Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

When Joshua was very old, the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

The other half of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan, just as Moses, the Lord’s servant, had assigned them.

However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the sacrificial offerings made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed them.

However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed them.

My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the Lord my God.

But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.

in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.

So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the Lord had instructed Moses.

So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it.

Not one of the Lord’s faithful promises to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; every one was realized.

and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.

You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites this entire time, right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God.

The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the Lord.

We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel?

The Reubenites and Gadites named the altar, “Surely it is a Reminder to us that the Lord is God.”

A long time passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old.

“The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.