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Bible Reading for March 16

Joshua 16
[1] And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto
the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from
Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
[2] And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of
Archi to Ataroth,
[3] And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of
Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the
sea.
[4] So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their
inheritance. [5] And the border of the children of Ephraim according to
their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east
side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper; [6] And the border went
out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went
about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to
Janohah;
[7] And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to
Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
[8] The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the
goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of
the children of Ephraim by their families. [9] And the separate cities for
the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of
Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. [10] And they drave not out
the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the
Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

Joshua 17
[1] There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the
firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the
father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and
Bashan. [2] There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh
by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of
Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and
for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the
male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. [3] But
Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the
son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his
daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. [4] And they came
near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and
before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an
inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of
the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
[5] And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and
Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; [6] Because the daughters of
Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons
had the land of Gilead. [7] And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to
Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the
right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
[8] Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of
Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; [9] And the coast descended
unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are
among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north
side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
[10] Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the
sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in
Issachar on the east.
[11] And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns,
and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her
towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
[12] Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of
those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. [13] Yet it came
to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the
Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. [14] And the
children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but
one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch
as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? [15] And Joshua answered them, If
thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down
for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount
Ephraim be too narrow for thee. [16] And the children of Joseph said, The
hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of
the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her
towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
[17] And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to
Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt
not have one lot only:
[18] But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut
it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out
the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

Joshua 18
[1] And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together
at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the
land was subdued before them.
[2] And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had
not yet received their inheritance. [3] And Joshua said unto the children
of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD
God of your fathers hath given you? [4] Give out from among you three men
for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through
the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they
shall come again to me. [5] And they shall divide it into seven parts:
Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph
shall abide in their coasts on the north.
[6] Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the
description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD
our God.
[7] But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD
is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh,
have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the
servant of the LORD gave them.
[8] And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to
describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it,
and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in
Shiloh.
[9] And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by
cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at
Shiloh. [10] And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and
there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to
their divisions.
[11] And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according
to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the
children of Judah and the children of Joseph. [12] And their border on the
north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho
on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the
goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
[13] And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz,
which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near
the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. [14] And
the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward,
from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out
thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the
children of Judah: this was the west quarter. [15] And the south quarter
was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west,
and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: [16] And the border came
down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of
Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and
descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and
descended to En-rogel, [17] And was drawn from the north, and went forth to
En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going
up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, [18]
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went
down unto Arabah:
[19] And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and
the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the
south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. [20] And Jordan was the
border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of
Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
[21] Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to
their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, [22]
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, [23] And Avim, and Parah, and
Ophrah, [24] And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with
their villages:
[25] Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, [26] And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and
Mozah, [27] And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, [28] And Zelah, Eleph, and
Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with
their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin
according to their families.

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