the land that the Lord subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle.”

The king of Arad, the Canaanite king who lived in the south of the land of Canaan, heard about the approach of the Israelites.

“But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

I also said to you at that time, “I am no longer able to sustain you by myself.

So I instructed you at that time regarding everything you should do.

You have been taught that the Lord alone is God – there is no other besides him.

Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon – that is, Hermon –

The Lord was also angry enough at Aaron to kill him, but at that time I prayed for him too.

but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you.

At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages.

They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the Lord alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.

So on that day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites,

(Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)

Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window. (Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)

She said, “I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.

All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the Lord. They must go into the Lord’s treasury.”

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.

Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior – a total of nine cities and their towns.

Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah – a total of two cities and their towns.