The Land Still to Be Taken 1 Joshua was now very old. The Lord said to him, “You are very old, but there is still much land to be taken:…

The Division of the Territory West of the Jordan 1 What follows is an account of how the land of Canaan west of the Jordan was divided among the people…

The Territory Assigned to Judah 1 The families of the tribe of Judah received a part of the land described as follows: The land reached south to the southernmost point…

The Territory Assigned to Ephraim and West Manasseh 1 The southern boundary of the land assigned to the descendants of Joseph started from the Jordan near Jericho, at a point…

West Manasseh 1 A part of the land west of the Jordan was assigned to some of the families descended from Joseph’s older son Manasseh. Machir, the father of Gilead,…

The Division of the Rest of the Land 1 After they had conquered the land, the entire community of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of the…

The Territory Assigned to Simeon 1 The second assignment made was for the families of the tribe of Simeon. Its territory extended into the land assigned to the tribe of…

The Cities of Refuge 1 Then the Lord told Joshua 2 to say to the people of Israel, “Choose the cities of refuge that I had Moses tell you about….

The Cities of the Levites 1 The leaders of the Levite families went to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of all…

Joshua Sends the Eastern Tribes Home 1 Then Joshua called together the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. 2 He said to them, “You have done…