‘Tell the Israelite people to choose special cities as safe places. I told Moses that you should do this. Anyone can be safe in these cities if he has killed someone but he did not mean to kill. A person like that must run to one of these towns and he will be safe from […]
When all the tribes had received their part of the land, the Israelites gave to Joshua, son of Nun, some land for himself. This is what the Lord had told them to do. Joshua asked to have Timnah Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. So they gave it to him. He built up the […]
There at Shiloh, Joshua used lots to see how the Lord wanted to divide the land. He told each of the seven Israelite tribes which part of the land they would receive.Joshua 18:10 約書亞就在示羅 ，耶和華面前，為他們拈鬮。 約書亞在那裏，按着以色列人的支派，將地分給他們。 約書亞記 18:10
You may take the whole of the hill country as your land. You can cut down the trees of the forests and live there. It is true that the Canaanites are strong fighters and they have iron chariots . But you will be strong enough to chase them out.’Joshua 17:18 山地也要歸你，雖是樹林，你也可以砍伐；靠近之地必歸你。 迦南 人雖有鐵車，雖是強盛，你也能把他們趕出去。」約書亞記 17:18
But the tribe of Ephraim did not chase out the Canaanite people who lived in Gezer. Canaanite people still live there with the people of Ephraim, but they have to work as their slaves.Joshua 16:10 他們沒有趕出住基色的迦南人； 迦南人卻住在以法蓮人中間，成為做苦工的僕人，直到今日。約書亞記 16:10
She said, ‘Please be kind to me. You have given me land in the south of Canaan where it is dry country. Please will you give me some springs of water, too?’ So Caleb gave her the higher and lower springs of water.Joshua 15:19 她說：「求你賜福給我，你既將我安置在南地，求你也給我水泉。」她父親就把上泉下泉賜給她。約書亞記 15:19
So Moses made a promise to me on that day. He said, “The land that your feet have walked on will always belong to you and to your children. That is because you have trusted the Lord your God.”Joshua 14:9 當日摩西起誓說：『你腳所踏之地定要歸你和你的子孫永遠為業，因為你專心跟從耶和華－我的上帝。』約書亞記 14:9
Moses had given no land to the tribe of Levi. This was because God had made the Levites a promise. He had made a rule that they would receive their food from the sacrifices and offerings that the other tribes gave to the Lord God of Israel. The Levites received that, instead of land for […]
Joshua and the Israelites killed these kings who ruled on the west side of the Jordan river. Joshua gave these kings’ land to the Israelite tribes , for them to live in. He gave a different piece of land to each tribe. Their land went from Baal Gad in the Lebanon valley to Halak mountain, […]
Joshua won all these battles in one long fight. He won against all these kings and their lands. He won because the Lord , the God of Israel, was fighting on Israel’s behalf.Joshua 10:42 約書亞 一時殺敗了這些王，並奪了他們的地，因為耶和華－以色列的上帝為以色列爭戰。約書亞記 10:42
