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Now Jericho was strongly fortified because of the Israelites—no one leaving or entering.

But the city and everything in it are set apart to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone with her in the house will live, because she hid the men we sent.

However, Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father's household, and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy on Jericho, and she lives in Israel to this day.

This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from you what is set apart.

The one who is caught with the things set apart must be burned, along with everything he has, because he has violated the Lord 's covenant and committed an outrage in Israel."

They replied to him, "Your servants have come from a far away land because of the reputation of the Lord your God. For we have heard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,

But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them by the Lord , the God of Israel. Then the whole community grumbled against the leaders.

This is how we will treat them: we will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them."

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.

So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed because Gibeon was a large city like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors.

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

There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man, because the Lord fought for Israel.

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

At that time Joshua turned back, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, because Hazor had formerly been the leader of all these kingdoms.

because Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes beyond the Jordan. But he gave no inheritance among them to the Levites.

On that day Moses promised me: ‘The land where you have set foot will be an inheritance for you and your descendants forever, because you have remained loyal to the Lord my God.'

Now give me this hill country the Lord promised me on that day, because you heard then that the Anakim are there, as well as large fortified cities. Perhaps the Lord will be with me and I will drive them out as the Lord promised."

Therefore, Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he remained loyal to the Lord , the God of Israel.

because Manasseh's daughters received an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of Manasseh's sons.

The descendants of Manasseh could not possess these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.