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18 ¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

21 And he provided the first part for himself, because *Heb. cicled. there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

+ Or, thy shoes shall be iron.

d Jer. xxiii. 6.

22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

23 ¶ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

25 +Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

26 ¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

28 d Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who Or, shall be is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

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Death of Moses-Lamentation of the People.

DEUTERONOMY XXXIV.

1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of § Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

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2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, A.C. 1461. the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

& xiii. 15.

4 And the LORD said unto him, 'This is the land which fGen. xii. 7. I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

5 ¶ So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

7 ¶ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died his eye was not dim, nor his * natural force * Heb. + abated.

8 ¶ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

9¶ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

10 ¶ And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,

11 In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,

12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.

moisture.
+ Heb. fled.

PERIOD THE FOURTH;

FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE ISRAELITES INTO CANAAN, UNDER THE COMMAND OF JOSHUA, TO THE DEATH OF DAVID:

Chapter

I. THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN.

II.-GENERAL DIVISION OF THE COUNTRY.

III. LAST EXHORTATIONS AND DEATH OF JOSHUA.
IV. INTERREGNUM AFTER THE DEATH OF JOSHUA.
V.—The GovERNMENT OF the Judges.

VI. THE REIGN OF SAUL.

VII. THE REIGN OF DAVID.

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