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\h JOSHUA 
\toc1 Joshua 
\toc2 Joshua 
\toc3 Jos 
\mt2 This book contains the account of the Israeli people possessing the land that God had promised to give them. We call this book  
\mt1 Joshua  
\c 1  
\s1 What Yahweh commanded Joshua  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H8334"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add well\add*, \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*’ \w assistant|strong="H8334"\w*,  
\v 2 “\add You know that\add* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \add now\add* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w ready|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* lead \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \add Israeli\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w Enter|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w soon|strong="H6258"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 3 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w walk|strong="H1869"\w* \w on|strong="H1696"\w*, \w as|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 4 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w extend|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \add in the south\add*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \add Mountains in the northwest\add*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* big \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \add in the northeast\add*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*. \add It will include\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Heth \add live\add*.  
\v 5 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* group \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* oppose \add and defeat\add* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* helped \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* [LIT] \w you|strong="H6440"\w*; \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 6 “\w Be|strong="H5414"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w courageous|strong="H2388"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* lead \w these|strong="H2088"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add and enable them\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w possess|strong="H5157"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w courageous|strong="H2388"\w*. \w Be|strong="H5650"\w* \w sure|strong="H2388"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*. \w In|strong="H6213"\w* \w order|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 wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w obeying|strong="H8104"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* [IDM].  
\v 8 \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* habitually \w read|strong="H5612"\w* \add to the people some of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add that God gave Moses\add*. \w Meditate|strong="H1897"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add every\add* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H3119"\w* \add every\add* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w And|strong="H3119"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* [DOU].  
\v 9 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* forget [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w courageous|strong="H2388"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H2865"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w discouraged|strong="H2865"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w*/\w help|strong="H2388"\w*► \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\v 11 “\w Go|strong="H5674"\w* \w throughout|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* tell \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*: ‘\w Prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H6720"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H3117"\w* tomorrow \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.’ ”   
\s1 What Joshua commanded the eastern tribes  
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\v 12 But \w to|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \add clans that were\add* descendants \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w* \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* clan \add that were descendants\add* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said,  
\v 13 “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* forget \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*: ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \add live here\add* safely/peacefully.’  
\v 14 \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* wives \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w may|strong="H5414"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* must \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \add the river\add*, \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* tribes. \w They|strong="H6440"\w* must \w take|strong="H5674"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* weapons \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* must \w continue|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* fellow Israelis  
\v 15 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* live \w there|strong="H1992"\w* safely/peacefully, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* help \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w after|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w conquered|strong="H3423"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w After|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* live \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w here|strong="H5704"\w* \w on|strong="H5117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.”   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* people \w answered|strong="H6030"\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 that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 17 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w We|strong="H8085"\w* pray \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w*/\w help|strong="H1961"\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*/helped► \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ◄rejects \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*/opposes \w you|strong="H6680"\w*► \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* [DOU], \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w execute|strong="H4191"\w*. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w courageous|strong="H2388"\w*!”   
\c 2  
\s1 How Rahab helped the Israeli spies  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \add chose\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \add their camp at\add* Acacia. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* told \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \add across the Jordan River\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w secretly|strong="H2791"\w* \w find|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* land \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w side|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w river|strong="H3405"\w*, especially \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \add city\add*.” \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* crossed \add the river and entered Jericho\add*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* entered \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 whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w stayed|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \add that night\add*.  
\v 2 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* someone \add saw them and\add* told \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, “\w Some|strong="H2009"\w* Israeli \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 out|strong="H2658"\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 sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* messengers \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w entered|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \add so that we can kill them\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \add here\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* ◄spy \w out|strong="H3318"\w*/find \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H1004"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w*► \w this|strong="H3588"\w* land!”  
\v 4 \w She|strong="H3651"\w* told \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w gone|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* house. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H3651"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w hidden|strong="H6845"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w when|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* messengers \w came|strong="H8147"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* house, \w she|strong="H3651"\w* told \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, “\w Two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w came|strong="H8147"\w* \w here|strong="H3651"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w come|strong="H3045"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 5 \w At|strong="H1961"\w* dusk, just \w before|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w guards|strong="H3045"\w* \w closed|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*/\w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w closed|strong="H5462"\w*►, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w two|strong="H1980"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*. \w So|strong="H1980"\w*, \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* search \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*! \w Perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w catch|strong="H5381"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*!”  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \add she was lying,\add* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* \w taken|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* two men \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add flat\add* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1406"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* piles \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w flax|strong="H6593"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* \w laid|strong="H2934"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w*.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* messengers \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* search \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* two men. Immediately, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* guards \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* messengers \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H8179"\w* \w leads|strong="H3318"\w* \w down|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* place \w where|strong="H5921"\w* people can \w walk|strong="H1870"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \add but they did not find the two men\add*.   
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\v 8 \w Before|strong="H2962"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* two \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \add to sleep\add* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* night, \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 and|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add is about to\add* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* terrified \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 10 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|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="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* cross \w it|strong="H6213"\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 we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* killed \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Amor \w who|strong="H3068"\w* lived \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \add Israelis\add* \w totally|strong="H3001"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* everyone \add and everything in their kingdom\add*.  
\v 11 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* \w very|strong="H4605"\w* dismayed. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* enough \w courage|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add worship\add*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* helping \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \add And we know that\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* rules everything \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \add I want you to\add* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ask \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*. \w Solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w acted|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w something|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* prove \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 not|strong="H5315"\w* kill► \w my|strong="H3605"\w* father \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* mother, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* brothers \w and|strong="H5315"\w* sisters, \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* families. Promise \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \add Israelis\add* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H5315"\w* kill \w us|strong="H5337"\w* \add when you destroy this city\add*.”  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w two|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* replied, “\w We|strong="H5315"\w* \w desire|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*! \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w others|strong="H5315"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \add are planning to\add* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* \w toward|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* enables \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* possess \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land.”  
\v 15  \add One of\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* outside \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* Rahab \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w part|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \add that was around\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H7023"\w*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* fastened \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rope|strong="H2256"\w* outside \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \add that was in that wall\add*, \w by|strong="H3427"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* men could climb \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w she|strong="H5704"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* leave \w the|strong="H7725"\w* city, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w so|strong="H6435"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* men who \w are|strong="H3117"\w* searching \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* find \w you|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Hide|strong="H2247"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* caves \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* men who \w are|strong="H3117"\w* searching \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* city. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* can \w return|strong="H7725"\w* safely \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* camp.”  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H7650"\w* \w two|strong="H2088"\w* men \add gave her a red cord, and\add* said \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w her|strong="H5355"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w* must \w do|strong="H2088"\w*; if \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* be required \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H2088"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w*.  
\v 18 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* must \w tie|strong="H7194"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w red|strong="H8144"\w* \w cord|strong="H2339"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rope|strong="H2339"\w* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* climb \w down|strong="H3381"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* must \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cord|strong="H2339"\w* hang \w there|strong="H2009"\w*. \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must \w bring|strong="H3381"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* father \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* mother \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* brothers \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* others \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w*, \w when|strong="H2009"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* army enters \w your|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cord|strong="H2339"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* kill \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 19 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w goes|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w this|strong="H3027"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w*, \add our soldiers\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* kill \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* guilty [MTY] \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H3027"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* injured, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* guilty \w for|strong="H3027"\w* causing \w that|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* anyone \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \add are planning to\add* \w do|strong="H2088"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w required|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w*.”  
\v 21 Rahab \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* agree \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* climbed \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w rope|strong="H8615"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w left|strong="H7971"\w*. \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w left|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w red|strong="H8144"\w* \w cord|strong="H8615"\w* \w tied|strong="H7194"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*.  
\v 22 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H3427"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\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 while|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \add who had been sent by the king\add* \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w search|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w searched|strong="H1245"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H3427"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city.  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* started \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w toward|strong="H5674"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* camp. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*, \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river, \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* where \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \w walk|strong="H5674"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* camp. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w happened|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 24 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* sure \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* possess \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* terrified [IDM] \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\c 3  
\s1 The Israelis crossed the Jordan River  
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\v 1 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \add and all the other Israelis\add* \w got|strong="H7925"\w* \w up|strong="H7925"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \add the next\add* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w left|strong="H5265"\w* \add their camp at\add* Acacia \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \add down\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* camped \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* two nights.  
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* leaders \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w throughout|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*,  
\v 3 telling \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w some|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* chest \w that|strong="H5971"\w* contains \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Ten Commandments \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*. \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, \w leave|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* camped \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w follow|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 4 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w here|strong="H1870"\w*/\w along|strong="H5674"\w* \w this|strong="H5674"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*► \w before|strong="H3808"\w*, \add so you must follow the priests\add*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w close|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* chest. Stay ◄1,000 yards/900 meters► \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* chest. \add The chest is sacred, so ◄God will punish you/you will be punished► if you come close to it\add*.”   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ceremonies needed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H6942"\w* acceptable \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H6381"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* amaze \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!”   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, “\w Carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chest \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \add rest of the\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chest \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w show|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H2490"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w* leader. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* honor \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\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*/helping \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w*/helped► \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 8 Tell \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* chest \w that|strong="H3548"\w* contains \w the|strong="H5375"\w* Ten Commandments, ‘\w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* come \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w edge|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.’”  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H5066"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5066"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3478"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*.”  
\v 10  \add When they came near\add*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, “\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 that|strong="H3588"\w* God, \w who|strong="H3669"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* all-powerful, \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 expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w*, Heth, Hiv, Periz, Girgash, Amor, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* Jebus \add who are now living in that land\add*.  
\v 11 Keep \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w mind|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* rules \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* chest belongs \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1285"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w carried|strong="H5674"\w* \w into|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w choose|strong="H3947"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w*, \add one from each\add* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add and I will tell you later what I want them to do\add*.  
\v 13 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chest, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5117"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w*. \w It|strong="H5117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* pile \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H5117"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* blocked upstream.”   
\p
\v 14 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \add Israeli\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* packed \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* tents \w in|strong="H6440"\w* order \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* river, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chest containing \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Ten Commandments \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 15  \add It was springtime\add*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* people \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w crops|strong="H7105"\w*, \add and \add* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w* floods \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w banks|strong="H1415"\w*. \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* soon \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w reached|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w edge|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* stepped \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*,  
\v 16 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* piled \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \add upstream\add*, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w named|strong="H5921"\w* Adam, \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w Zarethan|strong="H6891"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* able \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w river|strong="H3405"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chest containing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Ten Commandments \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add had given them\add* \w stood|strong="H5975"\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* \add riverbed\add*, \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w* \add as though they were crossing\add* \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* \w ground|strong="H2724"\w*.   
\c 4  
\s1 The Israeli people and Joshua set up memorials  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H8552"\w* \w crossing|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w When|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w choose|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w*, \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*, \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* mentioned \w previously|strong="H4480"\w*, tell \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w pick|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H3947"\w* \add large\add* stones \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* middle \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Jordan riverbed, \w where|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* priests \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \add still\add* standing.  
\v 3 Tell \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H6680"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* stones \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 down|strong="H3240"\w* \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w place|strong="H4411"\w* \w where|strong="H4673"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H7272"\w* \w stay|strong="H3885"\w* \w tonight|strong="H3915"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w chose|strong="H3091"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*,  
\v 5 “\w Go|strong="H5674"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\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* riverbed, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add where the priests are standing, holding\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chest \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w gave|strong="H7311"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. Each \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* pick \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add large\add* stone, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* each \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*, \add and carry it\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w* \add to our camp\add*.  
\v 6  \add Then pile them up\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* memorial \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w In|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* future, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* stones mean?’,  
\v 7 tell \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* blocked \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* priests \w were|strong="H3478"\w* carrying \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chest \add that contained\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Ten Commandments \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add gave us\add*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chest \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H3068"\w* \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* blocked \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \add so that we could cross the riverbed\add*. \w These|strong="H6440"\w* stones \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w memorial|strong="H2146"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* Israeli \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \add large\add* stones \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* \add riverbed\add*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* stone \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*, \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* stones \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* camp \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w down|strong="H3240"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \add other large\add* stones \add in a pile\add*, \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* \add riverbed\add*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* chest \w containing|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* Ten Commandments \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w standing|strong="H4673"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w those|strong="H5375"\w* stones \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chest \w remained|strong="H5975"\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* \add riverbed\add* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H8552"\w* doing \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|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 them|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H8432"\w* \w instructions|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \add the riverbed\add* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w*.  
\v 11 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* watched, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carried|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chest \add the rest of the way across the river\add*.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, carrying \w their|strong="H6440"\w* weapons, \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w commanded|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 13 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* watching, \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H4421"\w* about 40,000 \w of|strong="H3068"\w* those \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w*, carrying \w weapons|strong="H4421"\w* ready \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* riverbed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \add ready\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* saw \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w* leader. \w And|strong="H4872"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* honored \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3068"\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* honored \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*,  
\v 16 “\add Now\add* tell \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H3548"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* chest containing \w the|strong="H5375"\w* Ten Commandments \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* \add riverbed\add*.”  
\v 17 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3548"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chest containing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Ten Commandments \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add had given to Moses\add*, \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* riverbed. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* riverbed \w onto|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* riverbank, \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* \add River\add* \w flowed|strong="H3212"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* flooded \add over the river banks\add* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w It|strong="H5927"\w* \w was|strong="H3405"\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* \add of that year\add* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w crossed|strong="H3383"\w* \w over|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w at|strong="H2583"\w* \add a place called\add* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \add the land near\add* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 20 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \add who were carrying\add* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \add large\add* stones \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add riverbed brought them to\add* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \add and he\add* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*  
\v 21 Joshua said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7592"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7592"\w* future, \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3478"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w*, ‘◄\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* these stones \add mean/Why are these stones here►\add*?’,  
\v 22 \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H5674"\w*, ‘We Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River as though we were crossing\add* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w dry|strong="H3004"\w* \w ground|strong="H3004"\w*.  
\v 23 \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* watching, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \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 river|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* worship, \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H3001"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \add our parents\add* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* watching, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* [MTY] \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w awe|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w*/\w revere|strong="H3372"\w*► \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.’”   
\c 5  
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\v 1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w close|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \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* \add River\add* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* dismayed. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* courageous \w enough|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* fight \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\s1 The Israeli males were circumcised at Gilgal  
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\v 2 \w While|strong="H1931"\w* \add they were camped at Gilgal\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\add The Israeli males who lived in Egypt were circumcised before they left there. Now\add* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w knives|strong="H2719"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w flint|strong="H6697"\w* \w stones|strong="H6697"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w circumcise|strong="H4135"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Israeli \w males|strong="H1121"\w* \add who have been born since then\add*.”  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \add made knives and\add* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Israeli \w males|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* place \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w now|strong="H3478"\w* called ‘Circumcision \w Hill|strong="H1389"\w*’.  
\v 4  \add The reason they did that is that all the men who left Egypt\add*, \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w old|strong="H4135"\w* \w enough|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w*, \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\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 They|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* baby boys \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3209"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* parents \w were|strong="H1961"\w* camping \w in|strong="H1870"\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 had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli ancestors \w traveled|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w enough|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* died. \add The women had also died\add*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* arrive \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w fertile|strong="H1121"\w* [MTY].  
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* disobeyed \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* Gilgal. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \add while they were traveling in the desert\add*.  
\v 8 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli males \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*, \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w rested|strong="H1961"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* wounds \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w healed|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\add Because your forefathers were slaves in Egypt\add*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* felt \w a|strong="H3068"\w* revulsion \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* removed \w the|strong="H5921"\w* revulsion \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.” \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* ‘\w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*’, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word ‘removed’,\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.   
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\v 10 \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 that|strong="H3117"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w at|strong="H2583"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w plain|strong="H6160"\w* near \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \add city\add*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \add Festival\add*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* found \w some|strong="H3117"\w* barley grain \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* fields \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* area. \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* took \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w roasted|strong="H7033"\w* \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* ate \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* made \w without|strong="H3117"\w* yeast.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, \add God\add* \w stopped|strong="H7673"\w* \add sending \add* \w manna|strong="H4478"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* eat. \w After|strong="H4283"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* ate food \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w grown|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.   
\s1 The commander of Yahweh’s army appeared to Joshua.  
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\v 13 \w One|strong="H7200"\w* day \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w came|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*. \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H5375"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* holding \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\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* \add going to fight\add* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w against|strong="H5048"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*?”  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H5307"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add planning to fight with you\add* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add against you\add*. \w Instead|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 Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \add in heaven\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5307"\w* \add down from there to assure you that Yahweh will help you\add*.” \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \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 on|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* ◄\w to|strong="H1696"\w* show \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w respect|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w*/\w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w*► \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H5307"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \add you want me to do\add*.”  
\v 15 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w army|strong="H6635"\w* replied, “\w Take|strong="H6213"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w*! \add I am Yahweh, and\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H4725"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H4725"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w took|strong="H5975"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w*.   
\c 6  
\s1 The walls of Jericho collapsed and the Israelis captured the city.  
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\v 1 \w Meanwhile|strong="H3318"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* guards \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* gates \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city \w tightly|strong="H5462"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \add they were afraid\add* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \add army\add*. \w No|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “Listen \add to what I say\add*! \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* [SYN] \w to|strong="H3068"\w* capture/conquer [MTY] \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* must \w march|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w once|strong="H6471"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 4 Tell \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Each|strong="H3117"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*. Four \w other|strong="H6471"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sacred chest, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w walk|strong="H5437"\w* behind \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w must|strong="H5375"\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 and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w*.  
\v 5  \add After they have all marched around the city seven times\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priests must \w blow|strong="H8643"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \add once\add*, \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*/\w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* must \w shout|strong="H7321"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w collapse|strong="H5307"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*/\w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w straight|strong="H5048"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, “Tell four \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chest \add that contains\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Ten Commandments \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add gave to us\add*. \add Tell\add* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \add other\add* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* walk \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.”  
\v 7 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Joshua told \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w*, “Start marching! \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* several \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* weapons marching \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w*. Behind \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* seven priests \w with|strong="H3068"\w* trumpets, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* behind \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w march|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* four priests carrying \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \add sacred\add* chest.”   
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\v 8 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* told \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sacred \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, \w started|strong="H1961"\w* marching, \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* four \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s sacred chest \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* group \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2502"\w* carrying weapons \w marched|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rest \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2502"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \add the four men carrying\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chest. While \add they were all marching\add*, \add the seven priests\add* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add were silent, because\add* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* war \w cry|strong="H7321"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* yell \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w shout|strong="H7321"\w*. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w shout|strong="H7321"\w* \add loudly\add*!”  
\v 11 \w So|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H4264"\w* carrying \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s sacred chest \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* others \w did|strong="H3068"\w* what Joshua told \w them|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w marched|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w once|strong="H6471"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3885"\w* \w returned|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3885"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H5375"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w got|strong="H7925"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* four \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s sacred chest \add again\add*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add the men carrying\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chest. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w marched|strong="H1980"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* group \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2502"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* weapons \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* others, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H2502"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* others. \w All|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H6440"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*.  
\v 14 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w marched|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w once|strong="H6471"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w same|strong="H3541"\w* \w thing|strong="H8145"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w got|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w dawn|strong="H7837"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w way|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|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 the|strong="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.  
\v 16 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* marching \w around|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* long/\w loud|strong="H7321"\w* blast \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* commanded \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Shout|strong="H7321"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* capture \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*!  
\v 17 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* declared \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* [IDM] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \add to show that it belongs to him\add*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* must \w spare|strong="H2421"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7343"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* others \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\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 whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 18 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* declared \w that|strong="H3478"\w* everything \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* [IDM], \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* [EUP] \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w things|strong="H2764"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* city. \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w anything|strong="H4480"\w*, \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* cause \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* \w our|strong="H3947"\w* own \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* cause terrible \w things|strong="H2764"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w us|strong="H7760"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H1931"\w* \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 and|strong="H3068"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w made|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H2091"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* find, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must \w set|strong="H6944"\w* \w apart|strong="H6944"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* must \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* treasury.”   
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\v 20 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* Joshua \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8478"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* priests \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H8085"\w* \w blast|strong="H8643"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*/\w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w collapsed|strong="H5307"\w*! \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Israeli \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* rushed \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 21 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w killed|strong="H2719"\w* [IDM] \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*—\w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w women|strong="H2205"\w*, \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w people|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w people|strong="H5288"\w*, \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w cattle|strong="H7716"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \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*/whom \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* learn \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* could \w about|strong="H8033"\w*► \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land, “\w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, along \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*.”  
\v 23-25 So those two spies/men went into Rahab’s house and brought her out. They also brought out her father and mother and her brothers, and all the rest of her family. Joshua’s men spared Rahab the prostitute. They also did not kill all her relatives, because she had hidden and protected the spies/men whom Joshua had sent to Jericho. The two men brought them all out and put them in \w a|strong="H3068"\w* place outside the camp of the Israelis. Rahab still lives among us Israeli people. Then the soldiers gathered the articles made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron that they found and they put them all into \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s treasury. But they burned everything else that was in the city.   
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\v 26 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* warned \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7650"\w*/punish \w anyone|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* tries \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuild|strong="H1129"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w When|strong="H6256"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w* \w lays|strong="H3245"\w*/\w builds|strong="H1129"\w* \w its|strong="H6965"\w* \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w*, \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H6810"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* die. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* finishes \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* wall \w and|strong="H6965"\w* sets \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w its|strong="H6965"\w* \w gates|strong="H1817"\w*, \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6810"\w* \w son|strong="H6810"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* die.”   
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\v 27 \w Because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* what \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* day, \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w clear|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w*/helped \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w famous|strong="H8089"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.   
\c 7  
\s1 The men of Ai defeated the Israelis  
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\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* commanded \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w things|strong="H2764"\w* \add that they had captured in Jericho\add* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \add destroyed to show that they belong\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*. \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\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* named \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Carmi|strong="H3756"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zabdi|strong="H2067"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* great-grandson \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \add what\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add had commanded\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w things|strong="H2764"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Israelis.   
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\v 2 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* told some \w of|strong="H6924"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* men \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \add town\add*, which \w was|strong="H3091"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w of|strong="H6924"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w Beth-Aven|strong="H1007"\w* \add town\add*. \w He|strong="H7971"\w* said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* ◄\w spy|strong="H7270"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* area/see \w what|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* area \w is|strong="H7971"\w* \w like|strong="H5973"\w*►.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* men \w went|strong="H5927"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* said, “\w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* need \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w send|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w Send|strong="H5927"\w* 2.000 \w or|strong="H4592"\w* 3,000 \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* \w enough|strong="H4592"\w*.”  
\v 4 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w about|strong="H4480"\w* 3,000 Israeli \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \add to attack Ai\add*. \w But|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* defeated \w them|strong="H6440"\w* badly.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* 36 Israelis \w and|strong="H7970"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* hill. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* other Israelis saw \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w discouraged|strong="H4549"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* other Israeli \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w* \add because they were very sad about being defeated\add*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* prostrated \w themselves|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add the Sacred Tent in which was\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sacred chest. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w threw|strong="H5307"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \add to show that they were very sad about what had happened\add*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* prayed \w and|strong="H3027"\w* said, “\w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w God|strong="H3069"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis \add safely\add* \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H2088"\w* allowing \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Amor people-group \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* [RHQ]? \add This would not have happened\add* \w if|strong="H3863"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River!  
\v 8 Lord, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \w have|strong="H3478"\w* been defeated \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w our|strong="H3478"\w* enemies, \w so|strong="H6203"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H6440"\w* know \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w now|strong="H3478"\w* [RHQ].  
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* land \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5437"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w surround|strong="H5437"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*! \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* ◄\w to|strong="H6213"\w* defend \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w reputation|strong="H8034"\w* [MTY]/\w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* powerful God►?”   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H4100"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*! Stop \w lying|strong="H5307"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* [RHQ]!  
\v 11 \w You|strong="H6680"\w* Israelis \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*! \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* disobeyed \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* obey. \add One of\add* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w things|strong="H2764"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* destroy. \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w stolen|strong="H1589"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H3478"\w* himself \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w lied|strong="H3584"\w* \add about it\add*.  
\v 12 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* Israelis \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* strong \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w attack|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* run \w away|strong="H6437"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* yourselves \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3254"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* commanded \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* everything \add that you captured in Jericho\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H6440"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*!”   
\s1 Achan was punished for his sin  
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\v 13 “\w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* tell \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: ‘\w Tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \add perform the rituals that will\add* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H6942"\w* acceptable \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w kept|strong="H6942"\w* \w things|strong="H2764"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* told \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* destroy. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* defeat \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H2764"\w*.   
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\v 14 ‘\w Tomorrow|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w you|strong="H7126"\w* must \w present|strong="H7126"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* indicate \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \add the man who took those things belongs\add*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* indicate \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \add the guilty man belongs\add*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* indicate \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w belongs|strong="H1961"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* indicate \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w person|strong="H7126"\w* \add in that family took those things\add*.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2764"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2764"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* owns \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2764"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* disobeyed \w the|strong="H3605"\w* command \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w something|strong="H2764"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w disgraceful|strong="H5039"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* Israeli people.’”   
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\v 16 \w Early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* told \w all|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* Israeli people \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w stand|strong="H7126"\w* \w before|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* Sacred Tent, \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w by|strong="H1242"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. \add When they did that\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* indicated \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add was the one who had taken the things\add*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H7126"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w presented|strong="H7126"\w* themselves, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* indicated \w that|strong="H3063"\w* someone \w from|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* Zerah \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* guilty \w one|strong="H1397"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7126"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* Zerah’s \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w presented|strong="H7126"\w* themselves, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* indicated \w that|strong="H3063"\w* someone \w from|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w Zabdi|strong="H2067"\w* \add was the guilty one\add*.  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H7126"\w* Joshua told \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w present|strong="H7126"\w* themselves. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* indicated \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* guilty.   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w*, “\w Son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* truth [IDM]. \w Confess|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship, what you have done\add*. \w And|strong="H1121"\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*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* try \w to|strong="H3478"\w* ◄\w conceal|strong="H3582"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w*/prevent \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* knowing \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*►.”   
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\v 20 \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*.  
\v 21 \w Among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \add in Jericho\add* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H2896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w* coat \w from|strong="H3947"\w* Babylonia. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* also \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* 200 \w pieces|strong="H8255"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w weighed|strong="H4948"\w* \w as|strong="H8478"\w* much \w as|strong="H8478"\w* 50 \w pieces|strong="H8255"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* wanted those \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* much \w for|strong="H8478"\w* myself, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w buried|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* ground \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* tent. \w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \w find|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*. \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w buried|strong="H2934"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* other \w things|strong="H2896"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* men \add to find those things\add*. \w They|strong="H7323"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Achan’s tent \w and|strong="H3701"\w* found \w all|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* things \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*.  
\v 23 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tent \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* spread/\w laid|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*, where \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* could see \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* led \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* down \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* down \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* coat, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w*’s \add wife and\add* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w cattle|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* tent, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* owned.  
\v 25 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said, “◄\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* know \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* caused \w so|strong="H2088"\w* \w much|strong="H4100"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w*/\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w*► [RHQ], \w but|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w threw|strong="H5619"\w* \w stones|strong="H5619"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Achan \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* family \w until|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* died. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* corpses.   
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\v 26 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* piled rocks \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \add the ashes of\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \add corpses\add*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* rocks \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w*. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Trouble|strong="H2088"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H6965"\w* longer angry \add with the Israeli people\add*.   
\c 8  
\s1 The town of Ai is destroyed  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w discouraged|strong="H2865"\w* \add because of what happened at\add* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w Lead|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H4421"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \add enable you to take\add* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* land.  
\v 2 \w Your|strong="H7760"\w* army \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* time \add I will permit you to\add* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7998"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* yourselves. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* first, tell some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \add hide behind\add* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add and\add* \w prepare|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* suddenly attack \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* led \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w toward|strong="H5927"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w chose|strong="H3091"\w* 30,000 \w of|strong="H1368"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* best fighters/\w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H3605"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3966"\w*. \w Some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* must hide \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* side \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w ready|strong="H3559"\w* \add to attack\add*.  
\v 5 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|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 march|strong="H3318"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add in the morning\add*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* fight \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w turn|strong="H1961"\w* \w around|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* start \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|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* think \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* running \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* did \w before|strong="H6440"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* chase \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w While|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* running \w away|strong="H5127"\w*,  
\v 7  \add those of you who are hiding come out and\add* rush \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* capture \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 8 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w capture|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Those|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \add prepared to\add* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \add hide and\add* \w wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w between|strong="H8432"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*. \w But|strong="H5971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* other \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
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\v 10 \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 his|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* other Israeli \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w led|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.  
\v 11 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w set|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tents|strong="H2583"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, where \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w could|strong="H5971"\w* see \w them|strong="H5927"\w*. \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w between|strong="H4421"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Joshua chose \w about|strong="H3947"\w* 5,000 \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w told|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3220"\w* go \w and|strong="H5892"\w* hide just \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, between \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.  
\v 13 \w So|strong="H7760"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* main group \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\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 others|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* hiding \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 down|strong="H7760"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w 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 the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w army|strong="H5971"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H7925"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w next|strong="H7200"\w* \w morning|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w east|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\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 the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli soldiers \add who were with him\add* allowed \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Ai \w to|strong="H3478"\w* push \w them|strong="H6440"\w* back. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \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 after|strong="H4480"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* started \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis.  
\v 17 \w All|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* Israeli army. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* man \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* defend \w it|strong="H3808"\w*. \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \add gates of the\add* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w wide|strong="H6605"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\add Lift up\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w spear|strong="H3591"\w* \add and \add* point \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w toward|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H3591"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w your|strong="H3068"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="H3068"\w* capture \w it|strong="H5414"\w*!” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* pointed \add his spear\add* \w toward|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*.  
\v 19 \w When|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* Israeli men \w who|strong="H7323"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* hiding saw \w that|strong="H5892"\w*, \w they|strong="H7323"\w* \w rushed|strong="H7323"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w they|strong="H7323"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* hiding \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H7323"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H5186"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w it|strong="H5186"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w*.   
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\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 looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w back|strong="H6437"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w rising|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w could|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H5127"\w*, \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Israeli \w troops|strong="H5971"\w* stopped \w running|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* hiding \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 were|strong="H3478"\w* burning \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w rising|strong="H5927"\w*. \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w around|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* started \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w attack|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 Meanwhile|strong="H3318"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* captured \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add and attacked them from the rear\add*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Ai \w were|strong="H3478"\w* caught \w between|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w two|strong="H4480"\w* groups \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Israeli soldiers. \w None|strong="H7604"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Ai \w escaped|strong="H6412"\w*. \w The|strong="H5221"\w* Israelis fought \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. \w Only|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* king \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Ai \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H7126"\w* \w him|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*.   
\s1 A summary of the battle  
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\v 24 \w While|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* fighting, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 25 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* 12,000 \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* women.  
\v 26 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w point|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w spear|strong="H3591"\w* [LIT] \w toward|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* killed.  
\v 27 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli soldiers \w took|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* animals \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ai|strong="H1992"\w*, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* soldiers \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w city|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* caused \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pile \w of|strong="H3117"\w* ruins. \w It|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 29 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* \w the|strong="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 and|strong="H6965"\w* \w left|strong="H7993"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w corpse|strong="H5038"\w* \w hanging|strong="H8518"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*. \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w sunset|strong="H8121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w take|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w corpse|strong="H5038"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \add After they did that\add*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* piled \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H4428"\w* rocks \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w corpse|strong="H5038"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w pile|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* rocks \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w*.   
\s1 Joshua repeated Yahweh’s agreement with the Israeli people  
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\v 30 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \add told his men to\add* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ebal|strong="H5858"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add who is worshiped by\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli people.  
\v 31 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* built \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w just|strong="H8003"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* served \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add well\add*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w previously|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add that God had given to him\add*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H2076"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* stones \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w cut|strong="H3478"\w* \w using|strong="H5927"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* tools. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* Israelis \w then|strong="H4872"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* burned \w completely|strong="H8003"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w restore|strong="H5927"\w* fellowship \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 32 \w As|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israelis watched, Joshua \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* stones \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \add Yahweh had given\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 33 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* Israelis \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w*, \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w nearby|strong="H4136"\w*. Many \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* Israelis \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w*. \w Half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \add on one side of the valley\add* below \w Ebal|strong="H5858"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \add on the other side of the valley\add* below \w Gerizim|strong="H1630"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* sacred chest \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \add in the valley\add* \w between|strong="H8199"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H2088"\w* groups. \w That|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w previously|strong="H7223"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \add Yahweh was about to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="H3651"\w* Joshua \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \add to the people\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add Moses\add* \w had|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* previously. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H1697"\w* taught \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1697"\w* \add that he promised\add* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* bless \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \add if they obeyed his commands\add*, or \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \add if they disobeyed them\add*.  
\v 35 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w gathered|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w* \add to listen\add*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w*/\w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* Israelis► \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w also|strong="H4872"\w* listened, \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* written.   
\c 9  
\s1 The Gibeonites tricked the Israelis  
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\v 1 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* several \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add who ruled in lands that are\add* \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* River. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Heth people-group, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amor people-group, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Periz people-group, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Hiv people-group, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jebus people-group. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w*, \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w* further \w west|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add on the plains\add* along \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w coast|strong="H2348"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add about what happened at Ai\add*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \add their armies\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* Israeli army.   
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\v 3 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \add city\add* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* defeated \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*,  
\v 4 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* decided \w to|strong="H3212"\w* trick \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Israelis. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w old|strong="H1087"\w* \w sacks|strong="H8242"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w old|strong="H1087"\w* leather \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* bags \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3196"\w* \w been|strong="H6887"\w* \w mended|strong="H6887"\w* \w after|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* cracked, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* backs \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* put \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w old|strong="H1087"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w patched|strong="H2921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w wore|strong="H5921"\w* \w old|strong="H1087"\w* ragged \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w*. \w And|strong="H3899"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* moldy.  
\v 6 \w They|strong="H3478"\w* traveled \w to|strong="H3478"\w* where \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \add and the other Israelis\add* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H3478"\w* \w up|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H3772"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w* near \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. \w They|strong="H3478"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* other Israeli leaders, “\w We|strong="H6258"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* traveled \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* land. \w We|strong="H6258"\w* \w want|strong="H3772"\w* \w you|strong="H3772"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w us|strong="H3478"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H3772"\w* Israeli leaders said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H3427"\w* \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \add Gilead who were from\add* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* Hiv people-group, “\add We do not know if you truly live far from us\add*. If \w you|strong="H7130"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w near|strong="H7130"\w* \w us|strong="H3478"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* cannot [RHQ] \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H7130"\w*, \add because God has commanded us to get rid of the people that are living near us\add*.”   
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\v 8 They replied \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\add If you make a peace agreement with us\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* your \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.”  
\p But \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* answered, “\w What|strong="H4310"\w* people-group \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H4310"\w*? Where \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H4310"\w* come \w from|strong="H5650"\w*?”   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* Gibeon \w answered|strong="H8085"\w*, “\add We want to be\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*\add . We\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H7350"\w* here \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* land, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add to help you\add*.  
\v 10 \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* heard \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \add enabled you to\add* defeat \add the armies of\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amor people-group, \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River—\w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add area\add*.  
\v 11 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w food|strong="H6720"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* talk \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis. \w Tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, “\w We|strong="H6258"\w* \w want|strong="H3772"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w*.”’  
\v 12 \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* fresh \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w warm|strong="H2525"\w* \add from having been baked\add* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* area, \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* moldy.  
\v 13 \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H4390"\w* \w our|strong="H4390"\w* leather \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* bags. \w They|strong="H1870"\w* \w were|strong="H4390"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w when|strong="H4390"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w them|strong="H1086"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \add before we left\add*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* cracked \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w old|strong="H1086"\w*. \w Our|strong="H4390"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w our|strong="H4390"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w worn|strong="H1086"\w* \w out|strong="H1234"\w* \w from|strong="H3196"\w* traveling \add on the long road\add* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w come|strong="H4390"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* Israeli leaders tasted \w the|strong="H3947"\w* bread, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* Gibeon \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*. \w All|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Israeli \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*. \add Then the men from Gibeon returned home\add*.   
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\v 16 \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Israelis found \w out|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w men|strong="H3772"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* Gibeon \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w nearby|strong="H7138"\w*.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="H5265"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* where \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5265"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* lived. \w After|strong="H3117"\w* \w traveling|strong="H5265"\w* \add only\add* \w three|strong="H7992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|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-Jearim|strong="H7157"\w*.  
\v 18 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* cities, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \add to live peacefully with them\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \add to do that\add*.  
\p \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w grumbled|strong="H3885"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \add for doing that\add*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* answered, “\w We|strong="H6258"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add live peacefully with them\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*, heard \w us|strong="H3478"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \add to do that\add*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* attack [EUP] \w them|strong="H5060"\w*.  
\v 20 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* kill \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H7110"\w* \w angry|strong="H7110"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \add and punish us\add* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* must allow \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cut|strong="H2404"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w for|strong="H6086"\w* \w us|strong="H2421"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* carry \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H6086"\w* \w us|strong="H2421"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w did|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* Gibeon \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* lie \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H4480"\w*? \w Your|strong="H4480"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w was|strong="H3091"\w* \w near|strong="H7130"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w where|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3091"\w* \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w up|strong="H3427"\w* \w our|strong="H4480"\w* tents, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w were|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w*!  
\v 23 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* become \w our|strong="H4480"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*. \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* always \w be|strong="H3808"\w* forced \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* carry \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \add us Israeli people who worship in\add* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H4480"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Gibeon \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* lied \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H6030"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* conquer \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 25 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* decide \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* Joshua \w saved|strong="H5337"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* lives \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Gibeon \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allowing \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Israelis \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 27 Instead, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* forced \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* become \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis’ slaves. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w cut|strong="H2404"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H3068"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \add that was needed for\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* sacred \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* whatever \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* decided \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* build \w one|strong="H2088"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Gibeon \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\c 10  
\s1 Joshua’s army defeated the descendants of Amor when God made the sun stand still  
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\v 1 \w Later|strong="H1961"\w*, Adonizedek, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* everything \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* town. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \add city\add* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* treaty \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w near|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Israelis \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* protected \w by|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w whom|strong="H1368"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* ruled \w became|strong="H3372"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w an|strong="H4480"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w like|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* kings. \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \add even though\add* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w larger|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\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 soldiers|strong="H1368"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w good|strong="H3966"\w* fighters, \add they thought Joshua’s army might defeat them\add*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Adonizedek \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Hosham \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \add city\add*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Piram|strong="H6502"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w* \add city\add*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 4 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* message \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said, “Please \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* armies \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w me|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H7999"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* treaty \w with|strong="H5927"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israelis.”   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* groups \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Amor—\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* Debir—\w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* surrounded \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* prepared \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w forsake|strong="H7503"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*! \w Help|strong="H5826"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* groups descended \w from|strong="H5927"\w* Amor \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w joined|strong="H6908"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w forces|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*!”   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* best \w fighting|strong="H4421"\w* \w men|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 Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w armies|strong="H3808"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w your|strong="H3068"\w* army \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM]. \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w resist|strong="H5975"\w*/fight \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w*► \w your|strong="H3068"\w* army.”   
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\v 9 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H3915"\w* arrived very early \w in|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* morning.  
\v 10 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w before|strong="H6440"\w* anyone knew \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H2000"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H5704"\w* ◄become \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w confused|strong="H2000"\w*/\w start|strong="H1870"\w* running \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w directions|strong="H6440"\w*► \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* saw \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli army. \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli army \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* severely \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \add and killed many of them\add*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* fled \w along|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w goes|strong="H6440"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Beth-Horon|strong="H1032"\w*. \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli army \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w along|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w goes|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w* towns.  
\v 11 \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli army, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w down|strong="H7993"\w* \w huge|strong="H7227"\w* \w hailstones|strong="H1259"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w*, \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w hailstones|strong="H1259"\w* falling \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli army \w killing|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w army|strong="H6010"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amor, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* listening, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w stand|strong="H5869"\w* \w still|strong="H1826"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* move \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* Aijalon \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*.”  
\v 13 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* happened. \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 did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* move, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli army defeated \w their|strong="H5921"\w* enemies. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jashar|strong="H3477"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\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 go|strong="H8121"\w* \w down|strong="H3789"\w*► \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whole|strong="H8549"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 14 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H6440"\w* miracle \w that|strong="H3588"\w* someone asked \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w since|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w*!   
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\v 15 After \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \w army|strong="H4264"\w* defeated \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.   
\s1 Joshua’s army defeated the armies of five kings  
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\v 16 While \w the|strong="H2244"\w* enemy soldiers \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w fleeing|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H5127"\w* Joshua’s army, \w their|strong="H2244"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* someone \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w We|strong="H4672"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* those \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w hiding|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*!”  
\v 18 \w When|strong="H6485"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* heard \w that|strong="H4631"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H6310"\w*, “\w Roll|strong="H1556"\w* some \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* rocks \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* entrance \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w so|strong="H6485"\w* \w that|strong="H4631"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* kings cannot escape, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* leave some soldiers there \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w stay|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w*! \w Pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*! \w Attack|strong="H2179"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w behind|strong="H5975"\w*! \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* escape \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w*/kill \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. [IDM]”   
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\v 20 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s army \w did|strong="H3478"\w* what \w he|strong="H5704"\w* told \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* do. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w almost|strong="H3966"\w* \w all|strong="H8552"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* enemy \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w reach|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* safe inside \w the|strong="H5221"\w* walls \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w still|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w dared|strong="H3956"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* criticize [MTY] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis.   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* entrance \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*!”  
\v 23 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* soldiers \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w those|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="H6213"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\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 those|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \add and forced them to lie on the ground\add*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* commanders, “\w Come|strong="H1980"\w* \w here|strong="H3318"\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 the|strong="H3605"\w* commanders \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* enemies! Never \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w discouraged|strong="H2865"\w*! \w Be|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w courageous|strong="H2388"\w*. \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w*!”  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* each \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* kings \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* sword, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* told \w his|strong="H5921"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w hang|strong="H8518"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* bodies \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* kings \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* bodies \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 sunset|strong="H6153"\w*.  
\v 27 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w sunset|strong="H8121"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* bodies \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w throw|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 been|strong="H1961"\w* \w hiding|strong="H2244"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* soldiers \w did|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* rocks \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* entrance \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* rocks \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s army \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* town. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\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*.   
\s1 They conquered the southern cities  
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\v 29 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* same day, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli army \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \add southwest\add* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3898"\w* \w it|strong="H5674"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w to|strong="H3478"\w* conquer [MTY] \w that|strong="H3605"\w* city \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ◄spare \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w*/\w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*►. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Libnah \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* army \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \add south\add* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \add city\add*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* surrounded \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3898"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 32 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w battle|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w to|strong="H3478"\w* conquer [MTY] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* [DOU] \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city.  
\v 33 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Horam|strong="H2036"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w* \add city and his army\add* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \add the soldiers of\add* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \add army\add* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w Horam|strong="H2036"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* allow \w any|strong="H5221"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* army \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \add west\add* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* \add city\add*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* surrounded \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3898"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 35 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* [MTY] \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* [DOU], \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \add west from Eglon\add* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \add into the hills\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \add city\add*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city  
\v 37 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\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 did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* army \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \add south\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3898"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 39 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nearby \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* [DOU]; \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* how \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \add and his army\add* \w conquered|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* part \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Canaan. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add who ruled\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* dry \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add western\add* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add eastern\add* slopes. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* [DOU] \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* areas; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H5397"\w*.  
\v 41 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s soldiers captured \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* cities \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H3091"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* south \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \add city\add* \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* coast, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w* area, \w and|strong="H3091"\w* north \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 42 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s army conquered \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* territory \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \add ruled\add*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* able \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli people \add worship\add*, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.   
\c 11  
\s1 Joshua’s army captured towns in the north  
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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* \add city\add* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add about all those things that had happened\add*, \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* messages \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jobab|strong="H3103"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Madon|strong="H4068"\w* \add city\add*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shimron|strong="H8110"\w* \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Acshaph \add city\add*, \add requesting them to send their armies to come and help him fight against the Israelis\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* sent messages \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* Jordan \add River\add* \w Valley|strong="H8219"\w*, \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Galilee \add Lake\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*. \w He|strong="H4428"\w* sent \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Naphoth-Dor \add in the west\add*  
\v 3 \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* kings \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w eastern|strong="H4217"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* parts \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* land. \w He|strong="H4217"\w* sent messages \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* Amor people-group \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* Heth people-group \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* Periz people-group \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* Jebus people-group \w who|strong="H3669"\w* lived \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w*. \w He|strong="H4217"\w* also sent \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* Hiv people-group \w who|strong="H3669"\w* lived \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \add Mountain\add* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 4 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* kings gathered \w together|strong="H5973"\w*, \w bringing|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*. \add There seemed to be\add* [HYP] \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* grains \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seashore|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\v 5 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add and their armies\add* \w gathered|strong="H3259"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w at|strong="H2583"\w* \w Merom|strong="H4792"\w* Pond, \add and they set up their tents there\add*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H3259"\w* plans \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis.   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\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* enable \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* cripple \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*.”   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* traveled \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Merom|strong="H4792"\w* Pond \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5307"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies ◄\w by|strong="H5921"\w* surprise/\w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* ready \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w*►.  
\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w* \add city in the far north\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Misrephoth-Maim|strong="H4956"\w* \add in the northwest\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4708"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1237"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* northeast. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis fought \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* ◄\w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w dead|strong="H7227"\w*/\w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w*►.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: \w They|strong="H3068"\w* crippled \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies’ \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 The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w whose|strong="H3605"\w* armies \w had|strong="H4428"\w* fought \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis. \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s army \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 11 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*; ◄\w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spare|strong="H3498"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w*/\w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H5315"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w alive|strong="H5397"\w*► [DOU]. \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city.   
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\v 12 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s army \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H5221"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* served \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add well\add*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* \add city\add*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\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 other|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* built \w on|strong="H5921"\w* small hills.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w took|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* found \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \add that was valuable\add* [DOU]. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 15  \add Many years before\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w then|strong="H3651"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \add army\add* defeated \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* land. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* control \w over|strong="H6160"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* part \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Canaan, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* western \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan \add River\add* \w Valley|strong="H8219"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* control \w over|strong="H6160"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* near \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 17 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* control \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Halak|strong="H2510"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \add in the south\add* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w* \add hilly area\add* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* Baal-Gaal \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1237"\w* \add in the north\add*, \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w areas|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \w men|strong="H3605"\w* fought \w against|strong="H4421"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* groups \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 19 \w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* group \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H7999"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* agreement \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Hiv people-group \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H6680"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w other|strong="H1115"\w* groups \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* stubborn [IDM], \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* fought \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w army|strong="H4421"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israelis killed \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w all|strong="H6680"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* merciful \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s army \w also|strong="H3478"\w* fought \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Anak people-group \w who|strong="H3605"\w* lived \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Anah \add cities\add*. \w They|strong="H6256"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* fought \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* lived \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H6256"\w* killed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 22 \w As|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w there|strong="H7604"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Anak \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Only|strong="H7535"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ashdod \add cities\add*.  
\v 23 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* control \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add long ago\add* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* divided \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*. After \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w peace|strong="H8252"\w*/\w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H4421"\w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*► \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.   
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\s1 The kings defeated by the Israelis  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w took|strong="H3423"\w* control \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5158"\w*, \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arnon \w River|strong="H5158"\w* gorge \add in the south\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \add in the north\add*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eastern|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* previously belonged \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H5221"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* armies \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Amor people-group. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \add town\add* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Arnon \w River|strong="H5158"\w* Gorge, north \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jabbok|strong="H2999"\w* \w River|strong="H5158"\w*. \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* started \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* gorge, \w which|strong="H5158"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w between|strong="H8432"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group. \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \add the southern\add* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* region,  
\v 3 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w over|strong="H6160"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* land \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w eastern|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Jordan \add River\add* Valley, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Galilee Lake \add south\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* also ruled \w over|strong="H6160"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* land \add east of the Dead Sea\add* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Beth-Jeshimoth|strong="H1020"\w* \w south|strong="H8486"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w side|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Pisgah|strong="H6449"\w* Mountain.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3427"\w* other \w king|strong="H4428"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3427"\w* Israeli \w army|strong="H3427"\w* defeated \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*, \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add*. \w He|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* last \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \add the giant\add* Rapha. \w He|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w*, \w living|strong="H3427"\w* alternately \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Edrei \add cities\add*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Salecah|strong="H5548"\w* \add in the north\add*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* east, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* kingdoms \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Geshur \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Maacah \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* west. Og \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \add the northern\add* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* region, \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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w by|strong="H5704"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* served \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add well\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli army \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* armies \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* kings. \w Then|strong="H4872"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* land \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\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* \add River\add*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, dividing \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w among|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*. \w That|strong="H3478"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w between|strong="H5704"\w* \w Baal-Gad|strong="H1171"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1237"\w* \add in the far north all the way south\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Halak|strong="H2510"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Edom people-group.  
\v 8 \w That|strong="H2022"\w* land included \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* western hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* Jordan \add River \add* \w Valley|strong="H8219"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \add western\add* slopes \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* \add in Judea\add*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w* \add desert in the south\add*. \w That|strong="H2022"\w* whole \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w was|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* land where \w the|strong="H2022"\w* Heth, Amor, \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w*, Periz, Hiv, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* Jebus people-groups lived. \w The|strong="H2022"\w* Israeli army defeated \w the|strong="H2022"\w* armies \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* kings \w of|strong="H2022"\w* each \w of|strong="H2022"\w* these cities:  
\v 9 \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* (\w which|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w near|strong="H6654"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*),  
\v 10 \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*,  
\v 11 \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*, \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*,  
\v 12 \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w*, \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*,  
\v 13 \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*, \w Geder|strong="H1445"\w*,  
\v 14 \w Hormah|strong="H2767"\w*, \w Arad|strong="H6166"\w*,  
\v 15 \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*, \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w*,  
\v 16 \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*, \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*,  
\v 17 \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w*, \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w*,  
\v 18 Aphek, \w Lasharon|strong="H8289"\w*,  
\v 19 \w Madon|strong="H4068"\w*, \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*,  
\v 20 Shimron Meron, Acshaph,  
\v 21 \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w*, \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*,  
\v 22 \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*, \w Jokneam|strong="H3362"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H4428"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* area,  
\v 23 \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1471"\w* Naphoth-Dor area, Goyim \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1471"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* area,  
\v 24 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.  
\m \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* 31 \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add that the Israeli army defeated\add*.   
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\s1 The areas that the Israelis had not yet captured  
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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 Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7604"\w*, “\w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w* \w man|strong="H2204"\w*, \w but|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* still \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3068"\w* land \add for your army\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* capture.  
\v 2 \w Here|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w remains|strong="H7604"\w*: \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Geshur \w region|strong="H1552"\w* \w and|strong="H6430"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Philistia people-group live;  
\v 3 \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group live, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Shihor|strong="H7883"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \add in the south\add* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \add eastern\add* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*; \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rulers \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \add cities\add* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, \w Gath|strong="H1663"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*; \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Avva people-group live,  
\v 4 \w which|strong="H1366"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w south|strong="H8486"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group live;  
\v 5 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Gebal people-group live; \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Baal-Gad|strong="H1171"\w* \add city\add* \w at|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Lebo-Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Sidon people-group \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Misrephoth-Maim|strong="H4956"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* force \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* Israelis arrive \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w Be|strong="H1121"\w* sure \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w divide|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Divide|strong="H2505"\w* all \w that|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H5159"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* Israeli \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \add the tribes that do not have land on the east side of the Jordan River\add*.”   
\s1 The land east of the Jordan River  
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\v 8 Half \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Manasseh \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* already \w been|strong="H3068"\w* told what \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w*, \w because|strong="H5973"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* man \w who|strong="H3068"\w* served \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add well\add*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* already \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 9 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* land extended \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \add town\add* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arnon \w River|strong="H5158"\w* gorge \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gorge. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Medeba|strong="H4311"\w* \add town south\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 10 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* extended \w to|strong="H5704"\w* where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group lived.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w was|strong="H1366"\w* \w also|strong="H1366"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* regions where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Geshur \w and|strong="H2022"\w* Maacah people-groups lived, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* region \add south\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Salecah|strong="H5548"\w*.  
\v 12 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add*, \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* land. \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* last descendants \w of|strong="H3605"\w* Repha; previously \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* Edrei \add cities\add*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \add the armies of\add* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* armies \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w taken|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* land \w from|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Israelis \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* force \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* \add people-groups\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H7130"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* get \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* continued \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w receive|strong="H5414"\w* \add food from\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* sacrifices \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* sacrifices \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* burned \add on the sacred altar\add*.   
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\v 15 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* allotted \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \add town\add* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arnon \w River|strong="H5158"\w* gorge \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Medeba|strong="H4311"\w* \add town\add*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \add that is near Medeba\add* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gorge.  
\v 17 \w It|strong="H3605"\w* also \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nearby \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w*—\w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*, Bamioth-Baal, \w Beth-Baal-Meon|strong="H1010"\w*,  
\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*, \w Zereth-Shahar|strong="H6890"\w* \w on|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* overlooking \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*,  
\v 20 \w Beth-Peor|strong="H1047"\w*, the hills in the \w Pisgah|strong="H6449"\w* area, \w and|strong="H6449"\w* \w Beth-Jeshimoth|strong="H1020"\w*.  
\v 21 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* land \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H4334"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* previously \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w*. \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \add the army of\add* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rulers|strong="H5387"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* people-group: 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 The|strong="H3605"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w rulers|strong="H5387"\w* fought battles along \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* country.  
\v 22 \w The|strong="H2026"\w* Israeli army \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* many \w people|strong="H1121"\w* during \w those|strong="H1121"\w* battles, including \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w*, \add the prophet\add* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Beor|strong="H1160"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* tried \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w use|strong="H7080"\w* magic \w to|strong="H3478"\w* predict/tell what \w would|strong="H3478"\w* happen \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H2026"\w* future.  
\v 23 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \add western\add* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\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* \add River\add*.   
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\v 24 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w also|strong="H4872"\w* allotted some \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w* \add area\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add area\add*; \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group \w lived|strong="H1961"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \add town which is\add* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \add town\add*;  
\v 26 \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Ramath-Mizpah \w and|strong="H2809"\w* Betonim \add towns; the area\add* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w* \add town\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* region;  
\v 27 \w Beth-Haram|strong="H1027"\w*, \w Beth-Nimrah|strong="H1039"\w*, \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zaphon|strong="H6829"\w* \add cities\add* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w on|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*. \w That|strong="H4428"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* extended \add north \add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* southern \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Galilee Lake.  
\v 28 All \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w including|strong="H2063"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*, \w was|strong="H5892"\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*.   
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\v 29 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w also|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \add on the east side of the Jordan River\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \add north\add* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w* \add city\add*. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* region, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*. \w Altogether|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* 60 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 31 Their area \w also|strong="H4519"\w* included \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* region, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Edrei where King \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w had|strong="H4519"\w* ruled. All \w that|strong="H5892"\w* area \w was|strong="H5892"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w descended|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5157"\w* \w to|strong="H3383"\w* those tribes \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w that|strong="H4872"\w* \w was|strong="H4872"\w* \w on|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w plain|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H6160"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \add region\add*, \w on|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H6160"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w from|strong="H6160"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 33 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allot|strong="H5414"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w* \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \w worship|strong="H3478"\w*, \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* always \w provide|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\c 14  
\s1 The land west of the Jordan River  
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\v 1 Eleazar \w the|strong="H3091"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* \add twelve\add* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* repeated what land \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5157"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* each \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* Israeli \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.  
\v 2-5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* had told Moses many years previously in what way he wanted the division of the land to be decided. Moses had already declared that two and \w a|strong="H3068"\w* half tribes would be allotted land on the east side of the Jordan \add River\add*. Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. \add Half of the tribe descended from Manasseh was allotted land on the east side of the Jordan, along with the tribes of Reuben and Gad\add*. The people belonging to the nine and \w a|strong="H3068"\w* half other tribes \add on the west side of the Jordan River\add* threw ◄lots/stones that had been marked► to decide which land each tribe would receive. The tribe of Levi was not allotted any land. They received only towns \add that already existed\add*, towns in which to live, and ◄pastures/fields of grass► for their animals.   
\s1 Land for Caleb  
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\v 6 \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w day|strong="H4872"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israelis \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. \w Among|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jephunneh|strong="H3312"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\add I am sure that\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* remember \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947"\w*.  
\v 7 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \add and you and some other men\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* explore \w this|strong="H1697"\w* land. \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w gave|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w report|strong="H1697"\w* [IDM] \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* seen.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* other \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H5927"\w* \add gave a report that\add* caused \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* afraid [IDM]. \w But|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w fully|strong="H4390"\w*/completely believed \add that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add would enable us to take the land from the people who lived there\add*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*, ‘\add Some of\add* \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 become|strong="H1961"\w* yours. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* giving \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w fully|strong="H4390"\w* trusted \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.’   
\p
\v 10 “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H1980"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*. Forty-five \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w passed|strong="H1696"\w* \w since|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w wandering|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w kept|strong="H2421"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w well|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* \w eighty-five|strong="H8084"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 11 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \add to explore this land\add*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w ready|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H3117"\w*. \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add me say\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Amalek people-group lived \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \add to protect them from attacks by their enemies\add*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* help \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* force \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w leave|strong="H5414"\w*, \w just|strong="H2088"\w* \w like|strong="H2022"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* happen.”   
\p
\v 13 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \add asked God to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \add the city of\add* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.  
\v 14-15 Previously that city was called Kiriath-Arba, because Arba was the greatest man among the Amalek people-group. Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb, because Caleb completely/fully trusted in \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, the God whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*, and obeyed him.  
\p After that happened, there was ◄peace/no battles► in \add Canaan\add* land \add for many years\add*.   
\c 15  
\s1 Land for the tribe of Judah  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\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 was|strong="H1961"\w* divided \w among|strong="H7097"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*. \w That|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* along \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* Edom region, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* far \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zin|strong="H6790"\w* \w Desert|strong="H4057"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 2 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Judah|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \add and extended west\add*.  
\v 3 \w It|strong="H5437"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* Scorpion \w Pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Zin|strong="H6790"\w* \add Desert\add*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w west|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* place \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947"\w*, \w past|strong="H5674"\w* \w Hezron|strong="H2696"\w* \add town\add*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Addar \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5437"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \add northwest\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Karka|strong="H7173"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 4 \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w continued|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Azmon|strong="H6111"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* dry riverbed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \add west \add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w That|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 5 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w eastern|strong="H6924"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Judah|strong="H1366"\w* \w was|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* extended \add north\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \add where the Jordan River ends at\add* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 6 \w The|strong="H5674"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* started where \w the|strong="H5674"\w* Jordan River ends \w at|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* Dead Sea. \w It|strong="H5927"\w* extended \add north\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Beth-Hoglah|strong="H1031"\w* \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* extended \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beth-Arabah|strong="H1026"\w* \add town\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \add big\add* stone \add set up by\add* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Bohan.  
\v 7 \w From|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w continued|strong="H5674"\w* \w west|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w Achor|strong="H5911"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \add city\add*. \w From|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \add city\add*. \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* road \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w goes|strong="H5927"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* Adummim \w Pass|strong="H5674"\w*, \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w side|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*. \w From|strong="H5927"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w west|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w springs|strong="H8444"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w En-Shemesh|strong="H5885"\w*, \w and|strong="H6437"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w En-Rogel|strong="H5883"\w*.  
\v 8 \w From|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* extended \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ben-Hinnom|strong="H1121"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Jebus people-group lived. (\w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w now|strong="H5921"\w* \w named|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.) \w From|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* extended \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 on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Repha \add giants\add* lived.  
\v 9 \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \add northwest\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Nephtoah|strong="H5318"\w* \w Spring|strong="H4599"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* near \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*. \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \add west\add* \w toward|strong="H3318"\w* \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* now named \w Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* extended further \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w continued|strong="H5674"\w* \add southwest\add* \w along|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Jearim|strong="H3297"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1931"\w* named \w Kesalon|strong="H3693"\w*, \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* \add city\add*. \w From|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* extended \add northwest\add* \w past|strong="H5674"\w* \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w* \add city\add*,  
\v 11 \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \add city\add*. \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \add west\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Shikkeron|strong="H7942"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w past|strong="H5674"\w* \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jabneel|strong="H2995"\w* \add town\add*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \add northwest\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 12 \w The|strong="H5439"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w All|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* lived inside \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*.   
\p
\v 13 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6310"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w part|strong="H2506"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153"\w* \add city\add*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* named \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. (Arba \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w* people-group.)  
\v 14 \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* forced \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* clans \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w* people-group \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* Hebron. \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w Sheshai|strong="H8344"\w*, Ahiman, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Talmai|strong="H8526"\w* clans.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* Caleb \w left|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* fight \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \add city\add*, \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Kiriath-Sepher|strong="H7158"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* said, “If \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w attacks|strong="H5221"\w* \add the people in\add* \w Kiriath-Sepher|strong="H7158"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w captures|strong="H3920"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* city, \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 to|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* wife.”  
\v 17 \w Othniel|strong="H6274"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*’s brother \w Kenaz|strong="H7073"\w*, \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* city. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*’s daughter married Othniel, \w she|strong="H5921"\w* told \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* father \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* Acsah \w went|strong="H6795"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* talk \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* father \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*. \w As|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* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* want something?”   
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\v 19 Acsah replied, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* want \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* do something \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* some land \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w part|strong="H8482"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* Canaan, \add but there is no water there\add*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* please \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* some \add land that has\add* \w springs|strong="H1543"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* Caleb \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w upper|strong="H5942"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w lower|strong="H8482"\w* \w springs|strong="H1543"\w* \add near Hebron\add*.   
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\v 20  \add Here is a list of the towns in\add* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \add that God had promised to\add* \w give|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*. Each \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* all these \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \add desert area of Canaan\add*, near \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* Edom \add region\add*:  
\pi1 \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-Hadattah|strong="H2675"\w*, \w Kerioth-Hezron|strong="H7152"\w* (\w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1931"\w* named \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*),  
\v 26 Amam, \w Shema|strong="H8090"\w*, Molodah,  
\v 27 \w Hazar-Gaddah|strong="H2693"\w*, \w Heshmon|strong="H2829"\w*, \w Beth-Pelet|strong="H1046"\w*,  
\v 28 \w Hazar-Shual|strong="H2705"\w*, Beersheba, 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 There|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* 29 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w The|strong="H8219"\w* tribe of Judah was allotted these towns \w in|strong="H8219"\w* \w the|strong="H8219"\w* \add northern part of the western\add* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*: Eshtaol, \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, Ashnah,   
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\v 34 \w Zanoah|strong="H2182"\w*, \w En-Gannim|strong="H5873"\w*, \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 which|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* also named \w Gederothaim|strong="H1453"\w*). Altogether there \w were|strong="H5892"\w* 14 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 37  \add The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in the southern part of the western foothills\add*: \w Zenan|strong="H6799"\w*, \w Hadashah|strong="H2322"\w*, \w Migdal-Gad|strong="H4028"\w*,  
\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*, \w Beth-Dagon|strong="H1016"\w*, \w Naamah|strong="H5279"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Makkedah|strong="H4719"\w*.  
\pi1 There \w were|strong="H5892"\w* 16 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* altogether \w and|strong="H5892"\w* their surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 42 The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in \add the central part of\add* the western foothills: \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*. There \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* altogether, \w with|strong="H5892"\w* their surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 45-47 The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns \add close to the Mediterranean Sea\add* with their surrounding villages: Ekron and the towns between Ekron and the coast, Ashdod, and Gaza. The area extended south to the dry riverbed on the border of Egypt.   
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\v 48 \w The|strong="H2022"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Judah \w was|strong="H2022"\w* also allotted these towns \w in|strong="H2022"\w* \add the southwest part of \add* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* hilly region: \w Shamir|strong="H8069"\w*, \w Jattir|strong="H3492"\w*, \w Socoh|strong="H7755"\w*,  
\v 49 \w Dannah|strong="H1837"\w*, \w Kiriath-Sannah|strong="H7158"\w* (\w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* now named \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*. There \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* their surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 52 The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in \add the south-central part of\add* the hilly region: Arab, \w Dumah|strong="H1746"\w*, Eshan,  
\v 53 \w Janim|strong="H3241"\w*, \w Beth-Tappuah|strong="H1054"\w*, Aphekah,  
\v 54 \w Humtah|strong="H2547"\w*, \w Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153"\w* (\w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* now named \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*), \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Zior|strong="H6730"\w*. There \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* altogether \w with|strong="H5892"\w* their surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 55 The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns \add in the southeastern part of the hilly region\add*: \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*. There \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* altogether \w with|strong="H5892"\w* their surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 58 The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns \add in the central part of the hilly region\add*: \w Halhul|strong="H2478"\w*, \w Beth-Zur|strong="H1049"\w*, \w Gedor|strong="H1446"\w*,  
\v 59 \w Maarath|strong="H4638"\w*, \w Beth-Anoth|strong="H1042"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* Eltekon. There \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* altogether \w with|strong="H5892"\w* their surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 60 \w The|strong="H8147"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Judah \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1931"\w* allotted \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \add in the northern part of the hilly region\add*, \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Kiriath-Baal|strong="H7154"\w* (\w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1931"\w* named \w Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157"\w*).   
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\v 61 \w The|strong="H4057"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4057"\w* Judah was also \add allotted these towns\add* in \w the|strong="H4057"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \add near the Dead Sea\add*: \w Beth-Arabah|strong="H1026"\w*, \w Middin|strong="H4081"\w*, \w Secacah|strong="H5527"\w*,  
\v 62 \w Nibshan|strong="H5044"\w*, \w Salt|strong="H5898"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w En-Gedi|strong="H5872"\w*. There \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* altogether \w with|strong="H5892"\w* their surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 63  \add The army of the tribe of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* force \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Jebus people-group \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* group \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\s1 Land for the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H1486"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \add the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh that were descended from\add* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* springs \w at|strong="H3383"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 2 \w It|strong="H5674"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w west|strong="H5674"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Jericho \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H1366"\w* near \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w which|strong="H1366"\w* is \w also|strong="H3318"\w* called \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w*. \w It|strong="H5674"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w far|strong="H3318"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w Ataroth|strong="H5852"\w*, \w at|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* where \w the|strong="H5674"\w* Arki people-group lived.  
\v 3 \w From|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* where \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Japhleti|strong="H3311"\w* people-group \w lived|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w Lower|strong="H8481"\w* \w Beth-Horon|strong="H1032"\w*. \w From|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w That|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5157"\w* land \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5157"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5157"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ataroth-Addar|strong="H5853"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*. \w It|strong="H5704"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w Beth-Horon|strong="H1032"\w*  
\v 6 \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* there \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\v 7 \w From|strong="H3318"\w* Michmethath \add on the north\add* \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* east \w to|strong="H3381"\w* Taanath \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* there \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Janoah|strong="H3239"\w*. \w From|strong="H3318"\w* there \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \add south\add* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Ataroth|strong="H5852"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Naarah|strong="H5292"\w* \add town\add*. \w From|strong="H3318"\w* there \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* there \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \add northern\add* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Kanah|strong="H7071"\w* \w Ravine|strong="H5158"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w That|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim.  
\v 9 Many \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* really \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H5647"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Ephraim \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* force \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w still|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Ephraim, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* Israelis \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w*.   
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\v 1  \add This is a list of\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H1486"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w* \w and|strong="H1568"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* grandson \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w*’s descendants \w were|strong="H1961"\w* great \w warriors|strong="H4421"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* lands \w in|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H1568"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* regions \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* clan.  
\v 2 \w Land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H4519"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* other \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*: \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\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*.   
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\v 3 \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zelophehad|strong="H6765"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* five \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*: \w 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 to|strong="H3068"\w* Eleazar \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w other|strong="H6310"\w* Israeli \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H6310"\w*, “\add We want you to give us some land, because\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* some \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w just|strong="H6310"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* Eleazar \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* some \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w just|strong="H6310"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* uncles.  
\v 5 So \w the|strong="H5676"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H2256"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* eventually \w had|strong="H4519"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* sections \add of land west of the Jordan River\add* \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \add two sections,\add* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H5676"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H2256"\w* \w the|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 6 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w female|strong="H1323"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w also|strong="H4519"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \add on the west side of the river\add* just \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* other parts \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* area \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w male|strong="H1121"\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 land|strong="H6440"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w between|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Asher \w lives|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Michmethath|strong="H4366"\w* \add town\add*, \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \add city\add*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Tappuah Spring.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* near \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* town \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tappuah|strong="H8599"\w*, \w which|strong="H1366"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|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* \add of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh\add* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Kanah|strong="H7071"\w* Gorge. \w From|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H8432"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \add west\add* \w along|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* gorge \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w side|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* gorge \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Ephraim, \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H6828"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w To|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1366"\w* Asher \add at the northwest\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* \add at the northeast.\add*   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H1323"\w* cities inside \w the|strong="H1961"\w* area \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* Asher. \w Those|strong="H1961"\w* cities, along \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H1323"\w* \w villages|strong="H1323"\w*, \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. These cities \w are|strong="H1323"\w* \w Beth-Shan|strong="H1052"\w*, \w Ibleam|strong="H2991"\w*, \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w* (\w which|strong="H1323"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H4519"\w* named Naphoth-Dor,) \w Endor|strong="H5874"\w*, \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w*, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H3423"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* force \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add years later\add* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israelis \w became|strong="H1961"\w* better \add warriors\add*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w*, \w although|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w force|strong="H2388"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w leave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Manasseh \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* area \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \add with the result that our tribe has grown very large\add*. \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* small part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* [RHQ]?”   
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\v 15 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* replied \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*, “\add I agree that\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3293"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w* land \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim. \w So|strong="H5927"\w*, \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* allot \w more|strong="H7227"\w* land \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* hilly region. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \add cut down the trees\add* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \add and \add* \w make|strong="H1254"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Periz \w and|strong="H5971"\w* Repha people-groups live.”   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Manasseh replied, “\w It|strong="H4672"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* true \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* big \w enough|strong="H4672"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H4672"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lowlands, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Beth-Shan|strong="H1052"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H1323"\w* \w villages|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \add so we will not be able to defeat them\add*!”   
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\v 17 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* replied \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3808"\w* tribe \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7227"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w powerful|strong="H3581"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* allot \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \w land|strong="H1486"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3091"\w* hilly area,  
\v 18 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w cut|strong="H1254"\w* \w down|strong="H1254"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* trees \w in|strong="H1961"\w* order \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H1254"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* live. \add It is true that\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w are|strong="H2022"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* force \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* valley.”   
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\s1 The rest of the land was allotted  
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\v 1-2 The Israeli people captured all the land \add that they were able to\add*, but there were still seven tribes that had not been allotted any land. The Israeli people all gathered at Shiloh, and they set up the Sacred Tent there.  
\v 3 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “Why \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w waiting|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* control \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*, \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* [RHQ]?   
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\v 4 \w Choose|strong="H3051"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* each \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* seven \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w will|strong="H6310"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* explore \add the parts of\add* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \add which you have not occupied yet. When they finish exploring it\add*, \w they|strong="H6310"\w* must \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* report, \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H7626"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w will|strong="H6310"\w* ◄\w make|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w map|strong="H3789"\w*/show \w the|strong="H7971"\w* boundaries► \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H6965"\w* each \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* wants \w to|strong="H1980"\w* receive.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* remaining \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w parts|strong="H2506"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* keep \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\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 tribes|strong="H5975"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Manasseh \w will|strong="H1004"\w* keep \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* report, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H7651"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* tribes \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w describe|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w parts|strong="H2506"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* remaining \w land|strong="H2506"\w* \add that they wish to receive\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* bring \w the|strong="H6440"\w* report \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. While \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* watching, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w cast|strong="H3384"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*/throw marked stones► \add to decide which land should be allotted to each tribe\add*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \add reward is that they will be\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s priests. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* already \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, just \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* man \w who|strong="H3068"\w* served \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add well\add*, decided, \add so they will not get any more land\add*.”   
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\v 8 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* chosen \add got ready to\add* \w leave|strong="H1980"\w*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* explore \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* report \w of|strong="H3068"\w* what \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* seen, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* while \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* watching, \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*/\w throw|strong="H7993"\w* marked stones► \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, \add to determine what area each tribe will receive\add*.”  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H4264"\w* \w left|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* area. \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w described|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w parts|strong="H2506"\w* \add into which they had divided\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* returned \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, who \w was|strong="H5892"\w* still \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*.  
\v 10  \add After Joshua read their report\add*, while \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* watching, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* ◄\w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*/\w threw|strong="H7993"\w* marked stones► \w to|strong="H3478"\w* choose \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* each \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* seven Israeli tribes.   
\s1 The land for the tribe of Benjamin  
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w first|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. Each \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* between \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Manasseh.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* along \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H6285"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H1366"\w*. \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* near \w Beth-Aven|strong="H1007"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 13 \w From|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* extended southwest \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w* (\w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add now named\add* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*). \w From|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* extended southwest \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Ataroth-Addar|strong="H5853"\w* \add town\add*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Lower|strong="H8481"\w* \w Beth-Horon|strong="H1032"\w* \add city\add*.   
\pi1
\v 14 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beth-Horon|strong="H1032"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Kiriath-Baal|strong="H7154"\w* \add town\add*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add also named\add* \w Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157"\w*. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* live. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Benjamin.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w their|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H6285"\w* near \w Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Nephtoah|strong="H5318"\w* \w Springs|strong="H4599"\w*.  
\v 16 \w From|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* extended \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ben-Hinnom|strong="H1121"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Repha \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* extended \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Jebus people-group lived, \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w En-Rogel|strong="H5883"\w*.  
\v 17 \w From|strong="H3318"\w* there \w the|strong="H3318"\w* border \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* west \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w En-Shemesh|strong="H5885"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Geliloth|strong="H1553"\w* near Adummim Pass. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H3381"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* great stone \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Bohan.  
\v 18 \w From|strong="H3381"\w* there \w the|strong="H5674"\w* border extended \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* edge \w of|strong="H6160"\w* Beth-Arabah \add town\add* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* Jordan \add River\add* Valley.  
\v 19 \w From|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* east \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w edge|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Beth-Hoglah|strong="H1031"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River flows into the Dead Sea\add*. \w That|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* \add of the land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin\add*.   
\pi1
\v 20 \w The|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w eastern|strong="H6924"\w* \w boundary|strong="H6285"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w allotted|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 Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w boundaries|strong="H1367"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5439"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w allotted|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 were|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w Beth-Hoglah|strong="H1031"\w*, \w Emek-Keziz|strong="H6010"\w*,  
\v 22 \w Beth-Arabah|strong="H1026"\w*, \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*. Altogether there \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w fourteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 25 \w The|strong="H1391"\w* tribe of Benjamin also \w had|strong="H1391"\w* \w the|strong="H1391"\w* towns of \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 city|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H2691"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* Jebus people-group lived (\w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add now named\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*), Gibeah, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w*. Altogether \w there|strong="H2063"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* 14 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*. All \w that|strong="H1931"\w* area \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.   
\c 19  
\s1 Land for the tribe of Simeon  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H8432"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w*/\w next|strong="H8145"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*. Each \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* some \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w inside|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* area \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 2 \w Their|strong="H1992"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w included|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* towns \w of|strong="H5159"\w* Beersheba (\add which is also named\add* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w*), \w Moladah|strong="H4137"\w*,  
\v 3 \w Hazar-Shual|strong="H2705"\w*, \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*, \w Beth-Marcaboth|strong="H1024"\w*. \w Hazar-Susah|strong="H2701"\w*,  
\v 6 \w Beth-Lebaoth|strong="H1034"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Sharuhen|strong="H8287"\w*. Altogether there \w were|strong="H5892"\w* 13 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H5892"\w* land allotted \w to|strong="H5892"\w* them also included \w the|strong="H5892"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \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 and|strong="H5892"\w* their surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.  
\v 8 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* small \w villages|strong="H2691"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w an|strong="H5704"\w* \w area|strong="H5439"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* extended \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Baalath-Beer|strong="H1192"\w* (\w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \add also named\add* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* desert). \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* needed, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w part|strong="H2506"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*.   
\s1 Land for the tribe of Zebulun  
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w*/next \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*. Each \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.  
\pi1 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* southern \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w Sarid|strong="H8301"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 11 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* extended \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Maralah|strong="H4831"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Dabbesheth|strong="H1708"\w* \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* just north \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Jokneam|strong="H3362"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Sarid|strong="H8301"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* Kisloth-Tabor \add city\add* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Daberath|strong="H1705"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Japhia|strong="H3309"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 13 \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Gath-Hepher|strong="H1662"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w Eth-Kazin|strong="H6278"\w* \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* north \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* \add city\add*. \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* border \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \add west\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Neah|strong="H5269"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 14 \w From|strong="H5437"\w* Neah \w it|strong="H5437"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* south \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Hannathon|strong="H2615"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H5437"\w* \w from|strong="H5437"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Iphtah-El \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Their|strong="H8147"\w* area included \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Kattath|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*. Altogether there \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w That|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*.   
\s1 Land for the tribe of Issachar  
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w*/next \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*. Each \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* cities \w of|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*, \w En-Gannim|strong="H5873"\w*, \w En-Haddah|strong="H5876"\w*, \w and|strong="H7432"\w* \w Beth-Pazzez|strong="H1048"\w*.  
\v 22 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Issachar \w was|strong="H1961"\w* close \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*, \w Shahazumah|strong="H7831"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* \add cities\add*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \add in the east\add* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w Altogether|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* 16 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w villages|strong="H2691"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \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 clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*.   
\s1 Land for the tribe of Asher  
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w*/next \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asher. Each \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 25 \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* towns \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Helkath|strong="H2520"\w*, \w Hali|strong="H2482"\w*, Beten, Acshaph,  
\v 26 Allammelech, \w Amad|strong="H6008"\w*, \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w Mishal|strong="H4861"\w*. \w The|strong="H6293"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* border started \w at|strong="H3220"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \add Mountain\add* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w Shihor-Libnath|strong="H7884"\w*.  
\v 27 \w From|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \add southeast\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Beth-Dagon|strong="H1016"\w* \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add the area that was allotted to the tribe of\add* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* Iphtah-El \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*. \w From|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* border \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Beth-Emek|strong="H1025"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Neiel|strong="H5272"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Cabul|strong="H3521"\w* \add towns\add*.  
\v 28 \w From|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* extended west \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Abdon, \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, \w Hammon|strong="H2540"\w*, \w and|strong="H7227"\w* \w Kanah|strong="H7071"\w* \add cities\add*, \w and|strong="H7227"\w* continued \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w*, \w which|strong="H7227"\w* \w is|strong="H7227"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big city.  
\v 29 \w From|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w south|strong="H3220"\w* \w toward|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* big \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w strong|strong="H4013"\w* walls \w around|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*. \w From|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \add west\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hosah|strong="H2621"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w Within|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Aczib,  
\v 30 \w Ummah|strong="H5981"\w*, Aphek, \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*. Altogether there \w were|strong="H5892"\w* 22 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w their|strong="H8147"\w* surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w villages|strong="H2691"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* within \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asher.   
\s1 Land for the tribe of Naphtali  
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\v 32 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w*/next \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*. Each \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 33 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \add in the west\add* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \add huge\add* oak tree \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zaanannim|strong="H6815"\w*, \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w Heleph|strong="H2501"\w* \add town\add*. \w It|strong="H5704"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \add east\add* through Adami-Nekeb \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3383"\w* \w Jabneel|strong="H2995"\w*, \w and|strong="H3383"\w* \w then|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* \add River\add*.  
\v 34 \w The|strong="H7725"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w through|strong="H3318"\w* Aznoth-Tabor \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w far|strong="H3318"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w Hukkok|strong="H2712"\w* \add city\add*. \w It|strong="H7725"\w* \w extended|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \add the tribe of\add* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add the border of the tribe of\add* 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* \add River\add* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*.  
\v 35  \add Within their land were\add* several \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w strong|strong="H4013"\w* walls around them. \w They|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \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, \w En-Hazor|strong="H5877"\w*,  
\v 38 \w Iron|strong="H3375"\w*, \w Migdal-El|strong="H4027"\w*, \w Horem|strong="H2765"\w*, \w Beth-Anath|strong="H1043"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*. Altogether there \w were|strong="H5892"\w* 19 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*.   
\s1 Land for the tribe of Dan  
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\v 40 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w*/last \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*. Each \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 41 \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w included|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* towns \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, Eshtaol, \w Ir-Shemesh|strong="H5905"\w*,  
\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*, \w Bene-Berak|strong="H1139"\w*, \w Gath-Rimmon|strong="H1667"\w*,  
\v 46 \w Me-Jarkon|strong="H4313"\w*, \w Rakkon|strong="H7542"\w*, \w and|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w Joppa|strong="H3305"\w*.   
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\v 47 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* unable \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w take|strong="H3920"\w* control \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \add northeast\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Leshem|strong="H3959"\w* \add city\add*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* began \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Leshem|strong="H3959"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* changed \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* city \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* tribe \w descended|strong="H3318"\w*.   
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\v 48 All \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* surrounding \w villages|strong="H2691"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.   
\s1 Land for Joshua  
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\v 49 After \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli leaders \w divided|strong="H5157"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tribes, \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5157"\w* some \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*.  
\v 50 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w Timnath-Serah|strong="H8556"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* could \w have|strong="H3068"\w* whatever \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* wanted, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* chose. \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* hilly region \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Ephraim. Joshua \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 51 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* areas \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* various \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. Eleazar \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* each \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w up|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* while \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3615"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, \w by|strong="H3068"\w* ◄casting \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*/throwing marked stones► \add to decide which area each tribe would receive\add*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* while \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* watching, \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* Sacred Tent. \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w completed|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  
\s1 Cities of refuge  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w Tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w should|strong="H3478"\w* choose \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \add can run\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* safe/protected, \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w should|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 3 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w kills|strong="H5221"\w* \w another|strong="H1818"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w accidentally|strong="H7684"\w*, \w not|strong="H1961"\w* intending \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w one|strong="H1097"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w*/\w escape|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1097"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w these|strong="H5221"\w* cities \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* safe/protected \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* trying \w to|strong="H1961"\w* get revenge \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w*’s \w death|strong="H7523"\w* [MTY].   
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\v 4 \w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* killed \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* arrives \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* must \w stop|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*. \add If they believe him\add*, \w they|strong="H1931"\w* must \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w enter|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* must \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 live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 5 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w relative|strong="H1350"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w comes|strong="H1847"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w get|strong="H3027"\w* revenge, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w relative|strong="H1350"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w take|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* killer, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w was|strong="H1931"\w* accidental. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w person|strong="H1818"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result deliberately \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w killed|strong="H7523"\w* someone must \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* judges \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w trial|strong="H4941"\w*. \add Only if the judges decide that the person who has run/escaped to their city did not deliberately kill the other person will they allow him to stay in that city\add*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* must \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w dies|strong="H4194"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* safely \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*, \add because the death of the Supreme Priest will be considered to atone/pay for the death of the person who was killed\add*.”   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\w* Israelis chose \w these|strong="H1931"\w* cities \w to|strong="H3063"\w* \w be|strong="H2022"\w* cities \w to|strong="H3063"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* could run \w to|strong="H3063"\w* \w be|strong="H2022"\w* safe/protected: \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w* \w in|strong="H7927"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\w* \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w* district \w in|strong="H7927"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* where \w the|strong="H6942"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* lived; \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w in|strong="H7927"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* where \w the|strong="H6942"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim lived; \w Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153"\w* (\w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add now named\add* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*) \w in|strong="H7927"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* where \w the|strong="H6942"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* lived;  
\v 8 \w Bezer|strong="H1221"\w*, \w on|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* near \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* flat \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* where \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* lived; \w Ramoth|strong="H7216"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* where \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* lived; \w and|strong="H4519"\w* \w Golan|strong="H1474"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* region where \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* lived.  
\v 9 \w Any|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H5315"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* ◄\w accidentally|strong="H7684"\w*/\w without|strong="H3808"\w* planning \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H8432"\w*►, \w was|strong="H1961"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* safe/protected \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w relative|strong="H1350"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* coming \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killing|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w get|strong="H3027"\w* revenge. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* could \w stay|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trial \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \add to decide whether he was telling the truth or not when he said that he did not plan to kill that person\add*.   
\c 21  
\s1 Towns for the Levites  
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\v 1-2 While Eleazar the Supreme Priest and Joshua and the leaders of all the Israeli tribes were at Shiloh, the leaders of the clans of the tribe of Levi went to them and said, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* commanded Moses that you should give us towns where \w we|strong="H3068"\w* can have pasture/fields/grassland for our animals, \add but you have not done these things yet\add*.”  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli leaders obeyed \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w command|strong="H6310"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w pasturelands|strong="H4054"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*.   
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\v 4  \add First\add* \w they|strong="H3548"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Kohath \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*, \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*. \w To|strong="H3318"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w first|strong="H1121"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* Aaron, \w they|strong="H3548"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* 13 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* areas \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\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 To|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* other members \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w Kohath|strong="H6955"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w they|strong="H5892"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* areas \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H4519"\w* \w been|strong="H4294"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim, \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w part|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \add that lives on the west side of the Jordan River\add*.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H2677"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w Gershon|strong="H1648"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* 13 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* areas \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H4519"\w* \w been|strong="H4294"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*, Asher, \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w part|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* lives \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* east side \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* Jordan \add River\add*.   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* allotted \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* areas \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H4294"\w* allotted \w to|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*.   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli leaders \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* pastureland \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, just \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w These|strong="H7121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* surrounding pasturelands \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* areas where \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* lived.   
\pi1
\v 10 \w First|strong="H7223"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* cities \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* members \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Kohath \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 11 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153"\w* (\w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add now named\add* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*), \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H5439"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. Arba \w received|strong="H2275"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* name because Arba \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \add the giants of\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w* people-group.  
\v 12 But \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w villages|strong="H2691"\w* surrounding Arba \w had|strong="H5414"\w* already been allotted \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w They|strong="H3548"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* could run/escape \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* safe/protected. \w They|strong="H3548"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Kohath clan \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\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* \w Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*. Altogether \w they|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* allotted those \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* located \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w areas|strong="H4054"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* had been allotted \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H5892"\w* Simeon.   
\pi1
\v 17 \w The|strong="H1391"\w* Kohath clan \w was|strong="H1144"\w* \w also|strong="H1144"\w* allotted these four cities: \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*. Those \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* area \w that|strong="H5892"\w* had been allotted \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Benjamin.   
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\v 19 \w Altogether|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* 13 \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* surrounding pastureland \w were|strong="H1121"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descended|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron.   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* other members \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Kohath|strong="H6955"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* surrounding pastureland \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* area \w that|strong="H3881"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\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* Ephraim.   
\pi1
\v 21 Those \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* (\w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* people could run/escape \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* safe/protected), \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*,  
\v 22 \w Kibzaim|strong="H6911"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Beth-Horon|strong="H1032"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 23 They \w were|strong="H4294"\w* also allotted four cities \w and|strong="H4054"\w* surrounding pastureland \w in|strong="H4054"\w* \w the|strong="H4294"\w* area \w that|strong="H4294"\w* had \w been|strong="H4294"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H4294"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*. Those cities \w were|strong="H4294"\w* Eltekeh, \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*,  
\v 24 Aijalon, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Gath-Rimmon|strong="H1667"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 25 \w They|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w also|strong="H4519"\w* allotted \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* surrounding pastureland \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H4519"\w* \w been|strong="H4294"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \add the \add* part \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \add that lived on the west side of the Jordan River\add*. Those \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Gath-Rimmon|strong="H1667"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* surrounding pastureland \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* members \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kohath|strong="H6955"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w They|strong="H5892"\w* \w also|strong="H4519"\w* allotted \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* surrounding pastureland \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w Gershon|strong="H1648"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*. \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H4519"\w* \w descended|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*.  
\pi1 \w They|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* allotted \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* area \w that|strong="H3881"\w* \w had|strong="H4519"\w* \w been|strong="H4294"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \add that is on the east side of the Jordan River\add*. \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Golan|strong="H1474"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* region, \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* could run/escape \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* safe/protected, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Be-Eshtarah.   
\pi1
\v 28 \w From|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H3485"\w* area \w that|strong="H4294"\w* had \w been|strong="H4294"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H3485"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* they \w were|strong="H4294"\w* allotted four cities. Those cities \w were|strong="H4294"\w* \w Kishion|strong="H7191"\w*, \w Daberath|strong="H1705"\w*,  
\v 29 \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w En-Gannim|strong="H5873"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 30 \w From|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H5658"\w* area \w that|strong="H4294"\w* had \w been|strong="H4294"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H5658"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* Asher they \w were|strong="H4294"\w* allotted four cities. Those cities \w were|strong="H4294"\w* \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*.   
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\v 32 \w From|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* area \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H7969"\w* \w been|strong="H4294"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* \w they|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* allotted \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. Those \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w* region (it \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* people could run/escape \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* safe/protected), \w Hammoth-Dor|strong="H2576"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Kartan|strong="H7178"\w*.   
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\v 33 So \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gershon|strong="H1649"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w were|strong="H4940"\w* allotted 13 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* surrounding \w pasturelands|strong="H4054"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* other \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* allotted towns \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H4847"\w* surrounding \w pasturelands|strong="H4054"\w*.  
\p \w From|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* area \w that|strong="H3881"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H4294"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* they \w were|strong="H1121"\w* allotted four cities. They \w were|strong="H1121"\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*.   
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\v 36 \w From|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H7205"\w* area \w that|strong="H4294"\w* had \w been|strong="H4294"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H7205"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* they \w were|strong="H4294"\w* allotted four cities. They \w were|strong="H4294"\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*.   
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\v 38 \w From|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* area \w that|strong="H5892"\w* had \w been|strong="H4294"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w they|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* allotted four \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w*, \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* region \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* people could run/escape \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* safe/protected, \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*,  
\v 39 \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w Altogether|strong="H3605"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*.   
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\v 41 So \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w* 48 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*,  
\v 42 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* pastureland.   
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\v 43 \w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w*/\w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w took|strong="H3423"\w* control \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add most of\add* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* areas \w and|strong="H3478"\w* started \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 44 \w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*/\w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H5117"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5439"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*/\w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis/\w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w*/\w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 45 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w*/\w us|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\c 22  
\s1 The tribes east of the Jordan went home  
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\v 1 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w then|strong="H7121"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H3091"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* served \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add well\add*, \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 3 \w For|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* tribes \add to defeat their enemies\add*. \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8104"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w peace|strong="H5117"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* homes, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w on|strong="H5117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 5 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* love \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* continue \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w think|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* said goodbye \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* they \add prepared to\add* leave \w and|strong="H7971"\w* return \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* homes \add on the east side of the Jordan River\add*.  
\v 7 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* region \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\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* \add River\add* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. \w Before|strong="H5973"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \add asked God to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 8 \w He|strong="H7725"\w* said, “\w Go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* homes \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3966"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H4735"\w* taken \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* enemies—\w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* animals \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \add things made of\add* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* beautiful \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w*. \w But|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* should \w share|strong="H2505"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4735"\w* \w those|strong="H5973"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* other people \w of|strong="H4735"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* tribe.”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H6310"\w* Israelis \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* land, \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* homes \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* region. \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* area \w that|strong="H3068"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* three \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* arrived \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* western \w side|strong="H3383"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* town \w called|strong="H8033"\w* \w Geliloth|strong="H1552"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \add Then they crossed the Jordan River to the Gilead region\add*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* Israelis \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* still \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Shiloh \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*.  
\v 12 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* became very angry \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* tribes, \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* decided \w to|strong="H3478"\w* fight \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H7971"\w* Israelis \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eleazar \w the|strong="H7971"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add talk with\add* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* three \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* sent \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w leader|strong="H5387"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* still \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Shiloh. \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leader|strong="H5387"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* clan.   
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\v 15 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* leaders \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* region \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w They|strong="H1696"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 16 “\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* Israelis \w are|strong="H3117"\w* asking, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship\add* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3605"\w*?  
\v 17 \w Have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* forgotten \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Peor|strong="H6465"\w*, \add when some Israelis sinned by worshiping the god that the Moab people-group worship\add*? \w Many|strong="H5704"\w* Israelis \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* sick \w and|strong="H3068"\w* died \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* suffering \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Are|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w turning|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* obeying \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* refusing \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* what \w he|strong="H3117"\w* wants? \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* stop \w rebelling|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* Israelis \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*.’   
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\v 19 “If \add you think that Yahweh considers\add* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* land \w here|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5674"\w* suitable \w for|strong="H3068"\w* worshiping \w him|strong="H5674"\w*, \w come|strong="H5674"\w* back \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* land \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s Sacred Tent \w is|strong="H3068"\w*. \w We|strong="H8033"\w* can share \w our|strong="H3068"\w* land \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H8432"\w*. \w But|strong="H1107"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5674"\w* \w rebel|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w us|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w another|strong="H8432"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* remember \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* obey \add Yahweh’s command to destroy everything in Jericho\add*? \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w command|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* [HYP] \w other|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w were|strong="H3478"\w* punished. \w Achan|strong="H5912"\w* \w died|strong="H1478"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w died|strong="H1478"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H1696"\w* \add leaders of the\add* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*,  
\v 22 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Almighty \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \add why we did that\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* want \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, too. \w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3478"\w* something wrong \add against Yahweh\add*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w us|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\v 23 \w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* disobeyed \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s laws, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w request|strong="H1245"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*. \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* new \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* completely \w burn|strong="H5927"\w* animals \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w or|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* grain \w or|strong="H5930"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w maintain|strong="H6213"\w* fellowship \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 24 “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w reason|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* altar: \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* afraid/worried \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* day \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis. \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* afraid \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*.  
\v 25 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\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* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.’ We \w were|strong="H1121"\w* worried \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* force \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H7673"\w* worshiping \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 26 “\w That|strong="H4196"\w* \w is|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* reason \w that|strong="H4196"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w decided|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w that|strong="H4196"\w* \add new\add* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H1129"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* completely burning \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* animals \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \add burning other\add* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*.  
\v 27 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* built \w that|strong="H3588"\w* new altar \w to|strong="H3068"\w* prove/show \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H1755"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* completely burning animal \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* grain \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* maintain fellowship \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add only at the place Yahweh chooses\add*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \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 do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.’   
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\v 28 “\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* future, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* descendants say \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* descendants \w can|strong="H6213"\w* say, ‘\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w made|strong="H6213"\w*! \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* exactly \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \add that our ancestors built\add*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* burn \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w shows|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis!’  
\v 29 \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w certainly|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* want \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w rebel|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* stop \w doing|strong="H4480"\w* what \w he|strong="H3117"\w* desires, \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* completely burning \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* burning grain \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* making \add other\add* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*. \add We know that\add* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* only \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Sacred Tent \add at Shiloh\add*.”   
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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* other \add ten\add* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w*.  
\v 31 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w* Israelis, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* rebelling \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \add when you built that altar\add*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* punish \w us|strong="H3045"\w* Israelis \add because of your having done that\add*.”   
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* Israeli \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* region, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*. \w There|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* other Israelis \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 33 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w thanked|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* \w any|strong="H1697"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* fighting \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w* everything \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* land.   
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\v 34 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* new \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* ‘\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w reminder|strong="H5707"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’.   
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\s1 Joshua’s final speech  
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\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* enabled \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* peacefully \add for many years\add* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w them|strong="H5117"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* very \w old|strong="H2205"\w*. \add One day\add* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* clans, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add other\add* \w officials|strong="H7860"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H2204"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* very \w old|strong="H2205"\w*.  
\v 3 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* defeat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \add that lived in this land\add*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* forget \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H1471"\w* given \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River in the east\add* \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 all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* compel \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* still living \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w push|strong="H1920"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* advance. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* yours, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 6 “\w Be|strong="H8040"\w* \w sure|strong="H2388"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* disobey \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w part|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* [IDM].  
\v 7 \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* associate \w with|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H7604"\w* \w live|strong="H8034"\w* \w among|strong="H8034"\w* \w us|strong="H5647"\w* \add who are not Israelis and who worship other gods\add*. \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* gods, \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w use|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* gods \w when|strong="H2142"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* something. \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* gods \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* must continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 9 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* forced \add many\add* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* people-groups \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w leave|strong="H3423"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* advanced. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* people-group \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* defeat \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 10 Each \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H1696"\w* cause 1,000 \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w run|strong="H7291"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 11 \w So|strong="H3966"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H8104"\w* continue \w to|strong="H3068"\w* love \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* doing \w what|strong="H3499"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* desires \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* associate \w with|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* Israelis, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* marry \w them|strong="H1992"\w*,  
\v 13 \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H3254"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* people-groups \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* \w traps|strong="H4170"\w* [DOU, MET] \add that will catch you\add*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* whips \add that strike\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* backs, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w thorns|strong="H6796"\w* \add that will scratch\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 14 “\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w almost|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w die|strong="H5307"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* [EUP]. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* [DOU] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H1980"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [LIT] \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \add things that are not good\add*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 16 \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w obey|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w obey|strong="H1980"\w*. If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* other \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H5647"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Very|strong="H2734"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w* \add he will expel you from\add* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \add and\add* \w none|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H1980"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\s1 Joshua encouraged the Israeli people to worship only Yahweh  
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\v 1  \add Many years later\add*, \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* representatives \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H7860"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \add city\add*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* told \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w listen|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* what God wanted \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* saying: ‘\w Long|strong="H5769"\w* \w ago|strong="H5769"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* Abraham’s father \w Terah|strong="H8646"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Abraham’s younger brother \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w*, \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestor \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H7235"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* lived \w in|strong="H3212"\w* various \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w have|strong="H5104"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*. First, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w have|strong="H5104"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H2233"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*.  
\v 4 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w grew|strong="H1121"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* twin \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* live \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w* region, \w but|strong="H3290"\w* many years later \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w families|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* live \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 5 “\add Many years later\add*, \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* older brother Aaron \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w help|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* people, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* suffer \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H6213"\w* \w because|strong="H4872"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* there. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* enabled \w your|strong="H6213"\w* ancestors \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 6 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3318"\w* ancestors \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w they|strong="H3318"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* army \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, some riding \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* others \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w horses|strong="H6571"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w they|strong="H3318"\w* \w also|strong="H3318"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \add your ancestors\add* pleaded \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* ◄\w darkness|strong="H3990"\w*/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w dark|strong="H3990"\w* cloud► \w to|strong="H3068"\w* come \w between|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* could \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* separated \w the|strong="H5921"\w* water \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Red \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors could cross \w it|strong="H7760"\w*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w tried|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* cross \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* same \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* pursue \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* water \w to|strong="H3068"\w* come back \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* soldiers \w all|strong="H7200"\w* drowned, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w watched|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* amazed [IDM]. \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 8 “\w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \add ancestors\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* area \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* groups \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Amor \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* River. \w They|strong="H3027"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, but \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM]. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \add enabled you to\add* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* could \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* [IDM].  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w*, \w Zippor|strong="H6834"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Balak|strong="H1111"\w*, \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, ◄\w decided|strong="H6965"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* army \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w*/opposed► \w the|strong="H7121"\w* Israelis. \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Beor|strong="H1160"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w asked|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* asked, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* ◄\w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*/\w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* would \w do|strong="H3027"\w* great \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w*► \w you|strong="H1288"\w* four \w times|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enable \w the|strong="H8085"\w* army \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Moab \w to|strong="H3027"\w* defeat \w you|strong="H1288"\w* [IDM].   
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\v 11 “\w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H3405"\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* people \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \add and the armies of\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Amor, Periz, \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w*, Heth, Girgash, Hiv, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Jebus \add all prepared to do the same thing\add* but \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM] \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 12 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* caused \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* panic \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* advanced \w and|strong="H7971"\w* enabled \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* defeat \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* enabled \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* do earlier \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* groups \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Amor. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* defeat \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w by|strong="H7971"\w* using \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w arrows|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*; \add it was I who defeated them\add*.  
\v 13 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* tilled/\w planted|strong="H5193"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w*. \add Now\add* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H3427"\w* \add cities\add* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* eat \w the|strong="H5414"\w* grapes \w from|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* grapevines \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* eat \w olives|strong="H2132"\w* \w from|strong="H5892"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\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  \add Then Joshua said to the people\add*, “\add Because of all that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add has done for you\add*, \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w very|strong="H6258"\w* faithfully. Throw \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* idols \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w*/\w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w Serve|strong="H5647"\w* only \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H3117"\w* if \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H7451"\w* want \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* decide \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \add gods\add* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w*. \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* decide whether \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w*/\w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w*, \w or|strong="H3117"\w* whether \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Amor, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* previously \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w*, \add serve/worship\add*. \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* [MTY], \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!”   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H5647"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*, “We \w will|strong="H3068"\w* never quit \add serving/worshiping\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*! We \w would|strong="H3068"\w* never \add think of\add* [IDM] \w serving|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worshiping|strong="H5647"\w* other gods!  
\v 17 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* parents \w and|strong="H1980"\w* grandparents \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \add He rescued them\add* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*. \w As|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* rescued \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* saw \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* miracles. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w protected|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* time \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w traveling|strong="H1980"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w protected|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w whose|strong="H5650"\w* territory \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w traveled|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\v 18 \w As|strong="H1571"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* forefathers advanced, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w expelled|strong="H1644"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Amor \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w so|strong="H1571"\w* \add we are saying that\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\add I think that\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|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 will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinning|strong="H2403"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* rebelling \add against him\add*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* demands \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w* [IDM].  
\v 20 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3615"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add in the past\add*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5236"\w*/other gods, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \add against you\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* experience disasters. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H7489"\w* [IDM] \w you|strong="H3588"\w* severely!”  
\v 21 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \add we will not turn away from worshiping/serving Yahweh\add* \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!”   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* saying \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* decided \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.” \w They|strong="H3588"\w* replied, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* saying \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* Joshua said, “\w Since|strong="H6258"\w* \add you have decided\add* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H7130"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* throw \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* other gods/idols \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7130"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H7130"\w*. \w You|strong="H7130"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7130"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w wholeheartedly|strong="H3824"\w* \w give|strong="H5186"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add serve/worship\add*.”  
\v 24 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* replied, “\w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \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 established|strong="H7760"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w between|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* wrote \w for|strong="H2706"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w all|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w required|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* obey.  
\v 26 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* those \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w called|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* ‘\w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \add told some men to\add* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* stone \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* Shechem, \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \add large\add* oak tree \w near|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \add they worshiped\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 27 \w He|strong="H1931"\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*! \add It is as though\add* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* stone \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add and that you promised Yahweh\add*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|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* rebel \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* returned \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* areas/homes.   
\s1 \add Joshua died\add*  
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\v 29 \w Some|strong="H1697"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* faithful \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* 110 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="H6912"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5159"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H6912"\w* body \w on|strong="H2022"\w* \w his|strong="H6912"\w* own \w property|strong="H5159"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Timnath-Serah|strong="H8556"\w* \add town\add* town. \w It|strong="H1366"\w* \w is|strong="H5159"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gaash|strong="H1608"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H6912"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H6912"\w* tribe who \w were|strong="H2022"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim.  
\v 31 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* alive. \w After|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* died, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* continued \w serving|strong="H5647"\w*/\w worshiping|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w experienced|strong="H3045"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* still alive.  
\v 32 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H4714"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*. \w The|strong="H5927"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* long ago \w for|strong="H4714"\w* 100 \w pieces|strong="H7192"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H7192"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\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 That|strong="H3478"\w* \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* area \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H3967"\w* Manasseh, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 33 Eleazar, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Supreme Priest, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron, \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w* \w at|strong="H4191"\w* Gibeah, \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* been \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Eleazar’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim.