The men of Israel said to the Hivites, &#8220;Perhaps you live near us.<n id="1" /> So how can we make a treaty with you?&#8221;

So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities &#8211; Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

but all the leaders told the whole community, &#8220;We swore an oath to them in the name of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel. So now we can&#8217;t hurt<n id="2" /> them!

&#8220;Come to my aid<n id="1" /> so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.&#8221;

The <sc>Lordsc> routed<n id="1" /> them before Israel. Israel<n id="2" /> thoroughly defeated them<n id="3" /> at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass<n id="4" /> of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

There has not been a day like it before or since. The <sc>Lordsc> obeyed<n id="1" /> a man, for the <sc>Lordsc> fought for Israel!

Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.<n id="1" />

Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah.<n id="1" /> No one<n id="2" /> dared threaten the Israelites.<n id="3" />

All these kings gathered and joined forces<n id="1" /> at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.p>

But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds,<n id="1" /> except for Hazor;<n id="2" /> it was the only one Joshua burned.

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);<n id="1" /> they had to conquer all of them,<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant assigned their land<n id="1" /> to Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.p>

However, Moses<n id="1" /> did not assign land as an inheritance<n id="2" /> to the Levites; their inheritance<n id="3" /> is the sacrificial offerings<n id="4" /> made to the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, as he instructed<n id="5" /> them.p>

However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance<n id="1" /> to the Levites; their inheritance<n id="2" /> is the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, as he instructed<n id="3" /> them.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting.<n id="1" /> Though they had subdued the land,<n id="2" />

Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the <sc>Lordsc> and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When they finished dividing the land into its regions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun some land.<n id="1" />

&#8220;Have the Israelites select<n id="1" /> the cities of refuge<n id="2" /> that I told you about through Moses.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders

So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the <sc>Lordsc> had instructed.p>