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Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .xiii. Chapter. ¶ Iosua is commaunded to deuyde the lande to the chyldren of Israel.

A   Iosua was olde, and strycken in yeares, and the Lorde sayde vnto hym: thou art olde and stryck&ebar; in yeres, and there remayneth yet excedynge moche l&abar;de to be possessed: This is the lande that yet remayneth: all þe; regy&obar;s of the Philistines: ∧ all Gesuri: from Nilus which is on þe; outwarde parte of Egipt, vnto þe; borders of Aeckron northward, which lande is counted vnto Cananye, euen fyue Lordshippes of the Philistines, the Asathites, Asdodith, Ascalonites, Gethites, Akaronites, ∧ the Euites. And from the south, all the lande of the Cananites, and þe; caue, that is besyde the Sidonians, euen vnto Aphek, and to the border of the Amorites. And the land of the Giblites, and all Libanon toward þe; sonne risynge, from þe; playne of Gad vnder mount Hermon, vntyl a m&abar; come to Hemath: all the enhabitoures of þe; hyll country, B   fr&obar; Libanon vnto the whotte waters, and all the Sidonians, wyll I cast out from before the childr&ebar; of Israel: onely se that thou in any wyse deuyde it by lotte vnto the Israelites, to enheret, as I haue c&obar;maunded the. Now therfore deuide thys land to enheret, vnto the nyne trybes ∧ the halfe trybe of Manasses. For with þe; other halfe the Rubenites &abar;d the Gaddites haue receaued theyr enheritaunce, note whych Moses gaue them beyonde Iordan eastwarde: euen as Moses the serua&ubar;t of the Lord gaue them: from Aroer that lyeth on þe; brym of the ryuer Arnon, &abar;d from the citie þt; is in the myddes of the ryuer. And all the playn of Medeba vnto Dibon, ∧ all the cyties of Seh&obar; kynge of the Amorites, which raygned in Hesbon, euen vnto the border of the chyldren of Ammon: and Gilead, ∧ the border of Gesuri and Machati, and all mount Herm&obar;, with all Basan vnto Salecah: eu&ebar; all the kyngdom of Og in Basan, whyche raygned in Astharoth &abar;d Edrai, which same remayned yett of the rest of the Giauntes. These dyd Moses smyte, ∧ cast th&ebar; out

Neuerthelesse the chyldren of Israel expelled not the Gesurites ∧ the Machathites: But the Gesurites and the Machathites dwell amonge the Israelites eu&ebar; vnto this daye, Only vnto the trybe of Leui, he gaue none enheritaunce: note But þe; offrynge of the Lorde God of Israel is theyr enheritaunce, as he sayde vnto them.

C   Moses gaue vnto the trybe of the chyldren of Ruben enheritaunce accordyng to theyr kynredes. And theyr coast was from Aroer that lyeth on þe; bancke of the ryuer Arnon, ∧ from the citie that is in þe; myddes of the ryuer, and all the playne which is by Medeba, Hesbon, wyth all their townes þt; that lye in the playne: Dibon and the hyll places of Baal, and the house Baalmeon: and Iahazah, and kedemoth &abar;d Mephaah Kiriathaim, Sabamah and Zarath Zahar in the mounte of the valley, the house of Peor, and the sprynges of the hylles: and Bethiesimoth: and all the cyties of the playne. And all the kyngdome of Sehon kynge of the Amorites, whych raygned in Hesbon, which Moses smote note with þe; lordes of Madian, Eui, Rekem, Zur, and Hur and Reba, the which were dukes of Sehon dwellyng in the c&obar;trey. And Balaam also the s&obar;ne of Beor the sothesayer, dyd þe; childr&ebar; of Israel slaye with the swerde, among other of th&ebar; that were slayne. And the border of the chyldren of Ruben was Iordan with the contrey þt; lyeth theron. This was the enheritaunce of the chyldren of Ruben

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The deuysion Of the land. after their kynredes, cyties ∧ villages pertaynynge therto.

D   And Moses gaue enherita&ubar;ce vnto the trybe of Gad, euen vnto þe; chyldren of Gad he gaue by theyr kynredes. And theyr costes were Iazer, ∧ all the cyties of Gilead, and halfe the l&abar;de of þe; chyldr&ebar; of Ammon, vnto Aroer þt; lyeth before Rabba. And fr&obar; Hesbon vnto Ramoth, Mazphah, ∧ Betonim: and fr&obar; Mahanaim vnto þe; borders of Lidbir. And in þe; valeye they had Bethar&abar; Bethnimra, Socoth, and Zaphon, þe; rest of the kyngdome of Sehon kyng of Hesbon, vnto Iordan and the costes that lye ther&obar;, euen vnto the edge of the see of Ceneroth, on the other syde Iord&abar; eastward. This is the enheritaunce of the childr&ebar; of Gad after their kynredes, their cyties and villages.

And Moses gaue enherita&ubar;ce vnto the halfe trybe of Manasses. And this was þe; possession of þe; halfe trybe of Manasses by theyr kynredes. Theyr coste was fr&obar; Mahanaim, eu&ebar; all Basan, ∧ all þe; kyngdom of Og kynge of Basan, and all þe; townes of Iair which lye in Basan, eu&ebar; thre skore cyties, ∧ halfe Gilead, Astaroth, ∧ Edrai, cyties of þe; kyngdome of Og in Basan note whiche pertayne vnto the chyldr&ebar; of Machir þe; sonne of Manasses, eu&ebar; þe; halfe porcion of the chyldren of Machir by theyr kynredes.

These are the thinges which Moses did distribute in the feldes of Moab, on þe; other syde Iord&abar; ouer against Iericho eastward.

noteBut vnto the trybe of Leui, Moses gaue none enherita&ubar;ce, for the Lorde God of Israell is their enheritaunce, note as he sayd vnto them.
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Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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