it ipea people, the* get thee up to the wxo Mary, and cut down for thyself trrar ta the land of tht Perizzites and a mt giants, if mount Ephraim be too avroir ibr thee.

■ 6 And the children of Joseph said, TWiisll is not enough for us: and all the tamajtes that dwell in the land of the nfiey have chariots of iron, /•»//< Mcv •iœ orr as Beth-ihean and her towns, led thej who are of the valley of J ezreel. tj And Joshua spike unto the house cf Jo'eph, even to Ephraim and to Massfeh, saying, Thou«r/ a great people, iad hast great power: thou ihilt not iare one lot only:

11 But the mountain (hall be thine; for it M a wood, and thou (halt cut it down-, and the outgoings of it Ihall be duae: for thou (halt drive out the Cana • sites, though they have iron cluriots, end though they be strong.

CHAP. XVIII. j Tie tabernacle is (et up at Shiloh. a The rrmamder ofthetondis described, 10 and divided by lots. »i The cities of Benjamin.

AND the whole congregation of tha children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle osebe congregation there. And the land Jus subdued before them.

i «J And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had am yet received their inheritance.

•j And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to pofseii the land which the Lord God of yoor fathers hath given you?

4 Give out from among you three aien for each tribe: and I will fend them, md they mall rife, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they lhall come again to me.

j Anil they mall divide it into seven parts, Judah stiall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph ihall abide in their coasts on the north.

< Ye shall therefore describe the land .'U seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots ibr youiere before the Lo K D our God.

7 But the Levites have no part among Jot -. for the priesthood of the Lotto ts their inheritance. And Gad and Reuben lad half the tribe of Manasseh have re. ceired their inheritance beyond Jordan oa the east, which Mofts the servant of the Lo R D gave them.

t And the men arose, and went away i *nd Joftux charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go, aud walk

through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that 1 may here cast lots for you before the Lor D in Shiloh.

9 And the men went and palled through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

to *\ And Joshua call lots for them in Shiloh before the Lor D t and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

11 And the lot of the tribe of the chil dren of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of J udah and the children of Joseph.

ix And their border on the north side was from Jordan: and the border went up to the fide of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness ot Bethaven.

Ij And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that Heth on the south side of the nether Bcth-horon.

14. And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that Heth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjatli-jearim, a city of the children of Judah. This <was the west quarter.

15 And the south quarter ova/ from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah 1

16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that Heth 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-sliemefh, 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 j

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 endof Jordan, This wo* tin- south coalt.

jo An<J

20 And Jordan was the border of it . the east fide. This <was the inheritce of the children of Benjamin, by e coasts thereof round about, accordg to their families.

*i fl Now the cities of the tribe of the ildren of Benjamin according to their milies were Jericho, aud Beth-hoglah, ,d the valley of Keziz,

22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, d Beth-el,

23 And Avim, and Parali, and Ophh,

24. And Chephar-haammonai, and phni, aud Gaba; twelve cities with eir villages:

25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and ozah,

27 Aud Rekem, and Irpeel, and Talah,

28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which

1 erulalem,Gibeath,anrfKirjath: fouren cities with their villages. Thisw the beritance of the children of Benjamin cording to their families.

CHAP. XIX. The lot of Simeon, 10 ofZebulun, 17 of IJsachar, 14.0s Asher, 52 of Naphtali, 40 and of Dan. 49 The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua. kND the second lot came forth to V Simeon, even for the tribe of the ildren of Simeon according to their -nilies : and their inheritance \v:i., wit lithe inheritance of the children of dah.

2 And they had in their inheritance, :er-slieba, Sheba, and Moladah,

3 And Hazar-stiual, and Balah, and tern,

4. And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Horih,

5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, d Hazar-fusah,

6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; irteen cities and their villages:

7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and han; four cities and their villages:

8 And all the villages that -were round ■jut these cities to Baalath-beer, Raith of the south. This is the inheritce of the tribe of the children of Siion according to their families.

> Out of the portion of the children of

dah ivas the inheritance of the chilli of Simeon: for the part of the chil

:n of Judah was too much for them: refore. the children of Simeon had

:ir inheritance within th« inheritance

them.

10 fl And the third lot came up for the

children of Zehulun 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 so Dabbalheth, and reached to the river »ajji. -l. that it before Jokneam;

12 And turned from Sared eastward toward the sunriling, unto the border of Chifloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,

13 And from thence paiseth Oh along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth'out tQ Kemmon-methoah to Neah;

14. And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the .. outgoings thereof are at the valley of ,3tln«ii*et Jiphthah-el: ""k'pwSoa:

15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: 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 fl And the fourth lot caine out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar, according to their families.

1 % And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,

20 AndRabbi t h ,and Kifhion ,and Abes,

21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;

22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahaziniah,and Beth-memeih: and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteencitieswith tlieirvillages.

23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Inachar according to their families, the cities arid their villages.

24 ^[ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Alher according to their families.

25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achfhaph,

26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Mjstieal; and reacheth to Carmel weftward, and to Shihor-libnatli;

17 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 j and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidonj

29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tvrej and the coast turneth to Hosah: ani the out

and Hasd

Joshua's inheritance.

goiass thereof are at the sea from the coai to Achzib:

50 D'mmah also, and Aphek, and Rebec: twenty and two cities with their niliges.

>i Tab is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Alher according to tarir families, these cities with their villages.

51 % The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

35 And their coast was from Heleph, from Ailon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum: and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:

54 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reachethto Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Afher on the weft side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the lunriling.

35 And the fenced cities art Ziddim, Zer,and Hammath,Rakkath,andChinnersta,

\f> And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

57 And Kedesti, and Edrei, and Enhazor,

55 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, indBeth-anath,and Betli-lheinelli; nineteen cities with their villages.

59 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

40 «J And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

4 r And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Esti-taol,and Ir-sliemesh,

4-2 And Sliaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jetlilah,

41 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-iark'on,and Rakkon, with tac 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 Lefhem, and took it, and (mote it with the edge of the sword, and possssled it, and dwelt therein, and called Lesliem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the childrenof Dan according totheir families, these cities with their villages.

4^ tj When they had made an end of dividing the land tor 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 simnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

51 These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Jolhua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the childrenof Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lor D, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

C H A P. XX.

I God commandeth, 7 and the Israelite/

appoint fix cities of refuge.

THE Lor D also spake unto Joshua, saying,

x Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

1 That the flayer 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 (hall 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 flayer 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 judgement, and until the death of the high priest, that shall be in thole 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 Kedesti in Galilee in mountNaphtali.andShechem 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 Balkan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

9 These were the cities appointed for

all

Kekana Galilee with herrbbuibs,foig scares refuge for the flayer, and HaraBsca-dar with her suburbs, and Kartao s£feheriaburbs; three cities.

jj All the cities of the Gerroonites irwdiag to their families iwrr thirteen □as with their suburbs.

jt And unto the families of the chilirrt of Merari the reft of the Levites, Jh of the tribe of Zebmlun, Jokneam •ii.i her fabmrbs, and Kartah with her saamrbs,

55 Dunnah 'with her suburbs, Naha-d with her suburbs; four cities.

■j6 And ont of the tribe of Reuben, Beier with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

57 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Jfcphaath with her suburbs j four cities. ;t And out of the tribe of Gad, Raotoch in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Ms. banana, with her suburbs,

33 Heslibon with her suburbs, Jazer wim her i wburb*; four cities in all.

40 So all tlie cities for the children of Merari bytheirfamilies, which were retaining of the families of the Levitts, were k, their lot twelre cities.

43 All the cities of the Levites within tlie possession of the children of Israel tar>v forty and eight cities with their fiaairbs,

4* These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus vert all these -cities.

43 f And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto then- fathers -. and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

44 And the Lor D gave them reft round about, according to all that he swans unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies iato their hand.

4.5 There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lo a D had spoken unto the haute of Israel; all came to pass.

CHAP. XXII. ; The tzm tribe 1 and half sent home. 10 They build an altar of testimony in their journey. 11 Contention thereupon.

THEN Josliua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe at Manasseh,

* And said unto them, Ye have kept tH that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

\ Ye have not left your brethren these ■ iiny day* unto this day; but have kept

the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God.

4 And now the Lord your God hath giren reft unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tcnts,«w./unto the land of your pollemon, which Mofcs the servant of the Lord gave you on the other fuse Jordan.

5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all hit ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your foul.

6 So Jolhua blessed them, andsent them away: and they went unto their tents.

7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moles had given pofsejfion in Baslian: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Jolhua lent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

S And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, aud 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.

9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which it in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lor D by the hand of Moses.

10 «J And when they came unto the borders of Jordan that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and tha half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.

it fs And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

i» And when the children of Israel heard os it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.

13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben and to the