Joshua 14

¹ As the Lord comaundide to Moises, so the sones of Israel diden, and departiden the lond. ² And so the sones of Juda neiyiden to Josue in Galgalis; and Caleph, the sone of Jephone, of Ceneth, spak to him, Thou knowist, what the Lord spak to Moises, the man of God, of me and of thee in Cades Barne. ³ Y was of fourti yeer, whanne Moises, seruaunt of the Lord, sente me fro Cades Barne, that Y schulde biholde the lond, and Y teelde to hym that, that semyde soth to me.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="4"><sup>4</sup> Forsothe my britheren, thats tieden with me, discoumfortiden the herte of the puple, and neuertheles Y suede my Lord God.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="5"><sup>5</sup> And Moises swoor in that dai, and seide, The lond, which thi foot trad, schal be thi possessioun, and of thi sones withouten ende; for thou suedist thi Lord God.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="6"><sup>6</sup> Sotheli the Lord grauntide lijf to me, as he bihiyte, til in to present dai. Fourti yeer and fyue ben, sithen the Lord spak this word to Moises, whanne Israel yede bi the wildirnesse. To dai Y am of foure scoor yeer and fyue,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="7"><sup>7</sup> and Y am as myyti, as Y was myyti in that time, whanne Y was sent to aspie; the strengthe of that tyme dwellith stabli in me til to dai, as wel to fiyte, as to go.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="8"><sup>8</sup> Therfor yyue thou to me this hil, which the Lord bihiyte to me, while also thou herdist, in which hil ben Enachym, and grete citees, and strengthid; if in hap the Lord is with me, and Y mai do hem awei, as he bihiyte to me. ⁹ And Josue blesside hym, and yaf to hym Ebron in to possessioun. ¹⁰ And fro that tyme Ebron was to Caleph, sone of Jephone, of Cenez, til in to present dai; for he suede the Lord God of Israel.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="11"><sup>11</sup> The name of Ebron was clepid bifore Cariatharbe. Adam, the gretteste, was set there in the lond of Enachym; and the lond ceesside fro batels.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="13"><sup>13</sup> Therfor this was the part of the sones of Juda, bi her kynredis; fro the terme of Edom til to deseert of Syn ayens the south, and `til to the laste part of the south coost, ¹⁴ the bigynnyng therof fro the hiynesse of the saltist see, and fro the arm therof, that biholdith to the south. ¹⁵ And it goith out ayens the stiyng of Scorpioun, and passith in to Syna; and it stieth in to Cades Barne, and cometh in to Ephron, and it stieth to Daran, and cumpassith Cariacaa;