1Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, 2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread on, that have I given to you, as I said to Moses. 4From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 5There shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you: I will not fail you, nor forsake you.
Joshua or Jehoshua = “Jehovah is salvation” יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (Yĕhowshuwa`), which occurs 218 times in 199 verses
Euphrates = “fruitfulness”
the largest and longest river of western Asia; rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains and flows into the Persian Gulf
H6578 matches the Hebrew פְּרָת (Pĕrath), which occurs 19 times in 19 verses
6Be strong and of a good courage: for to this people shall you divide for an inheritance the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7Only be you strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
8This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
9Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be you dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua Takes Charge
10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within 3 days you shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying, 13Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God has given you rest, and has given you this land.14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but you shall pass before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them; 15Until the LORD have given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God gives them: then you shall return to the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’s servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun rise.
16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go. 17According as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you: only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses. 18Whoever he be that does rebel against your commandment, and will not listen to your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim 2 men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Shittim = “the acacias” (city) East of the Jordan where Balaam prophecied; (wood) bark covered with black thorns and black pods; This species (A. seyal) is like the hawthorn, a gnarled and thorny tree.
Josephus [4] stated that there was in his time a town, Abila, full of palm trees, at a distance of 60 stadia[5] from the Jordan, and described it as the spot where Moses delivered the exhortations of Deuteronomy. There is to this day an acacia grove not far from the place, although the palms mentioned by Josephus are no longer there.
Rahab (10 times in 10 verses) = “wide” a harlot of Jericho who aided the spies to escape; saved from the destruction of Jericho; married Salmon
2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here to night of the children of Israel to search out the country. 3And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to you, which are entered into your house: for they be come to search out all the country. 4And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men to me, but I knew not from where they were: 5And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: where the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for you shall overtake them. 6But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof. 7And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
2 x 2
Noah and the Ark by 2’s
Moses sent 12 to spy out Promised Land (canaan)
2 come back with a good report (Caleb and Joshua)
Joshua sent out 2 to spy out Jericho and are hidden by Rahab
Jesus sent out disciples 2 by 2
Spies (ragal) comes from the same word as foot (regel) foot, leg; of God (anthropomorphic); of seraphim, cherubim, idols, animals, table; according to the pace of (with prep); three times (feet, paces)
Nun (30 in 30 verses) = “fish” or “posterity”
8And before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof; 9And she said to the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
12Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that you will also show kindness to my father’s house, and give me a true token: 13And that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if you utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD has given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
The Promise to Rahab
15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the town wall, and she dwelled on the wall.
16And she said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there 3 days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may you go your way. 17And the men said to her,We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear.
18Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall bring your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father’s household, home to you. 19And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his head, and we will be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be on him. 20And if you utter this our business, then we will be quit of your oath which you have made us to swear. 21And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22And they went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: 24And they said to Joshua, Truly the LORD has delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
Joshua 3 : The Crossing of the Jordan
1And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; 3And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about 2,000 cubits by measure: come not near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go: for you have not passed this way heretofore.
14,400″ :: 1200 ft :: 400 yds :: 0.37 miles :: 0.23 miles
5And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. 6And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7And the LORD said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. 8And you shall command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, you shall stand still in Jordan. 9And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God. 10And Joshua said, Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passes over before you into Jordan.12Now therefore take you 12 men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 13And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand on an heap.
14And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; 15And as they that bore the ark were come to Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overflows all his banks all the time of harvest,)
16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up on an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan:and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Zarthan or Zaretan = “their distress”
a place in the Jordan valley where the river parted for Israel to pass over for the conquest of Canaan
Jordan = “descender” the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km)
H3383 matches the Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (Yarden), which occurs 182 times in 164 verses
17And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of Jordan, and all the Israelite’s passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
Joshua 4 : Twelve Stones from the Jordan
1And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, 2Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the middle of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and you shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where you shall lodge this night. 4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: 5And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones? 7Then you shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel for ever.
Nibiru (also transliterated Neberu, Nebiru) is a term in the Akkadian language, translating to “crossing” or “point of transition”, especially of rivers,[1] i.e. river crossings or ferry-boats. In Babylonian astronomy, Nibiru (in cuneiform spelled dné-bé-ru or MULni-bi-rum) is a term of the equinox and its associated astronomical object(s).
An equinox is the moment in which the plane of Earth‘s equator passes through the center of the Sun,[2] which occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.
On an equinox, day and night are of approximately equal duration all over the planet. They are not exactly equal, however, due to the angular size of the sun and atmospheric refraction. To avoid this ambiguity, the word equilux is sometimes used to mean a day in which the durations of light and darkness are equal.[3][note 1] See Length of equinoctial day and night for further discussion.
6/21/2017 is Summer Equinox 172nd Day
9/22/2017 is Fall Equinox 265th day
n the enumerations, Nibiru is mentioned at different astronomical locations in conjunction with the positions of stars and planets,[2] mostly as the “star of Marduk”, however, the various stars or planets were not subject to any fixed interpretation. For example, the “star of Ea” was described at various “revelation spots” including Vela, Fomalhaut, and Venus. Similar interpretations were made for the other “stars of the gods”, so multiple celestial coordinates must be considered.[2]Nibiru has been associated with the area of Libra: The Nibiru constellation rose in the month of Tišritum, around autumnal equinox, however Nibiru was also a name for the planet Jupiter[8] when observed in the month of Tišritum. In the MUL.APIN, Nibiru is identified as Jupiter:
When the stars of Enlil have been finished, one big star – although its light is dim – divides the sky in half and stands there: that is, the star of Marduk (MUL dAMAR.UD), Nibiru (né-bé-ru), Jupiter (MULSAG.ME.GAR); it keeps changing its position and crosses the sky.
Conversely, Tablets K.6174:9’ and K.12769:6’ refer to it as Mercury: “If Mercury (MULUDU.IDIM.GU4) divides the sky and stands there, [its name] is Nibiru.”[3]
In a 2015 report for the Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin,[9] Immanuel Freedman analyzed the extant cuneiform evidence and concluded that the hypothesis that the name Nēbiru may be assigned to any visible astronomical object that marks an equinox is supported by cuneiform evidence.
8And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of Jordan, as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.
10For the priests which bore the ark stood in the middle of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over. 11And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
12And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them: 13About 40,000 prepared for war passed over before the LORD to battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. 15And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, 16Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come you up out of Jordan.18And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the middle of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up to the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
The Camp at Gilgal
19And the people came up out of Jordan on the 10th day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.20And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying,When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?22Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until you were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 24That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that you might fear the LORD your God for ever.
1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. 2At that time the LORD said to Joshua,Make you sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. 3And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
Circumcise = “cut, be cut off”
מוּלmûwl, mool; a primitive root; to cut short, (days being cut short)
Foreskins = Hebrew עָרְלָה (`orlah), which occurs 16 times in 16 verses
Lexicon : foreskin of tree, the fruit of the first 3 years, is counted as unclean
Hill = Hebrew גִּבְעָה (gib`ah), which occurs 69 times in 69 verses in the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
4And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. 5Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
Wilderness = מִדְבָּר (midbar), which occurs 271 times in 257 verses
6For the children of Israel walked 40 years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: to whom the LORD swore that he would not show them the land, which the LORD swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey. 7And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. 8And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp, till they were whole. 9And the LORD said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Why the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.
Rolled Away = גָּלַל (galal), which occurs 18 times in 18 verses ( as stones)
גִּלְגָּלgilgâl, = “a wheel, rolling” the first site of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho, here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king; later used for illicit worship; dwelling place of prophets in northern Israel about four miles (7 km) from Shiloh and Bethel
גִּלְגָּל (Gilgal),which occurs 41 times in 39 verses
גַּלְגַּלgalgal, gal-gal’; (#66 numerically) by reduplication from H1556; a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled):—heaven, rolling thing, wheel.
chaff is driven away by the whirlwind
גָּלַלgâlal, gaw-lal’; to roll; גָּלַל (galal),which occurs 18 times in 18 verses
CIRCLE OF OG KING OF BASHAN :
Gilgal Rephaim (circle of the dead) whom Moses defeated Atlantis
The Passover at Gilgal
10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the 14th day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 11And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. 12And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
Israel = “God prevails” יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra’el),which occurs 2,505 times in 2,229 verses
the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
Passover = ” The sacrifice of sparing ” “sparing immunity” Hebrew פֶּסַח (pecach), which occurs 49 times in 46 verses
corn = “stored grain/produce”
מַצָּהmatstsâh, mats-tsaw’; fin the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness; properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast);
Parched Corn
עֶצֶםʻetsem, eh’tsem; from H6105; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pronoun) selfsame:—body, bone, × life, (self-) same, strength, × very; Hebrew עֶצֶם (`etsem), which occurs 126 times in 108 verses
Valley of Dry Bones
13And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?14And he said, No; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said to him, What said my Lord to his servant? 15And the captain of the LORD’s host said to Joshua, Loose your shoe from off your foot; for the place where on you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.
Joshua 6 : The Walls of Jericho
1Now Jericho was straightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2And the LORD said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. 3And you shall compass the city, all you men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shall you do 6 days. 4And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
compass = to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction סָבַב (cabab),which occurs 162 times in 147 verses
5And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
to ascend, עָלָה (`alah), which occurs 895 times in 817 verses
6And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD
Nun = “fish” or “posterity” נוּן (Nuwn), which occurs 30 times in 30 verses , continue, to increase, propagate
bear נָשָׂאnâsâʼ, naw-saw’; to lift, bear up, carry, take נָשָׂא (nasa’),
which occurs 654 times in 611 verses
Ark אָרוֹןʼârôwn, aw-rone’; (in the sense of gathering); a box:—ark, chest, coffin.
אָרוֹן (‘arown), which occurs 202 times in 174 verses
אָרָהʼârâh, aw-raw’; to pluck:—gather, pluck.
. 7And he said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. 8And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. 9And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets 10And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout. 11So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
rereward = אָסַףʼâçaph, aw-saf’; to gather for any purpose;
blow = “to strike” תָּקַע (taqa`), which occurs 69 times in 62 verses
Shout = Hebrew רוּעַ (ruwa`),which occurs 46 times in 42 verses
שׁוֹפָר (showphar), which occurs 72 times in 63 verses
wall = “to join” חוֹמָה (chowmah), which occurs 133 times in 123 verses
12And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. 13And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 14And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
Jericho The Moon (Moon City), and is a homonym of the Hebrew word for “thrown down place”. a city 5 miles (8 km) west of the Jordan and 7 miles (11.5 km) north of the Dead Sea and the first city conquered by the Israelites upon entering the promised land of Canaan Hebrew יְרֵחוֹ (Yĕriychow), occurs 57 times in 53 verses
14.6 miles North East of Jerusalem
4 miles from Jordan
16 miles from Ramath Rachel
19 miles from Bethlehem
27 miles from Nablos
67 miles from Migdal
Joshua who led the Israelite’s to the Promised Land (777)
7 priests
7 trumpets of rams’ horns before the Ark
7 times they marched around the city (Jericho/Moon) on the seventh day;
The 6th day before Jericho was defeated they had gone around 6 times
360 x 6 = 2160° the diameter of the moon in statute miles
360° x 7 = 2520° made around Walls of Jericho (Moon) fall down flat
Revelation where Jesus leads us to the Promise Land (777)
7 seals
7 trumpets
The temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the Ark of His covenant appeared in His temple.
7 bowls of wrath
The city in Revelation is Babylon that rules the whole world
2520° x 2 (defeating the city the 2nd time)= 5040°
Combined radius of Earth and Moon = 5040 Statute Miles
1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7 = 5040
Outer Court of Solomon’s Temple built by Hiram of Tyre
Length and Width of the Bronze Altar = 504″
Height of the Cast Molten Sea = 504″
Babylon Falls (2nd time)
15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. 16And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for the LORD has given you the city. 17And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Rahab = “wide” a harlot of Jericho who aided the spies to escape; saved from the destruction of Jericho; married Salmon, an ancestor of David and of Christ; commended for her faith in the book of James
messengers = מַלְאָךְ (mal’ak),which occurs 214 times in 197 verses
18And you, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest you make yourselves accursed, when you take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
accursed = to ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate חָרַם (charam), which occurs 52 times in 48 verses
camp = מַֽחֲנֶה (machaneh), which occurs 216 times in 190 verses an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts):—army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.
19But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated to the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. 20So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
straight = “to capture, take, seize” to catch (in a net, trap or pit) לָכַד (lakad), which occurs 121 times in 112 verses
treasury = storehouseH214 matches the Hebrew אוֹצָר (‘owtsar), which occurs 79 times in 70 verses
consecrated = apartness, holiness, sacredness, separatenessקֹדֶשׁqôdesh, ko’-desh; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:— קֹדֶשׁ (qodesh),which occurs 470 times in 382 verses
קָדַשׁqâdash, kaw-dash’; to be clean (ceremonially or morally): 173 times in 153 verses (172x) (108x sanctify)
edge = mouth פֶּה (peh), which occurs 498 times in 460 verses
22But Joshua had said to the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her. 23And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. 24And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. 25And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwells in Israel even to this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying,Cursed be the man before the LORD, that rises up and builds this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.27So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
to swear, adjure שָׁבַעshâbaʻ, 189 times in 175 verses
foundation יָסַדyâçad establish
Joshua 7 : Israel Defeated at Ai
1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. 2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = “heap of ruins”, a royal city of the canaanites
Achan = “troubler” a Judaite who violated God’s specific ban on taking any loot from the captured city of Jericho and was stoned to death along with his family for this violation
Carmi = “my vineyard” a Judaite, father of Achan, the ‘troubler of Israel’ in the time of Joshua
Zabdi = “endowment”
son of Zerah and grandson of Judah; grandfather of Achan;
an officer of David, in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine-cellars
Zerah or Zarah = “rising”
a son of Reuel and grandson of Esau, one of the dukes of the Edomites;
twin brother of Pharez, sons of Judah and Tamar; descendants are called Zarhites, Ezrahites, and Izrahites
*** Chapter 38 is sandwiched between Joseph’s Dreams in 37 and Joseph and Potipher, being falsely imprisoned in 39
Genesis 38 : The Birth of Pharez and Zarah
27And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How have you broken forth? this breach be on you: therefore his name was called Pharez. 30And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread on his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Shebarim = “the breaches” one of the points in the flight from Ai
3And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up; but let about 2,000 or 3,000 men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few. 4So there went up thither of the people about 3,000 men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5And the men of Ai smote of them about 36 men: for they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: why the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust on their heads. 7And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, why have you at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelled on the other side Jordan! 8O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies! 9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do to your great name?
10And the LORD said to Joshua, Get you up; why lie you thus on your face? 11Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except you destroy the accursed from among you. 13Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus said the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the middle of you, O Israel: you can not stand before your enemies, until you take away the accursed thing from among you. 14In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD takes shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. 15And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has worked folly in Israel.
The Sin of Achan
16So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 17And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:18And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray you, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; hide it not from me.
20And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 21When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and 200 shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of 50 shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the middle of my tent, and the silver under it.
WEDGE = “TOUNGUE” H3956 matches the Hebrew לָשׁוֹן (lashown), which occurs 117 times in 115 verses
לָשׁוֹןLÂSHÔWN, LAW-SHONE’; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה lᵉshônâh; from H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
לֵבָבlêbâb, lay-bawb’; Shinar, Babylonish
אַדֶּרֶתʼADDERETH, AD-DEH’-RETH; feminine of H117; also the same as H145 something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress):—garment, glory, goodly, mantle, robe
tent אֹהֶל (‘ohel), which occurs 345 times in 314 verses
22So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23And they took them out of the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them to the valley of Achor. 25And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 26And they raised over him a great heap of stones to this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Why the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, to this day.
Valley of Achor = trouble, disturbance Achor – as the valley of trouble where Achan and his family were stoned
Isaiah 65 : 10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
Hosea 2 : 10 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Joshua 8 : The Conquest of Ai
1And the LORD said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be you dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: 2And you shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall you take for a prey to yourselves: lay you an ambush for the city behind it.
3So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out 30,000 mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night. 4And he commanded them, saying, Behold, you shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be you all ready: 5And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach to the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 6(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. 7Then you shall rise up from the ambush, and seize on the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. 8And it shall be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall you do. See, I have commanded you. 9Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
10And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 11And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. 12And he took about 5,000 men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. 13And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the middle of the valley. 14And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he knew not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.16And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 17And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
18And the LORD said to Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. 19And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hurried and set the city on fire. 20And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers. 21And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. 22And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the middle of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. 23And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were 12,000, even all the men of Ai. 26For Joshua drew not his hand back, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 27Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey to themselves, according to the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua. 28And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation to this day.29And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remains to this day.
30Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,31As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man has lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. 32And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. 33And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. 34And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. 35There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
Joshua 9 : The Deceit of the Gibeonites
1And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;2That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
3And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, 4They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 5And old shoes and clouted on their feet, and old garments on them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.
wilily = shrewdness, craftiness, prudence
שַׂקsaq, sak; a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.):—sack(-cloth, -clothes) 48 times in 46 verses
Asses חֲמוֹרchămôwr, kham-ore’; 96 times in 93 verses
rent בָּקַעbâqaʻ, baw-kah’; to cleave; to rend, break, rip or open:—make a breach, break forth, divide
garment, outer garment, wrapper, mantle
bread לֶחֶם (lechem),which occurs 297 times in 277 verses
6And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make you a league with us. 7And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Peradventure you dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
Hivite = “villagers” 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest חִוִּיChivvîy, khiv-vee’;
חַוָּהchavvâh, khav-vaw’; (life-giving, i.e. living-place); by implication, an encampment or village:—(small) town. Eve = “life” or “living”
8And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from from where come you? 9And they said to him, From a very far country your servants are come because of the name of the LORD your God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 10And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
Heshbon = “stronghold” the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad
Bashan = “fruitful” a district east of the Jordan known for its fertility which was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh בָּשָׁןBâshân, baw-shawn’ “soft, sandy soil” בָּשָׁן (Bashan),
which occurs 60 times in 53 verses
Ashtaroth or Astaroth = “star”
עַשְׁתָּרוֹתʻAshtârôwth, plural of :
עַשְׁתְּרָהʻashtᵉrâh, ash-ter-aw’; probably from H6238; increase:—flock.
ewe, flock, increase, young
עָשַׁרʻâshar, aw-shar’; to accumulate;to be or become rich or wealthy, enrich, pretend to be rich עָשַׁר (`ashar), which occurs 18 times in 17 verses
11Why our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make you a league with us. 12This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is moldy:
Dry יָבֵשׁyâbêsh, yaw-bashe’; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage):—be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), × utterly, wither (away). 78 times in 67 verses
Mouldy נִקֻּדniqqud, nik-kood’; from the same as H5348; a crumb (as broken to spots); also a biscuit (as pricked):—cracknel, mouldy.
נָקֹדnâqôd, naw-kode’; from an unused root meaning to mark (by puncturing or branding); spotted:—speckled. speckled, marked with points; of sheep and goats
13And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 14And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
victuals = hunting, game the chase;צַיִדtsayid, 19 times in 18 verses
15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them. 16And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelled among them. 17And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. 18And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. 19But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
Gibeon = “hill city” גִּבְעוֹן (Gib`own), which occurs 37 times in 35 verses
a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern ‘el-Jib’, which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem
The holy tabernacle was there when David and Solomon ruled
Hebrew גֶּבַע (Geba`), which occurs 19 times in 19 verses
Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = “hill” Exiles in Ezra and Nehemiah from Ramah and Gaba = 621
a city in Benjamin, modern ‘Jeba’, which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, 6 miles or 10 kilometres north east of Jerusalem and 3 miles or 5 kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern ‘Mukhmas’
Hivite = “villagers”
6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near (at the foot of) Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest
Chephirah = “lioness”
a city of the Gibeonites subsequently assigned to the tribe of Benjamin
Beeroth = “wells” a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin
Kirjath-jearim = “city of forests”
a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin also ‘Kirjath-baal’ and ‘Baalah’
H7157 matches the Hebrew קִרְיַת יְעָרִים (Qiryath Y@`ariym), which occurs 20 times in 19 verses
Exiles in Ezra and Nehemiah from Kirjatharim, Chephirah = 743
20This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them. 21And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
22And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us? 23Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being slaves, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God
bow-shooters, bowmen (participle) (Piel) to throw down
. 24And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your servants, how that the LORD your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25And now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right to you to do to us, do. 26And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 7And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which he should choose.
to draw (water) water-drawing women (participle) (taking off the surface) שָׁאַב (sha’ab), which occurs 19 times in 18 verses
Joshua 10 : Five Kings War against Gibeon
1Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
Adoni-zedek = “my lord is righteous” Canaanite king slain by Joshua
2That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.3Why Adonizedec 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, 4Come up to me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
Hoham = “whom Jehovah impels” king of Hebron at the time of the conquest of Canaan
Hebron = “association”, “conjuction”, “joining” a city in south Judah approx 20 south of Jerusalem and approx 20 miles (30 km) north of Beersheba and near where Abraham built an altar; the royal city of David before taking Jerusalem
חֶבְרוֹן (Chebrown), which occurs 71 times in 66
Piram = “like a wild ass”
Jerusalem = “teaching of peace” the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏םYᵉrûwshâlaim, rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yᵉrûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); 643 times in 600 verses
יְרוּשְׁלֵם (Yĕruwshalem (Chald)), which occurs 26 times in 25 verses
Hoham = “whom Jehovah impels” king of Hebron at the time of the conquest of Canaan
Jarmuth = “heights” a Canaanitish city in the lowlands of Judah with a king and located between Hebron and Lachish; a Levitical city of Issachar allocated to the Gershonite Levites
Japhia = “shining”, splendid a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar
יָפַעyâphaʻ, yaw-fah’; a primitive root; to shine:—be light, shew self to shine, shine forth or out, cause to shine, send out beams
Lachish = “invincible” a city lying south of Jerusalem on the borders of Simeon and which belonged to the Amorites until conquered by Joshua and allotted to Judah
Debir = “sanctuary” the king of Eglon, one of the five kings hanged by Joshua; a town in the mountains of Judah west of Hebron and given to the priests and a city of refuge; a place on the northern boundary of Judah
the inmost recess (adytum) of Solomon’s Temple
hinder part, ie the western
Eglon = “calf-like” king of Moab who oppressed the children of Israel for 18 years before he was killed by the judge Ehud; a royal city in Canaan that opposed the conquest; located in the low lands of Judah
6And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
Slack רָפָהrâphâh, raw-faw’; to slacken to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened; 46 times in 45 verses
hand יָדyâd, yawd; hand (of man), strength, power (fig.), side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1,615 times in 1,447 verses
(various special, technical senses)
sign, monument, part, fractional part, share, time, repetition, axle-trees, axle, stays, support (for laver), tenons (in tabernacle), a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure), wrists
7So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. 8And the LORD said to Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into your hand; there shall not a man of them stand before you. 9Joshua therefore came to them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 10And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goes up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and to Makkedah.
Beth-horon = “house of hollowness”
House בַּיִת (bayith), which occurs 2,055 times in 1,718 verses
חוֹרchôwr, khore; the same as H2352; a cavity, socket, den:—cave, hole. Lexicon : cavity of the eye, used of a window
2 towns in Ephraim
Upper Beth-horon – town on the mountains of Ephraim
Lower Beth-horon – town located 800 feet (245 m) lower than Upper Beth-horon
Azekah = “a field dug over”, “tilled”, “broken up” a town in the lowlands of Judah
Makkedah = “place of shepherds” the location of a cave in Judah where Joshua captured and executed five Canaanite kings during the conquest; located near Bethhoron and Libnah
11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven on them to Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
stones אֶבֶן (‘eben), — carbuncle, mason, plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s). 272 times in 239 verses
stone (large or small)common stone (in natural state);stone, as material,of tablets, marble, hewn stones;precious stones, stones of fire;stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon;plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal;stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice;sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines
The Sun Stands Still
12Then spoke Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still on Gibeon; and you, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Ajalon or Aijalon = “field of deer” Levitical city in Dan, 14 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines
Jasher Hebrew יָשָׁר (yashar), which occurs 119 times in 119 verses
13And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves on their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the middle of heaven, and hurried not to go down about a whole day. 14And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD listened to the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel. 15And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
delivered up נָתַןnâthan to give, put, set נָתַן (nathan),which occurs 2,009 times in 1,816 verses
to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend; to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate; to make, constitute; be made, be inflicted
sun שֶׁמֶשׁshemesh, to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement 134 times in 127 verses
moon יָרֵחַ (yareach), which occurs 26 times in 26 verses
stayed עָמַד (`amad), which occurs 521 times in 495 verses to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand , to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright stood (171x), , stay (17x)
enemy אֹיֵבʼôyêb, o-yabe’ 282 times in 275 verse
יָשָׁר yâshâr straight, upright, correct, right 119 times in 119 verses
down בּוֹא (bow’), which occurs 2,579 times in 2,307 verses to go in, enter, come, go, come in
Victory at Makkedah
16But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. 17And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 18And Joshua said, Roll great stones on the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:19And stay you not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand. 20And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.21And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
cave מְעָרָהmᵉʻârâh 39x in 36v
naked עוּרʻûwr, oor; a primitive root; to (be) bare:—be made naked.
pursue = to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after
Hindmost זָנַבzânab, zaw-nab’; to wag; to curtail, i.e. cut off the rear:—smite the hindmost.
remained : to escape, survive שָׂרַדsârad, saw-rad’; to puncture,
שֶׂרֶדsered, seh’-red; a (carpenter’s) scribing-awl (for pricking or scratching measurements):—line. stylus, a line, marker
22Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings to me out of the cave. 23And they did so, and brought forth those five kings to him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet on the necks of them.
צַוָּארtsavvâʼr in the sense of binding; the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound):—neck.
25And Joshua said to them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom you fight.
Fear יָרֵאyârêʼ, 314 times in 305 verses
Fight לָחַםlâcham, law-kham’; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction): 177 times in 171 verses
26And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening.
עֵץʻêts, ates; Tree
27And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day. 28And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.
Joshua Conquers Southern Palestine
29Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 30And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did to the king thereof as he did to the king of Jericho. 31And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 32And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
Libnah = “pavement”, “whiteness”, “transparency” a royal city of the Canaanites in the southwest captured by Joshua; allocated to Judah and made a Levitical city; site unknown; a station between Sinai and Kadesh of Israel during their wilderness wanderings לִבְנָה (Libnah), which occurs 18 times in 17 verses
Gazer or Gezer = “portion” a Levitical city on the border of Ephraim; formerly a royal city of the Canaanites situated on the western border of the tribe of Ephraim; גֶּזֶר (Gezer), which occurs 15 times in 14 verse
Kadesh-barnea = “holy” a city in the extreme south of Judah; Kadesh of the Wilderness Wandering; Kadesh-Barnea, a place in the desert; a sodomite, consecrated to Astarte or Venus, and prostituting himself in her honour, hence a hortlot
derivative of נוּעַnûwaʻ, noo’-ah; a primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined) meaning desert of a fugitive,to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble
34And from Lachish Joshua passed to Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 35And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 36And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it: 37And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
38And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it: 39And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. 40So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
vale = lowland, valley ; strip west of Judean mountains (technical term); שְׁפֵלָה (shĕphelah), which occurs 20 times in 19 verses
41And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon. 42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. 43And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
Gaza Azzah = “the strong”, “fortified” עַזָּהʻAzzâh, az-zaw’;
Goshen = “drawing near” ; a region in northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile, where the children of Israel lived from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses 215 years out of the 430
Joshua 11 : Northern Palestine Defeated
1And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
Jabin = “whom God observes” ; a king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of Merom; יָבִיןYâbîyn, yaw-bene’; from H995; intelligent; Jabin, the name of two Canaanitish kings:—Jabin.
Jobab = “a desert” ;the last in order of the sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem; one of the kings of Edom; the king of Madon, located in northern Canaan, and one of the kings who opposed Joshua during the conquest and who were routed at Meron;יוֹבָבYôwbâb,howler;
Hazor = “castle” ;a royal city of northern Palestine allotted to Naphtali; one of the cities of Judah in the extreme south; a town north of Jerusalem in which the Benjamites resided after the return from exile; חָצוֹרChâtsôwr, khaw-tsore’; village; 19 times in 17 verses
Madon = “strife” one of the principal cities of Canaan who joined Jabin and his confederates in their battle against Joshua at the waters of Merom and were defeated
Shimron = “watch-height” 4th son of Issachar and the progenitor of the family of Shimronites; a Canaanite royal city allotted to Zebulun
Achshaph = “I shall be bewitched” city in north Canaan at foot of Mt Carmel; אַכְשָׁףʼAkshâph, ak-shawf’; fascination; Acshaph, a place in Palestine:—Achshaph.
fromכָּשַׁףkâshaph, kaw-shaf’; to whisper a spell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic:—sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft).
2And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
Chinneroth or Cinneroth or Chinnereth = “harps”; the early name of the Sea of Galilee; a town and district in Naphtali near the Sea of Galilee
Dor = “generation”; a coastal city in Manasseh, south of Carmel; דּוֹרDôwr, dore; or (by permutation) דֹּאר Dôʼr; (Joshua 17:11; 1 Kings 4:11), from H1755; dwelling; Dor, a place in Palestine:—Dor.
דּוֹר (dowr), which occurs 167 times in 127 ( an age, generatioin of men, circuit)
West sea יָםyâm, meaning to roar; 396 times in 339 verses (17x Numbers) (17x Jeremiah)
3And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
Mizpah = “watchtower” ; a place in Gilead north of Jabbok and location of Laban’s cairn; a place in Gilead south of Jabbok; site unknown; a place near Mount Hermon; an old sacred place in Benjamin
4And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is on the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 5And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
6And the LORD said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell on them. 8And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them to great Zidon, and to Misrephothmaim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
Misrephoth-maim = “burnings of water”; a place in northern Palestine near Sidon; the flow of waters מִשְׂרְפוֹת מַיִםMisrᵉphôwth mayim,
מִשְׂרָפָהmisrâphâh, mis-raw-faw’; combustion, i.e. cremation (of a corpse), or calcination (of lime):—burning.
from שָׂרַףsâraph, saw-raf’; to burn 117 times in 107 verses
מַיִםmayim, mah’-yim; dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen:— piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). 582 times in 525 verses
9And Joshua did to them as the LORD bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Hamstrung : Hough עָקַרʻâqar, aw-kar’; to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate:—dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.
Chariot מֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh, mer-kaw-baw’; 44x in 41v
Fire אֵשׁʼêsh, aysh; —burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot. 380 times in 348 verses
10And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
עֵתʻêth, ayth; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, opportunity etc.: 296 times in 258 verses
עַדʻad, ad; a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration 49x
To turn, שׁוּב (shuwb), which occurs 1,117 times in 952 verses
Head רֹאשׁrôʼsh, roshe; to shake; head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 598 times in 548 verses
kingdom : מַמְלָכָה (mamlakah) :: 117x
11And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire
Breathe נְשָׁמָהnᵉshâmâh, nesh-aw-maw’; a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal:—blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit. breath (17x)
. 12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. 13But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. 14And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey to themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. 15As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
Joshua Takes the Whole Land
16So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 17Even from the mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
Halak = “smooth” a mountain in southern Judah which is the southern limit of Joshua’s conquest; site unknown חָלָקChâlâq,
Seir = “hairy” or “shaggy”, ” rough”; patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites; the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea; a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf; a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim;שֵׂעִירSêʻîyr, say-eer’; 39 times in 38 verses
Baal-gad = “lord of fortune” a city noted for Baal-worship, located at the most northern or northwestern point to which Joshua’s victories extended; situated at the ffoot of Hermon near the source of the Jordan; H1171 matches the Hebrew בַּעַל גַּד (Ba`al Gad),Baal = “lord”, supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites; 80 times in 68 verses, בַּעַלbaʻal, bah’-al; from H1166; a master; hence, a husband,
Lebanon = “whiteness”; a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel; Consists of 2 very high ridges. לְבָנוֹןLᵉbânôwn, leb-aw-nohn’; (the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine:—Lebanon. 71 times in 64 verses
לְבַבlᵉbab, leb-ab’; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3824:—heart. 252 times in 230 verses
Hermon = “a sanctuary”; a mountain on the northeastern border of Palestine and Lebanon and overlooking the border city of Dan; חֶרְמוֹןChermôwn,
18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 19There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. 20For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Hivite = “villagers”; 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest
21And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
כָּרַתkârath, kaw-rath’; to cut (off, down or asunder); as in part of a garment, branch of tree, 288 times in 280 verses
Anakims = “long-necked”; a tribe of giants, descendants of Anak, which dwelled in southern Canaan; עֲנָקִיʻĂnâqîy, an-aw-kee’; 9 times in 9 verses; Anak = “neck”
Anab = “fruit”; a city in the mountains of southern Judah, 18 miles southwest of Hebron;
from עֵנָבʻênâb, ay-nawb’; from an unused root probably meaning to bear fruit; a grape:—(ripe) grape, wine; “cluster of grapes” which occurs 19 times in 17verses
יְהוּדָה (Yĕhuwdah),which occurs 818 times in 754 verses
22There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. 23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
Ashdod = “powerful”; a major Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea west from Jerusalem, modern Esdud; אַשְׁדּוֹדʼAshdôwd, ash-dode’; ravager; Ashdod, a place in Palestine:—Ahdod. 17 times in 15 verses
Gath = “winepress”; or rather the trough in which the grapes were trodden with feet; one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath; גַּת (Gath), 33 times in 31 verses
Inheritance נַחֲלָהnachălâh, nakh-al-aw’; 222 times in 191 verses
divisions, allotment מַחֲלֹקֶתmachălôqeth, makh-al-o’-keth; lexicon : smoothness, order
Joshua 12 : List of Kings Defeated by Moses
1Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon to mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: 2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelled in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Sihon = “warrior”; king of the Amorites in Heshbon, at the time of the conquest and defeated by Moses in Transjordan; סִיחוֹןÇîychôwn, see-khone’; 37 times in 34 verses
Aroer = “ruins”; a city on the north bank of the river Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon the king of the Amorites and later of Reuben; modern ‘Arair’; a city in Ammon near the Jabbok belonging to Gad; a town in southern Judah;עֲרוֹעֵר (`Arow`er), 16 times in 16 verses
Middle תָּוֶךְtâvek, taw’-vek; meaning to sever; a bisection, 415 times in 390 verses
3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
Beth-jesimoth = “house of the desolation”; a place in Moab given to the tribe of Reuben
Ashdoth-pisgah = “slopes of Pisgah”; the mountains of Pisgah, which include Mt. Nebo, part or fragment
4And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelled at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Og = “long-necked”; the Amorite king of Bashan and one of the last representatives of the giants of Rephaim; עוֹגʻÔwg, ogue; round;
Remnant יֶתֶרyether, yeh’-ther; an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free): 101 times in 95 verses
5And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Salcah or Salchah = “migration”; a town or district at the extreme eastern limit of Bashan and allocated to the tribe of Gad; modern ‘Sulkhad’ which is 56 miles (90 km) east of the Jordan at the southern extremity of the Hauran mountain range
Geshur = “proud beholder”; גְּשׁוּרGᵉshûwr, ghesh-oor’; from an unused root (meaning to join); bridge; at the foot of hermon
Maachathite = “pressure (literally she has pressed)” at the foot of hermon
6Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
List of Kings Defeated by Joshua
7And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even to the mount Halak, that goes up to Seir; which Joshua gave to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; 8In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 9The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; 10The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 13The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 14The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; 15The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 16The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; 17The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
Tappuah = “the apple city”; תַּפּוּחַTappûwach,tap-poo’-akh; a Judaite of the family of Caleb, son of Hebron; a town in the lowland of Judah; a town on the border in Ephraim; a territory within the boundaries of Manasseh
Hepher = “a well” חֵפֶרChêpher, khay’-fer; a pit of shame;
חָפַרchâphar, khaw-far’; to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore:—dig, paw, search out, seek.
18The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; 19The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
Aphek or Aphik = “enclosure”; Aphaca, a city of lebanon famous for its temple of venus that stands between byblus and heliopolis (baalbeck)
שָׁרוֹןShârôwn, shaw-rone’; probably abridged from H3474; plain;
Madon = “strife” one of the principal cities of Canaan who joined Jabin and his confederates in their battle against Joshua at the waters of Merom and were defeated
20The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
Shimron-meron = “watch-height of Meron”; a Canaanite royal city allotted to Zebulun probably the same as ‘Shimron’
21The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
Megiddo or Megiddon = “place of crowds”; ancient city of Canaan assigned to Manasseh and located on the southern rim of the plain of Esdraelon 6 miles (10 km) from Mount Carmel and 11 miles (18 km) from Nazareth
22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
Jokneam = “the people lament”; a city of Canaan conquered by Joshua and in the territory of Zebulun but allotted to the Merarite Levites and located Mount Carmel
Carmel = “garden-land” ; a mountain on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, just below Haifa; a town in the mountains on the west side of the Dead Sea and south of Hebron; כַּרְמֶל (Karmel), which occurs 26 times in 25 verses
23The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; 24The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings 31.
Tirzah = “favourable”; one of the 7 daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher of the tribe of Manasseh; one of the kingdoms on the west of the Jordan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites; a Canaanite city, later capital of the northern kingdom of Israel; תִּרְצָהTirtsâh, teer-tsaw’; delightsomeness; Tirtsah, a place in Palestine; also an Israelitess:—Tirzah. 18 times in 17 verses
1Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said to him, You are old and stricken in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed. 2This is the land that yet remains: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, 3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even to the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
Shihor or Sihor = “dark”; a river or canal on east border of Egypt and a branch of the Nile
Isaiah 23 : The Fall of Tyre
1The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 2Be still, you inhabitants of the isle; you whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. 3And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. 4Be you ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea has spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. 5As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. 6Pass you over to Tarshish; howl, you inhabitants of the isle. 7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
Ekron = “emigration” or “torn up by the roots”; the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan
Gazathites or Gazites = see Gaza “the strong”
Ashdodites = “I will spoil”
Eshkalonites = “the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed” lexicon (perhaps migration)
Gittite = “belonging to Gath” Gath = Winepress
Avim = “ruins” (those who inhabit desert places) Avims or Avites = “perverters”
4From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians to Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
Mearah = “cave”
5And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sun rise, from Baalgad under mount Hermon to the entering into Hamath.
Giblites = “a boundary” “Stone-squarers”
Gebal = “mountain”; a maritime town of Phoenicia near Tyre (modern ‘Jebeil’) known to the Greeks as ‘Byblus’; inhabitants were skillful sailors and architects.
מִזְרָח mizrâch, Sun Rising : place of sunrise, east
Hermon = “a sanctuary”; a mountain on the northeastern border of Palestine and Lebanon and overlooking the border city of Dan;
from חָרַםchâram, khaw-ram’; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose:—make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away). to ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate
6All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide you it by lot to the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. 7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Inheritance East of Jordan
8With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; 9From Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the river, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;
Medeba = “water of rest”; a town in Moab assigned to Reuben and located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Heshbon; still extant
Dibon = “wasting”, “pining”; a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad; a place in south Judah reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from captivity
10And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon; 11And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salcah;
Salcah or Salchah = “migration”; a town or district at the extreme eastern limit of Bashan and allocated to the tribe of Gad; modern ‘Sulkhad’ which is 56 miles (90 km) east of the Jordan at the southern extremity of the Hauran mountain range
12All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. 13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. 14Only to the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said to them.
15And Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. 16And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; 17Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
Bamothbaal = “high places of baal”
Bamoth = “high places” or “great high place”; a town on the river Arnon in Moab
Bethbaalmeon = “house of baal” ; territory of reuben
Jahaz or Jahazah or Jahzah = “trodden down”; a place in Reuben east of the Dead Sea where Israel defeated Sihon king of the Amorites; site uncertain
Kedemoth = “eastern”; one of the towns in the district east of the Dead Sea allotted to the tribe of Reuben and given to the Merarite Levites; קְדֵמוֹתQᵉdêmôwth, ked-ay-mothe’; beginnings;
Mephaath = “splendour” or “height”; a city of Reuben allotted to the Merarite Levites lying in the district of the Mishor; site uncertain; a city in Moab
19And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
Kiriathaim = “two cities”; a city east of the Jordan in Moab; a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites
Shebam or Shibmah or Sibmah = “fragrance”; one of the towns in the pastoral district on the east of the Jordan in Moab; allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad
Zareth-shahar = “splendour of the dawn”; a town in Reuben
20And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
Beth-peor = “house of Peor”; a place east of the Jordan, in the land of the Amorites, allotted to the tribe of Reuben
Beth-jesimoth = “house of the desolation”; “house of the deserts; “ a place in Moab given to the tribe of Reuben
21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
Evi = “my desire”; one of five chiefs of Midian; אָוָהʼâvâh, aw-vaw’; a primitive root; to wish for:—covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).; 26 times in 26 verses (desire 17x)
Rekem = “variegation”; a town in Benjamin; versicolor
Zur = “rock”; father of Cozbi and one of the 5 Midianite princes who were slain when Balaam fell; son of Jehiel, the father or leader of Gibeon
Reba = “four”; one of the 5 kings of Midian slain by the Israelites when Balaam fell
Dukes : נְסִיךְnᵉçîyk, nes-eek’; from H5258; properly, something poured out, i.e. a libation; also a molten image; by implication, a prince (as anointed):—drink offering, duke, prince(-ipal).
Balaam Slain
22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.23And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
Balaam = “not of the people”; the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy; a town in Manasseh
Beor = “burning”; father of Balaam; father of Bela, king of Edom; בְּעוֹרBᵉʻôwr, beh-ore’; from H1197 (in the sense of burning); a lamp; Beor, the name of the father of an Edomitish king; also of that of Balaam:—Beor.
Soothsayer : קָסַםqâçam, kaw-sam’; a primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine:—divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination). to practice divination, divine
24And Moses gave inheritance to the tribe of Gad, even to the children of Gad according to their families. 25And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is before Rabbah;
Jazer or Jaazer = “helped”; a Levitical city east of the Jordan, in Gilead in the territory of Gad, formerly an Amorite city; site uncertain
Rabbath = “great”; the capital city of the Ammonites located east of the Jordan; a town in Judah; site uncertain
26And from Heshbon to Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
Ramath-mizpeh = “high place of the watch tower”; a place in Gilead on the northern border of Gad
Betonim = “pistachio nuts”; a city east of the Jordan in territory of Gad; pistachio nuts – delicacy given to Joseph by Jacob through his sons
27And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even to the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. 28This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.
Beth-aram = “place of the height”; a place in Gad
Beth-Nimrah = “house of the leopard”; a place east of the Jordan in Gad
Succoth = “booths”; the site where Jacob put up booths for his cattle and built a house for himself; apparently east of the Jordan near the ford of the torrent Jabbok and later allotted to the tribe of Gad; the first stopping place of the Israelites when they left Egypt; 18 times in 16 verses
29And Moses gave inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. 30And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, 60 cities: 31And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining to the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
Mahanaim = “two camps”; a place east of the Jordan, named from Jacob’s encounter with angels; a Levitical city in Gad
Jair = “he enlightens”; a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
Machir = “sold”; eldest son of Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine and progenitor of a large family; son of Ammiel, a powerful chief of one of the Transjordanic tribes who rendered essential services to Saul and to David
32These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. 33But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said to them.
Joshua 14 : Canaan Divided by Lot
1And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. 2By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the 9 tribes, and for the half tribe. 3For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but to the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. 4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 5As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
No Inheritance to the Levites because of the Ephraim and Manasseh
Caleb Requests Hebron
6Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said to him, You know the thing that the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning me and you in Kadeshbarnea. 7Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.8Nevertheless my brothers that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. 9And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land where on your feet have trodden shall be your inheritance, and your children’s for ever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.
Kenaz = “hunter”; son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau; one of the dukes of Edom; a brother of Caleb and father of Othniel
Jephunneh = “He will be facing”; a Kenezite and father of Caleb the spy from the tribe of Judah; son of Jether and descendant of Asher; יְפֻנֶּהYᵉphunneh, yef-oon-neh’; he will be prepared; 16 times in 16 verses
10And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as he said, these 45 years, even since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, see, I am this day 85 years old. 11As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. 12Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
13And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. 14Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite to this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. 15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Joshua 15 :The Territory of Judah
1This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looks southward: 3And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side to Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
Zin = “flat”; name given to a portion of the desert tract between the Dead Sea and Arabah on the east in which Kadesh-barnea was located
Maaleh-acrabbim = “ascent of scorpions”; a pass on the southern border of Palestine; scorpion-pass; ascent of Akrabbim; מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּיםMaʻălêh ʻAqrabbîym,mah-al-ay’ ak-rabbeem’; Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert:—Maaleh-accrabim, the ascent (going up) of Akrabbim.
מַעֲלֶהmaʻăleh, mah-al-eh’; from H5927; an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority:—ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs. 18 times in 18 verses
Hezron = “surrounded by a wall”; “courtyard” a son of Reuben; a son of Pharez and grandson of Judah; a place in the extreme south of Judah; חֶצְרוֹן (Chetsrown), 18 times in 17 verses
Addar or Adar = “exceeding glorious”; son of Bela and Benjamin’s grandson; city in Judah near Edom
Karkaa = “floor”; a landmark on the southern boundary of Judah
4From there it passed toward Azmon, and went out to the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. 5And the east border was the salt sea, even to the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: 6And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 7And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
Azmon = “strong”, “robust”, “bone-like”; a place on the extreme southern border of Canaan
Beth-hoglah = “house of the partridge” or “place of partridge”; a place in Benjamin on the border with Judah
Beth-arabah = “house of the desert valley” or “place of the depression”; a place in Judah or in Benjamin, site unknown
Adummim = “ruddy one: quieted ones?”; pass or ridge of hills, west of Gilgal; used of a garment stained with blood; redness of lentiles; red heifer
En-shemesh = “fountain of the sun”; a spring on the boundary of Judah on the south and Benjamin on the north
En-rogel = “fount of the fuller”; a place near Jerusalem on the border between Judah and Benjamin and from which the permanent source of the pool of Siloam comes
8And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: 9And the border was drawn from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim: 10And the border compassed from Baalah westward to mount Seir, and passed along to the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah: 11And the border went out to the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 12And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Nephtoah = “opening”; a spring or source of water on the boundary of the territories of Judah and Benjamin; located northwest of Jerusalem
Ephron = “fawn-like”; a Hittite, son of Zohar and the one from whom Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah; a city on the borders of Benjamin; a mountain on the northern border of Judah
Baalah = “mistress”, “familiar spirit”, “sorceress”; another name for Kirjath-jearim or Kirjath-baal; modern Kuriet el Enab; a town in the south of Judah, also called Balah and Bilhah
Jearim = “forests”, “redundancy of honey”, “thicket of trees”; a hill on the northern boundary of Judah
Chesalon = “hopes”; a town of the northern border of Judah approx 10 miles west of Jerusalem
Timnath or Timnah or Thimnathah = “portion”; a town on the northern boundary of Judah later assigned to Dan; a town in the hill country of Judah
Shicron = “drunkenness”; a landmark on the northwestern boundary of Judah lying between Ekron and Jabneel
13And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. 14And Caleb drove there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15And he went up there to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher. 16And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 18And it came to pass, as she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said to her, What would you?19Who answered, Give me a blessing; for you have given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
Arba = “fourth”. the father of Anak and the greatest of the giants (Anakim)
Anak = “neck”; progenitor of a family, or tribe of the giant people in Canaan
Sheshai = “noble”; son of Anak, one of the giants in the land of Canaan
Ahiman = “my brother is a gift”; a son of Anak; a Levite servant in the temple
Talmai = “furrowed”; one of the 3 sons of the giant Anak who were slain by the men of Judah; son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, later king of Geshur himself, and father of Maacah, the mother of Absalom and wife of David
Kirjath-sepher or Kirjath-sannah = “city of the book”; a town in the mountains of Judah to the west of Hebron; city of branches, or of a book
Othniel = “lion of God”; son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, and husband of Achsah the daughter of Caleb and his own niece; first judge of Israel, who after the death of Joshua, delivered the Israelites from the oppression of Chushanrishathaim
Kenaz = “hunter”‘; son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau; one of the dukes of Edom; a brother of Caleb and father of Othniel
Achsah = “ankle chain” or “anklet”; the daughter of Caleb and wife of Caleb’s brother Othniel to whom she was given as a reward for capturing Debir
The Cities of Judah
20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. 21And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
Kabzeel = “God gathers”; the most remote city of Judah; located in southern Judah on the border of Edom
Eder = “a flock”; a Merarite Levite in the time of David; a town in the extreme south of Judah on the border of Edom; site unknown
Jagur = “he sojourns”; a town of Judah, one of those farthest to the south, on the frontier of Edom
Kinah = “lamentation”; a town on the extreme southern boundary of Judah next to Edom
Dimonah = “river bed” or “silence”; a town in the south Judah
Adadah = “festival” or “boundary”; one of the towns in the extreme south of Judah
23And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 26Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 27And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,
Kedesh = “holy place”; a city in the extreme south of Judah; same as ‘Kadesh’ and ‘Kadesh-barnea’; a city of Issachar allotted to the Gershonite Levites; a fortified Canaanite city allotted to Naphtali; a city of refuge in Naphtali
Ithnan = “hire”; one of the towns in the extreme south of Judah; site unknown
Ziph = “battlement”; a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah, and brother of Ziphah; a city in southern Judah, between Ithnan and Telem; site unknown. a city of Judah, southeast of Hebron, between Carmel and Juttah in the highland district
Telem = “oppression”; a gatekeeper among the returning exiles in the time of Ezra; one of the cities in the extreme south of Judah in the Negeb
Baalath or Bealoth = “mistresses”; a town in south Judah
Hazor-Hadattah = “new Hazor”, “new castle”; a city in the south of Judah; Jos 15:25
Kerioth = “cities”. a town in the southern district of Judah; city in Moab
Hezron = “surrounded by a wall”; a son of Reuben; a son of Pharez and grandson of Judah; a place in the extreme south of Judah; H2696 matches the Hebrew חֶצְרוֹן (Chetsrown), which occurs 18 times in 17 verses
Amam = “their mother”; a city in southern Judah
Shema = “hear”; a town in Judah at the limits of the tribe toward Edom in the south
Moladah = “birth” or “race”; a town in the south of Canaan allocated to Judah then reallocated to Simeon
Hazar-gaddah = “village of good fortune”; a place in southern Judah
Heshmon = “rich soil”; a town in the extreme south of Judah; site uncertain
Beth-palet = “house of escape” or “place of escape”; a place in southern Judah
28And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, 29Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 30And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 31And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 32And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are 29, with their villages:
Hazar-shual = “jackal village”, “fox’s village”; a town in southern Judah;; a place in Simeon
Beer-sheba = “well of the sevenfold oath”; a city at the south edge of Israel; well of the oath; H884 matches the Hebrew בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Bĕ’er Sheba`),; which occurs 34 times in 33 verses
Bizjothjah = “contempt of Jehovah”; a town in southern Judah near Beersheba
Iim = “ruins”; a station of Israel in the wilderness on the southeast side of Moab; a town in Judah
Azem or Ezem = “bone”; a city in the Nekeb of Judah afterwards allotted to Simeon
Eltolad = “God’s generations”; a city in southern Judah; perhaps “whose race or posterity is from God”
Ziklag = “winding”; a town in the south of Judah, later allotted to Simeon; noted for its having been the city of David given to him by king Achish of Gath and his residence when he was joined by many of his mighty warriors and when he received word of the death of Saul
Madmannah = “dunghill”; a descendant of Caleb; one of the towns in the south district of Judah
Sansannah = “palm branch”; a town in southern Judah
Lebaoth = “witness”; a town in southern Judah; lions
Shilhim = “fountains”; a city in the southern portion of Judah; armed men; javelins or spouts
Ain = “spring”; one of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine; one of the southernmost cities of Judah in the Nekeb and allotted to the tribe of Simeon and given to the priests
Rimmon = “pomegranate”; the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus; a Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ishbosheth; the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge; a town in the southern portion of Judah allotted to Simeon; a Levitical city in Zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of Nazareth; h7417 matches the Hebrew רִמּוֹן (Rimmown), which occurs 16 times in 13 verses
33And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, 34And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 36And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; 14 cities with their villages:
Eshtaol = “entreaty”; a Danite city located within Judah
Zareah or Zoreah or Zorah = “hornet”; a town in Dan, residence of Manoah and the home town of Samson
Ashnah = “I will cause change”; a town near Dan; a town in Judah
Zanoah = “cast off”, “a marsh”; a city in the low country of Judah; a city in the mountains of Judah, perhaps southwest of Hebron; whoredoms, adulteries, idolatry
En-gannim = “fountain of the garden”; a city in the low country of Judah; a city on the border of Issachar and allotted to the Gershonite Levites
Enam = “double spring”; a city in the lowlands of Judah
Jarmuth = “heights”; a Canaanitish city in the lowlands of Judah with a king and located between Hebron and Lachish; a Levitical city of Issachar allocated to the Gershonite Levites
Adullam = “justice of the people”; a town of the Canaanites allotted to Judah and lying in the lowlands; site of the cave where David hid
Shocho or Shochoh or Sochoh or Shoco or Socoh = “bushy”, “a hedge”; a town in the lowlands of Judah; a town in the mountain district of Judah
Shaaraim = “double gate”; a town in Judah; a town in Simeon
Adithaim = “double ornament”; a town in the lowland of Judah
Gederah = “wall”; a town of Judah in the lowland countryl more frequently the fence of a vineyard
Gederothaim = “two walls”; a town in the low country of Judah; two sheep-folds
37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, 38And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, 41And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; 16 cities with their villages:
Zenan = “pointed”, “place of flocks”; a town in the low country of Judah
Hadashah = “new”; one of the towns in the low country of Judah
Migdal-gad = “tower of God”; one of the fortified cities of Judah
Dilean = “gourd”, “cucumber field”; one of the cities in the lowlands of Judah, site uncertain
Mizpeh = “watchtower”; a city in the district of the Shephelah or lowlands of Judah; a place in Moab on the east of the Jordan; a place in Gilead; a place near Mount Hermon; a place in Benjamin; also ‘Mizpah’; H4708 matches the Hebrew מִצְפָּה (Mitspeh), which occurs 15 times in 14 verses
Joktheel = “the blessedness of God”; a city in the low country of Judah named next to Lachish; the name given to the cliff which was the stronghold of Edom by king Amaziah after capturing it; also called ‘Selah’ and ‘Petra’
Lachish = “invincible”; a city lying south of Jerusalem on the borders of Simeon and which belonged to the Amorites until conquered by Joshua and allotted to Judah
Bozkath or Boscath = “rocky height”; a city in Judah in the lowlands toward the Philistines, home of Josiah’s mother
Eglon = “calf-like”; king of Moab who oppressed the children of Israel for 18 years before he was killed by the judge Ehud; a royal city in Canaan that opposed the conquest; located in the low lands of Judah
Cabbon = “the builder”; a town in the low country of Judah; bond
Lahmam = “provisions”; a town in the lowland of Judah
Kithlish = “man’s wall”; one of the lowland towns of Judah
Beth-dagon = “house of Dagon”; the temple of Dagon in Judah; the temple of Dagon in Asher
Naamah = “loveliness”; daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain in the days before the flood; the Ammonite wife of Solomon and mother of king Rehoboam of Judah; a town in the lowlands of Judah in Philistia
Makkedah = “place of shepherds”; the location of a cave in Judah where Joshua captured and executed five Canaanite kings during the conquest; located near Bethhoron and Libnah
42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 43And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; 9 cities with their villages:
Ether = “abundant”; a town in the lowlands of Judah allotted to Simeon
Ashan = “smoke”; a city in the lowland of Judah later mentioned as belonging to Simeon
Jephthah or Jiphtah = “he opens”; a son of Gilead and a concubine and the judge who defeated the Ammonites; after the victory because of a vow taken before the battle he sacrificed his daughter as a burnt offering
Nezib = “garrison” or “pillar”; a city in the lowlands of Judah on the border of Philistia; statue of salt
Keilah = “fortress”; a city in the lowlands of Judah northwest of Hebron; H7084 matches the Hebrew קְעִילָה (Q@`iylah),; which occurs 18 times in 16 verses
Achzib = “deceit”. a town in the lowland of west Judah; a town in Asher by the Sea of Galilee; situated between Acco and Tyre
Mareshah = “crest of a hill”; one of the cities in the lowlands of Judah
45Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 46From Ekron even to the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
Ekron = “emigration” or “torn up by the roots”; the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan
47Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, to the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 48And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 49And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, 50And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 51And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; 11 cities with their villages:
Shamir = “a point” or “thorn”; a town in the mountain district of Judah; a town in Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried; diamond
Jattir = “plenty”; a town in the mountains of Judah
Shocho or Shochoh or Sochoh or Shoco or Socoh = “bushy”; a town in the lowlands of Judah; a town in the mountain district of Judah
Dannah = “thou hast judged” or “judgement”; a town in the hill country of Judah, probably south or southwest of Hebron
Kirjath-sepher or Kirjath-sannah = “city of the book”; a town in the mountains of Judah to the west of Hebron
Anab = “fruit”; a city in the mountains of southern Judah, 18 miles southwest of Hebron
Eshtemoa = “I will make myself heard”;
Eshtemoh = “I shall cause my own ruin: fire of astonishment: I shall soar aloft”; a Levitical city in Judah; a man of Judah
Goshen = “drawing near”; a region in northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile, where the children of Israel lived from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses; a district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon; a town in the mountains of Judah probably in the district of Goshen
Arab = “ambush”; a city near Hebron
52Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 53And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, 54And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; 9 cities with their villages:
Dumah = “silence”; son of Ishmael and most probably the founder of the Ishmaelite tribe of Arabia; a town in the mountainous district of Judah, near Hebron; a mystical name of Edom indicating death and ruin
Eshean = “support”; a city in Judah
Janum = “asleep”; a town in the mountains of Judah apparently not far from Hebron
Beth-tappuah = “house of the apple” of “place of apples”; a town in Judah
Aphekah = “enclosure”; a city near Hebron in Judah; (BDB) possibly a group of cities including Hebron
Humtah = “place of lizards”; a town in the mountainous region of Judah, the one next to Hebron
Kirjath-arba = “city of Arba”; early name of the city which after the conquest was called ‘Hebron’
Zior = “smallness”; a town in the mountains of Judah belonging to the same group as Hebron
55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, 56And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 57Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; 10 cities with their villages:
Maon or Maonites = “habitation”; a man of Judah; the inhabitants of the city of Maon; a city of Judah located 8 miles south of Hebron
Carmel = “garden-land”; a mountain on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, just below Haifa; a town in the mountains on the west side of the Dead Sea and south of Hebron
Ziph = “battlement”, “flowing”; a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah, and brother of Ziphah; a city in southern Judah, between Ithnan and Telem; site unknown; city of Judah, southeast of Hebron, between Carmel and Juttah in the highland district
Juttah = “stretched out”; a town in the mountains of Judah, in the neighbourhood of Maon and Carmel; modern ‘Yutta’
Cain = “possession”; eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother Abel; “she bare Cain (a creature [rather a possession]), and said, I have created a man by the help of Jehovah; H7014 matches the Hebrew קַיִן (Qayin),; which occurs 18 times in 15 verses
Kenite = “smiths”;
the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai
58Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, 59And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; 6 cities with their villages:
Halhul = “trembling”; a town on a hill in the mountains of Judah to the left of the road from Jerusalem to Hebron and about 3-4 (5-7 km) miles from Hebron
Beth-zur = “house of the rock”; a place in Judah; the son of Maon
Gedor = “wall”; ; a son of Penuel; a son of Jered; a Benjamite of Gibeon; a town in the mountainous part of Judah a few miles north of Hebron
Maarath = “bareness”; a town in the mountain region of Judah; “a place of naked trees”
Beth-anoth = “house of responses (or afflictions)”; a place in Judah;
Eltekon = “God is straight”; city in the territory of Judah north of Hebron
60Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; 2 cities with their villages:
Kirjath-baal = “city of Baal”; a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin; also ‘Kirjath-jearim’ and ‘Baalah’
Rabbath = “great”; the capital city of the Ammonites located east of the Jordan; a town in Judah; site uncertain; capital city
61In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, 62And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; 6 cities with their villages.
Middin = “measures”; one of the 6 cities of Judah located in the wilderness
Secacah = “thicket”, “enclosure”; one of the 6 cities of Judah located in the wilderness bordering on the Dead Sea
Nibshan = “soft soil”; one of the 6 cities of Judah which were in the wilderness
En-gedi = “fount of the kid”; a town in the wilderness of Judah on the western shore of the Dead Sea
63As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
Joshua 16 : The Territory of Ephraim
1And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, to the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, 2And goes out from Bethel to Luz, and passes along to the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3And goes down westward to the coast of Japhleti, to the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
Luz = “almond tree”; the early name of Bethel and probably the name of the town in close proximity to the actual location of the altar and pillar of Jacob; the name of a town in the land of the Hittites; site unknown
Archite or Archi = “lengthy”; referring to the home city of Hushai
Ataroth = “crowns”; a town east of the Jordan in Gilead, taken and built by the tribe of Gad; a place on the boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh; a place between Ephraim and Benjamin (“crowns of Addar”)
Japhleti see Japhlet = “let him escape”; “Whom God frees”descendants of Asher of the family of Japhlet who lived on the southwest border of Ephraim.
Beth-horon = “house of hollowness”; “place of the hollow”; (hollow of the thigh) two towns in Ephraim
4So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. 5And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, to Bethhoron the upper;
Ataroth-adar or Ataroth-addar = “crowns of glory”; a Gadite town on the west border of Benjamin
6And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward to Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
Michmethah = “hiding place”; to hide; concealment; a place in northeast Ephraim near the border of Manasseh between Shechem and Taanath-shilo
Taanath-shiloh = “approach to Shiloh”; a landmark on the boundary of Ephraim;
Shiloh = “place of rest”; a city in Ephraim and temporary home of the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle, the place where Samuel grew up
7And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
Janoah or Janohah = “He rests”; a place apparently in the north of Galilee in Naphtali, taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine
8The border went out from Tappuah westward to the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
Tappuah = “the apple city”; a Judaite of the family of Caleb, son of Hebron; a town in the lowland of Judah; a town on the border in Ephraim; a territory within the boundaries of Manasseh; “fruitful in apples”;
33 Kilometers West of Dead Sea : 20.6 Miles West of Dead Sea; 17.93 Nautical Miles West of Dead Sea
Kanah = “reed”; a stream flowing into the Mediterranean Sea that marked the boundary between Ephraim on the south and Manasseh on the north; a town marking the boundary of Asher; קָנָהQânâh, kaw-naw’; from
קָנֶהqâneh, kaw-neh’; a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard):—balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, stalk.
reed, stalk, bone, balances; stalk; water-plant, reed calamus (aromatic reed);;;derived meanings;;measuring-rod;; reed (as unit of measure – 6 cubits);;beam (of scales – for scales themselves);;shaft (of lampstand);; branches (of lampstand);;shoulder-joint
9And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. 10And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelled in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, and serve under tribute.
Joshua 17 : The Territory of Manasseh
1There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. 2There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
Abiezer = “my father is help”; a Manassite, called “son” of Gilead, also son of Gilead’s sister; a Benjamite, warrior of David
Helek = “portion”, “smooth”; a descendant of Manasseh, and 2nd son of Gilead;
Ashriel = “I shall be prince of God”; a great-grandson of Manasseh, and son of Gilead; a son of Manasseh
Shemida = “wise”, “fame of wisdom” a son of Gilead, grandson of Manasseh, and progenitor of a family in Manasseh
3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Zelophehad = “first-born”, “fracture”, “first rupture”; a Manassite, son of Hepher and grandson of Gilead; came out of Egypt with Moses and died in the wilderness leaving only five daughters as heirs; their right to the inheritance was confirmed by divine direction
Machir = “sold”; eldest son of Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine and progenitor of a large family; son of Ammiel, a powerful chief of one of the Transjordanic tribes who rendered essential services to Saul and to David
Mahlah = “disease”; the eldest of 5 daughters of Zelophehad the grandson of Manasseh; a Gileadite
Noah = “motion”; one of the 5 daughters of Zelophehad in the time of the exodus
Hoglah = “partridge”; 3rd of 5 daughters of Zelophehad, a descendant of Manasseh
4And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.5And there fell 10 portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 6Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.
7And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lies before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand to the inhabitants of Entappuah. 8Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
En-tappuah = “fountain of the apple-city”; a place on the border between Ephraim and Manasseh
Shechem = “back” or “shoulder”; “shoulder blades”, upper part of teh back next below the neck” “ridge” son of Gilead and grandson of Manasseh; a Manassite, son of Shemida
Right Hand יָמִיןyâmîyn, yaw-meen’; the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south:— left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Hepher = “a well”; youngest son of Gilead and head of the family of Hepherites; son of Asher, the father of Tekoa; the Mecherathite, one of David’s mighty warriors; a place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua site unknown
9And the coast descended to the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: 10Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 11And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. 12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 13Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
Ibleam = “devouring the people”; a city of Manasseh apparently located in the territory of either Issachar or Asher
14And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, for as much as the LORD has blessed me till now? 15And Joshua answered them, If you be a great people, then get you up to the wood country, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for you. 16And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
Beth-shean or Beth-Shan = “house of ease”; a place in Manasseh, west of the Jordan
בַּרְזֶלbarzel, bar-zel’; perhaps from the root of H1269; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement:—(ax) head, iron. harshness, strength, oppression (fig.) 76 times in 70 verses
Jezreel = “God sows”; “which God planted” first son of Hosea the prophet
17And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power: you shall not have one lot only:
גּוֹרָלgôwrâl, go-rawl’; to be rough (as stone); properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot):—lot. 77 times in 67 verses (77×2 = 144)
18But the mountain shall be yours; for it is a wood, and you shall cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be yours: for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Joshua 18 : The Tabernacle at Shiloh
1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
The Remainder Divided
2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers has given you? 4Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
5And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. 6You shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. 7But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
8And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. 9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
Benjamin’s Territory
11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. 13And the border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lies on the south side of the nether Bethhoron. 14And the border was drawn there, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lies before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. 15And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: 16And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, 17And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down to Arabah:19And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. 20And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
Nephtoah = “opening”; a spring or source of water on the boundary of the territories of Judah and Benjamin; located northwest of Jerusalem
En-rogel = “fount of the fuller”; a place near Jerusalem on the border between Judah and Benjamin and from which the permanent source of the pool of Siloam comes
Bohan = “thumb”; a Reubenite who set a boundary stone between Judah and Benjamin; (BDB) a mark of division between Judah and Benjamin
Geliloth = “circuits”; a place on Judah and Benjamin’s border
21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz, 22And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, 23And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, 24And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 27And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Keziz = “cut off”; a town on Benjamin and the eastern border of the tribe
Beth-arabah = “house of the desert valley” or “place of the depression”; a place in Judah or in Benjamin, site unknown
Zemaraim = “double fleece of wool”; a city in northern Benjamin near Bethel; a hill in Ephraim
Bethel = “house of God”; ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name); a place in south country of Judah, not far from Beersheba and Ziklag; H1008 matches the Hebrew בֵּית־אֵל (Beyth-‘El), which occurs 70 times in 63 verses
Parah = “heifer-town”; a town in Benjamin
Ophrah = “fawn”; a Judaite, son of Meonothai; a town of Benjamin approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Bethel; a place in Manasseh, native place of Gideon; probably located close to Shechem
Chephar-haammonai = “village of the Ammonites”; a village in Benjamin
Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = “hill”; a city in Benjamin, modern ‘Jeba’, which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, six miles or ten kilometres north east of Jerusalem and three miles or five kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern ‘Mukhmas’; H1387 matches the Hebrew גֶּבַע (Geba`),which occurs 19 times in 19 verses
Gibeon = “hill city”; a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern ‘el-Jib’, which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem
Ramah = “hill”; a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah; the home place of Samuel located in the hill country of Ephraim; a fortified city in Naphtali; landmark on the boundary of Asher, apparently between Tyre and Zidon; a place of battle between Israel and Syria; also ‘Ramoth-gilead’; a place rehabited by the Benjamites after the return from captivity; H7414 matches the Hebrew רָמָה (Ramah), which occurs 37 times in 35 verses
Beeroth = “wells”; a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin
Mizpeh = “watchtower”; a city in the district of the Shephelah or lowlands of Judah; a place in Moab on the east of the Jordan; a place in Gilead; a place near Mount Hermon; a place in Benjamin; also ‘Mizpah’; H4708 matches the Hebrew מִצְפָּה (Mitspeh),which occurs 15 times in 14 verses
Mozah = “fountain”; one of the towns in Benjamin; site unknown
Irpeel = “God will heal”; a city in Benjamin; site unknown
Taralah = “reeling”; a city in the territory of Benjamin
Zelah = “a rib”; a city in Benjamin containing the family burial place of Saul
Joshua 19 : Simeon’s Territory
1And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. 2And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, 3And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, 4And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah, 6And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: 7Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: 8And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. 9Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
Simeon or Shimeon = “heard”; the 2nd son of Jacob by his wife Leah and progenitor of the tribe of Simeon; an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
Beer-sheba = “well of the sevenfold oath”; a city at the south edge of Israel; H884 matches the Hebrew בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Bĕ’er Sheba`), which occurs 34 times in 33 verses
Moladah = “birth” or “race”; a town in the south of Canaan allocated to Judah then reallocated to Simeon
Hazar-shual = “jackal village”; a town in southern Judah; a place in Simeon
Azem or Ezem = “bone”; a city in the Nekeb of Judah afterwards allotted to Simeon
Eltolad = “God’s generations”; a city in southern Judah
Bethul = “God destroys” or “man of God” or “dweller in God”; a town of Simeon in the south (also spelled ‘Bethuel’)
Hormah = “devotion”; a town of the Canaanites, conquered by Joshua, allotted to Judah, and located in the south of Judah
Beth-marcaboth = “house of the chariots”; a place in Simeon
Hazar-susah = “horse village”; one of the cities allotted to Simeon in the extreme south of Judah and the place where Solomon kept horses
Beth-lebaoth = “house of lionesses”; a place in Simeon
Sharuhen = “refuge of grace“; a city in Judah allotted to Simeon
Rimmon = “pomegranate”; the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus; Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ishbosheth; the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge; a town in the southern portion of Judah allotted to Simeon; a Levitical city in Zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of Nazareth
Zebulun’s Territory
10And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid:11And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; 12And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sun rise to the border of Chislothtabor, and then goes out to Daberath, and goes up to Japhia, 13And from there passes on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goes out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; 14And the border compasses it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel: 15And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: 12 cities with their villages.16This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Dabbasheth = “a hill-place”; a town on the border of Zebulun
Jokneam = “the people lament”‘; a city of Canaan conquered by Joshua and in the territory of Zebulun but allotted to the Merarite Levites and located Mount Carmel
Sarid = “survivor”; a place or landmark on the border of Zebulun
Chisloth-tabor = “flanks of Tabor”; a town of Issachar on the slopes of Mount Tabor; also ‘Chesulloth’ 03694
Dabareh or Daberath = “word”; a Levitical city, modern ‘Debarieh’,situated at the western foot of Tabor
Japhia = “shining”; a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar; perhaps modern ‘Yafa’; the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua; a son of David by a concubine
Gath-hepher or Gittah-hepher = “the winepress of digging”; home town of Jonah on the border of Zebulun
Neah = “shaking”; a boundary mark of the territory of Zebulun; site unknown
Hannathon = “gracious”; a town in Zebulun
Jiphthah-el = “God opens“; a valley between Zebulun and Asher; location uncertain
Kattath = “small”; a town in Zebulun
Nahalal or Nahallal or Nahalol = “pasture”; one of the cities of Zebulun given to the Merarite Levites; site uncertain; maybe modern ‘Malul’, a village in the plain of Esdraelon
Shimron = “watch-height”; 4th son of Issachar and the progenitor of the family of Shimronites; a Canaanite royal city allotted to Zebulun
Idalah = “memorial of God”; a town in Zebulun between Shimron and Bethlehem, site unknown
Beth-lehem = “house of bread (food)”; a city in Judah, birthplace of David; a place in Zebulun; H1035 matches the Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (Beyth Lechem),; which occurs 41 times in 39 verses
Issachar’s Territory
17And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. 18And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 19And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, 20And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 21And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez; 22And the coast reaches to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: 16 cities with their villages.23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
Jezreel = “God sows”;a descendant of the father or founder of Etam of Judah; first son of Hosea the prophet; a city in the Nekeb of Judah; a city in Issachar on the northwest spur of Mount Gilboa
Chesulloth = “flanks”; a town in Issachar near Jezreel; also ‘Chisloth-tabor’ 03696
Shunem = “double resting place”; a city in Issachar, located 5 miles (8 km) south of Mount Tabor
Hapharaim = “two pits”; a place in Issachar
Shion = “ruin”; a town of Issachar located near Mount Tabor
Anaharath = “the groaning of fear”; (BDB) city in Naphtali; (CLBL) city in Issachar
Rabbith = “multitude”; a town in Issachar
Kishion = “hard”; a town on the boundary of Issachar allotted to the Gershonite Levites
Abez = “I will make white (or miry)”; a city in Issachar
Remeth = “height”; a town in Issachar
En-gannim = “fountain of the garden”; a city in the low country of Judah; a city on the border of Issachar and allotted to the Gershonite Levites
En-haddah = “swift fountain”; one of the cities on the border of Issachar
Beth-pazzez = “house of dispersion”; a place in Issachar
Tabor = “mound”, “stone-quarry”; a mountain in the plain of Esdraelon rising abruptly and insulated except for a narrow ridge on the west connecting it to the hills of Nazareth; a town around the summit of Mount Tabor (1); a city of the Merarite Levites located in the territory of Zebulun; the place of an oak tree which was on the homeward journey of Saul after he had been anointed by Samuel
Shahazimah = “toward the heights”; a town in Issachar
Asher’s Territory
24And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 26And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reaches to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
27And turns toward the sun rise to Bethdagon, and reaches to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goes out to Cabul on the left hand,28And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Zidon; 29And then the coast turns to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turns to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: 22 cities with their villages.31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Hali = “necklace”; a town on the boundary of Asher between Helkath and Beten
Beten = “womb”; a city in Asher
Achshaph = “I shall be bewitched”; city in north Canaan at foot of Mt Carmel
Alammelech = “oak of the king”; a town or site in Asher
Amad = “enduring”, “eternal People”; a town in Asher on the border between Alammelech and Misheal
Misheal = “entreaty” , “prayer”; a town in the territory of Asher allotted to the Gershonite Levites
Shihor-libnath = “blackness of whiteness”; a stream in Asher; the river of glass; from the sand of which glass was first made by phoenicians
Glass is made by melting together several minerals at very high temperatures. Silica in the form of sand is the main ingredient and this is combined with soda ash and limestone and melted in a furnace at temperatures of 1700°C.
Dagon = “a fish”; a Philistine deity of fertility; represented with the face and hands of a man and the tail of a fish;
דָּגdâg, dawg; or (fully) דָּאג dâʼg; (Nehemiah 13:16), a fish (as prolific); (in the sense of squirming, i.e. moving by the vibratory action of the tail); a fish (often used collectively):—fish. 20 times in 18 verses
Carmel = “garden-land”
Beth-emek = “house of the valley”; a place on the border of Asher; a stream in Asher
Neiel = “moved by God”; a place on the border of the territory of Asher
Cabul = “binding”; a city on the border of Asher and located approx 10 miles (16 km) east of Akko; modern ‘Kabul’; a district in Galilee given by Solomon to Hiram and contemptuously called ‘Cabul’ by Hiram
Rehob = “broad place”; father of Hadadezer the king of Zobah who was killed by David; a Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah; the northern limit of the exploration of the spies in Canaan; on the road to Hamath; a town in Asher; a second town by the same name also in Asher
Hammon = “warm springs”; a town in Asher, apparently not far from Zidon-rabbah; a town in Naphtali allotted to the Levites; also called ‘Hammath’ and ‘Hammoth-dor’
Sidon = “hunting”, “fishing”; H6721 matches the Hebrew צִידוֹן (Tsiydown),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses
Ummah = “union”; one of the cities of Asher; also probably ‘Acco’
Hosah = “refuge”; a Levitical (merari) doorkeeper of the temple
Achzib = “deceit”; a town in the lowland of west Judah; a town in Asher by the Sea of Galilee; (in the sense of a winter-torrent which fails in summer);
Rehob = “broad place”; father of Hadadezer the king of Zobah who was killed by David; a Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Naphtali’s Territory
32The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: 34And then the coast turns westward to Aznothtabor, and goes out from there to Hukkok, and reaches to Zebulun on the south side, and reaches to Asher on the west side, and to Judah on Jordan toward the sun rise. 35And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 36And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 37And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, 38And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; 19 cities with their villages. 39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
Heleph = “exchange”; the place from which the boundary of Naphtali started, site unknown
Allon = “great tree” or “oak”; city in Naphtali; a Simeonite
Zaanannim or Zaanaim = “removings”; a place in Naphtali near Kedesh
Adami = “man of Adar”; a pass or fortified place in Naphtali
Nekeb or Nekeb = “cavern”; one of the towns on the boundary of Naphtali
Jabneel = “God causes to build”; a town in Judah on the northern boundary near the sea; a town in Naphtali on the boundary in upper Galilee
Lakum = “fortification“; a town on the northern border of Naphtali
Aznoth Tabor = “peaks of Tabor”, “ears”; a pair of hills on Naphtali’s border
Hukkok = “appointed”; a town on the boundary of Naphtali
Ziddim = “the declivities”, “sides”; a fortified town in the territory of Naphtali
Zer = “flint”; fortified town in Naphtali, probably in the area of the Sea of Galilee
Hammath = “hot spring”; one of the fortified cities in the territory allotted to Naphtali
Rakkath = “shore”; a fortified city in Naphtali
Chinneroth or Cinneroth or Chinnereth = “harps”; the early name of the Sea of Galilee; a town and district in Naphtali near the Sea of Galilee
Iron = “fearing”, “timid”; a city of Naphtali; site unknown
Migdal-el = “tower of God”; one of the fortified towns in Naphtali
Horem = “sacred”; one of the fortified towns in Naphtali
Beth-anath = “house of response (or affliction)”; a place in Naphtali
Dan’s Territory
40And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.41And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, 42And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, 43And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 44And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 45And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, 46And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. 47And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them:
Went out Hebrew יָצָא (yatsa’), which occurs 1,076 times in 992 verses
therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelled therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Zareah or Zoreah or Zorah = “hornet”; a town in Dan, residence of Manoah and the home town of Samson
Eshtaol = “entreaty”; petition, request שָׁאַלshâʼal, shaw-al’; or שָׁאֵל shâʼêl; 173 times in 157 verses
Ir-shemesh = “city of the sun-god”, “city of serpent”; a city in Dan; probably the same as ‘Beth-shemesh’
Beth-shemesh = “house of the sun” or “sun-temple”; a town in southwest Judah; a town in Naphtali; a town in Issachar; a town in Egypt; H1053 matches the Hebrew בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ (Beyth Shemesh), which occurs 21 times in 19 verses
Shaalbim or Shaalabbin = “place of foxes”; “jackals” a town in Dan occupied by the Amorites
Ajalon or Aijalon = “field of deer”; ” belonging to a stag” Levitical city in Dan, 14 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines; a city of Zebulun, site unknown
Jethlah = “he hangs”; one of the towns in southern Dan
Elon = “terebinth, mighty”; Hittite, father-in-law of Esau; second son of Zebulun; Zebulonite judge of Israel; town in Dan
Timnath or Timnah or Thimnathah = “portion”; a town on the northern boundary of Judah later assigned to Dan; a town in the hill country of Judah
Ekron = “emigration” or “torn up by the roots”; the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan
Eltekeh = “let God spue thee out”; Levitical city in the tribe of Dan, between Ekron and Timna
Gibbethon = “mound”; a Philistine town in Dan allocated to the Kohathite Levites; a lofty spot, hill
Baalath = “mistress”; a town in Dan
Jehud = “beauty”; a town in Dan, located between Baalath and Bene-berak and 8 miles east of Joppa
Bene-barak = “sons of lightning”, “or thunder”; a city in Dan
Gath-rimmon = “winepress of the pomegranate”; a city given out of the tribe of Dan to the Levites, situated on the plain of Philistia, apparently not far from Joppa; a town of the half tribe of Manasseh located on the west side of the Jordan, assigned to the Levites
Me-jarkon = “waters of yellowness”; a town in Dan near Joppa
Rakkon = “the temple”, “thinness”; a well-watered place in Dan near Joppa
Joppa or Japho = “beautiful”; a town on the southwest coast of Palestine in the territory of Dan; became primary port of Jerusalem during reign of Solomon
Leshem = “precious stone”; a city west of Mount Hermon, also called ‘Laish’ and later ‘Dan’
לֶשֶׁםleshem, leh’-shem; a gem, perhaps the jacinth:—ligure.
Dan = “a judge”; the 5th son of Jacob, the 1st of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; the tribe descended from Dan, the son of Jacob;a city in Dan, the most northern landmark of Palestine; H1835 matches the Hebrew דָּן (Dan), which occurs 71 times in 64 verses
dan was given 17 cities but its the only tribe you have to count the number.
Joshua’s Inheritance
49When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: 50According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelled therein.
Timnath-heres or Timnath-serah = “portion of the sun” or “abundant portion”; a city given to Joshua as a inheritance in the mountains of Ephraim on the north of the hill of Gaash where he was buried
51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
Eleazar = “God has helped”; the high priest son of Aaron; Abinadab’s son who cared for the ark; the priest who rebuilt and dedicated the restored walls of Jerusalem in time of Ezra; one of David’s mighty warriors; a Levite; one of the line of Parosh; H499 matches the Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (‘El`azar), which occurs 72 times in 70 verses
1The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying, 2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spoke to you by the hand of Moses: 3That the slayer that kills any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4And when he that does flee to one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. 6And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from from where he fled.
7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojournes among them, that whoever kills any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation
1Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 2And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. 4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, 13 cities.
5And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, 10 cities.
6And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, 13 cities.
7The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, 12 cities.
8And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
9And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name. 10Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. 11And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, 14And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 15And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; 9 cities out of those two tribes.17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, 18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; 4 cities. 19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were 13 cities with their suburbs.
Jattir = “plenty”; a town in the mountains of Judah;
Eshtemoa = “I will make myself heard”
Eshtemoh = “I shall cause my own ruin: fire of astonishment: I shall soar aloft”; a Levitical city in Judah; a man of Judah
Holon = “sandy”; a town in the mountains of Judah given to the priests; a city of Moab; site unknown
Anathoth = “answers to prayer”; son of Becher and grandson of Benjamin; one of the heads of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah; a city of Benjamin allotted to the priest; located approximately 3 miles (5 km) from Jerusalem; birthplace of the prophet Jeremiah; H6068 matches the Hebrew עֲנָתוֹת (`Anathowth),;which occurs 15 times in 15 verses
Almon = “concealed”; a town in Benjamin allotted to the priests
Kibzaim = “two gatherings”, “2 heaps”; a Kohathite Levitical city in Ephraim at Mount Ephraim
Mahanaim = “two camps”; a place east of the Jordan, named from Jacob’s encounter with angels; a Levitical city in Gad
Kedemoth = “eastern”, “beginnings”; one of the towns in the district east of the Dead Sea allotted to the tribe of Reuben and given to the Merarite Levites
20And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; 4 cities.23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, 24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; 4 cities.25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; 2 cities. 26All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
27And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; 2 cities.28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, 29Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; 4 cities.30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, 31Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; 4 cities.32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; 3 cities.33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were 13 cities with their suburbs.
34And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 35Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; 4 cities.36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, 37Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; 4 cities.38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; 4 cities in all. 40So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot 12 cities.
41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were 48 cities with their suburbs. 42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
43And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelled therein. 44And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
Joshua 22 : Tribes beyond the Jordan Return
1Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 2And said to them, You have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: 3You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. 4And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them: therefore now return you, and get you to your tents, and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. 5But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to hold to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went to their tents.
7Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but to the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brothers on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also to their tents, then he blessed them, 8And he spoke to them, saying, Return with much riches to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers. 9And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
The Offensive Altar
10And when they came to the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. 11And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. 12And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
13And the children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 14And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. 15And they came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,16Thus said the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that you have built you an altar, that you might rebel this day against the LORD? 17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
Peor = “cleft”; a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah; a false god worshipped in Moab; corresponds to Baal
18But that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing you rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 19Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass you over to the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. 20Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said to the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knows, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 23That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 24And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel? 25For the LORD has made Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad; you have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 27But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the LORD. 28Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. 29God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle.
30And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them. 31And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
32And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 33And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelled. 34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
עֵדʻêd, ayd; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince:—witness. 69 times in 59 verses from עוּדʻûwd, ood; to duplicate or repeat; return
Joshua 23 : Joshua’s Charge to Leaders
1And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and stricken in age: 3And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that has fought for you. 4Behold, I have divided to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea westward. 5And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God has promised to you. 6Be you therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 7That you come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves to them: 8But hold to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day. 9For the LORD has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day. 10One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fights for you, as he has promised you. 11Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God. 12Else if you do in any wise go back, and join to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you: 13Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
14And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass to you, and not one thing has failed thereof. 15Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come on you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring on you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. 16When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
Joshua 24 : Joshua Reviews Israel’s History
1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2And Joshua said to all the people, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelled on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. 3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 4And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. 6And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red sea. 7And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and you dwelled in the wilderness a long season. 8And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelled on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that you might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: 10But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. 11And you went over Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. 12And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with your sword, nor with your bow.13And I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you built not, and you dwell in them; of the vineyards and olive groves which you planted not do you eat.
14Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve you the LORD. 15And if it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
16And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 17For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: 18And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelled in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
19And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20If you forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he has done you good. 21And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD. 22And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel. 24And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. 27And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness to you, lest you deny your God. 28So Joshua let the people depart, every man to his inheritance.
29And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an 110 years old. 30And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
31And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. 32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an 100 pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.33And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Gaash = “quaking”; a mountain of Ephraim where Joshua was buried
Phinehas = “mouth of brass”; son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron; his zealousness for the Lord averted a plague on Israel and gained him the promise of the Lord of an everlasting priesthood in his family; a priest and the son of the priest Eli; the father of a helper of Ezra
Revelation
Joshua
6 Trumpet Judgement’s on Babylon
6 times Ark circles Jericho
2 witnesses
(reason US was destined to be new Atlantis because they think they will be spared since they are hiding us?)
2 spies
Went to spy out the promised land and where hid by Rahab who was spared
This is the serpent that led astray through passions the angels from on high;The fiery serpent of light in the milky sea. The Milky Way.
Sagittarius resides on one of the two place the Milky Way intersects the ecliptic, the circuit of the heavens across the signs of the zodiac traveled by the sun and planets in their orbits as viewed from the earth.
This alignment began in 2012:
Nimrod (Orion) shooting arrow through serpents mouth (Rise of the Phoenix)
The arrow of Sagittarius delineates the union of the serpent’s head and tail; the celestial archer indicates the proper place to “Divide the Ouroborus”.
While the sun “rises in Sagittarius” and emerges from the serpents mouth yearly, the demarcation of the beginning and ending of the cosmic cycle of an aion occurs every 1/4th of a platonic year of 25,920 years. The sign of the passing away of one aion and the beginning of the next “life span” occurs only when the sun rises in the outh of Ouroboros during a solstice or an equinox.
“The primordial island, mountain or mound” rising form an “ocean of stars”.
The entire Milky Way surrounds the horizon in 360 degrees, creating the illusion of the earth as an island in the midst of the milky sea.
This illusion of the earth embraced by the Ourobros during these quarterly processional alignments is visible for about 1000 years, but occurs only for that relatively short period of time every 6480 years.
12 tribes reunited
6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
15And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream. 16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:
The Camp at Gilgal which means “Circle”
19And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
66 is Galgal numerically in Hebrew which means Wheel or circle.
It is also the number of books in the bible
Again we have come full circle
360
Degrees in a circle
6
# of times around Jericho
2160
Diameter of the moon in statute miles
# of years of one zodiacal age in procession of the equinoxes
Fractal of angle from center of Ave-bury circle and Temple Mount
22 Hebrew Letters / 7 days of creation
Building and architecture cannot exist without understanding this value
Endless (infinity) after decimal point
6785.8
Circumference of the moon
360
Degrees in a circle
# of days in a prophetic year
7
# of times around Jericho
Only cardinal number that doesn’t divide evenly into 360
Days of creation
2520
Unifying constant that links the creation of God to His influence within creation
Value of the Writing on the Wall in Daniel
Measurement used for Ark of Covenant
league (17 verses)
“covenant”
jos 9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
dan 11:23 And after the leaguemade with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
libnah (17 verses)(18)
Libnah = “pavement”
a royal city of the Canaanites in the southwest captured by Joshua; allocated to Judah and made a Levitical city; site unknown
a station between Sinai and Kadesh of Israel during their wilderness wanderings
tirzah (17 verses)(18)
“pleasantness”,
one of the kingdoms on the west of the Jordan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites
a Canaanite city, later capital of the northern kingdom of Israel; which was the seat of Jeroboam (Ephraim) to Omri
necks (16 verses)(18)
[Jos 10:24 KJV] 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Joshua 1 : God Commissions JoshuaShittim = “the acacias” (city) East of the Jordan where Balaam prophecied; (wood) bark covered with black thorns and black pods; This species (A. seyal) is like the hawthorn, a gnarled and thorny tree.
Valley of Achor = trouble, disturbance Achor – as the valley of trouble where Achan and his family were stoned
This is the serpent that led astray through passions the angels from on high;The fiery serpent of light in the milky sea. The Milky Way.
Galgal numerically in Hebrew which means Wheel or circle.
