Territory of Judah

15 Now ^(A)the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families ^[a]reached the ^(B)border of Edom, southward to the ^(C)wilderness of Zin at the extreme south. ² Their south border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south. ³ Then it proceeded southward to the ascent of Akrabbim and continued to Zin, then went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea and continued to Hezron, and went up to Addar and turned about to Karka. ⁴ It ^(D)continued to Azmon and proceeded to the ^[b](E)brook of Egypt, and the ^[c]border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border. ⁵ The ^(F)east border was the Salt Sea, as far as the ^[d]mouth of the Jordan. And the ^(G)border of the north side was from the bay of the sea at the ^[e]mouth of the Jordan. ⁶ Then the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and continued on the north of Beth-arabah, and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. ⁷ The border went up to Debir from ^(H)the valley of Achor, and turned northward toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south of the valley; and the border continued to the waters of En-shemesh and ^[f]it ended at En-rogel. ⁸ Then the border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the ^(I)Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north. ⁹ From the top of the mountain the border curved to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, then the border curved to ^(J)Baalah (that is, ^(K)Kiriath-jearim). ¹⁰ The border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and continued to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh and continued through ^(L)Timnah. ¹¹ The border proceeded to the side of Ekron northward. Then the border curved to Shikkeron and continued to Mount Baalah and proceeded to Jabneel, and the ^[g]border ended at the sea. ¹² The west border was ^(M)at the Great Sea, even its ^[h]coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.

¹³ Now ^(N)he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion ^(O)among the sons of Judah, according to the ^[i]command of the Lord to Joshua, namely, ^[j]Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron). ^14 (P)Caleb ^[k]drove out from there the three ^(Q)sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak. ¹⁵ Then ^(R)he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher. ¹⁶ And Caleb said, “The one who ^[l]attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, ^[m]I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife.” ^17 (S)Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife. ^18 (T)It came about that when she came to him, she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So she alighted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” ¹⁹ Then she said, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the ^[n]Negev, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

²⁰ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families.

²¹ Now the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the south were Kabzeel and ^(U)Eder and Jagur, ²² and Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah, ²³ and Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan, ²⁴ Ziph and Telem and Bealoth, ²⁵ and Hazor-hadattah and Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor), ²⁶ Amam and Shema and Moladah, ²⁷ and Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon and Beth-pelet, ²⁸ and Hazar-shual and ^(V)Beersheba and Biziothiah, ²⁹ Baalah and Iim and Ezem, ³⁰ and Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah, ³¹ and ^(W)Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah, ³² and Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon; in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.

³³ In the lowland: ^(X)Eshtaol and Zorah and Ashnah, ³⁴ and Zanoah and En-gannim, Tappuah and Enam, ³⁵ Jarmuth and ^(Y)Adullam, Socoh and Azekah, ³⁶ and Shaaraim and Adithaim and Gederah and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.

³⁷ Zenan and Hadashah and Migdal-gad, ³⁸ and Dilean and Mizpeh and Joktheel, ^39 (Z)Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon, ⁴⁰ and Cabbon and Lahmas and Chitlish, ⁴¹ and Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

⁴² Libnah and Ether and Ashan, ⁴³ and Iphtah and Ashnah and Nezib, ⁴⁴ and Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

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

⁴⁷ Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; as far as ^(AA)the ^[p]brook of Egypt and the Great Sea, even its ^[q]coastline.

⁴⁸ In the hill country: Shamir and Jattir and Socoh, ⁴⁹ and Dannah and Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir), ⁵⁰ and Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim, ⁵¹ and Goshen and Holon and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.

⁵² Arab and Dumah and Eshan, ⁵³ and Janum and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah, ⁵⁴ and Humtah and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel and Ziph and Juttah, ⁵⁶ and Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah, ⁵⁷ Kain, Gibeah and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

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

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

⁶¹ In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin and Secacah, ⁶² and Nibshan and the City of Salt and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

⁶³ Now as for the ^(AB)Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not ^[r]drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem until this day.

Territory of Ephraim

16 Then the lot for the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into ^(AC)the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel. ² It went from Bethel to Luz, and ^(AD)continued to the border of the Archites at Ataroth. ³ It went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of lower ^(AE)Beth-horon even to ^(AF)Gezer, and ^[s]it ended at the sea.

⁴ The ^(AG)sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. ⁵ Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance eastward was ^(AH)Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon. ⁶ Then the border went westward at ^(AI)Michmethath on the north, and the border turned about eastward to Taanath-shiloh and continued beyond it to the east of Janoah. ⁷ It went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to ^(AJ)Naarah, then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan. ⁸ From ^(AK)Tappuah the border continued westward to the ^[t]brook of Kanah, and ^[u]it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families, ⁹ together with the cities which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. ^10 (AL)But they did not ^[v]drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so ^(AM)the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers.

Territory of Manasseh

17 Now this was the lot for the tribe of ^(AN)Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, ^[w]were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war. ² So the lot was made for the rest of the sons of Manasseh according to their families: for the sons of Abiezer and for the sons of Helek and for the sons of Asriel and for the sons of Shechem and for the sons of Hepher and for the sons of Shemida; these were the male ^[x]descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

³ However, ^(AO)Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. ⁴ They came near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua the son of Nun and before the leaders, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So ^(AP)according to the ^[y]command of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers. ⁵ Thus there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan, ⁶ because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the ^(AQ)land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

⁷ The border of Manasseh ^[z]ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went ^[aa]southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. ⁸ The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but ^(AR)Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim. ⁹ The ^(AS)border went down to the ^[ab]brook of Kanah, southward of the ^[ac]brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the ^[ad]brook and ^[ae]it ended at the sea. ¹⁰ The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was ^[af]their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east. ¹¹ In Issachar and in Asher, ^(AT)Manasseh had Beth-shean and its towns and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, the third is ^(AU)Napheth. ^12 (AV)But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. ¹³ It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, ^(AW)they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not ^[ag]drive them out completely.

¹⁴ Then the ^(AX)sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me only one lot and one portion for an inheritance, since I am a numerous people whom the Lord has thus far blessed?” ¹⁵ Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go ^[ah]up to the forest and ^[ai]clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” ¹⁶ The sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have ^(AY)chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel.” ¹⁷ Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only, ¹⁸ but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall ^[aj]clear it, and to its ^[ak]farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall ^[al]drive out the Canaanites, even though they have ^(AZ)chariots of iron and though they are strong.”

The Resurrection

24 ^(A)But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. ² And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they entered, they did not find the body of ^(B)the Lord Jesus. ⁴ While they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(C)two men suddenly ^(D)stood near them in dazzling clothing; ⁵ and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but He ^(E)has ^[a]risen. Remember how He spoke to you ^(F)while He was still in Galilee, ⁷ saying that ^(G)the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.” ⁸ And ^(H)they remembered His words, ⁹ and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ Now they were ^(I)Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to ^(J)the apostles. ¹¹ But these words appeared ^[b]to them as nonsense, and they ^(K)would not believe them. ¹² But Peter got up and ^(L)ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he *saw the linen wrappings ^[c]only; and he went away ^(M)to his home, marveling at what had happened.

The Road to Emmaus

¹³ And behold, ^(N)two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was ^[d]about seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place. ¹⁵ While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them. ¹⁶ But ^(O)their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You ^[e]the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?” ¹⁹ And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about ^(P)Jesus the Nazarene, who was a ^(Q)prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our ^(R)rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. ²¹ But we were hoping that it was He who was going to ^(S)redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. ²² But also some women among us amazed us. ^(T)When they were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³ and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. ²⁴ Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see.” ²⁵ And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that ^(U)the prophets have spoken! ^26 (V)Was it not necessary for the ^[f]Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” ²⁷ Then beginning ^[g]with ^(W)Moses and ^[h]with all the ^(X)prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸ And they approached the village where they were going, and ^(Y)He acted as though He were going farther. ²⁹ But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day ^[i]is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and ^(Z)blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them. ³¹ Then their ^(AA)eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from ^[j]their sight. ³² They said to one another, “^[k]Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^(AB)was ^[l]explaining the Scriptures to us?” ³³ And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(AC)found gathered together the eleven and ^(AD)those who were with them, ³⁴ saying, “^(AE)The Lord has really risen and ^(AF)has appeared to Simon.” ³⁵ They began to relate ^[m]their experiences on the road and how ^(AG)He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Other Appearances

³⁶ While they were telling these things, ^(AH)He Himself stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace be to you.” ³⁷ But they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing ^(AI)a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your ^[n]hearts? ^39 (AJ)See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; ^(AK)touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” ⁴⁰ And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ While they still ^[o](AL)could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, “^(AM)Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴² They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish; ⁴³ and He took it and ^(AN)ate it before them.

⁴⁴ Now He said to them, “^(AO)These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the ^(AP)Law of Moses and the Prophets and ^(AQ)the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then He ^(AR)opened their ^[p]minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and He said to them, “^(AS)Thus it is written, that the ^[q]Christ would suffer and ^(AT)rise again from the dead the third day, ⁴⁷ and that ^(AU)repentance ^[r]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ^[s]in His name to ^(AV)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are ^(AW)witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, ^(AX)I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but ^(AY)you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰ And He led them out as far as ^(AZ)Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³ and were continually in the temple ^[t]praising God.