Joshua (12/24)  

1. Lala ngamakhosi elizwe abantwana bakoIsrayeli abawatshayayo, badla ilifa lelizwe lawo ngaphetsheya kweJordani ngempumalanga, kusukela esifuleni seArinoni kusiya entabeni yeHermoni, lamagceke wonke ngempumalanga:
2. USihoni inkosi yamaAmori owayehlala eHeshiboni, ebusa kusukela eAroweri esekhunjini lwesifula seArinoni laphakathi kwesifula, lengxenye eyodwa kwezimbili yeGileyadi kuze kufike esifuleni iJaboki, umngcele wabantwana bakoAmoni,
3. lamagceke kuze kufike elwandle lweKinerothi, kuze kube selwandle lwamagceke, uLwandle lweTswayi, empumalanga, indlela yeBeti-Jeshimothi, njalo kusukela eningizimu ngaphansi kweAshidodi-Pisiga;
4. lomngcele kaOgi inkosi yeBashani owensali zeziqhwaga owayehlala eAshitarothi leEdreyi,
5. wabusa entabeni yeHermoni leSaleka leBashani lonke, kuze kube semngceleni wamaGeshuri lamaMahakathi, lengxenye eyodwa kwezimbili yeGileyadi, umngcele kaSihoni inkosi yeHeshiboni.
6. UMozisi inceku ye Nkosi labantwana bakoIsrayeli babatshaya. UMozisi inceku ye Nkosi waselinika abakoRubeni labakoGadi lengxenye eyodwa kwezimbili yesizwe sakoManase ukuba yilifa.
7. Lala ngamakhosi elizwe uJoshuwa labantwana bakoIsrayeli abawatshayayo nganeno kweJordani entshonalanga, kusukela eBhali-Gadi esihotsheni seLebhanoni kusiya entabeni elugwadule eyenyukela eSeyiri. UJoshuwa walinika-ke izizwe zakoIsrayeli laba yilifa njengokwehlukaniswa kwazo:
8. Ezintabeni, lezihotsheni, lemagcekeni, lemawatheni, lenkangala, leningizimu: AmaHethi, amaAmori, lamaKhanani, amaPerizi, amaHivi, lamaJebusi.
9. Inkosi yeJeriko, eyodwa; inkosi yeAyi, eseceleni kweBhetheli, eyodwa;
10. inkosi yeJerusalema, eyodwa; inkosi yeHebroni, eyodwa;
11. inkosi yeJarimuthi, eyodwa; inkosi yeLakishi, eyodwa;
12. inkosi yeEgiloni, eyodwa; inkosi yeGezeri, eyodwa;
13. inkosi yeDebiri, eyodwa; inkosi yeGederi, eyodwa;
14. inkosi yeHorma, eyodwa; inkosi yeAradi, eyodwa;
15. inkosi yeLibhina, eyodwa; inkosi yeAdulamu, eyodwa;
16. inkosi yeMakeda, eyodwa; inkosi yeBhetheli, eyodwa;
17. inkosi yeTapuwa, eyodwa; inkosi yeHeferi, eyodwa;
18. inkosi yeAfeki, eyodwa; inkosi yeLasharoni, eyodwa;
19. inkosi yeMadoni, eyodwa; inkosi yeHazori, eyodwa;
20. inkosi yeShimironi-Meroni, eyodwa; inkosi yeAkishafi, eyodwa;
21. inkosi yeThahanakhi, eyodwa; inkosi yeMegido, eyodwa;
22. inkosi yeKedeshi, eyodwa; inkosi yeJokineyamu eKharmeli, eyodwa;
23. inkosi yeDori emngceleni weDori, eyodwa; inkosi yezizwe zeGiligali, eyodwa;
24. inkosi yeTiriza, eyodwa; wonke amakhosi angamatshumi amathathu lanye.

  Joshua (12/24)