Joshua 12-15 (Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition)

Joshua 12

 ¹These are the kings, whom the children of Israel slew and possessed their land beyond the Jordan towards the rising of the sun, from the torrent Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the east country that looketh towards the wilderness.

    ²Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hesebon, and had dominion from Aroer, which is seated upon the bank of the torrent Arnon, and of the middle part in the valley, and of half Galaad, as far as the torrent Jaboc, which is the border of the children of Ammon.

    ³And from the wilderness, to the sea of Ceneroth towards the east, and to the sea of the wilderness, which is the most salt sea, on the east side by the way that leadeth to Bethsimoth: and on the south side that lieth under Asedoth, Phasga.

    ⁴The border of Og the king of Basan, of the remnant of the Raphaims who dwelt in Astaroth, and in Edrai, and had dominion in mount Hermon, and in Salecha, and in all Basan, unto the herders

    ⁵Of Gessuri and Machati, and of half Galaad: the borders of Sehon the king of Hesebon.

    ⁶Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel slew them, and Moses delivered their land in possession to the Rubenites, and Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses.

    ⁷These are the kings of the land, whom Josue and the children of Israel slew beyond the Jordan on the west side from Baalgad in the held of Libanus, unto the mount, part of which goeth up into Seir: and Josue delivered it in possession to the tribes of Israel, to every one their divisions,

    ⁸As well in the mountains as in the plains and the champaign countries. In Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and in the south was the Hethite and the Amorrhite, the Chanaanite and the Pherezite, the Hevite and the Jebusite.

    ⁹The king of Jericho one: the king of Hai, which is on the side of Bethel, one:

    ¹⁰The king of Jerusalem one, the king of Hebron one.

    ¹¹The king of Jerimoth one, the king of Lachis one,

    ¹²The king of Eglon one, the king of Gazer one,

    ¹³The king of Dabir one, the king of Gader one,

    ¹⁴The king of Herma one, the king of Hered one,

    ¹⁵The king of Lebna one, the king of Odullam one,

    ¹⁶The king of Maceda one, the king of Bethel one,

    ¹⁷The king of Taphua one, the king of Opher one,

    ¹⁸The king of Aphec one, the king of Saron one,

    ¹⁹The king of Madon one, the king of Asor one,

    ²⁰The king of Semeron one, the king of Achsaph one,

    ²¹The king of Thenac one, the king of Megeddo one,

    ²²The king of Cades one, the king of Jachanan of Carmel one,

    ²³The king of Dor, and of the province of Dor one, the king of the nations of Galgal one,

    ²⁴The king of Thersa one: all the kings thirty and one.

   

Joshua 13

 ¹Josue was old, and far advanced in years, and the Lord said to him: Thou art grown old, and advanced in age, and there is a very large country left, which is not yet divided by lot:

    ²To wit, all Galilee, Philistia, and all Gessuri.

    ³From the troubled river, that watereth Egypt, unto the borders of Accaron northward: the land of Chanaan, which is divided among the lords of the Philistines, the Gazites, the Azotians, the Ascalonites, the Gethites, and the Accronites.

    ⁴And on the south side are the Hevites, all the land of Chanaan, and Maara of the Sidonians as far as Apheca, and the borders of the Amorrhite,

    ⁵And his confines. The country also of Libanus towards the east from Baalgad under mount Hermon to the entering into Emath.

    ⁶Of all that dwell in the mountains from Libanus, to the waters of Maserephoth, and all the Sidonians. I am he that will cut them off from before the face of the children of Israel. So let their land come in as a part of the inheritance of Israel, as I have commanded thee.

    ⁷And now divide the land in possession to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasses,

    ⁸With whom Ruben and Gad have possessed the land, which Moses the servant of the Lord delivered to them beyond the river Jordan, on the east side.

    ⁹From Aroer, which is upon the bank of the torrent Amen, and in the midst of the valley and all the plains of Medaba, as far as Dibon:

    ¹⁰And all the cities of Sehon, king of the Amorrhites, who reigned in Hesebon, unto the borders of the children of Ammon.

    ¹¹And Galaad, and the borders of Gessuri and Machati, and all mount Hermon, and all Basan as far as Salecha,

    ¹²All the kingdom of Og in Basan, who reigned in Astaroth and Edrai, he was of the remains of the Raphaims: and Moses overthrew and destroyed them.

    ¹³And the children of Israel would not destroy Gessuri and Machati: and they have dwelt in the midst of Israel, until this present day.

    ¹⁴But to the tribe of Levi he gave no possession: but the sacrifices and victims of the Lord God of Israel, are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.

    ¹⁵And Moses gave a possession to the children of Ruben according to their kindreds.

    ¹⁶And their border was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the torrent Arnon, and in the midst of the valley of the same torrent: all the plain, that leadeth to Medaba,

    ¹⁷And Hesebon, and all their villages, which are in the plains. Dibon also, and Bamothbaal, and the town of Baalmaon,

    ¹⁸And Jassa, and Cidimoth, and Mephaath,

    ¹⁹And Cariathaim, and Sabama, and Sarathasar in the mountain of the valley.

    ²⁰Bethphogor and Asedoth, Phasga and Bethiesimoth,

    ²¹And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdoms of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, that reigned in Hesebon, whom Moses slew with the princes of Madian: Hevi, and Recem, and Sur and Hur, and Rebe, dukes of Sehon inhabitants of the land.

    ²²Balaam also the son of Beer the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain.

    ²³And the river Jordan was the herder of the children of Ruben. This is the possession of the Rubenites, by their kindreds, of cities and villages.

    ²⁴And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad and to his children by their kindreds a possession, of which this is the division.

    ²⁵The border of Jaser, and all the cities of Galaad, and half the land of the children of Ammon: as far as Aroer which is over against Rabba:

    ²⁶And from Hesebon unto Ramoth, Masphe and Betonim: and from Manaim unto the borders of Dabir.

    ²⁷And in the valley Betharan and Bethnemra, and Socoth, and Saphon the other part of the kingdom of Sehon king of Hesebon: the limit of this also is the Jordan, as far as the uttermost part of the sea of Cenereth beyond the Jordan on the east side.

    ²⁸This is the possession of the children of Gad by their families, their cities, and villages.

    ²⁹He gave also to the half tribe of Manasses and his children possession according to their kindreds,

    ³⁰The beginning whereof is this: from Manaim all Basan, and all the kingdoms of Og king of Basan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in Basan, threescore towns.

    ³¹And half Galaad, and Astaroth, and Edrai, cities of the kingdom of Og in Basan: to the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, to one? half of the children of Machir according to their kindreds.

    ³²This possession Moses divided in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, over against Jericho on the east side.

    ³³But to the tribe of Levi he gave no possession: because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their possession, as he spoke to them.

   

Joshua 14

 ¹This is what the children of Israel possessed in the land of Chanaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families by the tribes of Israel gave to them:

    ²Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe.

    ³For to two tribes and a half Moses had given possession beyond the Jordan: besides the Levites, who received no land among their brethren:

    ⁴But in their place succeeded the children of Joseph divided into two tribes, of Manasses and Ephraim: neither did the Levites receive other portion of land, but cities to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed their beasts and flocks.

    ⁵As the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel, and they divided the land.

    ⁶Then the children of Juda came to Josue in Galgal, and Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite spoke to him: Thou knowest what the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Cadesbarne.

    ⁷I was forty Bears old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me m from Cadesbarne, to view the land, and I brought him word again as to me seemed true.

    ⁸But my brethren, that had gone up with me, discouraged the heart of the people: and I nevertheless followed the Lord my God.

    ⁹And Moses swore in that day, saying: The land which thy foot hath trodden upon shall be thy possession, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast followed the Lord my God.

    ¹⁰The Lord therefore hath granted me life, as he promised until this present day. It is forty and five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel journeyed through the wilderness: this day I am eighty-five years old,

    ¹¹As strong as I was at that time when I was sent to view the land : the strength of that time continueth in me until this day, as well to fight as to march.

    ¹²Give me therefore this mountain, which the Lord promised, in thy hearing also, wherein are the Enacims, and cities great and strong: if so be the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to destroy them, as he promised me.

    ¹³And Josue blessed him, and gave him Hebron in possession.

    ¹⁴And from that time Hebron belonged to Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite, until this present day: because he followed the Lord the God of Israel.

    ¹⁵The name of Hebron before was called Cariath-Arbe: Adam the greatest among the Enacims was laid there: and the land rested from wars.

   

Joshua 15

 ¹Now the lot of the children of Juda by their kindreds was this: From the frontier of Edom, to the desert of Sin southward, and to the uttermost part of the south coast.

    ²Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.

    ³And it goeth out towards the ascent of the Scorpion, and passeth on to Sina: and ascendeth into Cadesbarne, and reacheth into Esron, going up to Addar, and compassing Carcaa.

    ⁴And from thence passing along into Asemona, and reaching the torrent of Egypt: and the bounds thereof shall be the great sea, this shall be the limit of the south coast.

    ⁵But on the east side the beginning shall be the most salt sea even to the end of the Jordan: and towards the north, from the bay of the sea unto the same river Jordan.

    ⁶And the border goeth up into Beth-Hagla, and passeth by the north into Beth-Araba: going up to the stone of Boen the son of Ruben.

    ⁷And reaching as far as the borders of Debara from the valley of Achor, and so northward looking towards Galgal, which is opposite to the ascent of Adommin, on the south side of the torrent: and the border passeth the waters that are called the fountain of the sun: and the goings out thereof shall be at the fountain Rogel.

    ⁸And it goeth up by the valley of the son of Ennom on the side of the Jebusite towards the south, the same is Jerusalem: and thence ascending to the top of the mountain, which is over against Geennom to the west in the end of the valley of Raphaim, northward.

    ⁹And it passeth on from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the water of Nephtoa: and reacheth to the towns of mount Ephron: and it bendeth towards Baala, which is Cariathiarim, that is to say, the city of the woods.

    ¹⁰And it compasseth from Baala westward unto mount Seir: and passeth by the side of mount Jarim to the north into Cheslon: and goeth down into Bethsames, and passeth into Thamna.

    ¹¹And it reacheth northward to a part of Accaron at the side: and bendeth to Sechrona, and passeth mount Baala: and cometh into Jebneel, and is bounded westward with the great sea.

    ¹²These are the borders round about of the children of Juda in their kindreds.

    ¹³But to Caleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda, as the Lord had commanded him: Cariath-Arbe the father of Enac. which is Hebron.

    ¹⁴And Caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of Ehac, Sesai and Ahiman. and Tholmai of the race of Enac.

    ¹⁵And going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of Dabir, which before was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, the city of letters.

    ¹⁶And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.

    ¹⁷And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.

    ¹⁸And as they were going together, she was moved by her husband to ask a field of her father, and she sighed as she sat on her ass. And Caleb said to her: What aileth thee?

    ¹⁹But she answered: Give me a blessing: thou hast given me a southern and dry land, give me also a land that is watered. And Caleb gave her the upper and the nether watery ground.

    ²⁰This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Juda by their kindreds.

    ²¹And the cities from the uttermost parts of the children of Juda by the borders of Edom to the south, were Cabseel and Eder and Jagur,

    ²²And Cina and Dimona and Adada,

    ²³And Cades and Asor and Jethnam,

    ²⁴Ziph and Telem and Baloth,

    ²⁵New Asor and Carioth, Hesron, which is Asor.

    ²⁶Amam, Sama and Molada,

    ²⁷And Asergadda and Hassemon and Bethphelet,

    ²⁸And Hasersual and Bersabee and Baziothia,

    ²⁹And Baala and Jim and Esem,

    ³⁰And Eltholad and Cesil and Harma,

    ³¹And Siceleg and Medemena and Sensenna,

    ³²Lebaoth and Selim and Aen and Remmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and their villages.

    ³³But in the plains: Estaol and Sarea and Asena,

    ³⁴And Zanoe and Engannim and Taphua and Enaim,

    ³⁵And Jerimoth and Adullam, Socho and Azeca,

    ³⁶And Saraim and Adithaim and Gedera and Gederothaim: fourteen cities, and their villages.

    ³⁷Sanan and Hadassa and Magdalgad,

    ³⁸Delean and Masepha and Jecthel,

    ³⁹Lachis and Bascath and Eglon,

    ⁴⁰Chebbon and Leheman and Cethlis,

    ⁴¹And Gideroth and Bethdagon and Naama and Maceda: sixteen cities, and their villages.

    ⁴²Labana and Ether and Asan,

    ⁴³Jephtha and Esna and Nesib,

    ⁴⁴And Ceila and Achzib and Maresa: nine cities, and their villages.

    ⁴⁵Accaron with the towns and villages thereof.

    ⁴⁶From Accaron even to the sea: all places that lie towards Azotus and the villages thereof.

    ⁴⁷Azotus with its towns and villages. Gaza with its towns and villages, even to the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea that is the border thereof.

    ⁴⁸And in the mountain Samir and Jether and Socoth,

    ⁴⁹And Danna and Cariath-senna, this is Dabir :

    ⁵⁰Anab and Istemo and Anim,

    ⁵¹Gosen and Olon and Gilo: eleven cities and their villages.

    ⁵²Arab and Ruma and Esaan,

    ⁵³And Janum and Beththaphua and Apheca,

    ⁵⁴Athmatha and Cariath-Arbe, this is Hebron and Sior: nine cities and their villages.

    ⁵⁵Maon and Carmel and Ziph and Jota,

    ⁵⁶Jezrael and Jucadam and Zanoe,

    ⁵⁷Accain, Gabaa and Thamna: ten cities and their villages.

    ⁵⁸Halhul, and Bessur, and Gedor,

    ⁵⁹Mareth, and Bethanoth, and Eltecon: six cities and their villages.

    ⁶⁰Cariathbaal, the same is Cariathiarim, the city of woods, and Arebba: two cities and their villages.

    ⁶¹In the desert Betharaba, Meddin and Sachacha,

    ⁶²And Nebsan, and the city of salt, and Engaddi: six cities and their villages.

    ⁶³But the children of Juda could not destroy the Jebusite that dwelt in Jerusalem: and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of Juda in Jerusalem until this present day.