Josué

and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

Libna, Eter, Asã,

E será que, assim como sobre vós vieram todas estas boas coisas, que o Senhor vosso Deus vos disse, assim trará o Senhor sobre vós todas aquelas más coisas, até vos destruir de sobre a boa terra que vos deu o Senhor vosso Deus.

Mas às tribos de Rúben, de Gade e à metade da tribo de Manassés Josué disse:

and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.

Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

Da sua herança deram os filhos de Israel aos levitas, segundo a ordem de Jeová, estas cidades com seus arrabaldes.

Pelo que dissemos: Edifiquemos agora um altar, não para holocausto, nem para sacrifício,