Chapter 8
1; And YAHWEH said to Joshua, Do not fear, nor be afraid. Take all the people of war with you, and rise up, go up to Ai. Behold, I have given the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land into your hand.
2; And you shall do to Ai and to its king as you have done to Jericho and its king. Only, its spoil and its cattle you shall take for yourselves. Set yourself an ambush for the city behind it.
3; And Joshua rose up, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand men, mighty warriors and sent them away by night.
4; And he commanded them, saying, See, you will be an ambush against the city, behind the city. You shall not go very far off from the city, and all of you shall be ready.
5; And I and all the people with me shall draw near to the city. And it shall be, when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,
6; and they will come out after us until we have drawn them out of the city. For they will say, They are fleeing before us, as at the first. And we will flee from them;
7; then you shall rise from the ambush and shall possess the city. And YAHWEH your Elohim shall give it into your hand.
8; And it shall be when you capture the city, you shall burn the city with fire. You shall do according to the Word of YAHWEH. See, I have commanded you.
9; And Joshua sent them away, and they went to the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua remained that night in the midst of the people.
10; And Joshua rose early in the morning and called up the people, and they went up, he and the elders of Israel in the sight of the people of Ai.
11; And all the people of war with him went up and drew near, and came before the city. And they camped on the north of Ai, and the valley was between him and Ai.
12; And he took about five thousand men and set them as an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.
13; And they set the people, all the camp on the north of the city; and its rear on the west of the city. And Joshua went into the middle of the valley on that night.
14; And it happened, when the king of Ai saw, the men of the city rose early and hurried to go out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people at the appointed time before the plain. He did not know that an ambush was against him behind the city.
15; And Joshua and all Israel were stricken before them, and they fled the way of the wilderness.
16; And all the people in the city were called to chase them. And they pursued Joshua, and were drawn away out of the city.
17; And there was not a man left in Ai and Bethel who had not gone out after Israel. And they left the city open, and chased Israel.
18; And YAHWEH said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin in your hand toward Ai. For I will give it into your hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin in his hand toward the city.
19; And the ambush rose up quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered the city, and took it. And they hastened and burned the city with fire.
20; And the men of Ai looked behind them, and saw; and, behold! The smoke of the city had gone up into the heaven. And there was no power in them to flee here or there. And the people who had fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers.
21; And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city, and that the smoke of the city had gone up. And they turned back and struck the men of Ai.
22; And the others came out from the city to meet them. And they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that. And they struck them until not a survivor was left to them, not one that escaped.
23; And they caught the king of Ai and brought him alive to Joshua.
24; And it happened, when Israel had made an end to slaying all the ones living in Ai in the field, even in the wilderness where they pursued them all Israel turned back to Ai, and struck it with the mouth of the sword.
25; And all who fell during that day, of men and of women, were twelve thousand, all the men of Ai.
26; And Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had destroyed all the ones living in Ai.
27; Only, Israel seized for themselves the livestock, and the plunder of the city, according to the Word of YAHWEH which He commanded Joshua.
28; And Joshua burned Ai, and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day.
29; And he hanged the king of Ai on the tree until evening time. And at sundown Joshua commanded, and they took his dead body down from the tree, and threw it into the opening of the gate of the city; and raised over it a great heap of stones until this day.
30; Then Joshua built an altar to YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
31; as Moses, the servant of YAHWEH, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the Torah of Moses; an altar of whole stones, on which had been wielded no iron. And they offered upon it burnt offerings to YAHWEH, and offered peace offerings.
32; And he wrote there on the stones the copy of the Torah of Moses which he had written in the presence of the sons of Israel.
33; And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges were standing on this side, the alien as well as the native, and on that of the ark, before the priests, the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of YAHWEH had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
34; And afterward he read all the Words of the Torah, the blessing and the curse, according to all that was written in the book of the Law.
35; There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the aliens that walked among them.
Chapter 9
1; And it happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hills and in the Lowlands, and in all the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, heard of it, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
2; they with one mouth gathered themselves to fight with Joshua and with Israel.
3; And the ones living in Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai.
4; And they acted slyly, and they went and acted like envoys, and took old sacks for their donkeys , and old wine- skins, even torn and bound up;
5; and old and patched sandals on their feet; and old garments on them. And all
their provision of bread was dry; it was crumbs.
6; And they went to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal. And they said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a distant land. And now cut a covenant with us.
7; And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you are living in our midst, and how shall we cut a covenant with you?
8; And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? And from where do you come?
9; And they said to him, Your servants have come from a very distant land, because of the name of YAHWEH your Elohim, for we have heard of His fame, and all that He has done in Egypt.
10; Also what He has done to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og the king of Bashan who was in Ashtaroth.
11; And our elders and all the people of our land spoke to us, saying, Take provisions in your hand for the way, and go to meet them. And you shall say to them, We are your servants; and now, cut a covenant with us.
12; We provided ourselves with this hot bread out of our houses on the day we came out to go to you. And now, behold, it is dry and it is crumbs.
13; And these are the wineskins which we filled new; and, behold, they have torn. And these garments of ours, and our sandals, have become old because of the exceeding greatness of the way.
14; And the men took of their provision, and did not ask at the mouth of YAHWEH.
15; And Joshua made peace with them, and cut a covenant with them, to keep them alive. And the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
16; And at the end of three days after they had cut a covenant with them. And it happened that they heard that they were their neighbors, and they were living in their midst.
17; And the sons of Israel journeyed and came to their cities on the third day. And their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath- Jearim.
18; And the sons of Israel did not strike them, for the leaders of the congregation swore to them by YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the leaders.
19; And all the leaders said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel; and now we cannot touch them.
20; We shall do this to them, and shall keep them alive, and wrath shall not be on us because of the oath which we have sworn to them.
21; And the leaders said to them, They shall live and be woodcutters, and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the leaders spoke to them.
22; And Joshua called for them; and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you, yet you are living in our midst?
23; And now, you are cursed, and none of you shall fail to be slaves, and woodcutters, and drawers of water for the house of my Elohim.
24; And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly told to your servants what YAHWEH your Elohim commanded His servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the ones living in the land before you; and we were greatly afraid for ourselves, because of you. And we did this thing.
25; And now, behold, we are in your hand. Do whatever is good, and as is right in your eyes to do.
26; And he did so to them, and delivered them from the hand of the sons of Israel. And they did not kill them.
27; And on that day Joshua made them woodcutters, and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of
YAHWEH at the place which He should choose, to this day.
Chapter 10
1; And it happened, when Adoni- Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had destroyed it and that the ones living in Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were in their midst,
2; they were greatly afraid because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
3; And Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
4; Come up to me and help me. And we shall strike Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua, and with the sons of Israel.
5; And the five kings of the Amorites assembled, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, they and all their camps. And they camped against Gibeon, and fought against it.
6; And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua, and to the camp at Gilgal, saying, Do not withdraw your hand from your servants. Come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites living in the hills have gathered against us.
7; And Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, even all the mighty warriors.
8; And YAHWEH said to Joshua, Do not be afraid of them, for I have given them into your hand. Not a man of them shall stand before you.
9; And Joshua came to them suddenly
10; and YAHWEH troubled them before Israel, and struck them with a great blow at Gibeon, and He pursued by the way of the ascent of Bethhoron, and struck them to Azekah, and to Makkedah.
11; And it happened, as they fled from the face of Israel, they were in the descent of Bethhoron, even YAHWEH cast great hail stones on them out of the heavens, to Azekah; and they died. The many who died by the hail stones were more than the sons of Israel had killed by the sword.
12; Then Joshua spoke to YAHWEH in the day when YAHWEH gave the Amorites up before the sons of Israel; and he said, Sun, stand still before the eyes of Israel in Gibeon! And, Moon stand still in the valley of Aijalon!
13; And the sun stood still, and the moon stood still, until the nation was avenged on its foes. Is it not written in the Book of the Upright? Yea, the sun stood still in the middle of the heavens, and did not hasten to go down for a full day.
14; And there has not been a day such as that, before it or after it; for YAHWEH listened to the voice of a man. For YAHWEH fought for Israel.
15; And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
16; And these five kings fled, and were hidden in a cave at Makkedah.
17; And it was told to Joshua, saying, the five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.
18; And Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men over it to watch them.
19; And you, do not stand still. Pursue your enemies, and you shall strike the hindmost of them. Do not allow them to go into their cities, for YAHWEH your Elohim has given them into your hand.
20; And it happened, when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished destroying them with a very great blow, until they were completely destroyed, and the remnant of them who escaped went into the fortified cities,
21; that all the people returned to the camp in peace, to Joshua at Makkedah. Not one sharpened his tongue against the sons of Israel, against any man.
22; And Joshua said, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out to me these five kings from the cave.
23; And they did so, and brought out to him these five kings from the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.
24; And it happened, when they brought out these kings to Joshua, Joshua called to every man of Israel and said to the commanders of the men of war who had gone with him, Draw near, set your feet on the necks of these kings. And they drew near and set their feet on their necks.
25; And Joshua said to them, Do not fear nor be afraid. Be strong and brave, for so YAHWEH shall do to all your enemies with whom you are fighting.
26; And afterward Joshua struck them, and executed them, and hung them on five trees. And they were hanging on the trees until the evening.
27; And it happened at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and threw them into the cave where they had been hidden, and put great stones on the mouth of the cave until this very day.
28; And that day Joshua captured Makkedah. And he struck it by the mouth of the sword, and he destroyed its king, them, and every person in it. He did not leave a survivor. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.
29; And Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah. And he fought with Libnah.
30; And YAHWEH also gave it into the hand of Israel, and its king. And they struck it by the mouth of the sword, and every person in it; he did not leave a survivor in it. And he did to its king as he did to the king of Jericho.
31; And Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish. And they camped against it, and fought against it.
32; And YAHWEH gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day, and struck it by the mouth of the sword, and every person in it, according to all that he did to Libnah.
33; Then Horam the king of Gezer came up to help Lachish. And Joshua struck him and his people until there was not left to him a survivor.
34; And Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon. And they camped against it, and fought against it,
35; and captured it on that day, and struck it with the mouth of the sword. And he destroyed every person in it on that day, according to all that he did to Lachish.
36; And Joshua went on, and all Israel with him, from Eglon to Hebron. And they fought against it,
37; and captured it, and struck it by the mouth of the sword, and its king, and all its cities, and every person in it; he did not leave a survivor, according to all that he did to Eglon, and destroyed it and every person in it.
38; And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it.
39; And they captured it and its king, and all its cities. And they struck them by the mouth of the sword, and destroyed every person in it; he did not leave a survivor. As he did to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; even as he did to Libnah, and to its king.
40; And Joshua struck all the land: the heights and the Negev, and the Shefelah, and the slopes, and all their kings; he did not leave a survivor, but he destroyed all that breathed, as YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel had commanded.
41; And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-Barnea, even to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen, even to Gibeon.
42; And Joshua captured all these kings in their land at one time, for YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel fought for Israel.
43; And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him to the camp at Gilgal.
Chapter 11
1; And it happened, when Jabin the king of Hazor heard, he sent to Jobab the king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
2; and to the kings that were on the north of the heights, and in the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the low country, and in the hills of Dor on the west;
3; to the Canaanite on the east, and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the heights, and the Hivite below Hermon, in the land of Mizpeh.
4; And they went out, they and all their camps with them, a people plentiful as the sand on the seashore in number, and very many horses and chariots.
5; And all these kings met together. And they came and camped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
6; And YAHWEH said to Joshua, Do not fear before them, for about this time tomorrow I will give all of them up slain before Israel. You shall ham- string their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
7; And Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom. And they suddenly fell on them.
8; And YAHWEH gave them into Israel's hand, and they struck them, and pursued them to the great Sidon, and to the burning waters, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward. And they struck them until he did not have a survivor left to them.
9; And Joshua did to them as YAHWEH said to him. He hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
10; And Joshua returned and captured Hazor at that time. And he struck its king by the sword; for Hazor was formerly head of all these kingdoms.
11; And they struck every person in it by the mouth of the sword. He destroyed them, he did not leave anyone breathing; and he burned Hazor with fire.
12; And Joshua captured all the cities of these kings, and all their kings. And he struck them by the mouth of the sword. He destroyed them, as Moses the servant of YAHWEH had commanded.
13; But as for all the cities which stood by their mounds, Israel did not burn them; but Joshua only burned Hazor.
14; And the sons of Israel seized for themselves all the plunder of these cities, and the livestock. But they struck every human being by the mouth of the sword, until they had destroyed them; they did not leave anyone breathing.
15; As YAHWEH commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He did not turn aside from anything of all that YAHWEH commanded Moses.
16; And Joshua took all this land: the heights, and all the Negev, and all the land of Goshen, and the Shefelah, and the Arabah and the mountains of Israel, and its lowlands,
17; from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal-Gad in the Valley of Lebanon, below Mount Hermon. And he took all their kings, and struck them, and killed them.
18; And Joshua made war many days with all those kings.
19; There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel except the Hivites, ones living in Gibeon. They took all in battle.
20; For it was of YAHWEH to harden their hearts, so that they should come against Israel in battle, so that they might be destroyed, so that they might have no favor, but that He might destroy them, as YAHWEH commanded Moses.
21; At that time Joshua came and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anah, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them with their cities.
22; There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only some remained in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.
23; And Joshua took the whole of the land, according to all that YAHWEH had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
Chapter 12
1; And these are the kings of the land whom the sons of Israel struck, and they seized their land beyond the Jordan, at the sunrising, from the river Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:
2; Sihon the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and from its valley floor, and half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;
3; and from the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-Jeshimoth; and on the south under the Slopes of Pisgah;
4; and the border of Og the king of Bashan, of the rest of the giants, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
5; and reigned in Mount Hermon and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon the king of Heshbon.
6; Moses the servant of YAHWEH and the sons of Israel struck them. And Moses the servant of YAHWEH gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
7; And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-Gad in the Valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak that goes up to Seir, which Joshua gave to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
8; in the mountains, and in the lowlands, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the Negev; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
9; the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside 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 Sharon, one;
19; the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20; the king of Shimronmeron, 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 the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
24; the king of Tirzah, one. All the kings were thirty one.
Chapter 13
1; And Joshua was old, going on in days. And YAHWEH said to him, You have become aged, you are far along in days; yet very much land remains to be possessed.
2; This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
3; from Shihor which fronts on Egypt, and to the border of Ekron northward five lords of the Philistines, of Gaza, of Ashdod, of Ashkelon, of Gath, and of Ekron; also the Avim.
4; From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah which belongs to the Sidonians; to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;
5; and the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-Gad below Mount Hermon to the entering to Hamath;
6; all the ones living in the hills, from Lebanon to the burning waters; all the Sidonians; I will dispossess them before the sons of Israel: Only, cause it to fall to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
7; Now, then, divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
8; With him the Reubenites, and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave to them beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of YAHWEH has given to them;
9; from Aroer on the lip of the river Arnon, and the city which is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba, to Dibon;
10; and all the cities of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the sons of Ammon;
11; and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites, and of the Maachathite, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salcah;
12; all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei; he remained of the remnant of the giants. And Moses struck them and dispossessed them.
13; But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites and the Maachathite, but Geshur and Maachath live in the midst of Israel until today.
14; Only, he has not given an inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The fire offerings of YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel are its inheritance, as He has spoken to it.
15; And Moses gave to the tribe of the sons of Reuben, for their families;
16; and their border was from Aroer on the lip of the river Arnon, and the city which is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;
17; Heshbon, and all its cities in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-Baal, and Beth-Baal-Meon;
18; and Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath;
19; and Kirjath-Aim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-Shahar in the mountain of the valley;
20; and Beth-Peor, and the Slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-Jeshimoth;
21; and all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the rulers of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, chiefs of Sihon, those living in the land.
22; And the sons of Israel killed Balaam the son of Beor, the one divining, with the sword, among their slain.
23; And the border of the sons of Reuben was from the Jordan, and its border. This was the inheritance of the sons of Reuben for their families, the cities and their villages.
24; And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, for their families:
25; And their border was to Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half of the land of the sons of Ammon, to Aroer, which is before Rabbah;
26; and from Heshbon to Ramath- Mizpeh, and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
27; and in the valley, Beth-Aram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon the king of Heshbon; the Jordan and its border, to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth, beyond the Jordan, eastward.
28; This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad, for their families, the cities and their villages.
29; And Moses gave inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh. And it was to the half of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, for their families:
30; and their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og the king of Bashan, and all the small towns of Jair in Bashan, sixty cities;
31; and the half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, belonged to the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, to the half of the sons of Machir for their families.
32; These are they whom Moses caused to inherit in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, opposite Jericho, eastward.
33; But Moses did not give an inheritance to the tribe of Levi. YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel Himself is their inheritance, as He has spoken to them.