so moch as the enheritaunce of the children of Iuda was to greate for them therfore inhereted the children of Simeon amonge their enheritaunce The thirde lot fell vpon the childreÌ„ of Zabulon after their kynreds And the border of their enheritauÌ„ce was vnto Sarid goeth vp westwarde to Mareala bordreth vpon Dabaseth and reacheth vnto the ryuer that floweth ouer agaynst Iakneam turneth from Sarid eastwarde vnto the border of Cisloth Thabor and coÌ„meth out vnto Dabrath and reacheth vp to Iapia and from theÌ„ce goeth it westwarde thorow Githa Hepher and Itha Kazim and commeth out towarde Rimon Hamthoar Hanea fetcheth a compasse aboute from the north vnto Nathon the goynge out of it is in y e valley Iephtha El Katath Nahalal Simron Iedeala Bethlehem These are twolue cities and their vyllages This is the enheritauÌ„ce of the childreÌ„ of Zabulon in their kynreds these are their cities and vyllages The fourth lot fell vpoÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Isachar after their kynreds their border was Iesraela Chessulloth Sunem Hapharaim Sion Anaharath Raabith Kision Abez Kemeth En GaÌ„nim Enhada Beth Pazez bordreth vpon Thabor Sahazima Beth Semes and y e outgoinge of it was at Iordane These are sixtene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Isachar in their kynreds cities and vyllages The fifth lot fell vpon the trybe of the children of Asser after their kynreds And their border was Helkath Hali Beten Achsaph Alamelech Amead Miseal and borderth on Carmel vnto the see and on Sihor and Libnath and turneth towarde the east vnto Beth Dagon and bordreth on Zabulon and on the valley of Iephtael and towarde the north syde of Beth Emek and Negiel commeth out vnto Cabul on the lefte syde of Ebron Rehob Hamon and Cana vnto greate Sidon And turneth towarde Rama vnto the stronge cite of Zor and turneth towarde Hossa and goeth out vnto the see after y e 〈◊〉 towarde Achsib Vma Aphek Rehob These are two and twentye cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Asser in their kinreds cities and vyllages The syxte lot fell vpon the children of Nephtali in their kynreds And their border was froÌ„ Heleph Elon thorow Zaanaim Adai Nekeb Iabne El vnto Lakum and goeth out vnto Iordane and turneth westwarde to Asnoth Thabor and coÌ„meth ouâ— from thence vnto Hukok and bordreth on Zabulon towarde the south and on Asser towarde the west and on Iuda by Iordane towarde the east and hath stronge cities Zidimzer Hamath Rakath Chinnaret Adama Rama Hazor Kedes Edrei En Hazor Iereon Migdal ElhareÌ„ Beth Anath Beth Same 's These are nyentene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of y e trybe of the children of Nephtali in their kynreds cities and vyllages The seuenth lot fell vpon the trybe of the children of Dan after their kynreds And the border of their enheritaunce was Zarea Esthaol Irsames Saalabin Aialon Iethla Elon Thimnata Ekron Eltheke GibethoÌ„ Baalath Iehud Bâ—erbarak Gat Rimon Me Iarkon Rakon with the border by Iapho and on the same goeth the border of the children of Dan out And the children of DaÌ„ wente vp and foughte agaynst Lesem and wanne it and smote it with the edge of the swerde and toke it in possession dwelt therin and called it Dan after y e name of their father This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Dan in their kynreds cities and vyllages And whaÌ„ y e loÌ„de was all parted out with the borders therof the children of Israel gaue Iosua the sonne of Nun an enheritaunce amonge them and acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE they gaue him y e cite that he requyred namely Thimnath Serah vpon mouÌ„t Ephraim there buylded he the cite and dwelt therin These are the enheritaunces which Eleasar the prest and Iosua y e sonne of Nun and the chefest of the fathers amonge y e tribes deuided out by lot vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel at Silo before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnes and so they ended the deuydinge out of the londe The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Iosua and sayde Speake to the children of Israel Geue amonge you fre cities wherof I spake vnto you by Moses that a deedsleyer which sleyeth a soule vnawarres and vnwittingly maye flye thither y t they maye be fre amoÌ„ge you from the avenger of bloude And he that flyeth to one of those cities shal stonde without before the porte of the cite and shewe his cause before the Elders of the cite then shall they take him to them in to the cite and geue him place to dwell with them And yf the auenger of bloude folowe vpon him they shall not delyuer the deedslayer in to his handes for so moch as he hath slayne his neghboure vnawarres and was not his enemye afore but he shall dwell in y e cite tyll he stonde before the congregacion in iudgment vntyll the hye prest dye which shall be at that tyme. Then shall the deedsleyer returne and go vnto his awne cite and vnto his house to the cite from whence he was fled Then appoynted they Kedes in Galile vpon mount Nepthali and Sechem vpon mount Ephraim and Kiriatharba that is Hebron vpon mouÌ„t Iuda And beyoÌ„de Iordane on the east syde of Iericho they gaue Beser in the wildernes vpon the playne out of the trybe of Ruben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the trybe of Gad and Golan in Basan out of the trybe of Manasse These were the cities appoynted for all y e children of Israel and for the straungers which dwelt amonge them that whosoeuer had slayne a soule vnawarres might flye thither that he shulde not be put to death by the auenger of bloude tyll he had stonde before the congregacion The XXI Chapters THen the chefe fathers amonge the Leuites came forth vnto Eleasar the prest and to Iosua the sonne of Nun and to y e awncient fathers amoÌ„ge the trybes of the children of Israel and spake vnto them at Silo in the londe of Canaan and sayde The LORDE commaunded by Moses that we shulde haue cities geuen vs to dwell in and the suburbes of the same for oure catell Then the children of Israel gaue of their enheritaunce these cities and the suburbes therof vnto the Leuites acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE And the lot fell vpon the kynred of the Kahathites and the children of Aaron the prest amonge the Leuites had by the lott thyrtene cities of the trybe of Iuda of the trybe of Simeon and of the trybe of Ben Iamin The other childreÌ„ of Kahath of the same kynred had by the lot ten cities of the trybe of Ephraim of the trybe of Dan and of the halfe trybe of Manasse But the children of Gerson of the same kynred had by the lot thyrtene cities of the trybe of Isachar of the trybe of Asser of
y e trybe of Nepthali and of the halfe trybe of Manasse at Basan The children of Merari of their kynred had twolue cities of the trybe of Ruben of the trybe of Gad and of the trybe of Zabulon So the children of Israel gaue these cities and their suburbes vnto the Leuites by lott as the LORDE commaunded by Moses Of the trybe of the children of Iuda and of the trybe of the children of Simeon they gaue these cities which they named by name vnto the children of Aaron of the kynred of the Kahathites amonge the children of Leui for the first lot was theyrs So they gaue them Kiriatharba which was the fathers of Enak that is Hebren vpon the mount Iuda and the suburbes therof rounde aboute But the felde of the cite and the vyllages therof gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune for his possession Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron the prest the fre cite of the deed sleyers Hebron and the suburbes therof Libna and the suburbes therof Iathir and the suburbes therof Esthuma and the suburbes therof Holon and the suburbes therof Debir and the suburbes therof Ain and the suburbes therof Iuta and the suburbes therof Beth Semes and the suburbes therof euen nyne cities of these two trybes But of the trybe of Ben Iamin they gaue foure cities Gibeon and y e suburbes therof Gaba and the suburbes therof Anathot and the suburbes therof Almon and the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the children of Aaron the prest were thirtene with their suburbes The kynreds of the other children of Kahath the Leuites had by their lott foure cities of the trybe of Ephraim and they gaue thē the fre cite of the deedsleiers Sechē and the suburbes therof vpon mount Ephraim Gaser and the suburbes therof Kibzaim and the suburbes therof Bethron and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Dan foure cities Eltheke and y e suburbes therof Gibthon and the suburbes therof Aialon and the suburbes therof Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof Of the halfe trybe of Manasses two cities Thaenach and the suburbes therof Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the other children of y e kynred of Kahath were ten with their suburbes But vnto the children of Gerson amonge the kynreds of the Leuites were geuen Of the halfe trybe of Manasse two cities the fre cite for the deedslayer Gola in Basan and the suburbes therof Beasthra and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Isachar foure cities Kision and the suburbes therof Dabrach and the suburbes therof Iarmuth and the suburbes therof Engannim and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Asser foure cities Miseal Abdon Helkath and Rehob with the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Nephtali thre cities the fre cite Kedes for the deedsleyer in Galile Hamoth Dor and Karthan with the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the kynred of the Gersonites were thirtene w t their suburbes Vnto the kynreds of Merari the other Leuites were geuen Of the trybe of Zabulon foure cities Iakneam Kartha Dimna and Nahalal w t y e suburbes therof Of the trybe of Ruben foure cities Bezer Iahza Kedemoth and Mephaat with their suburbes Of the trybe of Gad foure cities the fre cite for the deedsleyer Ramoth in Gilead Mahanaim Heszbon and Iaeser with their suburbes so that all the cities of the children of Merari amonge their kynreds of y e other Leuites were twolue Thus all the cities of the Leuites amonge y e possession of the children of Israel were eight and fortye with their suburbes And these cities were so dealte out that euery one had their suburbes rounde aboute the one as the other Thus the LORDE gaue the children of Israel all the londe which he had sworne vnto their fathers to geue they toke possession of it and dwelt therin And the LORDE gaue thē rest before all those y t were aboute them like as he sware vnto their fathers none of their enemies stode agaynst thē but all their enmies delyuered he in to their hande And their myssed nothinge of all the good that the LORDE had promysed vnto the house of Israel it came euery whyt The XXII Chapter THen Iosua called y e Rubenites and Gaddites and y e halfe trybe of Manasse and sayde vnto them Ye haue kepte all that Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded you and haue herkened vnto my voyce in all y t I haue commaūded you Ye haue not forsaken youre brethrē a longe season vnto this daye and haue wayted vpon the commaundement of the LORDE youre God For so moch now as the LORDE youre God hath broughte youre brethrē to rest as he promysed them turne you now and go youre waye to youre tentes in to the londe of youre possession which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue you beyōde Iordane But take diligent hede now that ye do acordinge to the commaundement and lawe which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath commaunded That ye loue the LORDE youre God and walke in all his wayes and kepe his commaundementes and cleue vnto him and serue him with all youre hert and with all youre soule So Iosua blessed them and let them go And they wente vnto their tentes Vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse had Moses geuen possession at Basan vnto the other halfe gaue Iosua amonge their brethren on this syde Iordane westwarde And whan he let them go to their tentes and blessed them he sayde vnto them Ye come home agayne with greate good vnto youre tētes with exceadynge moch catell syluer golde brasse yron and rayment distribute therfore the spoyle of youre enemyes amonge youre brethren So the Rubenites Gaddites and the halfe trybe of Manasse returned and wente from the children of Israel out of Silo which lyeth in the londe of Canaan to go in to the countre of Gilead to the londe of their possession that they mighte possesse it acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE by Moses And whan they came vnto the heapes by Iordane which lye in the londe of Canaan the same Rubenites Gaddites and the halfe trybe of Manasses buylded there besyde Iordane a fayre greate altare But whan the children of Israel herde saye Beholde the children of Ruben the children of Gad and the halfe trybe of Manasse haue buylded an altare ouer agaynst the londe of Canaan vpon the heapes by Iordane on this syde the children of Israel they gathered them selues together with the whole congregacion at Silo to go vp agaynst thē with an armye And in the meane season they sent to them in to the londe of Gilead Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest and with him ten chefe prynces amonge the houses of their fathers out of euery tribe in Israel one And they came to the children of Ruben to the children of Gad and to the halfe trybe of Manasse in the londe of Gilead and sayde Thus sayeth the whole congregacion
sonne of Maeseia the sonne of Malchija the sonne of Athin y e sonne of Serah the sonne of Adaia the sonne of Ethan the sonne of Sima the sonne of Simei the sonne of Iahath the sonne of Gerson the sonne of Leui. Their brethren the childrē of Merari stode on the lefte hande namely Ethan the sonne of Kusi the sonne of Abdi the sonne of Malluch the sonne of Hasabia the sonne of Amazia the sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Amzi the sonne of Bani the sonne of Samer the sonne of Maheli the sonne of Musi the sonne of Merari the sonne of Leui. As for their brethrē the Leuites they were geuen to all the offices in the habitacion of the house of the LORDE but the office of Aaron and his sonnes was to kyndle the fyre vpon the altare of burnt offerynges and vpon the altare of incense and to all the busynes in the most holy and to make attonement for the people acordinge as Moses y e seruaunt of God commaunded These are the children of Aaron Eleasar his sonne whose sonne was Phineas whose sonne was Abisua whose sonne was Buki whose sonne was Vsi whose sonne was Serahia whose sonne was Meraioth whose sonne was Amaria whose sonne was Achitob whose sonne was Sadoc whose sonne was Ahimaas And this is their habitacion and rowme in their borders namely of Aarons children of the kynred of y e Kahathites for this lot fell vnto them And they gaue thē Hebron in the londe of Iuda the suburbes of the same rounde aboute But the felde of y e cite the vyllages therof gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron these fre cities Hebron Libna with their suburbes Iather Esthemoa Hilen Debir Asan and Bethsemes with their suburbes And out of the trybe of Ben Iamin Geba Alemeth and Anathot w t their suburbes so y t all the cities in their kinred were thirtene The other childrē of Kahath of their kynred had out of y e halfe trybe of Manasses ten cities by lot The children of Gerson of their kynred had out of y e trybe of Isachar out of the trybe of Asser out of the trybe of Nephtali out of the trybe of Manasses in Basan thirtene cities The childrē of Merari of their kynred had by lot out of the trybe of Ruben out of the trybe of Gad and out of the trybe of Zabulon twolue cities And vnto y e Leuites gaue the childrē of Israel cities with their suburbes namely by lot out the trybe of the children of Iuda out of the trybe of the childrē of Simeon out of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin euen those cities which they appoynted by name But the kynreds of the children of Kahath had the cities of their borders out of the trybe of Ephraim So gaue they now vnto thē namely vnto the kynred of the children of Kahath y e fre cities Sichem vpon mount Ephraim Geser Iakmeam Bethoron Aialon and Gath Rimon with their suburbes And out of y e halfe trybe of Manasses Aner and Bileam with their suburbes But vnto the children of Gerson they gaue out of the kynred of the halfe trybe of Manasses Golā in Basan and Astharoth with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Isachar Kedes Dabrath Ramoth and Anem with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Asser Masal Abdō Hikoh and Sehob with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Nephtali Kedes in Galile Hāmon and Kiriathaim with their suburbes Vnto the other children of Merari gaue they out of the trybe of Zabulon Rimano and Thabor with their suburbes And beyōde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde besyde Iordane out of the trybe of Ruben Bezer in the wildernes Iahza Kedemoth and Mepaath with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead Mahanaim Heszbon and Iaeser with their suburbes The VIII Chapter THe children of Isachar were Thola Pua Iasub and Simrom these foure The children of Thola were Vsi Rephaia Ieriel Iahemai and Iebsam and Samuel heades in the house of their fathers of Thola mightie men in their kynred in nombre in the tyme of Dauid two and twentye thousande and sixe hundreth The children of Vsi were Iesrahia The children of Iesrahia were Michael and Obedia Ioel and Iesia all these fyue were heades And with them amonge their kynred in the house of their fathers there were ready harnessed men of warre to the battayll sixe and thirtie thousande for they had many wiues and children And the mightie men of their brethren in all the kynreds of Isachar were seuē and foure score thousande and were all nombred The children of Ben Iamin were Bela Becher and Iedieel these thre The children of Bela were Ezbon Vsi Vsiel Ieremoth Iri these fyue heades in y e house of their fathers mightie men and were nombred two twentie thousande and foure and thyrtie The childrē of Becher were Semira Ioas Elieser Elioenai Amri Ieremoth Abia Anathot Alameh all these were the children of Becher and were rekened in their kinreds after the heades in the house of their fathers valeaunt men twentie thousande and two hundreth The children of Iedieel were Bilhan The childrē of Bilhan were Ieus Ben Iamin Ehud Cnaena Sethan Tharsis and Ahisahar all these were the children of Iedieel heades of the fathers valeaunt men euen seuentene thousande which wente forth to the warre for to fighte And Supim and Hupim were the childrē of Ir. But Husim were the children of Aher The children of Nephtali were Iahziel Guni Iezer and Sallum the children of Bilha The children of Manasses are these Esriel whom his concubyne Aramiel dyd beare But first begat he Machir the father of Gilead And Machir gaue wyues vnto Hupim Supim their sisters name was Maecha His secōde sonnes name was Zelaphehad And Zelaphehad had doughters And Maecha y e wife of Machir bare a sonne whose name was Phares his brothers name was Sares and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem Vlams sonne was Bedam These are the children of Gilead y e sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasses And his sister Molecheth bare Ishud Abieser and Mahela And Semida had these children Ahean Sichem Likhi and Aniam The children of Ephraim were these Suthelah whose sonne was Bered whose sonne was Thahath whose sonne was Eleada whose sonne was Thahath whose sonne was Sabad whose sonne was Suthelah whose sonne was Eser and Elead And the men of Gath that dwelt in the londe slewe them because they were gone downe to take their catell And their father Ephraim mourned for them a longe season and his brethren came to comforte him And he wente in to his wife which conceaued and bare a sonne whom he called Bria because of the aduersite that was in his house His doughter was Seera which builded the lower and vpper Bethoron Vsen Serea Whose sonne was Rephad Reseph whose sonne was Thelah whose
y e halfe that fell to the congregacion it was also thre hundreth thousande and seuen and thyrtie thousande fyue hundreth shepe sixe and thirtie thousande oxen thyrtie thousande fyue hundreth Asses and sixtene thousande wemen soules And of this halfe of the childreÌ„ of Israel toke Moses one of euery fyftie both of the catell of the wemen and gaue them vnto y e Leuites that waited vpon the habitacioÌ„ of the LORDE as y e LORDE coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses And the captaynes ouer y e thousandes of the hoost namely they that were ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds came forth vnto Moses and sayde vnto him Thy seruauntes haue taken y e summe of y e men of warre that were vnder oure hande and there lacked not one therfore brynge we a present vnto the LORDE what euery one hath fouÌ„de of Iewels of golde cheynes bracelettes rynges earinges and taches that oure soules maye be reconcyled before the LORDE And Moses and Eleasar y e prest toke of them y e golde of all maner ornamentes And all the golde of the Heue offerynge that they Heued vnto the LORDE was sixtene thousande and seuen hundreth and fyftye Sycles of the captaynes ouer thousandes and hundreds For loke what euery one had spoyled that was his awne And Moses w t Eleasar the prest toke the golde of the captaynes ouer thousandes and hundreds and broughte it in to the Tabernacle of witnesse for a remembraunce of the children of Israel before the LORDE The XXXII Chapter THe children of Ruben and the children of Gad had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell and sawe the londe of Iaeser and Gilead y t it was a mete place for catell and came spake vnto Moses and to Eleasar the prest and to the captaynes of the congregacion The londe of Atroth Dibon Iaesar Nimra Heszâ—oÌ„ Eleale Seban Nebo Beon which the LORDE smote before y e congregacion of Israel is a mete londe for catell and thy seruauntes haue many catell And they sayde morouer Yf we haue founde fauoure before the theÌ„ geue thy seruauntes this londe in possession and we wyl not go ouer Iordane Moses sayde vnto them Youre brethren shall go to the warre and wyll ye tary here Wherfore turne ye y e hertes of the children of Israel that they shulde not go ouer in to the londe that the LORDE shall geue them â–ª Thus dyd youre fathers also whan I sent them out from Cades Bernea to spye out y e londe And whan they were come vp to y e ryuer of Escol and sawe y e londe they turned the hertes of the children of Israel so y t they wolde not into the londe which y e LORDE wolde haue geuen them And the LORDE was wroth at the same tyme sware sayde These men y t are come out of Egipte from tweÌ„tye yeare olde aboue shall not se the lande which I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob because they haue not wholy folowed me saue Caleb y e sonne of Iephune y e Renisite Iosua y e sonne of Nun for they haue wholy folowed y e LORDE So the LORDE was wroth w t â–ª Israel let theÌ„ wander in the wildernesse fourtye yeares tyll all y e generacion y t had done euell before the LORDE was consumed And beholde ye are rysen vp in youre fathers steade to increase the nombre of synfull men to augmente yet the wrath indignacion of the LORDE agaynst Israel For yf ye turne you backe from folowinge him he shal yet leaue them more in the wildernes so shal ye destroye all this people Then stepte they to him sayde we wyll but buylde shepefoldes here for oure shepe caâ—ell cities for o r children As for oure selues we will go ready armed before the children of Israel tyll we haue broughte them vnto their place Oure childreÌ„ shal remayne in the fenced cities because of y e indwellers of the londe We will not turne home agayne tyll the children of Israel haue taken euery one his inheritaunce in possession for we wyll not inheret with them beyonde Iordane for o r inheritaunce shal fall vnto vs vpon this syde Iordane Eastwarde Moses sayde vnto them Yf ye wil do this â–ª that ye wil harnesse youre selues to the warre before the LORDE then go ouer Iordane before the LORDE who so euer is harnessed amonge you tyll he haue dryuen out his enemies before his face and vntyll the londe be subdued before the LORDE then shal ye returne be vngiltye before the LORDE and before Israel so shal ye haue this londe in possession before the LORDE But yf ye will not do so beholde ye shal offende agaynst the LORDE and be sure that youre synne shal fynde you out Buylde cities now therfore for youre children and shepefoldes and stalles for youre shepe and catell and do as ye haue spoken The childreÌ„ of Gad the childreÌ„ of Ruben sayde vnto Moses Thy seruauntes shal do as my lorde hath coÌ„maunded Oure children wyues substaunce all o r catell shal be in y e cities of Gilead But we y e seruauntes will go all harnessed for the warre vnto battaill before y e LORDE as my lorde hath saide TheÌ„ Moses coÌ„maunded Eleasar y e prest Iosua the sonne of Nun the chefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel and saide vnto them Yf the children of Gad the children of Ruben go ouer Iordane w t you all prepared to fight before the LORDE whan the londe is subdued vnto yeâ— theÌ„ geue them the londe of Gilead 〈◊〉 possessioÌ„ But yf they go not ouer with 〈…〉 harnes then shal they inheret w t you in y e lâ—de of CanaaÌ„ The children of Gad and the children of RubeÌ„ answered sayde As y e LORDE hath spoken vnto y e seruauntes so wyll we do we wil go harnessed before the LORDE in to y e laÌ„de of Canaan and possesse oure enheritaunce on this syde Iordane So Moses gaue vnto y e children of Gad and to the children of Ruben and to the halfe trybe of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph y e kyngdome of Sihon kynge of the Amorites and the kyngdome of Og the kynge of Basan the londe with the cities therof in all y e coastes of y e countre rounde aboute TheÌ„ y e children of Gad buylded Dibon Ataroth Aroer Atroth Sophan Iaeser Iegabeha Bethnimra Betharan stronge fenced cities shepe foldes The children of Ruben buylded HeszboÌ„ Eleale Kiriathaim Nebo Baal Meon turned y e names Sibamas gaue names vnto y e cities which they buylded And y e children of Machir the sonne of Manasse wente in to Gilead conquered it and droue out the Amorites y t were therin Then Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir y e sonne of Manasse he dwelt therin Iair y e sonne of Manasse wente and conquered the vyllagies therof and called them Hauoth Iair Nobah wente and coÌ„quered
their captayne in Moses steade A prophecie that they wyl forsake the waye of God be punyshed therfore Chap. XXXII The songe of Moses which goeth vp to the mount seyth the londe of promesse but commeth not in to it Chap. XXXIII A swete blessinge wherwith Moses blesseth the people before his death Chap. XXXIIII Moses goeth vp to the mount where he dyeth The children of Israel make lamentacion for him The first Chapter THese are the wordes that Moses spake vnto all Israel on the other syde Iordane in the wildernesse in the playne felde towarde the reed see betwene Paran Thophel Laban Hazeroth and Disahab eleuen daies iourney from Horeb by the waye of mount Seir vnto Cades Bernea And it fortuned the first daye of the eleuenth moneth in the fortieth yeare that Moses spake vnto y e children of Israel acordinge vnto all as y e LORDE commaunded him after he had smytten Sihon y e kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon and Og the kynge of Basan that dwelt at Astaroth and at Edrei On the other syde Iordane in y e lande of the Moabites beganne Moses to declare this lawe and sayde The LORDE o r God spake vnto vs vpon mount Horeb sayde Ye haue bene lōge ynough vpon this mountayne turne you departed hence that ye maye come to the mountaynes of the Amorites and to all their neghbours in y e feldes vpon mountaynes and in the valleys towarde the South and towarde the see syde of the lande of Canaan and to mount Libanus euen vnto the greate water Euphrates Beholde I haue delyuered you the londe go in and take it in possession which the LORDE sware vnto yo r fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob that he wolde geue it vnto thē and their sede after them Then saide I vnto you at the same tyme I am not able to beare you my self alone for the LORDE youre God hath increased you so that this daye ye are as y e starres of heauen in multitude The LORDE God of yo r fathers make you yet many thousande tymes mo blesse you as he hath promysed you How can I alone beare soche cōbraunce charge stryfe amōge you Prouyde here men of wyszdome vnderstondinge soch as are knowne amonge youre trybes thē wil I set to be heades vnto you Then answered ye me and sayde It is a good thinge that thou sayest thou wilt do ▪ Then toke I y e heades of youre trybes wyse and famous mē and set them ouer you to be heades ouer thousandes ouer hundreds ouer fiftye and ouer ten and officers amonge youre trybes And I charged youre iudges at y e same tyme sayde Heare youre brethrē iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother and the straunger Ye shall knowe no personne in iudgment but shall heare the small as well as the greate and be afrayed of no man for the Iudgment is Gods But yf eny cause be to harde for you let it be broughte vnto me y t I maye heare it Thus commaunded I you at the same tyme all y t ye shulde doo Then departed we from Horeb and walked thorow the whole wyldernesse which is greate and terryble as ye haue sene by the waye to y e mountaynes of the Amorites as the LORDE oure God commauded vs and came vnto Cades Bernea Then sayde I vnto you Ye are come to y e mountaynes of y e Amorites which the LORDE o r God shal geue vs. Beholde there the londe before the which the LORDE thy God hath geuē vnto the Go vp conquere it as y e LORDE God of thy fathers hath sayde vnto the feare not and be not discoraged Then came ye all vnto me and sayde Let vs sende men before vs to spye vs out the londe and to brynge vs worde agayne by what waye we shal go vp and to what cities we shal come That pleased me well and I toke twolue men from amonge you of euery trybe one Which whan they were departed and wente vp to hye countre and came to the ryuer Escol they spyed it out and toke of the frute of y e londe with thē and broughte it downe vnto vs and broughte vs worde agayne and sayde It is a good londe that the LORDE oure God hath geuen vs. But ye wolde not go vp and were dishobedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God and murmured in youre tentes and sayde Because the LORDE hateth vs therfore hath be broughte vs out of the londe of Egipte to delyuer vs in to the handes of the Amorites to destroye vs. Whither shal we go vp Oure brethren haue discoraged oure hertes saide The people is greater of hyer stature thē we y e cities are greate walled euen vp to heauen Morouer we haue sene there the children of Enakim But I sayde vnto you Feare not and be not afrayed of them for the LORDE youre God goeth before you and shall fighte for you like as he dealte with you in Egipte before youre eyes and in the wyldernesse where thou sawest that the LORDE thy God bare the euen as a man beareth his sonne thorow out all the waye that ye haue walked tyll ye came to this place And yet for all this ye haue not beleued on the LORDE youre God which wente before you to searche you out a place where ye shulde pitch youre tentes by night in the fyre to shewe you the waye wherin ye shulde go on the daye tyme in the cloude Whan the LORDE herde y e voyce of yo r wordes he was wroth and swore and saide There shall none of this euell generacion se that good londe which I sware to geue vnto youre fathers excepte Caleb the sonne of Iephune he shal se it And vnto him wyl I geue the londe that he hath troddē vpon to his children because he hath perfectly folowed the LORDE The LORDE was angrye w t me also for youre sakes and sayde Thou also shalt not go in thither But Iosua y e sonne of Nun which stondeth before the he shal go in thither Corage him for he shal deuyde the enheritaunce out vnto Israel And youre childrē of whō ye sayde they shulde be a praye and youre sonnes which this daie vnderstonde nether good ner bad they shal go in thither vnto them wil I geue it and they shall enioye it But as for you turne you and take youre iourney to the wyldernesse euen the waye to the reed see Then answered ye sayde vnto me We haue synned agaynst y e LORDE we wil go vp and fighte acordinge to all that the LORDE hath commaunded vs. Now whan ye had prepared yo r selues euery one in his harnesse were at the poynte to go vp to the mountaynes y e LORDE sayde vnto me Speake vnto them y t they go not vp that they fighte not for I am not amōge you that ye be not
was nothinge left ouer vnto him Then wanne we at the same tyme all his cities there was not one cite that we toke not from him euen thre score cities the whole region of Argob in the kyngdome of Og at Basan All these cities were strōge with hye walles gates and barres besyde many other vnwalled townes And we vtterly destroyed them as we dyd with Sihon the kynge at Heszbon All the cities destroyed we vtterly and the men wemen and children But all the catell and spoyle of the cities caughte we for oure selues Thus toke we at the same tyme the londe out of the honde of the two kynges of the Amorites beyonde Iordane from the ryuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon which the Sidons call Sirion but the Amorites call it Senir all the cities vpon the playne and all Gilead and all Basan vnto Salcha and Edrei the cities of the kyngdome of Og at Basan For onely Og the kynge of Basan remayned ouer of the giauntes Beholde his yron bed is here at Rabath amonge the children of Ammon nyne cubites longe and foure cubites brode after the cubite of a man This londe conquered we at the same tyme from Aroer that lyeth on y e ryuer of Arnon And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue halfe mount Gilead with the cities therof but y e remnaunt of Gilead all Basan the kyngdome of Og gaue I vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse The whole region of Argob with all Basan was called the giauntes londe Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the region of Argob vnto the coastes of Gessuri and Maachati and Basan called he Hauoth Iair after his awne name vnto this daye But vnto Machir I gaue Gilead And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue one parte of Gilead vnto the ryuer of Arnon at the myddes of the ryuer is y e border and vnto the ryuer Iabok which is the border of the children of Ammon the felde also and Iordane which is the coaste from Cinereth vnto the see in the felde namely y e Salt see vnder mount Pisga Eastwarde And I commaunded you at the same tyme and sayde The LORDE youre God hath geuen you this londe to take possession of it Go youre waye forth therfore harnessed before youre brethren the children of Israel all ye that be mete for the warre As for youre wyues and children and catell for I knowe that ye haue moch catell let them remayne in youre cities which I haue geuen you vntyl the LORDE youre God haue broughte yo r brethren to rest also as well as you that they also maye take possession of the londe which y e LORDE youre God shal geue thē beyonde Iordane and then shal ye turne agayne to youre awne possession which I haue geuen you And I warned Iosua at the same tyme and sayde Thine eyes haue sene all that the LORDE youre God hath done vnto these two kynges euē so shal the LORDE do also vnto all y e kyngdomes whither thou goest Feare them not for the LORDE youre God shal fighte for you And I besoughte the LORDE at the same tyme sayde O LORDE LORDE thou hast begonne to shewe y e seruaunte thy greatnesse and thy mightie hāde For where is there a God in heauen earth that can do after y e workes and after thy power O let me go se y t good londe beyonde Iordane y t goodly hye countre and Libanus But the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes and wolde not heare me but sayde vnto me Be content speake nomore to me of this matter Get the vp to the toppe of mount Pisga and lifte vp thine eyes towarde the west and towarde the north and towarde the south and towarde y e east and beholde it with thine eies for thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane And geue Iosua his charge and corage him and bolde him for he shal go ouer Iordane before the people and shal deuyde vnto them the londe that thou shalt se. And so we abode in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor The IIII. Chapter ANd now herken Israel vnto the ordinaūces and lawes which I teach you that ye do them y t ye maye lyue and come in take possession of the londe which the LORDE God of yo r fathers geueth vnto you Ye shal put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you nether do oughte there from that ye maye kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God which I commaunde you Youre eyes haue sene what the LORDE hath done w t Baal Peor all them that walked after Baal Peor hath the LORDE thy God destroied from amonge you But ye that cleue vnto the LORDE yo r God are all aliue this daye Beholde I haue taughte you ordinaūces and lawes soc◠as the LORDE my God commaunded me that ye shulde do euē so in the londe in to y e which ye shal come to possesse it Kepe them now therfore and do them for that is youre wyszdome and vnderstondinge in the sight of all nacions which whā they haue herde all these ordinaunces shall saye O what a wyse and vnderstondinge folke is this and how excellent a people For where is there so excellent a nacion that hath goddes so nye him as the LORDE oure God is nye vnto vs as oft as we call vpon him And where is there so excellent a nacion that hath so righteous ordinaunces and lawes as all this lawe which I laye before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe now and kepe well thy soule that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thy hert all the dayes of thy life And thou shalt teach them thy children and thy childers children the daye whā thou stodest before the LORDE thy God by mount Horeb whan the LORDE sayde vnto me Gather me the people together that I maye make them heare my wordes which they shal lerne that they maye feare me all the dayes of their life vpon earth that they also maye teach their children And ye came nye stode vnder y e mount But the mount burnt euen vnto the myddes of heauen and there was darknesse cloudes and myst And y e LORDE spake vnto you out of the myddes of the fyre The voyce of his wordes ye herde neuerthelesse ye sawe no ymage but herde the voyce onely And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he cōmaunded you to do namely the ten verses and wrote them vpon two tables of stone And the LORDE commmaūded me at the same time to teach you ordinaunces lawes that ye might do therafter in the londe in to the which ye go to possesse it Kepe well youre soules therfore for ye sawe no maner of ymage in the daye whā the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon mount Horeb that ye destroye not youre selues and make you
to stoâ—de styll hangeth vp fyue kynges and taketh the cities Chap. XI The HeytheÌ„ kynges gather theÌ„ selues together agaynst Israel but they are discomfited and their cities wonne Chap. XII The names of the kynges whom Iosua and the Israelites slewe are here rehearsed euen one and thirtye Chap â–ª XIII The remnaunt of the londe on this syde Iordane Chap. XIIII The dealinge out of the londe Chap. XV. The londe that fell vnto Iuda by lott Chap. XVI The lot of Ephraim Chap. XVII The lot and porcion of Manasse Chap. XVIII Men are sent out of the seuen trybes to consyder the londe and to deale it out The porcion of Ben Iamin Chap. XIX The porcion of Simeon Zabulon Isachar Aser Nephtali and Dan. Chap. XX. The partinge out of the fre cities Chap. XXI Of the cities and suburbes of the Leuites Chap. XXII The two tribes and a halfe are senâ— home agayne with a charge to be diligent in kepynge Gods commaundement Of the altare of witnesse Chap. XXIII Iosua calleth the people together before his death exorteth them to cleue fast to the commaundementes of the LORDE Chap. XXIIII He calleth the people together iâ— Sichem and rehearceth the benefites of God vnto theÌ„ The couenauÌ„t with God is renewed Iosua dyeth and so doth Eleasar The first Chapter AFter the death of Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE spake the LORDE vnto Iosua y e sonne of Nun Moses mynister My seruaunt Moses is deed vp now and go ouer this Iordane thou and all this people in to the londe that I haue geuen the children of Israel All the places that the soles of youre fete shal treade vpon haue I geuen vnto you as I sayde vnto Moses From the wyldernesse and this Libanus vnto the greate water Euphrates all the londe of the Hethites vnto the greate see towarde the west shal be youre border There shall noman be able to withstonde y t all thy life longe And like as I was with Moses so wil I be with the also I will not fayle the nether forsake the. Be stronge and bolde for vnto this people shalt thou deuyde y e londe which I sware vnto their fathers to geue it them Be stroÌ„ge therfore and very bolde that thou mayest kepe and do euery thynge acordinge to the lawe that Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Turne not asyde from it nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte y t thou mayest deale wysely whither so euer thou goest And let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but exercyse thy selfe therin daie and nighte that thou mayest kepe and do euery thinge acordinge to it that is wrytteÌ„ therin Then shalt thou prospere in thy waies and deale wysely Lo I haue commaunded the to be stronge and bolde Feare not and be not afrayed for the LORDE thy God is with y e whither so euer thou goest Then commaunded Iosua the officers of the people and sayde Go thorow the hoost and charge y e people and saye Prepare you vytayles for ouer thre dayes shal ye go ouer this Iordane that ye maye come in and take possession of the londe which the LORDE youre God shal geue you And to the Rubenites Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of Manasse sayde Iosua Thynke vpon the worde that Moses the seruaunt of y e LORDE spake vnto you and sayde The LORDE yo r God hath brought you to rest and geuen you this londe Let youre wyues and children and catell remayne in y e londe that Moses gaue you on this syde Iordane But ye youre selues as many as be fightinge men shal go forth before youre brethren in harnesse and helpe them tyll the LORDE haue broughte youre brethren to rest also as well as you that they also maye take possession of the londe which the LORDE yo r God shal geue them Then shal ye turne agayne in to the londe of youre possession that ye maye enioye it which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath geuen you on this syde Iordane towarde y e Easte And they answered Iosua and sayde All that thou hast commaunded vs wyll we do and whither so euer thou sendest vs we wyl go thither Like as we haue obeyed Moses so wyl we be obedient also vnto the Onely that the LORDE thy God be with y e like as he was with Moses Who so euer disobeyeth thy mouth and herkeneth not vnto thy wordes in all that thou hast commaunded vs shal dye Onely be thou stronge and bolde The II. Chapter IOsua the sonne of Nun sent out two spyes preuely from Setim and sayde vnto them Go youre waye loke vpon the londe and Iericho They wente forth and came in to y e house of an harlot called Rahab and laye there Then was it tolde the kynge of Iericho Lo there are men come in this nighte from the childreÌ„ of Israel to spye the londe Then sent the kynge of Iericho vnto Rahab saynge Delyuer the men forth that are come vnto the in to thy house for they are come to spye out the whole londe Now as for the two men the woman had hyd them and sayde There came men in vnto me in dede but I knewe not whence they were And at the shuttinge in of the gate whan it was darcke they wente out so y t I can not tell whither they be gone folowe soone after them for ye shal ouertake them But she had caused them to clymme vp vnto the house toppe and hyd them vnder the stalkes of flaxe that she had prepared her vpoÌ„ the toppe of the house Howbeit the men folowed after them in y e waye towarde Iordane euen vnto the ferye and whan they that folowed vpon them were gone forth the gate was shut And or euer the men layed them downe to slepe she wente vp to them vnto the house toppe and sayde vnto theÌ„ I knowe that the LORDE shal delyuer you the londe for the feare of you is fallen vpon vs and all the inhabiters of the londe are discoraged at youre commynge For we haue herde how the LORDE dryed vp the water in the reed see before you whaÌ„ ye departed out of Egipte and what ye dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites Sihon and Og beyonde Iordane how ye roted them out and destroyed them And sence we herde therof oure hert hath failed vs nether is there a good stomacke more in eny man by the reason of youre commynge For the LORDE yo r God is both the God aboue in heaueÌ„ and beneth vpon earth Sweare now then vnto me euen by the LORDE for so moch as I haue dealte mercifully with you that ye wyl also shewe mercy vpon my fathers house and geue me a true token that ye wyl let my father lyue and my mother my brethren and my sisters and all that they haue and delyuer oure soules from death The men sayde vnto her Yf we shewe not mercy and faithfulnesse vpon
e border of Gessuri and Maachati and all moūt Hermon and all Basan vnto Salcha all y e kyngdome of Og at Basan which dwelt at Astaroth and Edrei that remained yet ouer of Raphaim But Moses smote them and droue them out The children of Israel droue not out the Gessurites Maachathites but both Gessur and Maachat dwelt amonge the childrē of Israel vnto this daye But vnto y e trybe of the Leuites he gaue no enheritaunce for the offeringe of the LORDE God of Israel is their enheritaunce acordinge as he hath promysed them So Moses gaue vnto the trybe of y e children of Ruben after their kynreds so that their border was Aroer which lyeth vpon the water syde of Arnon and the cite in the myddes of the same water with all the playne felde vnto Medba Heszbon and all the cities therof which lye in the playne felde Dibon Bamoth Baal Beth Baal Meon Iahza Kedemoth Mephaath Kiriathaim Sibama Zeretha Sahar vpon mount Emek Beth Peor the ryuers by Pisga and Beth Iesimoth and all the cities vpon the playne and all the realme of Sihon kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon whom Moses smote with the prynces of Madian Eui Rekem Zur Hur Reba the mightie men of kynge Sihon which were inhabiters of the londe And Balaam the sonne of Beor the prophecier dyd the children of Israel kyll with the swerde amonge the other that were slayne and the border of y e childrē of Ruben was Iordane This is the enheritaunce of the children of Ruben amonge their kynreds cities and vyllages Vnto the trybe of the children of Gad amonge their kynreds gaue Moses so that their border was Iahesar and all the cities in Gilead and the halfe londe of the children of Ammon vnto Aroer which lyeth before Rabbath and from Heszbon vnto Ramath Mispe Betomim and fro Mahanaim vnto the border of Debir But in the valley Beth Haram Beth Nimra Suchoth and Zaphon which remayned yet of the realme of Sihon kynge of Heszbon and was by Iordane vnto the edge of the see of Cyneroth on this syde Iordane eastwarde This is the inheritaunce of the children of Gad in their kynreds cities vyllagyes Vnto the halfe trybe of the children of Manasse after their kynreds gaue Moses so that their border was fro Mahanaim all Basan all the kyngdome of Og kynge of Basan and all the townes of Iair which lye in Basan namely thre score cities And halfe Gilead Astaroth Edrei the cities of the kyngdome of Og at Basan vnto the children of Machir the sonne of Manasse This is the halfe porcion of the children of Machir after their kynreds This is it that Moses dealte out vpon the felde of Moab beyonde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde But vnto y e trybe of Leui gaue Moses no enheritaunce for the LORDE God of Israel is their enheritaunce as he hath promysed them The XIIII Chapter THis is it that the children of Israel haue enhereted in the londe of Canaan which Eleasar the prest and Iosua the sonne of Nun and the chefe of the fathers amonge the trybes of the children of Israel parted out amonge them But by lot dyd they deuyde it out amōge them acordinge as the LORDE cōmaunded Moses to geue vnto the nyne trybes and y e halfe for vnto the two trybes and the halfe dyd Moses geue enheritaunce beyonde Iordane But vnto the Leuites he gaue no enheritaunce amonge them For of the childrē of Ioseph there were two trybes Manasses and Ephraim Therfore gaue they the Leuites no porcion in the londe but cities to dwell therin and suburbes for their catell and goodes Euen as the LORDE cōmaunded Moses so dyd the childrē of Israel and deuyded the londe Then came forth the children of Iuda to Iosua at Gilgall and Caleb y e sonne of Iephunne the Kenisite sayde vnto him Thou knowest what y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses the man of God concerninge me and the in Cades Bernea I was fortye yeare olde whan Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE sent me out from Cades Bernea to spye out the londe and I broughte him worde agayne euen as I had it in my hert Howbeit my brethren that wente vp with me discoraged the hert of the people but I folowed y e LORDE my God vnto the vttemost Then sware Moses vnto me the same daye and sayde The londe whervpon thou hast troden with thy fote shal be thine enheritaunce and thy childrens for euer because thou hast folowed the LORDE my God vnto the vttemost And now hath the LORDE letten me lyue acordinge as he sayde It is now fyue and fortie yeare sence y e LORDE spake this vnto Moses whā Israel walked in the wildernesse And now lo this daie am I fyue and foure score yeare olde and am yet as stronge to daye as I was in that daye whan Moses sent me out euen as my strength was then so is it now also to fighte and to go out and in Geue me now therfore this mountayne wherof the LORDE spake in that daye and thou herdest it the same daye for now the Enakims dwell theron and it hath greate and stronge cities yf happly the LORDE wyl be with me that I maye dryue thē out as he hath sayde Then Iosua blessed him and so gaue Hebron vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune Therfore was Hebron the enheritaunce of Caleb the sonne of Iephune the kenisite vnto this daye because he folowed the LORDE God of Israel vnto the vttemost But afore tyme was Hebron called Kiriatharba greate people were there amonge the Enakims And the lōde ceassed from warre The XV. Chapter THe lot of the trybe of the children of Iuda amonge their kynreds was y e coaste of Edom by the wyldernesse of Zin which borderth southwarde on the edge of the south coūtrees Their south borders were from the vttemost syde of the salt see that is from the coast that goeth southwarde and commeth out from thēce towarde y e eastsyde of Acrabbim and goeth forth thorow Zinna and yet goeth vp from the south towarde Cades Bernea and goeth thorow Hesron and goeth vp to Adara fetcheth a compase aboute Carcaa goeth thorow Asmona and commeth forth to the ryuer of Egipte so that the see is the ende of y e border Let this be youre border southwarde But the east border is from the salt see to the vttemost parte of Iordane The border northwarde is from the see coast which is on y e edge of Iordane and goeth vp vnto Beth Hagla and stretcheth out from the north vnto Betharaba and commeth vp vnto the stone of Bohen the sonne of Ruben and goeth vp vnto Debir from y e valley of Achor and from the north coaste that is towarde Gilgall which lyeth ouer agaynst Adumim vpwarde which is on the north syde of the water Then goeth it vnto y e water of Ensemes and commeth out vnto
the well of Rogell Then goeth it vp to the valley of the sonne of Hinnam a longe besyde the Iebusite that dwelleth from y e southwarde that is Ierusalem and commeth vp vnto the toppe of the mount which lyeth before the valley of Hinnam from the westwarde that borderth on the edge of the valley of Raphaim towarde the north Then commeth it from the toppe of the same mount vnto the water well of Nephtoah and commeth out vnto the cities of mount Ephron and boweth towarde Baala that is Kiriath Iarim and fetcheth a coÌ„passe aboute from Baala westwarde vnto mount Seir and goeth by the northsyde of the mount Iarim that is Chessalon and coÌ„meth downe to Bethsemes and goeth thorow Thimna and breaketh out on the north syde of Acron and stretcheth forth towarde Sicron and goeth ouer mount Baala and commeth out vnto Iabueel so that their vttemost border is the see The weste border is the greate see This is the border of the children of Iuda rounde aboute in their kynreds Caleb the sonne of Iephune had his porcion geueÌ„ him amoÌ„ge the children of Iuda as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Iosua namely Kiriatharba of the father of Enak that is Hebron And Caleb droue from thence the thre sonnes of Enak Sesai Ahiman and Thalmas begotten of Enak And from theÌ„ce he wente vp to the inhabiters of Debir As for Debir it was called Kiriath Sepher aforetyme And Caleb sayde Who so smyteth Kiriath Sepher and wynneth it I wyll geue him my doughter Achsa to wyfe Then Athniel the sonne of Kenas the brother of Caleb wanne it and he gaue him his doughter Achsa to wife And it fortuned whan they wente in that she was counceled of hir houszbande to axe a pece of londe of hir father And she fell downe from the asse Then sayde Caleb vnto her What ayleth the She sayde Geue me a blessynge for thou hast geueÌ„ me a south and drye londe geue me welles of water also Then gaue he her welles aboue and beneth This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of Iuda amonge their kynreds And the cities of the trybe of the children of Iuda from one to another by the coastes of the Edomites towarde the south were these Cabzeel Eder Iagur Kina Dimona Adada Kedes Hazor Iethnam Siph Telem Bealot Hazor Hadatha Kirioth Hezron that is Hasor AmaÌ„ Sema Molada Hazor Gadda Hesmon Beth palet Hazer Sual Beer Seba Bisziothia Baala Iim Azem Elthâ—lad Chesil Harma Ziâ—lag Madmanna San SaÌ„na Lebaoth Silhim Ain RimoÌ„ These are nyne and twentye cities their vyllages But in the lowe countrees was Esthaol Zaren Asna Saroah Engannim Thapna Enam Iarmoth Adullam Socho Aseka Saaraim Adithaim Gedera Giderothim These are fourtene cities their vyllages ZenaÌ„ Hadasa Migdal Gad Dilean Mispa Iakthiel Lachis Bazekath EgloÌ„ Châ—bon LachmaÌ„ Chithlis Gedâ—roth Beth Dagon Naama Makeda These are sixtene cities and their vyllages Libna Ether Asen Iephthah Asua Nezib Keila Achsib Maresa These are nyne cities and their vyllages * Ekron with hir doughters and vyllages From Ekron vnto the see all that reacheth vnto Asdod and the vyllages therof Asdod with the doughters and vyllages therof Gasa with hir doughters and vyllages vnto the water of Egipte And the greate see is his border But vpon the mount was Samir Iatir Socho Danna Kiriath Sanna that is Debir Anab Esthemo Annim Gosen Holen Gilo These are eleuen cities and their vyllagies Maon Carmel Siph Iuta Iesrael IakdeaÌ„ Sanoah Kain Gibea Thimna These are ten cities and their vyllages Halhul Bethzur Gedor Maarath Beth Anoth Elthekon These are sixe cities and their vyllages Kiriath Baal that is Kiriath Iearim Harabba two cities their vyllages And in the wyldernesse was Betharaba Middin Sechacha Nibsan and the Salt cite and Engaddi These are siâ—e cities and their vyllagies But the Iebusites dwelt at Ierusalem and the children of Iuda coude not dryue them awaye So the Iebusites remayne with the children of Iuda at Ierusalem vnto this daye The XVI Chapter ANd the lot fell vnto the children of Ephraim froÌ„ Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho vnto the water on the east syde of Iericho and the wyldernesse y t goeth vp from Iericho thorow the mountayne of Bethel and commeth out from Bethel vnto Lus and goeth thorow the coast of Arciataroth and stretcheth downe westwarde vnto y e coaste of Iaphleti to y e border of the lower Bethoron and vnto Gaser and the ende therof is by the greate see This the children of Ioseph Manasses Ephraim receaued to enheritaunce The Border of the children of Ephraim amonge their kynreds of their enheritaunce from the east was Ataroth Adar vnto the vpper Bethoron goeth out westwarde by Michmethath that lyeth towarde the north there fetcheth it a compasse towarde the east syde of the cite Thaenath Silo and goeth there thorow from the east vnto Ianoha and commeth downe from Ianoha vnto Ataroth and Naaratha and bordreth on Iericho and goeth out at Iordane From Thapuah goeth it westwarde vnto Naalkama and the out goinge of it is at the see This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Ephraim amonge their kynreds And all the borders cities with their vyllages of the childreÌ„ of Ephraim laye scatred amonge the enheritaunce of the children of Manasse And they droue not out y e Cananites which dwelt at Gaser So y e Cananites remayned amoÌ„ge Ephraim vnto this daye and became tributaries The XVII Chapter ANd the lot fell vpoÌ„ the trybe of Manasse for he is Iosephs first sonne and it fell vpon Machir the first sonne of Manasse y e father of Gilead for he was a maÌ„ of armes therfore had he Gilead and Basan It fell also vnto the other children of Manasse namely vnto y e childreÌ„ of Abieser the children of Helek the children of Asriel the children of Sechem the children of Hepher and the children of Semida These are the childreÌ„ of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph males amonge their kynreds But Zelaphead the sonne of Hepher the sonne of Gilead the sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasse had no sonnes but doughters and their names are these Mahala Noa Hagla Milca Tirza and they came before Eleasar the prest and before Iosua the sonne of Nun and before the rulers and sayde The LORDE commaunded Moses to geue vs enheritaunce amonge oure brethren And so they had enheritaunce geuen them amonge their fathers brethren acordinge to the commaundement of the LORDE There fell vpon Manasse ten meetlynes without the londe of Gilead and Basan which lyeth beyoÌ„de Iordane For y e doughters of Manasse receaued enheritaunce amonge his sonnes but the other children of Manasse had the londe of Gilead And the border of Manasse was froÌ„ Asser forth vnto Michmethath that lyeth before Sichem and reacheth vnto the righte syde of them of En Tapuah for the londe of Tapuah fell vnto Manasse and the border of Manasse is vnto the childreÌ„ of Ephraim Then commeth it downe to Nahelkana towarde the south
syde of the ryuer cities which are Ephraims amonge the cities of Manasse But from the north is the border of Manasse by the ryuer and goeth forth by the see syde south warde vnto Ephraim and to Manasse northwarde and the see is his coaste And it shal border on Aser from the north and on Isachar from the easte So amoÌ„ge Isachar and Asser Manasses had Beth Sean and the townes therof and Ieblaam and the townes therof and them of Dor and their townes and them of En Dor and their townes them of Taanach and their townes and them of Mageddo and their townes and the thirde parte of the cite Nophet And the children of Manasse coude not dryue awaye the inhabiters of these cities but the Cananites beganne to dwell in the same londe Howbeit whan the children of Israel were able they made the Cananites tributaries and droue them not out Then spake the children of Ioseph vnto Iosua and sayde Wherfore hast thou geueÌ„ me but one porcion and one meetlyne of enheritaunce and I am yet a greate people as the LORDE hath blessed me so largely Then sayde Iosua vnto them For so moch as thou art a greate people go vp therfore in to y e wodd and make thy selfe rowme there in the londe of the Pheresites and Raphaim seynge mouÌ„t Ephraim is to narowe for the. Then sayde the children of Ioseph We shal not be able to attayne vnto the mountaynes for there are yron charettes amonge all the Cananites that dwell in the londe of Emek by whom lyeth Beth Sean and the vyllages therof and Iesrael in Emek Iosua sayde vnto the house of Ioseph euen to Ephraim and Manasses Thou art a greate people for so moch as thou art so greate thou must not haue one lot but the mountayne where y e wod is shal be thine rote y t out for y e so shall it be the outgoinge of thy porcion whan thou dryuest out the Cananites which haue yroÌ„ charettes are mightie The XVIII Chapter ANd all the multitude of the children of Israel gathered them selues together vnto Silo and they set vp y e Tabernacle of witnesse and the londe was subdued vnto them But there were yet seuen trybes of the childreÌ„ of Israel vnto whom they had not deuyded their enheritaunce And Iosua sayde vnto the children of Israel Howlonge are ye so slowe to go and coÌ„quere the londe which the LORDE God of youre fathers hath geuen you Chose you thre men out of euery trybe y t I maye sende them and that they maye get them vp and go thorow the londe and descrybe it acordinge to the enheritaunces therof and come vnto me Deuyde the londe in seuen partes Iudas shal remayne vpon his borders of the south syde and the house of Ioseph shal remayne vpon his borders of the north parte but descrybe ye the londe in seuen partes and brynge them vnto me then shal I cast y e lot for you before the LORDE oure God For the Leuites haue no porcion amonge you but the presthode of the LORDE is their enheritaunce As for Gad Ruben and y e halfe trybe of Manasse they haue receaued their enheritaunce beyonde Iordane eastwarde which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue them Then the men gat vp to go their waye And whan they were aboute to go for to descrybe the londe Iosua commaunded them and sayde Go youre waye and walke thorow the londe and descrybe it and come agayne vnto me that I maye cast y e lot for you before the LORDE at Silo. So the men departed and wente thorow the londe and descrybed it in seuen partes vpon a letter acordinge to the cities and came to Iosua in to the hoost at Silo. Then Iosua cast the lot ouer them at Silo before the LORDE and there distributed the londe amonge the children of Israel vnto euery one his parte And the lot of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin fell acordinge to their kynreds and the border of their lot wente out betwene the children of Iuda the children of Ioseph And their border was on y e north quarter of Iordane and goeth vp from the north syde of Iericho and commeth vp to the mountayne westwarde and goeth out by the wyldernesse of Bethauen and goeth from theÌ„ce towarde Lus euen by the south syde of Lus that is Bethel and commeth downe vnto Ataroth Adar by the mountayne which lyeth on y e south syde of the loweâ— Bethoron Then howeth it downe and fetcheth a compasse vnto the south west quarter from the mount that lyeth ouer agaynst Bethoron towarde the south and goeth out vnto Kiriath Baal y t is Kiriath Iearim a cite of the children of Iuda This is the west border But the south border is from Kiriath-Iearim forth and goeth out towarde the west and commeth forth vnto y e water well of Nepthoah and goeth downe by the edge of the mount that lyeth before the valley of the sonne of Hinnam and goeth downe thorow the valley of Hinnam on y e south syde of the Iebusites and commeth downe to the well of Rogell and stretcheth from the northwarde and commeth out vnto Eâ— Semes and commeth forth to the heapes that lye vp towarde Adumim and coÌ„meth downe vnto the stone of Bohen the sonne of Ruben and goeth a longe besyde y e playne felde which lyeth north warde and commeth downe vnto y e playne felde and goeth besyde Beth Hagla that lyeth towarde the north and his ende is at the north border of the Salt see vnto y e edge of Iordane south warde This is the south border But Iordane shal be the ende of the east quarter This is the enheritaunce of y e children of Ben Iamin in their borders rounde aboute amonge their kynreds The cities of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin amoÌ„ge their kynreds are these Iericho Beth Hagla Emek Keziâ—z Betharaba Zemaraim Bethel Auim Haphar Aphra Caphar Amonai Aphni Gaba these are twolue cities and their vyllages Gibeon Rama Beeroth Mispa Caphira Moza Rekem Ieerpeel Thareala Zela Eleph and the Iebusites that is Ierusalem Gibeath Kiriath these are fourtene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds The XIX Chapter THen fell the seconde lot of the trybe of the children of Simeon acordinge to their kynreds and their enheritaunce was amonge the enheritaunce of y e children of Iuda And to their enheritaunce they had Beer Seba Molada Hazar Sual Baala Azem El Tholad Bethâ—l Harma Ziklag Betha Markaboth Hazar Sussa Beth Lebaoth and Saruhen these are thirtene cities their vyllages Ain Rimon Ether Asan these are foure cities and their vyllages And all y e vyllages that lye aboute the cities vnto Balath Beer Ramath towarde the south This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Simeon in their kynreds for the enheritaunce of the children of Simeon is vnder the porcion of the children of Iuda For
men in Ben Iamin which all drue the swerde For whan the childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin sawe that they were smitten the men of Israel gaue them rowme to flye For they trusted to the watch which they had sett by Gibea And the watch made haist also brake forth vnto Gibea and wente vpon it and smote all the cite with the edge of y e swerde They were appoynted betwene them selues the men of Israel and the hynder watch to fâ—ll vpon them with the swerde whan the smoke of the cite arose Now whan the men of Israel turned them in the battayll and Ben Iamin beganne to smyte the wounded in Israel vpon a thirtie men and thoughte they are smytten before vs like as in the battayll afore then beganne there a piler of smoke to arise vp from the cite And Ben Iamin loked behinde them and beholde the flamme of y e cite wente vp vnto heauen And the men of Israel turned them and were fearce vpon y e men of Ben Iamin for they sawe that the euell wolde happen vnto them And they turned them before the men of Israel in the waye to the wyldernesse but the battayll folowed vpon them And them of the cite destroyed they amoÌ„ge them And they compased Ben Iamin rounde aboute and folowed vpon them vnto Menuah and trode them downe tyll afore Gibea eastwarde And there fell of Ben Iamin eightene thousande men which were all men of armes Whan the remnaunt of Ben Iamin sawe that they turned them and fled towarde the wildernesse vnto the stonye rocke of Rimon But in the same strete they slewe fyue thousande men and folowed vpon them vnto Gideom and slewe two thousande of theÌ„ and so there fell the same daye of Ben Iamin fyue and twenty thousande men which drue y e swerde and were all meÌ„ of armes Onely sixe hundreth men turned backe and fled towarde the wyldernesse vnto the stonye rocke of Rimon and abode in the rocke of Rimon foure monethes And the men of Israel came agayne to the children of Ben Iamin and smote them that were in the cite with y e edge of the swerde both meÌ„ and catell and all that was founde and what soeuer was fouÌ„de in the cite they cast it in to the fyre The XXI Chapter THe men of Israel had sworeÌ„ at Mispa and sayde Noman shal geue his doughter to the Ben Iamites to wife And the people came to the house of God in Silo abode there before God vntill the euenynge and lifte vp their voyce and wepte sore and sayde O LORDE God of Israel wherfore is this come to passe in Israel this daye But on the morow the people gat theÌ„ vp early and builded there an altare and offred burnt offeringes and deed offerynges And the children of Israel sayde Where is there eny maÌ„ of the trybes of Israel that is not come vp with the congregacion vnto the LORDE For there was a greate ooth made that who so came not vp to Mispa vnto the LORDE shulde dye the deeth And the children of Israel were sory for Ben Iamin their brother and sayde This daye is there one trybe lesse in Israel How wyll we do that the remnaunt maye haue wyues For we haue sworne by the LORDE that we wyl not geue theÌ„ wyues of oure doughters And they saide Where is there eny maÌ„ of the trybes of Israel that is not come vp to the LORDE vnto Mispa And beholde there was not one man of the citesyns of Iabes in Gilead Then sent the congregacion twolue thousande men of armes thither and commaunded them and sayde Go youre waye and smite the citesyns of Iabes in Gilead with the swerde the wemen also and the children but so that ye do after this maner Se that ye damne all them that are males and all the wemen that haue lyen with men And amonge the citesins of Iabes in Gilead they fouÌ„de foure hundreth damsels which were virgins and had lyen with noman those they broughte in to the hoost vnto Silo which lyeth in the londe of Canaan Then sent the whole congregacion and caused to talke with the children of Ben Iamin which were in the stonie rocke of RimoÌ„ and called vnto them frendly So the children of Ben Iamin came agayne at the same tyme and thy gaue them wemen which they had of the wemen of Iabes in Gilead and founde no mo after that maner Then were the people sory for Ben Iamin that y e LORDE had made a gappe in the trybes of Israel And the Elders of the congregacioÌ„ sayde What wil we do that the remnaunt maye haue wyues also for the wemeÌ„ in Ben Iamin are destroied and they sayde The enheritaunce of them of Ben Iamin that are escaped must nedes remayne that there be not a trybe destroyed out of Israel we can not geue them oure doughters to wiues For the children of Israel haue sworne and sayde Cursed be he that geueth a wyfe to the Ben Iamites And they sayde Beholde there is a yearly feast of the LORDE at Silo which lieth on the northsyde of the Gods house and on the eastside of the strete as a maÌ„ goeth from Bethel vnto Sichem and lieth on the south side of Liboâ—a And they commaunded the children of Ben Iamin sayde Go youre waye and wayte in the vynyardes And whan ye se that the doughters of Silo go forth by coÌ„panyes to daunse get you out of the vynyardes and euery man take him a wyfe of the doughters of Silo and go youre waye in to the loÌ„de of Ben Iamin As for their fathers and brethren whan they come to lawe with vs we wyll saye vnto them Be fauourable to them for they haue not taken theÌ„ in battaill but ye gaue theÌ„ not vnto them by time and it is youre faute The children of Ben Iamin did so and acordinge to their nombre toke them wyues from the daunse whom they caught by violence and wente their waye dwelt in their awne inheritaunce and buylded cities and dwelt therin The children of Israel also gat them vp from thence at the same time euery one to his trybe and to his kinred and departed theÌ„ce euery man to his awne inheritaunce At y t time was there no kynge in Israel and euery man dyd y e thinge y t was right in his awne eies The ende of the boke of the Iudges called Iudicum The boke of Ruth What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Elimelech departeth from Bethleem with his wife and two sonnes in to the londe of the Moabites where the father dyeth and both the sonnes Ruth the wife of the one sonne goeth home with hir mother in lawe Chap. II. Ruth gathereth vp eares of corne in the felde of Boos hir houszbandes kynsmaÌ„ Chap. III. Ruth lyeth her downe in the barne at Boos fete and he geueth her good wordes and ladeth her with sixe measures of barlye Chap. IIII. Boos marieth Ruth which beareth him Obed Dauids graundfather The
bullockes and ten thousande shepe And many of the prestes sanctified them selues And the whole congregacion of Iuda reioysed the prestes and Leuites and all the congregacion that came out of Israel and the straungers that were come out of the londe of Israel and they that dwelt in Iuda and greate ioye was there at Ierusalem for sence the tyme of Salomon the sonne of Dauid the kynge of Israel was there no soch ioye at IerusaleÌ„ And the prestes and Leuites stode vp and blessed the people and their voyce was herde and their prayer came in to his holy habitacion in heauen The XXXI Chapter ANd whan all this was fynished all the Israelites that were founde in y e cities of Iuda wente out and brake the pilers and hewed downe the groues and brake downe the hye places and altares out of all Iuda Ben Iamin Ephraim and Manasses tyll they had destroyed theÌ„ And all the children of Israel wente agayne euery one to his possession vnto their cities But Ezechias set the prestes and Leuites in their ordinaunces euery one after his office both the prestes and Leuites for the burntsacrifices and thank offerynges to mynister to geue thankes and prayse in the gates of the hoost of the LORDE And the kynge gaue his porcion of his substauÌ„ce for the burnt offerynges in the mornynge and euenynge and for the burnt offerynges of the Sabbath and of the newmone and of the feastes as it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE And he spake vnto y e people which dwelt at Ierusalem that they shulde geue porcioÌ„s vnto the prestes and Leuites y t they mighte the more stedfastly endure in the lawe of the LORDE And whaÌ„ y e worde came forth the childreÌ„ of Israel gaue many fyrst frutes of corne wyne oyle hony and allmaner increace of the felde and broughte in moch of all maner tithes And the children of Israel and Iuda which dwelt in the cities of Iuda broughte the tithes also of oxen and shepe and the tithes of soch thinges as were sanctifyed which they had halowed vnto the LORDE their God and made here an heape and there an heape In the thirde moneth begaÌ„ne they to laye vpon heapes and in the seuenth moneth dyd they fynishe it And whaÌ„ Ezechias with the rulers wente in and sawe the heapes they praysed the LORDE and his people of Israel And Ezechiâ—s axed the prestes and Leuites concernynge the heapes And Asaria the prest the chefe in the house of Sadoc sayde vnto him Sence the tyme that they beganne to brynge the Heue offerynges in to y e house of the LORDE we haue eaten and are satisfied and yet is there lefte ouer for the LORDE hath blessed his people therfore is this heape lefte ouer Then commaunded the kynge that they shulde prepare chestes in the house of the LORDE And they prepared them â–ª and put in the Heue offerynges and tithes and that which was halowed faithfully And the ouersighte of the same had Chanania the Leuite and Simei his brother the seconde and Iehiel Asasia Naglath Asahel Ierimoth Iosabad Eliel Iesmachia Mahath and Benaia ordeyned of the hande off Chanania and Simei his brother acordinge to the commaundement of kynge Ezechias But Asaria was prynce in the house of God And Core y e sonne of Iemna the Leuite the power of the Eastgate was ouer the frewyllinge giftes of God which were geuen for Heue offerynges vnto the LORDE and ouer the Most holy And vnder his hande were Eden Miniamin Iesua Semaia Amaria and Sachania in the cities of the prestes vpon credence that they shulde geue vnto their brethreÌ„ acordinge to their courses to the leest as to the greatest And vnto them that were counted for men childreÌ„ from thre yeare olde and aboue amonge all theÌ„ that weÌ„te in to the house of the LORDE euery one vpoÌ„ his daye to their office in their attendaunces after their courses And they that were rekened for prestes in the house of their fathers and the Leuites from twentye yeare and aboue in their attendaunces after their courses And they that were rekened amonge their children wyues sonnes and doughters amoÌ„ge the whole congregacion for that which was halowed sanctifyed they vpon credence There were men also named by name amonge Aarons children the prestes vpon the feldes of the suburbes in all y e cities that they shulde geue porcions vnto all the men children amoÌ„ge the prestes and to all them that were nombred amonge the Leuites Thus dyd Ezechias in all Iuda and dyd that which was good righte and true in the sighte of the LORDE his God And in all the busynes that he toke in haÌ„de concernynge the seruyce of the house of God acordinge to the lawe and commaundement to seke his God that dyd he with all his hert and therfore prospered he well The XXXII Chapter AFter these actes and faithfulnes came Sennacharib the kynge of Assur and wente in to Iuda and pitched before the stroÌ„ge cities and thoughte to plucke them vnto him And whan Ezechias sawe that Sennacherib came and that his face stode to fighte agaynst Ierusalem he deuysed with his rulers and mightie men to couer the waters of the welles that were without the cite and they helped him and there gathered together a greate people and couered all y e welles and water brokes in the myddes of the londe and sayde Lest the kynges of Assur fynde moch water whaÌ„ they come And he toke a corage vnto him and buylded all the walles where they were in decaye and made towres theron and buylded yet another wall without and strengthed Millo in the cite of Dauid And made moch ordinaunce and shyldes and set captaynes of warre ouer the people And gathered them vnto him vpon the brode strete by the gate of the cite and spake hertely vnto them and sayde Be stronge and bolde feare not and be not afrayed for the kynge of Assur ner all y e multitude that is with him for there is one greater with vs then with him With him is a fleshly arme but with vs is the LORDE oure God to helpe vs and to fighte for vs. And y e people trusted vnto the wordes of Ezechias kynge of Iuda Afterwarde sent Sennacherib the kynge of Assur his seruauntes vnto Ierusalem for he laye before Lachis all his hoost w t him to Ezechias y e kinge of Iuda to all Iuda that was at IerusaleÌ„ sayenge Thus sayeth Sennacherib y e kynge of Assur Wherin put ye youre trust ye that dwell in the beseged Ierusalem Ezechias disceaueth you that he maye delyuer you vnto death hoÌ„ger and thyrst and sayeth The LORDE oure God shal delyuer vs from the hande of the kynge of Assur Is it not Ezechias that hath put awaye his hye places and altares and sayde vnto Iuda and Ierusalem Before one altare shal ye worshippe and burne incense theron Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done to all y e people in the londes Haue the