1 There was also
a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of
Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father
of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead
and Bashan.
2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh
by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the
children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the
children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for
the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh
the son of Joseph by their families.
3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the
son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters:
and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah,
Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua
the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded
Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore
according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance
among the brethren of their father.
5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of
Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among
his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that
lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right
hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border
of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of
the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh:
the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river,
and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's,
and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on
the north, and in Issachar on the east.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and
her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of
Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns,
and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants
of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants
of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen
strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not
utterly drive them out.
14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why
hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing
I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then
get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there
in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim
be too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for
us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley
have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her
towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim
and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great
power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou
shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for
thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots,
and though they be strong.
Chapter 18
1 And the whole
congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at
Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there.
And the land was subdued before them.
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,
which had not yet received their inheritance.
3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are
ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your
fathers hath given you?
4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will
send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and
describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall
come again to me.
5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide
in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide
in their coasts on the north.
6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and
bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for
you here before the LORD our God.
7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood
of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half
the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond
Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave
them.
8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them
that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through
the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may
here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described
it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua
to the host at Shiloh.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD:
and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel
according to their divisions.
11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came
up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came
forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the
border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and
went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof
were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side
of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended
to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side
of the nether Beth-horon.
14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner
of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon
southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal,
which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this
was the west quarter.
15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim,
and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well
of waters of Nephtoah:
16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that
lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in
the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the
valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended
to En-rogel,
17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh,
and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going
up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of
Reuben,
18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward,
and went down unto Arabah:
19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward:
and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the
salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was
the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof
round about, according to their families.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according
to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley
of Keziz,
22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities
with their villages:
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath,
and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Chapter 19
1 And the second
lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children
of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance
was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and
Moladah,
3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their
villages:
7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to
Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of
the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance
of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah
was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had
their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according
to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto
Sarid:
11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and
reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before
Jokneam;
12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto
the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to daberath,
and goeth up to Japhia,
13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher,
to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon:
and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem:
twelve cities with their villages.
16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according
to their families, these cities with their villages.
17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children
of Issachar according to their families.
18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and
Shunem,
19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh;
and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities
with their villages.
23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children
of Asher according to their families.
25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel
westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
27 And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth
to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north
side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the
left hand,
28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great
Zidon;
29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city
Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof
are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with
their villages.
31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even
for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim,
and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings
thereof were at Jordan:
34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and
goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on
the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and
to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath,
and Chinnereth,
36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh;
nineteen cities with their villages.
39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children
of Dan according to their families.
41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol,
and Ir-shemesh,
42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little
for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against
Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword,
and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan,
after the name of Dan their father.
48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance
by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance
to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city
which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he
built the city, and dwelt therein.
51 These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes
of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot
in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
Chapter 20
1 The LORD also
spake unto Joshua, saying,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you
cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly
may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger
of blood.
4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall
stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare
his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall
take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that
he may dwell among them.
5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall
not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his
neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the
congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest
that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and
come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city
from whence he fled.
7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and
Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron,
in the mountain of Judah.
8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned
Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben,
and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan
out of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel,
and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever
killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die
by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the
congregation.
Chapter 21
1 Then came near
the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest,
and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers
of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan,
saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities
to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their
inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and
their suburbs.
4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and
the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites,
had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of
Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the
families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan,
and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families
of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and
out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh
in Bashan, thirteen cities.
7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe
of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe
of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these
cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand
of Moses.
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and
out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which
are here mentioned by name,
10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the
Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs
was the first lot.
11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which
city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs
thereof round about it.
12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave
they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron
with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and
Libnah with her suburbs,
14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and
Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two
tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs,
Geba with her suburbs,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four
cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which
remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities
of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs;
four cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon
with her suburbs,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four
cities.
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs,
and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families
of the children of Kohath that remained.
27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the
Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan
in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs,
Dabareh with her suburbs,
29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four
cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon
with her suburbs,
31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four
cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with
her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor
with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families
were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest
of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her
suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and
Jahazah with her suburbs,
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs;
four cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her
suburbs,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities
in all.
40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families,
which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by
their lot twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the
children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about
them: thus were all these cities.
43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware
to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt
therein.
44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all
that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man
of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their
enemies into their hand.
45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had
spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. |