Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time.

Now, divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.

When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, Caleb gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.

Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.

Anathoth, and Almon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

Helkath, and Rehob, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities;

from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,

Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities;

So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

The people responded, “Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can worship other gods!

The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will worship the Lord!”

The people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.”

“Remember what Moses the Lord’s servant commanded you. The Lord your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you.

For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan.

The men said to her, “If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the Lord hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”

and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here and walk behind it.

Joshua told the priests, “Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,