Joshua 13-21; Psalms 68 - Prayer Tents

33But Moses gave no allotment of land to the tribe of Levi, for the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised that he himself would be their allotment.H7626H3878H4872H5414H5159H3068H430H3478H5159H1696

The Land Divided West of the Jordan

14The remaining tribes of Israel received land in Canaan as allotted by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders.H1121H3478H5157H776H3667H499H3548H3091H1121H5126H7218H1H4294H1121H3478H5157 2These nine and a half tribes received their grants of land by means of sacred lots, in accordance with the LORD's command through Moses.H1486H5159H3068H6680H3027H4872H8672H4294H2677H4294 3Moses had already given a grant of land to the two and a half tribes on the east side of the Jordan River, but he had given the Levites no such allotment.H4872H5414H5159H8147H4294H2677H4294H5676H3383H3881H5414H5159H8432 4The descendants of Joseph had become two separate tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. And the Levites were given no land at all, only towns to live in with surrounding pasturelands for their livestock and all their possessions.H1121H3130H8147H4294H4519H669H5414H2506H3881H776H5892H3427H4054H4735H7075 5So the land was distributed in strict accordance with the LORD's commands to Moses.H3068H6680H4872H1121H3478H6213H2505H776

Caleb Requests His Land

6A delegation from the tribe of Judah, led by Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb said to Joshua, "Remember what the LORD said to Moses, the man of God, about you and me when we were at Kadesh-barnea.H1121H3063H5066H3091H1537H3612H1121H3312H7074H559H3045H1697H3068H1696H4872H376H430H182H182H6947 7I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the LORD, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land of Canaan. I returned and gave an honest report,H705H8141H1121H4872H5650H3068H7971H6947H7270H776H7725H1697H7725H3824 8but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.H251H5927H3820H5971H4529H4390H310H3068H430 9So that day Moses solemnly promised me, 'The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.'H4872H7650H3117H559H776H7272H1869H5159H1121H5704H5769H4390H310H3068H430 10"Now, as you can see, the LORD has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old.H3068H2421H1696H705H2568H8141H227H3068H1696H1697H4872H3478H1980H4057H3117H8084H2568H8141H1121 11I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then.H2389H3117H3117H4872H7971H3581H3581H4421H3318H935 12So give me the hill country that the LORD promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the LORD is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the LORD said."H5414H2022H3068H1696H3117H8085H3117H6062H5892H1419H1219H194H3068H854H3423H3068H1696 13So Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave Hebron to him as his portion of land.H3091H1288H5414H3612H1121H3312H2275H5159 14Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.H2275H5159H3612H1121H3312H7074H3117H4390H310H3068H430H3478 15(Previously Hebron had been called Kiriath-arba. It had been named after Arba, a great hero of the descendants of Anak.) And the land had rest from war.H8034H2275H6440H7153H1419H120H6062H776H8252H4421

The Land Given to the Tribe of Judah

15The allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah reached southward to the border of Edom, as far south as the wilderness of Zin.H1486H4294H1121H3063H4940H1366H123H4057H6790H5045H7097H8486 2The southern boundary began at the south bay of the Dead Sea,H5045H1366H7097H4417H3220H3956H6437H5045 3ran south of Scorpion Pass into the wilderness of Zin, and then went south of Kadesh-barnea to Hezron. Then it went up to Addar, where it turned toward Karka.H3318H5045H4610H5674H6790H5927H5045H6947H5674H2696H5927H146H5437H7173 4From there it passed to Azmon until it finally reached the Brook of Egypt, which it followed to the Mediterranean Sea. This was their southern boundary.H5674H6111H3318H5158H4714H8444H1366H3220H5045H1366 5The eastern boundary extended along the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan River. The northern boundary began at the bay where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea,H6924H1366H4417H3220H7097H3383H1366H6828H6285H3956H3220H7097H3383 6went up from there to Beth-hoglah, then proceeded north of Beth-arabah to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan was Reuben's son.)H1366H5927H1031H5674H6828H1026H1366H5927H68H932H1121H7205 7From that point it went through the valley of Achor to Debir, turning north toward Gilgal, which is across from the slopes of Adummim on the south side of the valley. From there the boundary extended to the springs at En-shemesh and on to En-rogel.H1366H5927H1688H6010H5911H6828H6437H1537H5227H4608H131H5045H5158H1366H5674H4325H5885H8444H5883 8The boundary then passed through the valley of Ben-Hinnom, along the southern slopes of the Jebusites, where the city of Jerusalem is located. Then it went west to the top of the mountain above the valley of Hinnom, and on up to the northern end of the valley of Rephaim.H1366H5927H1516H1121H2011H5045H3802H2983H3389H1366H5927H7218H2022H6440H1516H2011H3220H7097H6010H7497H6828 9From there the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the towns on Mount Ephron. Then it turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).H1366H8388H7218H2022H4599H4325H5318H3318H5892H2022H6085H1366H8388H1173H7157 10The boundary circled west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the town of Kesalon on the northern slope of Mount Jearim, and went down to Beth-shemesh and on to Timnah.H1366H5437H1173H3220H2022H8165H5674H3802H2022H3297H3693H6828H3381H1053H5674H8553 11The boundary then proceeded to the slope of the hill north of Ekron, where it turned toward Shikkeron and Mount Baalah. It passed Jabneel and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.H1366H3318H3802H6138H6828H1366H8388H7942H5674H2022H1173H3318H2995H8444H1366H3220 12The western boundary was the shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea. These are the boundaries for the clans of the tribe of Judah.H3220H1366H1419H3220H1366H1366H1121H3063H5439H4940

The Land Given to Caleb

13The LORD commanded Joshua to assign some of Judah's territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak's ancestor.H3612H1121H3312H5414H2506H8432H1121H3063H413H6310H3068H3091H7151H704H7153H1H6061H2275 14Caleb drove out the three groups of Anakites—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.H3612H3423H7969H1121H6061H8344H289H8526H3211H6061 15From there he went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir (formerly called Kiriath-sepher).H5927H3427H1688H8034H1688H6440H7158 16Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher."H3612H559H5221H7158H3920H5414H5915H1323H802 17Othniel, the son of Caleb's brother Kenaz, was the one who conquered it, so Acsah became Othniel's wife.H6274H1121H7073H251H3612H3920H5414H5915H1323H802 18When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What's the matter?"H935H5496H7592H1H7704H6795H2543H3612H559 19She said, "Give me another gift. You have already given me land in the Negev; now please give me springs of water, too." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.H559H5414H1293H5414H5045H776H5414H1543H4325H5414H5942H1543H8482H1543

The Towns Allotted to Judah

20This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Judah.H5159H4294H1121H3063H4940 21The towns of Judah situated along the borders of Edom in the extreme south were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,H7097H5892H4294H1121H3063H1366H123H5045H6909H5740H3017 22Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,H7016H1776H5735 23Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,H6943H2674H3497 24Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,H2128H2928H1175 25Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),H2674H2675H7152H2696H2674 26Amam, Shema, Moladah,H538H8090H4137 27Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,H2693H2829H1046 28Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,H2705H884H964 29Baalah, Iim, Ezem,H1173H5864H6107 30Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah,H513H3686H2767 31Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,H6860H4089H5578 32Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine towns with their surrounding villages.H3822H7978H5871H7417H5892H6242H8672H2691 33The following towns situated in the western foothills were also given to Judah: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,H8219H847H6881H823 34Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,H2182H5873H8599H5879 35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,H3412H5725H7755H5825 36Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages.H8189H5723H1449H1453H702H6240H5892H2691 37Also included were Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,H6799H2322H4028 38Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,H1810H4708H3371 39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,H3923H1218H5700 40Cabbon, Lahmam, Kitlish,H3522H3903H3798 41Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen towns with their surrounding villages.H1450H1016H5279H4719H8337H6240H5892H2691 42Besides these, there were Libnah, Ether, Ashan,H3841H6281H6228 43Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,H3316H823H5334 44Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah—nine towns with their surrounding villages.H7084H392H4762H8672H5892H2691 45The territory of the tribe of Judah also included Ekron and its surrounding settlements and villages.H6138H1323H2691 46From Ekron the boundary extended west and included the towns near Ashdod with their surrounding villages.H6138H3220H3027H795H2691 47It also included Ashdod with its surrounding settlements and villages and Gaza with its settlements and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.H795H1323H2691H5804H1323H2691H5158H4714H1419H1366H3220H1366 48Judah also received the following towns in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,H2022H8069H3492H7755 49Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),H1837H7158H1688 50Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,H6024H851H6044 51Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven towns with their surrounding villages.H1657H2473H1542H259H6240H5892H2691 52Also included were the towns of Arab, Dumah, Eshan,H694H1746H824 53Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,H3241H1054H664 54Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine towns with their surrounding villages.H2547H7153H2275H6730H8672H5892H2691 55Besides these, there were Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,H4584H3760H2128H3194 56Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,H3157H3347H2182 57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten towns with their surrounding villages.H7014H1390H8553H6235H5892H2691 58In addition, there were Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,H2478H1049H1446 59Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—six towns with their surrounding villages.H4638H1042H515H8337H5892H2691 60There were also Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah—two towns with their surrounding villages.H7154H7157H7237H8147H5892H2691 61In the wilderness there were the towns of Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,H4057H1026H4081H5527 62Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six towns with their surrounding villages.H5044H5898H5872H8337H5892H2691 63But the tribe of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites, who lived in the city of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live there among the people of Judah to this day.H2983H3427H3389H1121H3063H3201H3201H3423H2983H3427H1121H3063H3389H3117

The Land Given to Ephraim and West Manasseh

16The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan River near Jericho, east of the springs of Jericho, through the wilderness and into the hill country of Bethel.H1486H1121H3130H3318H3383H3405H4325H3405H4217H4057H5927H3405H2022H1008 2From Bethel (that is, Luz) it ran over to Ataroth in the territory of the Arkites.H3318H1008H3870H5674H1366H757H5852 3Then it descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer and over to the Mediterranean Sea.H3381H3220H1366H3311H1366H1032H8481H1507H8444H3220 4This was the homeland allocated to the families of Joseph's sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.H1121H3130H4519H669H5157

The Land Given to Ephraim

5The following territory was given to the clans of the tribe of Ephraim. The boundary of their homeland began at Ataroth-addar in the east. From there it ran to Upper Beth-horon,H1366H1121H669H4940H1366H5159H4217H5853H1032H5945 6then on to the Mediterranean Sea. From Micmethath on the north, the boundary curved eastward past Taanath-shiloh to the east of Janoah.H1366H3318H3220H4366H6828H1366H5437H4217H8387H5674H4217H3239 7From Janoah it turned southward to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and ended at the Jordan River.H3381H3239H5852H5292H6293H3405H3318H3383 8From Tappuah the boundary extended westward, following the Kanah Ravine to the Mediterranean Sea. This is the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Ephraim.H1366H3212H8599H3220H5158H7071H8444H3220H5159H4294H1121H669H4940 9In addition, some towns with their surrounding villages in the territory allocated to the half-tribe of Manasseh were set aside for the tribe of Ephraim.H3995H5892H1121H669H8432H5159H1121H4519H5892H2691 10They did not drive the Canaanites out of Gezer, however, so the people of Gezer live as slaves among the people of Ephraim to this day.H3423H3669H3427H1507H3669H3427H7130H669H3117H5647H4522

The Land Given to West Manasseh

17The next allotment of land was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph's older son. Makir, the firstborn son of Manasseh, was the father of Gilead. Because his descendants were experienced soldiers, the regions of Gilead and Bashan on the east side of the Jordan had already been given to them.H1486H4294H4519H1060H3130H4353H1060H4519H1H1568H376H4421H1568H1316 2So the allotment on the west side of the Jordan was for the remaining families within the clans of the tribe of Manasseh: Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These clans represent the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph.H3498H1121H4519H4940H1121H44H1121H2507H1121H844H1121H7928H1121H2660H1121H8061H2145H1121H4519H1121H3130H4940 3However, Zelophehad, a descendant of Hepher son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons. He had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.H6765H1121H2660H1121H1568H1121H4353H1121H4519H1121H1323H8034H1323H4244H5270H2295H4435H8656 4These women came to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite leaders and said, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us a grant of land along with the men of our tribe." So Joshua gave them a grant of land along with their uncles, as the LORD had commanded.H7126H6440H499H3548H6440H3091H1121H5126H6440H5387H559H3068H6680H4872H5414H5159H8432H251H6310H3068H5414H5159H8432H251H1 5As a result, Manasseh's total allocation came to ten parcels of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan across the Jordan River,H5307H6235H2256H4519H776H1568H1316H5676H3383 6because the female descendants of Manasseh received a grant of land along with the male descendants. (The land of Gilead was given to the rest of the male descendants of Manasseh.)H1323H4519H5157H5159H8432H1121H3498H4519H1121H776H1568 7The boundary of the tribe of Manasseh extended from the border of Asher to Micmethath, near Shechem. Then the boundary went south from Micmethath to the settlement near the spring of Tappuah.H1366H4519H836H4366H6440H7927H1366H1980H3225H3427H5887 8The land surrounding Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh's territory, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.H4519H776H8599H8599H1366H4519H1121H669 9From the spring of Tappuah, the boundary of Manasseh followed the Kanah Ravine to the Mediterranean Sea. Several towns south of the ravine were inside Manasseh's territory, but they actually belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.H1366H3381H5158H7071H5045H5158H5892H669H8432H5892H4519H1366H4519H6828H5158H8444H3220 10In general, however, the land south of the ravine belonged to Ephraim, and the land north of the ravine belonged to Manasseh. Manasseh's boundary ran along the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. North of Manasseh was the territory of Asher, and to the east was the territory of Issachar.H5045H669H6828H4519H3220H1366H6293H836H6828H3485H4217 11The following towns within the territory of Issachar and Asher, however, were given to Manasseh: Beth-shan, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphoth-dor), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.H4519H3485H836H1052H1323H2991H1323H3427H1756H1323H3427H5874H1323H3427H8590H1323H3427H4023H1323H7969H5316 12But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these towns. They could not drive out the Canaanites who continued to live there.H1121H4519H3201H3423H5892H3669H2974H3427H776 13Later, however, when the Israelites became strong enough, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves. But they did not drive them out of the land.H1121H3478H2388H5414H3669H4522H3423H3423 14The descendants of Joseph came to Joshua and asked, "Why have you given us only one portion of land as our homeland when the LORD has blessed us with so many people?"H1121H3130H1696H3091H559H5414H259H1486H259H2256H5159H7227H5971H5704H3068H1288H3541 15Joshua replied, "If there are so many of you, and if the hill country of Ephraim is not large enough for you, clear out land for yourselves in the forest where the Perizzites and Rephaites live."H3091H559H7227H5971H5927H3293H1254H776H6522H7497H2022H669H213 16The descendants of Joseph responded, "It's true that the hill country is not large enough for us. But all the Canaanites in the lowlands have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shan and its surrounding settlements and those in the valley of Jezreel. They are too strong for us."H1121H3130H559H2022H4672H3669H3427H776H6010H7393H1270H1052H1323H6010H3157 17Then Joshua said to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph, "Since you are so large and strong, you will be given more than one portion.H3091H559H1004H3130H669H4519H559H7227H5971H1419H3581H259H1486 18The forests of the hill country will be yours as well. Clear as much of the land as you wish, and take possession of its farthest corners. And you will drive out the Canaanites from the valleys, too, even though they are strong and have iron chariots."H2022H3293H1254H8444H3423H3669H1270H7393H2389