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Joshua 16

    ²And goeth out from Bethel to Luza: and passeth the border of Archi, to Ataroth,

    ³And goeth down westward, by the border of Jephleti, unto the borders of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gazer :and the countries of it are ended by the great sea:

    ⁴And Manasses and Ephraim the children of Joseph possessed it.

    ⁵And the border of the children of Ephraim was according to their kindreds: and their possession towards the east was Ataroth-addar unto Beth-horon the upper.

    ⁶And the confines go out unto the sea: but Machmethath looketh to the north, and it goeth round the borders eastward into Thanath-selo: and passeth along on the east side to Janoe.

    ⁷And it goeth down from Janoe into Ataroth and Naaratha: and it cometh to Jericho, and goeth out to the Jordan.

    ⁸From Taphua it passeth on towards the sea into the valley of reeds, and the goings out thereof are at the most salt sea. This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

    ⁹And there were cities with their villages separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the possession of the children of Manasses.

    ¹⁰And the children of Ephraim slew not the Chanaanite, who dwelt in Gazer: and the Chanaanite dwelt in the midst of Ephraim until this day, paying tribute.

Joshua 17

    ²And to the rest of the children of Manasses according to their families: to the children of Abiezer, and to the children of Helec, and to the children of Esriel, and to the children of Sechem, and to the children of Hepher, and to the children of Semida: these are the male children of Manasses the son of Joseph, by their kindreds.

    ³But Salphaad the son of Hepher the son of Galaad the son of Machir the son of Manasses had no sons, but only daughters: whose names are these, Maala and Noa and Hegla and Melcha and Thersa.

    ⁴And they came in the presence of Eleazar the priest and of Josue the son of Nun, and of the princes, saying: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that a possession should be given us in the midst of our brethren. And he gave them according to the commandment of the Lord a possession amongst the brethren of their father.

    ⁵And there fell ten portions to Manasses, beside the land of Galaad and Basan beyond the Jordan.

    ⁶For the daughters of Manasses possessed inheritance in the midst of his sons. And the land of Galaad fell to the lot of the rest of the children of Manasses.

    ⁷And the border of Manasses was from Aser, Machmethath which looketh towards Sichem: and it goeth out on the right hand by the inhabitants of the fountain of Taphua.

    ⁸For the lot of Manasses took in the land of Taphua, which is on the borders of Manasses, and belongs to the children of Ephraim.

    ⁹And the border goeth down to the valley of the reeds, to the south of the torrent of the cities of Ephraim, which are in the midst of the cities of Manasses: the border of Manasses is on the north side of the torrent, and the outgoings of it are at the sea:

    ¹⁰So that the possession of Ephraim is on the south, and on the north that of Manasses, and the sea is the border of both, and they are joined together in the tribe of Aser on the north, and in the tribe of Issachar on the east.

    ¹¹And the inheritance of Manasses in Issachar and in Aser, was Bethsan and its villages, and Jeblaam with its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, with the towns thereof: the inhabitants also of Endor with the villages thereof: and in like manner the inhabitants of Thenac with the villages thereof: and the inhabitants of Mageddo with their villages, and the third part of the city of Nopheth.

    ¹²Neither could the children of Manasses overthrow these cities, but the Chanaanite began to dwell in his land.

    ¹³But after that the children of Israel were grown strong, they subdued the Chanaanites, and made them their tributaries, and they did not kill them.

    ¹⁴And the children of Joseph spoke to Josue, and said: Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to possess, whereas I am of so great a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed me?

    ¹⁵And Josue said to them: If thou be a great people, go up into the woodland, and cut down room for thyself in the land of the Pherezite and the Raphaims: because the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for thee.

    ¹⁶And the children of Joseph answered him: We cannot go up to the mountains, for the Chanaanites that dwell in the low lands, wherein are situate Bethsan with its towns, and Jezrael in the midst of the valley, have chariots of iron

    ¹⁷And Josue said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasses: Thou art a great people, and of great strength, thou shalt not have one lot only:

    ¹⁸But thou shalt pass to the mountain, and shalt cut down the wood, and make thyself room to dwell in: and mayst proceed farther, when thou hast destroyed the Chanaanites, who as thou sayest have iron chariots, and are very strong.

Joshua 18

    ²But there remained seven tribes of the children of Israel, which as yet had not received their possessions.

    ²2l And their cities were, Jericho and Bethhagla and Vale-Casis,

    ³And Josue said to them: How long are you indolent and slack, and go not in to possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers hath given you?

    ⁴Choose of every tribe three men, that I may send them, and they may go and compass the land, and mark it out according to the number of each multitude: and bring back to me what they have marked out.

    ⁵Divide to yourselves the land into seven parts: let Juda be in his bounds on the south side, and the house of Joseph on the north.

    ⁶The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God.

    ⁷For the Levites have no part among you, but the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasses have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan eastward: which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.

    ⁸And when the men were risen up, to go to mark out the land, Josue commanded them, saying: Go round the land and mark it out, and return to me: that I may cast lots for you before the Lord in Silo.

    ⁹So they went: and surveying it divided it into seven parts, writing them down in a book. And they returned to Josue, to the camp in Silo.

    ¹⁰And he cast lots before the Lord in Silo, and divided the land to the children of Israel into seven parts.

    ¹¹And first came up the lot of the children of Benjamin by their families, to possess the land between the children of Juda, and the children of Joseph.

    ¹²And their border northward was from the Jordan: going along by the side of Jericho on the north side, and thence going up westward to the mountains, and reaching to the wilderness of Bethaven,

    ¹³And passing along southward by Luza, the same is Bethel: and it goeth down into Ataroth-addar to the mountain, that is on the south of the nether Beth-horon.

    ¹⁴And it bendeth thence going round towards the sea, south of the mountain that looketh towards Beth-horon to the southwest: and the outgoings thereof are into Cariathbaal, which is called also Cariathiarim, a city of the children of Juda. This is their coast towards the sea, westward.

    ¹⁵But on the south side the border goeth out from part of Cariathiarim towards the sea, and cometh to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoa.

    ¹⁶And it goeth down to that part of the mountain that looketh on the valley of the children of Ennom: and is over against the north quarter in the furthermost part of the valley of Raphaim, and it goeth down into Geennom (that is the valley of Ennom) by the side of the Jebusite to the south: and cometh to the fountain of Rogel,

    ¹⁷Passing thence to the north, and going out to Ensemes, that is to say, the fountain of the sue:

    ¹⁸And it passeth along to the hills that are over against the ascent of Adommim: and it goeth down to Abenboen, that is, the stone of Been the son of Ruben: and it passeth on the north side to the champaign countries; and goeth down into the plain,

    ¹⁹And it passeth by Bethhagla northward: and the outgoings thereof are towards the north of the most salt sea at the south end of the Jordan:

    ²⁰Which is the border of it on the east side. This is the possession of the children of Benjamin by their borders round about, and their families.

    ²²Betharaba and Samaraim and Bethel,

    ²³And Avim and Aphara and Ophera,

    ²⁴The town Emona and Ophni and Gabee: twelve cities, and their villages.

    ²⁵Gabam and Rama and Beroth,

    ²⁶26And Mesphe, and Caphara, and Amosa,

    ²⁷And Recem, Jarephel and Tharela,

    ²⁸And Sela, Eleph and Jebus, which is Jerusalem, Gabaath and Cariath: fourteen cities, and their villages. This is the possession of the children of Benjamin by their families.

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Luke 2

    ²This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.

    ³And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.

    ⁴And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem: because he was of the house and family of David,

    ⁵To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.

    ⁶And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days were accomplished, that she should be delivered.

    ⁷And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

    ⁸And there were in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping the night watches over their flock.

    ⁹And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of God shone round about them; and they feared with a great fear.

    ¹⁰And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people:

    ¹¹For, this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.

    ¹²And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger.

    ¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying:

    ¹⁴Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will.

    ¹⁵And it came to pass, after the angels departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us go over to Bethlehem, and let us see this word that is come to pass, which the Lord hath shewed to us.

    ¹⁶And they came with haste; and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.

    ¹⁷And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken to them concerning this child.

    ¹⁸And all that heard, wondered; and at those things that were told them by the shepherds.

    ¹⁹But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart.

    ²⁰And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

    ²¹And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, which was called by the angel, before he was conceived in the womb.

    ²²And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord:

    ²³As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord:

    ²⁴And to offer a sacrifice, according as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons: