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Joshua 21:11 (NIV)

They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

Joshua 21:12 (NIV)

But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

Joshua 21:13 (NIV)

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,

Joshua 21:16 (NIV)

Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.

Joshua 21:17 (NIV)

And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them: Gibeon, Geba,

Joshua 21:18 (NIV)

Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

Joshua 21:19 (NIV)

The total number of towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

Joshua 21:20 (NIV)

The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

Joshua 22:26 (NIV)

“That is why we said, ‘Let us get ready and build an altar—but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.’

On the contrary, it is to be a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the Lord at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and fellowship offerings. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the Lord .’

Joshua 22:28 (NIV)

“And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us, or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the Lord ’s altar, which our ancestors built, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

Joshua 22:29 (NIV)

“Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord and turn away from him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle.”

Joshua 22:30 (NIV)

When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community—the heads of the clans of the Israelites—heard what Reuben, Gad and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.

Joshua 22:31 (NIV)

And Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, said to Reuben, Gad and Manasseh, “Today we know that the Lord is with us, because you have not been unfaithful to the Lord in this matter. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord ’s hand.”

Joshua 22:32 (NIV)

Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders returned to Canaan from their meeting with the Reubenites and Gadites in Gilead and reported to the Israelites.

Joshua 22:33 (NIV)

They were glad to hear the report and praised God. And they talked no more about going to war against them to devastate the country where the Reubenites and the Gadites lived.

Joshua 22:34 (NIV)

And the Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name: A Witness Between Us—that the Lord is God.

Joshua 23:2 (NIV)

summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.

Joshua 23:3 (NIV)

You yourselves have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the Lord your God who fought for you.

Joshua 23:4 (NIV)

Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

Joshua 23:5 (NIV)

The Lord your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.

Joshua 23:6 (NIV)

“Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.

Joshua 23:7 (NIV)

Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them.