\id JOS  
\h Joshua 
\toc1 Joshua 
\toc2 Joshua 
\mt1 Joshua  
\c 1  
\s1 The \nd Lord\nd* Commissions Joshua  
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\v 1  \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*, \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*’ \w assistant|strong="H8334"\w*:  
\v 2 “\w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w ready|strong="H6258"\w*! \w Cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River! Lead \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w ready|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w hand|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 3  \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am handing \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w*, \w as|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w extend|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w in|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w south|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w in|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* north. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w extend|strong="H1961"\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 Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w in|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H8121"\w* (\w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Syria) \w and|strong="H1419"\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* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\v 5  \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* resist \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*. \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w alone|strong="H7503"\w*.  
\v 6  \w Be|strong="H5414"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* brave! \w You|strong="H3588"\w* must lead \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* conquest \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w hand|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 7  \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w sure|strong="H2388"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* brave! \w Carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w*! \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w swerve|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w or|strong="H3225"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w may|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w successful|strong="H7919"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 8  \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H4185"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w lips|strong="H6310"\w*! \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* memorize \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H3119"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* \w and|strong="H3119"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w*.  
\v 9  \w I|strong="H3588"\w* repeat, \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* brave! Don’t \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H2865"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* don’t \w panic|strong="H2865"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
\s1 Joshua Prepares for the Invasion  
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\v 10  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:  
\v 11 “\w Go|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, ‘\w Prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w supplies|strong="H6720"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* begin \w the|strong="H3588"\w* conquest \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w ready|strong="H3559"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.’”   
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\v 12  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* told \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w Reubenites|strong="H7206"\w*, \w Gadites|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*:  
\v 13 “\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w settle|strong="H5117"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* handing \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 14  \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* wives, \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* \w may|strong="H5414"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. \w But|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* must \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w armed|strong="H2571"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w battle|strong="H2571"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* brothers. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* must \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*  
\v 15  \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* brothers \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w yours|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w settle|strong="H5117"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* ready \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w hand|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* allotted \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.”   
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\v 16  \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* say. \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 17  \w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*!  
\v 18  \w Any|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w rebels|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H4784"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* brave!”   
\c 2  
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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 sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Shittim|strong="H7851"\w* \w secretly|strong="H2791"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* instructed \w them|strong="H7971"\w*: “\w Find|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* land, especially \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.” \w They|strong="H8033"\w* stopped \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w spent|strong="H7901"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w night|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 2  \w The|strong="H2009"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* received \w this|strong="H3478"\w* report: “\w Note|strong="H2009"\w* well! \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w tonight|strong="H3915"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* spy \w on|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* land.”  
\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* order \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w*: “Turn \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* – \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ones \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* – \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* spy \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land!”  
\v 4  \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* woman \w hid|strong="H6845"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* replied, “\w Yes|strong="H3651"\w*, \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* clients \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w mine|strong="H3045"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* didn’t \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w came|strong="H8147"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 5  \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w time|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w night|strong="H2822"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* don’t \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w heading|strong="H1980"\w*. \w Chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w time|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w catch|strong="H5381"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*!”  
\v 6  (\w Now|strong="H5921"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* \w taken|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\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 stalks|strong="H6086"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w flax|strong="H6593"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* spread \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w*.)  
\v 7  \w Meanwhile|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*’s men tried \w to|strong="H3318"\w* find \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fords|strong="H4569"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w was|strong="H1870"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* soon \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w set|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w pursuit|strong="H7291"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 8  \w Now|strong="H5921"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* spies \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w*, \w Rahab|strong="H5927"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w*.  
\v 9  \w She|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* handing \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* absolutely terrified \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* cringing \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 10  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* Amorite \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*, \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.  
\v 11  \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* news \w we|strong="H3068"\w* lost \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w courage|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w could|strong="H3824"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* breathe \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w*!  
\v 12  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s name. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H6213"\w* \w allegiance|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w allegiance|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemn|strong="H7650"\w* pledge  
\v 13  \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w spare|strong="H2421"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* father, mother, brothers, sisters, \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* belong \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w them|strong="H2421"\w*, \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.”  
\v 14  \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w too|strong="H1697"\w*! \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w report|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w*’ve \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hands \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* unswerving \w allegiance|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 15  \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* Rahab \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w by|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rope|strong="H2256"\w* \w through|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*. (\w Her|strong="H3381"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* built \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w part|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*; \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.)  
\v 16  \w She|strong="H5704"\w* told \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “Head \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w so|strong="H6435"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* ones \w chasing|strong="H7291"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* don’t find \w you|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Hide|strong="H2247"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w long|strong="H5704"\w* enough \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w those|strong="H7291"\w* \w chasing|strong="H7291"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* can \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.”  
\v 17  \w The|strong="H7650"\w* men said \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w her|strong="H5355"\w*, “We are \w not|strong="H2088"\w* bound \w by|strong="H7650"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* us \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* unless \w the|strong="H7650"\w* following conditions are met:  
\v 18  \w When|strong="H2009"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* invade \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land , \w tie|strong="H7194"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w red|strong="H8144"\w* \w rope|strong="H2339"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w us|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* gather \w together|strong="H7194"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* father, mother, brothers, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* live \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* father’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 19  \w Anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaves|strong="H1817"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w responsible|strong="H1818"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w death|strong="H1818"\w* – \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* case! \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* harmed, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w responsible|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\v 20  \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* should \w report|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w*’ve \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* bound \w by|strong="H7650"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w*.”  
\v 21  \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* agree \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w conditions|strong="H1697"\w*.” \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w way|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w then|strong="H3651"\w* \w tied|strong="H7194"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w red|strong="H8144"\w* \w rope|strong="H8615"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*.  
\v 22  \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w enough|strong="H4672"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w chasing|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w pursuers|strong="H7291"\w* \w looked|strong="H1245"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 23  \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* – \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*, \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river, \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\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 reported|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w discovered|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\v 24  \w They|strong="H3588"\w* told \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w handing|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*! \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* cringing \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*!”   
\c 3  
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\v 1  Bright \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H5265"\w* \w Shittim|strong="H7851"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* camped \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w crossing|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\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="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*  
\v 3  \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: “\w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H5971"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Levitical|strong="H3881"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w leave|strong="H1980"\w* \w here|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w behind|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 4  \w But|strong="H3588"\w* stay \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w three|strong="H8032"\w* thousand feet \w behind|strong="H4060"\w* \w it|strong="H7126"\w*. \w Keep|strong="H7126"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w distance|strong="H7350"\w* \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w see|strong="H3045"\w* \w which|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w traveled|strong="H5674"\w* \w this|strong="H5674"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
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\v 5  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “Ritually \w consecrate|strong="H6942"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H6942"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w miraculous|strong="H6381"\w* \w deeds|strong="H6381"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 6  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* told \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, “\w Pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 7  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* told \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* honor \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Instruct|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* ark \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, ‘\w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* reach \w the|strong="H5375"\w* bank \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*, \w wade|strong="H5975"\w* \w into|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.’”   
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\v 9  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H5066"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!”  
\v 10  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* continued, “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* God \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w drive|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\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*, Amorites, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Look|strong="H2009"\w*! \w The|strong="H3605"\w* ark \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Ruler \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w is|strong="H2009"\w* ready \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w enter|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 12  \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w select|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H3478"\w* yourselves \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w one|strong="H8147"\w* per \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*.  
\v 13  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ruler|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w touch|strong="H5117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w coming|strong="H3381"\w* downstream \w toward|strong="H3709"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* pile \w up|strong="H5375"\w*.”   
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\v 14  \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H5265"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* tents \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 15  \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ones \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ark \w reached|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ark \w touched|strong="H2881"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* surface \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* – (\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w* stage \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*) –  
\v 16  \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w coming|strong="H3381"\w* downstream \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* piled \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w upstream|strong="H3966"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Adam (\w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w Zarethan|strong="H6891"\w*); \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w no|strong="H5975"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H8552"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w* (\w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*). \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w river|strong="H3405"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 17  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w firmly|strong="H3559"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* \w ground|strong="H2724"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* \w ground|strong="H2724"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H3383"\w*.   
\c 4  
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\v 1  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H3383"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* told \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w Select|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H5971"\w* yourselves \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w one|strong="H4480"\w* per \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Instruct|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, ‘\w Pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* stones \w from|strong="H7272"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w from|strong="H7272"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4411"\w* \w where|strong="H4673"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w stand|strong="H4673"\w* \w firmly|strong="H3559"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w place|strong="H4411"\w* \w where|strong="H4673"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* camp \w tonight|strong="H3915"\w*.’”   
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\v 4  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w appointed|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* per \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* told \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5674"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. Each \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*.  
\v 6  \w The|strong="H3588"\w* stones \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* reminder \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w someday|strong="H4279"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* stones important \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*?’  
\v 7  tell \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* stopped \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* stopped \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w*. \w These|strong="H6440"\w* stones \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w memorial|strong="H2146"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*.”   
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\v 8  \w The|strong="H5375"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* stones, according \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*, \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* camp \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w also|strong="H2088"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* stones \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 10  \w Now|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* covenant \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \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="H1696"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w accomplished|strong="H8552"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* accordance \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H4872"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w*,  
\v 11  \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H8552"\w* \w crossing|strong="H5674"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w looked|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w*.  
\v 12  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* Reubenites, \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w armed|strong="H2571"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w battle|strong="H2571"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w instructed|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 13  About forty thousand \w battle-ready|strong="H2502"\w* \w troops|strong="H6635"\w* \w marched|strong="H4421"\w* \w past|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 14  \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w brought|strong="H3478"\w* honor \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w respected|strong="H5869"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w respected|strong="H5869"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.   
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\v 15  \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* told \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*,  
\v 16 “\w Instruct|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* ark \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* covenantal \w laws|strong="H5715"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.”  
\v 17  \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*!”  
\v 18  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H5375"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* \w land|strong="H2724"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w flowed|strong="H3212"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w* stage.   
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\v 19  \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\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="H5971"\w* \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w in|strong="H2583"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w eastern|strong="H4217"\w* \w border|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 20  \w Now|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H6965"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* stones \w they|strong="H3947"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.  
\v 21  \w He|strong="H3478"\w* told \w the|strong="H7592"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3478"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w someday|strong="H4279"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w their|strong="H7592"\w* fathers, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* these stones represent?’  
\v 22  \w explain|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, ‘\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w dry|strong="H3004"\w* \w ground|strong="H3004"\w*.’  
\v 23  \w For|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w*. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H3001"\w* \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 24  \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w recognize|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w obey|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
\c 5  
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\v 1  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amorite \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaanite|strong="H3669"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seacoast|strong="H3220"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* lost \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w courage|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w could|strong="H3824"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* breathe \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\s1 A New Generation is Circumcised  
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\v 2  \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w flint|strong="H6697"\w* \w knives|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w circumcise|strong="H4135"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w once|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.”  
\v 3  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w flint|strong="H6697"\w* \w knives|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hill|strong="H1389"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Foreskins|strong="H6190"\w*.  
\v 4  \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w why|strong="H1697"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w circumcise|strong="H4135"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*: \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H2145"\w* \w old|strong="H4135"\w* \w enough|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w after|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sons \w born|strong="H3209"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* uncircumcised.  
\v 6  \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* forty \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w traveled|strong="H1980"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w enough|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, died \w off|strong="H7200"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemn|strong="H7650"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w rich|strong="H2100"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*.  
\v 7  \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w replaced|strong="H8478"\w* \w them|strong="H4135"\w* \w with|strong="H6965"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w*; \w their|strong="H3588"\w* fathers \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w them|strong="H4135"\w* \w along|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\v 8  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*, \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w healed|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 9  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* taken \w away|strong="H1556"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H2781"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 10  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w in|strong="H2583"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w in|strong="H2583"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w fourteenth|strong="H6240"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 11  \w They|strong="H3117"\w* ate \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w produce|strong="H5669"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* land \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H4283"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w*, including \w unleavened|strong="H4682"\w* \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w roasted|strong="H7033"\w* grain.  
\v 12  \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w manna|strong="H4478"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7673"\w* appearing \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* ate some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w produce|strong="H8393"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* land; \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* ate \w manna|strong="H4478"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.   
\s1 Israel Conquers Jericho  
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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="H3027"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5375"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* holding \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w drawn|strong="H8025"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* approached \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* asked \w him|strong="H3027"\w*, “\w Are|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \w side|strong="H3027"\w* \w or|strong="H2719"\w* allied \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*?”  
\v 14  \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w answered|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w army|strong="H6635"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* arrived!” \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w master|strong="H8269"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*?”  
\v 15  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w army|strong="H6635"\w* answered \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Remove|strong="H5394"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w*.” \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*.   
\c 6  
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w tightly|strong="H5462"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w No|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* enter.  
\v 2  \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* told \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w See|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w along|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Have|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w warriors|strong="H4421"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*; \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Have|strong="H3548"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w rams|strong="H3104"\w*’ \w horns|strong="H7782"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w horns|strong="H7782"\w*.  
\v 5  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w signal|strong="H8643"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ram’s \w horn|strong="H7161"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w give|strong="H7321"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w battle|strong="H8643"\w* \w cry|strong="H7321"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w collapse|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* warriors should charge \w straight|strong="H5048"\w* \w ahead|strong="H5048"\w*.”   
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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 summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* instructed \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w rams|strong="H3104"\w*’ \w horns|strong="H7782"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.”  
\v 7  \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* told \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Move|strong="H5437"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w armed|strong="H2502"\w* \w troops|strong="H5971"\w* \w going|strong="H5674"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.”   
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\v 8  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* orders, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w rams|strong="H3104"\w*’ \w horns|strong="H7782"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w moved|strong="H1980"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w horns|strong="H7782"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w behind|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Armed|strong="H2502"\w* troops \w marched|strong="H1980"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w horns|strong="H7782"\w*, while \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rear guard \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w along|strong="H1980"\w* \w behind|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* rams’ \w horns|strong="H7782"\w*.  
\v 10  \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H7321"\w* \w cry|strong="H7321"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w raise|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w*; \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w battle|strong="H7321"\w* \w cry|strong="H7321"\w*.’ \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w battle|strong="H7321"\w* \w cry|strong="H7321"\w*!”  
\v 11  \w So|strong="H5437"\w* Joshua \w made|strong="H3068"\w* sure \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w marched|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w back|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w spent|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12  Bright \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 13  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w rams|strong="H3104"\w*’ \w horns|strong="H7782"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w marched|strong="H1980"\w* \w along|strong="H1980"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w horns|strong="H7782"\w*. \w Armed|strong="H2502"\w* troops \w marched|strong="H1980"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, while \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rear guard \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w along|strong="H1980"\w* \w behind|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w rams|strong="H3104"\w*’ \w horns|strong="H7782"\w*.  
\v 14  \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w marched|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 15  \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* crack \w of|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="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6471"\w* – \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.  
\v 16  \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w* \w around|strong="H8628"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* rams’ \w horns|strong="H7782"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* told \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w battle|strong="H7321"\w* \w cry|strong="H7321"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* handing \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!  
\v 17  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* must \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w set|strong="H7971"\w* \w apart|strong="H2764"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w except|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spies|strong="H4397"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 18  \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* \w when|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w setting|strong="H2763"\w* \w apart|strong="H2763"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w riches|strong="H2764"\w* \w for|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \nd Lord\nd*. \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*, \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* subject \w to|strong="H3478"\w* annihilation \w and|strong="H3478"\w* cause \w a|strong="H3068"\w* disaster.  
\v 19  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* well \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w items|strong="H3627"\w*, belong \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* must \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w into|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s treasury.”   
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\v 20  \w The|strong="H8085"\w* rams’ \w horns|strong="H7782"\w* \w sounded|strong="H8628"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w signal|strong="H8643"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w gave|strong="H7321"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w battle|strong="H8643"\w* \w cry|strong="H7321"\w*. \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w collapsed|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* warriors \w charged|strong="H5927"\w* \w straight|strong="H5048"\w* \w ahead|strong="H5048"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 21  \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* breathed \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w women|strong="H2205"\w*, \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* well \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w cattle|strong="H7716"\w*, \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*.  
\v 22  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* told \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w spied|strong="H7270"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land, “Enter \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*.”  
\v 23  \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w*, \w her|strong="H3605"\w* father, mother, brothers, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w belonged|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. \w They|strong="H3478"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*.  
\v 24  \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w except|strong="H7535"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w items|strong="H3627"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasury|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 25  \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w spared|strong="H2421"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*, \w her|strong="H3605"\w* father’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w spy|strong="H7270"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 26  \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w made|strong="H1129"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w solemn|strong="H7650"\w* declaration: “\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* attempts \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuild|strong="H1129"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* condemned \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* lose \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H6810"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w lays|strong="H3245"\w* \w its|strong="H3245"\w* \w foundations|strong="H3245"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6810"\w* \w son|strong="H6810"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* erects \w its|strong="H3245"\w* \w gates|strong="H1817"\w*!”  
\v 27  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w famous|strong="H8089"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.   
\c 7  
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\v 1  \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* command \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* city’s \w riches|strong="H2764"\w*. \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Carmi|strong="H3756"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zabdi|strong="H2067"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w stole|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w riches|strong="H2764"\w*. \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w furious|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 2  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* men \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* ) \w and|strong="H7971"\w* instructed \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w spy|strong="H7270"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* land.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* men \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w spied|strong="H7270"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.  
\v 3  \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w reported|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “Don’t \w send|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*. \w About|strong="H8033"\w* \w two|strong="H5221"\w* \w or|strong="H4592"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* thousand \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* adequate \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. Don’t tire \w out|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w small|strong="H4592"\w*.”   
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\v 4  \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* thousand \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w but|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.  
\v 5  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w thirty-six|strong="H7970"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H7970"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* fissures \w and|strong="H7970"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w steep|strong="H4174"\w* slope. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*’s \w courage|strong="H3824"\w* \w melted|strong="H4549"\w* \w away|strong="H4549"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
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\v 6  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w*; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w lay|strong="H5307"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\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*.  
\v 7  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* prayed, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Master|strong="H3427"\w*, \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*! \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Amorites \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* destroy \w us|strong="H5414"\w*?  
\v 8  If only \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* been satisfied \w to|strong="H3478"\w* live \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* other side \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Jordan! \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Lord, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w now|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* retreated \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w its|strong="H2015"\w* enemies?  
\v 9  \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5437"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w memory|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth. \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\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 reputation|strong="H8034"\w*?”   
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\v 10  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* responded \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*! \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w lying|strong="H5307"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*?  
\v 11  \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*; \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w violated|strong="H5674"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w covenantal|strong="H1285"\w* \w commandment|strong="H6680"\w*! \w They|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w riches|strong="H2764"\w*; \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w stolen|strong="H1589"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* deceitfully \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w among|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* own \w possessions|strong="H3627"\w*.  
\v 12  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w retreat|strong="H6203"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* subject \w to|strong="H3478"\w* annihilation. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3254"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w unless|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* contaminated \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 13  \w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*! Ritually \w consecrate|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* tell \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘Ritually \w consecrate|strong="H6942"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H6942"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* contaminated, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\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="H5704"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* contaminating \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 14  \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w you|strong="H7126"\w* must \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w tribal|strong="H7626"\w* \w order|strong="H3920"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w selects|strong="H3920"\w* must \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w selects|strong="H3920"\w* must \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w selects|strong="H3920"\w* must \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*.  
\v 15  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w caught|strong="H3920"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w riches|strong="H2764"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w up|strong="H8313"\w* \w along|strong="H5674"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w violated|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disgraceful|strong="H5039"\w* \w thing|strong="H2764"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’”   
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\v 16  Bright \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w made|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribal|strong="H7626"\w* \w order|strong="H3920"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* selected.  
\v 17  \w He|strong="H3063"\w* \w then|strong="H7126"\w* \w made|strong="H7126"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w Zerahites|strong="H2227"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* selected. \w He|strong="H3063"\w* \w made|strong="H7126"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w Zerahites|strong="H2227"\w* \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Zabdi|strong="H2067"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* selected.  
\v 18  \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w then|strong="H7126"\w* \w made|strong="H7126"\w* \w Zabdi|strong="H2067"\w*’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w by|strong="H1397"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Carmi|strong="H3756"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zabdi|strong="H2067"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w was|strong="H1004"\w* selected.  
\v 19  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w praise|strong="H8426"\w*! \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*; don’t \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*!”  
\v 20  \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w way|strong="H2063"\w*:  
\v 21  \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w goods|strong="H2896"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w seized|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nice|strong="H2896"\w* robe \w from|strong="H3947"\w* Babylon, \w two|strong="H3947"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w pieces|strong="H8255"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bar|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w weighing|strong="H4948"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* wanted \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*. \w They|strong="H3947"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* ground \w right|strong="H8478"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* tent \w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w underneath|strong="H8478"\w*.”   
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\v 22  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H4397"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* tent. \w The|strong="H8478"\w* things \w were|strong="H2009"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w right|strong="H8478"\w* \w in|strong="H3701"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* tent, \w with|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w underneath|strong="H8478"\w*.  
\v 23  \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H8432"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tent, \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H8432"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\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 and|strong="H1121"\w* \w placed|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H8432"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 24  \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*, \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* robe, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bar|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w ox|strong="H7794"\w*, \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*, \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, tent, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w belonged|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Disaster.  
\v 25  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H3478"\w* disaster \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w*? \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5916"\w* disaster \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*!” \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stoned|strong="H5619"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* death. (\w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w stoned|strong="H5619"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* others.)  
\v 26  \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w erected|strong="H6965"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w pile|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* stones (\w it|strong="H1931"\w* remains \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* ) \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w anger|strong="H2740"\w* \w subsided|strong="H7725"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\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* Disaster \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\c 8  
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\v 1  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* told \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “Don’t \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* don’t \w panic|strong="H2865"\w*! \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* march \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*! \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w handing|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*, \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* land.  
\v 2  \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w except|strong="H7535"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w may|strong="H4428"\w* \w plunder|strong="H7998"\w* \w its|strong="H6213"\w* goods \w and|strong="H4428"\w* cattle. \w Set|strong="H7760"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* ambush behind \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*!”   
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\v 3  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* selected \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* thousand \w brave|strong="H2428"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\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  \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w set|strong="H3559"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* ambush \w behind|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. Don’t \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w ready|strong="H3559"\w*!  
\v 5  \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w troops|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* fight \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w retreat|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 6  \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* attack \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H7223"\w* lured \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* say, ‘\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* retreating \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w*.’ \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w retreat|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 7  \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* hiding \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w seize|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 8  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w capture|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w set|strong="H3341"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w says|strong="H1697"\w*! \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w*.”  
\v 9  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* hiding \w place|strong="H3427"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*, \w between|strong="H8432"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w spent|strong="H3885"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 10  Bright \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w head|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.  
\v 11  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w troops|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w drew|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*.  
\v 12  \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* thousand \w men|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w an|strong="H3947"\w* ambush \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* between \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.  
\v 13  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* position – \w the|strong="H3605"\w* main \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rear|strong="H6119"\w* \w guard|strong="H6119"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w That|strong="H5971"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*.   
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\v 14  \w When|strong="H3588"\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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w next|strong="H7200"\w* day \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w meeting|strong="H4150"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* hiding behind \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 15  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w pretended|strong="H5060"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* defeated \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w retreated|strong="H5127"\w* \w along|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\v 16  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* reinforcements \w in|strong="H5892"\w* Ai \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w ordered|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w*; \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* lured \w away|strong="H5423"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 17  \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3318"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w after|strong="H7291"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w wide|strong="H6605"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 18  \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* told \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Hold|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w toward|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* curved \w sword|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w handing|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w held|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w toward|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* curved \w sword|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 19  \w When|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w held|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w his|strong="H5186"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w the|strong="H6965"\w* men waiting \w in|strong="H5892"\w* ambush \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5186"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w attacked|strong="H6965"\w*. \w They|strong="H7323"\w* entered \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5186"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w immediately|strong="H6965"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w it|strong="H5186"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w*.  
\v 20  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w around|strong="H3027"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w ascending|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* shocked \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w direction|strong="H3027"\w*. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* meantime \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* retreating \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* \w pursuers|strong="H7291"\w*.  
\v 21  \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* ambush \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w going|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w around|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.  
\v 22  \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* fight, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Ai \w were|strong="H3478"\w* trapped \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w*. \w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w*, \w leaving|strong="H4480"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w refugees|strong="H6412"\w*.  
\v 23  \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H7126"\w* \w him|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*.   
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\v 24  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\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 of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w toward|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* (\w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*), \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 25  \w Twelve|strong="H8147"\w* thousand \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* women \w died|strong="H5307"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.  
\v 26  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* kept holding \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* curved \w sword|strong="H3027"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* Israel \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.  
\v 27  \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w plunder|strong="H7998"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* cattle \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* goods \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* accordance \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*.  
\v 28  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w permanently|strong="H5769"\w* \w uninhabited|strong="H8077"\w* \w mound|strong="H8510"\w* (\w it|strong="H7760"\w* remains \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w way|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*).  
\v 29  \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w hung|strong="H8518"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, \w leaving|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* exposed \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*. \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w sunset|strong="H8121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w ordered|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w corpse|strong="H5038"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w taken|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w erected|strong="H6965"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w pile|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* stones (\w it|strong="H5921"\w* remains \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*).   
\s1 Covenant Renewal  
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\v 30  \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ebal|strong="H5858"\w*,  
\v 31  \w just|strong="H8003"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w described|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w uncut|strong="H8003"\w* stones untouched \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H5130"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w tool|strong="H5130"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* tokens \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w peace|strong="H8002"\w*.  
\v 32  \w There|strong="H8033"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, Joshua \w inscribed|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* stones \w a|strong="H3068"\w* duplicate \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 33  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w rulers|strong="H8199"\w*, \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w either|strong="H2088"\w* \w side|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ark, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levitical|strong="H3881"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ark \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. \w Both|strong="H3605"\w* resident \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* native \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w*. \w Half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gerizim|strong="H1630"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ebal|strong="H5858"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w previously|strong="H7223"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* formal \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w* ceremony.  
\v 34  \w Then|strong="H3651"\w* Joshua \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w aloud|strong="H3651"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\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 just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*.  
\v 35  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* aloud \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women, \w children|strong="H2945"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* resident \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.   
\c 9  
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\v 1  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* news \w reached|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* – \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lowlands, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* along \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Mediterranean \w coast|strong="H2348"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w far|strong="H1419"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* (\w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, Amorites, \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*) –  
\v 2  \w they|strong="H6310"\w* formed \w an|strong="H3478"\w* alliance \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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 3  \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*,  
\v 4  \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* something clever. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w collected|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* provisions \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w worn-out|strong="H1087"\w* \w sacks|strong="H8242"\w* \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*, \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w worn-out|strong="H1087"\w* \w wineskins|strong="H4997"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w ripped|strong="H1234"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* patched.  
\v 5  \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w worn-out|strong="H1087"\w*, \w patched|strong="H2921"\w* \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* dressed \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w worn-out|strong="H1087"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* hard.  
\v 6  \w They|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H3772"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w men|strong="H3772"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w We|strong="H6258"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* land. \w Make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w us|strong="H3478"\w*.”  
\v 7  \w The|strong="H3772"\w* \w men|strong="H3772"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, “Perhaps \w you|strong="H7130"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w near|strong="H7130"\w* \w us|strong="H3478"\w*. \w So|strong="H3427"\w* how can \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H7130"\w*?”  
\v 8  But they said \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “We \w are|strong="H5650"\w* willing \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* your \w subjects|strong="H5650"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5650"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H5650"\w* them, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H4310"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* where \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H4310"\w* come \w from|strong="H5650"\w*?”  
\v 9  \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w subjects|strong="H5650"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* land \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w reputation|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* news \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*  
\v 10  \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* Amorite \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\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="H6213"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Our|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* land told \w us|strong="H3027"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w provisions|strong="H6720"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, “\w We|strong="H6258"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* willing \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w subjects|strong="H5650"\w*. \w Make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w*.”’  
\v 12  \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* ours \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w warm|strong="H2525"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* packed \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3318"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w meet|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w hard|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 13  These \w wineskins|strong="H4997"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w were|strong="H2009"\w* brand \w new|strong="H2319"\w*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w look|strong="H2009"\w* \w how|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w have|strong="H2009"\w* \w ripped|strong="H1234"\w*. \w Our|strong="H4390"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w* \w have|strong="H2009"\w* \w worn|strong="H1086"\w* \w out|strong="H1234"\w* \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \w it|strong="H2009"\w* \w has|strong="H2009"\w* \w been|strong="H4390"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w long|strong="H7230"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*.”  
\v 14  \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w examined|strong="H3947"\w* some \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w provisions|strong="H6718"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w failed|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w advice|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\v 15  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H6213"\w* let \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w of|strong="H5712"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* sealed \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w*.   
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\v 16  \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Israelites found \w out|strong="H3427"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* local area \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w nearby|strong="H7138"\w*.  
\v 17  \w So|strong="H5265"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H5265"\w* \w out|strong="H5265"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3117"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* – \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w Kephirah|strong="H3716"\w*, Beeroth, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim.  
\v 18  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* \w an|strong="H7650"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* name \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* \w criticized|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w*,  
\v 19  \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* told \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w*, “\w We|strong="H6258"\w* \w swore|strong="H7650"\w* \w an|strong="H7650"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5060"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* name \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w*’t \w hurt|strong="H5060"\w* \w them|strong="H5060"\w*!  
\v 20  \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* escape \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w curse|strong="H7621"\w* attached \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w swore|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.”  
\v 21  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* added, “\w Let|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w woodcutters|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w carriers|strong="H7579"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w decided|strong="H1961"\w*.  
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\p \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Gibeonites \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* trick \w us|strong="H4480"\w* \w by|strong="H7121"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H7130"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*,’ \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w really|strong="H3966"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w nearby|strong="H7130"\w*?  
\v 23  \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* condemned \w to|strong="H1004"\w* perpetual \w servitude|strong="H5650"\w* \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w woodcutters|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w carriers|strong="H7579"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H4480"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.”  
\v 24  \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w subjects|strong="H5650"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w assign|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w terrified|strong="H3966"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* lose \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 25  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w appropriate|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 26  Joshua \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*; \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w killing|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*  
\v 27  \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w woodcutters|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w carriers|strong="H7579"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* divinely chosen \w site|strong="H4725"\w*. (\w They|strong="H3117"\w* continue \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* capacity \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.)   
\c 10  
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\v 1  Adoni-Zedek, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 2  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* Jerusalem \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w terrified|strong="H3966"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w like|strong="H1368"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4467"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w larger|strong="H1419"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w were|strong="H1419"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w*.  
\v 3  \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Adoni-Zedek \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H7971"\w* \w message|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hoham|strong="H1944"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\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="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*:  
\v 4 “\w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H5927"\w* aid \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H7999"\w* \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* \w with|strong="H5927"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*.”  
\v 5  \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* Amorite \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* (\w the|strong="H3605"\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*) \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w troops|strong="H3898"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* advanced. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w deployed|strong="H2583"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w troops|strong="H3898"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.   
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\v 6  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* message \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H5826"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w abandon|strong="H7503"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w subjects|strong="H5650"\w*! \w Rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*! \w Help|strong="H5826"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amorite \w kings|strong="H4428"\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 are|strong="H3027"\w* attacking \w us|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 7  \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bravest \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w*, \w marched|strong="H5973"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.  
\v 8  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* told \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “Don’t \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w handing|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w resist|strong="H5975"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 9  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H3915"\w* surprise \w after|strong="H4480"\w* \w marching|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.  
\v 10  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w routed|strong="H2000"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w thoroughly|strong="H4347"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* pass \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Beth Horon \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\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="H3478"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*.  
\v 11  \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* slope \w leading|strong="H7227"\w* \w down|strong="H7993"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* Beth Horon, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w down|strong="H7993"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w hailstones|strong="H1259"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* – \w in|strong="H5921"\w* fact, \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hailstones|strong="H1259"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 12  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Amorites \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* prayed \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:  
\q1 “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, \w stand|strong="H5869"\w* \w still|strong="H1826"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*!  
\q1 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w*, \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aijalon!”   
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\v 13  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w motionless|strong="H1826"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w took|strong="H5975"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5358"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* enemies. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* event \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w recorded|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w One|strong="H3808"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w motionless|strong="H1826"\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 and|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 14  \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w since|strong="H3588"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!  
\v 15  \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.   
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\v 16  \w The|strong="H2244"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* Amorite \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2244"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*.  
\v 17  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3091"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w been|strong="H5046"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w hiding|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*.”  
\v 18  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H6310"\w*, “\w Roll|strong="H1556"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* stones \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* post \w guards|strong="H8104"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* front \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 19  \w But|strong="H3588"\w* don’t \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w delay|strong="H5975"\w*! \w Chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* catch \w them|strong="H5414"\w*! Don’t \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* retreat \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w handing|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 20  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w almost|strong="H3966"\w* totally wiped \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w out|strong="H5704"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* escape \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 21  \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w safely|strong="H7965"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w dared|strong="H3956"\w* threaten \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 22  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*’s \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*.”  
\v 23  \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* ordered; \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* – \w the|strong="H6213"\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* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* commanders \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* troops \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w accompanied|strong="H7101"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H1980"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\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="H7121"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\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 their|strong="H3605"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*.  
\v 25  \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “Don’t \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* don’t \w panic|strong="H2865"\w*! \w Be|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* brave, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same \w thing|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w*.  
\v 26  \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w hung|strong="H8518"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w hanging|strong="H8518"\w* \w on|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="H5921"\w* \w sunset|strong="H8121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w ordered|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2244"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* piled \w large|strong="H1419"\w* stones \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*. (\w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H6106"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.)   
\s1 Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign  
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\v 28  \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\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 29  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w marched|strong="H5973"\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 fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w it|strong="H5674"\w*.  
\v 30  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H5315"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\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 Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w marched|strong="H5973"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w deployed|strong="H2583"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w troops|strong="H3898"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 32  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\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 They|strong="H3117"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H5315"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.  
\v 33  \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \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 up|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 struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w*.   
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\v 34  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w marched|strong="H5973"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w deployed|strong="H2583"\w* \w troops|strong="H3898"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 35  \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H5315"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H5315"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*.   
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\v 36  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w marched|strong="H5973"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 37  \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* surrounding \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w*. \w As|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H5315"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 38  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 39  \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* surrounding \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H5315"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*; \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.   
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\v 40  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w including|strong="H3605"\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* lowlands, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* slopes, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w breathed|strong="H5397"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 41  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w conquered|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w between|strong="H5704"\w* Kadesh Barnea \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* region \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.  
\v 42  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w campaign|strong="H6471"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* lands, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fought|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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.   
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\v 1  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \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 the|strong="H8085"\w* news, \w he|strong="H7971"\w* organized \w a|strong="H3068"\w* coalition, \w including|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jobab|strong="H3103"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Madon|strong="H4068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shimron|strong="H8110"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Acshaph,  
\v 2  \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Kinnereth|strong="H3672"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* lowlands, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w heights|strong="H5299"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w came|strong="H4217"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*; Amorites, \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*; \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*.  
\v 4  \w These|strong="H1992"\w* kings \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H4264"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7227"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seashore|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H7230"\w* \w number|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*.  
\v 5  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3259"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* joined \w forces|strong="H3898"\w* \w at|strong="H2583"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Merom|strong="H4792"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 6  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* told \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “Don’t \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w about|strong="H6256"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w lie|strong="H5414"\w* \w dead|strong="H2491"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w hamstring|strong="H6131"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*.”  
\v 7  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w caught|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* surprise \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Merom|strong="H4792"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w attacked|strong="H4421"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 8  \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w way|strong="H5704"\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="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1237"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* commanded \w him|strong="H6213"\w*; \w he|strong="H6213"\w* hamstrung \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 At|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w*, \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*.  
\v 11  \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H5315"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* – \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w breathed|strong="H5397"\w* \w remained|strong="H3498"\w* – \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*.   
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\v 12  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 13  \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w located|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w mounds|strong="H8510"\w*, \w except|strong="H2108"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*; \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w*.  
\v 14  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* plundered \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* goods \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* cattle, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w totally|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* allowed \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w breathed|strong="H5397"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* live.  
\v 15  \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w passed|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w*. \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ignore|strong="H5493"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.   
\s1 A Summary of Israel’s Victories  
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\v 16  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w conquered|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lowlands, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* lowlands,  
\v 17  \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Halak|strong="H2510"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* Baal Gad \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1237"\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 their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\v 18  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w campaigned|strong="H3605"\w* \w against|strong="H4421"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w quite|strong="H3117"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 19  \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w made|strong="H7999"\w* \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* (\w except|strong="H1115"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*); \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* conquer \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*,  
\v 20  \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w determined|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w make|strong="H2388"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* obstinate \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w wanted|strong="H4616"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w annihilate|strong="H2763"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w without|strong="H1115"\w* \w mercy|strong="H8467"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.   
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\v 21  \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* attacked \w and|strong="H3063"\w* eliminated \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Anakites|strong="H6062"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* – \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*, \w Anab|strong="H6024"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w them|strong="H2763"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 22  \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w Anakites|strong="H6062"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* territory, though \w some|strong="H3498"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ashdod.  
\v 23  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w conquered|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribal|strong="H7626"\w* \w portions|strong="H4256"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* free \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.   
\c 12  
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="H3478"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w drove|strong="H3423"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arnon \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eastern|strong="H4217"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*:   
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\v 2  \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Amorites \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* (\w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w edge|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Arnon \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*) – \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* – \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jabbok|strong="H2999"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w* bordering \w Ammonite|strong="H5983"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*.  
\v 3  \w His|strong="H8478"\w* kingdom included \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w eastern|strong="H4217"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Kinnereth|strong="H3672"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w* (\w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*), \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w route|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Beth Jeshimoth \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* area \w southward|strong="H8486"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* slopes \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Pisgah|strong="H6449"\w*.   
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\v 4  \w The|strong="H3427"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w one|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* few \w remaining|strong="H3499"\w* \w Rephaites|strong="H7497"\w*, \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Edrei  
\v 5  \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w*, \w Salecah|strong="H5548"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Geshurites|strong="H1651"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Maacathites|strong="H4602"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w border|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 Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.   
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\v 7  \w These|strong="H5221"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* whom \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w from|strong="H5927"\w* Baal Gad \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1237"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Halak|strong="H2510"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* territory \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*,  
\v 8  including \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* lowlands, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* slopes, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w* – \w the|strong="H2022"\w* land \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, Amorites, \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*:   
\q1
\v 9  \w the|strong="H1008"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H1008"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* – located \w near|strong="H6654"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* – (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 10  \w the|strong="H3389"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3389"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 11  \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 12  \w the|strong="H5700"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H5700"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 13  \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Geder|strong="H1445"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 14  \w the|strong="H6166"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hormah|strong="H2767"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H6166"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Arad|strong="H6166"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 15  \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 16  \w the|strong="H1008"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H1008"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 17  \w the|strong="H2660"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H2660"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 18  \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aphek (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lasharon|strong="H8289"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 19  \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Madon|strong="H4068"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 20  \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Shimron Meron (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Acshaph (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
\q1
\v 21  \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
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\v 22  \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jokneam|strong="H3362"\w* near \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* (\w one|strong="H4428"\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* – near Naphath \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w* – (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),  
\q1 \w the|strong="H1471"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Goyim – near \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* – (\w one|strong="H4428"\w*),   
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\v 24  \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w* (\w one|strong="H3605"\w*),  
\q1 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w thirty-one|strong="H7970"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.   
\c 13  
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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="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* told \w him|strong="H7604"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w deal|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* land \w remains|strong="H7604"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w conquered|strong="H3423"\w*.  
\v 2  \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w remains|strong="H7604"\w*: \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* territory \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w and|strong="H6430"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Geshurites|strong="H1651"\w*,  
\v 3  \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Shihor|strong="H7883"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w east|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w northward|strong="H6828"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* (\w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w regarded|strong="H2803"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Canaanite|strong="H3669"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*), \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* belonging \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* \w who|strong="H3669"\w* ruled \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, \w Gath|strong="H1663"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* well \w as|strong="H5704"\w* Avvite \w land|strong="H6440"\w*  
\v 4  \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w south|strong="H8486"\w*; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaanite|strong="H3669"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Arah \w in|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* region \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Sidon \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Aphek, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* Amorite \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*;  
\v 5  \w the|strong="H3605"\w* territory \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Byblos \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Baal Gad \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Lebo \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*.  
\v 6  \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w drive|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|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 all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sidonians|strong="H6722"\w*; \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* sure \w to|strong="H5704"\w* parcel \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.”  
\v 7  \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* up \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H5159"\w* \w the|strong="H6258"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w the|strong="H6258"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.”   
\s1 Tribal Lands East of the Jordan  
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\v 8  \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* half \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Manasseh, \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* tribal lands \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, just \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w territory|strong="H5892"\w* started \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* (\w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w edge|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arnon \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*), \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Medeba|strong="H4311"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*,  
\v 10  \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amorites \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* ended \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5983"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w also|strong="H1366"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w Geshurite|strong="H1651"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w Maacathite|strong="H4602"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Salecah|strong="H5548"\w* –  
\v 12  \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* Edrei. (\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* few \w remaining|strong="H3499"\w* \w Rephaites|strong="H7497"\w*.) \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w took|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* lands.  
\v 13  \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Geshurites|strong="H1651"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maacathites|strong="H4602"\w*; \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 14  \w However|strong="H7535"\w*, \w Moses|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w assign|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3878"\w*; \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* sacrificial \w offerings|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w instructed|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 15  \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 16  \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* (\w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w edge|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arnon \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*) \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Medeba|strong="H4311"\w*,  
\v 17  \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* surrounding \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*, \w Bamoth|strong="H1120"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1120"\w*, Beth \w Baal|strong="H1120"\w* 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 slopes of \w Pisgah|strong="H6449"\w*, \w and|strong="H6449"\w* Beth Jeshimoth.  
\v 21  \w It|strong="H5221"\w* encompassed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w realm|strong="H4468"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amorites \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*. \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Midianite|strong="H4080"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* Evi, \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="H5221"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* subjects \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w territory|strong="H5892"\w*).  
\v 22  \w The|strong="H2026"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beor|strong="H1160"\w*, \w the|strong="H2026"\w* omen \w reader|strong="H2719"\w*, along \w with|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H2026"\w* others.  
\v 23  \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 24  \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\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 by|strong="H5414"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 25  \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|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 Ammonite|strong="H5983"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*.  
\v 26  \w Their|strong="H5704"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* ran \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Ramath Mizpah \w and|strong="H2809"\w* Betonim, \w and|strong="H2809"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*.  
\v 27  \w It|strong="H5704"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \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 and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w realm|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 the|strong="H5704"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Kinnereth|strong="H3672"\w*.  
\v 28  \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* included \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 29  \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 30  \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* encompassed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w realm|strong="H4468"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w sixty|strong="H8346"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* Havvoth \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.  
\v 31  \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* Edrei, \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* assigned \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\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 to|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* their \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.   
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\v 32  These are \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w assignments|strong="H5157"\w* \w made|strong="H4872"\w* \w by|strong="H4124"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w on|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H6160"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H6160"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3405"\w* \w opposite|strong="H3383"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 33  However, \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w assign|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3878"\w*; \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w instructed|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\c 14  
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\v 1  \w The|strong="H3091"\w* following \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* record \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* territory assigned \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* Eleazar \w the|strong="H3091"\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="H3091"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribal|strong="H4294"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\v 2  \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* assignments \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* nine-and-a-half \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* drawing \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* two-and-a-half \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*.  
\v 4  \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w considered|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w*, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w territory|strong="H2506"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*, \w along|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w possessions|strong="H4735"\w*.  
\v 5  \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w followed|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w instructions|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w up|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* land.   
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\v 6  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w approached|strong="H5066"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, \w and|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="H5921"\w* \w Kenizzite|strong="H7074"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Kadesh Barnea.  
\v 7  \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* forty \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Kadesh Barnea \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w spy|strong="H7270"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w an|strong="H7971"\w* honest \w report|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 8  \w My|strong="H3068"\w* countrymen \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w accompanied|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w* frightened \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w but|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* remained \w loyal|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 9  \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w solemn|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*: ‘\w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w walked|strong="H1869"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w permanently|strong="H5769"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w remained|strong="H1961"\w* \w loyal|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.’  
\v 10  \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* preserved \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \w these|strong="H2088"\w* past forty-five \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w since|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w traveled|strong="H1980"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w eighty-five|strong="H8084"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|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="H3117"\w* \w can|strong="H5750"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* activities \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* same energy \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 12  \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w assign|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*! \w No|strong="H5414"\w* doubt \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Anakites|strong="H6062"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w*, \w fortified|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w*, assuming \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*.”  
\v 13  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* asked \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w empower|strong="H1288"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jephunneh|strong="H3312"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.  
\v 14  \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w remains|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \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="H5921"\w* \w Kenizzite|strong="H7074"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w remained|strong="H1961"\w* \w loyal|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 15  (\w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* used \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w called|strong="H8034"\w* Kiriath Arba. Arba \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famous|strong="H8034"\w* \w Anakite|strong="H6062"\w*. ) Then \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* free \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.   
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\v 1  \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w reached|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Edom, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zin|strong="H6790"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w* far \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Their|strong="H1992"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w tip|strong="H6437"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\v 3  \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* Scorpion \w Ascent|strong="H4610"\w*, \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Zin|strong="H6790"\w*, \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Kadesh Barnea, \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Hezron|strong="H2696"\w*, \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Addar, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w toward|strong="H5927"\w* \w Karka|strong="H7173"\w*.  
\v 4  \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Azmon|strong="H6111"\w*, \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Stream|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.   
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\v 5  \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w eastern|strong="H6924"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w was|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w mouth|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*.  
\p \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H6285"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w mouth|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*,  
\v 6  \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* Beth Hoglah, \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beth Arabah, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* Stone \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bohan \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*.  
\v 7  \w It|strong="H5927"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Achor|strong="H5911"\w*, \w turning|strong="H6437"\w* \w northward|strong="H6828"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* (\w which|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5227"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Adummim \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*), \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* En Shemesh \w and|strong="H6437"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* En Rogel.  
\v 8  \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w then|strong="H5927"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ben \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w slope|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*), \w going|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\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 opposite|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 to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Rephaites|strong="H7497"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.  
\v 9  \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w spring|strong="H4599"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Nephtoah|strong="H5318"\w*, \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w* (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim).  
\v 10  \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w then|strong="H5674"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w* \w westward|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*, \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w slope|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Jearim|strong="H3297"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w Kesalon|strong="H3693"\w*), \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* Beth Shemesh, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w*.  
\v 11  \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w slope|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w toward|strong="H5674"\w* \w Shikkeron|strong="H7942"\w*, \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w*, \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jabneel|strong="H2995"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
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\v 12  \w The|strong="H5439"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w These|strong="H2088"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w its|strong="H5439"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.   
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\v 13  \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jephunneh|strong="H3312"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* Kiriath Arba (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*) \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w according|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w instructions|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. (Arba \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w*.)  
\v 14  \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w drove|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w Anakites|strong="H6061"\w* – \w Sheshai|strong="H8344"\w*, Ahiman, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Talmai|strong="H8526"\w*, \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w*.  
\v 15  \w From|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*. (\w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* used \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w called|strong="H8034"\w* Kiriath Sepher.)  
\v 16  \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* said, “\w To|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* man \w who|strong="H1323"\w* \w attacks|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w captures|strong="H3920"\w* Kiriath Sepher \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Acsah|strong="H5915"\w* \w as|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife.”  
\v 17  \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Othniel|strong="H6274"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kenaz|strong="H7073"\w*, \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*’s brother, \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Acsah|strong="H5915"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife.   
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\v 18  \w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* Acsah \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* charmed \w her|strong="H5921"\w* father \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* some \w land|strong="H7704"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* got \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*, \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w*?”  
\v 19  \w She|strong="H3588"\w* answered, “Please \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* special \w present|strong="H1293"\w*. \w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* land \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*, \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w springs|strong="H1543"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* both \w upper|strong="H5942"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w lower|strong="H8482"\w* \w springs|strong="H1543"\w*.   
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\v 20  \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w by|strong="H5159"\w* its \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*:  
\v 21  These \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* located \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w extremity|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*’s \w tribal|strong="H4294"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* near \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Edom: \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* \w Hadattah|strong="H2675"\w*, \w Kerioth|strong="H7152"\w* \w Hezron|strong="H2696"\w* (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*),  
\v 26  Amam, \w Shema|strong="H8090"\w*, \w Moladah|strong="H4137"\w*,  
\v 27  Hazar Gaddah, \w Heshbon|strong="H2829"\w*, Beth Pelet,  
\v 28  Hazar Shual, Beer Sheba, Biziothiah,  
\v 29  \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w*, \w Iim|strong="H5864"\w*, \w Ezem|strong="H6107"\w*,  
\v 30  Eltolad, \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="H6242"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w twenty-nine|strong="H6242"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 33  These cities \w were|strong="H8219"\w* \w in|strong="H8219"\w* \w the|strong="H8219"\w* lowlands: Eshtaol, \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, Ashnah,  
\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="H5892"\w* \w Gederah|strong="H1449"\w* (\w or|strong="H5892"\w* \w Gederothaim|strong="H1453"\w*) – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w fourteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 37  \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="H5892"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 42  \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*, \w Ether|strong="H6281"\w*, \w Ashan|strong="H6228"\w*,  
\v 43  \w Iphtah|strong="H3316"\w*, Ashnah, \w Nezib|strong="H5334"\w*,  
\v 44  \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, Aczib, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Mareshah|strong="H4762"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 45  \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* its \w surrounding|strong="H1323"\w* \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w settlements|strong="H2691"\w*;  
\v 46  \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w westward|strong="H3220"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* vicinity \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Ashdod \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H2691"\w*;  
\v 47  Ashdod \w with|strong="H4714"\w* \w its|strong="H3220"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H1323"\w* \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w settlements|strong="H2691"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \w with|strong="H4714"\w* \w its|strong="H3220"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H1323"\w* \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w settlements|strong="H2691"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Stream|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w at|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
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\v 48  These cities \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*: \w Shamir|strong="H8069"\w*, \w Jattir|strong="H3492"\w*, \w Socoh|strong="H7755"\w*,  
\v 49  \w Dannah|strong="H1837"\w*, Kiriath Sannah (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*),  
\v 50  \w Anab|strong="H6024"\w*, Eshtemoh, \w Anim|strong="H6044"\w*,  
\v 51  \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w*, \w Holon|strong="H2473"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Giloh|strong="H1542"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 52  Arab, \w Dumah|strong="H1746"\w*, Eshan,  
\v 53  \w Janim|strong="H3241"\w*, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,  
\v 54  \w Humtah|strong="H2547"\w*, Kiriath Arba (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*), \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Zior|strong="H6730"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 55  \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="H5892"\w* \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 58  \w Halhul|strong="H2478"\w*, Beth Zur, \w Gedor|strong="H1446"\w*,  
\v 59  \w Maarath|strong="H4638"\w*, Beth Anoth, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* Eltekon – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 60  \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Baal (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim) \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 61  These cities \w were|strong="H4057"\w* in \w the|strong="H4057"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*: Beth Arabah, \w Middin|strong="H4081"\w*, \w Secacah|strong="H5527"\w*,  
\v 62  \w Nibshan|strong="H5044"\w*, \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Salt|strong="H5898"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* En Gedi – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 63  \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\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* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\c 16  
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\v 1  \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H1486"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*  
\v 2  \w The|strong="H5674"\w* southern \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w*, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Arkite \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w at|strong="H3318"\w* \w Ataroth|strong="H5852"\w*.  
\v 3  \w It|strong="H3381"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w westward|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Japhletite|strong="H3311"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w lower|strong="H8481"\w* Beth Horon \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*, \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
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\v 4  \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* assigned \w their|strong="H5157"\w* land.  
\v 5  \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w by|strong="H5704"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* following: \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* Ataroth Addar \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* Beth Horon.  
\v 6  \w It|strong="H5437"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w with|strong="H3318"\w* Micmethath \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*. \w It|strong="H5437"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w eastward|strong="H4217"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Taanath Shiloh \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H5437"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Janoah|strong="H3239"\w*.  
\v 7  \w It|strong="H3381"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Janoah|strong="H3239"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Ataroth|strong="H5852"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w Naarah|strong="H5292"\w*, \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 8  \w From|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w westward|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kanah|strong="H7071"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w its|strong="H3220"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Also|strong="H1121"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w set|strong="H3995"\w* \w apart|strong="H3995"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w territory|strong="H5892"\w*, \w along|strong="H8432"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 10  \w The|strong="H5647"\w* Ephraimites \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*. \w The|strong="H5647"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* Ephraimites \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* hard \w labor|strong="H4522"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* \w servants|strong="H5647"\w*.   
\c 17  
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\v 1  \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w*, \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H4519"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w land|strong="H1486"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w*, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* father \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w received|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1486"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w warriors|strong="H4421"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.  
\v 2  \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*, including \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Abiezer, \w Helek|strong="H2507"\w*, Asriel, \w Shechem|strong="H7928"\w*, \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shemida|strong="H8061"\w*. These \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w male|strong="H2145"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.   
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\v 3  \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zelophehad|strong="H6765"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\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 had|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. These \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\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 They|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H4872"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* Eleazar \w the|strong="H6440"\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="H6440"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H6310"\w*, “\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w assign|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* uncles, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H4519"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5307"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w shares|strong="H2256"\w* \w of|strong="H2256"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w*, \w in|strong="H5307"\w* addition \w to|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H5676"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H2256"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H2256"\w* \w the|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*,  
\v 6  \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \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 descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.   
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\v 7  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Asher \w to|strong="H1980"\w* Micmethath \w which|strong="H1366"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Tappuah.  
\v 8  (\w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w*, located \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim.)  
\v 9  \w The|strong="H8432"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w southward|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Kanah|strong="H7071"\w*. Ephraim \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\v 10  Ephraim’s \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* Asher \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*.  
\v 11  Within \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*’s \w and|strong="H3427"\w* Asher’s territory \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* Beth Shean, \w Ibleam|strong="H2991"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w*, En \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Napheth|strong="H5316"\w*, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H1323"\w* \w all|strong="H3427"\w* these cities.  
\v 12  \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*; \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w managed|strong="H2974"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* areas.  
\v 13  \w Whenever|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* militarily, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* do hard \w labor|strong="H4522"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w totally|strong="H3423"\w* \w conquered|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 14  \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribal|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotment|strong="H2256"\w*? \w After|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* increase \w in|strong="H3068"\w* number.”  
\v 15  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* replied \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*, “\w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w clear|strong="H1254"\w* \w out|strong="H8033"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* live \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w Rephaites|strong="H7497"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim \w is|strong="H8033"\w* \w too|strong="H7227"\w* small \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 16  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* inadequate \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H4672"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Beth Shean \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H1323"\w* \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* iron-rimmed wheels.”  
\v 17  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* – \w to|strong="H1961"\w* both Ephraim \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*: “\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w military|strong="H1419"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*. \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* just \w one|strong="H3808"\w* tribal allotment.  
\v 18  \w The|strong="H3588"\w* whole \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* yours; \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* can \w clear|strong="H1254"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* entirely yours. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* can \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w with|strong="H1961"\w* iron-rimmed wheels \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w*.”   
\c 18  
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\v 1  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w set|strong="H7931"\w* \w up|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tent \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w meeting|strong="H4150"\w*. Though \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w subdued|strong="H3533"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\v 2  \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5159"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w allotted|strong="H2505"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.  
\v 3  \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*: “\w How|strong="H5704"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* intend \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w off|strong="H5414"\w* \w occupying|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*?  
\v 4  Pick \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* each \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. \w I|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H6310"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w make|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w map|strong="H3789"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w it|strong="H1980"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Divide|strong="H2505"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w regions|strong="H2506"\w*. \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w stay|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.  
\v 6  \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w map|strong="H3789"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* into \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w regions|strong="H2506"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* bring \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w draw|strong="H3384"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 7  \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* serve \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* already \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 8  \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w started|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w those|strong="H1980"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w map|strong="H3789"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w*, \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w map|strong="H3789"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w draw|strong="H7725"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*.”  
\v 9  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H7651"\w* journeyed \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* mapped \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w regions|strong="H2506"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*.  
\v 10  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w drew|strong="H7993"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w among|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* according \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w portions|strong="H4256"\w*.   
\s1 Benjamin’s Tribal Lands  
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\v 11  \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w first|strong="H1121"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w belonged|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3318"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* between \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.  
\v 12  \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H6285"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w slope|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w ascended|strong="H5927"\w* \w westward|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Beth Aven.  
\v 13  \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w then|strong="H5674"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w*, \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w slope|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*), \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* Ataroth Addar located \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w lower|strong="H8481"\w* Beth Horon.  
\v 14  \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H6285"\w* \w southward|strong="H5045"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* Beth Horon \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Baal (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim), \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* belonging \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.  
\v 15  \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w side|strong="H6285"\w* \w started|strong="H6285"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w edge|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w westward|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w spring|strong="H4599"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Nephtoah|strong="H5318"\w*.  
\v 16  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w then|strong="H1121"\w* \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w edge|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|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* located \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Rephaites|strong="H7497"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w slope|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H1121"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* En Rogel.  
\v 17  \w It|strong="H3381"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w northward|strong="H6828"\w*, \w extending|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* En Shemesh \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Geliloth|strong="H1553"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5227"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* Pass \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Adummim, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* Stone \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bohan \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*.  
\v 18  \w It|strong="H3381"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w slope|strong="H3802"\w* \w in|strong="H5674"\w* \w front|strong="H4136"\w* \w of|strong="H6160"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*.  
\v 19  \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w slope|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Beth Hoglah \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w tip|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w mouth|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.  
\v 20  \w The|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w borders|strong="H1367"\w* \w it|strong="H5439"\w* \w on|strong="H6285"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w*. \w These|strong="H2063"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w borders|strong="H1367"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w by|strong="H5159"\w* \w its|strong="H5439"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.   
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\v 21  These \w cities|strong="H5892"\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 Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\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="H5892"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 25  \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, Beeroth,  
\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*, Haeleph, \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 a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w fourteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1144"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.   
\c 19  
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\v 1  \w The|strong="H8432"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Their|strong="H1992"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w included|strong="H1961"\w* Beer \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  Eltolad, \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="H5892"\w* \w Sharuhen|strong="H8287"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w thirteen|strong="H7969"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\v 7  \w Ain|strong="H5871"\w*, \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, \w Ether|strong="H6281"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Ashan|strong="H6228"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\v 8  \w as|strong="H5704"\w* well \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* Baalath Beer (\w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w*). \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5159"\w* \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 by|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*’s \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*’s \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w portion|strong="H2506"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*’s \w territory|strong="H2506"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w too|strong="H1961"\w* \w large|strong="H7227"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*; \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
\s1 Zebulun’s Tribal Lands  
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\v 10  \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w by|strong="H5704"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*. \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Sarid|strong="H8301"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Their|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w westward|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Maralah|strong="H4831"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Dabbesheth|strong="H1708"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jokneam|strong="H3362"\w*.  
\v 12  \w From|strong="H7725"\w* \w Sarid|strong="H8301"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w eastward|strong="H6924"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Kisloth Tabor, \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Daberath|strong="H1705"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Japhia|strong="H3309"\w*.  
\v 13  \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w eastward|strong="H6924"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Gath Hepher \w and|strong="H8033"\w* Eth Kazin \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, turning \w toward|strong="H5674"\w* \w Neah|strong="H5269"\w*.  
\v 14  \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5437"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Hannathon|strong="H2615"\w* \w and|strong="H5437"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5437"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Iphtah El.  
\v 15  \w Their|strong="H8147"\w* \w territory|strong="H5892"\w* included \w Kattah|strong="H7005"\w*, \w Nahalal|strong="H5096"\w*, \w Shimron|strong="H8110"\w*, \w Idalah|strong="H3030"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*; \w in|strong="H5892"\w* all \w they|strong="H5892"\w* had \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 16  \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*, \w including|strong="H2063"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
\s1 Issachar’s Tribal Lands  
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\v 17  \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w belonged|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w its|strong="H3318"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 18  \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \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*, Anaharath,  
\v 20  \w Rabbith|strong="H7245"\w*, \w Kishion|strong="H7191"\w*, Ebez,  
\v 21  \w Remeth|strong="H7432"\w*, En Gannim, En Haddah \w and|strong="H7432"\w* Beth Pazzez.  
\v 22  \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*, \w Shahazumah|strong="H7831"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* Beth Shemesh, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. \w They|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 23  \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5159"\w* \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* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*, \w including|strong="H2063"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
\s1 Asher’s Tribal Lands  
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\v 24  \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w belonged|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asher \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w its|strong="H3318"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 25  \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w Helkath|strong="H2520"\w*, \w Hali|strong="H2482"\w*, Beten, Acshaph,  
\v 26  Alammelech, \w Amad|strong="H6008"\w*, \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w Mishal|strong="H4861"\w*. Their border \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H6293"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* Shihor Libnath.  
\v 27  \w It|strong="H7725"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w eastward|strong="H4217"\w* \w toward|strong="H3318"\w* Beth Dagon, \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1516"\w* Iphtah El \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w as|strong="H3318"\w* well \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1516"\w* Emek \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Neiel|strong="H5272"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Cabul|strong="H3521"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*  
\v 28  \w and|strong="H7227"\w* on \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ebron|strong="H5683"\w*, \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, \w Hammon|strong="H2540"\w*, \w and|strong="H7227"\w* \w Kanah|strong="H7071"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Greater|strong="H7227"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w*.  
\v 29  \w It|strong="H7725"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w toward|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*, \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hosah|strong="H2621"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w near|strong="H5704"\w* Hebel, Aczib,  
\v 30  \w Umah|strong="H5981"\w*, Aphek, \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all \w they|strong="H5892"\w* had \w twenty-two|strong="H6242"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w their|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 31  \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asher \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*, \w including|strong="H2063"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
\s1 Naphtali’s Tribal Lands  
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\v 32  \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w belonged|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w its|strong="H3318"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 33  \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w Heleph|strong="H2501"\w* \w and|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* oak \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Zaanannim|strong="H6815"\w*, \w went|strong="H1366"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Adami \w Nekeb|strong="H5346"\w*, \w Jabneel|strong="H2995"\w* \w and|strong="H3383"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Lakkum|strong="H3946"\w*, \w and|strong="H3383"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*.  
\v 34  \w It|strong="H7725"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w westward|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Aznoth Tabor, \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hukok|strong="H2712"\w*, \w touched|strong="H6293"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, Asher \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*.  
\v 35  \w The|strong="H5892"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* included \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  Adamah, \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*,  
\v 37  \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*, Edrei, En Hazor,  
\v 38  \w Yiron|strong="H3375"\w*, Migdal El, \w Horem|strong="H2765"\w*, Beth Anath, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* Beth Shemesh. \w In|strong="H5892"\w* all \w they|strong="H5892"\w* had \w nineteen|strong="H8672"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 39  \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5159"\w* \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* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*, \w including|strong="H2063"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* their \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
\s1 Dan’s Tribal Lands  
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\v 40  \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w belonged|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w its|strong="H3318"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 41  \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,  
\v 42  \w Shaalabbin|strong="H8169"\w*, Aijalon, \w Ithlah|strong="H3494"\w*,  
\v 43  Elon, \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w*, \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*,  
\v 44  Eltekeh, \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, \w Baalath|strong="H1191"\w*,  
\v 45  \w Jehud|strong="H3055"\w*, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,  
\v 46  \w the|strong="H5973"\w* waters \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Jarkon, \w and|strong="H5973"\w* \w Rakkon|strong="H7542"\w*, including \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H5973"\w* \w front|strong="H4136"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Joppa|strong="H3305"\w*.  
\v 47  (\w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w Danites|strong="H1835"\w* \w failed|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Leshem|strong="H3959"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w put|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*, \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w possession|strong="H3423"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w renamed|strong="H8034"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w after|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* ancestor. )  
\v 48  \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5159"\w* \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* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*, \w including|strong="H2063"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1835"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
\s1 Joshua Receives Land  
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\v 49  \w When|strong="H3615"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w dividing|strong="H5157"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* regions, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w gave|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="H5159"\w*.  
\v 50  \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* instructed, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* – Timnath Serah \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Ephraimite \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 51  \w These|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w assignments|strong="H5157"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* Eleazar \w the|strong="H6440"\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="H6440"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribal|strong="H4294"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w made|strong="H3615"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* drawing \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* tent \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w meeting|strong="H4150"\w*. \w So|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w dividing|strong="H2505"\w* \w up|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.   
\c 20  
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\v 1  \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w instructed|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*:  
\v 2 “\w Have|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w select|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w refuge|strong="H4733"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w about|strong="H3478"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Anyone|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w accidentally|strong="H7684"\w* \w kills|strong="H5221"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* can \w escape|strong="H5127"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*; \w these|strong="H5221"\w* cities \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* asylum \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w avenger|strong="H1350"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\v 4  \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w committed|strong="H5414"\w* manslaughter \w should|strong="H4725"\w* \w escape|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w present|strong="H5975"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w case|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H1931"\w* \w should|strong="H4725"\w* \w then|strong="H1696"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 5  \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w avenger|strong="H1350"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w comes|strong="H1847"\w* \w after|strong="H7291"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* committed \w manslaughter|strong="H7523"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w accidentally|strong="H1847"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w* man \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w premeditation|strong="H1847"\w*.  
\v 6  \w He|strong="H1931"\w* must \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w case|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w decided|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w assembly|strong="H5712"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w dies|strong="H4194"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w committed|strong="H1961"\w* \w manslaughter|strong="H7523"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w escaped|strong="H5127"\w*.”   
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\v 7  \w So|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* selected \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w* \w in|strong="H7927"\w* \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w* \w in|strong="H7927"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\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="H7927"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Kiriath Arba (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*) \w in|strong="H7927"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w they|strong="H5414"\w* selected \w Bezer|strong="H1221"\w* \w in|strong="H1474"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w on|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* belonging \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Ramoth|strong="H7216"\w* \w in|strong="H1474"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* belonging \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w Golan|strong="H1474"\w* \w in|strong="H1474"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* belonging \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.  
\v 9  \w These|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w refuge|strong="H5127"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* resident \w foreigners|strong="H1121"\w* \w living|strong="H5315"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w accidentally|strong="H7684"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* could \w escape|strong="H5127"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w avenger|strong="H1350"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w at|strong="H3478"\w* least \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* case \w was|strong="H1961"\w* reviewed \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H5712"\w*.   
\c 21  
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\v 1  \w The|strong="H3091"\w* \w tribal|strong="H4294"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* before Eleazar \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\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 and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribal|strong="H4294"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*  
\v 2  \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w assign|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w along|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* cattle.”  
\v 3  \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w these|strong="H3881"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own \w holdings|strong="H6310"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* instructed.   
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\v 4  \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w first|strong="H1121"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Kohathite|strong="H6956"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*. \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w thirteen|strong="H7969"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Simeon|strong="H8099"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.  
\v 5  \w The|strong="H2677"\w* \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kohath|strong="H6955"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.  
\v 6  \w Gershon|strong="H1648"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w thirteen|strong="H7969"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asher \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.  
\v 7  \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H8147"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* allotted \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*.  
\v 8  \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w these|strong="H3881"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.   
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\v 9  \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w listed|strong="H8034"\w* below.  
\v 10  \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w assigned|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Kohathite|strong="H6956"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3878"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\v 11  \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* Kiriath Arba (Arba \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* father \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w*), \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, along \w with|strong="H2022"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w*.  
\v 12  (\w Now|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*’s \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* surrounding \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \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* \w as|strong="H5892"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* property.)  
\v 13  \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w they|strong="H5414"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* (\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w refuge|strong="H4733"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w committed|strong="H5414"\w* \w manslaughter|strong="H7523"\w*), \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*,  
\v 14  \w Jattir|strong="H3492"\w*, Eshtemoa,  
\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="H5892"\w* Beth Shemesh, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* taken \w from|strong="H5892"\w* \w these|strong="H8147"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*.  
\v 17  \w From|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H1391"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* they assigned \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w*,  
\v 18  \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Almon|strong="H5960"\w*, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 19  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w descended|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron \w received|strong="H5892"\w* \w thirteen|strong="H7969"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w*.   
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\v 20  \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* Kohathite \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim.  
\v 21  \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* (\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w refuge|strong="H4733"\w* \w for|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w who|strong="H7523"\w* \w committed|strong="H5414"\w* \w manslaughter|strong="H7523"\w*) \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Ephraim, \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*,  
\v 22  \w Kibzaim|strong="H6911"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* Beth Horon, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1032"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 23  \w From|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H4294"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* they assigned Eltekeh, \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*,  
\v 24  Aijalon, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* Gath Rimmon, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 25  \w From|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H4276"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w they|strong="H5892"\w* assigned \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* Gath Rimmon, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 26  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Kohathite \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w received|strong="H3498"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w*.   
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\v 27  \w They|strong="H5892"\w* assigned \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w Gershonite|strong="H1648"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* following \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*: \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*: \w Golan|strong="H1474"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* (\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w refuge|strong="H4733"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* committed \w manslaughter|strong="H7523"\w*) \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Beeshtarah, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*;  
\v 28  \w from|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H3485"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*: \w Kishon|strong="H7191"\w*, \w Daberath|strong="H1705"\w*,  
\v 29  \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* En Gannim, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*;  
\v 30  \w from|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H5658"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* Asher: \w Mishal|strong="H4861"\w*, \w Abdon|strong="H5658"\w*,  
\v 31  \w Helkath|strong="H2520"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*;  
\v 32  \w from|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*: \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w* (\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w refuge|strong="H4733"\w* \w for|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w who|strong="H7523"\w* committed \w manslaughter|strong="H7523"\w*), Hammoth Dor, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Kartan|strong="H7178"\w*, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 33  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gershonite|strong="H1649"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w received|strong="H5892"\w* \w thirteen|strong="H7969"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w*.   
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\v 34  They assigned \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* Merarite \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* (\w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w remaining|strong="H3498"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*) \w the|strong="H1121"\w* following cities: \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*: \w Jokneam|strong="H3362"\w*, \w Kartah|strong="H7177"\w*,  
\v 35  \w Dimnah|strong="H1829"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Nahalal|strong="H5096"\w*, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*;  
\v 36  \w from|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H7205"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*: \w Bezer|strong="H1221"\w*, \w Jahaz|strong="H3096"\w*,  
\v 37  \w Kedemoth|strong="H6932"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Mephaath|strong="H4158"\w*, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H5892"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*;  
\v 38  \w from|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*: \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* (\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w refuge|strong="H4733"\w* \w for|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w who|strong="H7523"\w* committed \w manslaughter|strong="H7523"\w*), \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*,  
\v 39  \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*, along \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* – \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 40  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Merarite \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* (\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remaining|strong="H3498"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*) \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 41  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w received|strong="H5892"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land owned \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w forty-eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w*.  
\v 42  \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* grazing \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w*; \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w alike|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* regard.   
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\v 43  \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w conquered|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 44  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w secure|strong="H5117"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* fulfillment \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors. \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* could \w resist|strong="H5975"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 45  \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w faithful|strong="H2896"\w* \w promises|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H3478"\w* \w unfulfilled|strong="H1697"\w*; \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* realized.   
\c 22  
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\v 1  \w Then|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w Reubenites|strong="H7206"\w*, \w Gadites|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*  
\v 2  \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*: “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H3068"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w instructions|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 3  \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fellow \w Israelites|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w entire|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* completed \w the|strong="H8104"\w* task \w given|strong="H4687"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fellow Israelites \w secure|strong="H5117"\w*, \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w around|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* homes \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* own \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.  
\v 5  \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w instructions|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*. Love \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w instructions|strong="H6680"\w*, \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w*, \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w loyal|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w being|strong="H5315"\w*!”   
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\v 6  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w rewarded|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w way|strong="H3212"\w*; they returned \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* homes.  
\v 7  (\w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*; \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* fellow Israelites.) \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* home, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w rewarded|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\v 8  saying, “\w Take|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w wealth|strong="H5233"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H4735"\w* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*, \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H4735"\w* \w clothing|strong="H8008"\w*. \w Divide|strong="H2505"\w* \w up|strong="H7235"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* goods captured \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* enemies \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* brothers.”  
\v 9  \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Reubenites, \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* headed \w home|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* land \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* acquired \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w command|strong="H6310"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.   
\s1 Civil War is Averted  
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\v 10  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* Reubenites, \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* came \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Geliloth|strong="H1552"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w impressive|strong="H4758"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 11  \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w received|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w* report: “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Reubenites, \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Geliloth|strong="H1552"\w* near \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w on|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w*.”  
\v 12  \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* launch \w an|strong="H3478"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 13  \w The|strong="H7971"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eleazar, \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* Reubenites, \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.  
\v 14  \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w accompanied|strong="H5973"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*, \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w*, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w leader|strong="H5387"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w clans|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 15  \w They|strong="H1696"\w* \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* Reubenites, \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*:  
\v 16 “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w turning|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* following \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*? \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 17  \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Peor|strong="H6465"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* bad \w enough|strong="H4592"\w*. \w To|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w purified|strong="H2891"\w* \w ourselves|strong="H4480"\w*; \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plague|strong="H5063"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 18  \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* dare \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* following \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*! \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w rebelling|strong="H4775"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w break|strong="H7725"\w* \w out|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* anger \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 19  \w But|strong="H1107"\w* if \w your|strong="H3068"\w* own land \w is|strong="H3068"\w* impure, \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s own land, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w himself|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H7931"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w settle|strong="H7931"\w* \w down|strong="H7931"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w us|strong="H8432"\w*. \w But|strong="H1107"\w* don’t \w rebel|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H8432"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H8033"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w aside|strong="H1107"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 20  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w command|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*’s \w riches|strong="H2764"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* judged, \w though|strong="H1931"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* sinned. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* most \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w died|strong="H1478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w*!’”   
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\v 21  \w The|strong="H1696"\w* Reubenites, \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w half-tribe|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* clans:  
\v 22 “El, \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*! El, \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*! \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* truth! \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*! \w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* rebelled \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4604"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, don’t \w spare|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*!  
\v 23  \w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w ourselves|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* following \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w making|strong="H6213"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* grain \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w or|strong="H5930"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* tokens \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H8002"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 24  \w We|strong="H6213"\w* swear \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* worried \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* future \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* relationship \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 25  \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* between \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* Reubenites \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.’ \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* way \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H7673"\w* \w obeying|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 26  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w decided|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*,  
\v 27  \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w reminder|strong="H5707"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w follow|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* honor \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* very \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* tokens \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w peace|strong="H8002"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* future \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.’  
\v 28  \w We|strong="H3588"\w* said, ‘\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* future \w they|strong="H3588"\w* say \w such|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thing|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* descendants, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* reply, “\w See|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w model|strong="H8403"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w reminder|strong="H5707"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”’  
\v 29  \w Far|strong="H2486"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w rebel|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w turning|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* following \w after|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* tokens \w of|strong="H3068"\w* peace \w aside|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* located \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H4908"\w* \w place|strong="H4908"\w*!”   
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\v 30  \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w community|strong="H5712"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* clan \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* accompanied \w him|strong="H8085"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* defense \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Reubenites, \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Manassehites, \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H3190"\w*.  
\v 31  \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eleazar, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Reubenites, \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Manassehites, “\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*. \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescued|strong="H5337"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w judgment|strong="H3027"\w*.”   
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\v 32  \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eleazar, \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w left|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* Reubenites \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reported|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.  
\v 33  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H3190"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w report|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* gave thanks \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* launching \w an|strong="H3427"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Reubenites \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 34  \w The|strong="H3588"\w* Reubenites \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gadites|strong="H1410"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, “\w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w Reminder|strong="H5707"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 1  \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w passed|strong="H3068"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w secure|strong="H5117"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*.  
\v 2  \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w rulers|strong="H7218"\w*, \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* told \w them|strong="H7121"\w*: “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H2204"\w* very \w old|strong="H2205"\w*.  
\v 3  \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* behalf, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w fights|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 4  \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* parceled \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w remaining|strong="H7604"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\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 including|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* defeated.  
\v 5  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w drive|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w remove|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w so|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* can \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 6  \w Be|strong="H8040"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*! \w Carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* won’t \w swerve|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w or|strong="H3225"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w*,  
\v 7  \w or|strong="H3808"\w* associate \w with|strong="H5647"\w* \w these|strong="H2142"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w near|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*. \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w invoke|strong="H2142"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H5647"\w* \w solemn|strong="H7650"\w* declarations \w by|strong="H7650"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* gods! \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*!  
\v 8  \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w loyal|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 9 “\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w drove|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H6099"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w resist|strong="H5975"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 10  \w One|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w makes|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* thousand \w run|strong="H7291"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w fights|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8104"\w*! Love \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\v 12  \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w ever|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* alliances \w with|strong="H7725"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* near \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w intermarry|strong="H2859"\w* \w with|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* establish friendly relations \w with|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*,  
\v 13  \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w certain|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3254"\w* \w drive|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H4170"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ensnare \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whip|strong="H7850"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w tears|strong="H6654"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sides|strong="H6654"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w thorns|strong="H6796"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* blind \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* disappear \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 14 “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w die|strong="H5307"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w faithful|strong="H2896"\w* \w promises|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H1980"\w* \w unfulfilled|strong="H1697"\w*; \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w realized|strong="H3045"\w* – \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w unfulfilled|strong="H1697"\w*!  
\v 15  \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 every|strong="H3605"\w* \w faithful|strong="H2896"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w realized|strong="H1961"\w*, \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* certain, \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* disobey, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w judgment|strong="H1697"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* destroys \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* land \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 16  If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* violate \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w covenantal|strong="H1285"\w* laws \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w keep|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w follow|strong="H1980"\w*, \w worship|strong="H7812"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* other \w gods|strong="H1980"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* disappear \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* land \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\c 24  
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\v 1  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w assembled|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’s \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w rulers|strong="H7218"\w*, \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* appeared \w before|strong="H6440"\w* God.  
\v 2  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* told \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Here|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* distant \w past|strong="H5769"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w Terah|strong="H8646"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* father \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* gods,  
\v 3  \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w*; \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*,  
\v 4  \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\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 assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*, \w while|strong="H3290"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 5  \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* Aaron, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w struck|strong="H5062"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w down|strong="H5062"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* intervened \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H7130"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 6  \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3318"\w* fathers \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w you|strong="H7291"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w your|strong="H3318"\w* fathers \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\v 7  \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w help|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* area \w between|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* \w dark|strong="H3990"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H6213"\w* drowned \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w witnessed|strong="H7200"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Amorites \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. \w They|strong="H6440"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, but \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*; \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w conquered|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Balak|strong="H1111"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zippor|strong="H6834"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, launched \w an|strong="H7971"\w* \w attack|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beor|strong="H1160"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* judgment \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 10  \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w respond|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w*; \w he|strong="H3027"\w* kept \w prophesying|strong="H1288"\w* good \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w rescued|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 11  \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w came|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w leaders|strong="H1167"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w as|strong="H5414"\w* well \w as|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Amorites, \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="H3027"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w with|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, but \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 12  \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w terror|strong="H6880"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w drive|strong="H1644"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* Amorite \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w gave|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* victory; \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w bows|strong="H7198"\w*.  
\v 13  \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worked|strong="H3021"\w* hard; \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* residence \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* eating \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w produce|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w groves|strong="H2132"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w*.’   
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\v 14  \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w obey|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w integrity|strong="H8549"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* loyalty. \w Put|strong="H5493"\w* \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* gods \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 15  If \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H4310"\w* desire \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, choose \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w*, whether \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* gods \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w*, \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* Amorites \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w*. \w But|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*!”   
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\v 16  \w The|strong="H5647"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w responded|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w Far|strong="H2486"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H2486"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w so|strong="H5800"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* can \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* other gods!  
\v 17  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w slavery|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w awesome|strong="H1419"\w* miracles \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w* \w protected|strong="H8104"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w traveled|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 18  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w drove|strong="H1644"\w* \w out|strong="H1644"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amorites \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!”   
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\v 19  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* warned \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep|strong="H5647"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w jealous|strong="H7072"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebellion|strong="H6588"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\v 20  \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5236"\w* gods, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w against|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7489"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3615"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w once|strong="H7725"\w* \w treated|strong="H3190"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w*.”   
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\v 21  \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*! \w We|strong="H3588"\w* really \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*!”  
\v 22  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* agree \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \w against|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*?” \w They|strong="H3588"\w* replied, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*!”  
\v 23  Joshua said, “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w put|strong="H5493"\w* \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5236"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H7130"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* submit \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”   
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\v 24  \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6963"\w*.”   
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\v 25  \w That|strong="H5971"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w drew|strong="H3117"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w for|strong="H2706"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w established|strong="H7760"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w for|strong="H2706"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*.  
\v 26  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w these|strong="H3789"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Law|strong="H8451"\w* \w Scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* stone \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* oak tree \w near|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w shrine|strong="H4720"\w*.  
\v 27  \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w this|strong="H2063"\w* stone \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w witness|strong="H5713"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w witness|strong="H5713"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w deny|strong="H3584"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.”  
\v 28  \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w dismissed|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* portions \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.   
\s1 An Era Ends  
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\v 29  \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w age|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w*.  
\v 30  They \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H6912"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* Timnath Serah \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H6912"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim, \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gaash|strong="H1608"\w*.  
\v 31  \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \w lifetime|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* elderly \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* outlived \w him|strong="H6213"\w* remained alive. \w These|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w experienced|strong="H3045"\w* \w firsthand|strong="H4639"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 32  \w The|strong="H5927"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w part|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w*, \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7192"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w money|strong="H7192"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.   
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\v 33  Eleazar \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5414"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* Gibeah \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim, where \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* been \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* land.   