Joshua - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 237
The History of the People of Israel
from Arboth of Moab beyond the jordan, eastward of jeriko. But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave
no portion ;—~the EVER-Livms Gon of Israel is their Portion, as He said to them.
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But these are the portions of thechildren of Israelwhich were allotted to them by Aliazer the priest, and ]0shua the son of Nun, and the chiefs of the tribes of the children of Israel. They assigned them by lot, as the EvER·L1V1NG commanded by the medium of Moses, to the nine and a half tribes, because Moses had given portions to two and a half tribes beyond the jordan, and to the Levites no portion was given amongst them. The sons of joseph, however, were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, but no portion was given to the Levites in their country, except towns for residence, and pastures for their cattle. As the Even-Livimo commanded Moses, the children of Israel did, when they divided the country. .c. 1426.) °§¤Iizh Dummies @clur¤n as giimr him hg g}I¤szs. The sons of jndah, however,
approached joshua in Gilgal, and Kaleb the son of jefunneh the Probably you will remember the word which the EvER—L1v1NG spoke to Moses the Man of GOD about you and myself at Kadeslvbarnea. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Evan-Livmo sent me from Kadesh· barnea to spy the country, and I brought him back a report such as was in my heart. But my companions who went with me melted the heart of the People, whilst I was strong for my EvER—L1v1NG GOD. So _Moses swore in that day saying;—·‘The country that you have been to survey shall be your estate, and your chil— dren’s for ever, for you are full after the Evan-Lrvixo GoD.’ And now, look! as jauovlxn lives with me, since that word was spoken, it is forty-nve years from the time the Eva1z—L1v1z<o commanded that pro- mise by Moses, while Israel wandered in the desert. So look now, I am to- day eighty~five years old,—~yet I am to—day as strong as on the day Moses sent me out. I am strong yet, and as bold, now for war, both to march out and to return again. Therefore give to me that highland that the EVER- LWING promised at that time,——~for the Anakim are there and have great fortified cities. If the Ev;sa·1.iviNG is with me, then He will drive them out, as the Evnn—L1v1No promised! So joshua blessed him, and gave to
Kaleb the son of jefunneh Hebron as an estate; consequently Hebron has belonged to Kaleb the son of jefunneh, the Kenezite, as his portion to this day, because he was full after the livmt-L1v1NG Gon of Israel. The country then was quiet from war. And the boundary of the tribe of
judah for their families was from the border of Eden,—-from the desert of Zin ont the south, to the limits of T hirnan; and their southern border ran from the side of the Salt Sea, on the bay running south of the ascent of Akrabin, and passing over at Tzin, and ascending from the south to Kadesh—barnea., then passing from Khatzehon, and ascending to Ader, where it turned to Karkah; thence passing to Alzman and ascending the river of Mitzeraim, and the termina- tion of the boundary is at the sea. This is their southern boundary. But the eastern boundary is the
Salt Lake to the mouth of the jordan; IO II I2 15 and the boundary on the north side is from the bay of that lake at the mouth of the jordan, where the 6 border ascends to Beth~Khaglah, and passes on the north of Beth- arba, where the boundary ascends to Abenbahn of the Beni—Reuben. Thence the boundary ascends to 7 Debir, from the vale of Akor, and to the northward to Gilgal, where it touches the ascent of Admin, which B_ut the namepf Hebron
was formerly Krith-arba,-—it was the land of ) This is a note, probably of Ezra, not part of the original text.-—·F. F. 2'2'7
