The Allotment for Judah

15 The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward ^(A)to the boundary of Edom, to ^(B)the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south. ² And their south boundary ran from the end of the ^(C)Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. ³ It goes out southward of ^(D)the ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, and goes up south of Kadesh-barnea, along by Hezron, up to Addar, turns about to Karka, ⁴ passes along to Azmon, goes out by ^(E)the Brook of Egypt, and comes to its end at the sea. This shall be your south boundary. ⁵ And the east boundary is the ^(F)Salt Sea, to the mouth of the Jordan. And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. ⁶ And the boundary goes up to ^(G)Beth-hoglah and passes along north of ^(H)Beth-arabah. And the boundary goes up to ^(I)the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. ⁷ And the boundary goes up to Debir from ^(J)the Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite ^(K)the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of ^(L)En-shemesh and ends at ^(M)En-rogel. ⁸ Then the boundary goes up by ^(N)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite (^(O)that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley ^(P)of Rephaim. ⁹ Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain ^(Q)to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah (^(R)that is, Kiriath-jearim). ¹⁰ And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to ^(S)Beth-shemesh and passes along by ^(T)Timnah. ¹¹ The boundary goes out ^(U)to the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron, then the boundary bends around to Shikkeron and passes along to Mount ^(V)Baalah and goes out to Jabneel. Then the boundary comes to an end at the sea. ¹² And the west boundary was ^(W)the Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.

Choose Whom You Will Serve

^14 (A)“Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. ^(B)Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. ^15 (C)And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, ^(D)choose this day whom you will serve, whether ^(E)the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or ^(F)the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. ^(G)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

¹⁶ Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods, ¹⁷ for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight and preserved us in all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed. ¹⁸ And the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”

¹⁹ But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord, for he is ^(H)a holy God. He is ^(I)a jealous God; ^(J)he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. ^20 (K)If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then ^(L)he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.” ²¹ And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord.” ²² Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that ^(M)you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.” ²³ He said, “Then ^(N)put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel.” ²⁴ And the people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey.” ²⁵ So Joshua ^(O)made a covenant with the people that day, and put in place ^(P)statutes and rules for them at Shechem. ²⁶ And Joshua ^(Q)wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And ^(R)he took a large stone and set it up there ^(S)under the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. ²⁷ And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, ^(T)this stone shall be a witness against us, for ^(U)it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us. Therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God.” ²⁸ So Joshua ^(V)sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

Joshua's Death and Burial

^29 (W)After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old. ³⁰ And they buried him in his own inheritance at ^(X)Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.

^31 (Y)Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua ^(Z)and had known all the work that the Lord did for Israel.

^32 (AA)As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land ^(AB)that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money.^[a] It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

³³ And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of ^(AC)Phinehas his son, which had been given him in ^(AD)the hill country of Ephraim.