^15 (A)Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, ¹⁶ and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ¹⁷ the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ¹⁸ the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed. ¹⁹ And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. ²⁰ These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

²¹ To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born. ²² The ^(B)sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. ²³ The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ²⁴ Arpachshad fathered ^(C)Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. ^25 (D)To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg,^[a] for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan. ²⁶ Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ^29 (E)Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. ³⁰ The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east. ³¹ These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

³² These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, ^(F)and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

Kings Defeated by Joshua

⁷ And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to ^(A)Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession ^(B)according to their allotments, ^8 (C)in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb, the land of ^(D)the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites): ^9 (E)the king of Jericho, one; ^(F)the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; ^10 (G)the king of Jerusalem, one; ^(H)the king of Hebron, one; ^11 (I)the king of Jarmuth, one; ^(J)the king of Lachish, one; ^12 (K)the king of Eglon, one; ^(L)the king of Gezer, one; ^13 (M)the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; ¹⁴ the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; ^15 (N)the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; ^16 (O)the king of Makkedah, one; ^(P)the king of Bethel, one; ¹⁷ the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; ¹⁸ the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; ^19 (Q)the king of Madon, one; ^(R)the king of Hazor, one; ^20 (S)the king of Shimron-meron, one; ^(T)the king of Achshaph, one; ^21 (U)the king of Taanach, one; ^(V)the king of Megiddo, one; ²² the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; ^23 (W)the king of Dor in ^(X)Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee,^[a] one; ²⁴ the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings.

Land Still to Be Conquered

13 Now Joshua ^(Y)was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land ^(Z)to possess. ^2 (AA)This is the land that yet remains: all the ^(AB)regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites ³ (from the ^(AC)Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; ^(AD)there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of ^(AE)the Avvim, ⁴ in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of ^(AF)the Amorites, ⁵ and the land of the ^(AG)Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from ^(AH)Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to ^(AI)Lebo-hamath, ⁶ all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to ^(AJ)Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive ^(AK)them out from before the people of Israel. Only ^(AL)allot the land to Israel ^(AM)for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. ⁷ Now therefore ^(AN)divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

Fasting

¹⁶ “And ^(A)when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. ^(B)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ¹⁷ But when you fast, ^(C)anoint your head and wash your face, ¹⁸ that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. ^(D)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

^19 (E)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ^(F)moth and rust^[a] destroy and where thieves ^(G)break in and steal, ^20 (H)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

^22 (I)“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, ^23 (J)but if ^(K)your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

^24 (L)“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and ^(M)money.^[b]

²⁹ But Peter and the apostles answered, ^(A)“We must obey God rather than men. ^30 (B)The God of our fathers ^(C)raised Jesus, ^(D)whom you killed by hanging him on ^(E)a tree. ³¹ God exalted ^(F)him at his right hand as ^(G)Leader and ^(H)Savior, ^(I)to give ^(J)repentance to Israel and ^(K)forgiveness of sins. ³² And ^(L)we are witnesses to these things, and ^(M)so is the Holy Spirit, ^(N)whom God has given to those who obey him.”

³³ When they heard this, they ^(O)were enraged and wanted to kill them. ³⁴ But a Pharisee in the council named ^(P)Gamaliel, ^(Q)a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while. ³⁵ And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men. ³⁶ For ^(R)before these days Theudas rose up, ^(S)claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. ³⁷ After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of ^(T)the census and drew away some of the people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered. ³⁸ So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for ^(U)if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail; ³⁹ but ^(V)if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You ^(W)might even be found opposing God!” So they took his advice, ⁴⁰ and ^(X)when they had called in the apostles, ^(Y)they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. ⁴¹ Then they left the presence of the council, ^(Z)rejoicing that they were counted worthy ^(AA)to suffer dishonor for ^(AB)the name. ⁴² And every day, ^(AC)in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and ^(AD)preaching ^(AE)that the Christ is Jesus.