(Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)

The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. ¹ 

He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions ¹  spread over the land.

As ¹  they were going away, ²  a man who could not talk and was demon-possessed was brought to him.

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich. ¹ 

I tell you the truth, ¹  the master ²  will put him in charge of all his possessions.

But at this statement, the man ¹  looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich. ² 

I tell you the truth, ¹  the master ²  will put him in charge of all his possessions.

And every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any of the tribes of the Israelites must become the wife of a man from any family in her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite ¹  may retain the inheritance of his fathers.

So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that ¹  good land.

Then he ¹  said to me, “Get up, set out leading ²  the people so they may go and possess ³  the land I promised to give to their ancestors.” ⁴ 

The Lord will plague you with deadly diseases ¹  until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess.

Whirring locusts ¹  will take over every tree and all the produce of your soil.

I declare to you this very day that you will certainly ¹  perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. ² 

For this is no idle word for you – it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”

“Go up to this Abarim ¹  hill country, to Mount Nebo (which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho ² ) and look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.

Of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, overflowing with favor, and full of the Lord’s blessing, possess the west and south.

So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying ¹  the land the Lord God of your ancestors ²  has given you?

But if your own land ¹  is impure, ²  cross over to the Lord’s own land, ³  where the Lord himself lives, ⁴  and settle down among us. ⁵  But don’t rebel against the Lord or us ⁶  by building for yourselves an altar aside from the altar of the Lord our God.

“Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it.