Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God!”

Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.

There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses.

Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them

“Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. No one dared threaten the Israelites.

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,

No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border.

But the Israelites did not conquer the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans.

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad by its clans.

The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns.

Moses assigned land to the half-tribe of Manasseh by its clans.

The Israelites followed the Lord’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land.

These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah’s tribal land near the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

(The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)

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

These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,