Joshua · Chapter 14

[ edit] This is þat þe ſones of Yrael weeldiden in þe loond of Chanaan, þe whiche ȝeuen to hym Eleazar þe preeſt, and Joſue, þe ſone of Nun, and princis of þe meynees bi þe lynagis of Yrael, bi lot alle þingis dyuydynge, as þe Lord comaundide in þe hoond of Moyſes, to nyne lynagis and to an half lynage. Forſoþe Moyſes ȝaf to þe two lynages and to þe half lynage biȝond Jordan poſſeſſioun; wiþ outen þe Leuytis, þat no þing of erþe token among her briþeren; but into þe place of hem camen þe ſones of Joſeph, into two lynagis dyuydid, Manaſſe, and Effraym. And Leuytis token noon oþer paart in þe loond, but cytees to dwelle yn, and ſuburbis of hem to howſbeeſtis and his feeld beeſtis to be fed.

As þe Lord comaundide to Moyſes, ſo þe ſones of Yrael diden, and dyuydeden þe loond. And ſo þe ſones of Juda wenten to Joſue in Galgalis; and Caleph, þe ſone of Jephone Cenezeus, ſpak to hym, Þou haſt knowun, what þe Lord haþ ſpokun to Moyſes þe man of God of me and of þee in Cades Barne. Of fourti ȝeer Y was, whanne Moyſes, þe ſeruaunt of þe Lord, ſente me fro Cades Barne forto bihold þe loond, and I toolde to hym, þat me ſemed ſooþ. Forſoþe my breþeren, þat ſtieden vp wiþ me, diſcoumfortiden þe herte of þe puple, and neuerþelater Y folwide þe Lord my God.

And Moyſes ſwore in þat day, ſeiynge, Þe loond, þat þi foot ſhal treed, ſhal be þi poſſeſſioun, and of þi ſones wiþ out eend; for þou haſt folwid þe Lord þi God. Forſoþe þe Lord haþ grauntid to me lijf, as he haþ bihoot vnto þe day þat is nowe. Fyue and fourti ȝeer ben, ſiþ þe Lord ſpak þis word to Moyſes, whanne Yrael wente þurȝ wildirnes.

To day Y am of fyue and eiȝti ȝeer, ſo myȝti, as þat tyme Y was myȝti, whanne Y was ſent to aſpie; þe ſtrengþ of þat tyme in me vnto to day abydiþ ſtil, as wel to fiȝt, as to goo. Ȝyf þanne to me þis hil, þe which þe Lord haþ bihoot to me, þee forſoþe herynge, in þe which ben Enachym, and greet citees and ſtrengþid; if perauenture þe Lord be wiþ me, and ſhal mowe doo aweye hem, as he haþ bihoot to me. And Joſue bliſſide to hym, and took to hym Ebron into poſſeſſyon. And fro þat tyme Ebron was to Caleph, þe ſone of Jephone Ceneze, vnto þe preſent day; for he folwide þe Lord God of Yrael. Þe name of Ebron before was clepid Caryaþarbe.

Adam mooſt greet þere in þe loond of Enachym was ſet; and þe loond ceeſſide fro bataylis.