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13 Now when Joshua was old, and stricken in years, the LORD said to him, “You are old and grown in age, and there remains exceedingly much land to be possessed.
2 “This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
3 “from Nilus (which is in Egypt) to the borders of Ekron, northward. This is counted as the Canaanites’: five Lordships of the Philistines, the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, the Ekronites, and the Avites;
4 “from the South: all the land of the Canaanites, and the cave that is beside the Sidonians, to Aphek and to the borders of the Amorites,
5 “and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon toward the Sun, rising from Baal Gad, under Mount Hermon, until one comes to Hamath.
6 “All the inhabitants of the mountains from Lebanon to Misrephoth, all the Sidonians, I will cast them out from before the children of Israel. Only divide it by lot to the Israelites, to inherit, as I have Commanded you.
7 “Now, therefore, divide this land to inherit to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.”
8 With it, the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond Jordan, eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD had given them,
9 from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and from the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba, to Dibon,
10 and all the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the borders of the children of Ammon,
11 and Gilead, and the borders of the Geshurites and of the Maachathites, and all Mount Hermon, with all Bashan, to Salcah,
12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (who remained from the rest of the giants). For these Moses struck, and cast them out.
13 But the children of Israel did not expel the Geshurites or the Maachathites. But the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites even to this day.
14 Only to the tribe of Levi did He give no inheritance. The Sacrifices of the Lord GOD of Israel are his inheritance, as He said to him.
15 Moses then gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance, according to their families.
16 And their territory was from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and from the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain which is by Medeba:
17 Heshbon, with all its cities that are in the plain, Dibon and Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
18 Jahaza, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
19 Kirjathaim also, Sibmah, and Zereth Shahar, on the Mount of Emek,
20 Beth Peor, Ashdoth Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth,
21 and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the princes of Midian, Evi and Rekem, Zur, Hur, Reba, and the dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
22 And Balaam, the son of Beor the soothsayer, the children of Israel killed with the sword, among those who were killed.
23 And the territory of the children of Reuben was Jordan, with the borders. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben, according to their families, with the cities and their villages.
24 Also, Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their families.
25 And their territories were Jazer and all the cities of Gilead and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer, which is before Rabbah;
26 and from Heshbon to Ramath, Mizpah; and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the borders of Debir,
27 and in the valley of Beth Haram, and Beth Nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, to Jordan and the borders to the territory of Chinnereth, beyond Jordan, eastward.
28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad, after their families, with the cities and their villages.
29 Also, Moses gave an inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh. And this belonged to the half tribe of the children of Manasseh, according to their families.
30 And their border was from Mahanaim (all Bashan, or, all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan) and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan, (sixty cities).
31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were given to the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, to half of the children of Machir, after their families.
32 These are the heritages which Moses distributed on the plain of Moab, beyond Jordan, toward Jericho, eastward.
33 But to the tribe of Levi, Moses gave no inheritance. The Lord GOD of Israel is their inheritance, as He said to them.
14 These are also the places which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the Priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed to them,
2 by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD had Commanded by the hand of Moses, to give to the nine tribes, and the half tribe.
3 For Moses had given inheritance to two tribes and a half tribe, beyond Jordan. But to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim. Therefore, they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of the same for their beasts and their substance.
5 As the LORD had Commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did when they divided the land.
6 Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses, the man of God, concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea.
7 “I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the LORD, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. And I brought him word back from my heart.
8 “But my brethren who went up with me discouraged the heart of the people. Yet, I still followed the LORD my God.
9 “Therefore, Moses swore the same day, saying, ‘Certainly the land on which your feet have walked shall be your inheritance, and your children’s, forever, because you have followed constantly the LORD my God.’
10 “Therefore, behold now, the LORD has kept me alive, as He promised. This is the forty-fifth year since the LORD spoke this thing to Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness. And now, lo, I am, this day, eighty-five years old.
11 “And I am just as strong at this time as I was when Moses sent me. As strong as I was then, so strong am I now, for war or for government.
12 “Now, therefore, give me this mountain of which the LORD spoke on that day (for you heard on that day how Anakim were there, and the cities great and walled) if so be that the LORD will be with me, so that I may drive them out, as the LORD said.”
13 Then Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for an inheritance.
14 Hebron, therefore, became the inheritance of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, until this day, because he followed constantly the LORD God of Israel.
15 And the name of Hebron was formerly, Kirjath Arba (Arba being a great man among the Anakim). Thus, the land ceased from war.
15 This, then, was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah, by their families, to the border of Edom and the wilderness of Zin, southward, on the southern border.
2 And their southern border was the Salt Sea coast, from the point that looks southward.
3 And it went out on the south side toward Maaleh Akrabbim, and went along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side to Kadesh Barnea, and went along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa.
4 From there it went along to Azmon and reached to the river of Egypt. And the end of that territory was on the west side. This shall be your southern border.
5 Also, the eastern border shall be the Salt Sea, to the end of Jordan, and the border on the northern quarter shall be from the point of the sea, from the end of Jordan.
6 And this border goes up to Beth Hoglah and goes along by the north side of Beth Arabah. So, the border from there goes up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben.
7 Again, this border goes up to Debir, from the valley of Achor, and northward, turning toward Gilgal, which lies before the going to Adummim, which is on the southern side of the river. Also this border goes up to the waters of En Shemesh, and ends at En Rogel.
8 Then, this border goes up to the valley of the son of Hinnom, on the southern side of the Jebusites. Jerusalem is the same. Also, this border goes up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom, westward, which is by the end of the valley of giants, northward.
9 So, this border goes around from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah and goes out to the cities of Mount Ephron. And this border draws to Baalah, which is Kirjath Jearim.
10 Then, this border goes around from Baalah westward to Mount Seir and goes along to the side of Mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the northern side. It comes down to Beth Shemesh and goes to Timnah.
11 Also, this border goes out to the side of Ekron, northward. And this border draws to Shicron and goes along to Mount Baalah and stretches to Jabneel. And the ends of this territory are to the Sea.
12 And the western border is to the Great Sea. So, this border shall be the boundary of the children of Judah all around, according to their families.
13 And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, Joshua gave a part among the children of Judah, as the LORD Commanded him: Kirjath Arba, of the father of Anak, which is in Hebron.
14 And Caleb drove three sons of Anak from there: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.
15 And he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir. And the name of Debir was formerly Kirjath Sepher.
16 Then Caleb said, “He who strikes Kirjath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah, my daughter, as a wife.”
17 And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it. And he gave him Achsah, his daughter, as a wife.
18 And as she went in, she would move him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”
19 Then she answered, “Give me a blessing; for you have given me the South country. Give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the springs above and the springs beneath.
20 This shall be the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah, according to their families.
21 And the outermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the territories of Edom, southward, were: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
25 Hazor, Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (which is Hazor)
26 Amam, Shema, Moladah,
27 Hazar, Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Bizjothjah,
29 Baalah, Ijim, Ezem,
30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon, twenty-nine cities in all, with their villages.
33 In the low country were: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
36 Sharaim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim, fourteen cities with their villages;
37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,
38 Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
40 Cabbon, Lahmas, Kithlish,
41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, Makkedah, sixteen cities with their villages;
42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
43 Jiphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
44 Keilah, Achzib, Mareshah, nine cities with their villages;
45 Ekron with her towns and her villages;
46 from Ekron to the Sea, all that lies around Ashdod, with their villages;
47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages. Gaza, with her towns and her villages, to the river of Egypt and the great Sea was their border.
48 And in the mountains were Shamir, Jattir, Sochoh,
49 Dannah, Kirjath Sannah (which is Debir)
50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
51 Goshen, Holon, Giloh, eleven cities with their villages;
52 Arab, Dumah, Eshean,
53 Janum, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,
54 Humtah, Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) and Zior, nine cities with their villages;
55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah, ten cities with their villages;
58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,
59 Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon, six cities with their villages;
60 Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim) and Rabbah, two cities with their villages.
61 In the wilderness were Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi, five cities with their villages.
63 Nevertheless, the Jebusites, who were the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not cast out. But the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
57 Now, Elizabeth’s time came for her to be delivered. And she brought forth a Son.
58 And her neighbors and cousins heard tell how the Lord had showed His great mercy upon her. And they rejoiced with her.
59 And it was so that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the baby. And they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
60 But his mother answered, and said, “Not so. But he shall be called John.”
61 And they said to her, “There is no one in your family that is named with this name.”
62 Then they made signs to his father, asking how he would like him called.
63 So he asked for writing tablets, and wrote, saying, “His name is John.” And they all marveled.
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue. And he spoke and praised God.
65 Then fear came on all those who lived near them. And all these words were spread throughout all the hill country of Judea.
66 And all those who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What kind of child shall this be?” And the hand of the Lord was with him.
67 Then his father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people!
69 “And He has raised up the Horn of Salvation unto us, in the House of His servant David,
70 “as He spoke by the mouth of His Holy Prophets. Who were, since the world began, saying,
71 ‘deliverance from our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate us.’
72 “So that He might show mercy towards our fathers, and remember His Holy Covenant -
73 “the oath, which He swore to our father, Abraham -
74 “that he would grant to us. So that we, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, should serve him without fear
75 “all the days of our life, in holiness and righteousness before him.
76 “And you, child, shall be called the Prophet of the Most High. For you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
77 “to give knowledge of salvation to His people, by the remission of their sins
78 “through the tender mercy of our God (whereby the Dayspring from on high has visited us),
79 “to give light to those who sit in darkness (and in the shadow of death), and to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit. And he was in the wilderness until the day came that he should show himself to Israel.
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