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 the  fire. You  kept hear ing  the  sound  of  the 
 words,  but  didn’t  see  a  form;  there  was  only 
 a  voice. 13  He de clared  his cov enant  to  you. He com mand ed  you  to fol low  the  Ten Com-
mand ments,  which  he  wrote  on  two  stone 
tab lets. 14  At  that  time  the  L ord com mand ed 
 me  to  teach  you stat utes  and or di nances  for 
 you  to fol low  in  the  land  you  are  about  to 
 cross  into  and pos sess. WORSHIPING THE TRUE GOD
15 “Dil i gent ly  watch your selves  —  be cause 
 you  did  not  see  any  form  on  the  day  the  L ord 
 spoke  to  you  out  of  the  fire  at Ho reb — 16  so 
 you  don’t  act cor rupt ly  and  make  an  idol  for 
your selves  in  the  shape  of  any fig ure:  a  male 
 or fe male  form, 17  or  the  form  of  any an i mal 
 on  the  earth,  any  winged crea ture  that  flies 
 in  the  sky , 18  any crea ture  that crawls  on  the 
 ground,  or  any  fish  in  the wa ters un der  the 
 earth. 19  When  you  look  to  the heav ens  and 
 see  the  sun,  moon,  and  stars  —   all  the  stars 
 in  the  sky  —   do  not  be  led  astray  to  bow  in 
wor ship  to  them  and  serve  them.


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20  But  the  L ord 
se lect ed  you  and  brought  you  out  of  Egypt’s 
 iron fur nace  to  be  a peo ple  for  his in her i tance, 
 as  you  are to day . 21 “ The  L ord  was an gry  with  me  on  your 
ac count. He  swore  that  I  would  not  cross 
 the Jor dan  and en ter  the  good  land  the  L ord 
 your  God  is giv ing  you  as  an in her i tance. 22  I  won’t  be cross ing  the Jor dan be cause 
 I  am go ing  to  die  in  this  land. But  you  are 
 about  to  cross  over  and  take pos ses sion  of 
 this  good  land. 23  Be care ful  not  to for get  the 
cov enant  of  the  L ord  your  God  that  he  made 
 with  you,  and  make  an  idol  for your selves 
 in  the  shape  of any thing  he  has for bid den 
 you. 24  For  the  L ord  your  God  is  a con sum ing 
 fire,  a jeal ous  God. 25 “ When  you  have chil dren  and grand chil-
dren  and  have  been  in  the  land  a  long  time, 
 and  if  you  act cor rupt ly ,  make  an  idol  in  the 
 form  of any thing,  and  do  what  is  evil  in  the 
 sight  of  the  L ord  your  God, angering  him, 26  I 
 call heav en  and  earth  as wit ness es  against 
 you to day  that  you  will quick ly per ish  from 
 the  land  you  are  about  to  cross  the Jor dan  to 
pos sess. You  will  not  live  long  there,  but  you 
 will cer tain ly  be de stroyed.


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    "Why is the speaker not crossing the Jordan?",
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27  The  L ord  will 
scat ter  you  among  the peo ples,  and  you  will 
 be re duced  to  a  few sur vi vors a  among  the na-
tions  where  the  L ord  your  God  will  drive  you. 28  There  you  will wor ship man-made  gods  of 
 wood  and  stone,  which can not  see,  hear,  eat, 
 or  smell. 29  But  from  there,  you  will  search 
 for  the  L ord  your  God,  and  you  will  find  him 
 when  you  seek  him  with  all  your  heart  and 
 all  your  soul. 30  When  you  are  in dis tress  and 
 all  these  things  have hap pened  to  you,  in  the 
fu ture  you  will re turn  to  the  L ord  your  God 
 and  obey  him. 31  He  will  not  leave  you, de stroy 
 you,  or for get  the cov enant  with  your fa thers 
 that  he  swore  to  them  by  oath, be cause  the 
 L ord  your  God  is  a com pas sion ate  God. 32 “In deed,  ask  about  the ear li er  days  that 
pre ced ed  you,  from  the  day  God cre at ed man-
kind b  on  the  earth  and  from  one  end  of  the 
heav ens  to  the oth er:  Has any thing  like  this 
 great event  ever hap pened,  or  has any thing 
 like  it  been  heard  of? 33  Has  a peo ple  heard 
 God’s  voice speak ing  from  the  fire  as  you 
 have,  and  lived? 34  Or  has  a  god attempted  to 
 go  and  take  a na tion  as  his  own  out  of an oth er 
na tion,  by tri als,  signs, won ders,  and  war,  by 
 a  strong  hand  and  an out stretched  arm,  by 
 great ter rors,  as  the  L ord  your  God  did  for 
 you  in  Egypt be fore  your  eyes? 35  You  were 
 shown  these  things  so  that  you  would  know 
 that  the  L ord  is  God;  there  is  no oth er be sides 
 him.


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    "What will the people do when they are in distress according to verse 30?",
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36  He  let  you  hear  his  voice  from heav en 
 to in struct  you. He  showed  you  his  great  fire 
 on  earth,  and  you  heard  his  words  from  the 
 fire. 37 Be cause  he  loved  your fa thers,  he  chose 
 their de scen dants af ter  them  and  brought  you 
 out  of  Egypt  by  his pres ence  and  great pow-
er, 38  to  drive  out be fore  you na tions great er 
 and stron ger  than  you  and  to  bring  you  in 
 and  give  you  their  land  as  an in her i tance,  as 
 is  now tak ing  place. 39 To day , rec og nize  and 
 keep  in  mind  that  the  L ord  is  God  in heav en 
 above  and  on  earth be low;  there  is  no oth er. 40  Keep  his stat utes  and com mands,  which 
 I  am giv ing  you to day ,  so  that  you  and  your 
chil dren af ter  you  may pros per  and  so  that 
 you  may  live  long  in  the  land  the  L ord  your 
 God  is giv ing  you  for  all  time.”
CITIES OF REFUGE
41  Then Mo ses  set  apart  three cit ies  across 
 the Jor dan  to  the  east. 42 Some one  could  flee 
 there  who com mit ted manslaughter, kill ing 
 his neigh bor ac ci den tal ly with out pre vi ous-
ly hat ing  him.


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He  could  flee  to  one  of  these 
a 4:27 Lit be left few in number   b 4:32 Or Adam
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cit ies  and  stay  alive: 43 Be zer  in  the wil der-
ness  on  the pla teau  land, be long ing  to  the 
Reu ben ites; Ra moth  in Gil e ad, be long ing  to 
 the Gad ites;  or Go lan  in Ba shan, be long ing 
 to  the Ma nas sites. INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW
44  This  is  the  law Mo ses  gave  the Is ra el ites. 45  These  are  the de crees, stat utes,  and or di-
nances Mo ses pro claimed  to  them af ter  they 
 came  out  of  Egypt, 46  across  the Jor dan  in  the 
val ley fac ing  Beth-peor  in  the  land  of  King Si-
hon  of  the Am o rites. He  lived  in Hesh bon,  and 
Mo ses  and  the Is ra el ites de feat ed  him af ter 
 they  came  out  of  Egypt. 47  They  took pos ses sion 
 of  his  land  and  the  land  of  Og  king  of Ba shan, 
 the  two Am o rite  kings  who  were  across  the 
Jor dan  to  the  east, 48  from Aro er  on  the  rim 
 of  the Ar non V al ley  as  far  as  Mount  Sion ( that 
 is, Her mon) 49  and  all  the Ar a bah  on  the  east 
 side  of  the Jor dan  as  far  as  the  Dead  Sea be low 
 the  slopes  of Pis gah. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
5 
Mo ses sum moned  all Is ra el  and  said  to 
 them, “Is ra el, lis ten  to  the stat utes  and or-
di nances  I  am pro claim ing  as  you  hear  them 
to day .


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2  The 
 L ord  our  God  made  a cov enant  with  us  at 
Ho reb. 3  He  did  not  make  this cov enant  with 
 our fa thers,  but  with  all  of  us  who  are  alive 
 here to day . 4  The  L ord  spoke  to  you  face  to  face 
 from  the  fire  on  the moun tain. 5  At  that  time 
 I  was stand ing be tween  the  L ord  and  you  to 
re port  the  word a  of  the  L ord  to  you, be cause 
 you  were  afraid  of  the  fire  and  did  not  go  up 
 the moun tain. And  he  said:
 6  I  am  the  L ord  your  God,  who  brought 
 you  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the 
 place  of slav ery . 7  Do  not  have oth er  gods be sides  me.


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8  Do  not  make  an  idol  for your self  in 
 the  shape  of any thing  in  the heav ens 
 above  or  on  the  earth be low  or  in  the 
wa ters un der  the  earth. 9  Do  not  bow 
 in wor ship  to  them,  and  do  not  serve 
 them, be cause  I,  the  L ord  your  God,  am 
 a jeal ous  God, pun ish ing  the chil dren 
 for  the fa thers’ in iq ui ty  to  the  third 
 and  fourth gen er a tions  of  those  who 
 hate  me, 10  but show ing faith ful  love  to 
 a thou sand gen er a tions  of  those  who 
 love  me  and  keep  my com mands. 11  Do  not mis use  the  name  of  the  L ord 
 your  God, be cause  the  L ord  will  not 
 leave any one un pun ished  who mis uses 
 his  name.


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12  Be care ful  to re mem ber  the Sab bath 
 day ,  to  keep  it  holy  as  the  L ord  your 
 God  has com mand ed  you. 13  You  are 
 to la bor  six  days  and  do  all  your  work, 
14  but  the sev enth  day  is  a Sab bath 
 to  the  L ord  your  God. Do  not  do  any 
 work  —   you,  your  son  or daugh ter, 
 your  male  or fe male  slave,  your  ox  or 
don key ,  any  of  your live stock,  or  the 
res i dent  alien  who  lives with in  your 
 city  gates,  so  that  your  male  and fe male 
 slaves  may  rest  as  you  do. 15 Re mem ber  that  you  were  a  slave  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt,  and  the  L ord  your  God 
 brought  you  out  of  there  with  a  strong 
 hand  and  an out stretched  arm. That  is 
 why  the  L ord  your  God  has com mand-
ed  you  to  keep  the Sab bath  day . 16 Hon or  your fa ther  and  your moth er, 
 as  the  L ord  your  God  has com mand ed 
 you,  so  that  you  may  live  long  and  so 
 that  you  may pros per  in  the  land  the 
 L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you. 17  Do  not mur der.


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    "Why does the text state that the Lord commanded to keep the Sabbath day?",
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18  Do  not com mit adul tery . 19  Do  not  steal. 20  Do  not  give dis hon est tes ti mo ny 
 against  your neigh bor. 21  Do  not cov et  your neigh bor’s  wife  or 
de sire  your neigh bor’s  house,  his  field, 
 his  male  or fe male  slave,  his  ox  or don-
key ,  or any thing  that be longs  to  your 
neigh bor. THE PEOPLE’S RESPONSE
22 “ The  L ord  spoke  these com mands  in  a  loud 
 voice  to  your en tire as sem bly  from  the  fire, 
 cloud,  and to tal dark ness  on  the moun tain;  he 
add ed noth ing  more. He  wrote  them  on  two 
 stone tab lets  and  gave  them  to  me. 23  All  of 
 you ap proached  me  with  your trib al lead ers 
 and el ders  when  you  heard  the  voice  from  the 
dark ness  and  while  the moun tain  was blaz ing 
 with  fire. 24  You  said, ‘ Look,  the  L ord  our  God 
 has  shown  us  his glo ry  and great ness,  and  we 
 have  heard  his  voice  from  the  fire. To day  we 
 have  seen  that  God  speaks  with  a per son,  yet 
 he  still  lives. 25  But  now ,  why  should  we  die? This  great  fire  will con sume  us  and  we  will 
a 5:5 One Hb ms, DSS, Sam, LXX, Syr , Vg read words
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    "How did the people respond to the Lord speaking the commands?",
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 die  if  we  hear  the  voice  of  the  L ord  our  God 
 any lon ger. 26  For  who  out  of  all man kind  has 
 heard  the  voice  of  the liv ing  God speak ing  from 
 the  fire,  as  we  have,  and  lived? 27  Go  near  and 
lis ten  to ev ery thing  the  L ord  our  God  says. Then  you  can  tell  us ev ery thing  the  L ord  our 
 God  tells  you;  we  will lis ten  and  obey .’
28 “ The  L ord  heard  your a  words  when  you 
 spoke  to  me. He  said  to  me, ‘ I  have  heard  the 
 words  that  these peo ple  have spo ken  to  you.


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Ev ery thing  they  have  said  is  right. 29  If  only 
 they  had  such  a  heart  to  fear  me  and  keep  all 
 my com mands al ways,  so  that  they  and  their 
chil dren  would pros per for ev er. 30  Go  and  tell 
 them: Re turn  to  your  tents. 31  But  you  stand  here 
 with  me,  and  I  will  tell  you ev ery com mand  
—   the stat utes  and or di nances  —   you  are  to 
 teach  them,  so  that  they  may fol low  them  in 
 the  land  I  am giv ing  them  to pos sess.’
32 “ Be care ful  to  do  as  the  L ord  your  God  has 
com mand ed  you;  you  are  not  to  turn  aside  to 
 the  right  or  the  left. 33 Fol low  the  whole in-
struc tion  the  L ord  your  God  has com mand ed 
 you,  so  that  you  may  live, pros per,  and  have  a 
 long  life  in  the  land  you  will pos sess. THE GREATEST COMMAND
6 
“ This  is  the com mand  —   the stat utes  and 
or di nances  —   the  L ord  your  God  has com-
mand ed  me  to  teach  you,  so  that  you  may 
fol low  them  in  the  land  you  are  about  to en ter 
 and pos sess. 2  Do  this  so  that  you  may  fear 
 the  L ord  your  God  all  the  days  of  your  life 
 by keep ing  all  his stat utes  and com mands  I 
 am giv ing  you,  your  son,  and  your grand son, 
 and  so  that  you  may  have  a  long  life. 3 Lis ten, 
Is ra el,  and  be care ful  to fol low  them,  so  that 
 you  may pros per  and mul ti ply great ly , be cause 
 the  L ord,  the  God  of  your fa thers,  has prom-
ised  you  a  land flow ing  with  milk  and hon ey . 4 “Lis ten, Is ra el:  The  L ord  our  God,  the  L ord 
 is  one. b 5  Love  the  L ord  your  God  with  all  your 
 heart,  with  all  your  soul,  and  with  all  your 
 strength. 6  These  words  that  I  am giv ing  you 
to day  are  to  be  in  your  heart. 7 Re peat  them  to 
 your chil dren.


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Talk  about  them  when  you  sit 
 in  your  house  and  when  you  walk  along  the 
 road,  when  you  lie  down  and  when  you  get 
 up. 8  Bind  them  as  a  sign  on  your  hand  and  let 
 them  be  a sym bol c  on  your fore head.


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d 9  Write 
 them  on  the door posts  of  your  house  and  on 
 your  city  gates. REMEMBERING GOD THROUGH OBEDIENCE
10 “ When  the  L ord  your  God  brings  you  into 
 the  land  he  swore  to  your fa thers Abra ham, 
 Isaac,  and Ja cob  that  he  would  give  you  —   a 
 land  with  large  and beau ti ful cit ies  that  you 
 did  not  build, 11 hous es  full  of ev ery  good  thing 
 that  you  did  not  fill  them  with, cis terns  that 
 you  did  not  dig,  and vine yards  and ol ive  groves 
 that  you  did  not  plant  —   and  when  you  eat 
 and  are sat is fied, 12  be care ful  not  to for get 
 the  L ord  who  brought  you  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  out  of  the  place  of slav ery . 13  Fear  the 
 L ord  your  God, wor ship  him,  and  take  your 
 oaths  in  his  name.


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    "What is the significance of remembering the Lord after entering the promised land?",
    "What does the passage suggest about the land that the Lord will bring the people into?"
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14  Do  not fol low oth er  gods, 
 the  gods  of  the peo ples  around  you, 15  for  the 
 L ord  your  God,  who  is  among  you,  is  a jeal ous 
 God. Oth er wise,  the  L ord  your  God  will be come 
an gry  with  you  and obliterate  you  from  the 
 face  of  the  earth. 16  Do  not  test  the  L ord  your 
 God  as  you test ed  him  at Mas sah. 17 Care ful ly 
ob serve  the com mands  of  the  L ord  your  God, 
 the de crees  and stat utes  he  has com mand ed 
 you. 18  Do  what  is  right  and  good  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight,  so  that  you  may pros per  and  so  that 
 you  may en ter  and pos sess  the  good  land  the 
 L ord  your  God  swore  to  give  your fa thers, 
19  by driv ing  out  all  your en e mies be fore  you, 
 as  the  L ord  has  said. 20 “ When  your  son  asks  you  in  the fu ture, 
‘ What  is  the mean ing  of  the de crees, stat utes, 
 and or di nances  that  the  L ord  our  God  has 
com mand ed  you? ’ 21  tell  him, ‘ We  were  slaves 
 of Pha raoh  in  Egypt,  but  the  L ord  brought  us 
 out  of  Egypt  with  a  strong  hand. 22 Be fore  our 
 eyes  the  L ord in flict ed  great  and devastating 
 signs  and won ders  on  Egypt,  on Pha raoh,  and 
 on  all  his house hold, 23  but  he  brought  us  from 
 there  in or der  to  lead  us  in  and  give  us  the 
 land  that  he  swore  to  our fa thers.


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    "What does the Lord promise to do to the enemies of the people if they observe His commands?"
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24  The  L ord 
com mand ed  us  to fol low  all  these stat utes  and 
 to  fear  the  L ord  our  God  for  our pros per i ty 
al ways  and  for  our preservation,  as  it  is to day . 25 Righ teous ness  will  be  ours  if  we  are care ful 
 to fol low ev ery  one  of  these com mands be fore 
 the  L ord  our  God,  as  he  has com mand ed  us.’
ISRAEL TO DESTROY IDOLATROUS NATIONS
7 
“ When  the  L ord  your  God  brings  you  into 
 the  land  you  are en ter ing  to pos sess,  and 
 he  drives  out  many na tions be fore  you  —   the 
Heth ites, Gir ga shites, Am o rites, Ca naan ites, 
Per iz zites, Hi vites  and Jeb u sites, sev en na tions 
a 5:28 Lit the sound of your   b 6:4 Or the Lord is our God; the Lord is one, or  The Lord is our God, the Lord alone, or  The Lord 
our God is one Lord   c 6:8 Or phylactery ; Mt 23:5   d 6:8 Lit symbol between your eyes
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    "What are the seven nations that the Lord commands Israel to destroy?",
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 more nu mer ous  and pow er ful  than  you — 
2  and  when  the  L ord  your  God de liv ers  them 
 over  to  you  and  you de feat  them,  you  must 
com plete ly de stroy  them. Make  no trea ty 
 with  them  and  show  them  no mer cy . 3  You 
 must  not in ter mar ry  with  them,  and  you  must 
 not  give  your daugh ters  to  their  sons  or  take 
 their daugh ters  for  your  sons, 4 be cause  they 
 will  turn  your  sons  away  from  me  to wor ship 
oth er  gods. Then  the  L ord’ s an ger  will  burn 
 against  you,  and  he  will swift ly de stroy  you.


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    "What does the Lord instruct regarding treaties with the defeated enemies?",
    "What consequence is mentioned for intermarrying with the daughters of the defeated enemies?",
    "What is the reason given for the prohibition against giving daughters to the sons of the defeated enemies?"
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5 In stead,  this  is  what  you  are  to  do  to  them: 
 tear  down  their al tars,  smash  their sa cred 
pil lars,  cut  down  their Ashe rah  poles,  and 
 burn  their  carved im ages. 6  For  you  are  a  holy 
peo ple be long ing  to  the  L ord  your  God.


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The 
 L ord  your  God  has cho sen  you  to  be  his  own 
pos ses sion  out  of  all  the peo ples  on  the  face 
 of  the  earth. 7 “ The  L ord  had  his  heart  set  on  you  and 
 chose  you,  not be cause  you  were  more nu mer-
ous  than  all peo ples,  for  you  were  the few est  of 
 all peo ples. 8  But be cause  the  L ord  loved  you 
 and  kept  the  oath  he  swore  to  your fa thers, 
 he  brought  you  out  with  a  strong  hand  and 
re deemed  you  from  the  place  of slav ery ,  from 
 the pow er  of Pha raoh  king  of  Egypt. 9  Know 
 that  the  L ord  your  God  is  God,  the faith ful  God 
 who  keeps  his gra cious cov enant loy al ty  for 
 a thou sand gen er a tions  with  those  who  love 
 him  and  keep  his com mands.


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He  will  not hes i tate  to  pay  back di rect ly b  the 
 one  who  hates  him. 11  So  keep  the com mand  
—   the stat utes  and or di nances  —   that  I  am 
giv ing  you  to fol low to day . 12 “ If  you lis ten  to  and  are care ful  to  keep 
 these or di nances,  the  L ord  your  God  will  keep 
 his cov enant loy al ty  with  you,  as  he  swore  to 
 your fa thers. 13  He  will  love  you,  bless  you,  and 
mul ti ply  you.


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He  will  bless  your off spring, c  and 
 the pro duce  of  your  land  —   your  grain,  new 
 wine,  and  fresh  oil  —   the  young  of  your  herds, 
 and  the new born  of  your  flocks,  in  the  land  he 
 swore  to  your fa thers  that  he  would  give  you. 14  You  will  be  blessed  above  all peo ples;  there 
 will  be  no infertile  male  or fe male  among  you 
 or  your live stock. 15  The  L ord  will re move  all 
sick ness  from  you;  he  will  not  put  on  you  all 
 the ter ri ble dis eas es  of  Egypt  that  you  know 
 about,  but  he  will in flict  them  on  all  who  hate 
 you. 16  You  must de stroy  all  the peo ples  the 
 L ord  your  God  is de liv er ing  over  to  you  and 
 not  look  on  them  with  pity . Do  not wor ship 
 their  gods,  for  that  will  be  a  snare  to  you. 17 “ If  you  say  to your self, ‘ These na tions  are 
great er  than  I;  how  can  I  drive  them  out? ’ 18  do 
 not  be  afraid  of  them. Be  sure  to re mem ber 
 what  the  L ord  your  God  did  to Pha raoh  and 
 all  Egypt: 19  the  great tri als  that  you  saw ,  the 
 signs  and won ders,  the  strong  hand  and out-
stretched  arm,  by  which  the  L ord  your  God 
 brought  you  out. The  L ord  your  God  will  do 
 the  same  to  all  the peo ples  you  fear. 20  The 
 L ord  your  God  will  also  send hornets  against 
 them un til  all  the sur vi vors  and  those hid ing 
 from  you per ish. 21  Don’t  be ter ri fied  of  them, 
 for  the  L ord  your  God,  a  great  and awe some 
 God,  is  among  you. 22  The  L ord  your  God  will 
 drive  out  these na tions be fore  you lit tle  by lit-
tle. You  will  not  be  able  to de stroy  them  all  at 
 once; oth er wise,  the  wild an i mals  will be come 
 too nu mer ous  for  you. 23  The  L ord  your  God 
 will  give  them  over  to  you  and  throw  them 
 into  great con fu sion un til  they  are de stroyed. 24  He  will  hand  their  kings  over  to  you,  and 
 you  will  wipe  out  their  names un der heav en. No  one  will  be  able  to  stand  against  you;  you 
 will an ni hi late  them.


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25  Burn  up  the  carved 
im ages  of  their  gods. Don’t cov et  the sil ver 
 and  gold  on  the im ages  and  take  it  for your-
self,  or  else  you  will  be en snared  by  it,  for  it 
 is de test able  to  the  L ord  your  God. 26  Do  not 
 bring  any de test able  thing  into  your  house, 
 or  you  will  be  set  apart  for de struc tion  like  it. You  are  to ab hor  and de test  it ut ter ly be cause 
 it  is  set  apart  for de struc tion. REMEMBER THE LORD
8 
“Care ful ly fol low ev ery com mand  I  am 
giv ing  you to day ,  so  that  you  may  live  and 
in crease,  and  may en ter  and  take pos ses sion 
 of  the  land  the  L ord  swore  to  your fa thers. 2 Re mem ber  that  the  L ord  your  God  led  you 
 on  the en tire jour ney  these for ty  years  in 
 the wil der ness,  so  that  he  might hum ble  you 
 and  test  you  to  know  what  was  in  your  heart, 
wheth er  or  not  you  would  keep  his com mands. 3  He hum bled  you  by let ting  you  go hun gry; 
 then  he  gave  you man na  to  eat,  which  you  and 
 your fa thers  had  not  known,  so  that  you  might 
 learn  that  man  does  not  live  on  bread  alone 
 but  on ev ery  word  that  comes  from  the  mouth 
 of  the  L ord. 4  Your cloth ing  did  not  wear  out, 
 and  your  feet  did  not  swell  these for ty  years. 5  Keep  in  mind  that  the  L ord  your  God  has  been 
a 7:10 Lit He pays back to their faces   b 7:10 Lit to pay back to their faces   c 7:13 Lit bless the fruit of your womb
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disciplining  you  just  as  a  man dis ci plines  his 
 son. 6  So  keep  the com mands  of  the  L ord  your 
 God  by walk ing  in  his  ways  and fear ing  him. 7  For  the  L ord  your  God  is bring ing  you  into 
 a  good  land,  a  land  with  streams,  springs,  and 
 deep wa ter  sources, flow ing  in  both val leys 
 and  hills; 8  a  land  of  wheat, bar ley ,  vines,  figs, 
 and pome gran ates;  a  land  of ol ive  oil  and hon-
ey; 9  a  land  where  you  will  eat  food with out 
shortage,  where  you  will  lack noth ing;  a  land 
 whose  rocks  are  iron  and  from  whose  hills 
 you  will  mine cop per. 10  When  you  eat  and  are 
 full,  you  will  bless  the  L ord  your  God  for  the 
 good  land  he  has giv en  you.


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11 “ Be care ful  that  you  don’t for get  the  L ord 
 your  God  by fail ing  to  keep  his com mands, 
or di nances,  and stat utes  that  I  am giv ing 
 you to day . 12  When  you  eat  and  are  full,  and 
 build beau ti ful hous es  to  live  in, 13  and  your 
 herds  and  flocks  grow  large,  and  your sil ver 
 and  gold mul ti ply ,  and ev ery thing  else  you 
 have in creas es, 14  be care ful  that  your  heart 
 doesn’t be come  proud  and  you for get  the  L ord 
 your  God  who  brought  you  out  of  the  land 
 of  Egypt,  out  of  the  place  of slav ery . 15  He  led 
 you  through  the  great  and ter ri ble wil der ness 
 with  its poi son ous a  snakes  and scor pi ons,  a 
 thirsty  land  where  there  was  no wa ter.


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He 
 brought wa ter  out  of  the  flint  rock  for  you. 16  He  fed  you  in  the wil der ness  with man na, 
 which  your fa thers  had  not  known,  in or der 
 to hum ble  and  test  you,  so  that  in  the  end  he 
 might  cause  you  to pros per. 17  You  may  say  to 
your self, ‘ My pow er  and  my  own abil i ty  have 
 gained  this  wealth  for  me,’ 18  but re mem ber 
 that  the  L ord  your  God  gives  you  the pow er 
 to  gain  wealth,  in or der  to con firm  his cov-
enant  he  swore  to  your fa thers,  as  it  is to day . 19  If  you  ever for get  the  L ord  your  God  and 
fol low oth er  gods  to  serve  them  and  bow  in 
wor ship  to  them,  I tes ti fy  against  you to day 
 that  you  will per ish.


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20  Like  the na tions  the 
 L ord  is  about  to de stroy be fore  you,  you  will 
per ish  if  you  do  not  obey  the  L ord  your  God. WARNING AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
9 
“Lis ten, Is ra el: To day  you  are  about  to  cross 
 the Jor dan  to en ter  and  drive  out na tions 
great er  and stron ger  than  you,  with  large cit-
ies for ti fied  to  the heav ens. 2  The peo ple  are 
 strong  and  tall,  the de scen dants  of  the An a kim.


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You  know  about  them  and  you  have  heard  it 
 said  about  them, ‘ Who  can  stand  up  to  the 
 sons  of  Anak? ’ 3  But un der stand  that to day 
 the  L ord  your  God  will  cross  over  ahead  of 
 you  as  a con sum ing  fire;  he  will dev as tate  and 
sub due  them be fore  you. You  will  drive  them 
 out  and de stroy  them swift ly ,  as  the  L ord  has 
 told  you. 4  When  the  L ord  your  God  drives 
 them  out be fore  you,  do  not  say  to your self, 
‘ The  L ord  brought  me  in  to  take pos ses sion 
 of  this  land be cause  of  my righ teous ness.’ 
In stead,  the  L ord  will  drive  out  these na tions 
be fore  you be cause  of  their wick ed ness. 5  You 
 are  not go ing  to  take pos ses sion  of  their  land 
be cause  of  your righ teous ness  or  your in-
teg ri ty . In stead,  the  L ord  your  God  will  drive 
 out  these na tions be fore  you be cause  of  their 
wick ed ness,  in or der  to ful fill  the prom ise  he 
 swore  to  your fa thers, Abra ham,  Isaac,  and 
Ja cob. 6 Un der stand  that  the  L ord  your  God 
 is  not giv ing  you  this  good  land  to pos sess 
be cause  of  your righ teous ness,  for  you  are  a 
stiff-necked peo ple. ISRAEL’S REBELLION AND MOSES’S 
INTERCESSION
7 “Re mem ber  and  do  not for get  how  you pro-
voked  the  L ord  your  God  in  the wil der ness. You  have  been re bel ling  against  the  L ord  from 
 the  day  you  left  the  land  of  Egypt un til  you 
 reached  this  place.


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8  You pro voked  the  L ord  at 
Ho reb,  and  he  was an gry  enough  with  you  to 
de stroy  you. 9  When  I  went  up  the moun tain 
 to re ceive  the  stone tab lets,  the tab lets  of  the 
cov enant  the  L ord  made  with  you,  I  stayed 
 on  the moun tain for ty  days  and for ty  nights. I  did  not  eat  food  or  drink wa ter. 10  On  the  day 
 of  the as sem bly  the  L ord  gave  me  the  two 
 stone tab lets, in scribed  by  God’s fin ger. The 
ex act  words  were  on  them,  which  the  L ord 
 spoke  to  you  from  the  fire  on  the moun tain. 11  The  L ord  gave  me  the  two  stone tab lets,  the 
tab lets  of  the cov enant,  at  the  end  of  the for ty 
 days  and for ty  nights. 12 “ The  L ord  said  to  me, ‘ Get  up  and  go  down 
im me di ate ly  from  here. For  your peo ple  whom 
 you  brought  out  of  Egypt  have act ed cor rupt ly . They  have quick ly  turned  from  the  way  that  I 
com mand ed  them;  they  have  made  a  cast im-
age  for them selves.’ 13  The  L ord  also  said  to  me, 
‘ I  have  seen  this peo ple,  and in deed,  they  are 
 a stiff-necked peo ple. 14  Leave  me  alone,  and 
 I  will de stroy  them  and  blot  out  their  name 
un der heav en. Then  I  will  make  you  into  a na-
tion stron ger  and  more nu mer ous  than  they .’
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15 “ So  I  went  back  down  the moun tain, 
 while  it  was blaz ing  with  fire,  and  the  two 
tab lets  of  the cov enant  were  in  my  hands. 16  I 
 saw  how  you  had  sinned  against  the  L ord 
 your  God;  you  had  made  a  calf im age  for 
your selves. You  had quick ly  turned  from 
 the  way  the  L ord  had com mand ed  for  you. 17  So  I  took  hold  of  the  two tab lets  and  threw 
 them  from  my  hands, shat ter ing  them be-
fore  your  eyes. 18  I  fell  down  like  the  first 
 time  in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord  for for ty 
 days  and for ty  nights;  I  did  not  eat  food  or 
 drink wa ter be cause  of  all  the  sin  you com-
mit ted, do ing  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight  and angering  him. 19  I  was  afraid  of  the 
 fierce an ger  the  L ord  had di rect ed  against 
 you, be cause  he  was  about  to de stroy  you.


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But  again  the  L ord lis tened  to  me  on  that oc-
ca sion. 20  The  L ord  was an gry  enough  with 
Aar on  to de stroy  him. But  I  prayed  for Aar on 
 at  that  time  also. 21  I  took  the sin ful  calf  you 
 had  made  and  burned  it. I  crushed  it, thor-
ough ly grind ing  it  to pow der  as  fine  as  dust, 
 and  threw  its  dust  into  the  stream  that  came 
 down  from  the moun tain. 22 “ You con tin ued  to pro voke  the  L ord  at Tab-
e rah, Mas sah,  and Kibroth-hattaavah. 23  When 
 the  L ord  sent  you  from Kadesh-barnea,  he 
 said, ‘ Go  up  and pos sess  the  land  I  have giv en 
 you’;  you re belled  against  the com mand  of  the 
 L ord  your  God. You  did  not be lieve  or  obey 
 him.


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24  You  have  been re bel ling  against  the 
 L ord  ever  since  I  have a  known  you. 25 “ I  fell  down  in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord 
for ty  days  and for ty  nights be cause  the  L ord 
 had threat ened  to de stroy  you. 26  I  prayed  to 
 the  L ord:
Lord God, do not annihilate your people, 
your inheritance, whom you redeemed 
through your greatness and brought out 
of Egypt with a strong hand. 27 Remember 
your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, 
and their wickedness and sin. 28 Other-
wise, those in the land you brought us 
from will say , ‘Because the Lord wasn’t 
able to bring them into the land he had 
promised them, and because he hated 
them, he brought them out to kill them 
in the wilderness.’ 
29 But they are your 
people, your inheritance, whom you 
brought out by your great power and 
outstretched arm. THE COVENANT RENEWED
10 
“ The  L ord  said  to  me  at  that  time, ‘ Cut 
 two  stone tab lets  like  the  first  ones  and 
 come  to  me  on  the moun tain  and  make  a 
wood en  ark. 2  I  will  write  on  the tab lets  the 
 words  that  were  on  the  first tab lets  you  broke, 
 and  you  are  to  place  them  in  the  ark.’ 3  So  I 
 made  an  ark  of aca cia  wood,  cut  two  stone 
tab lets  like  the  first  ones,  and  climbed  the 
moun tain  with  the  two tab lets  in  my  hand. 4  Then  on  the  day  of  the as sem bly ,  the  L ord 
 wrote  on  the tab lets  what  had  been writ ten 
pre vi ous ly ,  the  Ten Com mand ments  that  he 
 had spo ken  to  you  on  the moun tain  from 
 the  fire. The  L ord  gave  them  to  me, 5  and  I 
 went  back  down  the moun tain  and  placed  the 
tab lets  in  the  ark  I  had  made. And  they  have 
re mained  there,  as  the  L ord com mand ed  me.”
6  The Is ra el ites trav eled  from Be e roth Bene- 
jaakan b  to Mo se rah. Aar on  died  and  was bur ied 
 there,  and El e a zar  his  son be came  priest  in  his 
 place. 7  They trav eled  from  there  to Gud go dah, 
 and  from Gud go dah  to Jot ba thah,  a  land  with 
flow ing  streams. 8 “ At  that  time  the  L ord  set  apart  the  tribe  of 
 Levi  to car ry  the  ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant, 
 to  stand be fore  the  L ord  to  serve  him,  and  to 
pro nounce bless ings  in  his  name,  as  it  is to day . 9  For  this rea son,  Levi  does  not  have  a por tion 
 or in her i tance  like  his broth ers;  the  L ord  is  his 
in her i tance,  as  the  L ord  your  God  told  him. 10 “ I  stayed  on  the moun tain for ty  days  and 
for ty  nights  like  the  first  time.


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11  Then  the  L ord  said  to  me, 
‘ Get  up. Con tin ue  your jour ney  ahead  of  the 
peo ple,  so  that  they  may en ter  and pos sess 
 the  land  I  swore  to  give  their fa thers.’
WHAT GOD REQUIRES
12 “ And  now , Is ra el,  what  does  the  L ord  your 
 God  ask  of  you ex cept  to  fear  the  L ord  your 
 God  by walk ing  in  all  his  ways,  to  love  him, 
 and  to wor ship  the  L ord  your  God  with  all 
 your  heart  and  all  your  soul? 13  Keep  the  L ord’ s 
com mands  and stat utes  I  am giv ing  you to day , 
 for  your  own  good.


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14  The heav ens, in deed  the 
high est heav ens, be long  to  the  L ord  your  God, 
 as  does  the  earth  and ev ery thing  in  it. 15  Yet 
 the  L ord  had  his  heart  set  on  your fa thers  and 
 loved  them.


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He  chose  their de scen dants af ter 
 them  —   he  chose  you  out  of  all  the peo ples,  as 
 it  is to day . 16 There fore, cir cum cise  your  hearts 
a 9:24 Sam, LXX read since he has   b 10:6 Or from the wells of Bene-jaakan, or  from the wells of the Jaakanites
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 and  don’t  be stiff-necked  any lon ger. 17  For  the 
 L ord  your  God  is  the  God  of  gods  and  Lord  of 
 lords,  the  great,  mighty ,  and awe-inspiring  God, 
show ing  no par tial i ty  and tak ing  no  bribe. 18  He executes jus tice  for  the fa ther less  and 
 the wid ow ,  and  loves  the res i dent  alien, giv ing 
 him  food  and cloth ing. 19  You  are  also  to  love 
 the res i dent  alien,  since  you  were res i dent 
 aliens  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 20  You  are  to  fear 
 the  L ord  your  God  and wor ship  him. Re main 
faith ful a  to  him  and  take  oaths  in  his  name. 21  He  is  your  praise  and  he  is  your  God,  who 
 has  done  for  you  these  great  and awe-inspiring 
 works  your  eyes  have  seen. 22  Your fa thers 
 went  down  to  Egypt, sev en ty peo ple  in  all, 
 and  now  the  L ord  your  God  has  made  you 
nu mer ous,  like  the  stars  of  the  sky . REMEMBER AND OBEY
11 
“There fore,  love  the  L ord  your  God  and 
al ways  keep  his mandate  and  his stat -
utes, or di nances,  and com mands. 2 Un der-
stand to day  that  it  is  not  your chil dren  who 
ex pe ri enced  or  saw  the dis ci pline  of  the  L ord 
 your  God:
His greatness, strong hand, and out -
stretched arm; 3 his signs and the works 
he did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt 
and all his land; 4 what he did to Egypt’s 
army , its horses and chariots, when 
he made the water of the Red Sea flow 
over them as they pursued you, and he 
destroyed them completely;
 b 5 what he did 
to you in the wilderness until you reached 
this place; 
6 and what he did to Dathan and 
Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, 
when in the middle of the whole Israelite 
camp the earth opened its mouth and 
swallowed them, their households, their 
tents, and every living thing with them. 7  Your  own  eyes  have  seen ev ery  great  work 
 the  L ord  has  done. 8 “ Keep ev ery com mand  I  am giv ing  you to-
day ,  so  that  you  may  have  the  strength  to  cross 
 into  and pos sess  the  land  you  are  to in her it, 
9  and  so  that  you  may  live  long  in  the  land  the 
 L ord  swore  to  your fa thers  to  give  them  and 
 their de scen dants,  a  land flow ing  with  milk  and 
hon ey . 10  For  the  land  you  are en ter ing  to pos-
sess  is  not  like  the  land  of  Egypt,  from  which 
 you  have  come,  where  you  sowed  your  seed 
 and ir ri gat ed  by  hand c  as  in  a veg e ta ble gar den. 11  But  the  land  you  are en ter ing  to pos sess  is 
 a  land  of moun tains  and val leys, wa tered  by 
 rain  from  the  sky . 12  It  is  a  land  the  L ord  your 
 God  cares  for. He  is al ways watch ing  over  it 
 from  the be gin ning  to  the  end  of  the  year. 13 “ If  you care ful ly  obey  my com mands  I  am 
giv ing  you to day ,  to  love  the  L ord  your  God 
 and wor ship  him  with  all  your  heart  and  all 
 your  soul, 14  I d  will pro vide  rain  for  your  land 
 in  the prop er  time,  the au tumn  and  spring 
 rains,  and  you  will har vest  your  grain,  new 
 wine,  and  fresh  oil. 15  I e  will pro vide  grass  in 
 your  fields  for  your live stock.


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16  Be care ful  that  you  are  not en-
ticed  to  turn  aside,  serve,  and  bow  in wor ship 
 to oth er  gods. 17  Then  the  L ord’ s an ger  will 
 burn  against  you. He  will  shut  the  sky ,  and 
 there  will  be  no  rain;  the  land  will  not  yield 
 its pro duce,  and  you  will per ish quick ly  from 
 the  good  land  the  L ord  is giv ing  you. 18 “Imprint  these  words  of  mine  on  your 
 hearts  and  minds,  bind  them  as  a  sign  on  your 
 hands,  and  let  them  be  a sym bol f  on  your fore-
heads. g 19  Teach  them  to  your chil dren, talk-
ing  about  them  when  you  sit  in  your  house 
 and  when  you  walk  along  the  road,  when  you 
 lie  down  and  when  you  get  up. 20  Write  them 
 on  the door posts  of  your  house  and  on  your 
 city  gates, 21  so  that  as  long  as  the heav ens  are 
 above  the  earth,  your  days  and  those  of  your 
chil dren  may  be  many  in  the  land  the  L ord 
 swore  to  give  your fa thers. 22  For  if  you care-
ful ly ob serve ev ery  one  of  these com mands 
 I  am giv ing  you  to fol low  —   to  love  the  L ord 
 your  God,  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and re main 
faith ful h  to  him — 23  the  L ord  will  drive  out 
 all  these na tions be fore  you,  and  you  will  drive 
 out na tions great er  and stron ger  than  you  are. 24 Ev ery  place  the  sole  of  your  foot  treads  will 
 be  yours.


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Your ter ri to ry  will ex tend  from  the 
wil der ness  to Leb a non  and  from  the Eu phra tes 
Riv er i  to  the Med i ter ra nean  Sea.


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25  No  one  will 
 be  able  to  stand  against  you;  the  L ord  your  God 
 will  put  fear  and  dread  of  you  in  all  the  land 
 where  you  set  foot,  as  he  has prom ised  you. A BLESSING AND A CURSE
26 “ Look, to day  I  set be fore  you  a bless ing  and  a 
 curse: 27  there  will  be  a bless ing,  if  you  obey  the 
com mands  of  the  L ord  your  God  I  am giv ing 
 you to day , 28  and  a  curse,  if  you  do  not  obey 
 the com mands  of  the  L ord  your  God  and  you 
a 10:20 Lit Hold on   b 11:4 Lit to this day   c 11:10 Lit foot   d 11:14 DSS, Sam, LXX read he   e 11:15 DSS, Sam, LXX read He    
f 11:18 Or phylactery ; Mt 23:5   g 11:18 Lit symbol between your eyes ; Ex 13:16; Dt 6:8   h 11:22 Lit and hold on   i 11:24 Some Hb 
mss, LXX, Tg, Vg read the great river, the river Euphrates
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 turn  aside  from  the  path  I com mand  you to day 
 by fol low ing oth er  gods  you  have  not  known. 29  When  the  L ord  your  God  brings  you  into  the 
 land  you  are en ter ing  to pos sess,  you  are  to 
pro claim  the bless ing  at  Mount Ge ri zim  and 
 the  curse  at  Mount  Ebal. 30  Aren’t  these moun-
tains  across  the Jor dan, be yond  the west ern 
 road  in  the  land  of  the Ca naan ites,  who  live  in 
 the Ar a bah, op po site Gil gal,  near  the  oaks a  of 
Mo reh? 31  For  you  are  about  to  cross  the Jor dan 
 to en ter  and  take pos ses sion  of  the  land  the 
 L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you.


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When  you pos sess 
 it  and set tle  in  it, 32  be care ful  to fol low  all  the 
stat utes  and or di nances  I  set be fore  you to day . THE CHOSEN PLACE OF WORSHIP
12 
“ Be care ful  to fol low  these stat utes  and 
or di nances  in  the  land  that  the  L ord,  the 
 God  of  your fa thers,  has giv en  you  to pos sess 
 all  the  days  you  live  on  the  earth. 2 De stroy 
com plete ly  all  the plac es  where  the na tions 
 that  you  are driv ing  out wor ship  their  gods  
—   on  the  high moun tains,  on  the  hills,  and 
un der ev ery  green  tree.


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3  Tear  down  their al-
tars,  smash  their sa cred pil lars,  burn  their 
Ashe rah  poles,  cut  down  the  carved im ages 
 of  their  gods,  and  wipe  out  their  names  from 
ev ery b  place. 4  Don’t wor ship  the  L ord  your 
 God  this  way .


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5 In stead,  turn  to  the  place  the 
 L ord  your  God  chooses  from  all  your  tribes 
 to  put  his  name  for  his dwell ing  and  go  there. 6  You  are  to  bring  there  your  burnt off  er ings 
 and sac ri fic es,  your  tenths  and per son al con-
tri bu tions, c  your  vow off  er ings  and free will 
off  er ings,  and  the first born  of  your  herds  and 
 flocks. 7  You  will  eat  there  in  the pres ence  of  the 
 L ord  your  God  and re joice  with  your house-
hold  in ev ery thing  you  do, d be cause  the  L ord 
 your  God  has  blessed  you. 8 “ You  are  not  to  do  as  we  are do ing  here to-
day; ev ery one  is do ing what ev er  seems  right 
 in  his  own  sight. 9 In deed,  you  have  not  yet 
 come  into  the rest ing  place  and  the in her i-
tance  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you. 10  When 
 you  cross  the Jor dan  and  live  in  the  land  the 
 L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you  to in her it,  and  he 
 gives  you  rest  from  all  the en e mies  around  you 
 and  you  live  in se cu ri ty , 11  then  the  L ord  your 
 God  will  choose  the  place  to  have  his  name 
 dwell. Bring  there ev ery thing  I com mand  you: 
 your  burnt off  er ings, sac ri fic es, off  er ings  of 
 the  tenth, per son al con tri bu tions, e  and  all 
 your  choice off  er ings  you  vow  to  the  L ord. 12  You  will re joice be fore  the  L ord  your  God  
—   you,  your  sons  and daugh ters,  your  male 
 and fe male  slaves,  and  the Le vite  who  is with-
in  your  city  gates,  since  he  has  no por tion  or 
in her i tance  among  you. 13  Be care ful  not  to 
off  er  your  burnt off  er ings  in  all  the sa cred 
plac es  you  see.


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14  You  must off  er  your  burnt 
off  er ings  only  in  the  place  the  L ord  chooses 
 in  one  of  your  tribes,  and  there  you  must  do 
ev ery thing  I com mand  you. SLAUGHTERING ANIMALS TO EAT
15 “ But when ev er  you  want,  you  may slaugh ter 
 and  eat  meat with in  any  of  your  city  gates, 
ac cord ing  to  the bless ing  the  L ord  your  God 
 has giv en  you. Those  who  are  clean  or un-
clean  may  eat  it,  as  they  would  a ga zelle  or 
 deer, 16  but  you  must  not  eat  the  blood;  pour 
 it  on  the  ground  like wa ter. 17 With in  your  city 
 gates  you  may  not  eat  the  tenth  of  your  grain, 
 new  wine,  or  fresh  oil;  the first born  of  your 
 herd  or  flock;  any  of  your  vow off  er ings  that 
 you  pledge;  your free will off  er ings;  or  your 
per son al con tri bu tions. f 18  You  are  to  eat  them 
 in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord  your  God  at  the 
 place  the  L ord  your  God  chooses  —   you,  your 
 son  and daugh ter,  your  male  and fe male  slave, 
 and  the Le vite  who  is with in  your  city  gates. Re joice be fore  the  L ord  your  God  in ev ery-
thing  you  do, 19  and  be care ful  not  to ne glect 
 the Le vite,  as  long  as  you  live  in  your  land. 20 “ When  the  L ord  your  God en larg es  your 
ter ri to ry  as  he  has prom ised  you,  and  you  say , 
‘ I  want  to  eat  meat’ be cause  you  have  a  strong 
de sire  to  eat  meat,  you  may  eat  it when ev er 
 you  want. 21  If  the  place  where  the  L ord  your 
 God  chooses  to  put  his  name  is  too  far  from 
 you,  you  may slaugh ter  any  of  your  herd  or 
 flock  he  has giv en  you,  as  I  have com mand ed 
 you,  and  you  may  eat  it with in  your  city  gates 
when ev er  you  want. 22 In deed,  you  may  eat 
 it  as  the ga zelle  and  deer  are eat en;  both  the 
 clean  and  the un clean  may  eat  it. 23  But  don’t 
 eat  the  blood,  since  the  blood  is  the  life,  and 
 you  must  not  eat  the  life  with  the  meat.


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24  Do 
 not  eat  blood;  pour  it  on  the  ground  like wa ter. 25  Do  not  eat  it,  so  that  you  and  your chil dren 
af ter  you  will pros per, be cause  you  will  be 
do ing  what  is  right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight. 26 “ But  you  are  to  take  the  holy off  er ings  you 
 have  and  your  vow off  er ings  and  go  to  the 
a 11:30 Sam, LXX, Syr , Aq, Sym read oak ; Gn 12:6   b 12:3 Lit that   c 12:6 Lit and the contributions from your hands   d 12:7 Lit 
you put your hand to, also in v . 18   e 12:11 Lit tenth, the contributions from your hands   f 12:17 Lit or the contributions from 
your hands
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 place  the  L ord  chooses. 27 Pre sent  the  meat 
 and  blood  of  your  burnt off  er ings  on  the al-
tar  of  the  L ord  your  God. The  blood  of  your 
oth er sac ri fic es  is  to  be  poured  out be side  the 
al tar  of  the  L ord  your  God,  but  you  may  eat 
 the  meat. 28  Be care ful  to  obey  all  these  things 
 I com mand  you,  so  that  you  and  your chil dren 
af ter  you  may pros per for ev er, be cause  you 
 will  be do ing  what  is  good  and  right  in  the 
 sight  of  the  L ord  your  God. 29 “ When  the  L ord  your  God annihilates  the 
na tions be fore  you,  which  you  are en ter ing 
 to  take pos ses sion  of,  and  you  drive  them  out 
 and  live  in  their  land, 30  be care ful  not  to  be 
en snared  by  their  ways af ter  they  have  been 
de stroyed be fore  you. Do  not in quire  about 
 their  gods, ask ing, ‘ How  did  these na tions wor-
ship  their  gods?


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I’ll  also  do  the  same.’ 31  You 
 must  not  do  the  same  to  the  L ord  your  God, 
be cause  they prac tice ev ery de test able  act, 
 which  the  L ord  hates,  for  their  gods. They 
 even  burn  their  sons  and daugh ters  in  the  fire 
 to  their  gods.


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32  Be care ful  to  do ev ery thing  I 
com mand  you;  do  not  add any thing  to  it  or 
 take any thing  away  from  it. THE FALSE PROPHET
13 
“ If  a proph et  or some one  who  has  dreams 
aris es  among  you  and pro claims  a  sign 
 or won der  to  you, 2  and  that  sign  or won der  he 
 has prom ised  you  comes  about,  but  he  says, 
‘ Let  us fol low oth er  gods,’  which  you  have 
 not  known, ‘ and  let  us wor ship  them,’ 3  do 
 not lis ten  to  that proph et’s  words  or  to  that 
dream er. For  the  L ord  your  God  is test ing  you 
 to  know wheth er  you  love  the  L ord  your  God 
 with  all  your  heart  and  all  your  soul.


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4  You  must 
fol low  the  L ord  your  God  and  fear  him. You 
 must  keep  his com mands  and lis ten  to  him; 
 you  must wor ship  him  and re main faith ful a 
 to  him. 5  That proph et  or dream er  must  be 
 put  to  death, be cause  he  has  urged re bel lion 
 against  the  L ord  your  God  who  brought  you 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  and re deemed  you 
 from  the  place  of slav ery ,  to  turn  you  from 
 the  way  the  L ord  your  God  has com mand ed 
 you  to  walk. You  must  purge  the  evil  from  you. DON’T TOLERATE IDOLATRY
6 “ If  your broth er,  the  son  of  your moth er, b  or 
 your  son  or daugh ter,  or  the  wife  you em brace, 
 or  your clos est  friend se cret ly en tic es  you, 
say ing, ‘ Let  us  go  and wor ship oth er  gods’  
—   which nei ther  you  nor  your fa thers  have 
 known, 7  any  of  the  gods  of  the peo ples  around 
 you,  near  you  or  far  from  you,  from  one  end  of 
 the  earth  to  the oth er — 8  do  not  yield  to  him 
 or lis ten  to  him. Show  him  no  pity , c  and  do  not 
 spare  him  or  shield  him.


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9 In stead,  you  must 
 kill  him. Your  hand  is  to  be  the  first  against 
 him  to  put  him  to  death,  and  then  the  hands  of 
 all  the peo ple. 10  Stone  him  to  death  for try ing 
 to  turn  you  away  from  the  L ord  your  God  who 
 brought  you  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of 
 the  place  of slav ery . 11  All Is ra el  will  hear  and 
 be  afraid,  and  they  will  no lon ger  do any thing 
 evil  like  this  among  you. 12 “ If  you  hear  it  said  about  one  of  your cit ies 
 the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you  to  live  in, 13  that 
wick ed  men  have  sprung  up  among  you,  led 
 the in hab i tants  of  their  city  astray ,  and  said, 
‘ Let  us  go  and wor ship oth er  gods,’  which  you 
 have  not  known, 14  you  are  to in quire, in ves ti-
gate,  and interrogate thor ough ly . If  the re port 
 turns  out  to  be  true  that  this de test able  act 
 has  been  done  among  you, 15  you  must  strike 
 down  the in hab i tants  of  that  city  with  the 
 sword. Com plete ly de stroy ev ery one  in  it  as 
 well  as  its live stock  with  the  sword. 16  You  are 
 to gath er  all  its  spoil  in  the mid dle  of  the  city 
 square  and com plete ly  burn  the  city  and  all 
 its  spoil  for  the  L ord  your  God. The  city  is  to 
re main  a  mound  of ru ins for ev er;  it  is  not  to 
 be re built. 17 Noth ing  set  apart  for de struc tion 
 is  to re main  in  your  hand,  so  that  the  L ord  will 
 turn  from  his burn ing an ger  and  grant  you 
mer cy ,  show  you com pas sion,  and mul ti ply 
 you  as  he  swore  to  your fa thers. 18  This  will 
oc cur  if  you  obey  the  L ord  your  God, keep ing 
 all  his com mands  I  am giv ing  you to day , do ing 
 what  is  right  in  the  sight  of  the  L ord  your  God. FORBIDDEN PRACTICES
14 
“ You  are  sons  of  the  L ord  your  God;  do 
 not  cut your selves  or  make  a  bald  spot 
 on  your  head d  on be half  of  the  dead, 2  for  you 
 are  a  holy peo ple be long ing  to  the  L ord  your 
 God. The  L ord  has cho sen  you  to  be  his  own 
pos ses sion  out  of  all  the peo ples  on  the  face 
 of  the  earth.


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CLEAN AND UNCLEAN FOODS
3 “ You  must  not  eat  any de test able  thing. 4  These 
 are  the an i mals  you  may  eat:
a 13:4 Lit and hold on   b 13:6 DSS, Sam, LXX read If the son of your father or the son of your mother   c 13:8 Lit Your eye must 
not pity him   d 14:1 Or forehead
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  oxen, sheep, goats,
 5 deer, gazelles, roe deer,
  wild goats, ibexes, antelopes,
  and mountain sheep. 6  You  may  eat  any an i mal  that  has hooves di-
vid ed  in  two  and  chews  the  cud. a 7  But  among 
 the  ones  that  chew  the  cud  or  have di vid ed 
hooves,  you  are  not  to  eat  these:
  camels, hares, and hyraxes,
  though they chew the cud, they do not 
have hooves —
  they are unclean for you;
 8 and pigs, though they have hooves, 
they do not chew the cud —
  they are unclean for you. Do  not  eat  their  meat  or  touch  their car cass es.


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9 “ You  may  eat ev ery thing  from  the wa ter 
 that  has  fins  and  scales, 10  but  you  may  not  eat 
any thing  that  does  not  have  fins  and  scales  
—   it  is un clean  for  you. 11 “ You  may  eat ev ery  clean  bird, 12  but  these 
 are  the  ones  you  may  not  eat:
  eagles, bearded vultures,
  black vultures, 13 the kites,
  any kind of falcon,  b
 14 every kind of raven, 15 ostriches,
  short-eared owls, gulls,
  any kind of hawk,
 16 little owls, long-eared owls,
  barn owls, 17 eagle owls,
  ospreys, cormorants, 18 storks,
  any kind of heron,
  hoopoes, and bats. c
19  All  winged in sects  are un clean  for  you;  they 
 may  not  be eat en.


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20  But  you  may  eat ev ery 
 clean fly ing crea ture. 21 “ You  are  not  to  eat  any car cass;  you  may 
 give  it  to  a res i dent  alien with in  your  city  gates, 
 and  he  may  eat  it,  or  you  may  sell  it  to  a for-
eign er. For  you  are  a  holy peo ple be long ing  to 
 the  L ord  your  God.


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Do  not  boil  a  young  goat 
 in  its moth er’s  milk. A TENTH FOR THE LORD
22 “ Each  year  you  are  to  set  aside  a  tenth  of  all 
 the pro duce  grown  in  your  fields. 23  You  are 
 to  eat  a  tenth  of  your  grain,  new  wine,  and 
 fresh  oil,  and  the first born  of  your  herd  and 
 flock,  in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord  your  God  at 
 the  place  where  he  chooses  to  have  his  name 
 dwell,  so  that  you  will al ways  learn  to  fear  the 
 L ord  your  God. 24  But  if  the dis tance  is  too 
 great  for  you  to car ry  it,  since  the  place  where 
 the  L ord  your  God  chooses  to  put  his  name 
 is  too  far  away  from  you  and  since  the  L ord 
 your  God  has  blessed  you, 25  then ex change 
 it  for sil ver,  take  the sil ver  in  your  hand,  and 
 go  to  the  place  the  L ord  your  God  chooses. 26  You  may  spend  the sil ver  on any thing  you 
 want: cat tle,  sheep,  goats,  wine,  beer,  or any-
thing  you de sire. You  are  to  feast  there  in  the 
pres ence  of  the  L ord  your  God  and re joice 
 with  your fam i ly . 27  Do  not ne glect  the Le vite 
with in  your  city  gates,  since  he  has  no por tion 
 or in her i tance  among  you. 28 “ At  the  end  of ev ery  three  years,  bring  a 
 tenth  of  all  your pro duce  for  that  year  and 
 store  it with in  your  city  gates. 29  Then  the Le-
vite,  who  has  no por tion  or in her i tance  among 
 you,  the res i dent  alien,  the fa ther less,  and 
 the wid ow with in  your  city  gates  may  come, 
 eat,  and  be sat is fied.


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And  the  L ord  your  God 
 will  bless  you  in  all  the  work  of  your  hands 
 that  you  do. DEBTS CANCELED
15 
“ At  the  end  of ev ery sev en  years  you 
 must can cel  debts. 2  This  is  how  to can cel 
 debt: Ev ery cred i tor d  is  to can cel  what  he  has 
 lent  his neigh bor.


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He  is  not  to col lect any thing 
 from  his neigh bor  or broth er, be cause  the 
 L ord’ s re lease  of  debts  has  been pro claimed. 3  You  may col lect some thing  from  a for eign er, 
 but  you  must for give what ev er  your broth er 
 owes  you. 4 “ There  will  be  no  poor  among  you, how-
ev er, be cause  the  L ord  is cer tain  to  bless  you 
 in  the  land  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you 
 to pos sess  as  an in her i tance — 5  if  only  you 
 obey  the  L ord  your  God  and  are care ful  to 
fol low ev ery  one  of  these com mands  I  am 
giv ing  you to day . 6  When  the  L ord  your  God 
bless es  you  as  he  has prom ised  you,  you  will 
 lend  to  many na tions  but  not bor row;  you  will 
 rule  many na tions,  but  they  will  not  rule  you. LENDING TO THE POOR
7 “ If  there  is  a  poor per son  among  you,  one  of 
 your broth ers with in  any  of  your  city  gates  in 
 the  land  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you,  do 
 not  be hard heart ed  or tight fist ed to ward  your 
 poor broth er. 8 In stead,  you  are  to  open  your 
 hand  to  him  and free ly  loan  him  enough  for 
what ev er  need  he  has. 9  Be care ful  that  there 
a 14:6 The Hb does not specify chewing the cud, but bringing up partially digested food and swallowing it again. b 14:13 Some Hb 
mss, Sam, LXX; other Hb mss, Vg read the falcon, the various kinds of kite   c 14:5-18 The identification of some of these animals 
is uncertain. d 15:2 Lit owner of a loan of his hand
DEUTERONOMY 14-15 164
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 isn’t  this wick ed  thought  in  your  heart, ‘ The 
sev enth  year,  the  year  of can cel ing  debts,  is 
 near,’  and  you  are stin gy to ward  your  poor 
broth er  and  give  him noth ing. He  will  cry  out 
 to  the  L ord  against  you,  and  you  will  be  guilty .


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10  Give  to  him,  and  don’t  have  a stin gy  heart a 
 when  you  give,  and be cause  of  this  the  L ord 
 your  God  will  bless  you  in  all  your  work  and 
 in ev ery thing  you  do. b 11  For  there  will nev er 
 cease  to  be  poor peo ple  in  the  land;  that  is 
 why  I  am com mand ing  you, ‘ Open  your  hand 
will ing ly  to  your  poor  and  needy broth er  in 
 your  land.’
RELEASE OF SLAVES
12 “ If  your fel low He brew ,  a  man  or wom an,  is 
 sold  to  you  and  serves  you  six  years,  you  must 
 set  him  free  in  the sev enth  year. 13  When  you  set 
 him  free,  do  not  send  him  away empty-handed.


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14  Give gen er ous ly  to  him  from  your  flock,  your 
thresh ing  floor,  and  your wine press. You  are 
 to  give  him what ev er  the  L ord  your  God  has 
 blessed  you  with. 15 Re mem ber  that  you  were 
 a  slave  in  the  land  of  Egypt  and  the  L ord  your 
 God re deemed  you;  that  is  why  I  am giv ing  you 
 this com mand to day . 16  But  if  your  slave  says 
 to  you, ‘ I  don’t  want  to  leave  you,’ be cause  he 
 loves  you  and  your fam i ly ,  and  is  well  off  with 
 you, 17  take  an  awl  and  pierce  through  his  ear 
 into  the  door,  and  he  will be come  your  slave 
 for  life. Also  treat  your fe male  slave  the  same 
 w ay.


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18  Do  not re gard  it  as  a hard ship c  when 
 you  set  him  free, be cause  he  worked  for  you 
 six  years  —   worth  twice  the wag es  of  a  hired 
work er.


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Then  the  L ord  your  God  will  bless  you 
 in ev ery thing  you  do. CONSECRATION OF FIRSTBORN ANIMALS
19 “Con se crate  to  the  L ord  your  God ev ery first-
born  male pro duced  by  your  herd  and  flock. You  are  not  to  put  the first born  of  your  oxen 
 to  work  or shear  the first born  of  your  flock. 20  Each  year  you  and  your fam i ly  are  to  eat 
 it be fore  the  L ord  your  God  in  the  place  the 
 L ord  chooses. 21  But  if  there  is  a de fect  in  the 
an i mal,  if  it  is  lame  or  blind  or  has  any se ri ous 
de fect,  you  may  not sac ri fice  it  to  the  L ord 
 your  God. 22  Eat  it with in  your  city  gates;  both 
 the un clean per son  and  the  clean  may  eat  it, 
 as  though  it  were  a ga zelle  or  deer. 23  But  you 
 must  not  eat  its  blood;  pour  it  on  the  ground 
 like wa ter. THE FESTIVAL OF PASSOVER
16 
“ Set  aside  the  month  of  Abib d  and ob serve 
 the Pass over  to  the  L ord  your  God, be-
cause  the  L ord  your  God  brought  you  out  of 
 Egypt  by  night  in  the  month  of  Abib. 2 Sac ri fice 
 to  the  L ord  your  God  a Pass over an i mal  from 
 the  herd  or  flock  in  the  place  where  the  L ord 
 chooses  to  have  his  name  dwell. 3  Do  not  eat 
leav ened  bread  with  it.


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For sev en  days  you  are 
 to  eat un leav ened  bread  with  it,  the  bread  of 
hard ship  —  be cause  you  left  the  land  of  Egypt 
 in  a hur ry  —   so  that  you  may re mem ber  for 
 the  rest  of  your  life  the  day  you  left  the  land 
 of  Egypt. 4  No  yeast  is  to  be  found any where 
 in  your ter ri to ry  for sev en  days,  and  none  of 
 the  meat  you sac ri fice  in  the eve ning  of  the 
 first  day  is  to re main un til morn ing. 5  You  are 
 not  to sac ri fice  the Pass over an i mal  in  any  of 
 the  towns  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you. 6 Sac ri fice  the Pass over an i mal  only  at  the  place 
 where  the  L ord  your  God  chooses  to  have 
 his  name  dwell. Do  this  in  the eve ning  as  the 
 sun  sets  at  the  same  time  of  day  you de part ed 
 from  Egypt. 7  You  are  to  cook  and  eat  it  in  the 
 place  the  L ord  your  God  chooses,  and  you  are 
 to re turn  to  your  tents  in  the morn ing. 8  Eat 
un leav ened  bread  for  six  days. On  the sev enth 
 day  there  is  to  be  a sol emn as sem bly  to  the 
 L ord  your  God;  do  not  do  any  work. THE FESTIVAL OF WEEKS
9 “ You  are  to  count sev en  weeks, count ing  the 
 weeks  from  the  time  the sick le  is  first  put  to 
 the stand ing  grain. 10  You  are  to cel e brate  the 
Fes ti val  of  Weeks  to  the  L ord  your  God  with 
 a free will off  er ing  that  you  give  in pro por-
tion  to  how  the  L ord  your  God  has  blessed 
 you. 11 Re joice be fore  the  L ord  your  God  in 
 the  place  where  he  chooses  to  have  his  name 
 dwell  —   you,  your  son  and daugh ter,  your  male 
 and fe male  slave,  the Le vite with in  your  city 
 gates,  as  well  as  the res i dent  alien,  the fa ther-
less,  and  the wid ow  among  you. 12 Re mem ber 
 that  you  were  slaves  in  Egypt; care ful ly fol low 
 these stat utes. THE FESTIVAL OF SHELTERS
13 “ You  are  to cel e brate  the Fes ti val  of Shel-
ters  for sev en  days  when  you  have gath ered 
 in ev ery thing  from  your thresh ing  floor  and 
wine press. 14 Re joice dur ing  your fes ti val  —  
 you,  your  son  and daugh ter,  your  male  and 
a 15:10 Lit and let not your heart be grudging   b 15:10 Lit you put your hand to   c 15:18 Lit Let it not be hard in your sight   
d 16:1 March–April; called Nisan in the post-exilic period; Neh 2:1; Est 3:7
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fe male  slave,  as  well  as  the Le vite,  the res i dent 
 alien,  the fa ther less,  and  the wid ow with in 
 your  city  gates. 15  You  are  to  hold  a seven-day 
fes ti val  for  the  L ord  your  God  in  the  place  he 
 chooses, be cause  the  L ord  your  God  will  bless 
 you  in  all  your pro duce  and  in  all  the  work  of 
 your  hands,  and  you  will  have abun dant  joy . 16 “ All  your  males  are  to ap pear  three  times 
 a  year be fore  the  L ord  your  God  in  the  place 
 he  chooses:  at  the Fes ti val  of Un leav ened 
 Bread,  the Fes ti val  of  Weeks,  and  the Fes ti-
val  of Shel ters. No  one  is  to ap pear be fore  the 
 L ord empty-handed.


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17 Ev ery one  must ap pear 
 with  a  gift suited  to  his  means, ac cord ing  to 
 the bless ing  the  L ord  your  God  has giv en  you. APPOINTING JUDGES AND OFFICIALS
18 “ Ap point judg es  and off  i cials  for  your  tribes 
 in  all  your  towns  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing 
 you. They  are  to  judge  the peo ple  with righ-
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19  Do  not  deny jus tice  or  show 
par tial i ty  to any one. Do  not ac cept  a  bribe,  for 
 it  blinds  the  eyes  of  the  wise  and  twists  the 
 words  of  the righ teous. 20 Pur sue jus tice  and 
jus tice  alone,  so  that  you  will  live  and pos sess 
 the  land  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you. FORBIDDEN WORSHIP
21 “ Do  not  set  up  an Ashe rah  of  any  kind  of 
 wood  next  to  the al tar  you  will  build  for  the 
 L ord  your  God, 22  and  do  not  set  up  a sa cred 
pil lar;  the  L ord  your  God  hates  them. 17 
“ Do  not sac ri fice  to  the  L ord  your  God  an 
 ox  or  sheep  with  a de fect  or  any se ri ous 
 flaw ,  for  that  is de test able  to  the  L ord  your  God. THE JUDICIAL PROCEDURE FOR IDOLATRY
2 “ If  a  man  or wom an  among  you  in  one  of 
 your  towns  that  the  L ord  your  God  will  give 
 you  is dis cov ered do ing  evil  in  the  sight  of 
 the  L ord  your  God  and vi o lat ing  his cov enant 
3  and  has  gone  to  serve oth er  gods  by bow ing 
 in wor ship  to  the  sun,  moon,  or  all  the  stars 
 in  the  sky  —   which  I  have for bid den — 4  and 
 if  you  are  told  or  hear  about  it,  then in ves ti-
gate  it thor ough ly . If  the re port  turns  out  to 
 be  true  that  this de test able  act  has  been  done 
 in Is ra el, 5  you  are  to  bring  out  to  your  city 
 gates  that  man  or wom an  who  has  done  this 
 evil  thing  and  stone  them  to  death.


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6  The  one 
con demned  to  die  is  to  be ex e cut ed  on  the 
tes ti mo ny  of  two  or  three wit ness es. No  one 
 is  to  be ex e cut ed  on  the tes ti mo ny  of  a sin gle 
wit ness. 7  The wit ness es’  hands  are  to  be  the 
 first  in put ting  him  to  death,  and af ter  that, 
 the  hands  of  all  the peo ple. You  must  purge 
 the  evil  from  you. DIFFICULT CASES
8 “ If  a  case  is  too diff  i cult  for  you  —  con cern-
ing blood shed, law suits,  or assaults  —   cases 
dis put ed  at  your  city  gates,  then  go  up  to  the 
 place  the  L ord  your  God  chooses. 9  You  are  to 
 go  to  the Le vit i cal  priests  and  to  the  judge  who 
pre sides  at  that  time.


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Ask,  and  they  will  give 
 you  a ver dict  in  the  case. 10  You  must abide  by 
 the ver dict  they  give  you  at  the  place  the  L ord 
 chooses. Be care ful  to  do ex act ly  as  they in-
struct  you. 11  You  must abide  by  the in struc tion 
 they  give  you  and  the ver dict  they an nounce 
 to  you. Do  not  turn  to  the  right  or  the  left  from 
 the de ci sion  they de clare  to  you. 12  The per son 
 who  acts ar ro gant ly , re fus ing  to lis ten ei ther 
 to  the  priest  who  stands  there serv ing  the 
 L ord  your  God  or  to  the  judge,  must  die. You 
 must  purge  the  evil  from Is ra el. 13  Then  all 
 the peo ple  will  hear  about  it,  be  afraid,  and 
 no lon ger be have ar ro gant ly . APPOINTING A KING
14 “ When  you en ter  the  land  the  L ord  your  God 
 is giv ing  you,  take pos ses sion  of  it,  live  in  it,  and 
 say , ‘ I  will  set  a  king  over  me  like  all  the na tions 
 around  me,’ 15  you  are  to ap point  over  you  the 
 king  the  L ord  your  God  chooses. Ap point  a 
 king  from  your broth ers.


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You  are  not  to  set  a 
for eign er  over  you,  or  one  who  is  not  of  your 
peo ple. 16 How ev er,  he  must  not ac quire  many 
hors es  for him self  or  send  the peo ple  back  to 
 Egypt  to ac quire  many hors es,  for  the  L ord  has 
 told  you, ‘ You  are nev er  to  go  back  that  way 
 again.’ 17  He  must  not ac quire  many  wives  for 
him self  so  that  his  heart  won’t  go  astray . He 
 must  not ac quire  very  large  amounts  of sil ver 
 and  gold  for him self. 18  When  he  is seat ed  on 
 his roy al  throne,  he  is  to  write  a  copy  of  this 
in struc tion  for him self  on  a  scroll  in  the pres-
ence  of  the Le vit i cal  priests. 19  It  is  to re main 
 with  him,  and  he  is  to  read  from  it  all  the  days 
 of  his  life,  so  that  he  may  learn  to  fear  the  L ord 
 his  God,  to ob serve  all  the  words  of  this in struc-
tion,  and  to  do  these stat utes. 20  Then  his  heart 
 will  not  be ex alt ed  above  his coun try men,  he 
 will  not  turn  from  this com mand  to  the  right 
 or  the  left,  and  he  and  his  sons  will con tin ue 
reign ing  many  years a  in Is ra el. a 17:20 Lit will lengthen days on his kingdom
DEUTERONOMY 16-17 166
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PROVISIONS FOR THE LEVITES
18 
“ The Le vit i cal  priests,  the  whole  tribe  of 
 Levi,  will  have  no por tion  or in her i tance 
 with Is ra el. They  will  eat  the  L ord’ s  fire off  er-
ings;  that  is  their a,b in her i tance. 2 Al though 
 Levi  has  no in her i tance  among  his broth ers, 
 the  L ord  is  his in her i tance,  as  he prom ised 
 him. 3  This  is  the  priests’  share  from  the peo-
ple  who off  er  a sac ri fice, wheth er  it  is  an  ox, 
 a  sheep,  or  a  goat;  the  priests  are  to  be giv en 
 the shoul der,  jaws,  and stom ach. 4  You  are 
 to  give  him  the first fruits  of  your  grain,  new 
 wine,  and  fresh  oil,  and  the  first  sheared  wool 
 of  your  flock. 5  For  the  L ord  your  God  has 
cho sen  him  and  his  sons  from  all  your  tribes 
 to  stand  and min is ter  in  his  name  from  now 
 on. c 6  When  a Le vite  leaves  one  of  your  towns 
 in Is ra el  where  he  was stay ing  and  wants  to 
 go  to  the  place  the  L ord  chooses, 7  he  may 
 serve  in  the  name  of  the  L ord  his  God  like  all 
 his fel low Le vites  who min is ter  there  in  the 
pres ence  of  the  L ord. 8  They  will  eat  equal 
por tions be sides  what  he  has re ceived  from 
 the  sale  of  the fam i ly es tate.


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OCCULT PRACTICES VERSUS PROPHETIC 
REVELATION
9 “ When  you en ter  the  land  the  L ord  your  God 
 is giv ing  you,  do  not im i tate  the de test able 
cus toms  of  those na tions. 10  No  one  among  you 
 is  to sac ri fice  his  son  or daugh ter  in  the  fire, e 
prac tice div i na tion,  tell for tunes, in ter pret 
 omens, prac tice sor cery , 11  cast  spells, con sult 
 a me di um  or  a spir it ist,  or in quire  of  the  dead. 12 Ev ery one  who  does  these  acts  is de test able 
 to  the  L ord,  and  the  L ord  your  God  is driv ing 
 out  the na tions be fore  you be cause  of  these 
de test able  acts. 13  You  must  be blame less be fore 
 the  L ord  your  God. 14  Though  these na tions  you 
 are  about  to  drive  out lis ten  to fortune-tellers 
 and di vin ers,  the  L ord  your  God  has  not per-
mit ted  you  to  do  this. 15 “ The  L ord  your  God  will  raise  up  for  you  a 
proph et  like  me  from  among  your  own broth-
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You  must lis ten  to  him. 16  This  is  what  you 
re quest ed  from  the  L ord  your  God  at Ho reb 
 on  the  day  of  the as sem bly  when  you  said, ‘ Let 
 us  not con tin ue  to  hear  the  voice  of  the  L ord 
 our  God  or  see  this  great  fire  any lon ger,  so 
 that  we  will  not  die! ’ 17  Then  the  L ord  said  to 
 me, ‘ They  have spo ken  well. 18  I  will  raise  up 
 for  them  a proph et  like  you  from  among  their 
broth ers. I  will  put  my  words  in  his  mouth, 
 and  he  will  tell  them ev ery thing  I com mand 
 him. 19  I  will  hold ac count able who ev er  does 
 not lis ten  to  my  words  that  he  speaks  in  my 
 name. 20  But  the proph et  who pre sumes  to 
 speak  a mes sage  in  my  name  that  I  have  not 
com mand ed  him  to  speak,  or  who  speaks  in 
 the  name  of oth er  gods  —   that proph et  must 
 die.’ 21  You  may  say  to your self, ‘ How  can  we 
rec og nize  a mes sage  the  L ord  has  not spo ken? ’ 
22  When  a proph et  speaks  in  the  L ord’ s  name, 
 and  the mes sage  does  not  come  true  or  is  not 
ful filled,  that  is  a mes sage  the  L ord  has  not 
spo ken. The proph et  has spo ken  it pre sump-
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Do  not  be  afraid  of  him. CITIES OF REFUGE
19 
“ When  the  L ord  your  God annihilates 
 the na tions  whose  land  he  is giv ing  you, 
 so  that  you  drive  them  out  and  live  in  their 
cit ies  and hous es, 2  you  are  to  set  apart  three 
cit ies  for your selves with in  the  land  the  L ord 
 your  God  is giv ing  you  to pos sess. 3  You  are 
 to de ter mine  the distances f  and di vide  the 
 land  the  L ord  your  God  is grant ing  you  as  an 
in her i tance  into  three re gions,  so  that any-
one  who com mits manslaughter  can  flee  to 
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4 “ Here  is  the  law con cern ing  a  case  of some-
one  who  kills  a per son  and  flees  there  to  save 
 his  life, hav ing  killed  his neigh bor ac ci den tal ly 
with out pre vi ous ly hat ing  him: 5  If,  for ex am ple, 
 he  goes  into  the for est  with  his neigh bor  to  cut 
tim ber,  and  his  hand  swings  the  ax  to  chop 
 down  a  tree,  but  the  blade  flies  off  the han dle 
 and  strikes  his neigh bor  so  that  he  dies,  that 
per son  may  flee  to  one  of  these cit ies  and  live. 6 Oth er wise,  the aveng er  of  blood  in  the  heat  of 
 his an ger h  might pur sue  the  one  who com mit-
ted manslaughter, over take  him be cause  the 
dis tance  is  great,  and  strike  him  dead.


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Yet  he  did 
 not de serve  to  die, i  since  he  did  not pre vi ous ly 
 hate  his neigh bor. 7  This  is  why  I  am com mand-
ing  you  to  set  apart  three cit ies  for your selves. 8  If  the  L ord  your  God en larg es  your ter ri to ry  as 
 he  swore  to  your fa thers,  and  gives  you  all  the 
 land  he prom ised  to  give  them — 9 pro vid ed 
 you  keep ev ery  one  of  these com mands  I  am 
giv ing  you to day  and fol low  them, lov ing  the 
 L ord  your  God  and walk ing  in  his  ways  at  all 
 times  —   you  are  to  add  three  more cit ies  to 
 these  three. 10  In  this  way , in no cent  blood  will 
a 18:1 LXX; MT reads his   b 18:1 Or his   c 18:5 Lit name all the days   d 18:8 Hb obscure   e 18:10 Lit to make his son or 
daughter pass through the fire   f 19:3 Or to prepare the roads   g 19:3 Lit flee there   h 19:6 Lit heart   i 19:6 Lit did not have 
a judgment of death
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 not  be  shed,  and  you  will  not be come  guilty 
 of blood shed  in  the  land  the  L ord  your  God  is 
giv ing  you  as  an in her i tance. 11  But  if some one 
 hates  his neigh bor,  lies  in am bush  for  him, at-
tacks  him,  and  strikes  him fa tal ly ,  and  flees  to 
 one  of  these cit ies, 12  the el ders  of  his  city  are 
 to  send  for  him,  take  him  from  there,  and  hand 
 him  over  to  the aveng er  of  blood  and  he  will 
 die. 13  Do  not  look  on  him  with  pity  but  purge 
 from Is ra el  the  guilt  of shed ding in no cent  blood, 
 and  you  will pros per. BOUNDARY MARKERS
14 “ Do  not  move  your neigh bor’s bound ary 
mark er, es tab lished  at  the  start  in  the in her-
i tance  you  will re ceive  in  the  land  the  L ord 
 your  God  is giv ing  you  to pos sess. WITNESSES IN COURT
15 “ One wit ness can not es tab lish  any in iq ui ty 
 or  sin  against  a per son, what ev er  that per son 
 has  done.


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A  fact  must  be es tab lished  by  the 
tes ti mo ny  of  two  or  three wit ness es. 16 “ If  a ma li cious wit ness tes ti fies  against 
some one ac cus ing  him  of  a  crime, 17  the  two 
peo ple  in  the dis pute  are  to  stand  in  the pres-
ence  of  the  L ord be fore  the  priests  and judg es 
 in au thor i ty  at  that  time. 18  The judg es  are  to 
 make  a care ful in ves ti ga tion,  and  if  the wit-
ness  turns  out  to  be  a  liar  who  has false ly ac-
cused  his broth er, 19  you  must  do  to  him  as  he 
in tend ed  to  do  to  his broth er. You  must  purge 
 the  evil  from  you.


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20  Then ev ery one  else  will 
 hear  and  be  afraid,  and  they  will nev er  again 
 do any thing  evil  like  this  among  you. 21  Do  not 
 show  pity:  life  for  life,  eye  for  eye,  tooth  for 
 tooth,  hand  for  hand,  and  foot  for  foot. RULES FOR WAR
20 
“ When  you  go  out  to  war  against  your 
en e mies  and  see hors es, char i ots,  and 
 an  army larg er  than  yours,  do  not  be  afraid  of 
 them,  for  the  L ord  your  God,  who  brought  you 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  is  with  you. 2  When 
 you  are  about  to en gage  in bat tle,  the  priest  is 
 to  come for ward  and ad dress  the  army . 3  He 
 is  to  say  to  them: ‘Lis ten, Is ra el: To day  you 
 are  about  to en gage  in bat tle  with  your en-
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Do  not  be  afraid, 
 alarmed,  or ter ri fied be cause  of  them. 4  For 
 the  L ord  your  God  is  the  one  who  goes  with 
 you  to  fight  for  you  against  your en e mies  to 
 give  you vic to ry .’
5 “ The off  i cers  are  to ad dress  the  army , ‘ Has 
 any  man  built  a  new  house  and  not ded i cat ed 
 it? Let  him  leave  and re turn  home.


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Oth er wise, 
 he  may  die  in bat tle  and an oth er  man ded i cate 
 it. 6  Has  any  man plant ed  a vine yard  and  not 
be gun  to en joy  its  fruit? a  Let  him  leave  and 
re turn  home. Oth er wise  he  may  die  in bat tle 
 and an oth er  man en joy  its  fruit. b 7  Has  any 
 man be come en gaged  to  a wom an  and  not 
mar ried  her? Let  him  leave  and re turn  home. Oth er wise  he  may  die  in bat tle  and an oth er 
 man mar ry  her.’ 8  The off  i cers  will con tin ue 
 to ad dress  the  army  and  say , ‘ Is  there  any  man 
 who  is  afraid  or cow ard ly? Let  him  leave  and 
re turn  home,  so  that  his broth ers  won’t  lose 
 heart  as  he  did.’ c 9  When  the off  i cers  have fin-
ished ad dress ing  the  army ,  they  will ap point 
mil i tary com mand ers  to  lead  it. 10 “ When  you ap proach  a  city  to  fight  against 
 it,  make  an off  er  of  peace.


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11  If  it ac cepts  your 
off  er  of  peace  and  opens  its  gates  to  you,  all 
 the peo ple  found  in  it  will be come  forced la-
bor ers  for  you  and  serve  you. 12 How ev er,  if  it 
 does  not  make  peace  with  you  but wag es  war 
 against  you,  lay  siege  to  it. 13  When  the  L ord 
 your  God  hands  it  over  to  you,  strike  down  all 
 its  males  with  the  sword. 14  But  you  may  take 
 the wom en, de pen dents, an i mals,  and what ev-
er  else  is  in  the  city  —   all  its  spoil  —   as plun der. You  may en joy  the  spoil  of  your en e mies  that 
 the  L ord  your  God  has giv en  you. 15  This  is 
 how  you  are  to  treat  all  the cit ies  that  are  far 
 away  from  you  and  are  not  among  the cit ies 
 of  these na tions. 16 How ev er,  you  must  not  let 
 any liv ing  thing sur vive  among  the cit ies  of 
 these peo ple  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you 
 as  an in her i tance. 17  You  must com plete ly de-
stroy  them  —   the Heth ite, Am o rite, Ca naan ite, 
Perizzite, Hi vite,  and Jeb u site  —   as  the  L ord 
 your  God  has com mand ed  you, 18  so  that  they 
 won’t  teach  you  to  do  all  the de test able  acts 
 they  do  for  their  gods,  and  you  sin  against  the 
 L ord  your  God. 19 “ When  you  lay  siege  to  a  city  for  a  long 
 time, fight ing  against  it  in or der  to cap ture 
 it,  do  not de stroy  its  trees  by put ting  an  ax  to 
 them, be cause  you  can  get  food  from  them.


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Do  not  cut  them  down. Are  trees  of  the  field 
hu man,  to  come un der  siege  by  you? 20  But 
 you  may de stroy  the  trees  that  you  know  do 
 not pro duce  food. You  may  cut  them  down 
 to  build  siege  works  against  the  city  that  is 
wag ing  war  against  you, un til  it  falls. a 20:6 Lit not put it to use   b 20:6 Lit man put it to use   c 20:8 Lit brothers’ hearts won’t melt like his own
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UNSOLVED MURDERS
21 
“ If  a mur der vic tim  is  found ly ing  in 
 a  field  in  the  land  the  L ord  your  God 
 is giv ing  you  to pos sess,  and  it  is  not  known 
 who  killed  him, 2  your el ders  and judg es  are 
 to  come  out  and mea sure  the dis tance  from 
 the vic tim  to  the near by cit ies. 3  The el ders 
 of  the  city near est  to  the vic tim  are  to  get  a 
 young  cow  that  has  not  been  yoked  or  used 
 for  work. 4  The el ders  of  that  city  will  bring  the 
 cow  down  to  a con tin u al ly flow ing  stream,  to 
 a  place  not tilled  or  sown,  and  they  will  break 
 its  neck  there  by  the  stream. 5  Then  the  priests, 
 the  sons  of  Levi,  will  come for ward,  for  the 
 L ord  your  God  has cho sen  them  to  serve  him 
 and pro nounce bless ings  in  his  name,  and  they 
 are  to  give  a rul ing  in a ev ery dis pute  and  case 
 of assault. 6  All  the el ders  of  the  city near est 
 to  the vic tim  will  wash  their  hands  by  the 
 stream  over  the  young  cow  whose  neck  has 
 been bro ken. 7  They  will de clare, ‘ Our  hands 
 did  not  shed  this  blood;  our  eyes  did  not  see 
 it. 8  L ord,  wipe  away  the  guilt  of  your peo ple 
Is ra el  whom  you re deemed,  and  do  not  hold 
 the shed ding  of in no cent  blood  against  them.’ 
 Then  the re spon si bil i ty  for blood shed  will 
 be  wiped  away  from  them. 9  You  must  purge 
 from your selves  the  guilt  of shed ding in no-
cent  blood,  for  you  will  be do ing  what  is  right 
 in  the  L ord’ s  sight. FAIR TREATMENT OF CAPTURED WOMEN
10 “ When  you  go  to  war  against  your en e mies 
 and  the  L ord  your  God  hands  them  over  to 
 you  and  you  take  some  of  them pris on er,  and 
11  if  you  see  a beau ti ful wom an  among  the 
cap tives, de sire  her,  and  want  to  take  her  as 
 your  wife, 12  you  are  to  bring  her  into  your 
 house. She  is  to  shave  her  head,  trim  her  nails, 
13 re move  the  clothes  she  was wear ing  when 
 she  was tak en pris on er,  live  in  your  house,  and 
 mourn  for  her fa ther  and moth er  a  full  month.


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Af ter  that,  you  may  have sex u al re la tions  with 
 her  and  be  her hus band,  and  she  will  be  your 
 wife.


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14  Then  if  you  are  not sat is fied  with  her, 
 you  are  to  let  her  go  where  she  wants,  but  you 
 must  not  sell  her  or  treat  her  as mer chan dise, b 
be cause  you  have hu mil i at ed  her. THE RIGHT OF THE FIRSTBORN
15 “ If  a  man  has  two  wives,  one  loved  and  the 
oth er un loved,  and  both  the  loved  and  the 
un loved  bear  him  sons,  and  if  the un loved 
 wife  has  the first born  son, 16  when  that  man 
 gives  what  he  has  to  his  sons  as  an in her i tance, 
 he  is  not  to  show fa vor it ism  to  the  son  of  the 
 loved  wife  as  his first born  over  the first born 
 of  the un loved  wife. 17  He  must ac knowl edge 
 the first born,  the  son  of  the un loved  wife,  by 
giv ing  him  two  shares c,d  of  his es tate,  for  he  is 
 the first fruits  of  his vi ril i ty;  he  has  the  rights 
 of  the first born. A REBELLIOUS SON
18 “ If  a  man  has  a stub born  and re bel lious  son 
 who  does  not  obey  his fa ther  or moth er  and 
 doesn’t lis ten  to  them  even af ter  they dis ci-
pline  him, 19  his fa ther  and moth er  are  to  take 
 hold  of  him  and  bring  him  to  the el ders  of  his 
 city ,  to  the  gate  of  his home town. 20  They  will 
 say  to  the el ders  of  his  city , ‘ This  son  of  ours  is 
stub born  and re bel lious;  he  doesn’t  obey  us. He’s  a glut ton  and  a drunk ard.’ 21  Then  all  the 
 men  of  his  city  will  stone  him  to  death. You 
 must  purge  the  evil  from  you,  and  all Is ra el 
 will  hear  and  be  afraid. DISPLAY OF EXECUTED PEOPLE
22 “ If any one  is  found  guilty  of  an off  ense de-
serv ing  the  death pen al ty  and  is ex e cut ed, 
 and  you  hang  his  body  on  a  tree, 23  you  are 
 not  to  leave  his  corpse  on  the  tree over night 
 but  are  to  bury  him  that  day ,  for any one  hung 
 on  a  tree  is un der  God’s  curse. You  must  not 
de file  the  land  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing 
 you  as  an in her i tance.


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CARING FOR YOUR BROTHER’S PROPERTY
22 
“ If  you  see  your broth er Israelite’s  ox  or 
 sheep stray ing,  do  not ig nore  it;  make 
 sure  you re turn  it  to  your broth er. 2  If  your 
broth er  does  not  live  near  you  or  you  don’t 
 know  him,  you  are  to  bring  the an i mal  to  your 
 home  to re main  with  you un til  your broth er 
 comes look ing  for  it;  then  you  can re turn  it 
 to  him. 3  Do  the  same  for  his don key ,  his gar-
ment,  or any thing  your broth er  has  lost  and 
 you  have  found. You  must  not ig nore  it.


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4  If  you 
 see  your broth er’s don key  or  ox fall en  down 
 on  the  road,  do  not ig nore  it;  help  him  lift  it  up. PRESERVING NATURAL DISTINCTIONS
5 “ A wom an  is  not  to  wear  male cloth ing,  and 
 a  man  is  not  to  put  on  a wom an’s gar ment,  for 
a 21:5 Lit and according to their mouth will be   b 21:14 Hb obscure   c 21:17 Lit him mouth of two, or  two mouthfuls    
d 21:17 Or two-thirds
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ev ery one  who  does  these  things  is de test able 
 to  the  L ord  your  God. 6 “ If  you  come  across  a  bird’s  nest  with 
 chicks  or  eggs, ei ther  in  a  tree  or  on  the 
 ground  along  the  road,  and  the moth er  is 
sit ting  on  the  chicks  or  eggs,  do  not  take  the 
moth er  along  with  the  young. 7  You  may  take 
 the  young  for your self,  but  be  sure  to  let  the 
moth er  go  free,  so  that  you  may pros per  and 
 live  long. 8  If  you  build  a  new  house,  make  a 
railing  around  your  roof,  so  that  you  don’t 
 bring blood guilt  on  your  house  if some one 
 falls  from  it. 9  Do  not  plant  your vine yard 
 with  two  types  of  seed; oth er wise,  the en-
tire har vest,  both  the  crop  you  plant  and  the 
pro duce  of  the vine yard,  will  be de filed. 10  Do 
 not  plow  with  an  ox  and  a don key to geth er. 11  Do  not  wear  clothes  made  of  both  wool  and 
lin en.


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12  Make tas sels  on  the  four cor ners  of 
 the out er gar ment  you  wear. VIOLATIONS OF PROPER SEXUAL CONDUCT
13 “ If  a  man mar ries  a wom an,  has sex u al re-
la tions  with  her,  and  comes  to  hate  her, 14  and 
ac cus es  her  of shame ful con duct,  and  gives 
 her  a  bad  name, say ing, ‘ I mar ried  this wom an 
 and  was in ti mate  with  her,  but  I  didn’t  find  any 
ev i dence  of  her vir gin i ty ,’ 15  the  young wom an’s 
fa ther  and moth er  will  take  the ev i dence  of  her 
vir gin i ty  and  bring  it  to  the  city el ders  at  the 
 city  gate. 16  The  young wom an’s fa ther  will  say 
 to  the el ders, ‘ I  gave  my daugh ter  to  this  man 
 as  a  wife,  but  he  hates  her. 17  He  has ac cused 
 her  of shame ful con duct, say ing: “ I  didn’t  find 
 any ev i dence  of  your daugh ter’s vir gin i ty ,”  but 
 here  is  the ev i dence  of  my daugh ter’s vir gin i ty .’ 
 They  will  spread  out  the  cloth be fore  the  city 
el ders. 18  Then  the el ders  of  that  city  will  take 
 the  man  and pun ish  him. 19  They  will  also  fine 
 him  a hun dred sil ver shek els  and  give  them 
 to  the  young wom an’s fa ther, be cause  that 
 man  gave  an Is ra el ite vir gin  a  bad  name. She 
 will re main  his  wife;  he can not di vorce  her 
 as  long  as  he  lives. 20  But  if  this ac cu sa tion  is 
 true  and  no ev i dence  of  the  young wom an’s 
vir gin i ty  is  found, 21  they  will  bring  the wom an 
 to  the  door  of  her fa ther’s  house,  and  the  men 
 of  her  city  will  stone  her  to  death. For  she  has 
com mit ted  an outrage  in Is ra el  by be ing pro-
mis cu ous  while liv ing  in  her fa ther’s  house. You  must  purge  the  evil  from  you. 22 “ If  a  man  is dis cov ered hav ing sex u al re la-
tions  with an oth er  man’s  wife,  both  the  man 
 who  had  sex  with  the wom an  and  the wom an 
 must  die. You  must  purge  the  evil  from Is ra el. 23  If  there  is  a  young wom an  who  is  a vir gin 
en gaged  to  a  man,  and an oth er  man encounters 
 her  in  the  city  and  sleeps  with  her, 24  take  the 
 two  of  them  out  to  the  gate  of  that  city  and 
 stone  them  to  death  —   the  young wom an be-
cause  she  did  not  cry  out  in  the  city  and  the 
 man be cause  he  has vi o lat ed  his neigh bor’s 
fiancée. You  must  purge  the  evil  from  you. 25  But 
 if  the  man encounters  an en gaged wom an  in 
 the  open coun try ,  and  he seiz es  and  rapes  her, 
 only  the  man  who  raped  her  must  die. 26  Do 
noth ing  to  the  young wom an, be cause  she  is 
 not  guilty  of  an off  ense de serv ing  death. This 
 case  is  just  like  one  in  which  a  man at tacks  his 
neigh bor  and mur ders  him.


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27  When  he  found 
 her  in  the  field,  the en gaged wom an  cried  out, 
 but  there  was  no  one  to res cue  her. 28  If  a  man 
encounters  a  young wom an,  a vir gin  who  is 
 not en gaged,  takes  hold  of  her  and  rapes  her, 
 and  they  are dis cov ered, 29  the  man  who  raped 
 her  is  to  give  the  young wom an’s fa ther fif ty 
sil ver shek els,  and  she  will be come  his  wife 
be cause  he vi o lat ed  her. He can not di vorce 
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30 “ A  man  is  not  to mar ry  his fa ther’s  wife; 
 he  must  not vi o late  his fa ther’s mar riage  bed. a
EXCLUSION AND INCLUSION
23 
“ No  man  whose tes ti cles  have  been 
 crushed b  or  whose penis  has  been  cut 
 off  may en ter  the  L ord’ s as sem bly . 2  No  one  of 
il le git i mate  birth  may en ter  the  L ord’ s as sem-
bly;  none  of  his de scen dants,  even  to  the  tenth 
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3  No 
Am mon ite  or Mo ab ite  may en ter  the  L ord’ s 
as sem bly;  none  of  their de scen dants,  even  to 
 the  tenth gen er a tion,  may  ever en ter  the  L ord’ s 
as sem bly . 4  This  is be cause  they  did  not  meet 
 you  with  food  and wa ter  on  the jour ney af ter 
 you  came  out  of  Egypt,  and be cause Ba laam 
 son  of  Beor  from Pe thor  in Aram-na ha ra im 
 was  hired  to  curse  you. 5  Yet  the  L ord  your 
 God  would  not lis ten  to Ba laam,  but  he  turned 
 the  curse  into  a bless ing  for  you be cause  the 
 L ord  your  God  loves  you. 6 Nev er pur sue  their 
wel fare  or pros per i ty  as  long  as  you  live.


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7  Do 
 not de spise  an Edom ite, be cause  he  is  your 
broth er. Do  not de spise  an Egyp tian, be cause 
 you  were  a res i dent  alien  in  his  land. 8  The 
chil dren  born  to  them  in  the  third gen er a tion 
 may en ter  the  L ord’ s as sem bly .


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CLEANLINESS OF THE CAMP
9 “ When  you  are en camped  against  your en e-
mies,  be care ful  to  avoid any thing off  en sive. 10  If  there  is  a  man  among  you  who  is un clean 
be cause  of  a bodi ly emis sion dur ing  the  night, 
 he  must  go out side  the  camp;  he  may  not  come 
any where in side  the  camp. 11  When eve ning 
ap proach es,  he  is  to  wash  with wa ter,  and 
 when  the  sun  sets  he  may  come in side  the 
 camp. 12  You  are  to  have  a  place out side  the 
 camp  and  go  there  to re lieve your self. 13  You 
 are  to  have  a dig ging  tool  in  your equip ment; 
 when  you re lieve your self,  dig  a  hole  with  it 
 and cov er  up  your ex cre ment. 14  For  the  L ord 
 your  God  walks through out  your  camp  to pro-
tect  you  and de liv er  your en e mies  to  you;  so 
 your encampments  must  be  holy .


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He  must  not 
 see any thing in de cent  among  you  or  he  will 
 turn  away  from  you. FUGITIVE SLAVES
15 “ Do  not re turn  a  slave  to  his mas ter  when 
 he  has es caped  from  his mas ter  to  you. 16  Let 
 him  live  among  you wher ev er  he  wants with in 
 your  city  gates.


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Do  not mis treat  him. CULT PROSTITUTION FORBIDDEN
17 “ No Is ra el ite wom an  is  to  be  a  cult pros ti tute, 
 and  no Is ra el ite  man  is  to  be  a  cult pros ti tute. 18  Do  not  bring  a fe male pros ti tute’s wag es  or 
 a  male pros ti tute’s a earn ings  into  the  house  of 
 the  L ord  your  God  to ful fill  any  vow , be cause 
 both  are de test able  to  the  L ord  your  God. INTEREST ON LOANS
19 “ Do  not  charge  your broth er in ter est  on sil-
ver,  food,  or any thing  that  can  earn in ter est. 20  You  may  charge  a for eign er in ter est,  but 
 you  must  not  charge  your broth er Is ra el ite 
in ter est,  so  that  the  L ord  your  God  may  bless 
 you  in ev ery thing  you  do b  in  the  land  you  are 
en ter ing  to pos sess. KEEPING VOWS
21 “ If  you  make  a  vow  to  the  L ord  your  God, 
 do  not  be  slow  to  keep  it, be cause  he  will re-
quire  it  of  you,  and  it  will  be count ed  against 
 you  as  sin. 22  But  if  you re frain  from mak ing  a 
 vow ,  it  will  not  be count ed  against  you  as  sin. 23  Be care ful  to  do what ev er  comes  from  your 
 lips, be cause  you  have free ly  vowed  what  you 
prom ised c  to  the  L ord  your  God. NEIGHBOR’S CROPS
24 “ When  you en ter  your neigh bor’s vine yard, 
 you  may  eat  as  many  grapes  as  you  want un til 
 you  are  full,  but  do  not  put  any  in  your con tain-
er. 25  When  you en ter  your neigh bor’s stand ing 
 grain,  you  may  pluck  heads  of  grain  with  your 
 hand,  but  do  not  put  a sick le  to  your neigh-
bor’s  grain. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE LAWS
24 
“ If  a  man mar ries  a wom an,  but  she be-
comes dis pleas ing  to  him d be cause  he 
 finds some thing in de cent  about  her,  he  may 
 write  her  a di vorce cer tifi   cate,  hand  it  to  her, 
 and  send  her  away  from  his  house. 2  If af ter 
leav ing  his  house  she  goes  and be comes an-
oth er  man’s  wife, 3  and  the sec ond  man  hates 
 her,  writes  her  a di vorce cer tifi   cate,  hands  it 
 to  her,  and  sends  her  away  from  his  house 
 or  if  he  dies, 4  the  first hus band  who  sent  her 
 away  may  not mar ry  her  again af ter  she  has 
 been de filed, be cause  that  would  be de test-
able  to  the  L ord. You  must  not  bring  guilt  on 
 the  land  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you  as 
 an in her i tance.


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5 “ When  a  man  takes  a  bride,  he  must  not 
 go  out  with  the  army  or  be li a ble  for  any  duty . He  is  free  to  stay  at  home  for  one  year,  so  that 
 he  can  bring  joy  to  the  wife  he  has mar ried. SAFEGUARDING LIFE
6 “ Do  not  take  a  pair  of grindstones  or  even 
 the up per mill stone  as se cu ri ty  for  a  debt, 
be cause  that  is  like tak ing  a  life  as se cu ri ty . 7 “ If  a  man  is dis cov ered kid nap ping  one  of 
 his Is ra el ite broth ers, wheth er  he  treats  him 
 as  a  slave  or  sells  him,  the kid nap per  must  die.


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You  must  purge  the  evil  from  you. 8 “ Be care ful  with  a per son  who  has  a  case 
 of se ri ous  skin dis ease, fol low ing care ful ly 
ev ery thing  the Le vit i cal  priests in struct  you 
 to  do. Be care ful  to  do  as  I  have com mand ed 
 them.


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9 Re mem ber  what  the  L ord  your  God  did 
 to Mir i am  on  the jour ney af ter  you  left  Egypt. CONSIDERATION FOR PEOPLE IN NEED
10 “ When  you  make  a  loan  of  any  kind  to  your 
neigh bor,  do  not en ter  his  house  to col lect  what 
 he off  ers  as se cu ri ty . 11  Stand out side  while 
 the  man  you  are mak ing  the  loan  to  brings 
 the se cu ri ty  out  to  you. 12  If  he  is  a  poor  man, 
 do  not  sleep  with  the gar ment  he  has giv en 
a 23:18 Lit a dog’s   b 23:20 Lit you put your hand to   c 23:23 Lit promised with your mouth   d 24:1 Lit she does not find favor 
in his eyes
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 as se cu ri ty . 13  Be  sure  to re turn  it a  to  him  at 
sun set. Then  he  will  sleep  in  it  and  bless  you, 
 and  this  will  be count ed  as righ teous ness  to 
 you be fore  the  L ord  your  God. 14 “ Do  not op press  a  hired work er  who  is 
 poor  and  needy , wheth er  one  of  your Is ra el-
ite broth ers  or  one  of  the res i dent  aliens  in  a 
 town b  in  your  land. 15  You  are  to  pay  him  his 
wag es  each  day be fore  the  sun  sets, be cause 
 he  is  poor  and de pends  on  them. Oth er wise 
 he  will  cry  out  to  the  L ord  against  you,  and 
 you  will  be  held  guilty . 16 “Fa thers  are  not  to  be  put  to  death  for 
 their chil dren,  and chil dren  are  not  to  be 
 put  to  death  for  their fa thers;  each per son 
 will  be  put  to  death  for  his  own  sin. 17  Do  not 
 deny jus tice  to  a res i dent  alien  or fa ther less 
 child,  and  do  not  take  a wid ow’s gar ment  as 
se cu ri ty . 18 Re mem ber  that  you  were  a  slave 
 in  Egypt,  and  the  L ord  your  God re deemed 
 you  from  there. There fore  I  am com mand ing 
 you  to  do  this. 19 “ When  you  reap  the har vest  in  your  field, 
 and  you for get  a  sheaf  in  the  field,  do  not  go 
 back  to  get  it. It  is  to  be  left  for  the res i dent 
 alien,  the fa ther less,  and  the wid ow ,  so  that  the 
 L ord  your  God  may  bless  you  in  all  the  work 
 of  your  hands. 20  When  you  knock  down  the 
 fruit  from  your ol ive  tree,  do  not  go  over  the  
branch es  again. What re mains  will  be  for   
the res i dent  alien,  the fa ther less,  and  the wid-
ow. 21  When  you gath er  the  grapes  of  your vine-
yard,  do  not  glean  what  is  left. What re mains 
 will  be  for  the res i dent  alien,  the fa ther less, 
 and  the wid ow .


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There fore  I  am 
com mand ing  you  to  do  this. FAIRNESS AND MERCY
25 
“ If  there  is  a dis pute be tween  men,  they 
 are  to  go  to  court,  and  the judg es  will 
 hear  their  case. They  will  clear  the in no cent 
 and con demn  the  guilty .


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2  If  the  guilty par ty 
de serves  to  be  flogged,  the  judge  will  make 
 him  lie  down  and  be  flogged  in  his pres ence 
 with  the num ber  of lash es ap pro pri ate  for  his 
 crime. 3  He  may  be  flogged  with for ty lash es, 
 but  no  more. Oth er wise,  if  he  is  flogged  with 
 more lash es  than  these,  your broth er  will  be 
de grad ed  in  your  sight. 4 “ Do  not muz zle  an  ox  while  it  treads  out 
 grain. PRESERVING THE FAMILY LINE
5 “ When broth ers  live  on  the  same prop er ty c 
 and  one  of  them  dies with out  a  son,  the  wife 
 of  the  dead  man  may  not mar ry  a strang er 
out side  the fam i ly . Her brother-in-law  is  to 
 take  her  as  his  wife,  have sex u al re la tions  with 
 her,  and per form  the  duty  of  a brother-in-law 
 for  her. 6  The  first  son  she  bears  will car ry  on 
 the  name  of  the  dead broth er,  so  his  name  will 
 not  be blot ted  out  from Is ra el. 7  But  if  the  man 
 doesn’t  want  to mar ry  his sister-in-law ,  she  is 
 to  go  to  the el ders  at  the  city  gate  and  say , ‘ My 
brother-in-law re fus es  to pre serve  his broth er’s 
 name  in Is ra el. He  isn’t will ing  to per form  the 
 duty  of  a brother-in-law  for  me.’ 8  The el ders  of 
 his  city  will sum mon  him  and  speak  with  him. If  he per sists  and  says, ‘ I  don’t  want  to mar ry 
 her,’ 9  then  his sister-in-law  will  go  up  to  him 
 in  the  sight  of  the el ders, re move  his san dal 
 from  his  foot,  and  spit  in  his  face. Then  she 
 will de clare, ‘ This  is  what  is  done  to  a  man  who 
 will  not  build  up  his broth er’s  house.’ 10  And 
 his fam i ly  name  in Is ra el  will  be ‘ The  house  of 
 the  man  whose san dal  was re moved.’
11 “ If  two  men  are fight ing  with  each oth er, 
 and  the  wife  of  one  steps  in  to res cue  her hus-
band  from  the  one strik ing  him,  and  she  puts 
 out  her  hand  and grabs  his gen i tals, 12  you  are 
 to  cut  off  her  hand. Do  not  show  pity .


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HONEST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
13 “ Do  not  have diff  er ing  weights d  in  your  bag, 
 one  heavy  and  one  light. 14  Do  not  have diff  er-
ing  dry mea sures  in  your  house,  a larg er  and 
 a small er. 15  You  must  have  a  full  and hon est 
 weight,  a  full  and hon est  dry mea sure,  so  that 
 you  may  live  long  in  the  land  the  L ord  your 
 God  is giv ing  you. 16  For ev ery one  who  does 
 such  things  and  acts unfairly  is de test able  to 
 the  L ord  your  God. REVENGE ON THE AMALEKITES
17 “Re mem ber  what  the Am a lek ites  did  to  you 
 on  the jour ney af ter  you  left  Egypt. 18  They 
 met  you  along  the  way  and at tacked  all  your 
strag glers  from be hind  when  you  were  tired 
 and wea ry .


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They  did  not  fear  God. 19  When  the 
 L ord  your  God  gives  you  rest  from  all  the en-
e mies  around  you  in  the  land  the  L ord  your 
 God  is giv ing  you  to pos sess  as  an in her i tance, 
 blot  out  the mem o ry  of Am a lek un der heav en. Do  not for get.


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a 24:13 Lit return what he has given as security   b 24:14 Lit within the city gates   c 25:5 Lit live together   d 25:13 Lit have a 
stone and a stone
DEUTERONOMY 24-25 172
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GIVING THE FIRSTFRUITS
26 
“ When  you en ter  the  land  the  L ord  your 
 God  is giv ing  you  as  an in her i tance,  and 
 you  take pos ses sion  of  it  and  live  in  it, 2  take 
 some  of  the  first  of  all  the  land’s pro duce  that 
 you har vest  from  the  land  the  L ord  your  God 
 is giv ing  you  and  put  it  in  a bas ket. Then  go  to 
 the  place  where  the  L ord  your  God  chooses  to 
 have  his  name  dwell. 3  When  you  come be fore 
 the  priest  who  is serv ing  at  that  time,  say  to 
 him, ‘To day  I de clare  to  the  L ord  your a  God 
 that  I  have en tered  the  land  the  L ord  swore 
 to  our fa thers  to  give  us.’
4 “ Then  the  priest  will  take  the bas ket  from 
 you  and  place  it be fore  the al tar  of  the  L ord 
 your  God. 5  You  are  to re spond  by say ing  in 
 the pres ence  of  the  L ord  your  God:
My father was a wandering Aramean.


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There he 
became a great, powerful, and populous 
nation. 6 But the Egyptians mistreated and 
oppressed us, and forced us to do hard 
labor. 7 So we called out to the Lord, the 
God of our fathers, and the Lord heard 
our cry and saw our misery , hardship, and 
oppression. 8 Then the Lord brought us 
out of Egypt with a strong hand and an 
outstretched arm, with terrifying power, 
and with signs and wonders. 9 He led us 
to this place and gave us this land, a land 
flowing with milk and honey . 10 I have 
now brought the first of the land’s pro -
duce that you, Lord, have given me. You  will  then  place  the con tain er be fore  the 
 L ord  your  God  and  bow  down  to  him. 11  You, 
 the Le vites,  and  the res i dent  aliens  among 
 you  will re joice  in  all  the  good  things  the  L ord 
 your  God  has giv en  you  and  your house hold. THE TENTH IN THE THIRD YEAR
12 “ When  you  have fin ished pay ing  all  the  tenth 
 of  your pro duce  in  the  third  year,  the  year  of 
 the  tenth,  you  are  to  give  it  to  the Le vites, res-
i dent  aliens, fa ther less chil dren  and wid ows, 
 so  that  they  may  eat  in  your  towns  and  be 
sat is fied. 13  Then  you  will  say  in  the pres ence 
 of  the  L ord  your  God:
I have taken the consecrated portion 
out of my house; I have also given it to 
the Levites, resident aliens, fatherless 
children, and widows, according to all 
the commands you gave me.


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14 I 
have not eaten any of it while in mourn -
ing, or removed any of it while unclean, 
or offered any of it for the dead. I have 
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you commanded me.


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15 Look down from 
your holy dwelling, from heaven, and 
bless your people Israel and the land you 
have given us as you swore to our fathers, 
a land flowing with milk and honey . COVENANT SUMMARY
16 “ The  L ord  your  God  is com mand ing  you  this 
 day  to fol low  these stat utes  and or di nances. Fol low  them care ful ly  with  all  your  heart  and 
 all  your  soul. 17 To day  you  have affirmed  that 
 the  L ord  is  your  God  and  that  you  will  walk 
 in  his  ways,  keep  his stat utes, com mands,  and 
or di nances,  and  obey  him. 18  And to day  the 
 L ord  has affirmed  that  you  are  his  own pos-
ses sion  as  he prom ised  you,  that  you  are  to 
 keep  all  his com mands, 19  that  he  will el e vate 
 you  to  praise,  fame,  and glo ry  above  all  the na-
tions  he  has  made,  and  that  you  will  be  a  holy 
peo ple  to  the  L ord  your  God  as  he prom ised.”
THE LAW WRITTEN ON STONES
27 
Mo ses  and  the el ders  of Is ra el com mand-
ed  the peo ple, “ Keep ev ery com mand  I  am 
giv ing  you to day . 2  When  you  cross  the Jor dan 
 into  the  land  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you, 
 set  up  large  stones  and cov er  them  with plas ter. 3  Write  all  the  words  of  this  law  on  the  stones 
af ter  you  cross  to en ter  the  land  the  L ord  your 
 God  is giv ing  you,  a  land flow ing  with  milk  and 
hon ey ,  as  the  L ord,  the  God  of  your fa thers, 
 has prom ised  you. 4  When  you  have  crossed 
 the Jor dan,  you  are  to  set  up  these  stones  on 
 Mount  Ebal,  as  I  am com mand ing  you to day , 
 and  you  are  to cov er  them  with plas ter. 5  Build 
 an al tar  of  stones  there  to  the  L ord  your  God  
—   do  not  use  any  iron  tool  on  them. 6  Use un cut 
 stones  to  build  the al tar  of  the  L ord  your  God 
 and off  er  burnt off  er ings  to  the  L ord  your  God 
 on  it. 7  There  you  are  to sac ri fice fel low ship of-
fer ings,  eat,  and re joice  in  the pres ence  of  the 
 L ord  your  God. 8  Write clear ly  all  the  words  of 
 this  law  on  the plas tered  stones.”
THE COVENANT CURSES
9 Mo ses  and  the Le vit i cal  priests  spoke  to  all 
Is ra el, “ Be si lent, Is ra el,  and lis ten! This  day 
 you  have be come  the peo ple  of  the  L ord  your 
a 26:3 LXX reads my
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 God. 10  Obey  the  L ord  your  God  and fol low  his 
com mands  and stat utes  I  am giv ing  you to day .”
11  On  that  day Mo ses com mand ed  the peo ple, 
12 “ When  you  have  crossed  the Jor dan,  these 
 tribes  will  stand  on  Mount Ge ri zim  to  bless  the 
peo ple: Sim e on,  Levi, Ju dah, Is sa char, Jo seph, 
 and Ben ja min. 13  And  these  tribes  will  stand 
 on  Mount  Ebal  to de liv er  the  curse: Reu ben, 
 Gad, Ash er, Zeb u lun,  Dan,  and Naph ta li. 14  The 
Le vites  will pro claim  in  a  loud  voice  to ev ery 
Is ra el ite:
15 ‘The person who makes a carved idol 
or cast image, which is detestable to the 
Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it 
up in secret is cursed.’
And all the people will reply , ‘ Amen!


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’
17 ‘The one who moves his neighbor’s 
boundary marker is cursed.’
And all the people will say , ‘ Amen! ’
18 ‘The one who leads a blind person 
astray on the road is cursed.’
And all the people will say , ‘ Amen! ’
19 ‘The one who denies justice to a 
resident alien, a fatherless child, or a 
widow is cursed.’
And all the people will say , ‘ Amen! ’
20 ‘The one who sleeps with his father’s 
wife is cursed, for he has violated his 
father’s marriage bed.’  a
And all the people will say , ‘ Amen! ’
21 ‘The one who has sexual intercourse 
with any animal is cursed.’
And all the people will say , ‘ Amen! ’
22 ‘The one who sleeps with his sister, 
whether his father’s daughter or his 
mother’s daughter is cursed.’
And all the people will say , ‘ Amen! ’
23 ‘The one who sleeps with his 
mother-in-law is cursed.’
And all the people will say , ‘ Amen! ’
24 ‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor 
is cursed.’
And all the people will say , ‘ Amen! ’
25 ‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an 
innocent person is cursed.’
And all the people will say , ‘ Amen! ’
26 ‘ Anyone who does not put the words of 
this law into practice is cursed.’
And all the people will say , ‘ Amen! ’
BLESSINGS FOR OBEDIENCE
28 
“ Now  if  you faith ful ly  obey  the  L ord 
 your  God  and  are care ful  to fol low 
 all  his com mands  I  am giv ing  you to day ,  the 
 L ord  your  God  will  put  you  far  above  all  the 
na tions  of  the  earth. 2  All  these bless ings  will 
 come  and over take  you, be cause  you  obey  the 
 L ord  your  God:
 3 You will be blessed in the city
  and blessed in the country . 4 Your offspring b will be blessed,
  and your land’s produce,
  and the offspring of your livestock,
  including the young of your herds
  and the newborn of your flocks. 5 Your basket and kneading bowl 
will be blessed.


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7 “ The  L ord  will  cause  the en e mies  who  rise 
 up  against  you  to  be de feat ed be fore  you. They 
 will  march  out  against  you  from  one di rec tion 
 but  flee  from  you  in sev en di rec tions. 8  The 
 L ord  will  grant  you  a bless ing  on  your  barns 
 and  on ev ery thing  you  do; c  he  will  bless  you  in 
 the  land  the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you. 9  The 
 L ord  will es tab lish  you  as  his  holy peo ple,  as 
 he  swore  to  you,  if  you  obey  the com mands  of 
 the  L ord  your  God  and  walk  in  his  ways. 10  Then 
 all  the peo ples  of  the  earth  will  see  that  you 
 bear  the  L ord’ s  name,  and  they  will  stand  in 
 awe  of  you. 11  The  L ord  will  make  you pros per 
abun dant ly  with off spring, d  the off spring  of 
 your live stock,  and  your  land’s pro duce  in  the 
 land  the  L ord  swore  to  your fa thers  to  give 
 you. 12  The  L ord  will  open  for  you  his abun dant 
store house,  the  sky ,  to  give  your  land  rain  in  its 
sea son  and  to  bless  all  the  work  of  your  hands. You  will  lend  to  many na tions,  but  you  will  not 
bor row . 13  The  L ord  will  make  you  the  head 
 and  not  the  tail;  you  will  only  move up ward 
 and nev er down ward  if  you lis ten  to  the  L ord 
 your  God’s com mands  I  am giv ing  you to day 
 and  are care ful  to fol low  them. 14  Do  not  turn 
 aside  to  the  right  or  the  left  from  all  the  things 
 I  am com mand ing  you to day ,  and  do  not fol low 
oth er  gods  to wor ship  them. CURSES FOR DISOBEDIENCE
15 “ But  if  you  do  not  obey  the  L ord  your  God 
 by care ful ly fol low ing  all  his com mands  and 
a 27:20 Lit has uncovered the edge of his father’s garment ; Ru 3:9; Ezk 16:8   b 28:4 Lit The fruit of your womb, also in v . 18   
c 28:8 Lit you put your hand to, also in v .


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20   d 28:11 Lit abundantly in the fruit of your womb
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stat utes  I  am giv ing  you to day ,  all  these curs es 
 will  come  and over take  you:
 16 You will be cursed in the city
  and cursed in the country . 17 Your basket and kneading bowl 
will be cursed.


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18 Your offspring will be cursed,
  and your land’s produce,
  the young of your herds,
  and the newborn of your flocks. 19 You will be cursed when you come in
  and cursed when you go out. 20  The  L ord  will  send  against  you curs es, con fu-
sion,  and re buke  in ev ery thing  you  do un til  you 
 are de stroyed  and quick ly per ish, be cause  of 
 the wick ed ness  of  your ac tions  in abandoning 
 me. 21  The  L ord  will  make pes ti lence  cling  to 
 you un til  he  has exterminated  you  from  the 
 land  you  are en ter ing  to pos sess. 22  The  L ord 
 will afflict  you  with wast ing dis ease, fe ver, 
in flam ma tion, burn ing  heat,  drought, a  blight, 
 and mil dew;  these  will pur sue  you un til  you 
per ish. 23  The  sky  above  you  will  be  bronze, 
 and  the  earth be neath  you  iron. 24  The  L ord 
 will  turn  the  rain  of  your  land  into fall ing b 
 dust;  it  will de scend  on  you  from  the  sky un til 
 you  are de stroyed. 25  The  L ord  will  cause  you 
 to  be de feat ed be fore  your en e mies. You  will 
 march  out  against  them  from  one di rec tion 
 but  flee  from  them  in sev en di rec tions. You 
 will  be  an ob ject  of hor ror  to  all  the king doms 
 of  the  earth. 26  Your  corpses  will  be  food  for 
 all  the  birds  of  the  sky  and  the  wild an i mals 
 of  the  earth,  with  no  one  to scare  them  away . 27 “ The  L ord  will afflict  you  with  the  boils  of 
 Egypt, tu mors,  a fes ter ing  rash,  and sca bies, 
 from  which  you can not  be  cured. 28  The  L ord 
 will afflict  you  with mad ness, blind ness,  and 
mental con fu sion, 29  so  that  at  noon  you  will 
 grope  as  a  blind per son gropes  in  the  dark. You 
 will  not  be suc cess ful  in any thing  you  do.


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You 
 will  only  be op pressed  and  robbed con tin u al ly , 
 and  no  one  will  help  you. 30  You  will be come 
en gaged  to  a wom an,  but an oth er  man  will 
 rape  her. You  will  build  a  house  but  not  live 
 in  it.


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You  will  plant  a vine yard  but  not en joy 
 its  fruit. 31  Your  ox  will  be slaugh tered be fore 
 your  eyes,  but  you  will  not  eat  any  of  it. Your 
don key  will  be tak en  away  from  you  and  not 
re turned  to  you.


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Your  flock  will  be giv en  to 
 your en e mies,  and  no  one  will  help  you. 32  Your 
 sons  and daugh ters  will  be giv en  to an oth er 
peo ple,  while  your  eyes  grow wea ry look ing 
 for  them ev ery  day . But  you  will  be pow er less 
 to  do any thing.


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c 33  A peo ple  you  don’t  know  will 
 eat  your  land’s pro duce  and ev ery thing  you 
 have la bored  for. You  will  only  be op pressed 
 and  crushed con tin u al ly .


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34  You  will  be driv en 
 mad  by  what  you  see. 35  The  L ord  will afflict 
 you  with pain ful  and in cur able  boils  on  your 
 knees  and  thighs  —   from  the  sole  of  your  foot 
 to  the  top  of  your  head. 36 “ The  L ord  will  bring  you  and  your  king 
 that  you  have ap point ed  to  a na tion nei ther  you 
 nor  your fa thers  have  known,  and  there  you 
 will wor ship oth er  gods,  of  wood  and  stone. 37  You  will be come  an ob ject  of hor ror,  scorn, 
 and rid i cule  among  all  the peo ples  where  the 
 L ord  will  drive  you. 38 “ You  will  sow  much  seed  in  the  field  but 
har vest lit tle, be cause lo custs  will de vour  it. 39  You  will  plant  and cul ti vate vine yards  but 
 not  drink  the  wine  or gath er  the  grapes, be-
cause  worms  will  eat  them. 40  You  will  have 
ol ive  trees through out  your ter ri to ry  but  not 
moist en  your  skin  with  oil, be cause  your ol-
ives  will  drop  off. 41  You  will fa ther  sons  and 
daugh ters,  but  they  will  not re main  yours, 
be cause  they  will  be tak en pris on er. 42 Buzzing 
in sects  will  take pos ses sion  of  all  your  trees 
 and  your  land’s pro duce. 43  The res i dent  alien 
 among  you  will  rise high er  and high er  above 
 you,  while  you  sink low er  and low er. 44  He  will 
 lend  to  you,  but  you  won’t  lend  to  him.


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He  will 
 be  the  head,  and  you  will  be  the  tail. 45 “ All  these curs es  will  come, pur sue,  and 
over take  you un til  you  are de stroyed,  since  you 
 did  not  obey  the  L ord  your  God  and  keep  the 
com mands  and stat utes  he  gave  you. 46  These 
curs es  will  be  a  sign  and  a won der  against 
 you  and  your de scen dants for ev er. 47 Be cause 
 you  didn’t  serve  the  L ord  your  God  with  joy 
 and  a cheer ful  heart,  even  though  you  had 
 an abun dance  of ev ery thing, 48  you  will  serve 
 your en e mies  the  L ord  will  send  against  you, 
 in fam ine,  thirst, na ked ness,  and  a  lack  of ev-
ery thing. He  will  place  an  iron  yoke  on  your 
 neck un til  he  has de stroyed  you. 49  The  L ord 
 will  bring  a na tion  from  far  away ,  from  the 
 ends  of  the  earth,  to  swoop  down  on  you  like 
 an ea gle,  a na tion  whose lan guage  you  won’t 
un der stand, 50  a ruth less na tion, d show ing 
 no re spect  for  the  old  and  not spar ing  the 
 young. 51  They  will  eat  the off spring  of  your 
live stock  and  your  land’s pro duce un til  you 
 are de stroyed. They  will  leave  you  no  grain, 
a 28:22 Or sword   b 28:24 Lit powder and   c 28:32 Lit day, and not for power your hand   d 28:50 Lit a nation strong of face
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 new  wine,  fresh  oil,  young  of  your  herds,  or 
new born  of  your  flocks un til  they  cause  you 
 to per ish. 52  They  will be siege  you with in  all 
 your  city  gates un til  your  high  and for ti fied 
 walls,  that  you  trust  in,  come  down through-
out  your  land. They  will be siege  you with in  all 
 your  city  gates through out  the  land  the  L ord 
 your  God  has giv en  you. 53 “ You  will  eat  your off spring, a  the  flesh  of 
 your  sons  and daugh ters  the  L ord  your  God 
 has giv en  you dur ing  the  siege  and hard ship 
 your en e my imposes  on  you. 54  The  most sen-
si tive  and re fined  man  among  you  will  look 
grudg ing ly b  at  his broth er,  the  wife  he em brac-
es, c  and  the  rest  of  his chil dren, 55 re fus ing  to 
 share  with  any  of  them  his chil dren’s  flesh 
 that  he  will  eat be cause  he  has noth ing  left 
dur ing  the  siege  and hard ship  your en e my 
imposes  on  you  in  all  your  towns. 56  The  most 
sen si tive  and re fined wom an  among  you,  who 
 would  not ven ture  to  set  the  sole  of  her  foot 
 on  the  ground be cause  of  her refinement  and 
sen si tiv i ty ,  will be grudge  the hus band  she 
em brac es,  her  son,  and  her daugh ter, 57  the 
af ter birth  that  comes  out  from be tween  her 
 legs  and  the chil dren  she  bears, be cause  she 
 will se cret ly  eat  them  for  lack  of any thing  else 
dur ing  the  siege  and hard ship  your en e my 
imposes  on  you with in  your  city  gates. 58 “ If  you  are  not care ful  to  obey  all  the  words 
 of  this  law ,  which  are writ ten  in  this  scroll, 
 by fear ing  this glo ri ous  and awe-inspiring 
 name  —   the  L ord,  your  God — 59  he  will  bring 
won drous  plagues  on  you  and  your de scen-
dants, se vere  and last ing  plagues,  and ter ri ble 
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60  He  will afflict  you 
 again  with  all  the dis eas es  of  Egypt,  which 
 you dread ed,  and  they  will  cling  to  you. 61  The 
 L ord  will  also afflict  you  with ev ery sick ness 
 and  plague  not re cord ed  in  the  book  of  this 
 law , un til  you  are de stroyed. 62  Though  you 
 were  as nu mer ous  as  the  stars  of  the  sky ,  you 
 will  be  left  with  only  a  few peo ple, be cause 
 you  did  not  obey  the  L ord  your  God. 63  Just 
 as  the  L ord  was  glad  to  cause  you  to pros per 
 and  to mul ti ply  you,  so  he  will  also  be  glad  to 
 cause  you  to per ish  and  to de stroy  you. You 
 will  be  ripped  out  of  the  land  you  are en ter-
ing  to pos sess. 64  Then  the  L ord  will scat ter 
 you  among  all peo ples  from  one  end  of  the 
 earth  to  the oth er,  and  there  you  will wor ship 
oth er  gods,  of  wood  and  stone,  which nei ther 
 you  nor  your fa thers  have  known. 65  You  will 
 find  no  peace  among  those na tions,  and  there 
 will  be  no rest ing  place  for  the  sole  of  your 
 foot. There  the  L ord  will  give  you  a trem bling 
 heart, fail ing  eyes,  and  a de spon dent spir it. 66  Your  life  will  hang  in  doubt be fore  you.


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You 
 will  be  in  dread  night  and  day , nev er cer tain 
 of survival. 67  In  the morn ing  you  will  say , ‘ If 
 only  it  were eve ning! ’  and  in  the eve ning  you 
 will  say , ‘ If  only  it  were morn ing! ’  —  be cause 
 of  the  dread  you  will  have  in  your  heart  and 
be cause  of  what  you  will  see. 68  The  L ord  will 
 take  you  back  in  ships  to  Egypt  by  a  route  that 
 I  said  you  would nev er  see  again. There  you 
 will  sell your selves  to  your en e mies  as  male 
 and fe male  slaves,  but  no  one  will  buy  you.”
RENEWING THE COVENANT
29 
 These  are  the  words  of  the cov enant 
 the  L ord com mand ed Mo ses  to  make 
 with  the Is ra el ites  in  the  land  of  Moab,  in 
ad di tion  to  the cov enant  he  had  made  with 
 them  at Ho reb. 2 Mo ses sum moned  all Is ra el 
 and  said  to  them, “ You  have  seen  with  your 
 own  eyes ev ery thing  the  L ord  did  in  Egypt  to 
Pha raoh,  to  all  his off  i cials,  and  to  his en tire 
 land.


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3  You  saw  with  your  own  eyes  the  great 
tri als  and  those  great  signs  and won ders. 4  Yet 
 to  this  day  the  L ord  has  not giv en  you  a  mind 
 to un der stand,  eyes  to  see,  or  ears  to  hear. 5  I 
 led  you for ty  years  in  the wil der ness;  your 
 clothes  and  the san dals  on  your  feet  did  not 
 wear  out; 6  you  did  not  eat  food  or  drink  wine 
 or  beer  —   so  that  you  might  know  that  I  am 
 the  L ord  your  God. 7  When  you  reached  this 
 place,  King Si hon  of Hesh bon  and  King  Og 
 of Ba shan  came  out  against  us  in bat tle,  but 
 we de feat ed  them. 8  We  took  their  land  and 
 gave  it  as  an in her i tance  to  the Reu ben ites, 
 the Gad ites,  and  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh.


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9 There fore, ob serve  the  words  of  this cov enant 
 and fol low  them,  so  that  you  will suc ceed  in 
ev ery thing  you  do. 10 “ All  of  you  are stand ing to day be fore  the 
 L ord  your  God  —   your lead ers,  tribes, el ders, 
off  i cials,  all  the  men  of Is ra el, 11  your de pen-
dents,  your  wives,  and  the res i dent  aliens  in 
 your  camps  who  cut  your  wood  and  draw 
 your wa ter — 12  so  that  you  may en ter  into  the 
cov enant  of  the  L ord  your  God,  which  he  is 
mak ing  with  you to day ,  so  that  you  may en ter 
 into  his  oath 13  and  so  that  he  may es tab lish 
 you to day  as  his peo ple  and  he  may  be  your 
 God  as  he prom ised  you  and  as  he  swore  to 
a 28:53 Lit eat the fruit of your womb   b 28:54 Lit you his eye will be evil   c 28:54 Lit wife of his bosom
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 your fa thers Abra ham,  Isaac,  and Ja cob. 14  I 
 am mak ing  this cov enant  and  this  oath  not 
 only  with  you, 15  but  also  with  those  who  are 
stand ing  here  with  us to day  in  the pres ence 
 of  the  L ord  our  God  and  with  those  who  are 
 not  here to day . ABANDONING THE COVENANT
16 “In deed,  you  know  how  we  lived  in  the  land 
 of  Egypt  and  passed  through  the na tions  where 
 you trav eled. 17  You  saw  their ab hor rent im-
ages  and  idols  made  of  wood,  stone, sil ver,  and 
 gold,  which  were  among  them.


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18  Be  sure  there 
 is  no  man, wom an,  clan,  or  tribe  among  you 
to day  whose  heart  turns  away  from  the  L ord 
 our  God  to  go  and wor ship  the  gods  of  those 
na tions. Be  sure  there  is  no  root  among  you 
bear ing poi son ous  and bit ter  fruit. 19  When 
some one  hears  the  words  of  this  oath,  he  may 
con sid er him self ex empt, a think ing, ‘ I  will  have 
 peace  even  though  I fol low  my  own stub born 
 heart.’  This  will  lead  to  the de struc tion  of  the 
well-watered  land  as  well  as  the  dry  land. 20  The 
 L ord  will  not  be will ing  to for give  him.


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In stead, 
 his an ger  and jeal ou sy  will  burn  against  that 
per son,  and ev ery  curse writ ten  in  this  scroll 
 will de scend  on  him. The  L ord  will  blot  out  his 
 name un der heav en, 21  and sin gle  him  out  for 
 harm  from  all  the  tribes  of Is ra el, ac cord ing 
 to  all  the curs es  of  the cov enant writ ten  in 
 this  book  of  the  law . 22 “Fu ture gen er a tions  of  your chil dren  who 
fol low  you  and  the for eign er  who  comes  from 
 a dis tant coun try  will  see  the  plagues  of  that 
 land  and  the sick ness es  the  L ord  has in flict ed 
 on  it. 23  All  its  soil  will  be  a burn ing  waste  of 
sul fur  and  salt, unsown, pro duc ing noth ing, 
 with  no  plant grow ing  on  it,  just  like  the  fall 
 of Sod om  and Go mor rah, Ad mah  and Ze boi-
im,  which  the  L ord de mol ished  in  his  fierce 
an ger. 24  All  the na tions  will  ask, ‘ Why  has  the 
 L ord  done  this  to  this  land?


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Why  this in tense 
outburst  of an ger? ’ 25  Then peo ple  will an swer, 
‘ It  is be cause  they aban doned  the cov enant  of 
 the  L ord,  the  God  of  their fa thers,  which  he 
 had  made  with  them  when  he  brought  them 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 26  They be gan  to  serve 
oth er  gods, bow ing  in wor ship  to  gods  they 
 had  not  known  —   gods  that  the  L ord  had  not 
per mit ted  them  to wor ship. 27 There fore  the 
 L ord’ s an ger  burned  against  this  land,  and  he 
 brought ev ery  curse writ ten  in  this  book  on  it. 28  The  L ord up root ed  them  from  their  land  in 
 his an ger,  rage,  and in tense  wrath,  and  threw 
 them  into an oth er  land  where  they  are to day .’ 
29  The hid den  things be long  to  the  L ord  our 
 God,  but  the re vealed  things be long  to  us  and 
 our chil dren for ev er,  so  that  we  may fol low 
 all  the  words  of  this  law . RETURNING TO THE LORD
30 
“ When  all  these  things hap pen  to  you  
—   the bless ings  and curs es  I  have  set 
be fore  you  —   and  you  come  to  your sens es 
 while  you  are  in  all  the na tions  where  the 
 L ord  your  God  has driv en  you, 2  and  you  and 
 your chil dren re turn  to  the  L ord  your  God  and 
 obey  him  with  all  your  heart  and  all  your  soul 
 by do ing b ev ery thing  I  am com mand ing  you 
to day , 3  then  he  will re store  your for tunes, c 
 have com pas sion  on  you,  and gath er  you  again 
 from  all  the peo ples  where  the  L ord  your  God 
 has scat tered  you. 4  Even  if  your ex iles  are  at 
 the far thest ho ri zon, d  he  will gath er  you  and 
 bring  you  back  from  there.


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5  The  L ord  your 
 God  will  bring  you  into  the  land  your fa thers 
pos sessed,  and  you  will  take pos ses sion  of 
 it. He  will  cause  you  to pros per  and mul ti ply 
 you  more  than  he  did  your fa thers. 6  The  L ord 
 your  God  will cir cum cise  your  heart  and  the 
 hearts  of  your de scen dants,  and  you  will  love 
 him  with  all  your  heart  and  all  your  soul  so 
 that  you  will  live. 7  The  L ord  your  God  will  put 
 all  these curs es  on  your en e mies  who  hate 
 and per se cute  you. 8  Then  you  will  again  obey 
 him  and fol low  all  his com mands  I  am com-
mand ing  you to day . 9  The  L ord  your  God  will 
 make  you pros per abun dant ly  in  all  the  work 
 of  your  hands,  your off spring, e  the off spring 
 of  your live stock,  and  the pro duce  of  your 
 land. In deed,  the  L ord  will  again de light  in 
 your pros per i ty ,  as  he de light ed  in  that  of  your 
fa thers, 10  when  you  obey  the  L ord  your  God 
 by keep ing  his com mands  and stat utes  that 
 are writ ten  in  this  book  of  the  law  and re turn 
 to  him  with  all  your  heart  and  all  your  soul. CHOOSE LIFE
11 “ This com mand  that  I  give  you to day  is cer-
tain ly  not  too dif fi cult  or be yond  your  reach. 12  It  is  not  in heav en  so  that  you  have  to  ask, 
‘ Who  will  go  up  to heav en,  get  it  for  us,  and 
pro claim  it  to  us  so  that  we  may fol low  it? ’ 
13  And  it  is  not  across  the  sea  so  that  you  have 
a 29:19 Lit may bless himself in his heart   b 30:2 Lit soul according to   c 30:3 Or will end your captivity   d 30:4 Lit skies   
e 30:9 Lit hands in the fruit of your womb
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 to  ask, ‘ Who  will  cross  the  sea,  get  it  for  us, 
 and pro claim  it  to  us  so  that  we  may fol low 
 it? ’ 14  But  the mes sage  is  very  near  you,  in 
 your  mouth  and  in  your  heart,  so  that  you 
 may fol low  it.


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15  See, to day  I  have  set be fore 
 you  life  and pros per i ty ,  death  and ad ver si ty . 16  For a  I  am com mand ing  you to day  to  love 
 the  L ord  your  God,  to  walk  in  his  ways,  and 
 to  keep  his com mands, stat utes,  and or di-
nances,  so  that  you  may  live b  and mul ti ply , 
 and  the  L ord  your  God  may  bless  you  in  the 
 land  you  are en ter ing  to pos sess. 17  But  if  your 
 heart  turns  away  and  you  do  not lis ten  and 
 you  are  led  astray  to  bow  in wor ship  to oth er 
 gods  and  serve  them, 18  I  tell  you to day  that 
 you  will cer tain ly per ish  and  will  not pro-
long  your  days  in  the  land  you  are en ter ing 
 to pos sess  across  the Jor dan. 19  I  call heav en 
 and  earth  as wit ness es  against  you to day  that 
 I  have  set be fore  you  life  and  death, bless ing 
 and  curse.


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Choose  life  so  that  you  and  your 
de scen dants  may  live, 20  love  the  L ord  your 
 God,  obey  him,  and re main faith ful c  to  him. For  he  is  your  life,  and  he  will pro long  your 
 days  as  you  live  in  the  land  the  L ord  swore 
 to  give  to  your fa thers Abra ham,  Isaac,  and 
Ja cob.”
JOSHUA TAKES MOSES’S PLACE
31 
 Then Mo ses con tin ued  to  speak  these d 
 words  to  all Is ra el, 2 say ing, “ I  am  now 
 120  years  old;  I  can  no lon ger  act  as  your lead-
er. e  The  L ord  has  told  me, ‘ You  will  not  cross 
 the Jor dan.’ 3  The  L ord  your  God  is  the  one  who 
 will  cross  ahead  of  you. He  will de stroy  these 
na tions be fore  you,  and  you  will  drive  them 
 out. Josh ua  is  the  one  who  will  cross  ahead 
 of  you,  as  the  L ord  has  said. 4  The  L ord  will 
 deal  with  them  as  he  did Si hon  and  Og,  the 
 kings  of  the Am o rites,  and  their  land  when 
 he de stroyed  them. 5  The  L ord  will de liv er 
 them  over  to  you,  and  you  must  do  to  them 
ex act ly  as  I  have com mand ed  you. 6  Be  strong 
 and cou ra geous;  don’t  be ter ri fied  or  afraid 
 of  them. For  the  L ord  your  God  is  the  one 
 who  will  go  with  you;  he  will  not  leave  you 
 or aban don  you.”
7 Mo ses  then sum moned Josh ua  and  said  to 
 him  in  the  sight  of  all Is ra el, “ Be  strong  and 
cou ra geous,  for  you  will  go  with f  this peo ple 
 into  the  land  the  L ord  swore  to  give  to  their 
fa thers. You  will en able  them  to  take pos ses-
sion  of  it. 8  The  L ord  is  the  one  who  will  go 
be fore  you.


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He  will  be  with  you;  he  will  not 
 leave  you  or aban don  you. Do  not  be  afraid 
 or dis cour aged.”
9 Mo ses  wrote  down  this  law  and  gave  it  to 
 the  priests,  the  sons  of  Levi,  who car ried  the  ark 
 of  the  L ord’ s cov enant,  and  to  all  the el ders  of 
Is ra el. 10 Mo ses com mand ed  them, “ At  the  end 
 of ev ery sev en  years,  at  the ap point ed  time  in 
 the  year  of  debt cancellation, dur ing  the Fes-
ti val  of Shel ters, 11  when  all Is ra el assembles g 
 in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord  your  God  at  the 
 place  he  chooses,  you  are  to  read  this  law  aloud 
be fore  all Is ra el. 12 Gath er  the peo ple  —   men, 
wom en, de pen dents,  and  the res i dent  aliens 
with in  your  city  gates  —   so  that  they  may 
lis ten  and  learn  to  fear  the  L ord  your  God 
 and  be care ful  to fol low  all  the  words  of  this 
 law . 13  Then  their chil dren  who  do  not  know 
 the  law  will lis ten  and  learn  to  fear  the  L ord 
 your  God  as  long  as  you  live  in  the  land  you 
 are cross ing  the Jor dan  to pos sess.”
14  The  L ord  said  to Mo ses, “ The  time  of  your 
 death  is  now ap proach ing. Call Josh ua  and 
pre sent your selves  at  the  tent  of meet ing  so 
 that  I  may com mis sion  him.”  When Mo ses 
 and Josh ua  went  and pre sent ed them selves 
 at  the  tent  of meet ing, 15  the  L ord ap peared 
 at  the  tent  in  a pil lar  of  cloud,  and  the  cloud 
 stood  at  the en trance  to  the  tent. 16  The  L ord  said  to Mo ses, “ You  are  about  to 
 rest  with  your fa thers,  and  these peo ple  will 
 soon pros ti tute them selves  with  the for eign 
 gods  of  the  land  they  are en ter ing.


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17  My an ger  will  burn  against 
 them  on  that  day;  I  will aban don  them  and 
 hide  my  face  from  them  so  that  they  will be-
come  easy  prey . h  Many trou bles  and afflictions 
 will  come  to  them. On  that  day  they  will  say , 
‘ Haven’t  these trou bles  come  to  us be cause 
 our  God  is  no lon ger  with  us? ’ 18  I  will cer-
tain ly  hide  my  face  on  that  day be cause  of  all 
 the  evil  they  have  done  by turn ing  to oth er 
 gods. 19 There fore  write  down  this  song  for 
your selves  and  teach  it  to  the Is ra el ites;  have 
 them  sing  it, i  so  that  this  song  may  be  a wit ness 
 for  me  against  the Is ra el ites. 20  When  I  bring 
 them  into  the  land  I  swore  to  give  their fa-
thers,  a  land flow ing  with  milk  and hon ey ,  they 
a 30:16 LXX reads If you obey the commands of the Lord your God that   b 30:16 LXX reads ordinances, then you will live   
c 30:20 Lit and hold on   d 31:1 Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX, Syr , Vg read all these   e 31:2 Lit no longer go out or come in    
f 31:7 Some Hb mss, Sam, Syr , Vg read you will bring   g 31:11 Lit comes to appear   h 31:17 Lit will be for devouring   i 31:19 Lit 
Israelites; put it in their mouths
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 will  eat  their  fill  and pros per. a  They  will  turn 
 to oth er  gods  and wor ship  them, despising 
 me  and break ing  my cov enant. 21  And  when 
 many trou bles  and afflictions  come  to  them, 
 this  song  will tes ti fy  against  them, be cause b 
 their de scen dants  will  not  have for got ten  it. For  I  know  what  they  are  prone  to  do, c  even 
be fore  I  bring  them  into  the  land  I  swore  to 
 give  them.” 22  So Mo ses  wrote  down  this  song 
 on  that  day  and  taught  it  to  the Is ra el ites. 23  The  L ord com  mis sioned Josh ua  son  of 
 Nun, “ Be  strong  and cou ra geous,  for  you  will 
 bring  the Is ra el ites  into  the  land  I  swore  to 
 them,  and  I  will  be  with  you.”
MOSES WARNS THE PEOPLE
24  When Mo ses  had fin ished writ ing  down  on 
 a  scroll ev ery sin gle  word d  of  this  law , 25  he 
com mand ed  the Le vites  who car ried  the  ark  of 
 the  L ord’ s cov enant, 26 “ Take  this  book  of  the 
 law  and  place  it be side  the  ark  of  the cov enant 
 of  the  L ord  your  God  so  that  it  may re main 
 there  as  a wit ness  against  you. 27  For  I  know 
 how re bel lious  and stiff-necked  you  are.


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If  you 
 are re bel ling  against  the  L ord  now ,  while  I  am 
 still  alive,  how  much  more  will  you rebel af ter 
 I  am  dead! 28 As sem ble  all  your trib al el ders 
 and off  i cers be fore  me  so  that  I  may  speak 
 these  words di rect ly  to  them  and  call heav en 
 and  earth  as wit ness es  against  them. 29  For  I 
 know  that af ter  my  death  you  will be come 
com plete ly cor rupt  and  turn  from  the  path  I 
 have com mand ed  you. Di sas ter  will  come  to 
 you  in  the fu ture, be cause  you  will  do  what 
 is  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight, angering  him  with 
 what  your  hands  have  made.” 30  Then Mo ses 
re cit ed  aloud ev ery sin gle  word e  of  this  song 
 to  the en tire as sem bly  of Is ra el:
SONG OF MOSES
32 
Pay attention, heavens, and I 
will speak;
  listen, earth, to the words 
from my mouth. 2 Let my teaching fall like rain
  and my word settle like dew ,
  like gentle rain on new grass
  and showers on tender plants.


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3 For I will proclaim the Lord’s name. Declare the greatness of our God! 4 The Rock  —  his work is perfect;
  all his ways are just. A faithful God, without bias,
  he is righteous and true. 5 His people have acted corruptly 
toward him;
  this is their defect  f  —  they are not 
his children
  but a devious and crooked generation. 6 Is this how you repay the Lord,
  you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father and Creator?


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  Didn’t he make you and sustain you? 7 Remember the days of old;
  consider the years of past generations.


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Ask your father, and he will tell you,
  your elders, and they will teach you. 8 When the Most High gave the nations 
their inheritance  h
  and divided the human race,
  he set the boundaries of the peoples
  according to the number of the people 
of Israel. i
 9 But the Lord’s portion is his people,
  Jacob, his own inheritance. 10 He found him in a desolate land,
  in a barren, howling wilderness;
  he surrounded him, cared for him,
  and protected him as the pupil 
of his eye. 11 He watches over j his nest like an eagle
  and hovers over his young;
  he spreads his wings, catches him,
  and carries him on his feathers. 12 The Lord alone led him,
  with no help from a foreign god. k
 13 He made him ride on the heights 
of the land
  and eat the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey 
from the rock
  and oil from flinty rock,
 14 curds from the herd and milk 
from the flock,
  with the fat of lambs,
  rams from Bashan, and goats,
  with the choicest grains of wheat;
  you drank wine from the finest grapes. l
a 31:20 Lit be fat   b 31:21 Lit because the mouths of   c 31:21 Or know the plans they are devising   d 31:24 Lit scroll the  
words to their completion   e 31:30 Lit recited the words to their completion   f 32:5 Or him; through their fault ; Hb obscure   
g 32:6 Or Possessor   h 32:8 Or Most High divided the nations   i 32:8 One DSS reads number of the sons of God ; LXX reads 
number of the angels of God   j 32:11 Or He stirs up   k 32:12 Lit him, and no foreign god with him   l 32:14 Lit drank the 
blood of grapes, fermenting wine
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 15 Then a Jeshurun b became fat 
and rebelled —
  you became fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him
  and scorned the Rock of his salvation.


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16 They provoked his jealousy 
with different gods;
  they enraged him 
with detestable practices. 17 They sacrificed to demons, not God,
  to gods they had not known,
  new gods that had just arrived,
  which your fathers did not fear. 18 You ignored the Rock 
who gave you birth;
  you forgot the God who gave birth 
to you. 19 When the Lord saw this, 
he despised them,
  angered by his sons and daughters. 20 He said: “I will hide my face from them;
  I will see what will become of them,
  for they are a perverse generation —
  unfaithful children. 21 They have provoked my jealousy
  with what is not a god;  c
  they have enraged me 
with their worthless idols. So I will provoke their jealousy
  with what is not a people;  d
  I will enrage them 
with a foolish nation. 22 For fire has been kindled because of 
my anger
  and burns to the depths of Sheol;
  it devours the land and its produce,
  and scorches the foundations 
of the mountains. 23 “I will pile disasters on them;
  I will use up my arrows against them. 24 They will be weak from hunger,
  ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;
  I will unleash on them wild beasts 
with fangs,
  as well as venomous snakes that slither 
in the dust. 25 Outside, the sword will take 
their children,
  and inside, there will be terror;
  the young man and the young woman 
will be killed,
  the infant and the gray-haired man. 26 “I would have said: I will cut them 
to pieces e
  and blot out the memory of them 
from mankind,
 27 if I had not feared provocation 
from the enemy ,
  or feared that these foes 
might misunderstand
  and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;
  it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.’ ”
 28 Israel is a nation lacking sense
  with no understanding at all. f
 29 If only they were wise, 
they would comprehend this;
  they would understand their fate.


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30 How could one pursue a thousand,
  or two put ten thousand to flight,
  unless their Rock had sold them,
  unless the Lord had given them up? 31 But their “rock” is not like our Rock,
  as even our enemies concede. 32 For their vine is from the vine 
of Sodom
  and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous;
  their clusters are bitter. 33 Their wine is serpents’ venom,
  the deadly poison of cobras. 34 “Is it not stored up with me,
  sealed up in my vaults?


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35 V engeance g belongs to me; I will repay . h
  In time their foot will slip,
  for their day of disaster is near,
  and their doom is coming quickly .”
 36 The Lord will indeed vindicate 
his people
  and have compassion on his servants
  when he sees that their strength 
is gone
  and no one is left  —  slave or free. i
 37 He will say: “Where are their gods,
  the ‘rock’ they found refuge in?


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38 Who ate the fat of their sacrifices
  and drank the wine 
of their drink offerings? a 32:15 DSS, Sam, LXX add Jacob ate his fill;   b 32:15 = Upright One, referring to Israel   c 32:21 Lit with no gods   d 32:21 Lit 
with no people   e 32:26 LXX reads will scatter them   f 32:28 Lit understanding in them   g 32:35 Sam, LXX read On a day of 
vengeance   h 32:35 LXX, Tg, Vg read me; and recompense I will recompense   i 32:36 Or left—even the weak and impaired ; 
Hb obscure
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  Let them rise up and help you;
  let it  a be a shelter for you. 39 See now that I alone am he;
  there is no God but me. I bring death and I give life;
  I wound and I heal. No one can rescue anyone 
from my power. 40 I raise my hand to heaven and declare:
  As surely as I live forever,
 41 when I sharpen my flashing sword,
  and my hand takes hold of judgment,
  I will take vengeance 
on my adversaries
  and repay those who hate me. 42 I will make my arrows drunk 
with blood
  while my sword devours flesh —
  the blood of the slain and the captives,
  the heads of the enemy leaders.”  b
 43 Rejoice, you nations, 
concerning his people,  c
  for he will avenge the blood 
of his servants. d
  He will take vengeance 
on his adversaries;  e
  he will purify his land and his people. f
44 Mo ses  came  with Josh ua g  son  of  Nun  and 
re cit ed  all  the  words  of  this  song  in  the pres-
ence  of  the peo ple. 45 Af ter Mo ses fin ished 
re cit ing  all  these  words  to  all Is ra el, 46  he  said 
 to  them, “ Take  to  heart  all  these  words  I  am 
giv ing  as  a warn ing  to  you to day ,  so  that  you 
 may com mand  your chil dren  to fol low  all  the 
 words  of  this  law care ful ly . 47  For  they  are  not 
mean ing less  words  to  you  but  they  are  your 
 life,  and  by  them  you  will  live  long  in  the  land 
 you  are cross ing  the Jor dan  to pos sess.”
MOSES’S IMPENDING DEATH
48  On  that  same  day  the  L ord  spoke  to Mo ses, 
49 “ Go  up  Mount  Nebo  in  the Ab a rim  range  in 
 the  land  of  Moab,  across  from Jer i cho,  and 
 view  the  land  of Ca naan  I  am giv ing  the Is ra-
el ites  as  a pos ses sion. 50  Then  you  will  die  on 
 the moun tain  that  you  go  up,  and  you  will  be 
gath ered  to  your peo ple,  just  as  your broth er 
Aar on  died  on  Mount  Hor  and  was gath ered 
 to  his peo ple. 51  For  both  of  you  broke  faith 
 with  me  among  the Is ra el ites  at  the Wa ters  of 
Meribath-kadesh  in  the Wil der ness  of  Zin  by 
fail ing  to  treat  me  as  holy  in  their pres ence. 52 Al though  from  a dis tance  you  will  view  the 
 land  that  I  am giv ing  the Is ra el ites,  you  will 
 not  go  there.”
MOSES’S BLESSINGS
33 
 This  is  the bless ing  that Mo ses,  the  man 
 of  God,  gave  the Is ra el ites be fore  his 
 death. 2  He  said:
  The Lord came from Sinai
  and appeared to them from Seir;
  he shone on them from Mount Paran
  and came with ten thousand 
holy ones, h
  with lightning  i from his right hand  j 
for them.


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  All your  l holy ones are in your hand,
  and they assemble  m at your feet. Each receives your words. 4 Moses gave us instruction,
  a possession for the assembly of Jacob. 5 So he became King in Jeshurun  n
  when the leaders of the people 
gathered
  with the tribes of Israel. 6 Let Reuben live and not die
  though his people become few . 7  He  said  this  about Ju dah:
  L ord, hear Judah’s cry and bring him 
to his people. He fights for his cause  o 
with his own hands,
  but may you be a help against his foes.


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8  He  said  about  Levi:
  Your Thummim and Urim belong to 
your faithful one;  p
  you tested him at Massah
  and contended with him at the Waters 
of Meribah. 9 He said about his father and mother,
  “I do not regard them.”
a 32:38 Sam, LXX, Tg, Vg read them   b 32:42 Or the long-haired heads of the enemy   c 32:43 LXX reads Rejoice, you heavens, 
along with him, and let all the sons of God worship him; rejoice, you nations, with his people, and let all the angels of God 
strengthen themselves in him ; DSS read Rejoice, you heavens, along with him, and let all the angels worship him ; Heb 1:6   
d 32:43 DSS, LXX read sons   e 32:43 DSS, LXX add and he will recompense those who hate him ; v. 41   f 32:43 Syr , Tg; DSS, Sam, 
LXX, Vg read his people’s land   g 32:44 LXX, Syr , Vg; MT reads Hoshea ; Nm 13:8,16   h 33:2 LXX reads Mount Paran with ten 
thousands from Kadesh   i 33:2 Or fiery law ; Hb obscure   j 33:2 Or ones, from his southland to the mountain slopes    
k 33:3 Or peoples   l 33:3 Lit his, or its   m 33:3 Hb obscure   n 33:5 = Upright One, referring to Israel, also in v .


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26   o 33:7 Or he 
contends for them   p 33:8 DSS, LXX read Give to Levi your Thummim, your Urim to your favored one
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  He disregarded his brothers
  and didn’t acknowledge his sons,
  for they kept your word
  and maintained your covenant. 10 They will teach your ordinances 
to Jacob
  and your instruction to Israel;
  they will set incense before you
  and whole burnt offerings 
on your altar. 11 Lord, bless his possessions,  a
  and accept the work of his hands. Break the back  b of his adversaries 
and enemies,
  so that they cannot rise again. 12  He  said  about Ben ja min:
  The Lord’s beloved rests  c securely 
on him. He  d shields him all day long,
  and he rests on his shoulders. e
13  He  said  about Jo seph:
  May his land be blessed by the Lord
  with the dew of heaven’s bounty
  and the watery depths that lie beneath;
 14 with the bountiful harvest from the sun
  and the abundant yield of the seasons;
 15 with the best products 
of the ancient mountains
  and the bounty of the eternal hills;
 16 with the choice gifts of the land
  and everything in it;
  and with the favor of him
  who appeared  f in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph,
  on the brow of the prince 
of his brothers. 17 His firstborn bull has  g splendor,
  and horns like h those of a wild ox;
  he gores all the peoples with them
  to the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
  and such are the thousands 
of Manasseh. 18  He  said  about Zeb u lun:
  Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys,
  and Issachar, in your tents. 19 They summon the peoples 
to a mountain;
  there they offer acceptable sacrifices.


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For they draw from the wealth 
of the seas
  and the hidden treasures of the sand. 20  He  said  about  Gad:
  The one who enlarges Gad’s territory
  will be blessed. He lies down like a lion
  and tears off an arm or even a head.


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21 He chose the best part for himself,
  because a ruler’s portion was assigned 
there for him. He came with the leaders  
of the people;
  he carried out the Lord’s justice
  and his ordinances for Israel. 22  He  said  about  Dan:
  Dan is a young lion,
  leaping out of Bashan. 23  He  said  about Naph ta li:
  Naphtali, enjoying approval,
  full of the Lord’s blessing,
  take  i possession to the west 
and the south. 24  He  said  about Ash er:
  May Asher  j be the most blessed 
of the sons;
  may he be the most favored 
among his brothers
  and dip his foot in olive oil. 25 May the bolts of your gate be iron 
and bronze,
  and your strength last as long as 
you live. 26 There is none like the God of Jeshurun,
  who rides the heavens to your aid,
  the clouds in his majesty . 27 The God of old is your dwelling place,
  and underneath are 
the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you
  and commands, “Destroy! ”
 28 So Israel dwells securely;
  Jacob lives untroubled  k
  in a land of grain and new wine;
  even his skies drip with dew . 29 How happy you are, Israel!


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Who is like you,
  a people saved by the Lord? He is the shield that protects you,
  the sword you boast in.


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Your enemies will cringe before you,
  and you will tread on their backs. l
a 33:11 Or abilities   b 33:11 Or waist   c 33:12 Or Let the Lord’s beloved rest   d 33:12 LXX reads The Most High   e 33:12 Or and 
he dwells among his mountain slopes   f 33:16 Lit dwelt   g 33:17 Some DSS, Sam, LXX, Syr , Vg read A firstborn bull  —  he has   
h 33:17 Lit and his horns are   i 33:23 Sam, LXX, Syr , Vg, Tg read he will take   j 33:24 = Happy or Blessed; Gn 30:13   k 33:28 T ext 
emended; MT reads Jacob’s fountain is alone   l 33:29 Or high places
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MOSES’S DEATH
34 
 Then Mo ses  went  up  from  the  plains  of 
 Moab  to  Mount  Nebo,  to  the  top  of Pis-
gah,  which fac es Jer i cho,  and  the  L ord  showed 
 him  all  the  land: Gil e ad  as  far  as  Dan, 2  all  of 
Naph ta li,  the  land  of Ephra im  and Ma nas seh,  all 
 the  land  of Ju dah  as  far  as  the Med i ter ra nean a 
 Sea, 3  the Ne gev ,  and  the  plain  in  the V al ley  of 
Jer i cho,  the  City  of  Palms,  as  far  as  Zoar. 4  The 
 L ord  then  said  to  him, “ This  is  the  land  I prom-
ised Abra ham,  Isaac,  and Ja cob, ‘ I  will  give  it 
 to  your de scen dants.’  I  have  let  you  see  it  with 
 your  own  eyes,  but  you  will  not  cross  into  it.”
5  So Mo ses  the ser vant  of  the  L ord  died  there 
 in  the  land  of  Moab, ac cord ing  to  the  L ord’ s 
 word. 6  He bur ied  him b  in  the val ley  in  the  land 
 of  Moab fac ing  Beth-peor,  and  no  one  to  this 
 day  knows  where  his  grave  is. 7 Mo ses  was 
 one hun dred twen ty  years  old  when  he  died; 
 his  eyes  were  not  weak,  and  his vitality  had 
 not  left  him. 8  The Is ra el ites  wept  for Mo ses 
 in  the  plains  of  Moab thir ty  days.


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Then  the 
 days  of weep ing  and mourn ing  for Mo ses 
 came  to  an  end. 9 Josh ua  son  of  Nun  was  filled  with  the 
spir it  of wis dom be cause Mo ses  had  laid  his 
 hands  on  him. So  the Is ra el ites  obeyed  him 
 and  did  as  the  L ord  had com mand ed Mo ses.


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10  No proph et  has aris en  again  in Is ra el  like 
Mo ses,  whom  the  L ord  knew  face  to  face. 11  He 
 was unparalleled  for  all  the  signs  and won ders 
 the  L ord  sent  him  to  do  against  the  land  of 
 Egypt  —   to Pha raoh,  to  all  his off  i cials,  and 
 to  all  his  land, 12  and  for  all  the  mighty  acts 
 of pow er c  and ter ri fy ing  deeds  that Mo ses 
per formed  in  the  sight  of  all Is ra el. a 34:2 Lit Western   b 34:6 Or he was buried   c 34:12 Lit the strong hand
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Joshua
ENCOURAGEMENT OF JOSHUA
1 
Af ter  the  death  of Mo ses  the  L ord’ s ser-
vant,  the  L ord  spoke  to Josh ua  son  of  Nun, 
Moses’s as sis tant: 2 “Mo ses  my ser vant  is 
 dead. Now  you  and  all  the peo ple pre pare  to 
 cross  over  the Jor dan  to  the  land  I  am giv ing 
 the Is ra el ites.


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3  I  have giv en  you ev ery  place 
 where  the  sole  of  your  foot  treads,  just  as  I 
prom ised Mo ses. 4  Your ter ri to ry  will  be  from 
 the wil der ness  and Leb a non  to  the  great riv-
er,  the Eu phra tes Riv er  —   all  the  land  of  the 
Hit tites  —   and  west  to  the Med i ter ra nean 
 Sea. a 5  No  one  will  be  able  to  stand  against 
 you  as  long  as  you  live. I  will  be  with  you, 
 just  as  I  was  with Mo ses. I  will  not  leave  you 
 or aban don  you. 6 “ Be  strong  and cou ra geous,  for  you  will 
dis trib ute  the  land  I  swore  to  their fa thers  to 
 give  them  as  an in her i tance. 7  Above  all,  be 
 strong  and  very cou ra geous  to ob serve care-
ful ly  the  whole in struc tion  my ser vant Mo ses 
com mand ed  you. Do  not  turn  from  it  to  the 
 right  or  the  left,  so  that  you  will  have suc cess 
wher ev er  you  go. 8  This  book  of in struc tion 
 must  not de part  from  your  mouth;  you  are 
 to med i tate  on b  it  day  and  night  so  that  you 
 may care ful ly ob serve ev ery thing writ ten  in 
 it. For  then  you  will pros per  and suc ceed  in 
what ev er  you  do.


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9  Haven’t  I com mand ed  you: 
 be  strong  and cou ra geous? Do  not  be  afraid 
 or dis cour aged,  for  the  L ord  your  God  is  with 
 you wher ev er  you  go.”
JOSHUA PREPARES THE PEOPLE
10  Then Josh ua com mand ed  the off  i cers  of  the 
peo ple: 11 “ Go  through  the  camp  and  tell  the 
peo ple, ‘ Get pro vi sions  ready  for your selves, 
 for with in  three  days  you  will  be cross ing  the 
Jor dan  to  go  in  and  take pos ses sion  of  the  land 
 the  L ord  your  God  is giv ing  you  to in her it.’ ”
12 Josh ua  said  to  the Reu ben ites,  the Gad ites, 
 and  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh: 13 “Re mem ber 
 what Mo ses  the  L ord’ s ser vant com mand ed 
 you  when  he  said, ‘ The  L ord  your  God  will 
 give  you  rest,  and  he  will  give  you  this  land.’ 
14  Your  wives, de pen dents,  and live stock  may 
re main  in  the  land Mo ses  gave  you  on  this 
 side  of  the Jor dan. But  your  best sol diers  must 
 cross  over  in bat tle for ma tion c  ahead  of  your 
broth ers  and  help  them 15 un til  the  L ord  gives 
 your broth ers  rest,  as  he  has giv en  you,  and 
 they  too pos sess  the  land  the  L ord  your  God 
 is giv ing  them. You  may  then re turn  to  the 
 land  of  your in her i tance  and  take pos ses sion 
 of  what Mo ses  the  L ord’ s ser vant  gave  you  on 
 the  east  side  of  the Jor dan.”
16  They an swered Josh ua, “Ev ery thing  you 
 have com mand ed  us  we  will  do,  and ev ery-
where  you  send  us  we  will  go. 17  We  will  obey 
 you,  just  as  we  obeyed Mo ses  in ev ery thing.


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Cer tain ly  the  L ord  your  God  will  be  with  you, 
 as  he  was  with Mo ses. 18 Any one  who rebels 
 against  your or der  and  does  not  obey  your 
 words  in  all  that  you com mand  him,  will  be 
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Above  all,  be  strong  and cou-
ra geous! ”
SPIES SENT TO JERICHO
2 
Josh ua  son  of  Nun se cret ly  sent  two  men 
 as  spies  from  the Aca cia  Grove, d say ing, 
“ Go  and scout  the  land, es pe cial ly Jer i cho.” 
 So  they  left,  and  they  came  to  the  house  of 
 a pros ti tute  named Ra hab,  and  stayed  there. 2  The  king  of Jer i cho  was  told, “ Look,  some 
 of  the Is ra el ite  men  have  come  here to night  to 
in ves ti gate  the  land.” 3  Then  the  king  of Jer i cho 
 sent  word  to Ra hab  and  said, “ Bring  out  the 
 men  who  came  to  you  and en tered  your  house, 
 for  they  came  to in ves ti gate  the en tire  land.”
4  But  the wom an  had tak en  the  two  men 
 and hid den  them. So  she  said, “ Yes,  the  men 
 did  come  to  me,  but  I  didn’t  know  where  they 
 were  from. 5  At night fall,  when  the  city  gate 
 was  about  to  close,  the  men  went  out,  and  I 
 don’t  know  where  they  were go ing. Chase 
af ter  them quick ly ,  and  you  can  catch  up  with 
 them! ” 6  But  she  had tak en  them  up  to  the  roof 
 and hid den  them  among  the  stalks  of  flax 
 that  she  had ar ranged  on  the  roof. 7  The  men 
pur sued  them  along  the  road  to  the  fords  of 
 the Jor dan,  and  as  soon  as  they  left  to pur sue 
 them,  the  city  gate  was  shut. THE PROMISE TO RAHAB
8 Be fore  the  men  fell  asleep,  she  went  up  on 
 the  roof 9  and  said  to  them, “ I  know  that  the 
a 1:4 Lit and to the Great Sea, the going down of the sun   b 1:8 Or to recite   c 1:14 Or over armed   d 2:1 Or from Shittim
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 L ord  has giv en  you  this  land  and  that  the 
ter ror  of  you  has fall en  on  us,  and ev ery one 
 who  lives  in  the  land  is panicking be cause 
 of  you. a 10  For  we  have  heard  how  the  L ord 
 dried  up  the wa ter  of  the  Red  Sea be fore  you 
 when  you  came  out  of  Egypt,  and  what  you 
 did  to Si hon  and  Og,  the  two Am o rite  kings 
 you com plete ly de stroyed  across  the Jor dan. 11  When  we  heard  this,  we  lost  heart,  and ev-
ery one’s cour age  failed b be cause  of  you,  for 
 the  L ord  your  God  is  God  in heav en  above 
 and  on  earth be low .


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12  Now  please  swear  to 
 me  by  the  L ord  that  you  will  also  show kind-
ness  to  my fa ther’s fam i ly , c be cause  I  showed 
kind ness  to  you. Give  me  a  sure  sign d 13  that 
 you  will  spare  the  lives  of  my fa ther, moth er, 
broth ers, sis ters,  and  all  who be long  to  them, 
 and  save  us  from  death.”
14  The  men an swered  her, “ We  will  give  our 
 lives  for  yours. If  you  don’t re port  our mis sion, 
 we  will  show kind ness  and faith ful ness  to  you 
 when  the  L ord  gives  us  the  land.”
15  Then  she  let  them  down  by  a  rope  through 
 the win dow ,  since  she  lived  in  a  house  that  was 
 built  into  the  wall  of  the  city . 16 “ Go  to  the  hill 
coun try  so  that  the  men pur su ing  you  won’t 
 find  you,”  she  said  to  them. “ Hide  there  for 
 three  days un til  they re turn; af ter ward,  go 
 on  your  way .”
17  The  men  said  to  her, “ We  will  be  free  from 
 this  oath  you  made  us  swear, 18 un less,  when 
 we en ter  the  land,  you  tie  this scar let  cord  to 
 the win dow  through  which  you  let  us  down. Bring  your fa ther, moth er, broth ers,  and  all 
 your fa ther’s fam i ly  into  your  house.


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19  If any-
one  goes  out  the  doors  of  your  house,  his  death 
 will  be  his  own  fault, e  and  we  will  be in no cent.


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But  if any one  with  you  in  the  house  should  be 
 harmed, f  his  death  will  be  our  fault. g 20  And  if 
 you re port  our mis sion,  we  are  free  from  the 
 oath  you  made  us  swear.”
21 “ Let  it  be  as  you  say ,”  she re plied,  and  she 
 sent  them  away . Af ter  they  had  gone,  she  tied 
 the scar let  cord  to  the win dow .


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22  So  the  two  men  went  into  the  hill coun try 
 and  stayed  there  three  days un til  the pur su-
ers  had re turned. They  searched  all  along  the 
 way ,  but  did  not  find  them. 23  Then  the  men 
re turned,  came  down  from  the  hill coun try , 
 and  crossed  the Jor dan. They  went  to Josh-
ua  son  of  Nun  and re port ed ev ery thing  that 
 had hap pened  to  them. 24  They  told Josh ua, 
“ The  L ord  has hand ed  over  the en tire  land 
 to  us. Ev ery one  who  lives  in  the  land  is  also 
panicking be cause  of  us.” h
CROSSING THE JORDAN
3 
Josh ua start ed ear ly  the  next morn ing  and 
 left  the Aca cia  Grove i  with  all  the Is ra el-
ites. They  went  as  far  as  the Jor dan  and  stayed 
 there be fore cross ing. 2 Af ter  three  days  the 
off  i cers  went  through  the  camp 3  and com-
mand ed  the peo ple: “ When  you  see  the  ark  of 
 the cov enant  of  the  L ord  your  God car ried  by 
 the Le vit i cal  priests,  you  are  to  break  camp 
 and fol low  it. 4  But  keep  a dis tance  of  about 
 a thou sand  yards j be tween your selves  and 
 the  ark. Don’t  go  near  it,  so  that  you  can  see 
 the  way  to  go,  for  you  haven’t trav eled  this 
 way be fore.” k
5 Josh ua  told  the peo ple, “Con se crate your-
selves, be cause  the  L ord  will  do won ders 
 among  you to mor row .” 6  Then  he  said  to  the 
 priests, “Car ry  the  ark  of  the cov enant  and  go 
 on  ahead  of  the peo ple.”  So  they car ried  the 
 ark  of  the cov enant  and  went  ahead  of  them. 7  The  L ord  spoke  to Josh ua: “To day  I  will 
be gin  to ex alt  you  in  the  sight  of  all Is ra el, 
 so  they  will  know  that  I  will  be  with  you  just 
 as  I  was  with Mo ses. 8 Com mand  the  priests 
car ry ing  the  ark  of  the cov enant:  When  you 
 reach  the  edge  of  the wa ter, l  stand  in  the 
Jor dan.”
9  Then Josh ua  told  the Is ra el ites, “ Come clos-
er  and lis ten  to  the  words  of  the  L ord  your 
 God.” 10  He  said: “ You  will  know  that  the liv ing 
 God  is  among  you  and  that  he  will cer tain ly 
dis pos sess be fore  you  the Ca naan ites, Heth ites, 
Hi vites, Per iz zites, Gir ga shites, Am o rites,  and 
Jeb u sites 11  when  the  ark  of  the cov enant  of  the 
 Lord  of  the  whole  earth  goes  ahead  of  you  into 
 the Jor dan. 12  Now  choose  twelve  men  from 
 the  tribes  of Is ra el,  one  man  for  each  tribe. 13  When  the  feet m  of  the  priests  who car ry  the 
 ark  of  the  L ord,  the  Lord  of  the  whole  earth, 
 come  to  rest  in  the Jor dan’s wa ter,  its wa ter 
 will  be  cut  off. The wa ter flow ing down stream 
 will  stand  up  in  a  mass.”
14  When  the peo ple  broke  camp  to  cross  the 
Jor dan,  the  priests car ried  the  ark  of  the cov-
enant  ahead  of  the peo ple. 15  Now  the Jor dan 
over flows  its  banks through out  the har vest 
a 2:9 Or land panics at your approach   b 2:11 Lit and spirit no longer remained in anyone   c 2:12 Lit my father’s house    
d 2:12 Or a sign of truth   e 2:19 Lit his blood on his head   f 2:19 Lit if a hand should be on him   g 2:19 Lit his blood on our 
heads   h 2:24 Or land also panics at our approach   i 3:1 Or left Shittim   j 3:4 Lit 2,000 cubits   k 3:4 Lit yesterday and the 
day before   l 3:8 Lit waters of the Jordan   m 3:13 Lit soles of the feet
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sea son. But  as  soon  as  the  priests car ry ing 
 the  ark  reached  the Jor dan,  their  feet  touched 
 the wa ter  at  its  edge 16  and  the wa ter flow ing 
down stream  stood  still, ris ing  up  in  a  mass 
 that ex tend ed  as  far  as a  Adam,  a  city  next  to 
Zar e than. The wa ter flow ing down stream  into 
 the  Sea  of  the Ar a bah  —   the  Dead  Sea  —   was 
com plete ly  cut  off,  and  the peo ple  crossed 
op po site Jer i cho. 17  The  priests car ry ing  the 
 ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant  stood firm ly  on 
 dry  ground  in  the mid dle  of  the Jor dan,  while 
 all Is ra el  crossed  on  dry  ground un til  the en-
tire na tion  had fin ished cross ing  the Jor dan. THE MEMORIAL STONES
4 
Af ter  the en tire na tion  had fin ished cross-
ing  the Jor dan,  the  L ord  spoke  to Josh ua: 
2 “ Choose  twelve  men  from  the peo ple,  one 
 man  for  each  tribe, 3  and com mand  them:  Take 
 twelve  stones  from  this  place  in  the mid dle  of 
 the Jor dan  where  the  priests b  are stand ing, 
car ry  them  with  you,  and  set  them  down  at 
 the  place  where  you  spend  the  night.”
4  So Josh ua sum moned  the  twelve  men  he 
 had se lect ed  from  the Is ra el ites,  one  man  for 
 each  tribe, 5  and  said  to  them, “ Go  across  to 
 the  ark  of  the  L ord  your  God  in  the mid dle  of 
 the Jor dan. Each  of  you  lift  a  stone  onto  his 
shoul der,  one  for  each c  of  the Is ra el ite  tribes, 
6  so  that  this  will  be  a  sign  among  you.


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In  the 
fu ture,  when  your chil dren  ask  you, ‘ What  do 
 these  stones  mean  to  you? ’ 7  you  should  tell 
 them, ‘ The wa ter  of  the Jor dan  was  cut  off  in 
 front  of  the  ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant. When 
 it  crossed  the Jor dan,  the Jor dan’s wa ter  was 
 cut  off.’ There fore  these  stones  will al ways  be 
 a me mo ri al  for  the Is ra el ites.”
8  The Is ra el ites  did  just  as Josh ua  had com-
mand ed  them. The  twelve  men  took  stones 
 from  the mid dle  of  the Jor dan,  one  for  each d 
 of  the Is ra el ite  tribes,  just  as  the  L ord  had 
 told Josh ua. They car ried  them  to  the  camp 
 and  set  them  down  there. 9 Josh ua  also  set 
 up  twelve  stones  in  the mid dle e  of  the Jor dan 
 where  the  priests  who car ried  the  ark  of  the 
cov enant  were stand ing. The  stones  are  still 
 there to day . 10  The  priests car ry ing  the  ark con tin ued 
stand ing  in  the mid dle  of  the Jor dan un til 
ev ery thing  was com plet ed  that  the  L ord 
 had com mand ed Josh ua  to  tell  the peo ple,  in 
keep ing  with  all  that Mo ses  had com mand ed 
Josh ua. The peo ple hur ried  across, 11  and af ter 
ev ery one  had fin ished cross ing,  the  priests 
 with  the  ark  of  the  L ord  crossed  in  the  sight  of 
 the peo ple. 12  The Reu ben ites, Gad ites,  and  half 
 the  tribe  of Ma nas seh  went  in bat tle for ma tion 
 in  front  of  the Is ra el ites,  as Mo ses  had in struct-
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13  About for ty thou sand  equipped 
 for  war  crossed  to  the  plains  of Jer i cho  in  the 
 L ord’ s pres ence.


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14  On  that  day  the  L ord ex alt ed Josh ua  in 
 the  sight  of  all Is ra el,  and  they re vered  him 
through out  his  life,  as  they  had re vered Mo-
ses. 15  The  L ord  told Josh ua, 16 “Com mand  the 
 priests  who car ry  the  ark  of  the tes ti mo ny  to 
 come  up  from  the Jor dan.”
17  So Josh ua com mand ed  the  priests, “ Come 
 up  from  the Jor dan.” 18  When  the  priests car-
ry ing  the  ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant  came  up 
 from  the mid dle  of  the Jor dan,  and  their  feet f 
 stepped  out  on sol id  ground,  the wa ter  of  the 
Jor dan resumed  its  course, flow ing  over  all 
 the  banks  as be fore. 19  The peo ple  came  up  from  the Jor dan  on 
 the  tenth  day  of  the  first  month,  and  camped  at 
Gil gal  on  the east ern lim its  of Jer i cho.


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20  Then 
Josh ua  set  up  in Gil gal  the  twelve  stones  they 
 had tak en  from  the Jor dan, 21  and  he  said  to 
 the Is ra el ites, “ In  the fu ture,  when  your chil-
dren  ask  their fa thers, ‘ What  is  the mean ing 
 of  these  stones? ’ 22  you  should  tell  your chil-
dren, ‘Is ra el  crossed  the Jor dan  on  dry  ground.’ 
23  For  the  L ord  your  God  dried  up  the wa ter  of 
 the Jor dan be fore  you un til  you  had  crossed 
 over,  just  as  the  L ord  your  God  did  to  the  Red 
 Sea,  which  he  dried  up be fore  us un til  we  had 
 crossed  over. 24  This  is  so  that  all  the peo ples 
 of  the  earth  may  know  that  the  L ord’ s  hand 
 is  mighty ,  and  so  that  you  may al ways  fear 
 the  L ord  your  God.”
CIRCUMCISION OF THE ISRAELITES
5 
 When  all  the Am o rite  kings  across  the 
Jor dan  to  the  west  and  all  the Ca naan ite 
 kings  near  the  sea  heard  how  the  L ord  had 
 dried  up  the wa ter  of  the Jor dan be fore  the 
Is ra el ites un til  they  had  crossed  over,  they 
 lost  heart  and  their cour age  failed g be cause 
 of  the Is ra el ites. 2  At  that  time  the  L ord  said  to Josh ua, 
“ Make  flint  knives  and cir cum cise  the Is-
ra el ite  men  again.” 3  So Josh ua  made  flint 
 knives  and cir cum cised  the Is ra el ite  men  at 
a 3:16 Alt Hb tradition reads mass at   b 4:3 Lit feet of the priests, also in v . 9   c 4:5 Lit shoulder according to the number    
d 4:8 Lit Jordan according to the number   e 4:9 Or Now Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been in the middle    
f 4:18 Lit and the soles of the feet of the priests   g 5:1 Lit and they did not have spirit in them any more
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Gibeath-haaraloth. a 4  This  is  the rea son Josh ua 
cir cum cised  them:  All  the peo ple  who  came 
 out  of  Egypt  who  were  males  —   all  the  men 
 of  war  —   had  died  in  the wil der ness  along 
 the  way af ter  they  had  come  out  of  Egypt. 5  Though  all  the peo ple  who  came  out  were 
cir cum cised,  none  of  the peo ple  born  in  the 
wil der ness  along  the  way  were cir cum cised 
af ter  they  had  come  out  of  Egypt. 6  For  the 
Is ra el ites wan dered  in  the wil der ness for ty 
 years un til  all  the na tion’s  men  of  war  who 
 came  out  of  Egypt  had  died  off be cause  they 
 did  not  obey  the  L ord. So  the  L ord  vowed 
nev er  to  let  them  see  the  land  he  had  sworn 
 to  their fa thers  to  give  us,  a  land flow ing  with 
 milk  and hon ey . 7  He  raised  up  their  sons  in 
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8 Af ter 
 the en tire na tion  had  been cir cum cised,  they 
 stayed  where  they  were  in  the  camp un til  they 
re cov ered. 9  The  L ord  then  said  to Josh ua, “To-
day  I  have  rolled  away  the dis grace  of  Egypt 
 from  you.” There fore,  that  place  is  still  called 
Gil gal to day . FOOD FROM THE LAND
10  While  the Is ra el ites  camped  at Gil gal  on  the 
 plains  of Jer i cho,  they ob served  the Pass over 
 on  the eve ning  of  the four teenth  day  of  the 
 month. 11  The  day af ter Pass over  they  ate un-
leav ened  bread  and roast ed  grain  from  the 
pro duce  of  the  land. 12  And  the  day af ter  they 
 ate  from  the pro duce  of  the  land,  the man na 
 ceased.


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Since  there  was  no  more man na  for 
 the Is ra el ites,  they  ate  from  the  crops  of  the 
 land  of Ca naan  that  year. COMMANDER OF THE LORD’S ARMY
13  When Josh ua  was  near Jer i cho,  he  looked 
 up  and  saw  a  man stand ing  in  front  of  him 
 with  a  drawn  sword  in  his  hand. Josh ua ap-
proached  him  and  asked, “ Are  you  for  us  or 
 for  our en e mies? ”
14 “Nei ther,”  he re plied.


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“ I  have  now  come 
 as com mand er  of  the  L ord’ s  army .”
 Then Josh ua  bowed  with  his  face  to  the 
 ground  in wor ship  and  asked  him, “ What  does 
 my  lord  want  to  say  to  his ser vant? ”
15  The com mand er  of  the  L ord’ s  army  said 
 to Josh ua, “Re move  the san dals  from  your 
 feet,  for  the  place  where  you  are stand ing  is 
 holy .”  And Josh ua  did  that. THE CONQUEST OF JERICHO
6 
 Now Jer i cho  was strong ly for ti fied be-
cause  of  the Is ra el ites  —   no  one leav ing 
 or en ter ing. 2  The  L ord  said  to Josh ua, “ Look, 
 I  have hand ed Jer i cho,  its  king,  and  its  best 
sol diers  over  to  you. 3  March  around  the  city 
 with  all  the  men  of  war, cir cling  the  city  one 
 time.


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Do  this  for  six  days. 4  Have sev en  priests 
car ry sev en ram’s-horn trum pets  in  front  of 
 the  ark. But  on  the sev enth  day ,  march  around 
 the  city sev en  times,  while  the  priests  blow  the 
trum pets. 5  When  there  is  a pro longed  blast 
 of  the  horn  and  you  hear  its  sound,  have  all 
 the  troops  give  a  mighty  shout. Then  the  city 
 wall  will col lapse,  and  the  troops  will ad vance, 
 each  man  straight  ahead.”
6  So Josh ua  son  of  Nun sum moned  the  priests 
 and  said  to  them, “ Take  up  the  ark  of  the cov-
enant  and  have sev en  priests car ry sev en trum-
pets  in  front  of  the  ark  of  the  L ord.” 7  He  said 
 to  the  troops, “ Move for ward,  march  around 
 the  city ,  and  have  the  armed  men  go  ahead  of 
 the  ark  of  the  L ord.”
8 Af ter Josh ua  had spo ken  to  the  troops, 
sev en  priests car ry ing sev en trum pets be fore 
 the  L ord  moved for ward  and  blew  the trum-
pets;  the  ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant fol lowed 
 them. 9  While  the trum pets  were blow ing, 
 the  armed  men  went  in  front  of  the  priests 
 who  blew  the trum pets,  and  the  rear  guard 
 went be hind  the  ark. 10  But Josh ua  had com-
mand ed  the  troops: “ Do  not  shout  or  let  your 
 voice  be  heard. Don’t  let  one  word  come  out 
 of  your  mouth un til  the  time  I  say , ‘ Shout! ’ 
 Then  you  are  to  shout.” 11  So  the  ark  of  the 
 L ord  was car ried  around  the  city , cir cling  it 
 once. They re turned  to  the  camp  and  spent 
 the  night  there. b
12 Josh ua  got  up ear ly  the  next morn ing. The 
 priests  took  the  ark  of  the  L ord, 13  and  the sev en 
 priests car ry ing sev en trum pets  marched  in 
 front  of  the  ark  of  the  L ord. While  the trum-
pets  were blow ing,  the  armed  men  went  in 
 front  of  them,  and  the  rear  guard  went be hind 
 the  ark  of  the  L ord. 14  On  the sec ond  day  they 
 marched  around  the  city  once  and re turned 
 to  the  camp.


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They  did  this  for  six  days. 15 Ear ly  on  the sev enth  day ,  they start ed  at 
 dawn  and  marched  around  the  city sev en 
 times  in  the  same  way . That  was  the  only  day 
 they  marched  around  the  city sev en  times. 16 Af ter  the sev enth  time,  the  priests  blew 
 the trum pets,  and Josh ua  said  to  the  troops, 
a 5:3 Or The Hill of Foreskins   b 6:11 Lit at the camp
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“ Shout! For  the  L ord  has giv en  you  the  city . 17  But  the  city  and ev ery thing  in  it  are  set  apart 
 to  the  L ord  for de struc tion. Only Ra hab  the 
pros ti tute  and ev ery one  with  her  in  the  house 
 will  live, be cause  she  hid  the mes sen gers  we 
 sent. 18  But  keep your selves  from  the  things  set 
 apart,  or  you  will  be  set  apart  for de struc tion.


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If  you a  take  any  of  those  things,  you  will  set 
 apart  the  camp  of Is ra el  for de struc tion  and 
 make trou ble  for  it. 19  For  all  the sil ver  and 
 gold,  and  the ar ti cles  of  bronze  and  iron,  are 
ded i cat ed  to  the  L ord  and  must  go  into  the 
 L ord’ s trea sury .”
20  So  the  troops shout ed,  and  the trum pets 
sound ed. When  they  heard  the  blast  of  the 
trum pet,  the  troops  gave  a  great  shout,  and 
 the  wall col lapsed. The  troops ad vanced  into 
 the  city ,  each  man  straight  ahead,  and  they 
cap tured  the  city .


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21  They com plete ly de stroyed 
ev ery thing  in  the  city  with  the  sword  —  ev ery 
 man  and wom an,  both  young  and  old,  and 
ev ery  ox,  sheep,  and don key . RAHAB AND HER FAMILY SPARED
22 Josh ua  said  to  the  two  men  who  had scouted 
 the  land, “ Go  to  the pros ti tute’s  house  and  bring 
 the wom an  out  of  there,  and  all  who  are  with 
 her,  just  as  you  swore  to  her.” 23  So  the  young 
 men  who  had scouted  went  in  and  brought 
 out Ra hab  and  her fa ther, moth er, broth ers, 
 and  all  who be longed  to  her. They  brought  out 
 her  whole fam i ly  and set tled  them out side  the 
 camp  of Is ra el. 24  They  burned  the  city  and ev ery thing  in 
 it,  but  they  put  the sil ver  and  gold  and  the ar-
ti cles  of  bronze  and  iron  into  the trea sury  of 
 the  L ord’ s  house. 25 How ev er, Josh ua  spared 
Ra hab  the pros ti tute,  her fa ther’s fam i ly ,  and 
 all  who be longed  to  her, be cause  she  hid  the 
mes sen gers Josh ua  had  sent  to  spy  on Jer i cho, 
 and  she  still  lives  in Is ra el to day . 26  At  that  time Josh ua im posed  this  curse:
  The man who undertakes
  the rebuilding of this city , Jericho,
  is cursed before the Lord. He will lay its foundation
  at the cost of his firstborn;
  he will finish its gates
  at the cost of his youngest. 27  And  the  L ord  was  with Josh ua,  and  his 
 fame  spread through out  the  land. DEFE AT AT AI
7 
 The Is ra el ites, how ev er,  were un faith ful 
re gard ing  the  things  set  apart  for de struc-
tion. Achan  son  of Car mi,  son  of Zab di,  son  of 
Ze rah,  of  the  tribe  of Ju dah,  took  some  of  what 
 was  set  apart,  and  the  L ord’ s an ger  burned 
 against  the Is ra el ites. 2 Josh ua  sent  men  from Jer i cho  to  Ai,  which 
 is  near Beth-aven,  east  of Beth el,  and  told  them, 
“ Go  up  and scout  the  land.”  So  the  men  went 
 up  and scouted  Ai. 3 Af ter re turn ing  to Josh ua  they re port ed 
 to  him, “ Don’t  send  all  the peo ple,  but  send 
 about  two thou sand  or  three thou sand b  men 
 to at tack  Ai. Since  the peo ple  of  Ai  are  so  few , 
 don’t  wear  out  all  our peo ple  there.” 4  So  about 
 three thou sand  men c  went  up  there,  but  they 
 fled  from  the  men  of  Ai. 5  The  men  of  Ai  struck 
 down  about thirty-six  of  them  and  chased 
 them  from out side  the  city  gate  to  the quar-
ries, d strik ing  them  down  on  the de scent. As 
 a re sult,  the peo ple  lost  heart. e
6  Then Josh ua  tore  his  clothes  and  fell face-
down  to  the  ground be fore  the  ark  of  the  L ord 
un til eve ning,  as  did  the el ders  of Is ra el;  they 
 all  put  dust  on  their  heads. 7 “ Oh,  Lord  G od,” 
Josh ua  said, “ why  did  you  ever  bring  these 
peo ple  across  the Jor dan  to  hand  us  over  to  the 
Am o rites  for  our de struc tion? If  only  we  had 
 been con tent  to re main  on  the oth er  side  of  the 
Jor dan! 8  What  can  I  say ,  Lord,  now  that Is ra el 
 has  turned  its  back  and  run  from  its en e mies? 9  When  the Ca naan ites  and  all  who  live  in  the 
 land  hear  about  this,  they  will sur round  us 
 and  wipe  out  our  name  from  the  earth.


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11 Is ra el  has 
 sinned. They  have vi o lat ed  my cov enant  that 
 I ap point ed  for  them. They  have tak en  some 
 of  what  was  set  apart.


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They  have sto len, de-
ceived,  and  put  those  things  with  their  own 
be long ings. 12  This  is  why  the Is ra el ites can not 
 stand  against  their en e mies. They  will  turn 
 their  backs  and  run  from  their en e mies, be-
cause  they  have  been  set  apart  for de struc tion. I  will  no lon ger  be  with  you un less  you re move 
 from  among  you  what  is  set  apart. 13 “ Go  and con se crate  the peo ple. Tell  them 
 to con se crate them selves  for to mor row ,  for 
 this  is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says: 
 There  are  things  that  are  set  apart  among  you, 
a 6:18 LXX reads you covet and ; Jos 7:21   b 7:3 Or send two or three military units of   c 7:4 Lit men from the people   d 7:5 Or 
to Shebarim   e 7:5 Lit people’s hearts melted and became like water
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Is ra el. You  will  not  be  able  to  stand  against 
 your en e mies un til  you re move  what  is  set 
 apart. 14  In  the morn ing, pre sent your selves 
 tribe  by  tribe. The  tribe  the  L ord se lects  is  to 
 come for ward  clan  by  clan. The  clan  the  L ord 
se lects  is  to  come for ward fam i ly  by fam i ly . The fam i ly  the  L ord se lects  is  to  come for ward 
 man  by  man. 15  The  one  who  is  caught  with 
 the  things  set  apart  must  be  burned,  along 
 with ev ery thing  he  has, be cause  he  has vi o-
lat ed  the  L ord’ s cov enant  and com mit ted  an 
outrage  in Is ra el.”
ACHAN JUDGED
16 Josh ua  got  up ear ly  the  next morn ing. He 
 had Is ra el  come for ward  tribe  by  tribe,  and  the 
 tribe  of Ju dah  was se lect ed.


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17  He  had  the  clans 
 of Ju dah  come for ward,  and  the Ze ra hite  clan 
 was se lect ed. He  had  the Ze ra hite  clan  come 
for ward  by  heads  of fam i lies, a  and Zab di  was 
se lect ed. 18  He  then  had Zab di’s fam i ly  come 
for ward  man  by  man,  and  Achan  son  of Car-
mi,  son  of Zab di,  son  of Ze rah,  of  the  tribe  of 
Ju dah,  was se lect ed. 19  So Josh ua  said  to  Achan, “ My  son,  give 
glo ry  to  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  and  make 
 a con fes sion  to  him. b  I  urge  you,  tell  me  what 
 you  have  done. Don’t  hide any thing  from  me.”
20  Achan re plied  to Josh ua, “ It  is  true. I  have 
 sinned  against  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el. This  is  what  I  did: 21  When  I  saw  among  the 
 spoils  a beau ti ful  cloak  from Bab ylon, c  five 
 pounds d  of sil ver,  and  a  bar  of  gold weigh ing 
 a  pound  and  a quar ter, e  I cov et ed  them  and 
 took  them. You  can  see  for your self. They  are 
con cealed  in  the  ground in side  my  tent,  with 
 the sil ver un der  the  cloak.” 22  So Josh ua  sent 
mes sen gers  who  ran  to  the  tent,  and  there 
 was  the  cloak, con cealed  in  his  tent,  with  the 
sil ver un der neath. 23  They  took  the  things  from 
in side  the  tent,  brought  them  to Josh ua  and 
 all  the Is ra el ites,  and  spread  them  out  in  the 
 L ord’ s pres ence. 24  Then Josh ua  and  all Is ra el  with  him  took 
 Achan  son  of Ze rah,  the sil ver,  the  cloak,  and 
 the  bar  of  gold,  his  sons  and daugh ters,  his 
 ox, don key ,  and  sheep,  his  tent,  and  all  that 
 he  had,  and  brought  them  up  to  the V al ley  of 
 Achor. 25 Josh ua  said, “ Why  have  you  brought 
 us trou ble?


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To day  the  L ord  will  bring  you trou-
ble! ”  So  all Is ra el  stoned  them f  to  death. They 
 burned  their bod ies,  threw  stones  on  them, 
26  and  raised  over  him  a  large  pile  of  rocks 
 that re mains  still to day . Then  the  L ord  turned 
 from  his burn ing an ger.


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There fore  that  place 
 is  called  the V al ley  of  Achor g  still to day . CONQUEST OF AI
8 
 The  L ord  said  to Josh ua, “ Do  not  be  afraid 
 or dis cour aged. Take  all  the  troops  with 
 you  and  go at tack  Ai.


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Look,  I  have hand ed  over 
 to  you  the  king  of  Ai,  his peo ple,  city ,  and  land. 2  Treat  Ai  and  its  king  as  you  did Jer i cho  and 
 its  king, ex cept  that  you  may plun der  its  spoil 
 and live stock  for your selves. Set  an am bush 
be hind  the  city .”
3  So Josh ua  and  all  the  troops  set  out  to at tack 
 Ai. Josh ua se lect ed thir ty thou sand  of  his  best 
sol diers  and  sent  them  out  at  night. 4  He com-
mand ed  them: “ Pay at ten tion. Lie  in am bush 
be hind  the  city ,  not  too  far  from  it,  and  all  of 
 you  be  ready .


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5  Then  I  and  all  the peo ple  who 
 are  with  me  will ap proach  the  city . When  they 
 come  out  against  us  as  they  did  the  first  time, 
 we  will  flee  from  them. 6  They  will  come af ter 
 us un til  we  have  drawn  them  away  from  the 
 city ,  for  they  will  say , ‘ They  are flee ing  from 
 us  as be fore.’  While  we  are flee ing  from  them, 
7  you  are  to  come  out  of  your am bush  and 
 seize  the  city . The  L ord  your  God  will  hand 
 it  over  to  you.


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8 Af ter tak ing  the  city ,  set  it  on 
 fire. Fol low  the  L ord’ s com mand  —   see  that 
 you  do  as  I  have or dered  you.” 9  So Josh ua  sent 
 them  out,  and  they  went  to  the am bush  site 
 and wait ed be tween Beth el  and  Ai,  to  the  west 
 of  Ai. But  he  spent  that  night  with  the  troops. 10 Josh ua start ed ear ly  the  next morn ing 
 and mo bi lized  them. Then  he  and  the el ders 
 of Is ra el  led  the  troops  up  to  Ai. 11  All  those h 
 who  were  with  him  went  up  and ap proached 
 the  city , ar riv ing op po site  Ai,  and  camped  to 
 the  north  of  it,  with  a val ley be tween  them 
 and  the  city . 12  Now Josh ua  had tak en  about 
 five thou sand  men  and  set  them  in am bush 
be tween Beth el  and  Ai,  to  the  west  of  the  city . 13  The  troops  were sta tioned  in  this  way:  the 
 main i  camp  to  the  north  of  the  city  and  its 
 rear  guard  to  the  west  of  the  city . And  that 
 night Josh ua  went  into  the val ley .


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14  When  the  king  of  Ai  saw  the Is ra el ites,  the 
 men  of  the  city hur ried  and  went  out ear ly  in 
 the morn ing  so  that  he  and  all  his peo ple  could 
en gage Is ra el  in bat tle  at  a suit able  place fac-
ing  the Ar a bah. But  he  did  not  know  there  was 
a 7:17 Lit forward man by man   b 7:19 Or and praise him   c 7:21 Lit Shinar   d 7:21 Lit 200 shekels   e 7:21 Lit 50 shekels    
f 7:25 Lit him   g 7:26 Or of Trouble   h 8:11 Lit the people of war   i 8:13 Lit way: all the
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 an am bush wait ing  for  him be hind  the  city . 15 Josh ua  and  all Is ra el pre tend ed  to  be beat en 
 back  by  them  and  fled to ward  the wil der ness. 16  Then  all  the  troops  of  Ai  were sum moned  to 
pur sue  them,  and  they pur sued Josh ua  and 
 were  drawn  away  from  the  city . 17  Not  a  man 
 was  left  in  Ai  or Beth el  who  did  not  go  out 
af ter Is ra el, leav ing  the  city ex posed  while 
 they pur sued Is ra el. 18  Then  the  L ord  said  to Josh ua, “ Hold  out 
 the jav e lin  in  your  hand to ward  Ai,  for  I  will 
 hand  the  city  over  to  you.”  So Josh ua  held  out 
 his jav e lin to ward  it. 19  When  he  held  out  his 
 hand,  the  men  in am bush  rose quick ly  from 
 their po si tion. They  ran, en tered  the  city , cap-
tured  it,  and im me di ate ly  set  it  on  fire. 20  The  men  of  Ai  turned  and  looked  back, 
 and  smoke  from  the  city  was ris ing  to  the 
 sky! They  could  not es cape  in  any di rec tion, 
 and  the  troops  who  had  fled  to  the wil der ness 
 now be came  the pur su ers. 21  When Josh ua 
 and  all Is ra el  saw  that  the  men  in am bush  had 
cap tured  the  city  and  that  smoke  was ris ing 
 from  it,  they  turned  back  and  struck  down 
 the  men  of  Ai. 22  Then  men  in am bush  came 
 out  of  the  city  against  them,  and  the  men  of 
 Ai  were  trapped be tween  the Is ra el ite forc-
es,  some  on  one  side  and  some  on  the oth er. They  struck  them  down un til  no sur vi vor  or 
fu gi tive re mained, 23  but  they cap tured  the 
 king  of  Ai  alive  and  brought  him  to Josh ua. 24  When Is ra el  had fin ished kill ing ev ery one 
liv ing  in  Ai  who  had pur sued  them  into  the 
 open coun try ,  and  when ev ery  last  one  of  them 
 had fall en  by  the  sword,  all Is ra el re turned  to 
 Ai  and  struck  it  down  with  the  sword. 25  The 
to tal  of  those  who  fell  that  day ,  both  men  and 
wom en,  was  twelve thou sand  —   all  the peo ple 
 of  Ai. 26 Josh ua  did  not  draw  back  his  hand 
 that  was hold ing  the jav e lin un til  all  the in-
hab i tants  of  Ai  were com plete ly de stroyed. 27 Is ra el plun dered  only  the cat tle  and  spoil 
 of  that  city  for them selves, ac cord ing  to  the 
 L ord’ s com mand  that  he  had giv en Josh ua. 28 Josh ua  burned  Ai  and  left  it  a per ma nent 
 ruin,  still des o late to day . 29  He  hung a  the  body 
 of  the  king  of  Ai  on  a  tree b un til eve ning,  and 
 at sun set Josh ua com mand ed  that  they  take 
 his  body  down  from  the  tree. They  threw  it 
 down  at  the en trance  of  the  city  gate  and  put 
 a  large  pile  of  rocks  over  it,  which  still re-
mains to day . RENEWED COMMITMENT TO THE LAW
30  At  that  time Josh ua  built  an al tar  on  Mount 
 Ebal  to  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el, 31  just  as 
Mo ses  the  L ord’ s ser vant  had com mand ed 
 the Is ra el ites. He  built  it ac cord ing  to  what  is 
writ ten  in  the  book  of  the  law  of Mo ses:  an al tar 
 of un cut  stones  on  which  no  iron  tool  has  been 
 used. Then  they off  ered  burnt off  er ings  to  the 
 L ord  and sac ri ficed fel low ship off  er ings  on  it. 32  There  on  the  stones, Josh ua cop ied  the  law  of 
Mo ses,  which  he  had writ ten  in  the pres ence 
 of  the Is ra el ites. 33  All Is ra el  —  res i dent  alien 
 and cit i zen  alike  —   with  their el ders, off  i cers, 
 and judg es,  stood  on ei ther  side  of  the  ark  of 
 the  L ord’ s cov enant fac ing  the Le vit i cal  priests 
 who car ried  it. Half  of  them  were  in  front  of 
 Mount Ge ri zim  and  half  in  front  of  Mount  Ebal, 
 as Mo ses  the  L ord’ s ser vant  had com mand ed 
ear li er con cern ing bless ing  the peo ple  of Is ra el. 34 Af ter ward, Josh ua  read  aloud  all  the  words 
 of  the  law  —   the bless ings  as  well  as  the curs es  
—  ac cord ing  to  all  that  is writ ten  in  the  book 
 of  the  law .


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35  There  was  not  a  word  of  all  that 
Mo ses  had com mand ed  that Josh ua  did  not 
 read be fore  the en tire as sem bly  of Is ra el, in-
clud ing  the wom en,  the de pen dents,  and  the 
res i dent  aliens  who  lived c  among  them. DECEPTION BY GIBEON
9 
 When  all  the  kings  heard  about Jer i cho  and 
 Ai,  those  who  were  west  of  the Jor dan  in 
 the  hill coun try ,  in  the Ju de an foot hills, d  and 
 all  along  the  coast  of  the Med i ter ra nean  Sea 
to ward Leb a non  —   the Heth ites, Am o rites, 
Ca naan ites, Per iz zites, Hi vites,  and Jeb u sites — 
2  they  formed  a uni fied al li ance  to  fight  against 
Josh ua  and Is ra el. 3  When  the in hab i tants  of Gib e on  heard  what 
Josh ua  had  done  to Jer i cho  and  Ai, 4  they act ed 
de cep tive ly .


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They gath ered pro vi sions e  and 
 took worn-out  sacks  on  their don keys  and 
 old wine skins,  cracked  and mend ed.


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5  They 
 wore  old,  patched san dals  on  their  feet  and 
threadbare cloth ing  on  their bod ies.


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Their en-
tire pro vi sion  of  bread  was  dry  and crumbly . 6  They  went  to Josh ua  in  the  camp  at Gil gal 
 and  said  to  him  and  the  men  of Is ra el, “ We 
 have  come  from  a dis tant  land. Please  make 
 a trea ty  with  us.”
7  The  men  of Is ra el re plied  to  the Hi vites, 
“Per haps  you  live  among  us.


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How  can  we  make 
 a trea ty  with  you? ”
a 8:29 Or impaled   b 8:29 Or wooden stake   c 8:35 Lit walked   d 9:1 Or the Shephelah   e 9:4 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; other 
Hb mss read They went disguised as ambassadors
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8  They  said  to Josh ua, “ We  are  your ser vants.”
 Then Josh ua  asked  them, “ Who  are  you  and 
 where  do  you  come  from? ”
9  They re plied  to  him, “ Your ser vants  have 
 come  from  a  faraway  land be cause  of  the rep-
u ta tion  of  the  L ord  your  God. For  we  have 
 heard  of  his  fame,  and  all  that  he  did  in  Egypt, 
10  and  all  that  he  did  to  the  two Am o rite  kings 
be yond  the Jor dan  —   King Si hon  of Hesh bon 
 and  King  Og  of Ba shan,  who  was  in Ash ta roth. 11  So  our el ders  and  all  the in hab i tants  of  our 
 land  told  us, ‘ Take pro vi sions  with  you  for 
 the jour ney;  go  and  meet  them  and  say , “ We 
 are  your ser vants.


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Please  make  a trea ty  with 
 us.” ’ 12  This  bread  of  ours  was  warm  when  we 
 took  it  from  our hous es  as  food  on  the  day  we 
 left  to  come  to  you;  but  see,  it  is  now  dry  and 
crumbly . 13  These wine skins  were  new  when 
 we  filled  them;  but  see,  they  are  cracked.


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And 
 these  clothes  and san dals  of  ours  are  worn  out 
 from  the ex treme ly  long jour ney .” 14  Then  the 
 men  of Is ra el  took  some  of  their pro vi sions, 
 but  did  not  seek  the  L ord’ s de ci sion. 15  So Josh-
ua es tab lished  peace  with  them  and  made  a 
trea ty  to  let  them  live,  and  the lead ers  of  the 
com mu ni ty  swore  an  oath  to  them. GIBEON’S DECEPTION DISCOVERED
16  Three  days af ter mak ing  the trea ty  with 
 them,  they  heard  that  the Gib e on ites  were 
 their neigh bors, liv ing  among  them. 17  So  the Is-
ra el ites  set  out  and  reached  the Gib e on ite cit ies 
 on  the  third  day . Now  their cit ies  were Gib e on, 
Che phi rah, Be e roth,  and Kiriath-jearim. 18  But 
 the Is ra el ites  did  not at tack  them, be cause 
 the lead ers  of  the com mu ni ty  had  sworn  an 
 oath  to  them  by  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el.


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Then  the  whole com mu ni ty grum bled  against 
 the lead ers. 19  All  the lead ers an swered  them, “ We  have 
 sworn  an  oath  to  them  by  the  L ord,  the  God  of 
Is ra el,  and  now  we can not  touch  them. 20  This 
 is  how  we  will  treat  them:  we  will  let  them 
 live,  so  that  no  wrath  will  fall  on  us be cause 
 of  the  oath  we  swore  to  them.” 21  They  also 
 said, “ Let  them  live.”  So  the Gib e on ites be came 
wood cut ters  and wa ter car ri ers  for  the  whole 
com mu ni ty ,  as  the lead ers  had prom ised  them. 22 Josh ua sum moned  the Gib e on ites  and  said 
 to  them, “ Why  did  you de ceive  us  by tell ing  us 
 you  live  far  away  from  us,  when  in  fact  you 
 live  among  us? 23 There fore  you  are  cursed 
 and  will al ways  be  slaves  —  wood cut ters  and 
wa ter car ri ers  for  the  house  of  my  God.”
24  The Gib e on ites an swered  him, “ It  was 
clear ly communicated  to  your ser vants  that 
 the  L ord  your  God  had com mand ed  his ser vant 
Mo ses  to  give  you  all  the  land  and  to de stroy 
 all  the in hab i tants  of  the  land be fore  you. We 
great ly  feared  for  our  lives be cause  of  you,  and 
 that  is  why  we  did  this.


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25  Now  we  are  in  your 
 hands. Do  to  us what ev er  you  think  is  right.” a 
26  This  is  what Josh ua  did  to  them:  he res cued 
 them  from  the Is ra el ites,  and  they  did  not  kill 
 them.


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27  On  that  day  he  made  them wood cut-
ters  and wa ter car ri ers  —   as  they  are to day  
—   for  the com mu ni ty  and  for  the  L ord’ s al tar 
 at  the  place  he  would  choose. THE DAY THE SUN STOOD STILL
10 
 Now  King Ad o ni-ze dek  of Je ru sa lem 
 heard  that Josh ua  had cap tured  Ai  and 
com plete ly de stroyed  it, treat ing  Ai  and  its 
 king  as  he  had Jer i cho  and  its  king,  and  that 
 the in hab i tants  of Gib e on  had  made  peace  with 
Is ra el  and  were liv ing  among  them. 2  So Ad o-
ni-ze dek  and  his peo ple  were b great ly  alarmed 
be cause Gib e on  was  a  large  city  like  one  of  the 
roy al cit ies;  it  was larg er  than  Ai,  and  all  its 
 men  were war riors. 3 There fore  King Ad o ni-
ze dek  of Je ru sa lem  sent  word  to  King Ho ham 
 of He bron,  King Pi ram  of Jar muth,  King Ja phia 
 of La chish,  and  King De bir  of Eg lon, say ing, 
4 “ Come  up  and  help  me. We  will at tack Gib e on, 
be cause  they  have  made  peace  with Josh ua 
 and  the Is ra el ites.” 5  So  the  five Am o rite  kings  
—   the  kings  of Je ru sa lem, He bron, Jar muth, 
La chish,  and Eg lon  —   joined forc es, ad vanced 
 with  all  their ar mies, be sieged Gib e on,  and 
 fought  against  it. 6  Then  the  men  of Gib e on  sent  word  to Josh-
ua  in  the  camp  at Gil gal: “ Don’t  give  up  on c 
 your ser vants. Come quick ly  and  save  us! Help 
 us,  for  all  the Am o rite  kings liv ing  in  the  hill 
coun try  have  joined forc es  against  us.” 7  So 
Josh ua  and  all  his  troops, in clud ing  all  his 
 best sol diers,  came  from Gil gal. 8  The  L ord  said  to Josh ua, “ Do  not  be  afraid  of 
 them,  for  I  have hand ed  them  over  to  you. Not 
 one  of  them  will  be  able  to  stand  against  you.”
9  So Josh ua  caught  them  by sur prise, af ter 
march ing  all  night  from Gil gal. 10  The  L ord 
 threw  them  into con fu sion be fore Is ra el. He 
de feat ed  them  in  a  great slaugh ter  at Gib e on, 
a 9:25 Lit us as is good and as is right in your eyes do   b 10:2 One Hb ms, Syr , Vg read So he was   c 10:6 Lit Don’t withdraw 
your hands from
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 chased  them  through  the as cent  of Beth-ho ron, 
 and  struck  them  down  as  far  as Aze kah  and 
Mak ke dah. 11  As  they  fled be fore Is ra el,  the 
 L ord  threw  large hail stones  on  them  from 
 the  sky  along  the de scent  of Beth-ho ron  all 
 the  way  to Aze kah,  and  they  died. More  of 
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 killed  with  the  sword. 12  On  the  day  the  L ord  gave  the Am o rites 
 over  to  the Is ra el ites, Josh ua  spoke  to  the  L ord 
 in  the pres ence  of Is ra el:
  “Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
  and moon, over the V alley of Aijalon.”
 13 And the sun stood still
  and the moon stopped
  until the nation took vengeance 
on its enemies. Isn’t  this writ ten  in  the  Book  of Ja shar? a
  So the sun stopped
  in the middle of the sky
  and delayed its setting
  almost a full day . 14  There  has  been  no  day  like  it be fore  or  since, 
 when  the  L ord lis tened  to  a  man, be cause  the 
 L ord  fought  for Is ra el.


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15  Then Josh ua  and  all 
Is ra el  with  him re turned  to  the  camp  at Gil gal. EXECUTION OF THE FIVE KINGS
16  Now  the  five de feat ed  kings  had  fled  and hid-
den  in  the  cave  at Mak ke dah. 17  It  was re port ed 
 to Josh ua: “ The  five  kings  have  been  found; 
 they  are hid ing  in  the  cave  at Mak ke dah.”
18 Josh ua  said, “ Roll  large  stones  against  the 
 mouth  of  the  cave,  and sta tion  men  by  it  to 
 guard  the  kings. 19  But  as  for  the  rest  of  you, 
 don’t  stay  there.


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Pur sue  your en e mies  and at-
tack  them  from be hind. Don’t  let  them en ter 
 their cit ies,  for  the  L ord  your  God  has hand ed 
 them  over  to  you.” 20  So Josh ua  and  the Is ra-
el ites fin ished inflicting  a ter ri ble slaugh ter 
 on  them un til  they  were de stroyed, al though 
 a  few sur vi vors  ran  away  to  the for ti fied cit-
ies. 21  The peo ple re turned safe ly  to Josh ua  in 
 the  camp  at Mak ke dah.


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And  no  one  dared  to 
threat en b  the Is ra el ites. 22  Then Josh ua  said, “ Open  the  mouth  of  the 
 cave,  and  bring  those  five  kings  to  me  out  of 
 there.” 23  That  is  what  they  did. They  brought 
 the  five  kings  of Je ru sa lem, He bron, Jar muth, 
La chish,  and Eg lon  to Josh ua  out  of  the  cave. 24  When  they  had  brought  the  kings  to  him, 
Josh ua sum moned  all  the  men  of Is ra el  and  said 
 to  the mil i tary com mand ers  who  had ac com-
pa nied  him, “ Come  here  and  put  your  feet  on 
 the  necks  of  these  kings.”  So  the com mand ers 
 came for ward  and  put  their  feet  on  their  necks. 25 Josh ua  said  to  them, “ Do  not  be  afraid  or dis-
cour aged. Be  strong  and cou ra geous,  for  the 
 L ord  will  do  this  to  all  the en e mies  you  fight.”
26 Af ter  this, Josh ua  struck  them  down  and 
ex e cut ed  them. He  hung c  their bod ies  on  five 
 trees d  and  they  were  there un til eve ning.


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27  At 
sun set Josh ua com mand ed  that  they  be tak en 
 down  from  the  trees  and  thrown  into  the  cave 
 where  they  had hid den.


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Then  large  stones 
 were  placed  against  the  mouth  of  the  cave, 
 and  the  stones  are  still  there to day . CONQUEST OF SOUTHERN CITIES
28  On  that  day Josh ua cap tured Mak ke dah  and 
 struck  it  down  with  the  sword, in clud ing  its 
 king. He com plete ly de stroyed  it e  and ev ery-
one  in  it, leav ing  no sur vi vors.


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So  he treat ed 
 the  king  of Mak ke dah  as  he  had  the  king  of 
Jer i cho. 29 Josh ua  and  all Is ra el  with  him  crossed 
 from Mak ke dah  to Lib nah  and  fought  against 
Lib nah. 30  The  L ord  also hand ed  it  and  its  king 
 over  to Is ra el. He  struck  it  down, put ting ev-
ery one  in  it  to  the  sword,  and  left  no sur vi vors 
 in  it. He treat ed Lib nah’s  king  as  he  had  the 
 king  of Jer i cho. 31  From Lib nah, Josh ua  and  all Is ra el  with 
 him  crossed  to La chish. They  laid  siege  to  it  and 
at tacked  it. 32  The  L ord hand ed La chish  over 
 to Is ra el,  and Josh ua cap tured  it  on  the sec ond 
 day . He  struck  it  down, put ting ev ery one  in  it 
 to  the  sword,  just  as  he  had  done  to Lib nah. 33  At  that  time  King Ho ram  of Ge zer  went  to 
 help La chish,  but Josh ua  struck  him  down 
 along  with  his peo ple, leav ing  no sur vi vors. 34  Then Josh ua  crossed  from La chish  to Eg-
lon  and  all Is ra el  with  him. They  laid  siege  to 
 it  and at tacked  it. 35  On  that  day  they cap tured 
 it  and  struck  it  down, put ting ev ery one  in  it 
 to  the  sword. He com plete ly de stroyed  it  that 
 day ,  just  as  he  had  done  to La chish. 36  Next, Josh ua  and  all Is ra el  with  him  went 
 up  from Eg lon  to He bron  and at tacked  it. 37  They 
cap tured  it  and  struck  down  its  king,  all  its 
vil lages,  and ev ery one  in  it  with  the  sword. He  left  no sur vi vors,  just  as  he  had  done  at 
Eg lon.


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He com plete ly de stroyed He bron  and 
ev ery one  in  it. a 10:13 Or of the Upright   b 10:21 Lit No one sharpened his tongue against   c 10:26 Or impaled   d 10:26 Or wooden stakes, 
also in v . 27   e 10:28 Some Hb mss read them
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38 Fi nal ly , Josh ua  turned to ward De bir  and 
at tacked  it. And  all Is ra el  was  with  him.


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39  He 
cap tured  it  —   its  king  and  all  its vil lages. They 
 struck  them  down  with  the  sword  and com-
plete ly de stroyed ev ery one  in  it, leav ing  no 
sur vi vors.


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He treat ed De bir  and  its  king  as 
 he  had treat ed He bron  and  as  he  had treat ed 
Lib nah  and  its  king. 40  So Josh ua con quered  the  whole re gion  
—   the  hill coun try ,  the Ne gev ,  the Ju de an 
foot hills, a  and  the  slopes  —   with  all  their 
 kings, leav ing  no sur vi vors. He com plete ly 
de stroyed ev ery liv ing be ing,  as  the  L ord, 
 the  God  of Is ra el,  had com mand ed. 41 Josh ua 
con quered ev ery one  from Kadesh-barnea 
 to  Gaza,  and  all  the  land  of Go shen  as  far  as 
Gib e on. 42 Josh ua cap tured  all  these  kings 
 and  their  land  in  one cam paign, b be cause 
 the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  fought  for Is ra el. 43  Then Josh ua re turned  with  all Is ra el  to  the 
 camp  at Gil gal. CONQUEST OF NORTHERN CITIES
11 
 When  King Ja bin  of Ha zor  heard  this 
 news,  he  sent  a mes sage  to:  King Jo bab 
 of Ma don,  the  kings  of Shim ron  and Ach shaph, 
2  and  the  kings  of  the  north  in  the  hill coun try , 
 the Ar a bah  south  of Chin ne reth,  the Ju de an 
foot hills, c  and  the  Slopes  of  Dor d  to  the  west, 
3  the Ca naan ites  in  the  east  and  west,  the Am-
o rites, Heth ites, Per iz zites,  and Jeb u sites  in 
 the  hill coun try ,  and  the Hi vites  at  the  foot  of 
Her mon  in  the  land  of Miz pah. 4  They  went 
 out  with  all  their ar mies  —   a mul ti tude  as nu-
mer ous  as  the  sand  on  the sea shore  —   along 
 with  a  vast num ber  of hors es  and char i ots.


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5  All  these  kings  joined forc es;  they  came  and 
 camped to geth er  at  the Wa ters  of Me rom  to 
at tack Is ra el. 6  The  L ord  said  to Josh ua, “ Do  not  be  afraid 
 of  them,  for  at  this  time to mor row  I  will  cause 
 all  of  them  to  be  killed be fore Is ra el. You  are  to 
ham string  their hors es  and  burn  their char-
i ots.” 7  So Josh ua  and  all  his  troops sur prised 
 them  at  the Wa ters  of Me rom  and at tacked 
 them. 8  The  L ord hand ed  them  over  to Is ra el, 
 and  they  struck  them  down, pur su ing  them  as 
 far  as great er Si don  and Misrephoth-maim, 
 and  to  the  east  as  far  as  the V al ley  of Miz peh. They  struck  them  down, leav ing  no sur vi vors. 9 Josh ua treat ed  them  as  the  L ord  had  told 
 him;  he ham strung  their hors es  and  burned 
 their char i ots. 10  At  that  time Josh ua  turned  back, cap tured 
Ha zor,  and  struck  down  its  king  with  the  sword, 
be cause Ha zor  had for mer ly  been  the lead er 
 of  all  these king doms. 11  They  struck  down 
ev ery one  in  it  with  the  sword, com plete ly 
de stroy ing  them;  he  left  no  one  alive. Then 
 he  burned Ha zor. 12 Josh ua cap tured  all  these  kings  and  their 
cit ies  and  struck  them  down  with  the  sword. He com plete ly de stroyed  them,  as Mo ses  the 
 L ord’ s ser vant  had com mand ed. 13 How ev-
er, Is ra el  did  not  burn  any  of  the cit ies  that 
 stood  on  their  mounds ex cept Ha zor,  which 
Josh ua  burned. 14  The Is ra el ites plun dered  all 
 the  spoils  and cat tle  of  these cit ies  for them-
selves. But  they  struck  down ev ery per son 
 with  the  sword un til  they  had an ni hi lat ed 
 them, leav ing  no  one  alive. 15  Just  as  the  L ord 
 had com mand ed  his ser vant Mo ses, Mo ses 
com mand ed Josh ua.


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That  is  what Josh ua  did, 
leav ing noth ing un done  of  all  that  the  L ord 
 had com mand ed Mo ses. SUMMARY OF CONQUESTS
16  So Josh ua  took  all  this  land  —   the  hill coun-
try ,  all  the Ne gev ,  all  the  land  of Go shen,  the 
foot hills,  the Ar a bah,  and  the  hill coun try  of 
Is ra el  with  its foot hills — 17  from  Mount Ha lak, 
 which as cends  to  Seir,  as  far  as  Baal-gad  in  the 
V al ley  of Leb a non  at  the  foot  of  Mount Her-
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18 Josh ua 
 waged  war  with  all  these  kings  for  a  long 
 time. 19  No  city  made  peace  with  the Is ra el ites 
ex cept  the Hi vites  who in hab it ed Gib e on;  all 
 of  them  were tak en  in bat tle. 20  For  it  was  the 
 L ord’ s in ten tion  to hard en  their  hearts,  so 
 that  they  would en gage Is ra el  in bat tle,  be 
com plete ly de stroyed with out mer cy ,  and 
 be an ni hi lat ed,  just  as  the  L ord  had com-
mand ed Mo ses. 21  At  that  time Josh ua pro ceed ed  to ex ter-
mi nate  the An a kim  from  the  hill coun try  
—  He bron, De bir,  Anab  —   all  the  hill coun-
try  of Ju dah  and  of Is ra el. Josh ua com plete ly 
de stroyed  them  with  their cit ies. 22  No An a kim 
 were  left  in  the  land  of  the Is ra el ites, ex cept  for 
 some re main ing  in  Gaza,  Gath,  and Ash dod. 23  So Josh ua  took  the en tire  land,  in keep ing 
 with  all  that  the  L ord  had  told Mo ses. Josh ua 
 then  gave  it  as  an in her i tance  to Is ra el ac cord-
ing  to  their trib al al lot ments.


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Af ter  this,  the 
 land  had  rest  from  war. a 10:40 Or the Shephelah   b 10:42 Lit land at one time   c 11:2 Or Shephelah, also in v . 16   d 11:2 Or and in Naphoth-dor
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TERRITORY EAST OF THE JORDAN
12 
 The Is ra el ites  struck  down  the fol low ing 
 kings  of  the  land  and  took pos ses sion 
 of  their  land be yond  the Jor dan  to  the  east 
 and  from  the Ar non Riv er  to  Mount Her mon, 
in clud ing  all  the Ar a bah east ward:
2  King Si hon  of  the Am o rites  lived  in Hesh-
bon. He  ruled  from Aro er  on  the  rim  of  the 
Ar non Riv er,  along  the mid dle  of  the val ley , 
 and  half  of Gil e ad  up  to  the Jab bok Riv er ( the 
bor der  of  the Am mon ites), 3  the Ar a bah  east 
 of  the  Sea  of Chin ne reth  to  the  Sea  of Ar a-
bah ( that  is,  the  Dead  Sea), east ward  through 
Beth-jesh i moth  and south ward a be low  the 
 slopes  of Pis gah. 4  King  Og b  of Ba shan,  of  the rem nant  of  the 
Reph a im,  lived  in Ash ta roth  and Ed rei. 5  He 
 ruled  over  Mount Her mon, Sal e cah,  all Ba shan 
 up  to  the Gesh u rite  and Ma ac a thite bor der, 
 and  half  of Gil e ad  to  the bor der  of  King Si hon 
 of Hesh bon. 6 Mo ses  the  L ord’ s ser vant  and 
 the Is ra el ites  struck  them  down.


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And Mo ses 
 the  L ord’ s ser vant  gave  their  land  as  an in-
her i tance  to  the Reu ben ites, Gad ites,  and  half 
 the  tribe  of Ma nas seh. TERRITORY WEST OF THE JORDAN
7 Josh ua  and  the Is ra el ites  struck  down  the 
fol low ing  kings  of  the  land be yond  the Jor dan 
 to  the  west,  from  Baal-gad  in  the V al ley  of Leb-
a non  to  Mount Ha lak,  which as cends to ward 
 Seir (Josh ua  gave  their  land  as  an in her i tance 
 to  the  tribes  of Is ra el ac cord ing  to  their al lot-
ments: 8  the  hill coun try ,  the Ju de an foot hills, c 
 the Ar a bah,  the  slopes,  the wil der ness,  and  the 
Ne gev  —   the  lands  of  the Heth ites, Am o rites, 
Ca naan ites, Per iz zites, Hi vites,  and Jeb u sites):
 9 the king of Jericho one
  the king of Ai, which is next  
to Bethel one
 10 the king of Jerusalem one
  the king of Hebron one
 11 the king of Jarmuth one
  the king of Lachish one
 12 the king of Eglon one
  the king of Gezer one
 13 the king of Debir one
  the king of Geder one
 14 the king of Hormah one
  the king of Arad one
 15 the king of Libnah one
  the king of Adullam one
 16 the king of Makkedah one
  the king of Bethel one
 17 the king of Tappuah one
  the king of Hepher one
 18 the king of Aphek one
  the king of Lasharon one
 19 the king of Madon one
  the king of Hazor one
 20 the king of Shimron-meron one
  the king of Achshaph one
 21 the king of Taanach one
  the king of Megiddo one
 22 the king of Kedesh one
  the king of Jokneam in Carmel one
 23 the king of Dor in Naphath-dor  d one
  the king of Goiim in Gilgal  e one
 24 the king of Tirzah one
  the total number of all kings: thirty-one. UNCONQUERED LANDS
13 
Josh ua  was  now  old, ad vanced  in  age, 
 and  the  L ord  said  to  him, “ You  have be-
come  old, ad vanced  in  age,  but  a  great  deal  of 
 the  land re mains  to  be pos sessed. 2  This  is  the 
 land  that re mains:
All the districts of the Philistines and 
the Geshurites: 3 from the Shihor east of 
Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north 
(considered to be Canaanite territory)   
—  the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, 
Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, 
as well as the Avvites 
4 in the south; all 
the land of the Canaanites, from Arah 
of the Sidonians to Aphek and as far as 
the border of the Amorites; 5 the land of 
the Gebalites; and all Lebanon east from 
Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to the 
entrance of Hamath  f — 6 all the inhabi -
tants of the hill country from Lebanon to 
 Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians.


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I  will  drive  them  out be fore  the Is ra el ites,  only 
dis trib ute  the  land  as  an in her i tance  for Is ra el, 
 as  I  have com mand ed  you. 7 There fore, di vide 
 this  land  as  an in her i tance  to  the  nine  tribes 
 and  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh.”
THE INHERITANCE EAST OF THE JORDAN
8  With  the oth er  half  of  the  tribe  of Ma nas-
seh,  the Reu ben ites  and Gad ites  had re ceived 
 the in her i tance Mo ses  gave  them be yond  the 
Jor dan  to  the  east,  just  as Mo ses  the  L ord’ s 
ser vant  had giv en  them:
a 12:3 Or and from Teman   b 12:4 LXX; MT reads The territory of Og   c 12:8 Or the Shephelah   d 12:23 Or in the Slopes of Dor   
e 12:23 LXX reads Galilee   f 13:5 Or to Lebo-hamath
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9 From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon 
V alley , along with the city in the middle 
of the valley , all the Medeba plateau as far 
as Dibon, 10 and all the cities of King Sihon 
of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, 
to the border of the Ammonites; 11 also 
Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites 
and Maacathites, all Mount Hermon, 
and all Bashan to Salecah — 
12 the whole 
kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in 
Ashtaroth and Edrei; he was one of the 
remaining Rephaim. Mo ses  struck  them  down  and  drove  them 
 out, 13  but  the Is ra el ites  did  not  drive  out  the 
Gesh u rites  and Ma ac a thites.


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So Ge shur  and 
Maacath  still  live  in Is ra el to day . 14  He  did  not, how ev er,  give  any in her i tance 
 to  the  tribe  of  Levi. This  was  their in her i tance, 
 just  as  he  had prom ised:  the off  er ings  made 
 by  fire  to  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el. REUBEN’S INHERITANCE
15  To  the  tribe  of Reu ben’s de scen dants  by  their 
 clans, Mo ses  gave 16  this  as  their ter ri to ry:
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon 
V alley , along with the city in the middle 
of the valley , the whole plateau as far as a 
Medeba, 17 with Heshbon and all its cities 
on the plateau  —  Dibon, Bamoth-baal, 
Beth-baal-meon, 18 Jahaz, Kedemoth,  
Mephaath, 19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, 
Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley ,  
20 Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth- 
jeshimoth — 21 all the cities of the plateau,  
and all the kingdom of King Sihon of 
the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. Moses had killed him and the chiefs of 
Midian  —  Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba  
—  the princes of Sihon who lived in the 
land.


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22 Along with those the Israelites 
put to death, they also killed the diviner, 
Balaam son of Beor, with the sword. 23  The bor der  of  the Reu ben ites  was  the Jor dan 
 and  its  plain.


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This  was  the in her i tance  of  the 
Reu ben ites  by  their  clans,  with  the cit ies  and 
 their set tle ments. GAD’S INHERITANCE
24  To  the  tribe  of  the Gad ites  by  their  clans, 
Mo ses  gave 25  this  as  their ter ri to ry:
Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half 
the land of the Ammonites to Aroer, near 
Rabbah; 
26 from Heshbon to Ramath-miz -
peh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim 
to the border of Debir;  b 27 in the valley: 
Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and 
Zaphon  —  the rest of the kingdom of 
King Sihon of Heshbon. Their land also 
included the Jordan and its territory as 
far as the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth 
on the east side of the Jordan. c
28  This  was  the in her i tance  of  the Gad ites  by 
 their  clans,  with  the cit ies  and  their set tle-
ments. EAST MANASSEH’S INHERITANCE
29  And  to  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh ( that  is,  to 
 half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh’s de scen dants  by 
 their  clans) Mo ses  gave 30  this  as  their ter ri to ry:
From Mahanaim through all Bashan   
—  all the kingdom of King Og of Bashan, 
including all of Jair’s Villages  d that are 
in Bashan  —  sixty cities. 31 But half of 
Gilead, and Og’s royal cities in Bashan   
—  Ashtaroth and Edrei  —  are for the 
descendants of Machir son of Manasseh 
(that is, half the descendants of Machir by 
their clans). 32  These  were  the por tions Mo ses  gave  them 
 on  the  plains  of  Moab be yond  the Jor dan  east 
 of Jer i cho. 33  But Mo ses  did  not  give  a por-
tion  to  the  tribe  of  Levi. The  L ord,  the  God  of 
Is ra el,  was  their in her i tance,  just  as  he  had 
prom ised  them. ISRAEL ’S INHERITANCE IN CANAAN
14 
 The Is ra el ites re ceived  these por tions 
 that  the  priest El e a zar, Josh ua  son  of 
 Nun,  and  the fam i ly  heads  of  the Is ra el ite 
 tribes  gave  them  in  the  land  of Ca naan. 2  Their in her i tance  was  by  lot  as  the  L ord 
com mand ed  through Mo ses  for  the  nine 
 and  a  half  tribes, 3 be cause Mo ses  had giv en 
 the in her i tance  to  the  two  and  a  half  tribes 
be yond  the Jor dan.


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But  he  gave  no in her-
i tance  among  them  to  the Le vites. 4  The 
de scen dants  of Jo seph be came  two  tribes, 
Ma nas seh  and Ephra im. No por tion  of  the 
 land  was giv en  to  the Le vites ex cept cit ies 
 to  live  in,  along  with pas ture lands  for  their 
cat tle  and live stock. 5  So  the Is ra el ites  did 
 as  the  L ord com mand ed Mo ses,  and  they 
di vid ed  the  land. a 13:16 Some Hb mss read plateau near   b 13:26 Or Lidbir, or Lo-debar   c 13:27 Lit Chinnereth beyond the Jordan to the east   
d 13:30 Or all of Havvoth-jair
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CALEB’S INHERITANCE
6  The de scen dants  of Ju dah ap proached Josh-
ua  at Gil gal,  and Ca leb  son  of Je phun neh  the 
Ken iz zite  said  to  him, “ You  know  what  the 
 L ord prom ised Mo ses  the  man  of  God  at 
Kadesh-barnea  about  you  and  me. 7  I  was for ty 
 years  old  when Mo ses  the  L ord’ s ser vant  sent 
 me  from Kadesh-barnea  to scout  the  land,  and 
 I  brought  back  an hon est re port.


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8  My broth-
ers  who  went  with  me  caused  the peo ple  to 
 lose  heart, a  but  I fol lowed  the  L ord  my  God 
com plete ly . 9  On  that  day Mo ses  swore  to  me: 
‘ The  land  where  you  have  set  foot  will  be  an 
in her i tance  for  you  and  your de scen dants 
for ev er, be cause  you  have fol lowed  the  L ord 
 my  God com plete ly .’
10 “ As  you  see,  the  L ord  has  kept  me  alive 
 these forty-five  years  as  he prom ised,  since 
 the  L ord  spoke  this  word  to Mo ses  while Is-
ra el  was journeying  in  the wil der ness. Here  I 
 am to day , eighty-five  years  old.


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My  strength  for bat tle  and  for dai ly  tasks b 
 is  now  as  it  was  then. 12  Now  give  me  this  hill 
coun try  the  L ord prom ised  me  on  that  day , 
be cause  you  heard  then  that  the An a kim  are 
 there,  as  well  as  large for ti fied cit ies. Per haps 
 the  L ord  will  be  with  me  and  I  will  drive  them 
 out  as  the  L ord prom ised.”
13  Then Josh ua  blessed Ca leb  son  of Je phun-
neh  and  gave  him He bron  as  an in her i tance. 14 There fore, He bron  still be longs  to Ca leb  son 
 of Je phun neh  the Ken iz zite  as  an in her i tance 
to day be cause  he fol lowed  the  L ord,  the  God 
 of Is ra el, com plete ly . 15 He bron’s  name  used  to 
 be Kiriath-arba;  Arba  was  the great est  man 
 among  the An a kim. Af ter  this,  the  land  had 
 rest  from  war. JUDAH’S INHERITANCE
15 
 Now  the al lot ment  for  the  tribe  of  the 
de scen dants  of Ju dah  by  their  clans  was 
 in  the south ern most re gion,  south  to  the Wil-
der ness  of  Zin  and  over  to  the bor der  of  Edom. 2 Their southern border began at the tip 
of the Dead Sea on the south bay  c 3 and 
went south of the Scorpions’ Ascent,  d 
proceeded to Zin, ascended to the south 
of Kadesh-barnea, passed Hezron, 
ascended to Addar, and turned to Karka.


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4 It proceeded to Azmon and to the Brook 
of Egypt and so the border ended at the 
Mediterranean Sea. This is your  e south-
ern border. 5 Now the eastern border was along the 
Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan. The border on the north side was from 
the bay of the sea at the mouth of the 
Jordan. 6 It ascended to Beth-hoglah, 
proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and 
ascended to the Stone of Bohan son of 
Reuben. 7 Then the border ascended to 
Debir from the V alley of Achor, turning 
north to the Gilgal that is opposite the  
Ascent of Adummim, which is south 
of the ravine. The border proceeded to 
the Waters of En-shemesh and ended at 
En-rogel. 8 From there the border ascend -
ed Ben Hinnom V alley to the southern 
Jebusite slope (that is, Jerusalem) and 
ascended to the top of the hill that faces 
Hinnom V alley on the west, at the north
-
ern end of Rephaim V alley . 9 From the top 
of the hill the border curved to the spring 
of the Waters of Nephtoah, went to the 
cities of Mount Ephron, and then curved 
to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim). 10 The 
border turned westward from Baalah to 
Mount Seir, went to the northern slope of 
Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), de
-
scended to Beth-shemesh, and proceeded 
to Timnah. 11 Then the border reached to 
the slope north of Ekron, curved to Shik -
keron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went 
to Jabneel, and ended at the Mediterra
-
nean Sea. 12 Now the western border was the coast -
line of the Mediterranean Sea. This  was  the bound ary  of  the de scen dants 
 of Ju dah  around  their  clans. CALEB AND OTHNIEL
13  He  gave Ca leb  son  of Je phun neh  the fol low-
ing por tion  among  the de scen dants  of Ju dah 
 based  on  the  L ord’ s in struc tion  to Josh ua: 
Kiriath-arba ( that  is, He bron;  Arba  was  the 
fa ther  of  Anak). 14 Ca leb  drove  out  from  there 
 the  three  sons  of  Anak: She shai, Ahi man,  and 
Tal mai, de scen dants  of  Anak. 15  From  there 
 he  marched  against  the in hab i tants  of De bir, 
a 14:8 Lit people’s hearts to melt with fear   b 14:11 Lit for going out and coming in   c 15:2 Lit Sea at the tongue that turns 
southward   d 15:3 Lit of scorpions   e 15:4 LXX reads their
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 which  used  to  be  called Kiriath-sepher, 16  and 
Ca leb  said, “Who ev er at tacks  and cap tures 
Kiriath-sepher,  I  will  give  my daugh ter Ach-
sah  to  him  as  a  wife.” 17  So Oth ni el  son  of Ca-
leb’s broth er, Ke naz, cap tured  it,  and Ca leb 
 gave  his daugh ter Ach sah  to  him  as  a  wife. 18  When  she ar rived,  she per suad ed Oth ni el 
 to  ask  her fa ther  for  a  field.


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” 19  She re plied, “ Give  me  a bless ing. Since  you  have giv en  me  land  in  the Ne gev , 
 give  me  the  springs  also.”  So  he  gave  her  the 
up per  and low er  springs. JUDAH’S CITIES
20  This  was  the in her i tance  of  the  tribe  of  the 
de scen dants  of Ju dah  by  their  clans.


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21 These were the outermost cities of the 
tribe of the descendants of Judah toward 
the border of Edom in the Negev: Kabzeel, 
Eder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 
23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, 24 Ziph, Telem, 
Bealoth, 25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hez-
ron (that is, Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, 
Moladah, 27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, 
Beth-pelet, 28 Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, 
Biziothiah, 29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, 
Chesil, Hormah, 31 Ziklag, Madmannah, 
Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and 
Rimmon  —  twenty-nine cities in all, with 
their settlements. 33 In the Judean foothills:  a Eshtaol, 
Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah, En-gannim, 
Tappuah, b Enam, 35 Jarmuth, Adullam, 
Socoh, c Azekah, 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, 
Gederah, and Gederothaim  —  fourteen 
cities, with their settlements; 37 Zenan, 
Hadashah, Migdal-gad, 38 Dilan, Mizpeh, 
Jokthe-el, 39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, 
40 Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, 41 Gederoth, 
Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah   
—  sixteen cities, with their settlements; 
42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan, 43 Iphtah, Ashnah, 
Nezib, 44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah   
—  nine cities, with their settlements; 
45 Ekron, with its surrounding villages 
and settlements; 46 from Ekron to the 
sea, all the cities near Ashdod, with their 
settlements; 
47 Ashdod, with its surround -
ing villages and settlements; Gaza, with 
its surrounding villages and settlements, 
to the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of 
the Mediterranean Sea. 48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, 
Socoh, 49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that 
is, Debir), 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 
51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh  —  eleven 
cities, with their settlements; 52 Arab, 
Dumah, d Eshan, 53 Janim, Beth-tappuah, 
Aphekah, 54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that 
is, Hebron), and Zior  —  nine cities, with 
their settlements; 55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, 
Juttah, 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 
57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah  —  ten cities, 
with their settlements; 58 Halhul, Beth-
zur, Gedor, 59 Maarath, Beth-anoth, and 
Eltekon  —  six cities, with their settle -
ments; e 60 Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-
jearim), and Rabbah  —  two cities, with 
their settlements. 61 In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, 
Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt,  f and 
En-gedi  —  six cities, with their settle -
ments. 63  But  the de scen dants  of Ju dah  could  not  drive 
 out  the Jeb u sites  who  lived  in Je ru sa lem. So 
 the Jeb u sites  still  live  in Je ru sa lem  among  the 
de scen dants  of Ju dah to day . JOSEPH’S INHERITANCE
16 
The allotment for the descendants 
of Joseph went from the Jordan at 
Jericho to the Waters of Jericho on the 
east, through the wilderness ascending 
from Jericho into the hill country of 
Bethel. 2 From Bethel it went to Luz and 
proceeded to the border of the Archites 
by Ataroth. 3 It then descended westward 
to the border of the Japhletites as far as 
the border of lower Beth-horon, then to 
Gezer, and ended at the Mediterranean 
Sea. 4 So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons 
of Joseph, received their inheritance. EPHRAIM’S INHERITANCE
5  This  was  the ter ri to ry  of  the de scen dants  of 
Ephra im  by  their  clans:
The border of their inheritance went 
from Ataroth-addar on the east to Upper 
Beth-horon. 6 In the north the border 
went westward from Michmethath; it 
a 15:33 Or the Shephelah   b 15:34 Or En-gannim-tappuah   c 15:35 Or Adullam-socoh   d 15:52 Some Hb mss read Rumah   
e 15:59 LXX adds Tekoa, Ephrathah (that is, Bethlehem), Peor, Etam, Culom, Tatam, Sores, Carem, Gallim, Baither, and Manach  
—  eleven cities, with their settlements   f 15:62 Or Ir-hamelach
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turned eastward from Taanath-shiloh 
and passed it east of Janoah. 7 From Jano-
ah it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, 
and then reached Jericho and went to the 
Jordan. 8 From Tappuah the border went 
westward along the Brook of Kanah and 
ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This  was  the in her i tance  of  the  tribe  of  the 
de scen dants  of Ephra im  by  their  clans, to-
geth er  with 9  the cit ies  set  apart  for  the de-
scen dants  of Ephra im with in  the in her i tance 
 of  the de scen dants  of Ma nas seh  —   all  these 
cit ies  with  their set tle ments.


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10 How ev er,  they 
 did  not  drive  out  the Ca naan ites  who  lived  in 
Ge zer. So  the Ca naan ites  still  live  in Ephra im 
to day ,  but  they  are  forced la bor ers. WEST MANASSEH’S INHERITANCE
17 
 This  was  the al lot ment  for  the  tribe  of 
Ma nas seh  as Jo seph’s first born. Gil e ad 
 and Ba shan  were giv en  to Ma chir,  the first-
born  of Ma nas seh  and  the fa ther  of Gil e ad, 
be cause  he  was  a  man  of  war. 2  So  the al lot ment 
 was  for  the  rest  of Ma nas seh’s de scen dants 
 by  their  clans,  for  the  sons  of Abi e zer, He lek, 
As ri el, She chem, He pher,  and She mi da.


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These 
 are  the  male de scen dants  of Ma nas seh  son  of 
Jo seph,  by  their  clans. 3  Now Ze lo phe had  son  of He pher,  son  of 
Gil e ad,  son  of Ma chir,  son  of Ma nas seh,  had 
 no  sons,  only daugh ters. These  are  the  names 
 of  his daugh ters: Mah lah,  Noah, Hog lah, Mil-
cah,  and Tir zah. 4  They  came be fore  the  priest 
El e a zar, Josh ua  son  of  Nun,  and  the lead ers, 
say ing, “ The  L ord com mand ed Mo ses  to  give 
 us  an in her i tance  among  our  male rel a tives.” 
 So  they  gave  them  an in her i tance  among  their 
fa ther’s broth ers,  in keep ing  with  the  L ord’ s 
in struc tion. 5  As  a re sult,  ten  tracts  fell  to Ma-
nas seh, be sides  the  land  of Gil e ad  and Ba shan, 
 which  are be yond  the Jor dan, a 6 be cause Ma-
nas seh’s daugh ters re ceived  an in her i tance 
 among  his  sons.


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The  land  of Gil e ad be longed 
 to  the  rest  of Ma nas seh’s  sons. 7 The border of Manasseh went from 
Asher to Michmethath near Shechem. It then went southward toward the 
inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8 The region 
of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but 
Tappuah itself on Manasseh’s border 
belonged to the descendants of Ephraim. 9 From there the border descended to the 
Brook of Kanah; south of the brook, cities 
belonged to Ephraim among Manasseh’s 
cities. Manasseh’s border was on the 
north side of the brook and ended at the 
Mediterranean Sea. 10 Ephraim’s territory 
was to the south and Manasseh’s to the 
north, with the Sea as its border. They 
reached Asher on the north and Issachar 
on the east. 11 Beth-shean, Ibleam, and the 
inhabitants of Dor with their surround -
ing villages; the inhabitants of En-dor, 
Taanach, and Megiddo  —  the three cities 
of b Naphath  —  with their surrounding 
villages. 12  The de scen dants  of Ma nas seh  could  not 
pos sess  these cit ies, be cause  the Ca naan ites 
 were de ter mined  to  stay  in  this  land.


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13 How-
ev er,  when  the Is ra el ites  grew stron ger,  they 
im posed  forced la bor  on  the Ca naan ites  but 
 did  not  drive  them  out com plete ly . JOSEPH’S ADDITIONAL INHERITANCE
14 Jo seph’s de scen dants  said  to Josh ua, “ Why 
 did  you  give  us  only  one trib al al lot ment c  as  an 
in her i tance? We  have  many peo ple, be cause 
 the  L ord  has  been bless ing  us great ly .”
15 “ If  you  have  so  many peo ple,” Josh ua re-
plied  to  them, “ go  to  the for est  and  clear  an 
 area  for your selves  there  in  the  land  of  the 
Per iz zites  and  the Reph a im, be cause Ephra-
im’s  hill coun try  is  too  small  for  you.”
16  But  the de scen dants  of Jo seph  said, “ The 
 hill coun try  is  not  enough  for  us,  and  all  the 
Ca naan ites  who in hab it  the val ley  area  have 
 iron char i ots,  both  at Beth-she an  with  its sur-
round ing vil lages  and  in  the Jez re el V al ley .”
17  So Josh ua re plied  to Jo seph’s fam i ly ( that 
 is, Ephra im  and Ma nas seh), “ You  have  many 
peo ple  and  great  strength. You  will  not  have 
 just  one al lot ment, 18 be cause  the  hill coun try 
 will  be  yours  also.


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It  is  a for est;  clear  it  and 
 its out ly ing  areas  will  be  yours. You  can  also 
 drive  out  the Ca naan ites,  even  though  they 
 have  iron char i ots  and  are  strong.”
LAND DISTRIBUTION AT SHILOH
18 
 The en tire Is ra el ite com mu ni ty as sem-
bled  at Shi loh  and  set  up  the  tent  of meet-
ing  there. The  land  had  been sub dued be fore 
 them, 2  but sev en  tribes  among  the Is ra el ites 
 were  left  who  had  not di vid ed  up  their in-
her i tance. 3  So Josh ua  asked  the Is ra el ites, 
“ How  long  will  you de lay go ing  out  to  take 
a 17:5 = east of the Jordan River   b 17:11 LXX, Vg read the third is   c 17:14 Lit one lot and one territory, also in v . 17
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pos ses sion  of  the  land  that  the  L ord,  the  God 
 of  your fa thers,  gave  you? 4 Ap point  for your-
selves  three  men  from  each  tribe,  and  I  will 
 send  them  out. They  are  to  go  and sur vey  the 
 land,  write  a de scrip tion  of  it  for  the pur pose 
 of  their in her i tance,  and re turn  to  me.


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5  Then 
 they  are  to di vide  it  into sev en por tions. Ju dah 
 is  to re main  in  its ter ri to ry  in  the  south  and 
Jo seph’s fam i ly  in  their ter ri to ry  in  the  north. 6  When  you  have writ ten  a de scrip tion  of  the 
sev en por tions  of  land  and  brought  it  to  me,  I 
 will  cast  lots  for  you  here  in  the pres ence  of  the 
 L ord  our  God. 7  But  the Le vites  among  you  do 
 not  get  a por tion, be cause  their in her i tance  is 
 the priest hood  of  the  L ord. Gad, Reu ben,  and 
 half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh  have tak en  their 
in her i tance be yond  the Jor dan  to  the  east, 
 which Mo ses  the  L ord’ s ser vant  gave  them.”
8  As  the  men pre pared  to  go, Josh ua com-
mand ed  them a  to  write  down  a de scrip tion 
 of  the  land, say ing, “ Go  and sur vey  the  land, 
 write  a de scrip tion  of  it,  and re turn  to  me. I 
 will  then  cast  lots  for  you  here  in Shi loh  in  the 
pres ence  of  the  L ord.” 9  So  the  men  left,  went 
 through  the  land,  and de scribed  it  by  towns  in 
 a doc u ment  of sev en sec tions. They re turned 
 to Josh ua  at  the  camp  in Shi loh. 10 Josh ua  cast 
 lots  for  them  at Shi loh  in  the pres ence  of  the 
 L ord  where  he dis trib ut ed  the  land  to  the 
Is ra el ites ac cord ing  to  their di vi sions. BENJAMIN’S INHERITANCE
11  The  lot  came  up  for  the  tribe  of Ben ja min’s 
de scen dants  by  their  clans,  and  their al lot ted 
ter ri to ry  lay be tween Ju dah’s de scen dants 
 and Jo seph’s de scen dants. 12 Their border on the north side began 
at the Jordan, ascended to the slope of 
Jericho on the north, through the hill 
country westward, and ended at the 
wilderness around Beth-aven.


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13 From 
there the border went toward Luz, to the 
southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); it 
then went down by Ataroth-addar, over 
the hill south of Lower Beth-horon. 14 On the west side, from the hill facing 
Beth-horon on the south, the border 
curved, turning southward, and ended at 
Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city 
of the descendants of Judah. This was the 
west side of their border. 15 The south side began at the edge of 
Kiriath-jearim, and the border extend -
ed westward; it went to the spring at 
the Waters of Nephtoah. 16 The border 
descended to the foot of the hill that faces 
Ben Hinnom V alley at the northern end of 
Rephaim V alley . It ran down Hinnom V al-
ley toward the south Jebusite slope and 
downward to En-rogel. 17 It curved north-
ward and went to En-shemesh and on to 
Geliloth, which is opposite the Ascent of 
Adummim, and continued down to the 
Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. 18 Then 
it went north to the slope opposite the 
Arabah b and proceeded into the plains. c 
19 The border continued to the north slope 
of Beth-hoglah and ended at the northern 
bay of the Dead Sea, at the southern end of 
the Jordan. This was the southern border.


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20 The Jordan formed the border on the 
east side. This  was  the in her i tance  of Ben ja min’s de-
scen dants,  by  their  clans, ac cord ing  to  its 
sur round ing bor ders. BENJAMIN’S CITIES
21  These  were  the cit ies  of  the  tribe  of Ben ja-
min’s de scen dants  by  their  clans:
Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, 
22 Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Av-
vim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 Chephar-ammoni, 
Ophni, and Geba  —  twelve cities, with 
their settlements; 25 Gibeon, Ramah, 
Beeroth, 26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, 
27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zela, Haeleph, 
Jebus d (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and 
Kiriath e  —  fourteen cities, with their 
settlements. This  was  the in her i tance  for Ben ja min’s de-
scen dants  by  their  clans.


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SIMEON’S INHERITANCE
19 
 The sec ond  lot  came  out  for Sim e on, 
 for  the  tribe  of  his de scen dants  by  their 
 clans,  but  their in her i tance  was with in  the 
in her i tance giv en  to Ju dah’s de scen dants. 2  Their in her i tance in clud ed
Beer-sheba (or Sheba), Moladah, 3 Hazar- 
shual, Balah, Ezem, 4 Eltolad, Bethul,  
Hormah, 5 Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-  
susah, 6 Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen   
a 18:8 Lit the ones going around   b 18:18 LXX reads went northward to Beth-arabah   c 18:18 Or the Arabah   d 18:28 Lit 
Jebusite   e 18:28 LXX, Syr read Kiriath-jearim
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—  thirteen cities, with their settlements; 
7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan  —  four 
cities, with their settlements; 8 and all the 
settlements surrounding these cities as 
far as Baalath-beer (Ramah in the south  a). This  was  the in her i tance  of  the  tribe  of Sim e-
on’s de scen dants  by  their  clans.


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9  The in her i-
tance  of Sim e on’s de scen dants  was with in  the 
ter ri to ry  of Ju dah’s de scen dants, be cause  the 
 share  for Ju dah’s de scen dants  was  too  large. So Sim e on’s de scen dants re ceived  an in her i-
tance with in Ju dah’s por tion. ZEBULUN’S INHERITANCE
10  The  third  lot  came  up  for Zeb u lun’s de scen-
dants  by  their  clans. The territory of their inheritance 
stretched as far as Sarid; 
11 their border 
went up westward to Maralah, reached 
Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of 
Jokneam.


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12 From Sarid, it turned due 
east along the border of Chisloth-ta -
bor, went to Daberath, and went up to 
Japhia. 13 From there, it went due east to 
Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extend -
ed to Rimmon, curving around to Neah. 14 The border then circled around Neah 
on the north to Hannathon and ended 
at Iphtah-el V alley , 15 along with Kattath, 
Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem   
—  twelve cities, with their settlements. 16  This  was  the in her i tance  of Zeb u lun’s de-
scen dants  by  their  clans,  these cit ies,  with 
 their set tle ments. ISSACHAR’S INHERITANCE
17  The  fourth  lot  came  out  for  the  tribe  of Is-
sa char’s de scen dants  by  their  clans. 18 Their territory went to Jezreel, and 
included Chesulloth, Shunem, 19 Haphara-
im, Shion, Anaharath, 20 Rabbith, Kishion, 
Ebez, 21 Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, 
and Beth-pazzez. 22 The border reached 
Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, 
and ended at the Jordan  —  sixteen cities, 
with their settlements. 23  This  was  the in her i tance  of  the  tribe  of Is sa-
char’s de scen dants  by  their  clans,  the cit ies, 
 with  their set tle ments. ASHER’S INHERITANCE
24  The  fifth  lot  came  out  for  the  tribe  of Ash er’s 
de scen dants  by  their  clans. 25 Their boundary included Helkath, Hali, 
Beten, Achshaph, 26 Allammelech, Amad, 
and Mishal and reached westward to 
Carmel and Shihor-libnath.


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27 It turned 
eastward to Beth-dagon, reached Zebu -
lun and Iphtah-el V alley , north toward 
Beth-emek and Neiel, and went north 
to Cabul, 28 Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and 
Kanah, as far as greater Sidon. 29 The 
boundary then turned to Ramah as far as 
the fortified city of Tyre; it turned back to 
Hosah and ended at the Mediterranean 
Sea, including Mahalab, Achzib,
 b 30 Um-
mah, Aphek, and Rehob  —  twenty-two 
cities, with their settlements. 31  This  was  the in her i tance  of  the  tribe  of Ash-
er’s de scen dants  by  their  clans,  these cit ies 
 with  their set tle ments. NAPHTALI’S INHERITANCE
32  The  sixth  lot  came  out  for Naph ta li’s de-
scen dants  by  their  clans. 33 Their boundary went from Heleph and 
from the oak in Zaanannim, including 
Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lak
-
kum, and ended at the Jordan.


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34 To the 
west, the boundary turned to Aznoth-ta -
bor and went from there to Hukkok, 
reaching Zebulun on the south, Asher on 
the west, and Judah  c at the Jordan on the 
east. 35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, 
Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, 
36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 37 Kedesh, 
Edrei, En-hazor, 38 Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, 
Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh  —  nine-
teen cities, with their settlements. 39  This  was  the in her i tance  of  the  tribe  of Naph-
ta li’s de scen dants  by  their  clans,  the cit ies 
 with  their set tle ments. DAN’S INHERITANCE
40  The sev enth  lot  came  out  for  the  tribe  of 
Dan’s de scen dants  by  their  clans. 41 The territory of their inheritance 
included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, 
42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, 43 Elon, 
Timnah, Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, 
Baalath, 45 Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rim -
mon, 46 Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the 
territory facing Joppa. 47  When  the ter ri to ry  of  the de scen dants  of 
 Dan  slipped  out  of  their con trol,  they  went 
 up  and  fought  against Le shem, cap tured  it, 
a 19:8 Or the Negev   b 19:29 Or Sea, in the region of Achzib   c 19:34 LXX omits Judah
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 and  struck  it  down  with  the  sword. So  they 
 took pos ses sion  of  it,  lived  there,  and renamed 
Le shem af ter  their an ces tor  Dan. 48  This  was 
 the in her i tance  of  the  tribe  of Dan’s de scen-
dants  by  their  clans,  these cit ies  with  their 
set tle ments. JOSHUA’S INHERITANCE
49  When  they  had fin ished dis trib ut ing  the  land 
 into  its ter ri to ries,  the Is ra el ites  gave Josh ua 
 son  of  Nun  an in her i tance  among  them. 50  By 
 the  L ord’ s com mand,  they  gave  him  the  city 
Timnath-serah  in  the  hill coun try  of Ephra-
im,  which  he re quest ed. He re built  the  city 
 and  lived  in  it. 51  These  were  the por tions  that  the  priest 
El e a zar, Josh ua  son  of  Nun,  and  the fam i ly 
 heads dis trib ut ed  to  the Is ra el ite  tribes  by 
 lot  at Shi loh  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence  at  the en-
trance  to  the  tent  of meet ing.


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So  they fin ished 
di vid ing  up  the  land. CITIES OF REFUGE
20 
 Then  the  L ord  spoke  to Josh ua, 2 “ Tell  the 
Is ra el ites: Se lect  your cit ies  of ref uge, 
 as  I in struct ed  you  through Mo ses, 3  so  that 
 a per son  who  kills some one un in ten tion al ly 
 or ac ci den tal ly  may  flee  there. These  will  be 
 your ref uge  from  the aveng er  of  blood.


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4  When 
some one  flees  to  one  of  these cit ies,  stands 
 at  the en trance  of  the  city  gate,  and states  his 
 case be fore a  the el ders  of  that  city ,  they  are  to 
 bring  him  into  the  city  and  give  him  a  place 
 to  live  among  them. 5  And  if  the aveng er  of 
 blood pur sues  him,  they  must  not  hand  the 
 one  who com mit ted manslaughter  over  to 
 him,  for  he  killed  his neigh bor ac ci den tal ly 
 and  did  not  hate  him be fore hand. 6  He  is  to 
 stay  in  that  city un til  he  stands tri al be fore 
 the as sem bly  and un til  the  death  of  the  high 
 priest serv ing  at  that  time. Then  the  one  who 
com mit ted manslaughter  may re turn  home 
 to  his  own  city  from  which  he  fled.”
7  So  they des ig nat ed Ke desh  in  the  hill coun-
try  of Naph ta li  in Gal i lee, She chem  in  the  hill 
coun try  of Ephra im,  and Kiriath-arba ( that  is, 
He bron)  in  the  hill coun try  of Ju dah. 8  Across 
 the Jor dan  east  of Jer i cho,  they se lect ed Be zer 
 on  the wil der ness pla teau  from Reu ben’s  tribe, 
Ra moth  in Gil e ad  from  Gad’s  tribe,  and Go lan 
 in Ba shan  from Ma nas seh’s  tribe.


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9  These  are  the cit ies ap point ed  for  all  the 
Is ra el ites  and  the  aliens residing  among  them, 
 so  that any one  who  kills  a per son un in ten tion-
al ly  may  flee  there  and  not  die  at  the  hand  of 
 the aveng er  of  blood un til  he  stands be fore 
 the as sem bly . CITIES OF THE LEVITES
21 
 The Le vite fam i ly  heads ap proached 
 the  priest El e a zar, Josh ua  son  of  Nun, 
 and  the fam i ly  heads  of  the Is ra el ite  tribes. 2  At Shi loh,  in  the  land  of Ca naan,  they  told 
 them, “ The  L ord com mand ed  through Mo ses 
 that  we  be giv en cit ies  to  live  in,  with  their 
pas ture lands  for  our live stock.” 3  So  the Is-
ra el ites,  by  the  L ord’ s com mand,  gave  the 
Le vites  these cit ies  with  their pas ture lands 
 from  their in her i tance. 4 The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: 
The Levites who were the descendants of 
the priest Aaron received thirteen cities 
by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, 
and Benjamin. 5 The remaining descen -
dants of Kohath received ten cities by lot 
from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, 
Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh. 6 Gershon’s descendants received thir -
teen cities by lot from the clans of the 
tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and 
half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 7 Merari’s descendants received twelve 
cities for their clans from the tribes of 
Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 8  The Is ra el ites  gave  these cit ies  with  their pas-
ture lands  around  them  to  the Le vites  by  lot, 
 as  the  L ord  had com mand ed  through Mo ses. CITIES OF AARON’S DESCENDANTS
9  The Is ra el ites  gave  these cit ies  by  name  from 
 the  tribes  of  the de scen dants  of Ju dah  and 
Sim e on 10  to  the de scen dants  of Aar on  from 
 the Ko hath ite  clans  of  the Le vites, be cause 
 they re ceived  the  first  lot. 11  They  gave  them 
Kiriath-arba ( that  is, He bron;  Arba  was  the 
fa ther  of  Anak)  with  its sur round ing pas ture-
lands  in  the  hill coun try  of Ju dah.


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12  But  they 
 gave  the  fields  and set tle ments  of  the  city  to 
Ca leb  son  of Je phun neh  as  his pos ses sion. 13  They  gave  to  the de scen dants  of  the  priest 
Aar on:
Hebron, the city of refuge for the one 
who commits manslaughter, with its pas
-
turelands, Libnah with its pasturelands, 
a 20:4 Lit in the ears of
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14 Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa 
with its pasturelands, 15 Holon with its 
pasturelands, Debir with its pasture -
lands, 16 Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah 
with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh 
with its pasturelands  —  nine cities from 
these two tribes. 17  From  the  tribe  of Ben ja min  they  gave:
Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba 
with its pasturelands, 
18 Anathoth with 
its pasturelands, and Almon with its 
pasturelands  —  four cities. 19 All thirteen 
cities with their pasturelands were for 
the priests, the descendants of Aaron. CITIES OF KOHATH’S OTHER DESCENDANTS
20  The al lot ted cit ies  to  the re main ing  clans 
 of Ko hath’s de scen dants,  who  were Le vites, 
 came  from  the  tribe  of Ephra im. 21  The Is ra-
el ites  gave  them:
Shechem, the city of refuge for the one 
who commits manslaughter, with its pas -
turelands in the hill country of Ephraim, 
Gezer with its pasturelands, 
22 Kibzaim 
with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon 
with its pasturelands  —  four cities.


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23  From  the  tribe  of  Dan  they  gave:
Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon 
with its pasturelands, 
24 Aijalon with its 
pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its 
pasturelands  —  four cities. 25  From  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh  they  gave:
Taanach with its pasturelands and 
Gath-rimmon a with its pasturelands  —  
two cities. 26  All  ten cit ies  with  their pas ture lands  were 
 for  the  clans  of Ko hath’s oth er de scen dants. CITIES OF GERSHON’S DESCENDANTS
27  From  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh,  they  gave 
 to  the de scen dants  of Ger shon,  who  were  one 
 of  the Le vite  clans:
Golan, the city of refuge for the one who 
commits manslaughter, with its pasture -
lands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its 
pasturelands  —  two cities. 28  From  the  tribe  of Is sa char  they  gave:
Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath 
with its pasturelands, 29 Jarmuth with its 
pasturelands, and En-gannim with its 
pasturelands  —  four cities. 30  From  the  tribe  of Ash er  they  gave:
Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with 
its pasturelands, 31 Helkath with its pas -
turelands, and Rehob with its pasture -
lands  —  four cities. 32  From  the  tribe  of Naph ta li  they  gave:
Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for 
the one who commits manslaughter, 
with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor 
with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its 
pasturelands  —  three cities. 33  All thir teen cit ies  with  their pas ture lands 
 were  for  the Ger shon ites  by  their  clans. CITIES OF MERARI’S DESCENDANTS
34  From  the  tribe  of Zeb u lun,  they  gave  to  the 
 clans  of  the de scen dants  of Me ra ri,  who  were 
 the re main ing Le vites:
Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah 
with its pasturelands, 35 Dimnah with 
its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its 
pasturelands  —  four cities. 36  From  the  tribe  of Reu ben  they  gave:
Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahzah  b 
with its pasturelands, 37 Kedemoth with 
its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its 
pasturelands  —  four cities. c
38  From  the  tribe  of  Gad  they  gave:
Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for 
the one who commits manslaughter, 
with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with 
its pasturelands, 
39 Heshbon with its pas -
turelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands   
—  four cities in all. 40 All twelve cities 
were allotted to the clans of Merari’s 
descendants, the remaining Levite clans.


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41 With in  the Is ra el ite pos ses sion  there  were 
forty-eight cit ies  in  all  with  their pas ture lands 
 for  the Le vites. 42  Each  of  these cit ies  had  its 
 own sur round ing pas ture lands;  this  was  true 
 for  all  the cit ies. THE LORD’S PROMISES FULFILLED
43  So  the  L ord  gave Is ra el  all  the  land  he  had 
 sworn  to  give  their fa thers,  and  they  took pos-
ses sion  of  it  and set tled  there. 44  The  L ord  gave 
a 21:25 Or Ibleam   b 21:36 Or Jahaz   c 21:36-37 Some Hb mss omit these vv .


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 them  rest  on ev ery  side ac cord ing  to  all  he  had 
 sworn  to  their fa thers. None  of  their en e mies 
 were  able  to  stand  against  them,  for  the  L ord 
hand ed  over  all  their en e mies  to  them. 45  None 
 of  the  good prom is es  the  L ord  had  made  to  the 
 house  of Is ra el  failed.


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Ev ery thing  was ful filled. EASTERN TRIBES RETURN HOME
22 
Josh ua sum moned  the Reu ben ites, Gad-
ites,  and  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh 2  and 
 told  them, “ You  have  done ev ery thing Mo ses 
 the  L ord’ s ser vant com mand ed  you  and  have 
 obeyed  me  in ev ery thing  I com mand ed  you. 3  You  have  not de sert ed  your broth ers  even 
 once  this  whole  time  but  have car ried  out  the 
re quire ment  of  the com mand  of  the  L ord  your 
 God. 4  Now  that  he  has giv en  your broth ers 
 rest,  just  as  he prom ised  them, re turn  to  your 
 homes  in  your  own  land  that Mo ses  the  L ord’ s 
ser vant  gave  you  across  the Jor dan. 5  Only care-
ful ly  obey  the com mand  and in struc tion  that 
Mo ses  the  L ord’ s ser vant  gave  you:  to  love  the 
 L ord  your  God,  walk  in  all  his  ways,  keep  his 
com mands,  be loy al  to  him,  and  serve  him 
 with  all  your  heart  and  all  your  soul.”
6 Josh ua  blessed  them  and  sent  them  on  their 
 way ,  and  they  went  to  their  homes. 7 Mo ses  had 
giv en ter ri to ry  to  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh  in 
Ba shan,  but Josh ua  had giv en ter ri to ry  to  the 
oth er  half, a  with  their broth ers,  on  the  west 
 side  of  the Jor dan. When Josh ua  sent  them 
 to  their  homes  and  blessed  them, 8  he  said, 
“Re turn  to  your  homes  with  great  wealth:  a 
 huge num ber  of cat tle,  and sil ver,  gold,  bronze, 
 iron,  and  a  large quan ti ty  of cloth ing. Share 
 the  spoil  of  your en e mies  with  your broth ers.”
EASTERN TRIBES BUILD AN ALTAR
9  The Reu ben ites, Gad ites,  and  half  the  tribe 
 of Ma nas seh  left  the Is ra el ites  at Shi loh  in  the 
 land  of Ca naan  to re turn  to  their  own  land  of 
Gil e ad,  which  they  took pos ses sion  of ac cord-
ing  to  the  L ord’ s com mand  through Mo ses. 10  When  they  came  to  the re gion  of b  the Jor dan 
 in  the  land  of Ca naan,  the Reu ben ites, Gad ites, 
 and  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh  built  a  large, 
im pres sive al tar  there  by  the Jor dan. 11  Then  the Is ra el ites  heard  it  said, “ Look, 
 the Reu ben ites, Gad ites,  and  half  the  tribe  of 
Ma nas seh  have  built  an al tar  on  the fron tier  of 
 the  land  of Ca naan  at  the re gion  of c  the Jor dan, 
 on  the Is ra el ite  side.” 12  When  the Is ra el ites 
 heard  this,  the en tire Is ra el ite com mu ni ty 
as sem bled  at Shi loh  to  go  to  war  against  them. EXPLANATION OF THE ALTAR
13  The Is ra el ites  sent Phin e has  son  of El e a zar 
 the  priest  to  the Reu ben ites, Gad ites,  and  half 
 the  tribe  of Ma nas seh,  in  the  land  of Gil e ad. 14  They  sent  ten lead ers  with  him  —   one fam i ly 
lead er  for  each  tribe  of Is ra el.


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All  of  them  were 
 heads  of  their an ces tral fam i lies d  among  the 
 clans  of Is ra el. 15  They  went  to  the Reu ben ites, 
Gad ites,  and  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh,  in  the 
 land  of Gil e ad,  and  told  them, 16 “ This  is  what 
 the  L ord’ s en tire com mu ni ty  says: ‘ What  is  this 
treach ery  you  have com mit ted to day  against 
 the  God  of Is ra el  by turn ing  away  from  the  L ord 
 and build ing  an al tar  for your selves,  so  that 
 you  are  in re bel lion  against  the  L ord to day? 17  Wasn’t  the in iq ui ty  of  Peor,  which  brought 
 a  plague  on  the  L ord’ s com mu ni ty ,  enough 
 for  us?


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We  have  not  cleansed our selves  from 
 it  even  to  this  day , 18  and  now  would  you  turn 
 away  from  the  L ord? If  you rebel  against  the 
 L ord to day , to mor row  he  will  be an gry  with 
 the en tire com mu ni ty  of Is ra el. 19  But  if  the 
 land  you pos sess  is de filed,  cross  over  to  the 
 land  the  L ord possesses  where  the  L ord’ s 
tab er na cle  stands,  and  take pos ses sion  of  it 
 among  us. But  don’t rebel  against  the  L ord 
 or  against  us  by build ing  for your selves  an 
al tar oth er  than  the al tar  of  the  L ord  our  God. 20  Wasn’t  Achan  son  of Ze rah un faith ful re-
gard ing  what  was  set  apart  for de struc tion, 
bring ing  wrath  on  the en tire com mu ni ty  of 
Is ra el? He  was  not  the  only  one  who per ished 
be cause  of  his in iq ui ty .’ ”
21  The Reu ben ites, Gad ites,  and  half  the  tribe 
 of Ma nas seh an swered  the  heads  of  the Is ra-
el ite  clans, 22 “ The  Mighty  One,  God,  the  L ord! The  Mighty  One,  God,  the  L ord!


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e  He  knows, 
 and  may Is ra el  also  know . Do  not  spare  us to-
day ,  if  it  was  in re bel lion  or treach ery  against 
 the  L ord 23  that  we  have  built  for our selves  an 
al tar  to  turn  away  from  him. May  the  L ord 
him self  hold  us ac count able  if  we in tend ed 
 to off  er  burnt off  er ings  and  grain off  er ings 
 on  it,  or  to sac ri fice fel low ship off  er ings  on  it. 24  We ac tu al ly  did  this  from  a spe cifi  c con cern 
 that  in  the fu ture  your de scen dants  might 
 say  to  our de scen dants, ‘ What re la tion ship 
 do  you  have  with  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el? 25  For  the  L ord  has  made  the Jor dan  a bor der 
a 22:7 Lit to his half   b 22:10 Or to Geliloth by   c 22:11 Or at Geliloth by   d 22:14 Lit the house of their fathers   e 22:22 Or The 
Lord is the God of gods! The Lord is the God of gods!


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be tween  us  and  you de scen dants  of Reu ben 
 and  Gad. You  have  no  share  in  the  L ord! ’  So 
 your de scen dants  may  cause  our de scen dants 
 to  stop fear ing  the  L ord. 26 “There fore  we  said:  Let  us  take ac tion  and 
 build  an al tar  for our selves,  but  not  for  burnt 
off  er ing  or sac ri fice. 27 In stead,  it  is  to  be  a 
wit ness be tween  us  and  you,  and be tween  the 
gen er a tions af ter  us,  so  that  we  may car ry  out 
 the wor ship  of  the  L ord  in  his pres ence  with 
 our  burnt off  er ings, sac ri fic es,  and fel low ship 
off  er ings. Then  in  the fu ture,  your de scen dants 
 will  not  be  able  to  say  to  our de scen dants, ‘ You 
 have  no  share  in  the  L ord!


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’ 28  We  thought  that 
 if  they  said  this  to  us  or  to  our gen er a tions  in 
 the fu ture,  we  would re ply:  Look  at  the rep li ca 
 of  the  L ord’ s al tar  that  our fa thers  made,  not 
 for  burnt off  er ing  or sac ri fice,  but  as  a wit ness 
be tween  us  and  you. 29  We  would nev er  ever 
rebel  against  the  L ord  or  turn  away  from  him 
to day  by build ing  an al tar  for  burnt off  er ing, 
 grain off  er ing,  or sac ri fice, oth er  than  the 
al tar  of  the  L ord  our  God,  which  is  in  front 
 of  his tab er na cle.”
CONFLICT RESOLVED
30  When  the  priest Phin e has  and  the com mu-
ni ty lead ers,  the  heads  of Is ra el’s  clans  who 
 were  with  him,  heard  what  the de scen dants 
 of Reu ben,  Gad,  and Ma nas seh  had  to  say ,  they 
 were  pleased. 31 Phin e has  son  of El e a zar  the 
 priest  said  to  the de scen dants  of Reu ben,  Gad, 
 and Ma nas seh, “To day  we  know  that  the  L ord 
 is  among  us, be cause  you  have  not com mit ted 
 this treach ery  against  him. As  a re sult,  you  have 
res cued  the Is ra el ites  from  the  L ord’ s pow er.”
32  Then  the  priest Phin e has  son  of El e a zar 
 and  the lead ers re turned  from  the Reu ben ites 
 and Gad ites  in  the  land  of Gil e ad  to  the Is ra el-
ites  in  the  land  of Ca naan  and  brought  back  a 
re port  to  them. 33  The Is ra el ites  were  pleased 
 with  the re port,  and  they  blessed  God.


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They 
 spoke  no  more  about go ing  to  war  against 
 them  to rav age  the  land  where  the Reu ben-
ites  and Gad ites  lived. 34  So  the Reu ben ites 
 and Gad ites  named  the al tar:  It a  is  a wit ness 
be tween  us  that  the  L ord  is  God. JOSHUA’S FAREWELL ADDRESS
23 
 A  long  time af ter  the  L ord  had giv en 
Is ra el  rest  from  all  the en e mies  around 
 them, Josh ua  was  old, ad vanced  in  age. 2  So Josh-
ua sum moned  all Is ra el, in clud ing  its el ders, 
lead ers, judg es,  and off  i cers,  and  said  to  them, 
“ I  am  old, ad vanced  in  age, 3  and  you  have  seen 
 for your selves ev ery thing  the  L ord  your  God  did 
 to  all  these na tions  on  your ac count, be cause 
 it  was  the  L ord  your  God  who  was fight ing  for 
 you. 4  See,  I  have al lot ted  these re main ing na-
tions  to  you  as  an in her i tance  for  your  tribes, 
in clud ing  all  the na tions  I  have de stroyed,  from 
 the Jor dan west ward  to  the Med i ter ra nean  Sea. 5  The  L ord  your  God  will  force  them  back  on 
 your ac count  and  drive  them  out be fore  you 
 so  that  you  can  take pos ses sion  of  their  land, 
 as  the  L ord  your  God prom ised  you. 6 “ Be  very  strong  and con tin ue obey ing  all 
 that  is writ ten  in  the  book  of  the  law  of Mo ses, 
 so  that  you  do  not  turn  from  it  to  the  right  or 
 left 7  and  so  that  you  do  not as so ci ate  with  these 
na tions re main ing  among  you. Do  not  call  on 
 the  names  of  their  gods  or  make  an  oath  to 
 them;  do  not  serve  them  or  bow  in wor ship 
 to  them.


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8 In stead,  be loy al  to  the  L ord  your 
 God,  as  you  have  been  to  this  day . 9 “ The  L ord  has driv en  out  great  and pow-
er ful na tions be fore  you,  and  no  one  is  able 
 to  stand  against  you  to  this  day . 10  One  of  you 
rout ed  a thou sand be cause  the  L ord  your  God 
 was fight ing  for  you,  as  he prom ised. b 11  So dil-
i gent ly  watch your selves!


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Love  the  L ord  your 
 God! 12  If  you  ever  turn  away  and be come loy al 
 to  the  rest  of  these na tions re main ing  among 
 you,  and  if  you in ter mar ry  or as so ci ate  with 
 them  and  they  with  you, 13  know  for cer tain 
 that  the  L ord  your  God  will  not con tin ue  to 
 drive  these na tions  out be fore  you. They  will 
be come  a  snare  and  a  trap  for  you,  a  sharp 
 stick c  for  your  sides  and  thorns  in  your  eyes, 
un til  you dis ap pear  from  this  good  land  the 
 L ord  your  God  has giv en  you. 14 “ I  am  now go ing  the  way  of  the  whole 
 earth,  and  you  know  with  all  your  heart  and 
 all  your  soul  that  none  of  the  good prom is es 
 the  L ord  your  God  made  to  you  has  failed. Ev-
ery thing  was ful filled  for  you;  not  one prom ise 
 has  failed. 15  Since ev ery  good  thing  the  L ord 
 your  God prom ised  you  has  come  about,  so 
 he  will  bring  on  you ev ery  bad  thing un til  he 
 has an ni hi lat ed  you  from  this  good  land  the 
 L ord  your  God  has giv en  you. 16  If  you  break 
 the cov enant  of  the  L ord  your  God,  which  he 
com mand ed  you,  and  go  and  serve oth er  gods, 
 and  bow  in wor ship  to  them,  the  L ord’ s an ger 
 will  burn  against  you,  and  you  will quick ly dis-
ap pear  from  this  good  land  he  has giv en  you.”
a 22:34 Some Hb mss, Syr , Tg read altar Witness because it   b 23:10 Lit promised you   c 23:13 Or a whip ; Hb obscure
JOSHUA 22-23 204
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REVIEW OF ISRAEL’S HISTORY
24 
Josh ua as sem bled  all  the  tribes  of Is ra-
el  at She chem  and sum moned Is ra el’s 
el ders, lead ers, judg es,  and off  i cers,  and  they 
pre sent ed them selves be fore  God. 2 Josh ua 
 said  to  all  the peo ple, “ This  is  what  the  L ord, 
 the  God  of Is ra el,  says: ‘ Long  ago  your an ces-
tors, in clud ing Te rah,  the fa ther  of Abra ham 
 and Na hor,  lived be yond  the Eu phra tes Riv er 
 and wor shiped oth er  gods. 3  But  I  took  your 
fa ther Abra ham  from  the re gion be yond  the 
Eu phra tes Riv er,  led  him through out  the  land 
 of Ca naan,  and mul ti plied  his de scen dants.


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I 
 gave  him  Isaac, 4  and  to  Isaac  I  gave Ja cob  and 
 Esau. I  gave  the  hill coun try  of  Seir  to  Esau  as 
 a pos ses sion. “ ‘Ja cob  and  his  sons, how ev er,  went  down 
 to  Egypt. 5  I  sent Mo ses  and Aar on,  and  I de-
feat ed  Egypt  by  what  I  did with in  it,  and af-
ter ward  I  brought  you  out. 6  When  I  brought 
 your fa thers  out  of  Egypt  and  you  reached  the 
 Red  Sea,  the Egyp tians pur sued  your fa thers 
 with char i ots  and horse men  as  far  as  the  sea. 7  Your fa thers  cried  out  to  the  L ord,  so  he  put 
dark ness be tween  you  and  the Egyp tians,  and 
 brought  the  sea  over  them, en gulfi  ng  them. Your  own  eyes  saw  what  I  did  to  Egypt. Af ter 
 that,  you  lived  in  the wil der ness  a  long  time. 8 “ ‘Lat er,  I  brought  you  to  the  land  of  the 
Am o rites  who  lived be yond  the Jor dan. They 
 fought  against  you,  but  I hand ed  them  over  to 
 you.


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You pos sessed  their  land,  and  I an ni hi lat ed 
 them be fore  you. 9 Ba lak  son  of Zip por,  king  of 
 Moab,  set  out  to  fight  against Is ra el. He  sent 
 for Ba laam  son  of  Beor  to  curse  you, 10  but  I 
 would  not lis ten  to Ba laam. In stead,  he re peat-
ed ly  blessed  you,  and  I res cued  you  from  him.


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11 “ ‘ You  then  crossed  the Jor dan  and  came 
 to Jer i cho. Jer i cho’s cit i zens  —   as  well  as  the 
Am o rites, Per iz zites, Ca naan ites, Heth ites, 
Gir ga shites, Hi vites,  and Jeb u sites  —   fought 
 against  you,  but  I hand ed  them  over  to  you. 12  I 
 sent hornets a  ahead  of  you,  and  they  drove  out 
 the  two Am o rite  kings be fore  you.


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It  was  not 
 by  your  sword  or  bow . 13  I  gave  you  a  land  you 
 did  not la bor  for,  and cit ies  you  did  not  build, 
 though  you  live  in  them;  you  are eat ing  from 
vine yards  and ol ive  groves  you  did  not  plant.’
THE COVENANT RENEWAL
14 “There fore,  fear  the  L ord  and wor ship  him 
 in sin cer i ty  and  truth. Get  rid  of  the  gods  your 
fa thers wor shiped be yond  the Eu phra tes Riv er 
 and  in  Egypt,  and wor ship  the  L ord.


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15  But  if 
 it  doesn’t  please  you  to wor ship  the  L ord, 
 choose  for your selves to day:  Which  will  you 
wor ship  —   the  gods  your fa thers wor shiped 
be yond  the Eu phra tes Riv er  or  the  gods  of  the 
Am o rites  in  whose  land  you  are liv ing? As  for 
 me  and  my fam i ly ,  we  will wor ship  the  L ord.”
16  The peo ple re plied, “ We  will cer tain ly  not 
aban don  the  L ord  to wor ship oth er  gods! 17  For 
 the  L ord  our  God  brought  us  and  our fa thers 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  place  of 
slav ery ,  and per formed  these  great  signs be-
fore  our  eyes. He  also pro tect ed  us  all  along 
 the  way  we  went  and  among  all  the peo ples 
 whose  lands  we trav eled  through.


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18  The  L ord 
 drove  out be fore  us  all  the peo ples, in clud ing 
 the Am o rites  who  lived  in  the  land. We  too 
 will wor ship  the  L ord, be cause  he  is  our  God.”
19  But Josh ua  told  the peo ple, “ You  will  not  be 
 able  to wor ship  the  L ord, be cause  he  is  a  holy 
 God. He  is  a jeal ous  God;  he  will  not for give 
 your trans gres sions  and  sins. 20  If  you aban don 
 the  L ord  and wor ship for eign  gods,  he  will 
 turn  against  you,  harm  you,  and com plete ly 
de stroy  you, af ter  he  has  been  good  to  you.”
21 “ No! ”  the peo ple an swered Josh ua. “ We 
 will wor ship  the  L ord.”
22 Josh ua  then  told  the peo ple, “ You  are wit-
ness es  against your selves  that  you your selves 
 have cho sen  to wor ship  the  L ord.”
“ We  are wit ness es,”  they  said. 23 “ Then  get  rid  of  the for eign  gods  that  are 
 among  you  and  turn  your  hearts  to  the  L ord, 
 the  God  of Is ra el.”
24  So  the peo ple  said  to Josh ua, “ We  will wor-
ship  the  L ord  our  God  and  obey  him.”
25  On  that  day Josh ua  made  a cov enant  for  the 
peo ple  at She chem  and es tab lished  a stat ute 
 and or di nance  for  them. 26 Josh ua re cord ed 
 these  things  in  the  book  of  the  law  of  God; 
 he  also  took  a  large  stone  and  set  it  up  there 
un der  the  oak  at  the sanc tu ary  of  the  L ord. 27  And Josh ua  said  to  all  the peo ple, “ You  see 
 this  stone  —   it  will  be  a wit ness  against  us,  for 
 it  has  heard  all  the  words  the  L ord  said  to  us, 
 and  it  will  be  a wit ness  against  you,  so  that  you 
 will  not  deny  your  God.” 28  Then Josh ua  sent 
 the peo ple  away ,  each  to  his  own in her i tance. BURIAL OF THREE LEADERS
29 Af ter  these  things,  the  L ord’ s ser vant, Josh ua 
 son  of  Nun,  died  at  the  age  of  110. 30  They bur ied 
 him  in  his al lot ted ter ri to ry  at Timnath-serah, 
a 24:12 Or sent terror
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 in  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im  north  of  Mount 
Ga ash. 31 Is ra el wor shiped  the  L ord through-
out Josh ua’s life time  and dur ing  the life times 
 of  the el ders  who out lived Josh ua  and  who 
 had ex pe ri enced  all  the  works  the  L ord  had 
 done  for Is ra el. 32 Jo seph’s  bones,  which  the Is ra el ites  had 
 brought  up  from  Egypt,  were bur ied  at She chem 
 in  the par cel  of  land Ja cob  had pur chased 
 from  the  sons  of Ha mor, She chem’s fa ther, 
 for  a hun dred  pieces  of sil ver. a  It  was  an in-
her i tance  for Jo seph’s de scen dants.


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33  And El e a zar  son  of Aar on  died,  and  they 
bur ied  him  at Gib e ah, b  which  had  been giv-
en  to  his  son Phin e has  in  the  hill coun try  of 
Ephra im. a 24:32 Lit a hundred qesitahs   b 24:33 = the Hill
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JudGes
JUDAH’S LEADERSHIP AGAINST THE 
CANAANITES
1 
Af ter  the  death  of Josh ua,  the Is ra el ites in-
quired  of  the  L ord, “ Who  will  be  the  first  to 
 fight  for  us  against  the Ca naan ites? ”
2  The  L ord an swered, “Ju dah  is  to  go.


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I  have 
hand ed  the  land  over  to  him.”
3 Ju dah  said  to  his broth er Sim e on, “ Come 
 with  me  to  my al lot ted ter ri to ry ,  and  let  us 
 fight  against  the Ca naan ites. I  will  also  go 
 with  you  to  your al lot ted ter ri to ry .”  So Sim e on 
 went  with  him. 4  When Ju dah at tacked,  the  L ord hand ed 
 the Ca naan ites  and Per iz zites  over  to  them. They  struck  down  ten thou sand  men  in Be zek. 5  They  found Ad o ni-be zek  in Be zek,  fought 
 against  him,  and  struck  down  the Ca naan ites 
 and Per iz zites. 6  When Ad o ni-be zek  fled,  they pur sued  him, 
 caught  him,  and  cut  off  his  thumbs  and  big 
 toes. 7 Ad o ni-be zek  said, “Sev en ty  kings  with 
 their  thumbs  and  big  toes  cut  off  used  to  pick 
 up  scraps a un der  my ta ble. God  has re paid  me 
 for  what  I  have  done.”  They  brought  him  to 
Je ru sa lem,  and  he  died  there.


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8  The  men  of Ju dah  fought  against Je ru sa-
lem, cap tured  it,  put  it  to  the  sword,  and  set 
 the  city  on  fire. 9 Af ter ward,  the  men  of Ju dah 
 marched  down  to  fight  against  the Ca naan-
ites  who  were liv ing  in  the  hill coun try ,  the 
Ne gev ,  and  the Ju de an foot hills. b 10 Ju dah  also 
 marched  against  the Ca naan ites  who  were 
liv ing  in He bron (He bron  was for mer ly  named 
Kiriath-arba). They  struck  down She shai, Ahi-
man,  and Tal mai. 11  From  there  they  marched 
 against  the res i dents  of De bir (De bir  was for-
mer ly  named Kiriath-sepher). 12 Ca leb  said, “Who ev er at tacks  and cap-
tures Kiriath-sepher,  I  will  give  my daugh ter 
Ach sah  to  him  as  a  wife.” 13  So Oth ni el  son  of 
Ke naz, Ca leb’s youn gest broth er, cap tured  it, 
 and Ca leb  gave  his daugh ter Ach sah  to  him 
 as  his  wife. 14  When  she ar rived,  she per suad ed Oth ni el 
 to  ask  her fa ther  for  a  field.


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As  she  got  off  her 
don key , Ca leb  asked  her, “ What  do  you  want? ” 
15  She an swered  him, “ Give  me  a bless ing. Since 
 you  have giv en  me  land  in  the Ne gev ,  give  me 
 springs  also.”  So Ca leb  gave  her  both  the up per 
 and low er  springs. 16  The de scen dants  of  the Ke nite, Moses’s 
father-in-law ,  had  gone  up  with  the  men  of 
Ju dah  from  the  City  of  Palms c  to  the Wil der-
ness  of Ju dah,  which  was  in  the Ne gev  of  Arad. They  went  to  live  among  the peo ple. 17 Ju dah  went  with  his broth er Sim  e on, 
 struck  the Ca naan ites  who  were liv ing  in Ze-
phath,  and com plete ly de stroyed  the  town. So  they  named  the  town Hor mah. 18 Ju dah 
cap tured  Gaza  and  its ter ri to ry , Ash ke lon  and 
 its ter ri to ry ,  and Ek ron  and  its ter ri to ry . 19  The 
 L ord  was  with Ju dah  and en abled  them  to 
 take pos ses sion  of  the  hill coun try ,  but  they 
 could  not  drive  out  the peo ple  who  were liv-
ing  in  the val ley be cause  those peo ple  had 
 iron char i ots. 20 Ju dah  gave He bron  to Ca leb,  just  as Mo ses 
 had prom ised. Then Ca leb  drove  out  the  three 
 sons  of  Anak  who  lived  there. BENJAMIN’S FAILURE
21  At  the  same  time  the Ben ja min ites  did  not 
 drive  out  the Jeb u sites  who  were liv ing  in Je-
ru sa lem. The Jeb u sites  have  lived  among  the 
Ben ja min ites  in Je ru sa lem  to  this  day . SUCCESS OF THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH
22  The  house  of Jo seph  also at tacked Beth el, 
 and  the  L ord  was  with  them. 23  They  sent  spies 
 to Beth el ( the  town  was for mer ly  named  Luz). 24  The  spies  saw  a  man com ing  out  of  the  town 
 and  said  to  him, “ Please  show  us  how  to  get 
 into  town,  and  we  will  show  you kind ness.” 
25  When  he  showed  them  the  way  into  the  town, 
 they  put  the  town  to  the  sword  but re leased 
 the  man  and  his en tire fam i ly . 26  Then  the  man 
 went  to  the  land  of  the Hit tites,  built  a  town, 
 and  named  it  Luz.


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FAILURE OF THE OTHER TRIBES
27  At  that  time Ma nas seh  failed  to  take pos-
ses sion  of Beth-she an  and Ta a nach  and  their 
sur round ing vil lages,  or  the res i dents  of  Dor, 
Ib le am,  and Me gid do  and  their sur round ing 
vil lages;  the Ca naan ites  were de ter mined 
 to  stay  in  this  land. 28  When Is ra el be came 
a 1:7 Lit toes cut off are gathering   b 1:9 Or the Shephelah   c 1:16 = Jericho; Dt 34:3; Jdg 3:13; 2Ch 28:15
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stron ger,  they  made  the Ca naan ites  serve  as 
 forced la bor  but nev er  drove  them  out com-
plete ly . 29  At  that  time Ephra im  failed  to  drive  out 
 the Ca naan ites  who  were liv ing  in Ge zer,  so  the 
Ca naan ites  have  lived  among  them  in Ge zer. 30 Zeb u lun  failed  to  drive  out  the res i dents 
 of Kit ron  or  the res i dents  of Na ha lol,  so  the 
Ca naan ites  lived  among  them  and  served  as 
 forced la bor. 31 Ash er  failed  to  drive  out  the res i dents  of 
 Acco  or  of Si don,  or Ah lab, Ach zib, Hel bah, 
 Aphik,  or Re hob. 32  The Ash er ites  lived  among 
 the Ca naan ites  who  were liv ing  in  the  land, 
be cause  they  failed  to  drive  them  out. 33 Naph ta li  did  not  drive  out  the res i dents 
 of Beth-she mesh  or  the res i dents  of Beth-  
a nath. They  lived  among  the Ca naan ites  who 
 were liv ing  in  the  land,  but  the res i dents  of 
Beth-she mesh  and Beth-a nath  served  as  their 
 forced la bor. 34  The Am o rites  forced  the Dan ites  into 
 the  hill coun try  and  did  not al low  them  to 
 go  down  into  the val ley . 35  The Am o rites  were 
de ter mined  to  stay  in a Har-heres, Ai ja lon,  and 
Sha al bim. When  the  house  of Jo seph  got  the 
up per  hand, b  the Am o rites c  were  made  to 
 serve  as  forced la bor. 36  The ter ri to ry  of  the 
Am o rites ex tend ed  from  the Scor pi ons’ As-
cent,  that  is  from  Sela up ward. PATTERN OF SIN AND JUDGMENT
2 
 The an gel  of  the  L ord  went  up  from Gil gal 
 to Bo chim  and  said, “ I  brought  you  out  of 
 Egypt  and  led  you  into  the  land  I  had prom-
ised  to  your fa thers. I  also  said:  I  will nev er 
 break  my cov enant  with  you.


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2  You  are  not 
 to  make  a cov enant  with  the in hab i tants  of 
 this  land. You  are  to  tear  down  their al tars. But  you  have  not  obeyed  me.


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3 There fore,  I  now  say:  I  will  not 
 drive  out  these peo ple be fore  you. They  will  be 
 thorns d,e  in  your  sides,  and  their  gods  will  be 
 a  trap  for  you.” 4  When  the an gel  of  the  L ord 
 had spo ken  these  words  to  all  the Is ra el ites, 
 the peo ple  wept loud ly . 5  So  they  named  that 
 place Bo chim f  and off  ered sac ri fic es  there 
 to  the  L ord. JOSHUA’S DEATH
6 Pre vi ous ly ,  when Josh ua  had  sent  the peo ple 
 away ,  the Is ra el ites  had  gone  to  take pos ses sion 
 of  the  land,  each  to  his  own in her i tance. 7  The 
peo ple wor shiped  the  L ord through out Josh-
ua’s life time  and dur ing  the life times  of  the 
el ders  who out lived g Josh ua. They  had  seen  all 
 the  L ord’ s  great  works  he  had  done  for Is ra el. 8 Josh ua  son  of  Nun,  the ser vant  of  the  L ord, 
 died  at  the  age  of  110. 9  They bur ied  him  in  the 
ter ri to ry  of  his in her i tance,  in Timnath-heres, 
 in  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im,  north  of  Mount 
Ga ash.


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10  That  whole gen er a tion  was  also gath-
ered  to  their an ces tors. Af ter  them an oth er 
gen er a tion  rose  up  who  did  not  know  the  L ord 
 or  the  works  he  had  done  for Is ra el. 11  The Is ra el ites  did  what  was  evil  in  the 
 L ord’ s  sight. They wor shiped  the  Baals 12  and 
aban doned  the  L ord,  the  God  of  their fa thers, 
 who  had  brought  them  out  of  Egypt. They 
fol lowed oth er  gods  from  the sur round ing 
peo ples  and  bowed  down  to  them. They an-
gered  the  L ord, 13  for  they aban doned  him  and 
wor shiped  Baal  and  the Ash to reths. 14  The  L ord’ s an ger  burned  against Is ra el, 
 and  he hand ed  them  over  to ma raud ers  who 
raid ed  them. He  sold  them  to h  the en e mies 
 around  them,  and  they  could  no lon ger re sist 
 their en e mies. 15 When ev er  the Is ra el ites  went 
 out,  the  L ord i  was  against  them  and  brought 
di sas ter  on  them,  just  as  he  had prom ised 
 and  sworn  to  them. So  they suff  ered great ly . 16  The  L ord  raised  up judg es,  who  saved  them 
 from  the pow er  of  their ma raud ers, 17  but  they 
 did  not lis ten  to  their judg es. In stead,  they pros-
ti tut ed them selves  with oth er  gods, bow ing 
 down  to  them.


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They quick ly  turned  from  the 
 way  of  their fa thers,  who  had  walked  in obe-
di ence  to  the  L ord’ s com mands.


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They  did  not 
 do  as  their fa thers  did. 18 When ev er  the  L ord 
 raised  up  a  judge  for  the Is ra el ites,  the  L ord 
 was  with  him  and  saved  the peo ple  from  the 
pow er  of  their en e mies  while  the  judge  was 
 still  alive. j  The  L ord  was  moved  to  pity when-
ev er  they  groaned be cause  of  those  who  were 
op press ing  and afflicting  them. 19 When ev er 
 the  judge  died,  the Is ra el ites  would  act  even 
 more cor rupt ly  than  their fa thers, fol low ing 
oth er  gods  to  serve  them  and  bow  in wor ship 
 to  them. They  did  not  turn  from  their  evil prac-
tic es  or  their ob sti nate  ways. 20  The  L ord’ s an ger  burned  against Is ra-
el,  and  he de clared, “Be cause  this na tion  has 
vi o lat ed  my cov enant  that  I  made  with  their 
fa thers  and dis obeyed  me, 21  I  will  no lon ger 
a 1:35 Or Amorites determined to live in   b 1:35 Lit When the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy   c 1:35 LXX reads 
Joseph became strong on the Amorites, they   d 2:3 LXX reads affliction   e 2:3 Lit traps   f 2:5 Or Weeping   g 2:7 Lit extended 
their days after   h 2:14 Lit into the hand of   i 2:15 Lit the hand of the Lord   j 2:18 Lit enemies all the days of the judge
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 drive  out be fore  them  any  of  the na tions Josh-
ua  left  when  he  died. 22  I  did  this  to  test Is ra el 
 and  to  see wheth er  or  not  they  would  keep  the 
 L ord’ s  way  by walk ing  in  it,  as  their fa thers 
 had.” 23  The  L ord  left  these na tions  and  did 
 not  drive  them  out im me di ate ly . He  did  not 
 hand  them  over  to Josh ua. THE LORD TESTS ISRAEL
3 
 These  are  the na tions  the  L ord  left  in or der 
 to  test  all  those  in Is ra el  who  had ex pe ri-
enced a  none  of  the  wars  in Ca naan. 2  This  was 
 to  teach  the fu ture gen er a tions  of  the Is ra el ites 
 how  to  fight  in bat tle, es pe cial ly  those  who  had 
 not  fought be fore. b 3  These na tions in clud ed 
 the  five rul ers  of  the Phi lis tines  and  all  of  the 
Ca naan ites,  the Si do ni ans,  and  the Hi vites  who 
 lived  in  the Lebanese moun tains  from  Mount 
Baal-her mon  as  far  as  the en trance  to Ha math. c 
4  The  L ord  left  them  to  test Is ra el,  to de ter mine 
 if  they  would  keep  the  L ord’ s com mands  he 
 had giv en  their fa thers  through d Mo ses.


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5  But 
 they set tled  among  the Ca naan ites, Heth ites, 
Am o rites, Per iz zites, Hi vites,  and Jeb u sites.


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6  The Is ra el ites  took  their daugh ters  as  wives 
 for them selves,  gave  their  own daugh ters  to 
 their  sons,  and wor shiped  their  gods. OTHNIEL, THE FIRST JUDGE
7  The Is ra el ites  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight;  they for got  the  L ord  their  God  and wor-
shiped  the  Baals  and  the Ashe rahs. 8  The  L ord’ s 
an ger  burned  against Is ra el,  and  he  sold  them 
 to e  King Cushan-rishathaim f  of Aram-na ha ra-
im, g  and  the Is ra el ites  served  him  eight  years.


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9  The Is ra el ites  cried  out  to  the  L ord. So 
 the  L ord  raised  up Oth ni el  son  of Ke naz, Ca-
leb’s youn gest broth er,  as  a de liv er er  to  save 
 the Is ra el ites. 10  The Spir it  of  the  L ord  came 
 on  him,  and  he  judged Is ra el. Oth ni el  went 
 out  to bat tle,  and  the  L ord hand ed  over  King 
Cushan-rishathaim  of  Aram  to  him,  so  that 
Oth ni el over pow ered  him. 11  Then  the  land 
 had  peace  for for ty  years,  and Oth ni el  son 
 of Ke naz  died. EHUD
12  The Is ra el ites  again  did  what  was  evil  in 
 the  L ord’ s  sight. He  gave  King Eg lon  of  Moab 
pow er  over Is ra el, be cause  they  had  done  what 
 was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight. 13 Af ter Eg lon con-
vinced  the Am mon ites  and  the Am a lek ites  to 
 join forc es  with  him,  he at tacked  and de feat-
ed Is ra el  and  took pos ses sion  of  the  City  of 
 Palms. h 14  The Is ra el ites  served  King Eg lon  of 
 Moab eigh teen  years. 15  Then  the Is ra el ites  cried  out  to  the  L ord, 
 and  he  raised  up  Ehud  son  of  Gera,  a left-hand-
ed Ben ja min ite, i  as  a de liv er er  for  them. The 
Is ra el ites  sent  him  with  the trib ute  for  King 
Eg lon  of  Moab. 16  Ehud  made him self  a double-edged  sword 
eigh teen inch es  long. j  He  strapped  it  to  his 
 right  thigh un der  his  clothes 17  and  brought 
 the trib ute  to  King Eg lon  of  Moab,  who  was 
 an ex treme ly  fat  man. 18  When  Ehud  had fin-
ished pre sent ing  the trib ute,  he dis missed 
 the peo ple  who  had car ried  it. 19  At  the  carved 
im ages  near Gil gal  he re turned  and  said, “ King 
Eg lon,  I  have  a se cret mes sage  for  you.”  The 
 king  said, “Si lence! ”  and  all  his at ten dants  left 
 him.


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20  Then  Ehud ap proached  him  while  he 
 was sit ting  alone  in  his up stairs  room  where 
 it  was  cool. Ehud  said, “ I  have  a mes sage  from 
 God  for  you,”  and  the  king  stood  up  from  his 
 throne. 21  Ehud  reached  with  his  left  hand,  took 
 the  sword  from  his  right  thigh,  and  plunged 
 it  into Eg lon’s bel ly . 22  Even  the han dle  went 
 in af ter  the  blade,  and Eg lon’s  fat  closed  in 
 over  it,  so  that  Ehud  did  not with draw  the 
 sword  from  his bel ly . And  the  waste  came 
 out. k 23  Ehud es caped  by  way  of  the  porch, 
clos ing  and locking  the  doors  of  the up stairs 
 room be hind  him. 24  Ehud  was  gone  when Eg lon’s ser vants 
 came  in. They  looked  and  found  the  doors  of 
 the up stairs  room  locked  and  thought  he  was 
re liev ing him self l  in  the  cool  room. 25  The ser-
vants wait ed un til  they be came em bar rassed 
 and  saw  that  he  had  still  not  opened  the  doors 
 of  the up stairs  room. So  they  took  the  key  and 
 opened  the  doors  —   and  there  was  their  lord 
ly ing  dead  on  the  floor! 26  Ehud es caped  while  the ser vants wait-
ed.


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He  passed  the Jor dan  near  the  carved im-
ages  and  reached Se i rah. 27 Af ter  he ar rived, 
 he sound ed  the  ram’s  horn through out  the 
 hill coun try  of Ephra im.


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The Is ra el ites  came 
 down  with  him  from  the  hill coun try ,  and  he 
be came  their lead er. 28  He  told  them, “Fol low 
 me, be cause  the  L ord  has hand ed  over  your 
en e mies,  the Mo ab ites,  to  you.”  So  they fol-
lowed  him, cap tured  the  fords  of  the Jor dan 
lead ing  to  Moab,  and  did  not al low any one  to 
a 3:1 Lit had known   b 3:2 Lit not known it   c 3:3 Or as Lebo-hamath   d 3:4 Lit by the hand of   e 3:8 Lit into the hand of    
f 3:8 Lit Doubly-Evil   g 3:8 = Mesopotamia   h 3:13 = Jericho; Dt 34:3; Jdg 1:16; 2Ch 28:15   i 3:15 = son of the right hand   j 3:16 Lit 
sword a gomed in length   k 3:22 Or And Eglon’s bowels discharged   l 3:24 Lit was covering his feet
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 cross  over. 29  At  that  time  they  struck  down 
 about  ten thou sand Mo ab ites,  all stout  and 
able-bodied  men.


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Not  one  of  them es caped. 30  Moab be came sub ject  to Is ra el  that  day ,  and 
 the  land  had  peace  for  eighty  years. SHAMGAR
31 Af ter  Ehud, Sham gar  son  of  Anath be came 
 judge. He  also de liv ered Is ra el, strik ing  down 
 six hun dred Phi lis tines  with  a cat tle  prod. DEBORAH AND BARAK
4 
 The Is ra el ites  again  did  what  was  evil  in 
 the  sight  of  the  L ord af ter  Ehud  had  died. 2  So  the  L ord  sold  them  to  King Ja bin  of Ca-
naan,  who  reigned  in Ha zor. The com mand er 
 of  his  army  was Sis era  who  lived  in Ha ro sheth 
 of  the Na tions. a 3  Then  the Is ra el ites  cried  out 
 to  the  L ord, be cause Ja bin  had  nine hun dred 
 iron char i ots,  and  he harsh ly op pressed  them 
twen ty  years. 4 Deb o rah,  a proph et ess  and  the  wife  of 
Lap pi doth,  was judg ing Is ra el  at  that  time. 5  She  would  sit un der  the  palm  tree  of Deb-
o rah be tween Ra mah  and Beth el  in  the  hill 
coun try  of Ephra im,  and  the Is ra el ites  went 
 up  to  her  to set tle dis putes. 6  She sum moned Bar ak  son  of Abin o am  from 
Ke desh  in Naph ta li  and  said  to  him, “ Hasn’t 
 the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el, com mand ed  you: 
‘ Go, deploy  the  troops  on  Mount Ta bor,  and 
 take  with  you  ten thou sand  men  from  the 
Naph ta lites  and Zeb u lun ites? 7  Then  I  will  lure 
Sis era com mand er  of Ja bin’s  army ,  his char i ots, 
 and  his infantry  at  the  Wadi Ki shon  to  fight 
 against  you,  and  I  will  hand  him  over  to  you.’ ”
8 Bar ak  said  to  her, “ If  you  will  go  with  me, 
 I  will  go. But  if  you  will  not  go  with  me,  I  will 
 not  go.”
9 “ I  will glad ly  go  with  you,”  she  said, “ but 
 you  will re ceive  no hon or  on  the  road  you  are 
 about  to  take, be cause  the  L ord  will  sell Sis era 
 to  a wom an.”  So Deb o rah  got  up  and  went  with 
Bar ak  to Ke desh. 10 Bar ak sum moned Zeb u lun 
 and Naph ta li  to Ke desh;  ten thou sand  men fol-
lowed  him,  and Deb o rah  also  went  with  him. 11  Now He ber  the Ke nite  had  moved  away 
 from  the Ke nites,  the  sons  of Ho bab, Moses’s 
father-in-law ,  and  pitched  his  tent be side  the 
 oak  tree  of Za a nan nim,  which  was  near Ke desh. 12  It  was re port ed  to Sis era  that Bar ak  son  of 
Abin o am  had  gone  up  Mount Ta bor. 13 Sis era 
sum moned  all  his  nine hun dred  iron char i ots 
 and  all  the  troops  who  were  with  him  from 
Ha ro sheth  of  the Na tions  to  the  Wadi Ki shon. 14  Then Deb o rah  said  to Bar ak, “ Go! This  is  the 
 day  the  L ord  has hand ed Sis era  over  to  you. Hasn’t  the  L ord  gone be fore  you? ”  So Bar ak 
 came  down  from  Mount Ta bor  with  ten thou-
sand  men fol low ing  him. 15  The  L ord  threw Sis era,  all  his char i ot eers, 
 and  all  his  army  into  a pan ic be fore Bar ak’s 
assault. Sis era  left  his char i ot  and  fled  on  foot. 16 Bar ak pur sued  the char i ots  and  the  army 
 as  far  as Ha ro sheth  of  the Na tions,  and  the 
 whole  army  of Sis era  fell  by  the  sword;  not  a 
sin gle  man  was  left. 17 Mean while, Sis era  had  fled  on  foot  to  the 
 tent  of  Jael,  the  wife  of He ber  the Ke nite, be-
cause  there  was  peace be tween  King Ja bin 
 of Ha zor  and  the fam i ly  of He ber  the Ke nite. 18  Jael  went  out  to  greet Sis era  and  said  to  him, 
“ Come  in,  my  lord. Come  in  with  me.


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Don’t 
 be  afraid.”  So  he  went  into  her  tent,  and  she 
cov ered  him  with  a blan ket. 19  He  said  to  her, 
“ Please  give  me  a lit tle wa ter  to  drink  for  I  am 
 thirsty .”  She  opened  a con tain er  of  milk,  gave 
 him  a  drink,  and cov ered  him  again. 20  Then 
 he  said  to  her, “ Stand  at  the en trance  to  the 
 tent.


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If  a  man  comes  and  asks  you, ‘ Is  there  a 
 man  here? ’  say , ‘ No.’ ” 21  While  he  was sleep ing 
 from exhaustion, He ber’s  wife  Jael  took  a  tent 
 peg,  grabbed  a ham mer,  and  went silently  to 
Sis era. She ham mered  the  peg  into  his tem-
ple  and  drove  it  into  the  ground,  and  he  died. 22  When Bar ak ar rived  in pur suit  of Sis era, 
 Jael  went  out  to  greet  him  and  said  to  him, 
“ Come  and  I  will  show  you  the  man  you  are 
look ing  for.”  So  he  went  in  with  her,  and  there 
 was Sis era ly ing  dead  with  a  tent  peg  through 
 his tem ple! 23  That  day  God sub dued  King Ja bin  of Ca-
naan be fore  the Is ra el ites.


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24  The pow er  of  the 
Is ra el ites con tin ued  to in crease  against  King 
Ja bin  of Ca naan un til  they de stroyed  him. DEBORAH’S SONG
5 
 On  that  day Deb o rah  and Bar ak  son  of 
Abin o am  sang:
 2 When the leaders lead  b in Israel,
  when the people volunteer,
  blessed be the Lord. 3 Listen, kings!


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Pay attention, princes! I will sing to the Lord;
  I will sing praise to the Lord God 
of Israel. a 4:2 Or Harosheth-ha-goiim, also in vv .


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13,16   b 5:2 Or the locks of hair are loose
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 4 Lord, when you came from Seir,
  when you marched from the fields 
of Edom,
  the earth trembled,
  the skies poured rain,
  and the clouds poured water. 5 The mountains melted before the Lord,
  even Sinai,  a before the Lord, the God 
of Israel. 6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
  in the days of Jael,
  the main roads were deserted
  because travelers kept 
to the side roads. 7 Villages were deserted,  b
  they were deserted in Israel,
  until I,  c Deborah, arose,
  a mother in Israel. 8 Israel chose new gods,
  then there was war in the city gates. Not a shield or spear was seen
  among forty thousand in Israel. 9 My heart is with the leaders of Israel,
  with the volunteers of the people.


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Blessed be the Lord! 10 You who ride on white b donkeys,
  who sit on saddle blankets,
  and who travel on the road, give praise! 11 Let them tell the righteous acts 
of the Lord,
  the righteous deeds of his warriors 
in Israel,
  with the voices of the singers 
at the watering places. b
  Then the Lord’s people went down 
to the city gates. 12 “ Awake! Awake, Deborah! Awake!


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Awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak,
  and take your prisoners,
  son of Abinoam! ”
 13 Then the survivors came down 
to the nobles;
  the Lord’s people came down to me  d 
with the warriors. 14 Those with their roots in Amalek  e 
came from Ephraim;
  Benjamin came with your people 
after you. The leaders came down from Machir,
  and those who carry a marshal’s staff 
came from Zebulun. 15 The princes of Issachar were 
with Deborah;
  Issachar was with Barak;
  they were under his leadership  f 
in the valley . There was great searching  g of heart
  among the clans of Reuben.


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16 Why did you sit among the sheep pens  h
  listening to the playing of pipes 
for the flocks? There was great searching of heart
  among the clans of Reuben. 17 Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger at the ships? Asher remained at the seashore
  and stayed in his harbors. 18 The people of Zebulun defied death,
  Naphtali also, on the heights 
of the battlefield. 19 Kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought
  at Taanach by the Waters of Megiddo,
  but they did not plunder the silver. 20 The stars fought from the heavens;
  the stars fought with Sisera 
from their paths. 21 The river Kishon swept them away ,
  the ancient river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul, in strength!


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22 The horses’ hooves then hammered —
  the galloping, galloping 
of his i stallions. 23 “Curse Meroz,” says the angel 
of the Lord,
  “Bitterly curse her inhabitants,
  for they did not come to help the Lord,
  to help the Lord with the warriors.”
 24 Jael is most blessed of women,
  the wife of Heber the Kenite;
  she is most blessed among 
tent-dwelling women. 25 He asked for water; she gave him milk.


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26 She reached for a tent peg,
  her right hand, 
for a workman’s hammer. Then she hammered Sisera —
a 5:5 Or Lord, this one of Sinai   b 5:7,10,11 Hb obscure   c 5:7 Or you   d 5:13 LXX reads down for him   e 5:14 LXX reads in the 
valley   f 5:15 Lit they set out as his feet   g 5:15 Some Hb mss, Syr read There were great resolves   h 5:16 Or the campfires   
i 5:22 = Sisera’s
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  she crushed his head;
  she shattered and pierced his temple. 27 He collapsed, he fell, he lay down 
between her feet;
  he collapsed, he fell between her feet;
  where he collapsed, there he fell  —  
dead. 28 Sisera’s mother looked 
through the window;
  she peered through the lattice, 
crying out:
  “Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why don’t I hear the hoofbeats 
of his horses? ” a
 29 Her wisest princesses answer her;
  she even answers herself:  b
 30 “ Are they not finding and dividing 
the spoil —
  a girl or two c for each warrior,
  the spoil of colored garments 
for Sisera,
  the spoil of an embroidered garment 
or two for my neck? ” d
 31 Lord, may all your enemies perish 
as Sisera did. e
  But may those who love him
  be like the rising of the sun 
in its strength.


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And  the  land  had  peace  for for ty  years. MIDIAN OPPRESSES ISRAEL
6 
 The Is ra el ites  did  what  was  evil  in  the  sight 
 of  the  L ord. So  the  L ord hand ed  them  over 
 to Mid i an sev en  years, 2  and  they op pressed 
Is ra el. Be cause  of Mid i an,  the Is ra el ites  made 
hid ing plac es  for them selves  in  the moun tains, 
 caves,  and strong holds. 3 When ev er  the Is ra el-
ites plant ed  crops,  the Mid i an ites, Am a lek ites, 
 and  the Qed e mites  came  and at tacked  them. 4  They en camped  against  them  and de stroyed 
 the pro duce  of  the  land,  even  as  far  as  Gaza. They  left noth ing  for Is ra el  to  eat,  as  well  as 
 no  sheep,  ox,  or don key . 5  For  the Mid i an ites 
 came  with  their cat tle  and  their  tents  like  a 
 great  swarm  of lo custs. They  and  their cam-
els  were with out num ber,  and  they en tered 
 the  land  to  lay  waste  to  it. 6  So Is ra el be came 
pover ty-strick en be cause  of Mid i an,  and  the 
Is ra el ites  cried  out  to  the  L ord. 7  When  the Is ra el ites  cried  out  to  him be-
cause  of Mid i an, 8  the  L ord  sent  a proph et  to 
 them. He  said  to  them, “ This  is  what  the  L ord 
 God  of Is ra el  says: ‘ I  brought  you  out  of  Egypt 
 and  out  of  the  place  of slav ery . 9  I res cued  you 
 from  the pow er  of  Egypt  and  the pow er  of  all 
 who op pressed  you. I  drove  them  out be fore 
 you  and  gave  you  their  land. 10  I  said  to  you:  I 
 am  the  L ord  your  God.


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Do  not  fear  the  gods 
 of  the Am o rites  whose  land  you  live  in. But 
 you  did  not  obey  me.’ ”
THE LORD CALLS GIDEON
11  The an gel  of  the  L ord  came,  and  he  sat un der 
 the  oak  that  was  in Oph rah,  which be longed 
 to Jo ash,  the Abi ez rite. His  son Gid e on  was 
thresh ing  wheat  in  the wine press  in or der  to 
 hide  it  from  the Mid i an ites. 12  Then  the an gel 
 of  the  L ord ap peared  to  him  and  said: “ The 
 L ord  is  with  you, val iant war rior.”
13 Gid e on  said  to  him, “ Please,  my  lord,  if  the 
 L ord  is  with  us,  why  has  all  this hap pened? And 
 where  are  all  his won ders  that  our fa thers  told 
 us  about?


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They  said, ‘ Hasn’t  the  L ord  brought 
 us  out  of  Egypt? ’  But  now  the  L ord  has aban-
doned  us  and hand ed  us  over  to Mid i an.”
14  The  L ord  turned  to  him  and  said, “ Go  in 
 the  strength  you  have  and de liv er Is ra el  from 
 the  grasp  of Mid i an. I  am send ing  you!


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”
15  He  said  to  him, “ Please,  Lord,  how  can  I 
de liv er Is ra el? Look,  my fam i ly  is  the weak est 
 in Ma nas seh,  and  I  am  the youn gest  in  my 
fa ther’s fam i ly .”
16 “ But  I  will  be  with  you,”  the  L ord  said  to 
 him. “ You  will  strike Mid i an  down  as  if  it  were 
 one  man.”
17  Then  he  said  to  him, “ If  I  have  found fa vor 
 with  you,  give  me  a  sign  that  you  are speak ing 
 with  me.


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18  Please  do  not  leave  this  place un til 
 I re turn  to  you. Let  me  bring  my  gift  and  set 
 it be fore  you.”
 And  he  said, “ I  will  stay un til  you re turn.”
19  So Gid e on  went  and pre pared  a  young 
 goat  and un leav ened  bread  from  a  half bushel f 
 of  flour. He  placed  the  meat  in  a bas ket  and 
 the  broth  in  a  pot.


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He  brought  them  out  and 
off  ered  them  to  him un der  the  oak. 20  The an gel  of  God  said  to  him, “ Take  the 
 meat  with  the un leav ened  bread,  put  it  on  this 
 stone,  and  pour  the  broth  on  it.”  So  he  did  that. 21  The an gel  of  the  L ord ex tend ed  the  tip  of 
 the  staff  that  was  in  his  hand  and  touched  the 
a 5:28 Lit Why have the hoofbeats of his chariots delayed   b 5:29 Lit answers her words   c 5:30 Lit a womb or two wombs   
d 5:30 Hb obscure   e 5:31 Lit perish in this way   f 6:19 Lit an ephah
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 meat  and  the un leav ened  bread. Fire  came  up 
 from  the  rock  and con sumed  the  meat  and 
 the un leav ened  bread. Then  the an gel  of  the 
 L ord van ished  from  his  sight.


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22  When Gid e on re al ized  that  he  was  the 
an gel  of  the  L ord,  he  said, “ Oh  no,  Lord  G od! I  have  seen  the an gel  of  the  L ord  face  to  face! ”
23  But  the  L ord  said  to  him, “ Peace  to  you. Don’t  be  afraid,  for  you  will  not  die.” 24  So Gid-
e on  built  an al tar  to  the  L ord  there  and  called 
 it  The  L ord  Is  Peace. a  It  is  still  in Oph rah  of  the 
Abi ez rites to day .


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GIDEON TEARS DOWN A BAAL ALTAR
25  On  that  very  night  the  L ord  said  to  him, 
“ Take  your fa ther’s  young  bull  and  a sec ond 
 bull sev en  years  old. Then  tear  down  the al tar 
 of  Baal  that be longs  to  your fa ther  and  cut 
 down  the Ashe rah  pole be side  it. 26  Build  a 
well-constructed al tar  to  the  L ord  your  God 
 on  the  top  of  this  mound. Take  the sec ond  bull 
 and off  er  it  as  a  burnt off  er ing  with  the  wood 
 of  the Ashe rah  pole  you  cut  down.” 27  So Gid-
e on  took  ten  of  his  male ser vants  and  did  as 
 the  L ord  had  told  him. But be cause  he  was  too 
 afraid  of  his fa ther’s fam i ly  and  the  men  of  the 
 city  to  do  it  in  the day time,  he  did  it  at  night. 28  When  the  men  of  the  city  got  up  in  the 
morn ing,  they  found Baal’s al tar  torn  down, 
 the Ashe rah  pole be side  it  cut  down,  and  the 
sec ond  bull off  ered  up  on  the al tar  that  had 
 been  built. 29  They  said  to  each oth er, “ Who  did 
 this? ” Af ter  they  made  a thor ough in ves ti ga-
tion,  they  said, “Gid e on  son  of Jo ash  did  it.”
30  Then  the  men  of  the  city  said  to Jo ash, 
“ Bring  out  your  son. He  must  die, be cause  he 
 tore  down Baal’s al tar  and  cut  down  the Ashe-
rah  pole be side  it.”
31  But Jo ash  said  to  all  who  stood  against 
 him, “ Would  you  plead Baal’s  case  for  him? Would  you  save  him?


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Who ev er  pleads  his  case 
 will  be  put  to  death  by morn ing! If  he  is  a  god, 
 let  him  plead  his  own  case be cause some one 
 tore  down  his al tar.” 32  That  day  he  was  called 
Jer ub ba al,  since Jo ash  said, “ Let  Baal con tend 
 with  him,” be cause  he  tore  down  his al tar. THE SIGN OF THE FLEECE
33  All  the Mid i an ites, Am a lek ites,  and Qed-
e mites gath ered to geth er,  crossed  over  the 
Jor dan,  and  camped  in  the Jez re el V al ley .


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34  The Spir it  of  the  L ord en vel oped b Gid e on, 
 and  he  blew  the  ram’s  horn  and  the Abi ez rites 
ral lied be hind  him. 35  He  sent mes sen gers 
through out  all  of Ma nas seh,  who ral lied be-
hind  him.


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He  also  sent mes sen gers through out 
Ash er, Zeb u lun,  and Naph ta li,  who  also  came 
 to  meet  him. 36  Then Gid e on  said  to  God, “ If  you  will de-
liv er Is ra el  by  my  hand,  as  you  said, 37  I  will 
 put  a  wool  fleece  here  on  the thresh ing  floor. If  dew  is  only  on  the  fleece,  and  all  the  ground 
 is  dry ,  I  will  know  that  you  will de liv er Is ra el 
 by  my  strength,  as  you  said.” 38  And  that  is 
 what hap pened. When  he  got  up ear ly  in  the 
morn ing,  he  squeezed  the  fleece  and  wrung 
 dew  out  of  it, fill ing  a  bowl  with wa ter. 39 Gid e on  then  said  to  God, “ Don’t  be an gry 
 with  me;  let  me  speak  one  more  time. Please 
al low  me  to  make  one  more  test  with  the  fleece. Let  it re main  dry ,  and  the  dew  be  all  over  the 
 ground.” 40  That  night  God  did  as Gid e on re-
quest ed:  only  the  fleece  was  dry ,  and  dew  was 
 all  over  the  ground. GOD SELECTS GIDEON’S ARMY
7 
Jer ub ba al ( that  is, Gid e on)  and  all  the 
 troops  who  were  with  him,  got  up ear ly 
 and  camped be side  the  spring  of Ha rod.


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The 
 camp  of Mid i an  was  north  of  them, be low  the 
 hill  of Mo reh,  in  the val ley . 2  The  L ord  said  to 
Gid e on, “ You  have  too  many  troops  for  me  to 
 hand  the Mid i an ites  over  to  them,  or  else Is ra el 
 might el e vate them selves  over  me  and  say , c ‘ My 
 own  strength  saved  me.’ 3  Now an nounce  to 
 the  troops: ‘Who ev er  is fear ful  and trem bling 
 may  turn  back  and  leave  Mount Gil e ad.’ ”  So 
twenty-two thou sand  of  the  troops  turned 
 back,  but  ten thou sand re mained. 4  Then  the  L ord  said  to Gid e on, “ There  are 
 still  too  many  troops. Take  them  down  to  the 
wa ter,  and  I  will  test  them  for  you  there. If  I 
 say  to  you, ‘ This  one  can  go  with  you,’  he  can 
 go. But  if  I  say  about any one, ‘ This  one can not 
 go  with  you,’  he can not  go.” 5  So  he  brought 
 the  troops  down  to  the wa ter,  and  the  L ord 
 said  to Gid e on, “Sep a rate ev ery one  who  laps 
wa ter  with  his  tongue  like  a  dog. Do  the  same 
 with ev ery one  who kneels  to  drink.” 6  The 
num ber  of  those  who  lapped  with  their  hands 
 to  their  mouths  was  three hun dred  men,  and 
 all  the  rest  of  the  troops  knelt  to  drink wa ter. 7  The  L ord  said  to Gid e on, “ I  will de liv er  you 
 with  the  three hun dred  men  who  lapped  and 
 hand  the Mid i an ites  over  to  you. But ev ery-
one  else  is  to  go  home.” 8  So Gid e on  sent  all 
a 6:24 = Yahweh-shalom   b 6:34 Lit clothed; 1Ch 12:18; 2Ch 24:20   c 7:2 Lit brag against me
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 the Is ra el ites  to  their  tents  but  kept  the  three 
hun dred  troops,  who  took  the pro vi sions  and 
 their trum pets. The  camp  of Mid i an  was be low 
 him  in  the val ley . GIDEON SPIES ON THE MIDIANITE CAMP
9  That  night  the  L ord  said  to  him, “ Get  up  and 
at tack  the  camp,  for  I  have hand ed  it  over  to 
 you. 10  But  if  you  are  afraid  to at tack  the  camp, 
 go  down  with Pu rah  your ser vant. 11 Lis ten  to 
 what  they  say ,  and  then  you  will  be en cour-
aged a  to at tack  the  camp.”  So  he  went  down 
 with Pu rah  his ser vant  to  the out post  of  the 
 troops b  who  were  in  the  camp. 12  Now  the Mid i an ites, Am a lek ites,  and  all 
 the Qed e mites  had set tled  down  in  the val ley 
 like  a  swarm  of lo custs,  and  their cam els  were 
 as in nu mer a ble  as  the  sand  on  the sea shore. 13  When Gid e on ar rived,  there  was  a  man tell-
ing  his  friend  about  a  dream. He  said, “Lis ten, 
 I  had  a  dream:  a  loaf  of bar ley  bread  came 
tum bling  into  the Mid i an ite  camp,  struck  a 
 tent,  and  it  fell. The  loaf  turned  the  tent up side 
 down  so  that  it col lapsed.”
14  His  friend an swered: “ This  is noth ing  less 
 than  the  sword  of Gid e on  son  of Jo ash,  the Is-
ra el ite. God  has hand ed  the en tire Mid i an ite 
 camp  over  to  him.”
GIDEON ATTACKS THE MIDIANITES
15  When Gid e on  heard  the ac count  of  the  dream 
 and  its in ter pre ta tion,  he  bowed  in wor ship. He 
re turned  to Is ra el’s  camp  and  said, “ Get  up,  for 
 the  L ord  has hand ed  the Mid i an ite  camp  over 
 to  you.” 16  Then  he di vid ed  the  three hun dred 
 men  into  three com pa nies  and  gave  each  of 
 the  men  a trum pet  in  one  hand  and  an emp ty 
pitch er  with  a  torch in side  it  in  the oth er  hand. 17 “ Watch  me,”  he  said  to  them, “ and  do  what 
 I  do.


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When  I  come  to  the out post  of  the  camp, 
 do  as  I  do. 18  When  I  and ev ery one  with  me 
 blow  our trum pets,  you  are  also  to  blow  your 
trum pets  all  around  the  camp. Then  you  will 
 say , ‘ For  the  L ord  and  for Gid e on! ’ ”
19 Gid e on  and  the hun dred  men  who  were 
 with  him  went  to  the out post  of  the  camp  at 
 the be gin ning  of  the mid dle  watch af ter  the 
sen tries  had  been sta tioned. They  blew  their 
trum pets  and  broke  the pitch ers  that  were  in 
 their  hands.


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20  The  three com pa nies  blew  their 
trum pets  and shat tered  their pitch ers. They 
 held  their torch es  in  their  left  hands,  their 
trum pets c  in  their  right  hands,  and shout ed, 
“ A  sword  for  the  L ord  and  for Gid e on! ” 21  Each 
Is ra el ite  took  his po si tion  around  the  camp, 
 and  the en tire Mid i an ite  army be gan  to  run, 
 and  they  cried  out  as  they  fled. 22  When Gid e-
on’s  men  blew  their  three hun dred trum pets, 
 the  L ord  caused  the  men  in  the  whole  army 
 to  turn  on  each oth er  with  their  swords. They 
 fled  to Aca cia  House d  in  the di rec tion  of Zer-
e rah  as  far  as  the bor der  of Abel-me ho lah 
 near Tab bath. 23  Then  the  men  of Is ra el  were 
 called  from Naph ta li, Ash er,  and Ma nas seh, 
 and  they pur sued  the Mid i an ites. THE MEN OF EPHRAIM JOIN THE BATTLE
24 Gid e on  sent mes sen gers through out  the 
 hill coun try  of Ephra im  with  this mes sage: 
“ Come  down  to intercept  the Mid i an ites  and 
 take con trol  of  the wa ter courses  ahead  of 
 them  as  far  as Beth-bar ah  and  the Jor dan.” 
 So  all  the  men  of Ephra im  were  called  out, 
 and  they  took con trol  of  the wa ter courses 
 as  far  as Beth-bar ah  and  the Jor dan. 25  They 
cap tured  Oreb  and  Zeeb,  the  two princ es  of 
Mid i an;  they  killed  Oreb  at  the  rock  of  Oreb 
 and  Zeeb  at  the wine press  of  Zeeb,  while  they 
 were pur su ing  the Mid i an ites. They  brought 
 the  heads  of  Oreb  and  Zeeb  to Gid e on  across 
 the Jor dan. 8 
 The  men  of Ephra im  said  to  him, “ Why 
 have  you  done  this  to  us,  not call ing  us 
 when  you  went  to  fight  against  the Mid i an-
ites? ”  And  they ar gued  with  him vi o lent ly .


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2  So  he  said  to  them, “ What  have  I  done  now 
com pared  to  you? Is  not  the glean ing  of Ephra-
im bet ter  than  the  grape har vest  of Abi e zer? 3  God hand ed  over  to  you  Oreb  and  Zeeb,  the 
 two princ es  of Mid i an.


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”  When  he  said  this,  their 
an ger  against  him sub sid ed. GIDEON PURSUES THE KINGS OF MIDIAN
4 Gid e on  and  the  three hun dred  men  came  to 
 the Jor dan  and  crossed  it. They  were ex haust-
ed  but  still  in pur suit. 5  He  said  to  the  men  of 
Suc coth, “ Please  give  some  loaves  of  bread 
 to  the  troops un der  my com mand, e be cause 
 they  are ex haust ed,  for  I  am pur su ing Ze bah 
 and Zal mun na,  the  kings  of Mid i an.”
6  But  the princ es  of Suc coth  asked, “ Are f 
Ze bah  and Zal mun na  now  in  your  hands  that 
 we  should  give  bread  to  your  army? ”
a 7:11 Lit then your hands will be strengthened   b 7:11 Lit of those who were arranged in companies of 50   c 7:20 Lit 
trumpets to blow   d 7:22 Or Beth-shittah   e 8:5 Lit troops at my feet   f 8:6 Lit Are the hands of, also in v .


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7 Gid e on re plied, “ V ery  well,  when  the  L ord 
 has hand ed Ze bah  and Zal mun na  over  to  me, 
 I  will  tear a  your  flesh  with  thorns  and bri ers 
 from  the wil der ness! ” 8  He  went  from  there  to 
Pe nu el  and  asked  the  same  thing  from  them.


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The  men  of Pe nu el an swered  just  as  the  men 
 of Suc coth  had an swered. 9  He  also  told  the 
 men  of Pe nu el, “ When  I re turn safe ly ,  I  will 
 tear  down  this tow er! ”
10  Now Ze bah  and Zal mun na  were  in Kar kor, 
 and  with  them  was  their  army  of  about fif teen 
thou sand  men,  who  were  all  those  left  of  the 
en tire  army  of  the Qed e mites. Those  who  had 
 been  killed  were  one hun dred twen ty thou-
sand  armed  men. b 11 Gid e on trav eled  on  the 
car a van  route c  east  of No bah  and Jog be hah 
 and at tacked  their  army  while  the  army  felt 
se cure. 12 Ze bah  and Zal mun na  fled,  and  he 
pur sued  them. He cap tured  these  two  kings 
 of Mid i an  and rout ed  the en tire  army . 13 Gid e on  son  of Jo ash re turned  from  the 
bat tle  by  the As cent  of He res. 14  He cap tured 
 a  youth  from  the  men  of Suc coth  and in ter-
ro gated  him.


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The  youth  wrote  down  for  him 
 the  names  of  the seventy-seven lead ers  and 
el ders  of Suc coth. 15  Then  he  went  to  the  men 
 of Suc coth  and  said, “ Here  are Ze bah  and Zal-
mun na. You taunt ed  me  about  them, say ing, 
‘ Are Ze bah  and Zal mun na  now  in  your pow er 
 that  we  should  give  bread  to  your ex haust ed 
 men? ’ ” 16  So  he  took  the el ders  of  the  city , 
 and  he  took  some  thorns  and bri ers  from 
 the wil der ness,  and  he dis ci plined  the  men 
 of Suc coth  with  them. 17  He  also  tore  down 
 the tow er  of Pe nu el  and  killed  the  men  of 
 the  city . 18  He  asked Ze bah  and Zal mun na, “ What  kind 
 of  men  did  you  kill  at Ta bor? ”
“ They  were  like  you,”  they  said.


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“ Each re-
sem bled  the  son  of  a  king.”
19  So  he  said, “ They  were  my broth ers,  the 
 sons  of  my moth er! As  the  L ord  lives,  if  you 
 had  let  them  live,  I  would  not  kill  you.” 20  Then 
 he  said  to Je ther,  his first born, “ Get  up  and  kill 
 them.”  The  youth  did  not  draw  his  sword,  for 
 he  was  afraid be cause  he  was  still  a  youth. 21 Ze bah  and Zal mun na  said, “ Get  up  and 
 strike  us  down your self,  for  a  man  is  judged 
 by  his  strength.”  So Gid e on  got  up,  killed 
Ze bah  and Zal mun na,  and  took  the cres cent 
or na ments  that  were  on  the  necks  of  their 
cam els. GIDEON’S LEGACY
22  Then  the Is ra el ites  said  to Gid e on, “ Rule 
 over  us,  you  as  well  as  your  sons  and  your 
grand sons,  for  you de liv ered  us  from  the pow-
er  of Mid i an.”
23  But Gid e on  said  to  them, “ I  will  not  rule 
 over  you,  and  my  son  will  not  rule  over  you; 
 the  L ord  will  rule  over  you.” 24  Then  he  said 
 to  them, “ Let  me  make  a re quest  of  you: Ev-
ery one  give  me  an ear ring  from  his plun der.” 
 Now  the en e my  had  gold ear rings be cause 
 they  were Ish ma el ites. 25  They  said, “ We  agree  to  give  them.”  So  they 
 spread  out  a  cloak,  and ev ery one  threw  an 
ear ring  from  his plun der  on  it. 26  The  weight  of 
 the  gold ear rings  he re quest ed  was forty-three 
 pounds d  of  gold,  in ad di tion  to  the cres cent 
or na ments  and  ear pen dants,  the pur ple gar-
ments  on  the  kings  of Mid i an,  and  the  chains 
 on  the  necks  of  their cam els. 27 Gid e on  made 
 an  ephod  from  all  this  and  put  it  in Oph rah,  his 
home town.


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