The Inheritance West of the Jordan

1 These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which ^lEleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit. 2 Their inheritance was ^mby lot, just as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes. 3 ⁿFor Moses had given an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan, ^obut to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. 4 For ^pthe people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance. 5 The people of Israel did ^qas the Lord commanded Moses; they allotted the land.

Caleb’s Request and Inheritance

6 Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the ^rKenizzite said to him, “You know ^swhat the Lord said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me. 7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord ^tsent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. 8 But ^umy brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God. 9 And Moses swore on that day, saying, ^v‘Surely the land ^won which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’ 10 And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, ^xjust as he said, these ^yforty-five years since the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day ^yeighty-five years old. 11 ^zI am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and ^afor going and coming. 12 So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the ^bAnakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said.”

13 Then Joshua ^cblessed him, and he gave ^dHebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. 14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, ^ebecause he wholly followed the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 ^fNow the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba.¹ (Arba² was the greatest man among the Anakim.) ^gAnd the land had rest from war.

The Allotment for Judah

1 The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward ^hto the boundary of Edom, to ⁱthe wilderness of Zin at the farthest south. 2 And their south boundary ran from the end of the ^hSalt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. 3 It goes out southward of ^jthe ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, and goes up south of Kadesh-barnea, along by Hezron, up to Addar, turns about to Karka, 4 passes along to Azmon, goes out by ^kthe Brook of Egypt, and comes to its end at the sea. This shall be your south boundary. 5 And the east boundary is the ^hSalt Sea, to the mouth of the Jordan. And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. 6 And the boundary goes up to ^lBeth-hoglah and passes along north of ^mBeth-arabah. And the boundary goes up to ⁿthe stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 7 And the boundary goes up to Debir from ^othe Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite ^pthe ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of ^pEn-shemesh and ends at ^qEn-rogel. 8 Then the boundary goes up by ^rthe Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite (^sthat is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley ^tof Rephaim. 9 Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain ^uto the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah (^vthat is, Kiriath-jearim). 10 And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to ^wBeth-shemesh and passes along by ^xTimnah. 11 The boundary goes out ^yto the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron, then the boundary bends around to Shikkeron and passes along to Mount ^zBaalah and goes out to Jabneel. Then the boundary comes to an end at the sea. 12 And the west boundary was ^athe Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.

13 According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, ^bKiriath-arba, that is, ^bHebron (Arba was the father of Anak). 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, ^cSheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. 15 And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. ^dNow the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher. 16 And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.” 17 ^eAnd Othniel the son of Kenaz, ^fthe brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 18 When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she got off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” 19 She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans. 21 The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, ^gEder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, 24 ^hZiph, Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, Moladah, 27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet, 28 Hazar-shual, ⁱBeersheba, Biziothiah, 29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, 31 ^jZiklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.

33 And in the lowland, ^kEshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 35 ^lJarmuth, ^mAdullam, ⁿSocoh, ⁿAzekah, 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages.

37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel, 39 ^oLachish, Bozkath, ^pEglon, 40 Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and ^qMakkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.

42 ^rLibnah, Ether, Ashan, 43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 44 ^sKeilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.

45 ^tEkron, with its towns and its villages; 46 from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

47 ^tAshdod, its towns and its villages; ^tGaza, its towns and its villages; to ^uthe Brook of Egypt, and ^vthe Great Sea with its coastline.

48 And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, 49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (^wthat is, Debir), 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 51 ^xGoshen, Holon, and ^yGiloh: eleven cities with their villages.

52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan, 53 Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, 54 Humtah, ^zKiriath-arba (that is, ^zHebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

55 ^aMaon, ^aCarmel, ^bZiph, Juttah, 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 57 Kain, Gibeah, and ^cTimnah: ten cities with their villages.

58 Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, 59 Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages.

60 ^dKiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

61 In the wilderness, ^eBeth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and ^fEngedi: six cities with their villages.

63 But the ^gJebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ^hthe people of Judah could not drive out, ^hso the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

Of David.

Paul on Malta

1 After we were brought safely through, ^lwe then learned that ^mthe island was called Malta. 2 ⁿThe native people¹ showed us unusual ^okindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold. 3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand. 4 When ^pthe native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ^q“No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, ^rJustice² has not allowed him to live.” 5 He, however, ^sshook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune come to him, ^tthey changed their minds and ^usaid that he was a god.

7 Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days. 8 It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and ^vprayed, and ^wputting his hands on him, healed him. 9 And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured. 10 They also honored us greatly,³ and when we were about to sail, they put on board whatever we needed.

Paul Arrives at Rome

11 After three months we set sail in ^xa ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin gods⁴ as a figurehead. 12 Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days. 13 And from there we made a circuit and arrived at Rhegium. And after one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli. 14 There we found ^ybrothers⁵ and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome. 15 And ^ythe brothers there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. On seeing them, ^zPaul thanked God and took courage. 16 And when we came into Rome, ^aPaul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who guarded him.

Paul in Rome

17 After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, ^bthough I had done nothing against our people or ^cthe customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. 18 When they had examined me, they ^dwished to set me at liberty, ^ebecause there was no reason for the death penalty in my case. 19 But because the Jews objected, I was compelled ^fto appeal to Caesar—though I had no charge to bring against ^gmy nation. 20 For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is ^hbecause of ⁱthe hope of Israel that I am wearing ^jthis ^kchain.” 21 And they said to him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, and none of ^lthe brothers coming here has reported or spoken any evil about you. 22 But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this ^msect we know that everywhere ⁿit is spoken against.”

23 When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening ^ohe expounded to them, testifying to ^pthe kingdom of God and ^qtrying to convince them about Jesus ^rboth from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets. 24 And ^ssome were convinced by what he said, but others disbelieved. 25 And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: ^t“The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

28 Therefore let it be known to you that ^ythis ^zsalvation of God ^ahas been sent to the Gentiles; ^bthey will listen.”⁶

30 He lived there two whole years at his own expense,⁷ and ^cwelcomed all who came to him, 31 ^dproclaiming ^ethe kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ ^fwith all boldness and ^gwithout hindrance.