Joshua - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 244

family of the Levites, they gave from the half tribe of Manasseh, as a City of Refuge for the manslayer, Golan in Baishan, with its pasturage, and Bashthcmh, with its pasturage; two towns. And from the tribe of Issakar, Kishion, with its pastures; and Dabmth, with its pastures; ]‘ar— moth, with its pastures; Ain-ganim, with its pastures ;——-four towns. (B. c. 1428.) 33 34 35 37 39 towns. And from the txibe of-Ashur, Mishal,

with its pastures; Abdon, with its pastures ; Khilkath, with its pastures; and Rekhob, with its pastures;-»·f0ur And from the tribe of Naphthali, as

the City of Refuge for the menslayer, Kadish in Galilee, with its pastures; and Khamoth-dad, with its pa,stu1·age; and Karthzm, with its pasturage; three towns. All the towns of the family of Ghershon were thirteen towns with their pasturage. And to the family ofthe sons of

Mierari, with other Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulon jaknam, with its pasturage; Kartha, and its pesturage; Dimnah, with its pastur- age; Nahla.1, and its pasturege; four towns. And from the tribe of Gad, a City

of Refuge for the menslayer, Ramoth in Gilad, with its pastures; and Makhnim, with its pastures; Hesh· bon, with its pastures ; jazer, with its pastures ;·~—-in elltfour towns. All the towns of the sons of the Merari with their families,-and other families of the Levites, which were allotted them, were twelve towns. All the towns of the Levites dis~

tributed amongst the possessions of the children of Israel were forty—eight, with their pastures, and those towns were, town by town, pasture by pes- ture, proportionate to all the towns. Thus the EvER—L1v1NG.gave to Israel

all the country which He had pro- mised to their ancestors to give them, and they possessed and resided in it. And the EvER·L1v1NG made all quiet around therrnexactly as He promised to their fathers, and no man of all their enemies stood before them. The E.vER—1.1v1NG gave all their

4 3 enemies into their power. Not a word failed of all the good things that the l€v1;R—L1v1NG promised to the House of israel. They all came. (ac. 1428 to 1427.) fanaszzb, iiznhcn, mth ®ah’s ®u:1ti¤gz¤ts sent §¤m2 from the §rmig. joshua afterwards summoned the 22 Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and said to them; ‘ You have done all that Moses the

servant of the EvER—L1v1NG ordered you, and you have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you. You have not forsaken your brothers during this long period, until this day, and you have done the worki your EveR—1.xv1No Gon ordered you. Therefore, since your EVER-LIVING GOD has given quiet to your brothers, as He promised them, you can now return and go to your homes, in the country you possess, which Moses the servant of the EvERt·L1v1NG gave you beyond the jordan. Take special care, however, to practise all the commands, and the law which Moses the servant of the EVER-LIVING ordered you,-——and love your EVER- LIVING GOD, and walk in all His ways, and guard Hisinstructions, and seek Him, and serve Him, with ail your heart and with all your soul.’ Then joshua blessed anddismissed them, and they departed. But to the half ofthe tribe of

Ma_nasseh Moses had given Bashan; and to the other half loshua gave with their brothers on the westward side of the jordan. joshua also dismissed them to their houses, and blessed them, and addressed them $3YmH S ‘You return to your homes with

greatwealth, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with, iron, and with very much clothing, — your share of the prizes, along with your brothers, from your enemies! (ac. 1428.) @32 fllimttiitgznts nf llzulmt anti (Enh marrl; for Ztume mth lmilh it gliizmnrisl §\ltar. So the sons of Reuben turned and 9 went with the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, from the children of lsrael at Shiloh in the land of Canan, marching to the land of Gilad, to the country they possessed, which they possessed by command of the EVER-LlVlN($ through the medium of Moses. When the sons io