LXX Concordance for τοὺς

God made the two great lights ​— ​the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night ​— ​as well as the stars.

Lamech said to his wives:

Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;

wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words.

For I killed a man for wounding me,

a young man for striking me.

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Mizraim[fn] fathered the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,

I will bless those who bless you,

I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt,

and all the peoples on earth

will be blessed[fn] through you.[fn]

Lot looked out and saw that the entire plain[fn] of the Jordan as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the LORD's garden and the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

against King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar ​— ​four kings against five.

When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled[fn] his 318 trained men, born in his household, and they went in pursuit as far as Dan.

and blessed be God Most High

who has handed over your enemies to you.

And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”

“But you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

“the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased ​— ​every male among the members of Abraham's household ​— ​and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.

“Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.

and said, “My lords, turn aside to your servant's house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and go on your way.”

“No,” they said. “We would rather spend the night in the square.”

“Look, I've got two daughters who haven't been intimate with a man. I'll bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want[fn] to them. However, don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the protection of my roof.”

They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with blindness[fn] so that they were unable to find the entrance.

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city! ” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

He demolished these cities, the entire plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.

Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally[fn] told them all these things, and the men were terrified.

Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well. So she went and filled the waterskin and gave the boy a drink.

“I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their[fn] enemies.

Abraham went back to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham settled in Beer-sheba.

So they sent away their sister Rebekah with the one who had nursed and raised her,[fn] and Abraham's servant and his men.

“I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed[fn] by your offspring,

She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.

But Isaac answered Esau, “Look, I have made him a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son? ”

Jacob resumed his journey[fn] and went to the eastern country.[fn]

But they replied, “We can't until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled from the well's opening. Then we will water the sheep.”

When Laban heard the news about his sister's son Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him, and kissed him. Then he took him to his house, and Jacob told him all that had happened.

So Laban invited all the men of the place and sponsored a feast.

But Leah replied to her, “Isn't it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son's mandrakes? ”

“Well then,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes.”

That day Laban removed the streaked and spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats ​— ​every one that had any white on it ​— ​and every dark-colored one among the lambs, and he placed his sons in charge of them.

Jacob separated the lambs and made the flocks face the streaked sheep and the completely dark sheep in Laban's flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and didn't put them with Laban's sheep.

“And he said, ‘Look up and see: all the males that are mating with the flocks are streaked, spotted, and speckled, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his relatives also pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead.

“Now you have gone off because you long for your father's family ​— ​but why have you stolen my gods? ”

“If you find your gods with anyone here, he will not live! Before our relatives, point out anything that is yours and take it.” Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. So they ate a meal and spent the night on the mountain.

Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, herds, and camels.

He put the slaves and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, “Grant me this favor,[fn] and I'll give you whatever you say.

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city.

Jacob's sons came to the slaughter and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.

So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Then they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and their earrings, and Jacob hid them under the oak near Shechem.

Esau took his wives, sons, daughters, and all the people of his household, as well as his herds, all his livestock, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan; he went to a land away from his brother Jacob.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age, and he made a long-sleeved robe[fn] for him.

“I'm looking for my brothers,” Joseph said. “Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks? ”

When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped off Joseph's robe, the long-sleeved robe that he had on.

Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do? ”[fn]

After a long time[fn] Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers.

He asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim? ”

“There has been no cult prostitute here,” they answered.

After some time his master's wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could.

The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph's authority,[fn] and he was responsible for everything that was done there.

So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were in custody with him in his master's house, “Why do you look so sad today? ”

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, full ones. Then Pharaoh woke up, and it was only a dream.

“The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.”

Now the famine had spread across the whole region, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them.

“Where do you come from? ” he asked.

“From the land of Canaan to buy food,” they replied.

They loaded the grain on their donkeys and left there.

As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bag of silver! When they and their father saw their bags of silver, they were afraid.

Then Reuben said to his father, “You can kill my two sons if I don't bring him back to you. Put him in my care,[fn] and I will return him to you.”

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his steward, “Take the men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they will eat with me at noon.”

“When we came to the place where we lodged for the night and opened our bags of grain, each one's silver was at the top of his bag! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.

The steward brought the men into Joseph's house, gave them water to wash their feet, and got feed for their donkeys.

Joseph commanded his steward, “Fill the men's bags with as much food as they can carry, and put each one's silver at the top of his bag.

“My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother? '

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living? ” But they could not answer him because they were terrified in his presence.

Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept,[fn] and afterward his brothers talked with him.

So Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Don't argue[fn] on the way.”

“I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back. Joseph will close your eyes when you die.”[fn]

Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's family, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh, telling him, ‘My brothers and my father's family, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

“the land of Egypt is open before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They can live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

Then Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Some time after this, Joseph was told, “Your father is weaker.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, “Who are these? ”

Then Joseph took them both ​— ​with his right hand Ephraim toward Israel's left, and with his left hand Manasseh toward Israel's right ​— ​and brought them to Israel.

“Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope[fn] that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.[fn]

When Jacob had finished giving charges to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, took his last breath, and was gathered to his people.

When the days of mourning were over, Joseph said to Pharaoh's household, “If I have found favor with you, please tell Pharaoh that

along with all Joseph's family, his brothers, and his father's family. Only their dependents, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.

So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: “When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.”

“Come, let's deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and when war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Years later,[fn] after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people[fn] and observed their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.

God saw the Israelites, and God knew.

“therefore, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you may lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

Then Moses asked God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' and they ask me, ‘What is his name? ' what should I tell them? ”

“But when I stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my miracles that I will perform in it, after that, he will let you go.

“Each woman will ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry, and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

Then Moses went back to his father-in-law, Jethro, and said to him, “Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still living.”

Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

So Zipporah took a flint, cut off her son's foreskin, threw it at Moses's feet, and said, “You are a bridegroom of blood to me! ”

Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and about all the signs he had commanded him to do.

The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had paid attention to them and that he had seen their misery, they knelt low and worshiped.

But Pharaoh responded, “Who is the LORD that I should obey him by letting Israel go? I don't know[fn] the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”

“Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go from his land.”

Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them commands concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

It was this Aaron and Moses whom the LORD told, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their military divisions.”

“You must say whatever I command you; then Aaron your brother must declare it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites go from his land.

“Pharaoh will not listen to you, but I will put my hand into Egypt and bring the military divisions of my people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.

But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers ​— ​the magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices.

So the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron: Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt ​— ​over their rivers, canals, ponds, and all their water reservoirs ​— ​and they will become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.”

“The Nile will swarm with frogs; they will come up and go into your palace, into your bedroom and on your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

“But if you will not let my people go, then I will send swarms of flies[fn] against you, your officials, your people, and your houses. The Egyptians' houses will swarm with flies, and so will the land where they live.[fn]

And the LORD did this. Thick swarms of flies went into Pharaoh's palace and his officials' houses. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.

“It will become fine dust over the entire land of Egypt. It will become festering boils on people and animals throughout the land of Egypt.”

Those among Pharaoh's officials who feared the word of the LORD made their servants and livestock flee to shelters,

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven and let there be hail throughout the land of Egypt ​— ​on people and animals and every plant of the field in the land of Egypt.”

So Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not let the Israelites go, as the LORD had said through Moses.

Pharaoh's officials asked him, “How long must this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Don't you realize yet that Egypt is devastated? ”

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the Israelites go.

Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.

“When the LORD passes through to strike Egypt and sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, he will pass over the door and not let the destroyer enter your houses to strike you.

“you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he struck the Egyptians, and he spared our homes.' ” So the people knelt low and worshiped.

“Take even your flocks and your herds as you asked and leave, and also bless me.”

And the LORD gave the people such favor with the Egyptians that they gave them what they requested. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.

On that same day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their military divisions.

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, because Joseph had made the Israelites swear a solemn oath, saying, “God will certainly come to your aid; then you must take my bones with you from this place.”

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the people and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

But Moses said to the people, “Don't be afraid. Stand firm and see the LORD's salvation that he will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

He caused their chariot wheels to swerve[fn][fn] and made them drive[fn] with difficulty. “Let's get away from Israel,” the Egyptians said, “because the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt! ”

That day the LORD saved Israel from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

You overthrew your adversaries

by your great majesty.

You unleashed your burning wrath;

it consumed them like stubble.

Then Moses led Israel on from the Red Sea, and they went out to the Wilderness of Shur. They journeyed for three days in the wilderness without finding water.

“This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each person needs to eat. You may take two quarts[fn] per individual, according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.' ”

When they measured it by quarts,[fn] the person who gathered a lot had no surplus, and the person who gathered a little had no shortage. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat.

“Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he will give you two days' worth of bread. Each of you stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day.”

along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom[fn] (because Moses had said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land”)

“Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, because he did wonders when the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.”[fn]

“Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and God be with you. You be the one to represent the people before God and bring their cases to him.

After Moses came back, he summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.

Then God spoke all these words:

“Make an earthen altar for me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your flocks and herds. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause my name to be remembered.

“I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror[fn] and will throw into confusion all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat.[fn]

“I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,[fn] and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River.[fn] For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.

Moses came and told the people all the commands of the LORD and all the ordinances. Then all the people responded with a single voice, “We will do everything that the LORD has commanded.”

Then he sent out young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD.

and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.

“Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.

“Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At its two ends, make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat.

“I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

“Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

“Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table can be carried by them.

“For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches from it, a bud under the second pair of branches from it, and a bud under the third pair of branches from it.

“Make its seven lamps, and set them up so that they illuminate the area in front of it.

“Make fifty bronze clasps; put the clasps through the loops and join the tent together so that it is a single unit.

“Then overlay the supports with gold, and make their rings of gold as the holders for the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.

“Hang the curtain under the clasps[fn] and bring the ark of the testimony there behind the curtain, so the curtain will make a separation for you between the holy place and the most holy place.

“The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

“Have your brother Aaron, with his sons, come to you from the Israelites to serve me as priest ​— ​Aaron, his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

“Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of Israel's sons:

“Engrave the two stones with the names of Israel's sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal. Mount them, surrounded with gold filigree settings.

“Fashion two gold rings for the breastpiece and attach them to its two corners.

“Put these on your brother Aaron and his sons; then anoint, ordain,[fn] and consecrate them, so that they may serve me as priests.

“put them in a basket, and bring them in the basket, along with the bull and two rams.

“You must also bring his sons and clothe them with tunics.

“Take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.

“Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its entrails and legs, and place them with its head and its pieces on the altar.

“Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on Aaron's right earlobe, on his sons' right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.

“Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

“I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.

“Overlay its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold; make a gold molding all around it.

“Aaron must burn fragrant incense on it; he must burn it every morning when he tends the lamps.

“Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet from the basin.

“They must wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this is to be a permanent statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.”

“Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve me as priests.

As he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became enraged and threw the tablets out of his hands, smashing them at the base of the mountain.

“Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.

“Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.

Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat food or drink water. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.

“the tabernacle ​— ​its tent and covering, its clasps and supports, its crossbars, its pillars and bases;

“the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and bases, and the screen for the gate of the courtyard;

“and the specially woven[fn] garments for ministering in the sanctuary ​— ​the holy garments for the priest Aaron and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”

The leaders brought onyx and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,

So Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whose heart the LORD had placed wisdom, all whose hearts moved them, to come to the work and do it.

He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

together with its five pillars and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the pillars and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,

He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.

All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

With the remaining 44 pounds[fn] he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

the bases for the surrounding courtyard, the bases for the gate of the courtyard, all the tent pegs for the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the surrounding courtyard.

Then they mounted the onyx stones surrounded with gold filigree settings, engraved with the names of Israel's sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal.

They also fashioned two gold filigree settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to its two corners.

They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the ephod's two shoulder pieces on its front, close to its seam,[fn] above the ephod's woven waistband.

They made bells of pure gold and attached the bells between the pomegranates, all around the hem of the robe between the pomegranates,

They brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its supports, its crossbars, and its pillars and bases;

the table, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;

the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and bases, the screen for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the furnishings for the service of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting;

“Then bring in the table and lay out its arrangement; also bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

“Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

“Have his sons come forward and clothe them in tunics.

Moses set up the tabernacle: He laid its bases, positioned its supports, inserted its crossbars, and set up its pillars.

Moses took the testimony and placed it in the ark, and attached the poles to the ark. He set the mercy seat on top of the ark.

and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

“The offerer is to wash its entrails and legs with water. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

“But he is to wash the entrails and legs with water. The priest will then present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

“and bring it to Aaron's sons the priests. The priest will take a handful of fine flour and oil from it, along with all its frankincense, and will burn this memorial portion of it on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

“the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins, and the fatty lobe of the liver above the kidneys.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

“Tell the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally against any of the LORD's commands and does anything prohibited by them —

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins. He will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys,

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

“Take Aaron, his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin[fn] offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,

Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.

Then Moses presented Aaron's sons, clothed them with tunics, wrapped sashes around them, and fastened headbands on them, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Moses took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and he burned them on the altar.

but he washed the entrails and legs with water. He then burned the entire ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD as he had commanded Moses.

Moses also presented Aaron's sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then Moses splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.

Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. In this way he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as his sons and their garments.

So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.

On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel.

He burned the fat, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe of the liver from the sin offering on the altar, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram ​— ​the fat tail, the fat surrounding the entrails, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe of the liver ​— ​

Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here and carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair hang loose and do not tear your clothes, or else you will die, and the LORD will become angry with the whole community. However, your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may weep over the fire that the LORD caused.

“and teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given to them through Moses.”

Then Moses inquired carefully about the male goat of the sin offering, but it had already been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's surviving sons, and asked,

“the priest must order that the stones with the contamination be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.

“If the contamination reappears in the house after the stones have been pulled out, and after the house has been scraped and replastered,

“It must be torn down with its stones, its beams, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.

“You must keep the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling my tabernacle that is among them.

The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron's sons when they approached the presence of[fn] the LORD and died.

“Next he will take the two goats and place them before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: This is what the LORD has commanded:

“Do not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien; I am the LORD your God.

“then I will turn against that man and his family, and cut off from their people both him and all who follow[fn] him in prostituting themselves with Molech.

“or who is a hunchback or a dwarf,[fn] or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

Moses said this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

“so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.”

“He must continually tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand in the LORD's presence.

“You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword.

“then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you ​— ​wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

“When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

These are the commands the LORD gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

“Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it.

“Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him[fn] from the Israelites.

“See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to me,

“Register the Levites by their ancestral families[fn] and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.”

The assigned duties of Merari's descendants involved the tabernacle's supports, crossbars, pillars, bases, all its equipment, and all the work related to these,

“You are to take the Levites for me ​— ​I am the LORD ​— ​in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites' cattle in place of every firstborn among the Israelites' cattle.”

“Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites' cattle in place of their cattle. The Levites belong to me; I am the LORD.

“They are to place over this a covering made of fine leather,[fn] spread a solid blue cloth on top, and insert its poles.

“They are to spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, cover it with a covering made of fine leather, and insert its poles.

“and place all the equipment on it that they use in serving: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and basins ​— ​all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread a covering made of fine leather over it and insert its poles.[fn]

“This is what they are responsible to carry as the whole of their service at the tent of meeting: the supports of the tabernacle, with its crossbars, pillars, and bases,

So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the community registered the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral families,

Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel registered all the Levites by their clans and their ancestral families,

“Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. You should say to them,

So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.

“Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.”

“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and ceremonially cleanse them.

“Bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community.

“You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the LORD as a presentation offering.

“But I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites.

“When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who is attacking you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and be saved from your enemies.

“We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

Then the LORD descended in the cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the Spirit who was on Moses and placed the Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they never did it again.

Moses was a very humble man, more so than anyone on the face of the earth.

So they gave a negative report to the Israelites about the land they had scouted: “The land we passed through to explore is one that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great size.

Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to him, who is set apart, and the one he will let come near him. He will let the one he chooses come near him.

“He has brought you near, and all your fellow Levites who are with you, but you are pursuing the priesthood as well.

“Furthermore, you didn't bring us to a land flowing with milk and honey or give us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not come! ”

“But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.”

Fire also came out from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.

“But also bring your relatives with you from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, so they may join you and assist you and your sons in front of the tent of the testimony.

“Look, I have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift for you, assigned by the LORD to work at the tent of meeting.

“Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many years, but the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.

Then the LORD sent poisonous[fn] snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.

Therefore it is stated in the Book of the LORD's Wars:

Waheb in Suphah

and the ravines of the Arnon,

So they struck him, his sons, and his whole army until no one was left,[fn] and they took possession of his land.

So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us like an ox eats up the green plants in the field.”

Since Balak son of Zippor was Moab's king at that time,

Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the path with a drawn sword in his hand. Balaam knelt low and bowed in worship on his face.

God met with him and Balaam said to him, “I have arranged seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”

When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him,

I see him, but not now;

I perceive him, but not near.

A star will come from Jacob,

and a scepter will arise from Israel.

He will smash the forehead[fn] of Moab

and strike down[fn] all the Shethites.[fn]

The LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute[fn] them in broad daylight before the LORD so that his burning anger may turn away from Israel.”

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites because he was zealous among them with my zeal,[fn] so that I did not destroy the Israelites in my zeal.

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

These were the ones registered by Moses and the priest Eleazar when they registered the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

“Their drink offerings are to be two quarts[fn] of wine with each bull, one and a third quarts[fn] with the ram, and one quart[fn] with each male lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering for all the months of the year.

“and two quarts with each of the seven lambs.

“Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with each of the thirteen bulls, four quarts with each of the two rams,

Moses told the leaders of the Israelite tribes, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

“and her father hears about her vow or the obligation she put herself under, and he says nothing to her, all her vows and every obligation she put herself under are binding.

“But if her husband cancels them on the day he hears about it, nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or her obligation, is binding. Her husband has canceled them, and the LORD will release her.

“If her husband says nothing at all to her from day to day, he confirms all her vows and obligations, which are binding. He has confirmed them because he said nothing to her when he heard about them.

Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings ​— ​Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

Then the priest Eleazar said to the soldiers who had gone to battle, “This is the legal statute the LORD commanded Moses:

So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the leaders of the community and said,

“But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our dependents will remain in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

“Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance will be across the Jordan to the east.”

So Moses gave orders about them to the priest Eleazar, Joshua son of Nun, and the family heads of the Israelite tribes.

At the LORD's command, Moses wrote down the starting points for the stages of their journey; these are the stages listed by their starting points:

Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the LORD had struck down among them, for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.

“you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast images, and demolish all their high places.

“But if you don't drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs for your eyes and thorns for your sides; they will harass you in the land where you will live.

“For the tribe of Reuben's descendants and the tribe of Gad's descendants have received their inheritance according to their ancestral families,[fn] and half the tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance.

“Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites and their neighbors in the Arabah, the hill country, the Judean foothills,[fn] the Negev and the sea coast ​— ​to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon as far as the great river, the Euphrates River.

“At that time I commanded you about all the things you were to do.

“So we bypassed our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road and from Elath and Ezion-geber. We traveled along the road to the Wilderness of Moab.

“The LORD our God handed him over to us, and we defeated him, his sons, and his whole army.

“until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as he has to you, and they also take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession that I have given you.

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don't forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don't slip from your mind[fn] as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

“When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars ​— ​all the stars in the sky ​— ​do not be led astray to bow in worship to them and serve them. The LORD your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven.

“Because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by his presence and great power,

“Go and tell them: Return to your tents.

“Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

“by driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.

“Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images.

“The LORD will remove all sickness from you; he will not put on you all the terrible diseases of Egypt that you know about, but he will inflict them on all who hate you.

“the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, the strong hand and outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you fear.

“He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.

“Then on the day of the assembly, the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that he had spoken to you on the mountain from the fire. The LORD gave them to me,

“Yet the LORD had his heart set on your ancestors and loved them. He chose their descendants after them ​— ​he chose you out of all the peoples, as it is today.

“and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when in the middle of the whole Israelite camp the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing with them.

“Destroy completely all the places where the nations that you are driving out worship their gods ​— ​on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

“Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that you and your children after you may prosper forever, because you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

“be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, ‘How did these nations worship their gods? I'll also do the same.'

“that wicked men have sprung up among you, led the inhabitants of their city astray, and said, ‘Let's go and worship other gods,' which you have not known,

“you must strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword. Completely destroy everyone in it as well as its livestock with the sword.

“You are to cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses, and you are to return to your tents in the morning.

“You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Ask, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

“cast spells, consult a medium or a spiritist, or inquire of the dead.

“When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

“He is to say to them, ‘Listen, Israel: Today you are about to engage in battle with your enemies. Do not be cowardly. Do not be afraid, alarmed, or terrified because of them.

“When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God hands them over to you and you take some of them prisoner, and

“When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive.

“They met you along the way and attacked all your stragglers from behind when you were tired and weary. They did not fear God.

“Write all the words of this law on the stones after you cross to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.

“The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you from one direction but flee from you in seven directions.

“A people you don't know will eat your land's produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.

“The LORD will bring you and your king that you have appointed to a nation neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone.

Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to his entire land.

“Therefore, observe the words of this covenant and follow them, so that you will succeed in everything you do.

“The LORD your God will bring you into the land your ancestors possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.

“The LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you.

Then Moses continued to speak these[fn] words to all Israel,

“Gather the people ​— ​men, women, dependents, and the resident aliens within your city gates ​— ​so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and be careful to follow all the words of this law.

“Therefore write down this song for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites; have them sing it,[fn] so that this song may be a witness for me against the Israelites.

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

“Assemble all your tribal elders and officers before me so that I may speak these words directly to them and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.

Remember the days of old;

consider the years of past generations.

Ask your father, and he will tell you,

your elders, and they will teach you.

Moses came with Joshua[fn] son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the presence of the people.

he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may command your children to follow all the words of this law carefully.

This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the Israelites before his death.

He said about his father and mother,

“I do not regard them.”

He disregarded his brothers

and didn't acknowledge his sons,

for they kept your word

and maintained your covenant.

“until the LORD gives your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they too possess the land the LORD your God is giving them. You may then return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of what Moses the LORD's servant gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”

Then the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they came to investigate the entire land.”

“that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and save us from death.”

“unless, when we enter the land, you tie this scarlet cord to the window through which you let us down. Bring your father, mother, brothers, and all your father's family into your house.

“And if you report our mission, we are free from the oath you made us swear.”

and commanded the people, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God carried by the Levitical priests, you are to break camp and follow it.

Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle[fn] of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are still there today.

When the priests carrying the ark of the LORD's covenant came up from the middle of the Jordan, and their feet[fn] stepped out on solid ground, the water of the Jordan resumed its course, flowing over all the banks as before.

Then Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan,

At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelite men again.”

He raised up their sons in their place; it was these Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.

“March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams' horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”

So the young men who had scouted went in and brought out Rahab and her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

However, Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father's family, and all who belonged to her, because she hid the messengers Joshua had sent to spy on Jericho, and she still lives in Israel today.

They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out in the LORD's presence.

The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take all the troops with you and go attack Ai. Look, I have handed over to you the king of Ai, his people, city, and land.

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.

When Israel had finished killing everyone living in Ai who had pursued them into the open country, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.

The Gibeonites answered him, “It was clearly communicated to your servants that the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. We greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

As they fled before Israel, the LORD threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.

And the sun stood still

and the moon stopped

until the nation took vengeance on its enemies.

Isn't this written in the Book of Jashar?[fn]

So the sun stopped

in the middle of the sky

and delayed its setting

almost a full day.

Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings to me out of there.”

So Joshua conquered the whole region ​— ​the hill country, the Negev, the Judean foothills,[fn] and the slopes ​— ​with all their kings, leaving no survivors. He completely destroyed every living being, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign, because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

and the kings of the north in the hill country, the Arabah south of Chinnereth, the Judean foothills,[fn] and the Slopes of Dor[fn] to the west,

The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for at this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to be killed before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and struck them down with the sword. He completely destroyed them, as Moses the LORD's servant had commanded.

from Mount Halak, which ascends to Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.

At that time Joshua proceeded to exterminate the Anakim from the hill country ​— ​Hebron, Debir, Anab ​— ​all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them with their cities.

“all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians.

I will drive them out before the Israelites, only distribute the land as an inheritance for Israel, as I have commanded you.

all the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. Moses had killed him and the chiefs of Midian ​— ​Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba ​— ​the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today, but they are forced laborers.

Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean, Ibleam, and the inhabitants of Dor with their surrounding villages; the inhabitants of En-dor, Taanach, and Megiddo ​— ​the three cities of[fn] Naphath ​— ​with their surrounding villages.

However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they imposed forced labor on the Canaanites but did not drive them out completely.

The Levite family heads approached the priest Eleazar, Joshua son of Nun, and the family heads of the Israelite tribes.

But they gave the fields and settlements of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.

The LORD gave them rest on every side according to all he had sworn to their ancestors. None of their enemies were able to stand against them, for the LORD handed over all their enemies to them.

Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh

“You have not deserted your brothers even once this whole time but have carried out the requirement of the command of the LORD your God.

Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.

The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead.

They went to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and told them,

“For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you descendants of Reuben and Gad. You have no share in the LORD! ' So your descendants may cause our descendants to stop fearing the LORD.

When the priest Phinehas and the community leaders, the heads of Israel's clans who were with him, heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.

So Joshua summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in age,

“The LORD your God will force them back on your account and drive them out before you so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.

Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem and summoned Israel's elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God.

“Therefore, fear the LORD and worship him in sincerity and truth. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and worship the LORD.

“For the LORD our God brought us and our ancestors out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us all along the way we went and among all the peoples whose lands we traveled through.

“Then get rid of the foreign gods that are among you and turn your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”

They buried him in his allotted territory at Timnath-serah, in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.

And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah,[fn] which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

From there they marched against the residents of Debir (Debir was formerly named Kiriath-sepher).

The descendants of the Kenite, Moses's father-in-law, had gone up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms[fn] to the Wilderness of Judah, which was in the Negev of Arad. They went to live among the people.

The LORD was with Judah and enabled them to take possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out the people who were living in the plain because those people had iron chariots.