|strong="H4940"\w* groups got 13 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4054"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* around \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* animals. 
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\v 34-39 The other Levite group was the Merari family group. They were given these towns: The tribe of Zebulun gave them Jokneam, Kartah, Dimnah, and Nahalal. In all, Zebulun gave them four towns and some land around each town for their animals. The tribe of Reuben gave them Bezer, Jahaz, Kedemoth, and Mephaath. In all, Reuben gave them four towns and some land around each town for their animals. The tribe of Gad gave them Ramoth in Gilead. (Ramoth was a city of safety.) They also gave them Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer. In all, Gad gave them four towns and some land around each town for their animals. 
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\v 40 \w In|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* last \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w*, got 12 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*. 
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\v 41 So \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* given \w a|strong="H3478"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* 48 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* land around \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* animals. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* tribes. 
\v 42 \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w some|strong="H0428"\w* land \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w true|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*. 
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\v 43 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w kept|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w took|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. 
\v 44 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w peace|strong="H5117"\w* \w on|strong="H5117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w sides|strong="H5439"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*. \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* defeated \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelites \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*. 
\v 45 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* kept \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w promises|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w failed|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w keep|strong="H0935"\w*. \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\c 22  
\s1 Three Tribes Go Home 
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* meeting \w of|strong="H4294"\w* all \w the|strong="H7121"\w* people \w from|strong="H0227"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. 
\v 2 Joshua \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w*. 
\v 3 \w All|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H0251"\w* supported \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H2088"\w*. \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8104"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* gave \w you|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 4 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Israelites \w peace|strong="H5117"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w kept|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w promise|strong="H1696"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* go \w home|strong="H0168"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* go \w home|strong="H0168"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 5 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* remember—continue \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* continue \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w follow|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* best \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w* goodbye \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* they left \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w home|strong="H0168"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w other|strong="H0251"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w home|strong="H0168"\w*. 
\v 8 \w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H0251"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* rich. \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H0251"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* animals. \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H0251"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* expensive jewelry. \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H0251"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* beautiful \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w*. \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H0251"\w* taken \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. \w Go|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H0168"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* these \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H0251"\w*.” 
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H6310"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H0272"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6310"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H0935"\w* \w called|strong="H8033"\w* \w Geliloth|strong="H1552"\w*, \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H4758"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. 
\v 11 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* Shiloh \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* these three \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*. \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* border \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w place|strong="H0776"\w* \w called|strong="H0559"\w* \w Geliloth|strong="H1552"\w*. \w It|strong="H1129"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* near \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israel’s|strong="H3478"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w*. 
\v 12 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* became very angry \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* three tribes. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* met \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* decided \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* some \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* talk \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* leader \w of|strong="H1121"\w* these \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*. 
\v 14 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* sent \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w*. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* group \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Shiloh. 
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* eleven \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* eleven \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, 
\v 16 “\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*: ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w stop|strong="H0310"\w* \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w*? \w You|strong="H0834"\w* know \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w command|strong="H0559"\w*. 
\v 17 Remember \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Peor|strong="H6465"\w*? \w Was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w committed|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* bad \w enough|strong="H4592"\w*? \w Because|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* punished \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* terrible sickness. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* suffering \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w*. 
\v 18 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* doing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same \w thing|strong="H3605"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w turning|strong="H7725"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w refuse|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*? \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* don’t \w stop|strong="H0310"\w* what \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* doing, \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 19 “‘\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* good \w place|strong="H4908"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* worship \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, come \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Tent \w is|strong="H0834"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0518"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w*. \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w turn|strong="H5674"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w another|strong="H8432"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* already \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Meeting Tent. 
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\v 20 “‘Remember how \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* obey \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w command|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w broke|strong="H4603"\w* God’s law, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* punished. \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w died|strong="H1478"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* many \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w died|strong="H1478"\w*.’” 
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* eleven \w men|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, 
\v 22 “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*! Again \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*!\f + \fr 22:22  \fk The LORD is our God \ft Or “YAHWEH is the true God!” Literally, “El Elohim YAHWEH!”\f* \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* why \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w did|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w*. \w We|strong="H0518"\w* want \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H0518"\w* \w can|strong="H0518"\w* judge \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w did|strong="H3117"\w*. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* think \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w did|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w because|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w against|strong="H4604"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* refuse \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H3045"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w*, \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w can|strong="H0518"\w* kill \w us|strong="H3045"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 23 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* think \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* own \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*? \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* think \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* another \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, grain \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fellowship \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*? \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* why \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w we|strong="H0518"\w* ask \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* punish \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 24 \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w*. \w We|strong="H0518"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w because|strong="H0559"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* afraid \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* future \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* accept \w us|strong="H0559"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H0518"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w reason|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 25 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* separated \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H0369"\w* \w side|strong="H3383"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.’ \w If|strong="H2506"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* said \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w stop|strong="H1115"\w* worshiping \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\v 26 “\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H4994"\w* \w decided|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H4994"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* plan \w to|strong="H0559"\w* use \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H4196"\w* burning \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*. 
\v 27 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* real reason \w we|strong="H3588"\w* wanted \w our|strong="H3068"\w* altar \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* show \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* altar \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w proof|strong="H5707"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w all|strong="H1755"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* future \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* give \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, grain \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* fellowship \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* wanted \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* grow \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* Israelites \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H4279"\w*. 
\v 28 \w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* future, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* children \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Israel, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* children \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w exactly|strong="H0834"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Tent. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w use|strong="H1931"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*—\w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w proof|strong="H5707"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w part|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Israel.’ 
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\v 29 “\w The|strong="H6440"\w* truth \w is|strong="H0834"\w*, \w we|strong="H0834"\w* don’t want \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* don’t want \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w stop|strong="H0310"\w* \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* know \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Holy Tent. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w belongs|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.” 
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\v 30 \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H3190"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* truth. 
\v 31 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* turn \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* happy \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.” 
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w place|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H0776"\w*. \w They|strong="H0776"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*. \w They|strong="H0776"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*. 
\v 33 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H3190"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w happy|strong="H3190"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w thanked|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w decided|strong="H0559"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Manasseh. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w decided|strong="H0559"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*. 
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\v 34 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* “\w Proof|strong="H5707"\w* \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w We|strong="H3588"\w* Believe \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.” 
\c 23  
\s1 Joshua Encourages the People 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w peace|strong="H5117"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* safe. \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w passed|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*. 
\v 2 \w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* meeting \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*, \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* families, \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w officers|strong="H7860"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H0589"\w* \w grown|strong="H2204"\w* very \w old|strong="H2205"\w*. 
\v 3 \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* enemies. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H0428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* help \w us|strong="H3588"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. 
\v 4 Remember \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* told \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* could \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w between|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* promised \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w give|strong="H5159"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* don’t control \w it|strong="H7200"\w* yet. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* taken \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w still|strong="H1471"\w* living \w there|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\v 5 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* force \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* living \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* force \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*. 
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\v 6 “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w be|strong="H8040"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* command \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \bk \+w Book|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Law|strong="H8451"\+w*\bk*\f + \fr 23:6  \fk Law \ft Or “Teachings.”\f* \bk \+w of|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*\bk*. Never \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*. 
\v 7 \w There|strong="H7604"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w still|strong="H1471"\w* \w some|strong="H0428"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* living \w among|strong="H0854"\w* \w us|strong="H0935"\w* \w who|strong="H0430"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* Israelites. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w their|strong="H0935"\w* own \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H5647"\w* friends \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w them|strong="H0935"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w their|strong="H0935"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*. 
\v 8 \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0518"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w follow|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* past, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0518"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w*. 
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\v 9 “\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w you|strong="H0859"\w* defeat \w many|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* forced \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* defeat \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. 
\v 10 \w With|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* help, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* Israel \w could|strong="H0376"\w* defeat 1000 enemy \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w fights|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*. 
\v 11 \w So|strong="H3966"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* continue \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. 
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\v 12 “\w Never|strong="H0518"\w* stop following \w him|strong="H0935"\w*. Don’t \w become|strong="H2859"\w* friends \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H0428"\w* did \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w part|strong="H1692"\w* \w of|strong="H0935"\w* Israel. Don’t marry \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w*. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w become|strong="H2859"\w* friends \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w*, 
\v 13 \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* help \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w trap|strong="H4170"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* pain—\w like|strong="H1961"\w* smoke \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w dust|strong="H0127"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* forced \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* lose \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H3045"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w command|strong="H5921"\w*. 
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\v 14 “\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w almost|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w die|strong="H5307"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* really believe \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H1980"\w* many \w great|strong="H0430"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w failed|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w promises|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* kept \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 15 \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w promises|strong="H1697"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*: \w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*, \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* forced \w to|strong="H0413"\w* leave \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 16 \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w if|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* refuse \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w keep|strong="H5647"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* lose \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w if|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w not|strong="H0776"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*. \w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H5647"\w* \w very|strong="H1980"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* forced \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w leave|strong="H1980"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
\c 24  
\s1 Joshua Says Goodbye 
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\v 1 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*, \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* families, \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H7860"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w These|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H7218"\w* \w stood|strong="H3320"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. 
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\v 2 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w telling|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*: ‘\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5769"\w* \w time|strong="H5769"\w* \w ago|strong="H5769"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*. \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* talking \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w Terah|strong="H8646"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w*. \w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H5769"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*. 
\v 3 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* led \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* son \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*. 
\v 4 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* two \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*. \w To|strong="H3381"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* land around \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*. \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* did \w not|strong="H1121"\w* live \w there|strong="H2022"\w*. \w They|strong="H3423"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* live \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. 
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\v 5 “‘\w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* wanted \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H7130"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H0834"\w* many terrible \w things|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* happen \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H7130"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H7130"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. 
\v 6 \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Red \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* men \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. There \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* men \w on|strong="H0935"\w* \w horses|strong="H6571"\w*. 
\v 7 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w asked|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* help. \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H0834"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* trouble \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5869"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. 
\p “‘\w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H7760"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H0776"\w*. \w Those|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w but|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H3423"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0776"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
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\v 9 “‘\w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Balak|strong="H1111"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zippor|strong="H6834"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w prepared|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beor|strong="H1160"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, 
\v 10 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w refused|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Balaam’s|strong="H1109"\w* prayer. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* asked \w me|strong="H1288"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w saved|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* enemy. 
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\v 11 “‘\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3405"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* people \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Also|strong="H0853"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w Girgashites|strong="H1622"\w*, \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* all. 
\v 12 \w As|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* army \w went|strong="H6440"\w* \w forward|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Hornet|strong="H6880"\w*\f + \fr 24:12  \fk Hornet \ft A stinging insect like a large wasp or bee. Here, it probably means God’s angel or his great power.\f* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* made \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* leave \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w Amorite|strong="H0567"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 24:12  \ft The Hebrew text here is hard to understand, but it may refer to the events described in Num. 21:21-35 and Deuteronomy 2:24-3:10.\f* \w It|strong="H7971"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* brought \w you|strong="H6440"\w* victory! 
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\v 13 “‘\w I|strong="H0834"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Lord, \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w work|strong="H3021"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*—\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*—\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w And|strong="H0776"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* gardens.’” 
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* Joshua said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* heard \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord’s|strong="H3068"\w* words. \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* respect \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* sincerely \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. Throw \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* false \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* something \w that|strong="H0834"\w* happened \w a|strong="H0834"\w* long \w time|strong="H6258"\w* ago \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* only \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\v 15 “\w But|strong="H0518"\w* maybe \w you|strong="H0859"\w* don’t want \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H0859"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* decide \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*. \w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*? \w Or|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*? \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H0859"\w*. \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w me|strong="H0977"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.” 
\p
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “We \w will|strong="H3068"\w* never stop \w following|strong="H0312"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. We \w will|strong="H3068"\w* never \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*! 
\v 17 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* know \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w things|strong="H0428"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w protected|strong="H8104"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w traveled|strong="H1980"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w other|strong="H0428"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 18 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w us|strong="H3588"\w* defeat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* helped \w us|strong="H3588"\w* defeat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* where \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1571"\w*. \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* continue \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.” 
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* continue \w serving|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hates \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H5647"\w* other \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* turn \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. 
\v 20 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* other \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* terrible \w things|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* happen \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3615"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3615"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* against \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3615"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*!” 
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Look around \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* all know \w and|strong="H3068"\w* agree \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*? \w Are|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* all \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* all see \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.” 
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* Joshua \w said|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w So|strong="H0834"\w* throw \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* false \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. Love \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w with|strong="H0413"\w* all \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.” 
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 25 \w So|strong="H7760"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* town called \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*. \w It|strong="H7760"\w* became \w a|strong="H3772"\w* law \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* follow. 
\v 26 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \bk \+w Book|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w of|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w the|strong="H0853"\+w* \+w Law|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w of|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*\bk*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* found \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* proof \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w this|strong="H0428"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w oak|strong="H0427"\w* tree \w near|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Holy|strong="H4720"\w* Tent. 
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* remember \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* today. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* today. \w So|strong="H6435"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* something \w that|strong="H0834"\w* helps \w you|strong="H0834"\w* remember \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* today. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w witness|strong="H8085"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* stop \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* turning \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.” 
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* told \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* home. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w everyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0376"\w* back \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. 
\s1 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* Dies 
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\v 29 \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 110 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*. 
\v 30 Joshua \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w on|strong="H2022"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* own \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w at|strong="H6912"\w* Timnath \w Serah|strong="H0834"\w*, \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gaash|strong="H1608"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* living. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* died, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* alive. \w These|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* seen \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\s1 Joseph \w Comes|strong="H3117"\w* \w Home|strong="H3068"\w* 
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\v 32 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w carried|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w with|strong="H4714"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* named \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*. \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* 100 \w pieces|strong="H7192"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* pure silver. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joseph’s|strong="H3130"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. 
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\v 33 \w Aaron’s|strong="H0175"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w*, \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w at|strong="H4191"\w* Gibeah \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. Gibeah \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w been|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Eleazar’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*. 