Five Kings Attack Gibeon

10 Now it happened that when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction (just ^(A)as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had ^(B)made peace with Israel and were ^[a]within their land, ² they ^(C)feared exceedingly because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty. ³ Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word ^(D)to Hoham king of Hebron and to Piram king of Jarmuth and to Japhia king of Lachish and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, ⁴ “Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon, for it has ^(E)made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel.” ⁵ So the five kings of ^(F)the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it.

⁶ Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not ^[b]abandon your slaves; come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites that live in the hill country have assembled against us.” ⁷ So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and ^(G)all the people of war with him and all the valiant warriors. ⁸ And Yahweh said to Joshua, “^(H)Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands; not ^[c]one of them shall stand before you.” ⁹ So Joshua came upon them suddenly—he had gone up, marching all night from Gilgal. ^10 (I)And Yahweh threw them into confusion before Israel, and He struck them with a great slaughter at Gibeon and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah. ¹¹ Now it happened as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that ^(J)Yahweh threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died ^[d]from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

¹² Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh gave over the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,

Is it not written in ^(M)the book of Jashar? And ^(N)the sun stood in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. ¹⁴ And there was no day like that before it or after it, when Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for ^(O)Yahweh fought for Israel.

¹⁵ Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp to Gilgal.

Joshua Captures Makkedah

¹⁶ And these ^(P)five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. ¹⁷ Then it was told Joshua, saying, “The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah.” ¹⁸ And Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave and assign men by it to keep watch over them, ¹⁹ but as for you, do not stand there; pursue your enemies and ^[e]attack them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for Yahweh your God has given them into your hand.” ²⁰ Now it happened when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished striking them with a very great slaughter ^(Q)until they were completely destroyed, and the survivors—those of them who survived—^[f]had entered the fortified cities, ²¹ that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. No one so much as ^[g]lifted his tongue against any of the sons of Israel.

²² Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings out to me from the cave.” ²³ And they did so and ^(R)brought these five kings out to him from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. ²⁴ Now it happened that when they brought these kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, “Come near, ^(S)put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came near and put their feet on their necks. ²⁵ Joshua then said to them, “^(T)Do not fear or be dismayed! Be strong and courageous, for thus Yahweh will do to all your enemies with whom you fight.” ²⁶ So afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he ^(U)hanged them on five trees; and they hung on the trees until evening. ²⁷ Now it happened that at ^[h]sunset Joshua gave a command, and ^(V)they took them down from the trees and threw them down into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they put large stones over the mouth of the cave, to this very day.

²⁸ Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; ^(W)he ^[i]devoted ^[j]it to destruction and every ^[k]person who was in it. He left no survivor. Thus he did to the king of Makkedah ^(X)just as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Israel Captures Kings by Yahweh’s Sword

²⁹ Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to ^(Y)Libnah and fought against Libnah. ³⁰ And Yahweh gave it also with its king into the hands of Israel, and he struck it and every person who was in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor remaining in it. Thus he did to its king just as he had done to the king of Jericho.

³¹ And Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to Lachish, and they camped by it and fought against it. ³² And Yahweh gave Lachish into the hands of Israel; and he captured it on the second day and struck it and every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

³³ Then Horam king of ^(Z)Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people down until ^[l]there was no survivor remaining for him.

³⁴ And Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped by it and fought against it. ³⁵ And they captured it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; and every person who was in it, he devoted to destruction on that day according to all that he had done to Lachish.

³⁶ Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to ^(AA)Hebron, and they fought against it. ³⁷ And they captured it and struck it and its king and all its cities and all the persons who were in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon. And he devoted it and every person who was in it to destruction.

³⁸ Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to ^(AB)Debir, and they fought against it. ³⁹ And he captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted every person who was in it to destruction. He left no survivor remaining. Just as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had also done to Libnah and its king.

⁴⁰ Thus Joshua struck all the land—^(AC)the hill country and the ^[m]Negev and the ^[n]Shephelah and the slopes—as well as ^(AD)all their kings. He left no survivor remaining, but ^(AE)he devoted to destruction all who breathed, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded. ⁴¹ And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even as far as Gaza, and all the country of ^(AF)Goshen even as far as Gibeon. ⁴² And Joshua captured all these kings and their lands at one time because ^(AG)Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. ⁴³ So Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.

Joshua Takes the Whole Land

11 Now it happened, when Jabin king of ^(AH)Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon and to the king of Shimron and to the king of Achshaph, ² and to the kings who were of the north in the hill country and in the ^(AI)Arabah—south of ^[o]Chinneroth and in the ^[p]Shephelah and on the ^[q]heights of Dor on the west— ³ to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the hill country, and ^(AJ)the Hivite ^[r]at the foot of ^(AK)Hermon in the land of ^(AL)Mizpeh. ⁴ Then they came out, they and all their armies with them, ^(AM)as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. ⁵ So all of these kings agreed to meet, and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

⁶ Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “^(AN)Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give all of them over, slain, before Israel; you shall ^(AO)hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” ⁷ So Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and they fell upon them. ⁸ And Yahweh gave them into the hand of Israel, so that they struck them down, and they pursued them as far as Great Sidon and ^(AP)Misrephoth-maim and the valley of ^(AQ)Mizpeh to the east; and they struck them until ^[s]there was no survivor remaining for them. ⁹ And Joshua did to them as Yahweh had said to him; he ^(AR)hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

¹⁰ Then Joshua turned back at that time and captured ^(AS)Hazor and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms. ^11 (AT)And they struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, ^[t]devoting them to destruction; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire. ¹² And Joshua captured all the cities of these kings and all their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and he devoted them to destruction, just ^(AU)as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded. ¹³ However, Israel did not burn any cities that stood on their mounds, except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned. ^14 (AV)Now all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, the sons of Israel took as their plunder; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them. They left no one remaining who breathed. ¹⁵ Just as Yahweh had commanded Moses His servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that Yahweh had commanded Moses.

¹⁶ Thus Joshua took all that land: ^(AW)the hill country and all the ^[u]Negev, all that land of Goshen, the ^[v]Shephelah, ^(AX)the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its ^[w]Shephelah ¹⁷ from ^(AY)Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir, even as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon ^[x]at the foot of Mount Hermon. And he captured ^(AZ)all their kings and struck them down and put them to death. ¹⁸ Joshua waged war a long time with all these kings. ¹⁹ There was not a city which made peace with the sons of Israel except ^(BA)the Hivites living in Gibeon; they took them all in battle. ^20 (BB)For it was of Yahweh to strengthen their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might ^(BC)devote them to destruction, that they might ^[y]receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

²¹ Then Joshua came at that time and cut off ^(BD)the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab and from all the hill country of Judah and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction with their cities. ²² There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in ^(BE)Gath, and in ^(BF)Ashdod some remained. ²³ So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and ^(BG)Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. ^(BH)Thus the land was quiet from war.

The Kings of the East Struck Down

12 Now these are the ^(BI)kings of the land whom the sons of Israel struck down, and whose land they possessed beyond the Jordan to the east toward the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon as far as Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east: ² Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and ruled ^(BJ)from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, both the middle of the valley and half of Gilead, even as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon; ³ and the ^(BK)Arabah as far as the Sea of ^[z]Chinneroth toward the east, and as far as the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward ^[aa]toward ^(BL)Beth-jeshimoth, and on the south, ^[ab]at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah; ⁴ and the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of ^(BM)the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at ^(BN)Ashtaroth and at Edrei ⁵ and ruled over Mount Hermon and ^(BO)Salecah and all Bashan, as far as ^(BP)the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead, as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. ⁶ Moses the servant of Yahweh and the sons of Israel struck them down; and ^(BQ)Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh as a possession.

The Kings of the West Struck Down

⁷ Now these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel struck down beyond the Jordan toward the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even as far as ^(BR)Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions, ⁸ in ^(BS)the hill country and in the ^[ac]Shephelah and in the Arabah and on the slopes and in the wilderness and in the ^[ad]Negev; the Hittite, the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite:

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 For the Law, since it has only ^(A)a shadow of ^(B)the good things to come and not the very ^[a]form of things, ^[b]can ^(C)never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, ^(D)make perfect those who draw near. ² Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have ^(E)consciousness of sins? ³ But ^(F)in ^[c]those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year. ⁴ For it is ^(G)impossible for the ^(H)blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. ⁵ Therefore, ^(I)when He comes into the world, He says,

⁸ After saying above, “^(O)Sacrifices and offerings and ^(P)burnt offerings and sacrifices ^(Q)for sin You have not desired, nor have You taken pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the Law), ⁹ then He ^[d]said, “^(R)Behold, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰ By ^[e]this will we have been ^(S)sanctified through ^(T)the offering of ^(U)the body of Jesus Christ ^(V)once for all.

¹¹ And every priest stands daily ministering and ^(W)offering time after time the same sacrifices, which ^(X)can never take away sins; ¹² but He, having offered one sacrifice ^(Y)for ^[f]sins ^(Z)for all time, ^(AA)sat down at the right hand of God, ¹³ waiting from that time ^(AB)until His enemies are put as a footstool for His feet. ¹⁴ For by one offering He has ^(AC)perfected ^(AD)for all time those who are being sanctified. ¹⁵ And ^(AE)the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

He then says,

¹⁸ Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin.

A New and Living Way

¹⁹ Therefore, brothers, since we ^(AH)have confidence to ^(AI)enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by ^(AJ)a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through ^(AK)the veil, that is, His flesh, ²¹ and since we have ^(AL)a great priest ^(AM)over the house of God, ²² let us ^(AN)draw near with a ^[h]sincere heart in ^(AO)full assurance of faith, having our hearts ^(AP)sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies ^(AQ)washed with pure water. ²³ Let us hold fast the ^(AR)confession of our ^(AS)hope without wavering, for ^(AT)He who promised is faithful. ²⁴ And let us consider how ^(AU)to stimulate one another to love and ^(AV)good deeds, ²⁵ not forsaking our own ^(AW)assembling together, as is the habit of some, but ^(AX)encouraging one another, and all the more as you see ^(AY)the day drawing near.

Warning Against Willful Sin

²⁶ For if we go on ^(AZ)sinning willfully after receiving ^(BA)the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ but a terrifying expectation of ^(BB)judgment and ^(BC)the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. ^28 (BD)Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy by the mouth of two or three witnesses. ^29 (BE)How much worse punishment do you think he will deserve ^(BF)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as defiled ^(BG)the blood of the covenant ^(BH)by which he was sanctified, and has ^(BI)insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know Him who said, “^(BJ)Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “^(BK)The ^[i]Lord will judge His people.” ³¹ It is a ^(BL)terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the ^(BM)living God.

³² But remember ^(BN)the former days, ^[j]when, after being ^(BO)enlightened, you endured a great ^(BP)conflict of sufferings, ³³ partly by being ^(BQ)made a public spectacle through reproaches and afflictions, and partly by becoming ^(BR)sharers with those who were so treated. ³⁴ For you also ^(BS)showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted with ^(BT)joy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves ^(BU)a better and lasting possession. ³⁵ Therefore, do not throw away that ^(BV)confidence of yours, which has a great ^(BW)reward. ³⁶ For you have need of ^(BX)endurance, so that when you have ^(BY)done the will of God, you may ^(BZ)receive the promise.

³⁹ But ^[k]we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the ^[l]preserving of the soul.