Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The boke of Iosua. (Book Joshua)

What this boke conteyneth.

• Chap. I. After the death of Moses, God cō∣maūdeth Iosua to get him vp, and to go with the people ouer Iordane in to the londe of pro¦mes.
• Chap. II. Two spyes are sent vnto Iericho, and Rahab lodgeth them.
• Chap. III. Iosua goeth forth with the people vnto Iordane: The Leuites are ordeyned to go beforewith the Arke. The one parte of Ior¦dane stondeth styll, the other renneth downe, and the people go thorow it drye shodd.
• Chap. IIII. Twolue stones doth Iosua cause to be taken out of Iordane, and setteth them vp at Gilgall for a remembraunce.
• Chap V. The kynges beyonde Iordane are afrayed. The people in Gilgall are circumcy∣sed. They eate the Passeouer and vnleuended bred.
• Chap. VI. How Iericho is wonne and taken.
• Chap. VII. The Israelites are put to flight be¦fore their enemies, because one of thē had stol¦len of it that shulde haue bene damned and vt¦terly destroyed. The trespacer is stoned vnto death.
• Chap VIII. The cite of Hai is wonne, the people slayne, the kynge taken alyue and hanged, the cite brent. Iosua buyldeth an altare vnto the LORDE. The blessynges and curses are red.
• Chap. IX. The Heythen kynges prepare thē selues agaynst Israel. The Gabaonites saue their lyues by crafte and suttyltie
• Chap. X. The Heythen laye sege to Gabaon, but Iosua helpeth them, and wynneth a grea¦te felde, commaundeth the Sonne to sto••de styll, hangeth vp fyue kynges, and taketh the cities.
• Chap. XI. The Heythē kynges gather thē sel∣ues together agaynst Israel: but they are dis∣comfited, and their cities wonne.
• Chap. XII. The names of the kynges whom Iosua and the Israelites slewe, are here re∣hearsed, euen one and thirtye.
• Chap▪ 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 try∣bes, 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 sen•• home agayne, with a charge to be diligent in kepynge Gods commaundement. Of the alta∣re 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 i•• Sichem, and rehearceth the benefites of God vnto thē. The couenaūt with God is renewed. Iosua dyeth, and so doth Eleasar.

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The first Chapter.

[ A] AFter the death of Mo¦ses the seruaunt of the LORDE, spake the LORDE vnto Iosua y^e sonne of Nun Mo∣ses mynister: My ser∣uaunt 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. * 1.1 All the places that the soles of you¦re fete shal treade vpon, haue I geuen vnto you, as I sayde vnto Moses: From the wyl∣dernesse and this Libanus vnto the greate water Euphrates: all the londe of the He∣thites vnto the greate see towarde the west, shal be youre border. There shall noman be able to withstonde y^t all thy life longe.* 1.2 And like as I was with Moses, so wil I be with the also. * 1.3 I will not fayle the nether forsake the. Be stronge and bolde: for vnto this peo¦ple shalt thou deuyde y^e londe, which I swa¦re vnto their fathers, to geue it them.

[ B] * 1.4 Be strōge therfore and very bolde, that thou mayest kepe and do euery thynge acor¦dinge to the lawe, that Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Turne not asyde from it, nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte,* 1.5 y^t thou mayest deale wysely whither so euer thou goest. * 1.6 And let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth, but exercy∣se thy selfe therin daie and nighte, that thou mayest kepe and do euery thinge acordinge to it that is wryttē 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 ta∣ke possession of the londe, which the LORDE youre God shal geue you.

And to the Rubenites, Gaddites, and to [ C] the halfe trybe of Manasse, sayde Iosua: Thynke vpon the worde, * 1.7 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 remay∣ne in y^e londe, that Moses gaue you on this syde Iordane: But ye youre selues (as ma∣ny as be fightinge men) shal go forth before youre brethren in harnesse, and helpe them, tyll the LORDE haue broughte youre bre∣thren to rest also as well as you: that they al¦so 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 you∣re 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: * 1.8All 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 com∣maunded vs, shal dye: Onely be thou stron∣ge and bolde.

The II. Chapter.

IOsua the sonne of Nun sent out two [ A] spyes preuely from Setim, and say∣de vnto them: Go youre waye, loke vpon the londe and Iericho. They wente forth,* 1.9 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 childrē of Israel, to spye the londe. Then sent the kyn∣ge 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 ca¦me 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 go∣ne: folowe soone after them, for ye shal ouer∣take them. But she had caused them to clym¦me vp vnto the house toppe, and hyd them vnder the stalkes of flaxe, that she had pre∣pared her vpō the toppe of the house. How¦beit 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.

[ B] And or euer the men layed them downe to slepe, she wente vp to them vnto the hou∣se toppe, and sayde vnto thē: I knowe that the LORDE shal delyuer you the londe, * 1.10 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,* 1.11 whā ye departed out of Egip¦te:* 1.12 and what ye dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites, Sihon and Og beyonde Iordane, how ye roted them out, and des∣troyed them. And sence we herde therof, ou∣re 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 heauē and beneth vpon earth.

[ C] Sweare now then vnto me * 1.13 euen by the LORDE (for so moch as I haue dealte mer∣cifully with you) that ye wyl also shewe mer¦cy 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 sou∣les from death. The men sayde vnto her:* 1.14 Yf we shewe not mercy and faithfulnesse vpon the, whan the LORDE geueth vs the lon∣de, then let oure soule dye for you, so farre as thou betrayest not oure deuyce. Then let she them downe thorow the wyndowe by a coar¦de: for hir house wa•• in the wall of the cite, and in the wall was hir dwellynge. And she sayde vnto them: Go youre waye vp to the mountaynes, lest they mete you that folowe vpon you: and hyde youre selues there thre dayes, tyll they be come againe y^t folowe af¦ter you: and then get you youre waye.

[ D] But the men sayde vnto her: As for this ooth that thou hast taken of vs, we wyll be discharged of it whan we come in to y^e lon∣de, excepte thou knyttest in the wyndowe y^e lyne of this rosecoloured rope (y^t thou hast lettē vs downe with all) & gatherest vnto y^e in to the house, thy father, thy mother, yⁱ bre∣thren & all thy fathers house. And loke who so euer goeth out at the dore of thy house, his bloude be vpon his owne heade, and we giltlesse. But of all those y^t are in y^e house, yf a hande be layed vpon thē, their bloude shalbe vpō o^r heade. And yf thou bewrayest eny of this deuyce of ours, thē wil we be dis¦charged of the ooth y^t thou hast takē of vs. She sayde: Let it be so as ye saye, and she let thē go. And they wente their waye. And she knyt the rose coloured lyne in the wyndowe.

They wente on their waye, and came to the mountaynes, and remayned there thre dayes, tyll they that folowed vpon them we¦re come agayne: for they soughte them tho∣row euery strete, & yet they founde them not. So the two men turned agayne, and depar∣ted from the mountaynes, and passed ouer (Iordane) and came to Iosua the sonne of Nun, and tolde him euery thinge, as they had founde it, & they sayde vnto Iosua: The LORDE hath geuē vs all the londe in to ou¦re handes, and all they that dwell in the lon¦de, are sore afrayed of vs.

The III. Chapter.

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ANd Iosua rose vp early, and they de∣parted [ A] from Setim, & came vnto Ior¦dane, he and all the children of Israel, and remayned there all night, afore they wē¦te ouer. But after thre dayes wente the offi∣cers thorow y^e hoost, and commaunded the people, and sayde: Whan ye se the Arke of y^e couenaunt of the LORDE youre God, and the prestes from amōge the Leuites bearin∣ge it, departe ye then out of youre place, and folowe after (but so, that there be rowme be∣twene you and it by two thousande cubites, & that ye come not nye it) y^t ye maye knowe what waye ye shulde go: for ye neuer wente that waye afore.

And Iosua sayde vnto the people: Ha∣lowe [ B] youre selues,* 1.15 for tomorow shal y^e LOR¦DE bringe wonderous thinges to passe amō¦ge you. And vnto the prestes he sayde: Bea∣re ye the Arke of y^e couenaūt, and go before the people. Then * 1.16 bare they the Arke, and wente before the people. And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua: This daye wyl I begyn∣ne to make the greate in the sighte of all Is¦rael, that they maie knowe, how that like as I was with Moses, so am I with the also. And commaunde thou the prestes that bea∣re the Arke, and saye: Whan ye come before in the water of Iordane, stonde styll.

[ C] And Iosua sayde vnto the children of Is∣rael: Come hither, & heare the worde of the LORDE youre God. He sayde morouer: By this shal ye perceaue, that the lyuynge God is amonge you, and that he shall dryue out before you y^e Cananites, Hethites, Heuites, Pheresites, Girgosites, Amorites and Iebu¦sites. Beholde, the Arke of the couenaunt of him y^t hath domynion ouer all londes, shall go before you in Iordane. Take now therfo∣re twolue men out of y^e trybes of Israel, out of euery trybe one. And whan the soles of the fete of the prestes that beare y^e Arke of the LORDE the gouernoure of all londes, are set in the water of Iordane, then shal y^e water of Iordane withdrawe it selfe from the water that floweth from aboue, that it maye stonde on a heape.

[ D] Now whan the people departed out of their tentes, to go ouer Iordane, & the pres∣tes bare the Arke of the couenaunt before the people, and came in to Iordane, & dypte their fete before in the water (as for Iorda∣ne on all his banckes it was full of all ma∣ner waters * 1.17 of the londe) then the water that came downe frō aboue, stode straight vp vpon one heape, very farre from the ci∣te of Adom, that lyeth on the syde of Zar∣than: But the water that ranne downe to the see (euen to the salt see) fell awaye, and de¦creased.

* 1.18So y^e people wente thorow ouer agaynst Iericho. And the prestes that bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt, stode drye in y^e myddes of Iordane, readye prepared: & all Israel wēte thorow drye shod, vntyll y^e who¦le people were all come ouer Iordane.

The IIII. Chapter.

[ A] ANd y^e LORDE sayde vnto Iosua: Ta¦ke you twolue men, out of euery trybe one, & cōmaunde them, & saye: * 1.19 Take vp twolue stones out of Iordane, from the place where the fete of the prestes stode in their araye: & cary them with you, y^t ye maie leaue them in y^e lodginge, where ye shal lod¦ge this night. Thē Iosua called twolue mē which were prepared of the children of Is∣rael, out of euery trybe one, & sayde vnto thē: Go youre waye ouer before the Arke of the LORDE youre God in the myddes of Ior∣dane, & take euery man a stone vpon his shul¦der, after the nombre of the trybes of y^e chil¦dren of Israel, y^t they maye be a token amon¦ge you. And whan youre children axe their fathers here after, and saye: What do these stones there? That ye maye then saye vnto them, how that the water of Iordane cla∣ue in sunder before the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt, whan it wente thorow Iordane, & that these stones are set for a perpetuall re¦membraunce vnto the children of Israel.

Then dyd the children of Israel as Io∣sua [ B] commaunded them, and bare twolue sto¦nes out of the myddes of Iordane (as the LORDE had sayde vnto Iosua) * 1.20 acordinge to the nombre of the trybes of the children of Israel, and broughte the same with them in to the lodginge, and lefte them there. And Iosua set vp twolue stones in y^e myddes of Iordane, where y^e fete of the prestes stode, that bare y^e Arke of the couenaunt: and the¦re they be yet vnto this daye. As for y^e pres∣tes that bare y^e Arke, they stode in the myd¦des of Iordane, vntyll all was perfourmed that the LORDE charged Iosua to saye vn¦to y^e people * 1.21 acordinge as Moses gaue Io¦sua in commaundemēt. The people also ma¦de haist, and wente ouer. Now whan all the people was gone ouer, the Arke of the LOR¦DE wente ouer also, and the prestes wente be¦fore the people.

* 1.22And the Rubenites, & Gaddites, and y^e [ C] halfe trybe of Manasse wente harnessed be∣fore the childrē of Israel, like as Moses had sayde vnto thē: Aboute a fortye thousande men ready harnessed to the warre, wente be¦fore the LORDE to the battayll, vpon y^e fel¦de of Iericho. * 1.23 In that daye the LORDE made Iosua greate in the sighte of all Is∣rael: and like as they feared Moses, so stode they in awe of him, all his life longe.

And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua: Com∣maunde the prestes which beare the Arke of witnesse, that they come vp out of Iordane. So Iosua cōmaunded the prestes, & sayde: Come vp out of Iordane. And whan the prestes y^t bare the Arke of the couenaūt of y^e LORDE were come out of Iordane, and trode with the soles of their fete vpon the drye londe, y^e water of Iordane came agay¦ne in to his place, and flowed (like as afore tyme) vpon all his banckes.

It was y^e tenth daye of the first moneth, [ D] whan the people came vp out of Iordane: & they pitched their tentes in Gilgall vpon y^e East syde of y^e cite of Iericho. And y^e twol¦ue stones which they had taken out of Ior∣dane, dyd Iosua set vp at Gilgall, & saide vn¦to the children of Israel:* 1.24 Whan youre chil∣dren axe their fathers herafter, & saie: What meane these stones: Ye shall tell thē, & saye: Israel wēte drye thorow Iordane, what ty∣me as y^e LORDE yo^r God dryed vp y^e water of Iordane before you, vntyll ye were ouer:

like as the LORDE yo^r God dyd in the reed see,* 1.25 which he dryed vp before vs, y^t we migh¦te go thorow: that all the people vpon earth mighte knowe the hāde of the LORDE, how mightie it is, to the intent that ye shulde all∣waye feare the LORDE youre God.

The V. Chapter.

[ A] NOw whan all the kynges of y^e Amo¦rites that dwelt beyonde Iordane westwarde, and all the kynges of y^e Cananites by the see syde herde, how y^e LOR¦DE had dryed vp the water of Iordane be∣fore the children of Israel, tyll they were co¦me ouer * 1.26 their hert fayled them, nether was there eny more corage in them at the presen∣ce of the children of Israel.

At the same tyme sayde y^e LORDE vnto Iosua: Make the knyues * 1.27 of stone, & circum¦cyse the children of Israel agayne the secon¦de tyme. Then Iosua made him knyues of stone, and circumcysed the childrē of Israel vpon the toppe of the foreszkynnes. And the cause why Iosua circumcysed all the males of the people y^t were come out of Egipte, is this: for all the men of warre dyed in y^e wil¦dernesse by the waye, after they were depar∣ted out of Egipte: for all the people that ca¦me forth, were circumcysed.

[ B] But all the people that were borne in y^e wyldernesse by the waye (after they depar∣ted out of Egipte) were not circumcysed: for the children of Israel walked fortye yea∣res in the wyldernesse, vntyll all the people of the men of warre that came out of Egip¦te, were consumed, because they herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE, like as the LORDE sware vnto them, * 1.28 that they shulde not se the londe, which the LORDE sware vnto their fathers to geue vnto vs, euen a londe that floweth with mylke & ho¦nye: their children which were come vp in their steade, dyd Iosua circumcyse: for they had the foreszkynne, and were not circumcy¦sed by the waye.

[ C] And whan all the people were circumcy∣sed, they abode in their place, euē in y^e tētes, tyll they were whole. And y^e LORDE saide vnto Iosua: To daie haue I turned y^e shame of Egipte awaye from you, & the same pla¦ce was called Gilgall vnto this daye. And whyle the children of Israel laye thus at Gilgall, they kepte Easter * 1.29 the fourtenth daye of the moneth at euē in the felde of Ie¦richo. And they ate of the corne of the lōde the seconde daye of the Easter: namely, vnle¦uended bred, & fyrmentye of y^t yeare, euē the same daye. And vpon the morow, the * 1.30 Man¦na fayled, whan they ate of the corne of y^e londe, so that the children of Israel had no∣more Manna, but ate of the corne of the lon¦de of Canaan the same yeare.

And it fortuned that whā Iosua was by Iericho, he lifte vp his eyes, & was awarre, that there stode a mā agaynst him, and had a naked swerde in his hande. And Iosua wē¦te to him, & sayde vnto him: Art thou one of vs, or of oure enemies? He sayde: No, but I am * 1.31 the prynce of the LORDES hoost, and now am I come. Then fell Iosua downe to the earth vpon his face, & worshipped him and sayde vnto him: What sayeth my LOR¦DE vnto his seruaunt? And the prynce ouer the LORDES hoost sayde vnto him: * 1.32 Put y^e shues of y^e fete, for the place whervpō thou stondest, is holy. And Iosua dyd so.

The VI. Chapter.

AS for Iericho, it was shut & kepte be∣cause [ A] of the childrē of Israel, so that no man mighte go out ner in. But the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua: Beholde, I ha∣ue geuen Iericho with y^e kynge and men of warre therof, in to y^e hande. Let all the men of warre go once rounde aboute y^e cite, and do so sixe dayes. But vpon the seuenth daye let the prestes take the seuen trompettes of the yeare of Iubilye before the Arke, and go the same seuenth daye seuen tymes abou•••• the cite, and let the prestes blowe the trom∣pettes. And whan the horne of the yeare of Iubilye bloweth and maketh a sounde, so that ye heare the trompettes, all the people shal make a greate shoute, then shal the wal¦les of the cite fall downe, and y^e people shal fall in, euery one straight before him.

Then Iosua the sonne of Nun called y^e [ B] prestes, and sayde vnto them: Beare ye th•• Arke of the couenaunt, and let seuen pres∣tes take the seuen trompettes of the yeare of Iubilye before the Arke of the LORDE. But vnto the people he sayde: Get you hen¦ce, and go roūde aboute the cite: and let him that is harnessed, go before the Arke of the LORDE. Whan Iosua had spoken this vn∣to the people, the seuen prestes bare the se∣uen trompettes of the yeare Iubilye before the Arke of the LORDE, and wente & blew the trompettes, and the Arke of the LOR∣DES couenaūt folowed after them: and who so was harnessed, wente before the prestes that blewe the trompettes, and the multitu∣de folowed the Arke. And all was full of y^e noyse of the trompettes. But Iosua com∣maunded the people, and sayde: Ye shall ma¦ke no shoute, ner let youre voyce be herde, no∣ther

shall ye geue one worde out of youre mouth, vntyll the daye y^t I saye vnto you: Make a shoute, then make a shoute.

[ C] So the Arke of the LORDE wente once rounde aboute the cite, and came agyne in to y^e hooste, & remayned therin: for Iosua vsed to ryse vp early in the mornynge. And the prestes bare the Arke of the LORDE: so dyd the seuen prestes beare the seuen trom∣pettes of the yeare of Iubilye before y^e Ar¦ke of the LORDE, and wente and blewe the trompettes: and who so was harnessed, wen¦te before thē, but y^e multitude folowed y^e Ar¦ke of the LORDE. And all was full of the noyse of the trompettes.

The seconde daye wente they once abou∣te the cite also, and came agayne into the hoost. Thus dyd they sixe dayes. But vpon the seuēth daye whan the mornynge spryn∣ge arose, they gat them vp early, and wente after the same maner seuen tymes aboute y^e cite, so that vpon the same one seuenth daye they wente seuen tymes aboute the cite.

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[ D] And at the seuēth tyme whan the prestes blewe the trompettes, Iosua sayde vnto the people: Make a shoute, for y^e LORDE hath delyuered you the cite: Howbeit this cite, & all that is therin, shalbe damned vnto the LORDE: * 1.33 onely the harlot Rahab shal ly∣ue, & all that are with her in y^e house, for she hyd the messaungers, whom we sent forth. * 1.34 Onely bewarre of it that is damned, lest ye damne youre selues (yf ye take ought of it which is damned) and make the hoost of Is¦rael to be damned, and brynge it in to mys∣fortune. But all the syluer and golde, with the ornamētes of brasse & yron, shalbe sanc∣tified vnto the LORDE, that it maye come to the LORDES treasure.

Then made the people a greate shoute, and the prestes blewe the trompettes (for whan the people herde the noyse of the trompettes, they made a greate shoute) * 1.35 and the walles fell, and ehe people clym∣med vp in to the cite, euery one straight be∣fore him. Thus they wanne y^e cite, and * 1.36 des∣troyed all that was in the cite with the edge of the swerde, both man and woman, yonge and olde, oxe, shepe, and Asse.

But Iosua sayde vnto y^e two men which [ E] had spyed out the londe: Go in to the house of the harlot, and bringe out the woman frō thence with all that she hath, acordynge as ye haue sworne vnto her. Then y^e yonge men (the spyes) wente in, and brought forth Ra¦hab with hir father and mother, & brethren, and all that she had, and all hir kynred, and caused her to dwell without the hoost of Is∣rael. As for the cite, they brent it with fyre, & all that was therin: onely the syluer and gol¦de, and the ornamentes of brasse and yrō put they vnto the treasure in the house of y^e LOR¦DE: but Iosua let * 1.37 the harlot Rahab lyue, with hir fathers house, and all that she had: & she dwelt in Israel vnto this daie, becau∣se she had hyd the messaungers whō Iosua sent vnto Iericho to spye.

At the same tyme sware Iosua, and say∣de: * 1.38 Cursed be that man before the LORDE, which setteth vp this cite of Iericho & buyl¦deth it: Whan he laieth y^e foundaciō therof, let it cost him his first sonne: And whā he set¦teth vp the gates of it, let it cost him his yō∣gest sonne. Thus the LORDE was with Io∣sua, so that he was spoken of in all londes.

The VII. Chapter.

BVt the children of Israel had cōmyt¦ted [ A] a sinne in the thinge y^t was dam¦ned:* 1.39 for Achan the sonne of Charmi the sonne of Sabdi the sonne of Serah, of y^e trybe of Iuda, toke some of it y^t was dāned. Then was the wrath of the LORDE fearce ouer the children of Israel.

Now whan Iosua sent out men from Ie¦richo vnto Hai, which lyeth besyde Bethanē on y^e east syde of Bethel, he sayde vnto thē: Go vp, and spye the londe. And whan they had gone vp, and spyed out Hai, they came agayne to Iosua, and sayde vnto him: Let not all the people go vp, but vpon a two or thre thousande, that they maye go vp and smyte Hai, lest all the people weerye themsel¦ues there, for they are but fewe.

So there wente vp, of the people vpon a thre thousande men, and they fled before the men of Hai, and they of Hai smote vpon a syxe and thyrtie men of them, and chaced them from the porte vnto Sebar••m, and smote them downe the waye. Then was the hert of the people discoraged, * and

became like water.* 1.40 As for Iosua he rente his clothes, and fell vpon his face vnto the earth before the Arke of the LORDE, vntill the eueninge, with the Elders of Israel, and cast dust vpon their heades.

[ B] And Iosua sayde: Oh LORDE LORDE, wherfore hast thou broughte this people o∣uer Iordane, to delyuer vs in to the handes of the Amorites to destroye vs? O that we had taried beionde Iordane, as we begāne. Oh my LORDE, what shal I saye, whyle Is∣rael turneth his backe vpon his enemies? Whā the Cananites heare of this, they shal compasse vs rounde aboute, yee and rote out oure names from of the earth. What wylt thou do then vnto thy greate name?

Then sayde the LORDE vnto Iosua: Stō∣de vp, why lyest thou so vpon thy face? Is∣rael hath offended, and trāsgressed ouer my couenaunt, which I commaunded thē. They haue taken also of the thinge that was dam¦ned, and haue stollen, and dyssembled, and layed it amonge their ornamentes. The chil∣dren of Israel are not able to stonde before their aduersaries, but must turne their bac∣kes vpon their enemies: for they are acursed. I wyll no more be with you from hēce forth yf ye put not out the damned from amon∣ge you.

[ C] Stonde vp, and sanctifie the people, and saye:* 1.41 Sanctifie yo^r selues agaynst tomorow for thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: * 1.42 There is a damned thinge in the O Israel, therfore canst thou not stonde before thine enemies, tyll ye put awaye the damned from amonge you. And ye shall ryse vp early, one trybe after another: and loke which trybe so euer the LORDE taketh, the same shall co∣me forth, one kynred after another: and loke which kynred the LORDE taketh, the same shall come forth, one house after another. And loke what house the LORDE taketh, the same shal come forth, one housholder af∣ter another. And who so euer is founde in y^e curse, the same shalbe burnt in the fyre with all that he hath: because he hath gone beyon¦de the couenaunt of the LORDE, and commit¦ted folye in Israel.

Then Iosua gat him vp by tymes in the mornynge, and brought forth Israel, one try¦be after another, and y^e trybe of Iuda was taken. And whan he had brought forth the kynreds in Iuda, y^e kinred of the Serahites was taken. And whan he had brought forth the kynred of the Serahites, one housholde after another, Sabdi was taken. And whā he had brought forth his house, one hous∣holder after another, Achan the sonne of Charmi y^e sonne of Sabdi the sonne of Se∣rah of the trybe of Iuda, was taken.

And Iosua sayde vnto Achan: My son∣ne, geue the glory vnto the LORDE the God of Israel, and geue him the prayse, and tell me, what thou hast done, and hide nothinge fro me.

Then answered Achan vnto Iosua, and [ D] sayde: Verely I haue synned agaynst y^e LOR¦DE God of Israel, thus & thus haue I done: I sawe amōge y^e spoiles a costly Babilonish garment, and two hūdreth Sycles of syluer and a tunge of golde, worth fiftye Sycles in weight, vnto the which I had a lust, and to∣ke it: and beholde, it is hyd in the grounde in my tente, and the syluer vnder it.

Then Iosua sent messaungers thither, which ranne to the tente, and beholde, it was hyd in his tente, and the siluer vnder it. And they toke it out of the tente, and broughte it vnto Iosua, and to all the children of Israel and poured it before the LORDE. Then Io¦sua and all Israel with him, toke Achan the sonne of Serah with the siluer, the garment and goldē tunge, his sonnes and doughters, his oxen and asses, and shepe, and all that he had broughte they in to y^e valley of Achor.

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And Iosua sayde: For so moch as thou hast troubled vs, the LORDE trouble the this daye. And all Israel stoned him, and burned him with fyre with all that he had. And whan they had stoned him, they made ouer him a greate heape of stones, which remay∣neth vnto this daye. (So the LORDE turned from the rigorousnes of his wrath.) Therfo¦re is the same place called y^e valley of Achor vnto this daye.

The VIII. Chapter.

ANd y^e LORDE saide vnto Iosua: Feare [ A] not, and be not afrayed.* 1.43 Take all the men of warre with the, and ryse, and get the vp vnto Hai. Beholde, I haue geuen

in to thy hande, the kynge of Hai with his people in his cite & countre. And thou shalt do with Hai and the kynge of it, * 1.44 as thou dyddest with Iericho and the kynge therof, sauynge that ye shal deale amōge you their spoyle & catell: but set thou a * 1.45 preuy watch behynde the cite.

Then Iosua arose, and all y^e men of war¦re, to go vp vnto Hai: and Iosua chose thirtie thousande fightinge men, and sent them out by night, and commaunded them, and say∣de: Take hede, ye shal be y^e preuye watch be¦hynde the cite, but go not to farre from the cite, and se that ye be redye alltogether. As for me and all the people that is with me, we wyll make vs to the cite. And whan they come forth agaynst vs (* 1.46 as afore) we wyll flye before them, that they maye folowe out after vs, tyll we haue prouoked them forth of the cite: for they shal thinke that we flye [ B] before them, like as at y^e first. And whyle we flye before them, ye shal get you vp out of the preuy watch, and wynne the cite. For y^e LORDE youre God shal delyuer it in to you∣re handes. But whan ye haue wonne the ci¦te, set fyre vpon it, doinge * 1.47 acordinge vnto the worde of the LORDE· Beholde, I haue commaunded you.

So Iosua sent them awaye, & they wen∣te vnto the place of the preuy watch, and laye betwixte Bethel and Hai, on the west syde of Hai. But Iosua abode that night amōge the people. And in the mornynge he arose early, and set the people in order, and wente vp with the Elders of Israel before the people towarde Hai: and all the men of warre that were with him, wente vp, & gat them forth, and came ouer agaynst the cite, and pitched their tentes on the north syde of Hai, so y^t there was but a valley betwe∣ne him and Hai.

[ C] He had taken aboute a fyue thousande men, and set them in the hynder watch be∣twene Bethel and Hai, on the west syde of the cite, and they ordred the people of the whole hoost that was on the north syde of the cite, so that the vttemost of the people reached vnto the west ende of the cite. So Iosua wente the same nighte in to the myd∣des of the valley.

But whan the kynge of Hai sawe that, he made haist, and gat him vp early, and the men out of the cite, to mete Israel to y^e bat∣tayll, with all his people, euen righte before the felde: for he wyst not that there was a preuy watch behynde him on the backe syde of the cite. But Iosua and all Israel were feble before them, and fled by the waye to y^e wyldernesse. Then cried all the people in the [ D] ci•••• ••••at they shulde folowe vpon them, an•• ••••ey folowed after Iosua and ruszshed out of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cite, so that there remayned not one man in Hai and Bethel, which wente not out to folowe vpon Israel, and they lef∣te the cite stondinge open, that they mighte persecute Israel.

Thē sayde y^e LORDE vnto Iosua: Reach out the speare that thou hast in thine han∣de, towarde Hai: for I wyll delyuer it in to thy hande. And whan Iosua reached out the speare that was in his hande, towarde y^e cite, y^e hinder watch brake vp out of their place, and ranne (whan he had stretched out his hande) and came in to the cite, and wan∣ne it, and made haist, & set fyre vpon it. And the men of Hai turned them, and loked be∣hynde them, and the smoke of the cite wen∣te vp towarde heauen, and they had no pla¦ce to flie vnto, nether hither ner thither: and the people that fled towarde the wyldernes turned aboute, to folowe vpon them.

And whan Iosua and all Israel sawe, y^t [ E] the hynder watch had wonne the cite (for y^e smoke of the cite ascended) they turned agai¦ne, and smote the men of Hai. And they in the cite came forth also agaynst them, so y^t they came in the myddes amonge Israel on both the sydes, and they slewe them, so that there was not one man of them left ouer or escaped: and they toke the kynge of Hai aly∣ue, and broughte him vnto Iosua. And whā Israel had slayne all the inhabiters of Hai, which had folowed vpon them in the felde and in the wildernesse: and whan they were all fallen thorow the edge of the swerde, tyll they were destroied, thē turned all Israel vn¦to Hai, and smote it with the edge of y^e swer¦de. And of all them which fell that daye fro man vnto womā, there were twolue thousan¦de, all men of Hai.

But Iosua withdrue not his hande (wher¦with [ F] he reached out the speare) tyll all the inhabiters of Hai were vtterly destroyed,* 1.48 sa¦uynge the catell and the spoyle of y^e cite, dyd Israel parte amonge themselues, acordinge vnto the worde of the LORDE, which he cō∣maunded Iosua. And Iosua burned vp Hai and made an heape therof for euer, which is there yet vnto this daye. And the kynge of Hai caused he to be hanged on a tre vntyll the euen.

But whā the Sonne was gone downe,* 1.49 he commaunded to take his body from the tre, and to cast it vnder the gate of the cite,

and made vpon him a greate heape of sto∣nes, which is there yet vnto this daye.

[ G] Then buylded Iosua an altare vnto the LORDE God of Israel vpon mount Ebal acordinge as Moses the seruaunt of y^e LOR¦DE commaunded the children of Israel,* 1.50 as it is wrytten in the boke of the lawe of Moses euen an altare of whole stone, whervpon the¦re was no yron lifted: and he offred burnt-offeringes and health offeringes, and there vpon the stones he wrote the seconde lawe of Moses, which he wrote before the childrē of Israel.

And all Israel with their Elders and of∣ficers and iudges, stode on both the sydes of the Arke, right ouer agaynst the prestes y^t bare the Arke of the couenaunt of the LOR¦DE, the straunger as well as one of them sel∣ues, the one halfe besyde mount Grysim, and the other halfe beside mount Ebal, * 1.51as Mo¦ses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded afore, to blesse the people of Israel. After∣warde caused he to proclame all the wordes of the lawe of the blessynge and cursynge, as it is wrytten in the boke of the lawe. There was not one worde that Moses com¦maunded, but Iosua caused it to be procla∣med before all the congregacion of Israel, and before the wemē, and children, and straū¦gers which walked amonge them.

The IX. Chapter.

[ A] NOw whan all the kynges that were beyonde Iordane vpon the moun∣taynes, and in the lowe countrees, & in all the hauens of the greate see, and besyde mount Libanus, herde this (namely, y^e Hethi¦tes, Amorites, Cananites, Pheresites, Heui∣tes and Iebusytes) they gathered thē selues together with one acorde, to fighte agaynst Iosua, and agaynst Israel.

But whan the inhabiters of Gibeon her∣de, what Iosua had done with Iericho and Hai, they dealte craftely, wēte on their waie, and made a message, and toke olde sackes v∣pon their asses, and olde rente wyne botels, and olde mended shues vpon their fete, and put on olde and peced garmentes, and all y^e bred of their vytayles was harde and moul¦de, and they wente vnto Iosua into y^e hoost at Gilgall, and sayde vnto him, and to euery man in Israel: We are come out of a farre countre, therfore make now a couenaunt w^t vs. Then sayde euery man in Israel vnto y^e Heuyte: Peraduenture thou dwellest amon∣ge vs, how can I then make a couenaunt with the?

They saide vnto Iosua: We are y^e seruaū¦tes. Iosua sayde vnto them: What are ye, & whence come ye? They sayde: Thy seruaun¦tes are come out of a very farre countre, be∣cause of the name of the LORDE thy God: for we haue herde the reporte of him, and all that he dyd in Egipte, and all that he dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites beyō¦de Iordane, Sihon the kynge at Heszbō, and Og the kynge of Basan, which dwelt at Astaroth. Therfore sayde oure Elders and all the inhabiters of oure countre: Take fo∣de with you for youre iourney, and go mete them, and saye vnto them: We are youre seruaūtes, therfore make now a bonde with vs: This oure bred that we toke out of oure houses for oure foode, was new whan we to¦ke o^r iourney towarde you: but now lo, it is harde & moulde. And these bottels fylled we new, and lo, they are rēte. And these oure clo¦thes and shues are waxed olde, by y^e reason of the sore longe iourney.

Then the captaynes toke their vytayles, and axed not the mouth of the LORDE▪ * 1.52 And Iosua made peace with them, and set vp a couenaunt with them, that they shul∣de be saued alyue, and the rulers of the con∣gregacion sware vnto them. But thre dayes after that they had made a couenaunt with them, they herde, that they were their negh∣bours, and dwelt amonge them: For as the children of Israel wente forth on their iour∣ney, they came on the thirde daye vnto their cities, which are called Gibeon, Caphira, Beeroth, and Cirath Iearim, and smote thē not, because that the rulers of the congrega¦cisn had sworne vnto them by the name of the LORDE the God of Israel.

But whan all the congregacion murmu∣red agaynst the rulers, all the rulers sayde vnto the whole congregacion: We haue sworne vnto them by the LORDE the God of Israel, therfore maye we not touch them. But this wil we do vnto them: Let them ly¦ue, that there come no wrath vpon vs, be∣cause of the ooth that we haue made vnto them.

And the rulers sayde vnto them: Let them lyue, that they maye be * 1.53 hewers of wodd and bearers of water for the whole congregacion, as the rulers haue sayde vn∣to them. Then Iosua called them, and com∣mened with them, and sayde: Wherfore ha∣ue ye disceaued vs, and sayde, that ye were farre from vs, where as ye dwell amon∣ge vs? Therfore shall ye be cursed, so that of you there shall not ceasse seruauntes to

hew wodd and to beare water for the house of my God.

They answered Iosua, & sayde: It was tolde thy seruauntes, that the LORDE thy God commaunded Moses his seruaunt, that he shulde geue you the whole lōde, and that he wolde destroye all the inhabiters of the londe before you: therfore were we sore afray¦ed of oure lyues before you, and thus haue we done. But now lo, we are in thy handes: loke what thou thinkest good and righte to do vnto vs, that do.

And he dyd euen so vnto them, and dely∣uered them from the children of Israels hā¦de, that they shulde not slaye them. So vpō the same daye Iosua made them hewers of wodd and water bearers for the congrega∣cion, and for the altare of the LORDE vn∣to this daye, in the place that he shall chose.

The X. Chapter.

[ A] WHan Adonisedech the kynge of Ie¦rusalem herde, that Iosua had won¦ne Hai, and damned it, and done vn¦to Hai and y^e kynge of it, like as he dyd vn¦to Iericho and to the kynge therof, * 1.54 and that they of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were come vnder them, they we∣re sore afrayed. For Gibeon was a greate ci∣te, like as one of the kynges cities, and grea¦ter then Hai, and all the citesyns therof we¦re men of armes. Therfore sent he vnto Ho∣ham the kynge of Hebron, and to Pirea the kynge of Iarmuth, and to Iaphia the kyn∣ge of Lachis, and to Debir the kynge of Eglon, and caused to saie vnto them: Come vp vnto me, and helpe me, that we maie smy¦te Gibeon, for they haue made peace with Iosua and the children of Israel. Then ca∣me the fyue kynges of the Amorites toge∣ther, and wente vp, the kynge of Ierusalem, the kynge of Hebron, y^e kynge of Iarmuth, the kynge of Lachis, the kynge of Eglon, with all their armies, & layed sege vnto Gi∣beon, and foughte agaynst it.

[ B] Howbeit they of Gibeon sent vnto Io∣sua to Gilgall, and caused to saye vnto him: Withdrawe not thine hande from thy ser∣uauntes, come vp soone vnto vs: delyuer and helpe vs, for all the kynges of the Amorites that dwell vpon the mountaynes, are gathe¦red together agaynst vs. Iosua wente vp from Gilgall, and all the warryers and all the men armes with him. And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua:* 1.55 Feare them not, for I haue geuē them in to thy hande. There shall not one of them be able to stonde before the. So Iosua came sodenly vpon them, for all that night wente he vp from Gilgall. * 1.56 And the LORDE discomfyted thē before Israel, and smote them with a greate slaughter at Gibeon: & they chaced them the waie downe to Beth Horon, and smote them vnto Aseka and Makeda.

And whan they fled before Israel, the [ C] waye downe to Bethoron, the LORDE cau¦sed a greate hayle from heauen to fall vpon them, vnto Aseka, so that they dyed: & many mo of them dyed of the hayle, then the chil∣dren of Israel slewe with the swerde.

Then spake Iosua vnto the LORDE (the same daye that the LORDE gaue ouer the Amorites before the children of Israel) and sayde in the presence of Israel: * 1.57 Sonne, hol¦de styll at Gibeon, and thou Moone in the valley of Aialon.

Then the Sonne helde styll, and y^e Moo∣ne stode, vntyll the people had auenged thē¦selues on their enemies. Is not this wryt∣ten in the boke of the righteous? Thus the Sonne stode styll in the myddes of heauen, and dyfferred to go downe for the space of a whole daye after. And there was no daye like vnto this (nether before ner after) whan the LORDE herkened vnto the voyce of one man: for the LORDE fought for Israel. And Iosua wente agayne to Gilgall in to the tē¦tes, and all Israel with him. As for the fyue kynges, they were fled, and had hyd thē sel∣ues in the caue at Makeda.

Then was it tolde Iosua: We haue foū∣de [ D] the fyue kynges hyd in the caue at Ma∣keda. Iosua sayde: Rolle greate stones then before the hole of the caue, and set men there to kepe them.

As for you, stonde not ye styll, but folowe after youre enemies, and smyte them behyn∣de, and let them not come in their cities, for the LORDE youre God hath delyuered thē in to youre hande. And whan Iosua and y^e children of Israel had ended the sore greate slaughter vpō them, so y^t they were brought to naught, the remnaunt of them came in to the stronge cities.

So all the people came agayne to the hoost vnto Iosua to Makeda in peace, and no man durst moue his tunge agaynst the children of Israel. Iosua sayde: Open the mouth of the caue, and brynge the fyue kyn¦ge forth vnto me. They dyd so, and broughte the kynges vnto him out of the caue: the kin¦ge of Ierusalem, the kynge of Hebrō, the kyn¦ge of Iarmuth, the kynge of Lachis, the kin¦ge of Eglon.

Whan these fyue kynges were broughte forth vnto him, Iosua called euery man of Israel, and sayde vnto the rulers of the men of warre that wente with him: Come forth and treade vpon the neckes of these kynges with youre fete. And they came forth, and trode vpon their neckes with their fete. And [ E] Iosua saide vnto them: Be not afrayed, and feare not: be stronge and bolde, for thus shal the LORDE do vnto all yo^r enemies, agaynst whom ye fighte.

And Iosua smote them afterwarde, and put them to death, and hanged them vpon fyue trees. And they hanged styll vpon the trees vntyll the euenynge.* 1.58 But whan the Sonne was gone downe, he commaunded to take them of from the trees: and they cast them in the caue, wherin they had hyd them selues, & before the hole of the caue they lay∣ed greate stones, which are there yet vn∣to this daye. The same daye wanne Iosua Makeda also, and smote it with the edge of the swerde, and the kynge therof, and * 1.59 dam∣ned it, and all the soules that were therin, and let none remayne escaped: and dyd vnto the kynge of Makeda * 1.60 as he dyd vnto the kynge of Iericho.

Then Iosua and all Israel with him de∣parted fro Makeda vnto Lybna, & foughte agaynst it. (And the LORDE gaue it with y^e kynge therof into the hande of Israel) and smote it and all the soules that were therin, with the edge of the swerde, and let not one remayne in it: and dyd vnto the kinge therof as he had done vnto the kynge of Iericho.

[ F] Afterwarde wente Iosua and all Israel with him from Lybna vnto Lachis, and lay¦ed sege vnto it, and fought agaynst it. And the LORDE delyuered Lachis also in to the hande of Israel, so that they wanne it vpon the seconde daye, and smote it with y^e edge of the swerde, and all the soules that were therin, acordinge to all as he had done vnto Lybna. At the same tyme Horam y^e kynge of Gazer wente vp, to helpe Lachis. But Io¦sua smote him with all his people, tyll there remayned not one.

And Iosua wente with all Israel from Lachis, vnto Eglon, and layed sege vnto it, and fought agaynst it, and wanne it the sa∣me daye, and smote it with the edge of the swerde, and damned all the soules that were therin the same daye, acordynge vnto all as he had done vnto Lachis.

After that wente Iosua with all Israel from Eglon vnto Hebron, and foughte a∣gaynst it, and wanne it, and smote it with y^e edge of the swerde, and the kynge of it, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 all the cities therof, and all the soules 〈◊〉〈◊〉 were therin, and let not one remayne, aco••••dynge vnto all as he had done vnto Eg•••••• and damned it, and all the soules that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 therin.

Then turned Iosua agayne with all I••••rael towarde Debir, and fought agaynst 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and wanne it, with the kinge of it, and all y^e cities therof, and smote them with the edg•• of the swerde, and damned all y^e soules that were therin, and let not one remayne ouer▪ Euen as he had done vnto Hebrō and L••••••na with their kynges, so dyd he also vnto D••••bir, and the kynge therof.

Thus Iosua smote all the londe vpon the mountaynes, and towarde the south, and in the lowe countrees, and by the ryuers, with all their kynges, and let not one remaine ouer and damned all that had breth, * as the LOR¦DE God of Israel had commaunded. And Iosua smote them from Cades Bernea vn∣to Gaza, and all the londe of Gosen vnto Gi¦beon, and toke all these kynges with their lō∣de at one tyme: for the LORDE God of Is∣rael foughte for Israel. And Iosua wente agayne withall Israel to the tentes vnto Gilgal.

The XI. Chapter.

WHan Iabin the kynge of Asor her∣de this, he sent vnto Iabob the kyn¦ge of Madon and to the kynge of Samron, and to the kynge of Achsaph, and to the kynges that dwelt towarde the north vpon the mountaynes, and in the playne on the southsyde of Cineroth, and in the lo•••• countrees, and in the lordshippes of Dor by the see syde: and to the Cananites towarde y^e east and west, to y^e Amorites, Hethites, Phe¦resites, and Iebusites, vpon the mountaynes and to the Heuites, vnder mount Hermon in the londe of Mispa. These wēte out with all their armies, a greate people, as many as y^e sonde of the see, and exceadinge many horses and charettes. All these kinges gathered thē selues, and came, and pitched together by y^e water of Meram, to fighte with Israel.

And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua: Feare them not, for tomorow aboute this tyme wil I delyuer them all slayne, before the children of Israel: thou shalt lame their horses, and burne their charettes with fire. * 1.61 And Ios•••• came sodenly vpon them, and all the men of warre with him by the water of Mero••••, & fell vpon them. And the LORDE delyuered them into y^e handes of Israel, and they smo¦te them, and chaced them vnto greate Sidō

and to the warme water, and to the playne of Mispa towarde y^e east: and smote them, vntyll there remayned not one.

Then dealte Iosua with them as y^e LOR¦DE had saide vnto him, & lamed theis horses, & brent their charettes. And he turned backe at the same tyme, & wanne Hasor, & smote y^e kynge of it w^t the swerde (for Hasor was afo¦re tyme y^e head cite of all these kyngdomes) and smote all the soules that were therin w^t the edge of the swerde, and damned it, & let nothinge remayne that had breth, & dam¦ned Hasor with fyre. All the cities of these kyngdomes wāne Iosua also, and smote thē with the edge of the swerde, and damned them, * 1.62 acordinge as Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded.

[ C] Howbeit the cities that stode vpon the hilles, dyd not the children of Israel burne with fyre: but Hasor onely dyd Iosua bur∣ne.* 1.63 And all the spoyles of these cities and the catell, dyd the children of Israel deale a∣monge them, but smote all the men with the edge of the swerde, tyll they had destroyed them, and let nothinge remayne that had breth. As the LORDE commaunded his ser¦uaunt Moses, and as Moses commaunded Iosua, euen so dyd Iosua, so that there was nothinge vndone of all that the LORDE cō∣maunded Moses.

So Iosua toke all this lōde vpon y^e moū¦taynes, & all y^t lyeth towarde the south, & all the londe of Gosen, and the lowe countre, & the playne felde, and the mountayne of Is∣rael with the valley therof, from the moun∣tayne that parteth the londe vp towarde Seir, vnto Baalgad, in the playne of moūt Libanus beneth mount Hermon. All their kynges toke he, and smote them, and put thē to death. * 1.64 Howbeit he warred a longe sea∣son with these kynges.

[ D] Yet was there not one cite, that yelded it selfe peaceably vnto the children of Israel * 1.65(excepte the Heuites, which dwelt at Gibe¦on) but they wanne them all with battayll. And this was done so of the LORDE that their hert was so hardened, to come against the children of Israel with battayll, y^t they mighte be dāned, & no fauoure to be shewed vnto them, but to be destroyed,* 1.66 as the LOR¦DE commaunded Moses.

At the same tyme came Iosua, and roted out the Enakims from y^e mountayne, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from euery mountayne of Iuda, and from euery moun¦tayne of Israel, and damned thē with their cities, and let none of the Enakims remay∣ne in the londe of the children of Israel, sa∣ue at Gasa, * 1.67 at Ga••th, at Asod, there remay¦ned of them.

Thus Iosua conquered all the londe acor¦dinge vnto all as the LORDE sayde vnto Moses, & gaue it vnto Israel to enheritaun∣ce,* 1.68 vnto euery trybe his porcion, and y^e lon¦de rested from warre.

The XII. Chapter.

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THese are y^e kynges of the londe, whō [ A] the childrē of Israel smote, & conque¦red their lōde, beyonde Iordane, east∣warde, frō the water of Arnon, vnto mount Hermon, and vnto all y^e playne felde towar¦de the east: * 1.69 Sihon the kynge of the Amori¦tes, which dwelt at Heszbon, and had domi∣nion from Aroer that lieth by the water sy∣de of Arnon, and vnto the myddes of y^e wa¦ter: and ouer halfe Gilead, vnto the water of Iabok, which is the border of the childrē of Ammon: and ouer the playne felde, vnto the see of Cynneroth eastwarde, and vnto the see of the playne felde, namely the Salt see towarde the east, the waye vnto Beth Iesi∣moth: and from the south beneth by the ry∣uers of mount Pisga.

And the border of Og the kynge of Ba¦san, [ B] which remayned yet of Raphaim,* 1.70 and dwelt at Astaroth and Edrei, and had the dominion ouer moūt Hermon, ouer Salcha, and ouer all Basan vnto the border of Ges∣suri & Maachati, & of halfe Gilead, which was the border of Sihon the kynge at Hes∣bon. Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE and the childrē of Israel smote them.* 1.71 And Mo¦ses the seruaunt of y^e LORDE gaue it vnto the Rubenites, Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of Manasse in possession.

These are the kynges of the lōde, whom Iosua & the children of Israel smote on this syde Iordane westwarde, frō Baalgad vpō the playne of mount Libanus, vnto y^e moūt that parteth the londe vp towarde Seir, & that Iosua gaue vnto the trybes of Israel in possession, vnto euery one his parte, what

so euer was in y^e moūtaynes, valleyes, play¦ne feldes, by the ryuers, in y^e wyldernesses & towarde the south, the Hethites, Amorites, Cananites, Pheresites, Heuites, and Iebu∣sites.

[ C] The kynge of Iericho, the kynge of Hai, which lyeth besyde Bethel, * 1.72the kynge of Ierusalem, the kynge of Hebron, the kynge of Iarmoth, the kynge of Lachis, the kyn∣ge of Eglon, the kynge of Geser, the kynge of Debir, the kynge of Geder, the kynge of Horma, the kynge of Arad, y^e kynge of Lib¦na, the kynge of Adulla, the kynge of Ma∣keda, the kynge of Bethel, the kynge of Tap¦nah, the kynge of Hepher, the kynge of A∣phek, the kynge of Lasaron, the kynge of Madan, the kynge of Hasor, the kynge of Simron Meron, the kynge of Achsaph, the kynge of Tahenah, the kynge of Megido, the kynge of Cades, the kynge of Iakneam by Carmel, the kynge in the lordshippes of Dor, the kynge of the Heithen at Gilgall, the kynge of Thirza. These are one and thir¦tie kynges.

The XIII. Chapter.

[ A] NOw whan Iosua was olde and wel stricken in age, the LORDE sayde vn¦to him: Thou art olde & well aged, and there remayneth yet moch of the londe to conquere, namely all Galile of the Phi∣listynes, and all Gessuri, from Sihor which floweth before Egipte, vnto the border of Ekron, northwarde, which is rekened vnto the Cananites: fyue lordes of the Philisty∣nes, namely, the Gasites, the Aszdodites, the Ascalonites, the Gethites, the Ekronites & the Hauites. But from the north it is all y^e londe of the Cananites, and Maara of the Sidonians vnto Aphek, euen vnto the bor∣der of the Amorites. Morouer the londe of the Giblites eastwarde, from Baalgad vn∣der mount Hermon, tyll a mā come vnto Ha¦math. All they that dwell vpon the mount, from Libanus vnto the warme waters, and all the Sidonians. I wyl dryue them out be∣fore the children of Israel: Onely let them be dealte out amonge Israel, as I haue com∣maunded the.

[ B] Deuyde thou this lōde now to enheritaū¦ce amonge the nyne trybes and y^e halfe try∣be of Manasse.* 1.73 For the Rubenites & Gad¦dites with y^e halfe trybe of Manasse, haue receaued their enheritaūce, which Moses ga¦ue thē beyonde Iordane Eastwarde,* 1.74 acor∣dinge as Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue them the same, from Ar••er which lieth vp by the water syde of Arnon, and the cite in the myddes of the water, & all the coaste•• of Medba vnto Dibon, and all the cities of Sihon the kynge of the Amorites, which, dwelt at Heszbon, * 1.75 vnto the border of the children of Ammon: and Gilead and y^e bor¦der 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 Ges∣sur and Maachat dwelt amonge the childrē of Israel vnto this daye. * 1.76 But vnto y^e try∣be of the Leuites he gaue no enheritaunce: for the offeringe of the LORDE God of Is∣rael is their enheritaunce, acordinge as he hath promysed them.

So Moses gaue vnto the trybe of y^e chil¦dren [ C] of Ruben after their kynreds,* 1.77 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 play¦ne felde vnto Medba: Heszbon, and all the ci¦ties therof which lye in the playne felde: Di¦bon, Bamoth Baal, & Beth Baal Meon, Iahza, Kedemoth, Mephaath, Kiriatha∣im, 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, * 1.78 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 chil∣dren 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 Ru∣ben amonge their kynreds, cities and vyl∣lages.

Vnto the trybe of the children of Gad [ D] amonge their kynreds gaue Moses, so that their border was, Iahesar and all the cities in Gilead, and the halfe londe of the chil∣dren of Ammon, vnto Aroer, which lyeth before Rabbath: and from Heszbon vnto Ramath Mispe & Betomim: and fro Ma∣hanaim vnto the border of Debir. But in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimra, Su∣choth 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.

* 1.79Vnto 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. * 1.80 But vnto y^e trybe of Leui gaue Moses no enheritaunce: for the LORDE God of Israel is their en∣heritaunce, as he hath promysed them.

The XIIII. Chapter.

[ A] THis is it that the children of Israel haue enhereted in the londe of Cana∣an, * 1.81 which Eleasar the prest, and Io¦sua the sonne of Nun, and the chefe of the fathers amonge the trybes of the children of Israel parted out amonge them. * 1.82 But by lot dyd they deuyde it out amōge them, acordinge as the LORDE cōmaunded Mo¦ses to geue vnto the nyne trybes and y^e hal¦fe: for vnto the two trybes and the halfe dyd Moses geue enheritaunce beyonde Iorda∣ne.* 1.83 But vnto the Leuites he gaue no enhe∣ritaunce amonge them. * 1.84 For of the childrē of Ioseph there were two trybes, Manas∣ses and Ephraim. Therfore gaue they the Leuites no porcion in the londe, but cities, to dwell therin, and suburbes for their catell and goodes. * 1.85 Euen as the LORDE cōmaun¦ded Moses, so dyd the childrē of Israel, and deuyded the londe.

[ B] Then came forth the children of Iuda to Iosua at Gilgall: and Caleb y^e sonne of Ie¦phunne the Kenisite sayde vnto him: Thou knowest what y^e LORDE * 1.86 sayde vnto Mo¦ses the man of God, concerninge me and the in Cades Bernea. I was fortye yeare olde, whan Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE * 1.87 sent me out from Cades Bernea, to spye out the londe, and I broughte him worde a∣gayne, euen as I had it in my hert. Howbeit my brethren that wente vp with me, discora¦ged the hert of the people: but I folowed y^e LORDE my God vnto the vttemost.

[ C] Then sware Moses vnto me the same daye, and sayde: The londe whervpon thou hast troden with thy fote, shalbe thine en∣heritaunce and thy childrens for euer, becau¦se thou hast folowed the LORDE my God vnto the vttemost. And now hath the LOR¦DE letten me lyue, * 1.88 acordinge as he sayde. It is now fyue and fortie yeare sence y^e LOR¦DE spake this vnto Moses, whā Israel wal¦ked in the wildernesse. And now lo, this daie am I fyue and foure score yeare olde * 1.89 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 figh∣te, and to go out and in.

Geue me now therfore this mountayne, [ D] 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, * 1.90 and so gaue Hebron vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune. Therfore was Hebron the en∣heritaunce of Caleb the sonne of Iephune the kenisite, vnto this daye, because he fo∣lowed the LORDE God of Israel vnto the vttemost. * 1.91 But afore tyme was Hebron cal¦led 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 [ A] 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 bor¦ders were from the vttemost syde of the salt see, that is, from the coast that goeth south∣warde, and commeth out from thēce towar¦de 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 south¦warde.

But the east border is from the salt see to the vttemost parte of Iordane.

The border northwarde, is from the see [ B] 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 * 1.92 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 ed¦ge of the valley of Raphaim towarde the north.

[ C] Then commeth it from the toppe of the same mount vnto the water well of Neph∣toah, and commeth out vnto the cities of mount Ephron, and boweth towarde Baa¦la, that is Kiriath Iarim, and fetcheth a cō¦passe aboute from Baala westwarde vnto mount Seir, and goeth by the northsyde of the mount Iarim, that is Chessalon: and cō¦meth downe to Bethsemes, and goeth tho∣row 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 vt∣temost border is the see.

The weste border is the greate see. This is the border of the children of Iuda roun∣de aboute in their kynreds. Caleb the sonne of Iephune had his porcion geuē him amō¦ge the children of Iuda (as the LORDE cō¦maunded Iosua) namely * 1.93 Kiriatharba of the father of Enak, that is Hebron.

[ D] * 1.94And Caleb droue from thence the thre sonnes of Enak, Sesai, Ahiman, and Thal∣mas begotten of Enak. And from thēce he wente vp to the inhabiters of Debir. (As for Debir, it was called Kiriath Sepher afo∣retyme.) And Caleb sayde: * 1.95 Who so smy∣teth Kiriath Sepher and wynneth it, I wyll geue him my doughter Achsa to wyfe. Then Athniel the sonne of Kenas the bro∣ther 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 vn∣to her: What ayleth the? She sayde: Geue me a blessynge, for thou hast geuē me a south (and drye) londe: geue me welles of water al¦so. Then gaue he her welles aboue and be∣neth.

[ E] 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 Edo∣mites towarde the south, were these: Cab∣zeel, Eder, Iagur, Kina, Dimona, Adada, Kedes, Hazor, Iethnam, Siph, Telem, Bea¦lot, Hazor Hadatha, Kirioth Hezron that is Hasor: Amā, Sema, Molada, Hazor Gad¦da, Hesmon, Beth palet, Hazer Sual, Beer Seba, Bisziothia, Baala, Iim, Azem, Elth••¦lad, Chesil, Harma, Zi••lag, Madmanna, San Sāna, Lebaoth, Silhim, Ain, Rimō. * 1.96 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.

Zenā Hadasa, Migdal Gad, Dilean, Mis∣pa, [ F] Iakthiel, Lachis, Bazekath, Eglō, Ch••¦bon, Lachmā, Chithlis, Ged••roth, Beth Da∣gon, Naama, Makeda. These are sixtene ci∣ties and their vyllages.

Libna, Ether, Asen, Iephthah, Asua, Nezib, Keila, Achsib, Maresa. These are ny¦ne 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 wa∣ter of Egipte. And the greate see is his border.

But vpon the mount was Samir, Ia∣tir, Socho, Danna, Kiriath Sanna, that is Debir: Anab, Esthemo, Annim, Gosen, Ho∣len, Gilo. These are eleuen cities and their [ G] vyllagies. Maon, Carmel, Siph, Iuta, Ies∣rael, Iakdeā, Sanoah, Kain, Gibea, Thim∣na. 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 Ki∣riath Iearim) Harabba, two cities & their vyllages. And in the wyldernesse was Be∣tharaba, Middin, Sechacha, Nibsan, and the Salt cite, and Engaddi. These are si••e cities and their vyllagies. * 1.97 But the Iebu∣sites dwelt at Ierusalem, and the children of Iuda coude not dryue them awaye. So the Iebusites remayne with the children of Iu¦da at Ierusalem vnto this daye.

The XVI. Chapter.

ANd the lot fell vnto the children of [ A] Ephraim frō Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho, vnto the water on the east sy¦de of Iericho, and the wyldernesse, y^t goeth vp from Iericho thorow the mountayne of Bethel, and commeth out from Bethel vn∣to Lus, and goeth thorow the coast of Ar∣ciataroth, and stretcheth downe westwar∣de

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 enheritaun∣ce from the east, was Ataroth Adar vnto the vpper Bethoron, & goeth out westwar∣de by Michmethath that lyeth towarde the north, there fetcheth it a compasse towar∣de [ B] the east syde of the cite Thaenath Silo, and goeth there thorow from the east vnto Ianoha, and commeth downe from Iano∣ha vnto. Ataroth and Naaratha, and bor∣dreth on Iericho, and goeth out at Iorda∣ne. From Thapuah goeth it westwarde vn∣to 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 kyn¦reds. And all the borders, cities with their vyllages of the childrē of Ephraim laye sca¦tred amonge the enheritaunce of the chil∣dren of Manasse. And they droue not out y^e Cananites, which dwelt at Gaser. So y^e Cananites remayned amōge Ephraim vnto this daye, and became tributaries.

The XVII. Chapter.

[ A] ANd the lot fell vpō the trybe of Ma¦nasse (for * 1.98 he is Iosephs first sonne) and it fell vpon Machir the first sonne of Manasse y^e father of Gilead: for he was a mā of armes, therfore had he Gilead and Basan. It fell also vnto the other children of Manasse, namely vnto y^e childrē of Abie¦ser, the children of Helek, the children of As∣riel, the children of Sechem, the children of Hepher, and the children of Semida: These are the childrē of Manasse the sonne of Io∣seph, males, amonge their kynreds.

* 1.99But Zelaphead the sonne of Hepher the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasse, had no sonnes, but dough¦ters, and their names are these: Mahala, Noa, Hagla, Milca, Tirza, and they ca∣me before Eleasar the prest, and before Io∣sua the sonne of Nun, and before the rulers, and sayde: The LORDE commaunded Mo∣ses, to geue vs enheritaunce amonge oure brethren. And so they had enheritaunce ge∣uen them amonge their fathers brethren, acordinge to the commaundement of the LORDE.

[ B] There fell vpon Manasse ten meetlynes without the londe of Gilead and Basan, which lyeth beyōde Iordane. For y^e dough¦ters of Manasse receaued enheritaunce a∣monge his sonnes: but the other children of Manasse had the londe of Gilead. And the border of Manasse was frō Asser forth vn∣to 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 Ma∣nasse is vnto the childrē of Ephraim. Then commeth it downe to Nahelkana towar∣de the south syde of the ryuer cities, which are Ephraims amonge the cities of Ma∣nasse. 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 (amōge Isachar and Asser) Manas∣ses had Beth Sean and the townes therof, [ C] and Ieblaam and the townes therof, and them of Dor and their townes, and them of En Dor and their townes, & them of Taa∣nach and their townes, and them of Ma∣geddo and their townes, and the thirde par¦te of (the cite) Nophet. And the children of Manasse coude not dryue awaye the inha∣biters of these cities, but the Cananites be∣ganne 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 geuē me but one porcion and one meetlyne of en∣heritaunce, 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 the¦re in the londe of the Pheresites and Ra∣phaim, seynge moūt Ephraim is to narowe for the.

Then sayde the children of Ioseph: We [ D] shal not be able to attayne vnto the moun∣taynes, 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. Io∣sua sayde vnto the house of Ioseph, euen to Ephraim and Manasses: Thou art a grea∣te people, & for so moch as thou art so grea∣te, thou must not haue one lot, but the moun¦tayne 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 Canani¦tes, which haue yrō charettes, & are mightie.

The XVIII. Chapter.

[ A] ANd all the multitude of the children of Israel gathered them selues toge∣ther vnto Silo, and they set vp y^e Ta¦bernacle of witnesse, and the londe was sub∣dued vnto them. But there were yet seuen trybes of the childrē of Israel, vnto whom they had not deuyded their enheritaunce. And Iosua sayde vnto the children of Is∣rael: Howlonge are ye so slowe, to go and cō¦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 acor∣dinge 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 de¦scrybe ye the londe in seuen partes, and bryn¦ge them vnto me, then shal I cast y^e lot for you before the LORDE oure God. * 1.100 For the Leuites haue no porcion amonge you, but the presthode of the LORDE is their enhe∣ritaunce.* 1.101 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.

[ B] Then the men gat vp, to go their waye. And whan they were aboute to go for to de∣scrybe the londe, Iosua commaunded them, and sayde: Go youre waye, and walke tho∣row 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 a∣cordinge 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 chil∣dren of Israel, vnto euery one his parte.

And the lot of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin fell acordinge to their kyn∣reds, 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 thēce towarde Lus, euen by the south syde of Lus (that is Bethel) and commeth downe vnto Ataroth Adar by the mountay¦ne which lyeth on y^e south syde of the lowe•• Bethoron. Then howeth it downe, and fet∣cheth a compasse vnto the south west quar∣ter 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 [ C] forth, and goeth out towarde the west, and commeth forth vnto y^e water well of Nepthoah: and goeth downe by the ed∣ge of the mount, that lyeth before the val∣ley of the sonne of Hinnam: and goeth dow¦ne 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 E•• Semes, and commeth forth to the heapes that lye vp towarde Adumim, and cōmeth downe vnto the stone of Bohen the sonne of Ruben, and goeth a longe besyde y^e play¦ne felde which lyeth north warde, and com∣meth 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 [ D] quarter. This is the enheritaunce of y^e chil¦dren of Ben Iamin in their borders rounde aboute, amonge their kynreds.

The cities of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin amōge their kynreds are these: Iericho, Beth Hagla, Emek Kezi••z, Betha¦raba, Zemaraim, Bethel, Auim, Haphar, A∣phra, Caphar Amonai, Aphni, Gaba: these are twolue cities and their vyllages.

Gibeon, Rama, Beeroth, Mispa, Caphi¦ra, Moza, Rekem, Ieerpeel, Thareala, Ze∣la, Eleph, and the Iebusites, that is Ieru∣salem, Gibeath, Kiriath: these are fourtene cities and their vyllages. This is the enhe∣ritaunce of the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds.

The XIX. Chapter.

THen fell the seconde lot of the trybe [ A] of the children of Simeon acordin∣ge to their kynreds, and their enheri¦taunce was amonge the enheritaunce of y^e children of Iuda.* 1.102 And to their enheritaun¦ce they had Beer Seba, Molada, Hazar Sual, Baala, Azem, El Tholad, Beth••l,

Harma, Ziklag, Betha Markaboth, Hazar Sussa, Beth Lebaoth, and Saruhen: these are thirtene cities & their vyllages. Ain, Ri¦mon, Ether, Asan: these are foure cities and their vyllages. And all y^e vyllages that lye aboute the cities vnto Balath Beer Ra∣math towarde the south. This is the enheri¦taunce of the trybe of the children of Si∣meon in their kynreds: for the enheritaunce of the children of Simeon is vnder the por¦cion of the children of Iuda. For so moch as the enheritaunce of the children of Iuda was to greate for them, therfore inhereted the children of Simeon amonge their enhe∣ritaunce.

The thirde lot fell vpon the childrē of Za¦bulon after their kynreds. And the border of their enheritaūce 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 cōmeth out vnto Da∣brath, and reacheth vp to Iapia, and from thēce goeth it westwarde thorow Githa He¦pher, and Itha Kazim, and commeth out towarde Rimon, Hamthoar Hanea, & fet∣cheth a compasse aboute from the north vn∣to [ B] Nathon, & the goynge out of it is in y^e val¦ley Iephtha El, Katath, Nahalal, Sim∣ron, Iedeala, & Bethlehem: These are twol∣ue cities and their vyllages. This is the en∣heritaūce of the childrē of Zabulon in their kynreds: these are their cities and vylla∣ges.

The fourth lot fell vpō the childrē of Isa¦char after their kynreds, & their border was Iesraela, Chessulloth, Sunem, Hapharaim, Sion, Anaharath, Raabith, Kision, Abez, Kemeth, En Gānim, Enhada, Beth Pazez, & bordreth vpon Thabor, Sahazima, Beth Semes, and y^e outgoinge of it was at Ior¦dane. These are sixtene cities and their vylla¦ges. 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, Ach¦saph, Alamelech, Amead, Miseal, and bor∣derth on Carmel vnto the see, and on Sihor, and Libnath, and turneth towarde the east vnto Beth Dagon, and bordreth on Zabu∣lon, 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 to∣warde [ C] Rama, vnto the stronge cite of Zor, and turneth towarde Hossa, and goeth out vnto the see, after y^e 〈◊〉〈◊〉 towarde Ach∣sib, 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 kin¦reds cities and vyllages.

The syxte lot fell vpon the children of Nephtali in their kynreds. And their bor∣der was frō Heleph Elon thorow Zaanaim, Adai Nekeb, Iabne El vnto Lakum, and goeth out vnto Iordane, and turneth west¦warde to Asnoth Thabor, and cōmeth ou•• 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, Ada∣ma, Rama, Hazor, Kedes, Edrei, En Hazor, Iereon, Migdal Elharē, Beth Anath, Beth Sames. These are nyentene cities and their vyllages. This is the enheritaunce of y^e try∣be of the children of Nephtali in their kyn∣reds, cities, and vyllages.

The seuenth lot fell vpon the trybe of the [ D] children of Dan after their kynreds. And the border of their enheritaunce was Zarea, Est¦haol, Irsames, Saalabin, Aialon, Iethla, Elon, Thimnata, Ekron, Eltheke, Gibethō Baalath, Iehud, B••erbarak, Gat Rimon, Me Iarkon, Rakon with the border by Ia¦pho, and on the same goeth the border of the children of Dan out. And the children of Dā wente vp, and foughte agaynst Lesem, and wanne it, and smote it with the edge of the swerde, and toke it in possession, & dwelt ther∣in, and * 1.103 called it Dan, after y^e name of their father. This is the enheritaunce of the try∣be of the children of Dan in their kynreds, cities, and vyllages.

And whā y^e lōde was all parted out with the borders therof, the children of Israel ga¦ue Iosua the sonne of Nun, an enheritaun∣ce amonge them, and (acordynge to the com¦maundement of the LORDE) they gaue him y^e cite that he requyred, namely, * 1.104 Thimnath Serah, vpon moūt Ephraim: there buylded he the cite, and dwelt therin.

These are the enheritaunces which Elea¦sar 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 childrē of Israel at Silo before the LORDE, euen before the do¦re of the Tabernacle of wytnes, and so they ended the deuydinge out of the londe.

The XX. Chapter.

[ A] ANd the LORDE spake vnto Iosua, and sayde: Speake to the children of Israel: Geue amonge you fre cities, * 1.105wherof 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 amōge you from the avenger of bloude. And he that flyeth to one of those ci¦ties, shal stonde without before the porte of the cite, and shewe his cause before the El∣ders of the cite, then shall they take him to them in to the cite, and geue him place to dwell with them.

[ B] And yf the auenger of bloude folowe v∣pon him, they shall not delyuer the deedslay∣er 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 deed∣sleyer 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 [ C] vpon mount Nepthali, and Sechem vpon mount Ephraim, and Kiriatharba, that is Hebron vpon moūt Iuda. And beyōde Ior∣dane on the east syde of Iericho, they gaue Beser in the wildernes vpon the playne out of the trybe of Ruben, and Ramoth in Gi∣lead 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.

[ A] 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 amōge the trybes of the children of Israel, and spake vnto them at Silo in the londe of Canaan, and sayde: * 1.106 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, a∣cordynge 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 childrē 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 [ B] 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 Za∣bulon. So the children of Israel gaue the¦se cities and their suburbes vnto the Leui∣tes 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 chil¦dren 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 subur∣bes therof rounde aboute.* 1.107 But the felde of the cite and the vyllages therof, gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune for his pos¦session.

Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aa∣ron [ C] the prest, the fre cite of the deed sleyers, Hebron and the suburbes therof, Libna and the suburbes therof, Iathir and the subur∣bes therof, Esthuma and the suburbes ther¦of, Holon and the suburbes therof, Debir and the suburbes therof, Ain and the subur¦bes 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 ga∣ue foure cities, Gibeon and y^e suburbes ther∣of, Gaba, and the suburbes therof, Anathot and the suburbes therof, Almon and the sub¦urbes therof: so that all the cities of the chil∣dren of Aaron the prest were thirtene with their suburbes.

The kynreds of the other children of Ka∣hath the Leuites, had by their lott foure ci¦ties, 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.

[ D] Of the trybe of Dan foure cities, Elthe∣ke and y^e suburbes therof, Gibthon and the suburbes therof, Aialon and the suburbes therof, Gath Rimon and the suburbes ther¦of. Of the halfe trybe of Manasses two ci∣ties, 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 sub∣urbes.

But vnto the children of Gerson amon∣ge the kynreds of the Leuites were geuen, Of the halfe trybe of Manasse two cities, the fre cite for the deedslayer, Gola in Ba∣san and the suburbes therof, Beasthra, and the suburbes therof. Of the trybe of Isa∣char foure cities, Kision and the suburbes therof, Dabrach and the suburbes therof, Iarmuth and the suburbes therof, Engan∣nim 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 ci∣te Kedes (for the deedsleyer) in Galile, Ha∣moth, Dor, and Karthan with the subur∣bes therof: so that all the cities of the kyn∣red of the Gersonites were thirtene w^t their suburbes.

[ E] Vnto the kynreds of Merari the other Leuites were geuen, Of the trybe of Za∣bulon foure cities, Iakneam, Kartha, Dim∣na and Nahalal w^t y^e suburbes therof. Of the trybe of Ruben foure cities, Bezer, Iah¦za, Kedemoth and Mephaat with their suburbes. Of the trybe of Gad foure ci∣ties, 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 kyn∣reds of y^e other Leuites, were twolue. Thus all the cities of the Leuites amonge y^e pos∣session of the children of Israel, were eight and fortye with their suburbes. And these ci¦ties 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 posses¦sion of it, and dwelt therin. And the LORDE gaue thē rest before all those y^t were aboute them * 1.108 like as he sware vnto their fathers, & none of their enemies stode agaynst thē, but all their enmies delyuered he in to their han¦de. 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 [ A] Gaddites, and y^e halfe trybe of Ma¦nasse, and sayde vnto them: Ye haue kepte all, * 1.109 that Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded you, and haue herke∣ned vnto my voyce in all y^t I haue commaū¦ded you. Ye haue not forsaken youre brethrē a longe season, vnto this daye, and haue way¦ted vpon the commaundement of the LOR∣DE youre God. For so moch now as the LOR¦DE 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 beyō∣de Iordane.

But take diligent hede now, that ye do a∣cordinge to the commaundement and lawe which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath commaunded:* 1.110 That ye loue the LOR∣DE youre God, and walke in all his wayes, and kepe his commaundementes, and cleue [ B] 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 vn∣to their tentes.

Vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse had Moses geuen possession at Basan: vnto the other halfe gaue Iosua amonge their bre∣thren on this syde Iordane westwarde. And whan he let them go to their tentes and bles∣sed 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, * 1.111 distribute therfore the spoyle of youre enemyes amonge youre brethren.

So the Rubenites, Gaddites, and the halfe trybe of Manasse returned, and wen∣te 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 Ca∣naan, [ C] 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: Be∣holde, the children of Ruben, the children of Gad, and the halfe trybe of Manasse ha¦ue buylded an altare ouer agaynst the lon∣de

of Canaan vpon the heapes by Iordane on this syde the children of Israel, they ga∣thered 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 hou¦ses of their fathers, out of euery tribe in Is∣rael 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 Gi∣lead, and sayde:

[ D] Thus sayeth the whole congregacion of the LORDE vnto you: * 1.112 What trespace is this, y^t ye haue trespaced agaynst the God of Israel, that ye shulde turne backe from y^e LORDE this daye, to builde you an altare, for to fall awaye from the LORDE?

* 1.113 Haue we not ynough of the wickednesse of Peor? from the which we are not yet clen¦sed this daye, and there came a plage amon¦ge the congregacion of the LORDE: and ye turne you backe this daye from the LORDE, and this daye are ye fallen awaye from the LORDE, that he maye be wroth to daye or tomorow at the whole congregacion of the LORDE.

Yf the londe of youre possession be vn∣cleane, then come ouer in to the londe that the LORDE possesseth, where the dwellyn∣ge of the LORDE is, and take possessions a∣monge vs, and fall not awaye from the LOR¦DE and from vs, to builde you an altare with out the altare of the LORDE oure God. * 1.114 Did not Achan the sonne of Serah trespace in the thinge that was damned, and the wrath came ouer y^e whole congregacion of Israel and he wente not downe alone for his mysz∣dede?

[ E] Then answered the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the halfe trybe of Manasse, and sayde vnto the heades and prynces of Israel: The mightie God y^e LOR¦DE, the mightie God the LORDE knoweth, and Israel knoweth also, yf this be a tran∣gressynge or trespacynge agaynst the LOR∣DE, then let it not helpe vs this daye: Yf we haue buylded the altare, because we wolde turne awaye backe from the LORDE, to of∣fre burnt offerynges or meat offeringes ther¦on, or to make eny deed offerynges vpon it, then let the LORDE requyre it: And yf we haue not done it rather for very feare of this thinge, and sayde: To daye or tomorow mighte youre children saye vnto oure chil∣dren:

What haue ye to do with the LORDE the God of Israel? The LORDE hath set Iorda∣ne for a border betwene vs and you ye chil∣dren of Ruben and Gad, ye haue no por∣cion in the LORDE: By this shulde your•• children make oure children to turne awaye from the feare of the LORDE.

Therfore sayde we: Let vs make oure children an altare, not for sacrifice, ner for burnt offeringe, * 1.115 but that it maye be a takē betwene vs and you, and oure posterities, that we maye serue the LORDE in his sigh¦te with oure burnt offeringes, deed offerin∣ges, and other offeringes: and y^t youre chil∣dren to daye or tomorow neade not to saye vnto oure children: Ye haue no parte in the LORDE.

And we sayde: But yf they shulde speake so vnto vs, or to oure posterities to daye or tomorow, then maye we saye: Beholde the symilitude of y^e altare of the LORDE, which oure fathers made, not for sacrifyce, ner for burnt offerynge, but for a wytnesse betwene vs and you.

God forbydde, that we shulde fall awaye from the LORDE, to turne backe from him this daye, and to buylde an altare for sa¦crifice, for burnt offeringe and for eny presen¦te, without y^e altare of the LORDE oure God, that stondeth before his Habitacion.

But whan Phineas the prest, and the chefe of the congregacion, the prynces of Israel which were with him, herde these wordes, that the children of Ruben, Gad, and Manasse had spoken, they pleased them well. And Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest sayde vnto the children of Rubē, Gad and Manasse: This daye we knowe, that y^e LORDE is amonge vs, in that ye haue not trespaced agaynst the LORDE in this dede. Now haue ye delyuered the children of Is∣rael out of the hande of the LORDE.

Then Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest, and the rulers returned out of the lon∣de of Gilead, from the children of Ruben and Gad, vnto y^e londe of Canaā to the chil¦dren of Israel, and brought them worde a∣gayne of the matter.

Then were the children of Israel well cō∣tente with the thinge. And they praysed the God of Israel, and sayde nomore that they wolde go vp agaynst them with an armye, to destroye the londe that the childrē of Ru∣ben and Gad dwelt in. And y^e childrē of Ru¦ben and Gad called the name of the altare: This altare be witnesse betwene vs, that the LORDE is God.

The XXIII. Chapter.

[ A] ANd after a longe season, whan the LORDE had broughte Israel to rest from all their enemies rounde aboute: and Iosua was now olde and well stricken in age, he called all Israel and their Elders, heades, iudges, and officers, and sayde vnto them: I am olde and well aged, and ye haue sene all that the LORDE youre God hath done vnto all these nacions in youre sighte. For the LORDE youre God himself hath foughte for you. Beholde, I haue parted a∣monge you y^e rēnaunt of the nacions by lot, vnto euery trybe his enheritaunce from Iordane forth, and all the nacions whom I haue roted out vnto the greate see west∣warde.

[ B] And the LORDE youre God shal thrust them out before you, and dryue them awaye from you, that ye maye haue their londe in possession, as the LORDE youre God hath promysed you. Be strōge now therfore, that ye maye obserue and do all that is wrytten in the boke of the lawe of Moses: * 1.116 so that ye turne not asyde from it, nether to the righ¦te hande ner to the lefte: that ye come not amonge y^e remnaunt of these naciōs, which are with you: And se that ye make no men∣cion ner * 1.117 sweare by the names of their god¦des, nether serue them, ner bowe youre selues vnto them: But cleue vnto the LORDE you∣re God, as ye haue done vnto this daye: thē shal the LORDE dryue awaye greate and mightie nacions before you, like as there hath no man bene able to stonde before you [ C] vnto this daye. * 1.118 One of you shall chace a thousande: for the LORDE youre God figh∣teth for you, acordinge as he promysed you. Take diligent hede therfore vnto youre sou∣les, that ye loue the LORDE youre God.

* 1.119But yf ye turne backe, and cleue vnto the¦se other nacions, and make mariages with them, so that ye come amōge them, and they amonge you, be ye sure then, that the LORDE youre God shall nomore dryue out all these nacions before you, * 1.120 but they shall be vnto you a snare and net, and prickes in youre sy∣des, and thornes in youre eyes, vntyll he ha¦ue destroyed you from the good lōde, which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you.

[ D] Beholde,* 1.121 this daye do I go the waye of all the worlde, and ye shal knowe euen from all youre hert and from all youre soule, that there hath not fayled one worde of all the good that the LORDE youre God promy∣sed you. Now like as all the good is come that the LORDE youre God promised you: * 1.122 euen so shal the LORDE cause all euell to co¦me vpon you, tyll he haue destroied you from this good londe, which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you: yf ye transgresse y^e co¦uenaunt of the LORDE youre God, which he hath commaunded you. And yf ye go yo^r waye and serue other goddes, and worshipe thē, then shall the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote ouer you, & shall shortly destroye you out of the good londe, y^t he hath geuen you.

The XXIIII. Chapter.

IOsua gathered all the trybes of Is∣rael [ A] together vnto Sichem, and cal∣led the Elders of Israel, the heades, iudges and officers. And whā they were co∣me before God, he sayde vnto all the people: Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel: * 1.123 Yo^r fathers dwelt afore time beyōde y^e wa¦ter, Abrahā & Nahor w^t Tarah their father & serued other goddes.* 1.124 Then toke I yo^r fa∣ther Abraham beyonde the water, & caused him to walke in the londe of Canaan, & mul¦tiplied his sede, and gaue him Isaac,* 1.125 and vn¦to Isaac I gaue Iacob and Esau, and gaue Esau moūt Seir to possesse * 1.126 As for Iacob, & his childrē, they wente downe in to Egipte.

Then sent I Moses and Aaron, and pla∣ged [ B] Egipte as I haue done amonge thē.* 1.127 Af¦ter y^t * 1.128 brought I you and youre fathers out of Egipte. And whan ye came to y^e see, and the Egipcians folowed vpon youre fathers with charettes and horse men vnto the reed see, then cryed they vnto the LORDE, which put a darcknesse betwene you and the Egip∣cians, and broughte the see vpon them, and ouerwhelmed them. And youre eyes haue se∣ne what I dyd to y^e Egipcians, & ye dwelt in y^e wildernes a lōge season * 1.129 And I brough¦te you in to y^e londe of the Amorites, which dwelt beionde Iordane: & whā they fought agaynst you, I delyuered them in to yo^r han¦de, that ye mighte haue their countre in pos∣session, and I destroyed them before you. * 1.130 Then Balac the sonne of Ziphor the kyn∣ge of the Moabites gat him vp, and fough¦te agaynst Israel: and he sente and bad call Balaam the sonne of Beor, to curse you, ne∣uertheles I wolde not heare him, but I bles∣sed you, and delyuered you out of his hande.

And whan ye wente ouer Iordane, and came vnto Iericho, the citesyns of Iericho [ C] foughte agaynst you, the Amorites, Phere∣sites, Cananites, Hethites, Girgosites, He∣nites, & Iebusites: howbeit I delyuered thē in to youre hande.* 1.131 And I sent hornettes be¦fore you, which droue them out before you, na¦mely

the two kynges of y^e Amorites: not tho¦row thy swerde, ner thorow thy bowe. And I haue geuen you a londe whervpon ye be∣stowed no laboure,* 1.132 and cities which ye haue not buylded, that ye might dwell therin, and that ye might eate of the vynyardes and o∣lyue trees which ye haue not planted. Feare the LORDE now therfore, and serue him per∣fectly and in the trueth,* 1.133 and let go the god∣des, whom youre fathers serued beyonde the water and in Egipte, and serue ye y^e LORDE.

But yf ye like not to serue the LORDE, thē [ D] chose you this daye whom ye wyll serue: the God whom youre fathers serued beionde y^e water, or y^e goddes of the Amorites, in who¦se lōde ye dwell. As for me and my house, we wyll serue the LORDE. Then answered the people, and saide: God forbidde, that we shul¦de forsake the LORDE, & serue other goddes. For the LORDE oure God brought vs and oure fathers out of the londe of Egipte frō the house of bondage, and did soch greate to¦kens before oure eyes, and preserued vs all y^e waye that we wente, and amonge all the na∣cions, whom we trauayled by. And the LOR¦DE thrust out before vs all the people of the Amorites that dwelt in the londe. Therfore wyll we also serue the LORDE, for he is oure God.

[ E] Iosua sayde vnto the people: Ye can not serue the LORDE: for he is an holy God, migh¦tie, and gelous, which spareth not youre trangressions and synnes. But yf ye forsa∣ke the LORDE, and serue a straunge god, then shall the LORDE turne him,* 1.134 and do you euell, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. The people sayde vnto Iosua: Not so, but we will serue the LORDE. Then sayde Iosua vnto the people: Ye are witnesses ouer youre selues, that ye haue cho¦sen you the LORDE, to serue him. And they sayde: Yee. Then put awaye from you (sayde he) the straunge goddes y^t are amonge you, and enclyne youre hert vnto the LORDE the God of Israel. And the people sayde vnto Iosua: We wyll serue the LORDE oure God, and be obedient vnto his voyce.* 1.135 So Iosua made a couenaunt with the people y^e same daye, and laied statutes & lawes before them at Sichem.

[ F] And Iosua wrote this acte in the boke of the lawe of God,* 1.136 and toke a greate stone, & set it vp there vnder an oke, which was in y^e Sanctuary of y^e LORDE, and sayde vnto all the people: Beholde, this stone shall be wit∣nesse ouer you: For it hath herde all the wor∣des of the LORDE, which he hath spoken vnto vs, and shall be a witnesse ouer yo••, that ye denye not youre God. So Iosua 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the people go euery one to his enheritaūce.

And it fortuned after these actes, y^t Io∣sua the sonne of Nun y^e seruaūt of the LOR∣DE dyed, whan he was an hundreth and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 yeare olde, and was buried in the border * 1.137 of his enheritaūce at Thimnath Serah, which lyeth on the mount Ephraim, on the northsi¦de of mount Gaas. And the children of Is∣rael serued the LORDE as longe as Iosu•• lyued, and the Elders (that lyued longe af∣ter Iosua) which knewe all the workes of y^e LORDE, that he had done vnto Israel. * 1.138 The bones of Ioseph, which the children of Is∣rael had broughte out of Egipte, buried they at Sichem, in the pece of the londe,* 1.139 y^t Iacob boughte of the children of Hemor y^e father of Sichem for an hundreth pens, and was the enheritaunce of the children of Ioseph. Eleasar the sonne of Aaron died also, and they buried him at Gibeath, which was Phi∣neas his sonnes, that was geuen him vpon mount Ephraim.

The ende of the boke of Iosua.

Notes

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  ••••ut. 11. d
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  ••eut. ••1. b ••••b. 13. a
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