YOUNG'S LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE

This online bible shows Robert Young's Literal translation of the Old Testament first published in 1862. There is only one alteration: the Tetragrammaton YHWH as been substituted for the name Jehovah, a false name for God.

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 13

Joshua 13:1 And Joshua is old, entering into days, and YHWH saith unto him, `Thou hast become aged, thou hast entered into days; as to the land, very much hath been left to possess.
13:2 `This [is] the land that is left; all the circuits of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
13:3 from Sihor which [is] on the front of Egypt, and unto the border of Ekron northward, to the Canaanite it is reckoned, five princes of the Philistines, the Gazathite, and the Ashdothite, the Eshkalonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite, also the Avim.
13:4 `From the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah, which [is] to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, unto the border of the Amorite;
13:5 and the land of the Giblite, and all Lebanon, at the sun-rising, from Baal-Gad under mount Hermon, unto the going in to Hamath:
13:6 all the inhabitants of the hill-country, from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-Maim, all the Sidonians: I -- I dispossess them before the sons of Israel; only, cause it to fall to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
13:7 `And now, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh,' --
13:8 with it the Reubenite, and the Gadite, have received their inheritance, which Moses hath given to them beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses servant of YHWH hath given to them;
13:9 from Aroer, which [is] on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which [is] in the midst of the brook, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dihon,
Joshua 13:10 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the Bene-Ammon,
13:11 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurite, and of the Maachathite, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
13:12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei; he was left of the remnant of the Rephaim, and Moses doth smite them, and dispossess them;
13:13 and the sons of Israel dispossessed not the Geshurite, and the Maachathite; and Geshur and Maachath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day.
13:14 Only, to the tribe of Levi he hath not given an inheritance; fire-offerings of YHWH, God of Israel, is its inheritance, as He hath spoken to it.
13:15 And Moses giveth to the tribe of the sons of Reuben, for their families;
13:16 and the border is to them from Aroer, which [is] on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which [is] in the midst of the brook, and all the plain by Medeba,
13:17 Heshbon, and all its cities which [are] in the plain, Dibon, and Bamoth-Baal, and Beth-Baal-Meon,
13:18 and Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
13:19 and Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-Shahar, in the mount of the valley,
Joshua 13:20 and Beth-Peor, and the springs of Pisgah, and Beth-Jeshimoth,
13:21 and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote, with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.
13:22 And Balaam, son of Beor, the diviner, have the sons of Israel slain with the sword, among their wounded ones.
13:23 And the border of the sons of Reuben is the Jordan, and [its] border; this [is] the inheritance of the sons of Reuben, for their families, the cities and their villages.
13:24 And Moses giveth to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, for their families;
13:25 and the border is to them Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and the half of the land of the Bene-Ammon, unto Aroer which [is] on the front of Rabbah,
13:26 and from Heshbon unto Ramath-Mispeh, and Betonim, and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir,
13:27 and in the valley, Beth-Aram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and [its] border, unto the extremity of the sea of Chinnereth, beyond the Jordan, eastward.
13:28 This [is] the inheritance of the sons of Gad, for their families, the cities and their villages.
13:29 And Moses giveth to the half of the tribe of Manasseh; and it is to the half of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, for their families.
Joshua 13:30 And their border is from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the small towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, sixty cities;
13:31 and the half of Gilead, and Ashteroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [are] to the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, to the half of the sons of Machir, for their families.
13:32 These [are] they whom Moses caused to inherit in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, [by] Jericho, eastward;
13:33 and to the tribe of Levi Moses gave not an inheritance; YHWH, God of Israel, Himself [is] their inheritance, as He hath spoken to them.

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 14

Joshua 14:1 And these [are] they [of] the sons of Israel who inherited in the land of Canaan, whom Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, caused to inherit;
14:2 by lot [is] their inheritance, as YHWH commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine of the tribes, and the half of the tribe;
14:3 for Moses hath given the inheritance of two of the tribes, and of half of the tribe, beyond the Jordan, and to the Levites he hath not given an inheritance in their midst;
14:4 for the sons of Joseph hath been two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they have not given a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for their cattle, and for their possessions;
14:5 as YHWH commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done, and they apportion the land.
14:6 And the sons of Judah come nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite saith unto him, `Thou hast known the word that YHWH hath spoken unto Moses the man of God, concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-Barnea:
14:7 a son of forty years [am] I in Moses, servant of YHWH, sending me from Kadesh-Barnea, to spy the land, and I bring him back word as with my heart;
14:8 and my brethren who have gone up with me have caused the heart of the people to melt, and I have been fully after YHWH my God;
14:9 and Moses sweareth in that day, saying, If not -- the land on which thy foot hath trodden, to thee it is for inheritance, and to thy sons -- to the age, for thou hast been fully after YHWH my God.
Joshua 14:10 `And, now, lo, YHWH hath kept me alive, as He hath spoken, these forty and five years, since YHWH spake this word unto Moses, when Israel went in the wilderness; and now, lo, I [am] to-day a son of five and eighty years;
14:11 yet [am] I to-day strong as in the day of Moses' sending me; as my power then, so [is] my power now, for battle, and to go out, and to come in.
14:12 `And now, give to me this hill-country, of which YHWH spake in that day, for thou didst hear in that day, for Anakim [are] there, and cities, great, fenced; if so be YHWH [is] with me, then I have dispossessed them, as YHWH hath spoken.'
14:13 And Joshua blesseth him, and giveth Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance,
14:14 therefore hath Hebron been to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite for an inheritance unto this day, because that he was fully after YHWH, God of Israel;
14:15 and the name of Hebron formerly [is] Kirjath-Arba (he [is] the great man among the Anakim); and the land hath rest from war.

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 15

Joshua 15:1 And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families, is unto the border of Edom; the wilderness of Zin southward, at the extremity of the south;
15:2 and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;
15:3 and it hath gone out unto the south to Maaleh-Akrabbim, and passed over to Zin, and gone up on the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and passed over [to] Hezron, and gone up to Adar, and turned round to Karkaa,
15:4 and passed over [to] Azmon, and gone out [at] the brook of Egypt, and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea; this is to you the south border.
15:5 And the east border [is] the salt sea, unto the extremity of the Jordan, and the border at the north quarter [is] from the bay of the sea, at the extremity of the Jordan;
15:6 and the border hath gone up [to] Beth-Hoglah, and passed over on the north of Beth-Arabah, and the border hath gone up [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben:
15:7 and the border hath gone up towards Debir from the valley of Achor, and northward looking unto Gilgal, which [is] over-against the ascent of Adummim, which [is] on the south of the brook, and the border hath passed over unto the waters of En-Shemesh, and its outgoings have been unto En-Rogel;
15:8 and the border hath gone up the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the side of the Jebusite on the south (it [is] Jerusalem), and the border hath gone up unto the top of the hill-country which [is] on the front of the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] in the extremity of the valley of the Rephaim northward;
15:9 and the border hath been marked out, from the top of the hill-country unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and hath gone out unto the cities of mount Ephron, and the border hath been marked out [to] Baalah, (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim);
Joshua 15:10 and the border hath gone round from Baalah westward, unto mount Seir, and passed over unto the side of mount Jearim (it [is] Chesalon), on the north, and gone down [to] Beth-Shemesh, and passed over to Timnah;
15:11 and the border hath gone out unto the side of Ekron northward, and the border hath been marked out [to] Shicron, and hath passed over to mount Baalah, and gone out [to] Jabneel; and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea.
15:12 And the west border [is] to the great sea, and [its] border; this [is] the border of the sons of Judah round about for their families.
15:13 And to Caleb son of Jephunneh hath he given a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, according to the command of YHWH to Joshua, [even] the city of Arba, father of Anak -- it [is] Hebron.
15:14 And Caleb is dispossessing thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, children of Anak,
15:15 and he goeth up thence unto the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir formerly is Kirjath-Sepher.
15:16 And Caleb saith, `He who smiteth Kirjath-Sephar, and hath captured it -- I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'
15:17 And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, doth capture it, and he giveth to him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
15:18 And it cometh to pass, in her coming in, that she persuadeth him to ask from her father a field, and she lighteth from off the ass, and Caleb saith to her, `What -- to thee?'
15:19 And she saith, `Give to me a blessing; when the land of the south thou hast given me, then thou hast given to me springs of waters;' and he giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs.
Joshua 15:20 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families.
15:21 And the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah are unto the border of Edom in the south, Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
15:22 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
15:23 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
15:25 and Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, Hezron, (it [is] Hazor,)
15:26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
15:27 and Hazar-Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-Palet,
15:28 and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-Sheba, and Bizjothjah,
15:29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
Joshua 15:30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
15:31 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
15:32 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities [are] twenty and nine, and their villages.
15:33 In the low country: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
15:34 and Zanoah, and En-Gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
15:35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
15:36 and Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their villages.
15:37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad,
15:38 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
Joshua 15:40 and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
15:41 and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.
15:42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
15:43 and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
15:44 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities and their villages.
15:45 Ekron and its towns and its villages,
15:46 from Ekron and westward, all that [are] by the side of Ashdod, and their villages.
15:47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and [its] border.
15:48 And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
15:49 and Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah (it [is] Debir)
Joshua 15:50 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
15:51 and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities and their villages.
15:52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
15:53 and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah,
15:54 and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages.
15:55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
15:56 and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
15:57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages.
15:58 Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor,
15:59 and Maarath, and Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities and their villages.
Joshua 15:60 Kirjath-Baal (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities and their villages.
15:61 In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
15:62 and Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-Gedi; six cities and their villages.
15:63 As to the Jebusites, inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah have not been able to dispossess them, and the Jebusite dwelleth with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem unto this day.

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 16

Joshua 16:1 And the lot for the sons of Joseph goeth out from Jordan [by] Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill-country of Beth-El,
16:2 and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi [to] Ataroth,
16:3 and gone down westward unto the border of Japhleti, unto the border of Beth-Horon the lower, and unto Gezer, and its outgoings have been at the sea.
16:4 And the sons of Joseph -- Manasseh and Ephraim -- inherit.
16:5 And the border of the sons of Ephraim is by their families; and the border of their inheritance is on the east, Atroth-Addar unto Beth-Horon the upper;
16:6 and the border hath gone out at the sea, to Michmethah on the north, and the border hath gone round eastward [to] Taanath-Shiloh, and passed over it eastward to Janohah,
16:7 and gone down from Janohah [to] Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan.
16:8 From Tappuah the border goeth westward unto the brook of Kanah, and its outgoings have been at the sea: this [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, for their families.
16:9 And the separate cities of the sons of Ephraim [are] in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages;
Joshua 16:10 and they have not dispossessed the Canaanite who is dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelleth in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and is to tribute -- a servant.

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 17

Joshua 17:1 And the lot is for the tribe of Manasseh (for he [is] first-born of Joseph), for Machir first-born of Manasseh, father of Gilead, for he hath been a man of war, and his are Gilead and Bashan.
17:2 And there is for the sons of Manasseh who are left, for their families; for the sons of Abiezer, and for the sons of Helek, and for the sons of Asriel, and for the sons of Shechem, and for the sons of Hepher, and for the sons of Shemida; these [are] the children of Manasseh son of Joseph -- the males -- by their families.
17:3 As to Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, he hath no children except daughters, and these [are] the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah,
17:4 and they draw near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, `YHWH commanded Moses to give to us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren;' and he giveth to them, at the command of YHWH, an inheritance in the midst of the brethren of their father.
17:5 And ten portions fall [to] Manasseh, apart from the land of Gilead and Bashan, which [are] beyond the Jordan;
17:6 for the daughters of Manasseh have inherited an inheritance in the midst of his sons, and the land of Gilead hath been to the sons of Manasseh who are left.
17:7 And the border of Manasseh is from Asher to Michmethah, which [is] on the front of Shechem, and the border hath gone on unto the right, unto the inhabitants of En-Tappuah.
17:8 To Manasseh hath been the land of Tappuah, and Tappuah unto the border of Manasseh is to the sons of Ephraim.
17:9 And the border hath come down [to] the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook; these cities of Ephraim [are] in the midst of the cities of Manasseh, and the border of Manasseh [is] on the north of the brook, and its outgoings are at the sea.
Joshua 17:10 Southward [is] to Ephraim and northward to Manasseh, and the sea is his border, and in Asher they meet on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
17:11 And Manasseh hath in Issachar and in Asher, Beth-Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, three counties.
17:12 And the sons of Manasseh have not been able to occupy these cities, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in this land,
17:13 and it cometh to pass when the sons of Israel have been strong, that they put the Canaanite to tribute, and have not utterly dispossessed him.
17:14 And the sons of Joseph speak with Joshua, saying, `Wherefore hast thou given to me an inheritance -- one lot and one portion, and I a numerous people? hitherto hath YHWH blessed me.'
17:15 And Joshua saith unto them, `If thou [art] a numerous people, go up for thee to the forest, then thou hast prepared for thee there, in the land of the Perizzite, and of the Rephaim, when mount Ephraim hath been narrow for thee.'
17:16 And the sons of Joseph say, `The hill is not found to us, and a chariot of iron [is] with every Canaanite who is dwelling in the land of the valley -- to him who [is] in Beth-Shean and its towns, and to him who [is] in the valley of Jezreel.'
17:17 And Joshua speaketh unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, `Thou [art] a numerous people, and hast great power; thou hast not one lot [only],
17:18 because the mountain is thine; because it [is] a forest -- thou hast prepared it, and its outgoings have been thine; because thou dost dispossess the Canaanite, though it hath chariots of iron -- though it [is] strong.'

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 18

Joshua 18:1 And all the company of the sons of Israel are assembled [at] Shiloh, and they cause the tent of meeting to tabernacle there, and the land hath been subdued before them.
18:2 And there are left among the sons of Israel who have not shared their inheritance, seven tribes,
18:3 and Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, `Till when are ye remiss to go in to possess the land which He hath given to you, YHWH, God of your fathers?
18:4 Give for you three men for a tribe, and I send them, and they rise and go up and down through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance, and come in unto me,
18:5 and they have divided it into seven portions -- Judah doth stay by its border on the south, and the house of Joseph do stay by their border on the north --
18:6 and ye describe the land [in] seven portions, and have brought [it] in unto me hither, and I have cast for you a lot here before YHWH our God;
18:7 for there is no portion to the Levites in your midst, for the priesthood of YHWH [is] their inheritance, and Gad, and Reuben, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses servant of YHWH gave to them.'
18:8 And the men rise and go; and Joshua commandeth those who are going to describe the land, saying, `Go, and walk up and down through the land, and describe it, and turn back unto me, and here I cast for you a lot before YHWH in Shiloh.'
18:9 And the men go, and pass over through the land, and describe it by cities, in seven portions, on a book, and they come in unto Joshua, unto the camp, [at] Shiloh.
Joshua 18:10 And Joshua casteth for them a lot in Shiloh before YHWH, and there Joshua apportioneth the land to the sons of Israel, according to their divisions.
18:11 And a lot goeth up [for] the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families; and the border of their lot goeth out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.
18:12 And the border is to them at the north side from the Jordan, and the border hath gone up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and gone up through the hill-country westward, and its outgoings have been at the wilderness of Beth-Aven;
18:13 and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it [is] Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down [to] Atroth-Addar, by the hill that [is] on the south of the lower Beth-Horon;
18:14 and the border hath been marked out, and hath gone round to the corner of the sea southward, from the hill which [is] at the front of Beth-Horon southward, and its outgoings have been unto Kirjath-Baal (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim), a city of the sons of Judah: this [is] the west quarter.
18:15 And the south quarter [is] from the end of Kirjath-Jearim, and the border hath gone out westward, and gone out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah;
18:16 and the border hath come down unto the extremity of the hill which [is] on the front of the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] in the valley of the Rephaim northward, and hath gone down the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward, and gone down [to] En-Rogel,
18:17 and hath been marked out on the north, and gone out to En-Shemesh, and gone out unto Geliloth, which [is] over-against the ascent of Adummim, and gone down [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben,
18:18 and passed over unto the side over-against Arabah northward, and gone down to Arabah;
18:19 and the border hath passed over unto the side of Beth-Hoglah northward, and the outgoings of the border have been unto the north bay of the salt sea, unto the south extremity of the Jordan; this [is] the south border;
Joshua 18:20 and the Jordan doth border it at the east quarter; this [is] the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by its borders round about, for their families.
18:21 And the cities for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families, have been Jericho, and Beth-Hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
18:22 and Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-El,
18:23 and Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
18:24 and Chephar-Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities and their villages.
18:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
18:26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
18:27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
18:28 and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi (it [is] Jerusalem), Gibeath, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, for their families.

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 19

Joshua 19:1 And the second lot goeth out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families; and their inheritance is in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah,
19:2 and they have in their inheritance Beer-Sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
19:3 and Hazar-Shual, and Balah, and Azem,
19:4 and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
19:5 and Ziklag, and Beth-Marcaboth, and Hazar-Susah,
19:6 and Beth-Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages.
19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages;
19:8 also all the villages which [are] round about these cities, unto Baalath-Beer, Ramoth of the south. This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families;
19:9 out of the portion of the sons of Judah [is] the inheritance of the sons of Simeon, for the portion of the sons of Judah hath been too much for them, and the sons of Simeon inherit in the midst of their inheritance.
Joshua 19:10 And the third lot goeth up for the sons of Zebulun, for their families; and the border of their inheritance is unto Sarid,
19:11 and their border hath gone up towards the sea, and Maralah, and come against Dabbasheth, and come unto the brook which [is] on the front of Jokneam,
19:12 and turned back from Sarid eastward, at the sun-rising, by the border of Chisloth-Tabor, and gone out unto Daberath, and gone up to Japhia,
19:13 and thence it hath passed over eastward, to the east, to Gittah-Hepher, [to] Ittah-Kazin, and gone out [to] Rimmon-Methoar to Neah;
19:14 and the border hath gone round about it, from the north to Hannathon; and its outgoings have been [in] the valley of Jiphthah-El,
19:15 and Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-Lehem; twelve cities and their villages.
19:16 This [is] the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun, for their families, these cities and their villages.
19:17 For Issachar hath the fourth lot gone out, for the sons of Issachar, for their families;
19:18 and their border is [at] Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19:19 and Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,
Joshua 19:20 and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
19:21 and Remeth, and En-Gannim, and En-Haddah, and Beth-Pazzez;
19:22 and the border hath touched against Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-Shemesh, and the outgoings of their border have been [at] the Jordan; sixteen cities and their villages.
19:23 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, for their families, the cities and their villages.
19:24 And the fifth lot goeth out for the tribe of the sons of Asher, for their families;
19:25 and their border is Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
19:26 and Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and it toucheth against Carmel westward, and against Shihor-Libnath;
19:27 and hath turned back, at the sun-rising, [to] Beth-Dagon, and come against Zebulun, and against the valley of Jiphthah-El toward the north of Beth-Emek, and Neiel, and hath gone out unto Cabul on the left,
19:28 and Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, unto great Zidon;
19:29 and the border hath turned back to Ramah, and unto the fenced city Tyre; and the border hath turned back to Hosah, and its outgoings are at the sea, from the coast to Achzib,
Joshua 19:30 and Ummah, and Aphek, and Rehob; twenty and two cities and their villages.
19:31 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher, for their families, these cities and their villages.
19:32 For the sons of Naphtali hath the sixth lot gone out, for the sons of Naphtali, for their families;
19:33 and their border is from Heleph, from Allon in Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum, and its outgoings are [at] the Jordan;
19:34 and the border hath turned back westward [to] Aznoth-Tabor, and gone out thence to Hukkok, and touched against Zebulun on the south, and against Asher it hath touched on the west, and against Judah [at] the Jordan, at the sun-rising;
19:35 and the cities of defence [are] Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
19:36 and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
19:37 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-Hazor,
19:38 and Iron, and Migdal-El, Horem, and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.
19:39 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, for their families, the cities and their villages.
Joshua 19:40 For the tribe of the sons of Dan, for their families, hath the seventh lot gone out;
19:41 and the border of their inheritance is Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-Shemesh,
19:42 and Shalabbin, and Aijalon, and Jethlah,
19:43 and Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
19:44 and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
19:45 and Jehud, and Bene-Barak, and Gath-Rimmon,
19:46 and Me-Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over-against Japho.
19:47 And the border of the sons of Dan goeth out from them, and the sons of Dan go up and fight with Leshem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and possess it, and dwell in it, and call Leshem, Dan, according to the name of Dan their father.
19:48 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan, for their families, these cities and their villages.
19:49 And they finish to give the land in inheritance, by its borders, and the sons of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun in their midst;
Joshua 19:50 by the command of YHWH they have given to him the city which he asked, Timnath-Serah, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and he buildeth the city and dwelleth in it.
19:51 These [are] the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, have caused to inherit by lot, in Shiloh, before YHWH, at the opening of the tent of meeting; and they finish to apportion the land.

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 20

Joshua 20:1 And YHWH speaketh unto Joshua, saying,
20:2 `Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Give for you cities of refuge, as I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses,
20:3 for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.
20:4 `When [one] hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood [at] the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them.
20:5 `And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto;
20:6 and he hath dwelt in that city till his standing before the company for judgment, till the death of the chief priest who is in those days -- then doth the man-slayer turn back and hath come unto his city, and unto his house, unto the city whence he fled.'
20:7 And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;
20:8 and beyond the Jordan, [at] Jericho eastward, they have given Bezer in the wilderness, in 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.
20:9 These have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting life inadvertently, and he doth not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood till his standing before the company.

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 21

Joshua 21:1 And the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw nigh unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel,
21:2 and they speak unto them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, `YHWH commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.'
21:3 And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of YHWH, these cities and their suburbs:
21:4 And the lot goeth out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities,
21:5 and for the sons of Kohath who are left, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities:
21:6 And for the sons of Gershon [are], 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, by lot, thirteen cities.
21:7 For the sons of Merari, for their families, [are], out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
21:8 And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as YHWH commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.
21:9 And they give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name;
Joshua 21:10 and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs hath been the first lot;
21:11 and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;
21:12 and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.
21:13 And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,
21:14 and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,
21:15 and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,
21:16 and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.
21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
21:18 Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs -- four cities;
21:19 all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs.
Joshua 21:20 And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim;
21:21 and they give to them the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,
21:22 and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs -- four cities.
21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
21:24 Aijalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- four cities.
21:25 And out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- two cities;
21:26 all the cities [are] ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left.
21:27 And for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshterah and its suburbs -- two cities.
21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its suburbs, Dabarath and its suburbs,
21:29 Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs -- four cities.
Joshua 21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,
21:31 Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs -- four cities.
21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs -- three cities;
21:33 all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs.
21:34 And for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, [are,] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,
21:35 Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs -- four cities.
21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs,
21:37 Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs -- four cities.
21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
21:39 Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs -- [in] all four cities.
Joshua 21:40 All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities.
21:41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel [are] forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.
21:42 These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.
21:43 And YHWH giveth to Israel the whole of the land which He hath sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;
21:44 and YHWH giveth rest to them round about, according to all that which He hath sworn to their fathers, and there hath not stood a man in their presence of all their enemies, the whole of their enemies hath YHWH given into their hand;
21:45 there hath not fallen a thing of all the good thing which YHWH spake unto the house of Israel -- the whole hath come.

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 22

Joshua 22:1 Then Joshua calleth for the Reubenite, and for the Gadite, and for the half of the tribe of Manasseh,
22:2 and saith unto them, `Ye -- ye have kept the whole of that which Moses, servant of YHWH, commanded you, and ye hearken to my voice, to all that I have commanded you;
22:3 ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, and have kept the charge -- the command of YHWH your God.
22:4 `And, now, YHWH your God hath given rest to your brethren, as He spake to them; and now, turn ye, and go for yourselves to your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses, servant of YHWH, hath given to you beyond the Jordan.
22:5 Only, be very watchful to do the command and the law which Moses, servant of YHWH, commanded you, to love YHWH your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and to cleave to Him, and to serve Him, with all your heart, and with all your soul.'
22:6 And Joshua blesseth them, and sendeth them away, and they go unto their tents.
22:7 And to the half of the tribe of Manasseh hath Moses given, in Bashan, and to its [other] half hath Joshua given with their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; and also when Joshua hath sent them away unto their tents, then he doth bless them,
22:8 and speak unto them, saying, `With great riches turn ye back unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.'
22:9 And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, turn back and go from the sons of Israel out of Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, unto the land of their possession, in which they have possession, according to the command of YHWH, by the hand of Moses;
Joshua 22:10 and they come in unto the districts of the Jordan, which [are] in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, build there an altar by the Jordan -- a great altar for appearance.
22:11 And the sons of Israel hear, saying, `Lo, the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, have built the altar over-against the land of Canaan, on the districts of the Jordan, at the passage of the sons of Israel.'
22:12 And the sons of Israel hear, and all the company of the sons of Israel is assembled at Shiloh, to go up against them to war;
22:13 and the sons of Israel send unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the half of the tribe of Manasseh -- unto the land of Gilead -- Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest,
22:14 and ten princes with him, one prince, one prince, for a house of a father, for all the tribes of Israel, and each of them a head of a house of their fathers, for the thousands of Israel.
22:15 And they come in unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the half of the tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and speak with them, saying,
22:16 `Thus said all the company of YHWH, What [is] this trespass which ye have trespassed against the God of Israel, to turn back to-day from after YHWH, by your building for you an altar, for your rebelling to-day against YHWH?
22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor little to us, from which we have not been cleansed till this day -- and the plague is in the company of YHWH,
22:18 that ye turn back to-day from after YHWH? and it hath been -- ye rebel to-day against YHWH -- and to-morrow against all the company of Israel He is wroth.
22:19 `And surely, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over for you unto the land of the possession of YHWH, where the tabernacle of YHWH hath tabernacled, and have possession in our midst; and against YHWH rebel not, and against us rebel not, by your building for you an altar, besides the altar of YHWH our God.
Joshua 22:20 Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and on all the company of Israel there was wrath? and he alone expired not in his iniquity.'
22:21 And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, answer and speak with the heads of the thousands of Israel:
22:22 `The God of gods -- YHWH, the God of gods -- YHWH, He is knowing, and Israel, he doth know, if in rebellion, and if in trespass against YHWH (Thou dost not save us this day!)
22:23 [we are] building for ourselves an altar to turn back from after YHWH, and if to cause to go up on it burnt-offering and present, and if to make on it peace-offerings -- YHWH Himself doth require [it].
22:24 `And if not, from fear of [this] thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons, saying, What to you and to YHWH God of Israel?
22:25 for a border hath YHWH put between us and you, O sons of Reuben, and sons of Gad -- Jordan; ye have no portion in YHWH -- and your sons have caused our sons to cease, not to fear YHWH.
22:26 `And we say, Pray let us prepare for ourselves to build the altar -- not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice --
22:27 but a witness it [is] between us and you, and between our generations after us, to do the service of YHWH before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings, and your sons do not say hereafter to our sons, Ye have no portion in YHWH.
22:28 `And we say, And it hath been, when they say [so] unto us, and unto our generations hereafter, that we have said, See the pattern of the altar of YHWH, which our fathers made -- not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice -- but a witness it [is] between us and you.
22:29 `Far be it from us to rebel against YHWH, and to turn back to-day from after YHWH, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for present, and for sacrifice, apart from the altar of YHWH our God, which [is] before His tabernacle.'
Joshua 22:30 And Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the company, and the heads of the thousands of Israel, who [are] with him, hear the words which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh have spoken, and it is good in their eyes.
22:31 And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest saith unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the sons of Manasseh, `To-day we have known that YHWH [is] in our midst, because ye have not committed against YHWH this trespass -- then ye have delivered the sons of Israel out of the hand of YHWH.'
22:32 And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, turn back from the sons of Reuben, and from the sons of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, unto the sons of Israel, and bring them back word;
22:33 and the thing is good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel bless God, and have not said to go up against them to war, to destroy the land which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, are dwelling in.
22:34 And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad proclaim concerning the altar, that `it [is] a witness between us that YHWH [is] God.'

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 23

Joshua 23:1 And it cometh to pass, many days after that YHWH hath given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days,
23:2 and Joshua calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and saith unto them, `I have become old; I have entered into days;
23:3 and ye -- ye have seen all that YHWH your God hath done to all these nations because of you, for YHWH your God [is] He who is fighting for you;
23:4 see, I have caused to fall to you these nations who are left for an inheritance to your tribes, from the Jordan, (and all the nations which I cut off), and the great sea, the going in of the sun.
23:5 `As to YHWH your God, He doth thrust them from your presence, and hath dispossessed them from before you, and ye have possessed their land, as YHWH your God hath spoken to you,
23:6 and ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,
23:7 so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow yourselves to them;
23:8 but to YHWH your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day.
23:9 And YHWH is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;
Joshua 23:10 one man of you doth pursue a thousand, for YHWH your God [is] He who is fighting for you, as He hath spoken to you;
23:11 and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love YHWH your God.
23:12 `But -- if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you,
23:13 know certainly that YHWH your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which YHWH your God hath given to you.
23:14 `And lo, I am going, to-day, in the way of all the earth, and ye have known -- with all your heart, and with all your soul -- that there hath not fallen one thing of all the good things which YHWH your God hath spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there hath not failed of it one thing.
23:15 `And it hath been, as there hath come upon you all the good thing which YHWH your God hath spoken unto you, so doth YHWH bring upon you the whole of the evil thing, till His destroying you from off this good ground which YHWH your God hath given to you;
23:16 in your transgressing the covenant of YHWH your God which He commanded you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, then hath the anger of YHWH burned against you, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which He hath given to you.'

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JOSHUA CHAPTER 24

Joshua 24:1 And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they station themselves before God.
24:2 And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Thus said YHWH, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old -- Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor -- and they serve other gods;
24:3 and I take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give to him Isaac.
24:4 And I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt.
24:5 And I send Moses and Aaron, and plague Egypt, as I have done in its midst, and afterwards I have brought you out.
24:6 And I bring out your fathers from Egypt, and ye go into the sea, and the Egyptians pursue after your fathers, with chariot and with horsemen, to the Red Sea;
24:7 and they cry unto YHWH, and He setteth thick darkness between you and the Egyptians, and bringeth on them the sea, and covereth them, and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt; and ye dwell in a wilderness many days.
24:8 `And I bring you in unto the land of the Amorite who is dwelling beyond the Jordan, and they fight with you, and I give them into your hand, and ye possess their land, and I destroy them out of your presence.
24:9 `And Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, riseth and fighteth against Israel, and sendeth and calleth for Balaam son of Beor, to revile you,
Joshua 24:10 and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly bless you, and I deliver you out of his hand.
24:11 `And ye pass over the Jordan, and come in unto Jericho, and fight against you do the possessors of Jericho -- the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite -- and I give them into your hand.
24:12 And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence -- two kings of the Amorite -- not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.
24:13 `And I give to you a land for which thou hast not laboured, and cities which ye have not built, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and olive-yards which ye have not planted ye are eating.
24:14 `And now, fear ye YHWH, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye YHWH;
24:15 and if wrong in your eyes to serve YHWH -- choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; -- whether the gods whom your fathers served, which [are] beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house -- we serve YHWH.'
24:16 And the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake YHWH, to serve other gods;
24:17 for YHWH our God [is] He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who hath done before our eyes these great signs, and doth keep us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed;
24:18 and YHWH casteth out the whole of the peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting the land, from our presence; we also do serve YHWH, for He [is] our God.'
24:19 And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve YHWH, for a God most holy He [is]; a zealous God He [is]; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.
Joshua 24:20 When ye forsake YHWH, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.'
24:21 And the people saith unto Joshua, `No, but YHWH we do serve.'
24:22 And Joshua saith unto the people, `Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you YHWH to serve Him (and they say, `Witnesses!')
24:23 and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and incline your heart unto YHWH, God of Israel.'
24:24 And the people say unto Joshua, `YHWH our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'
24:25 And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.
24:26 And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which [is] in the sanctuary of YHWH.
24:27 And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of YHWH which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.'
24:28 And Joshua sendeth the people away, each to his inheritance.
24:29 And it cometh to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of YHWH, dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years,
Joshua 24:30 and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Serah, which [is] in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the hill of Gaash.
24:31 And Israel serveth YHWH all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, and who knew all the work of YHWH which He did to Israel.
24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with a hundred kesitah; and they are to the sons of Joseph for an inheritance.
24:33 And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they bury him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the hill-country of Ephraim.

Joshua 1-12 - Judges 1-10

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