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And it came to pass that Joshua did give them lands for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes;
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And the dividing up of the lands unto the seed of Jacob and the children of Israel is written down even in the Book of Allotments.
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And behold, Israel was obedient unto the words of Moses, and the Torah of Moses, wherein Moses did say:
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¶ And now, see that I have appointed my servant Joshua, son of Nun, and that he has been anointed to lead Israel into the land promised by יהוה (YHVH) unto our fathers, even Abraham, Isacc and Jacob,
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And he shall give unto everyone their portion and their due, and it shall be for a perpetual inheritance.
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Therefore, when the land be taken, let Joshua appoint unto everyone an inheritance sufficient them, and for their children and their children’s children.
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And to the princes their portions, that they have an abundance for their servants, and their households lest they be tempted to take reward for judgment, or feed not the poor for lack of bread, or deliver not the oppressed for the weakness of their arm.
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¶ And thus saith יהוה (YHVH), the Elohim of Israel: Ye shall not sell your inheritances, nor shall you deliver them to the hands of strangers, to possess them;
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Yea, you shall in no wise grant them to others: for they are the dwelling of your wives and your children, and the food and raiment of your households.
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¶ And there in this, the words of יהוה (YHVH), ye shall find wisdom; for if ye should rent out your inheritances, thus taking a price for them, you shall not give those who would rent them to possess them;
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For if you do this thing they shall not give it up, but it will belong to them for all their generations.
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But if you should thrust them out at the end of their season, then shall your wives and your children, and all your household return to them, and none shall hinder them.
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Wherefore, you shall keep a book of inheritances that all may read therein, that no one should trespass upon their neighbor.
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¶ So too did Moses say: Ye shall set up landmarks to your possessions, and no one shall move them.
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But if ye set not up landmarks, or neglect to keep them up that they go to decay, and are lost, that anyone should trespass unknowingly, then they shall not be punished, for they knew not.
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But they shall pay for what was taken, or the one who did own that inheritance shall pay them for their labor, and take as their own,
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But the price of it shall be set low, for they did not know, or the price of the labor set high, for they did not know their trespass, thus the fault shall lay in the hands of the inheritor.
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¶ And if strangers or enemies set up landmarks against you, seeking to destroy and take your lands, then you shall destroy them until they do not remain.
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¶ And all this did Moses say unto Israel, and thus is the Torah of Moses unto the inheritance of Israel,
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That ye should not fight brother against brother, nor sister against sister, nor neighbor against neighbor that there should be peace in the land.
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Wherefore, I, Joshua, do instruct you, saying: Set ye up alters throughout the lands, that the Levites might offer up sacrifices, and pour out libations unto יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim.
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And so it was that altars were established unto יהוה (YHVH), and the Levites, both the Priests and the Priestesses, did establish the lands unto יהוה (YHVH);
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And these were of stone that were not hewn by the hands of man, and no steps were built to go up unto them, that the nakedness of the Levites should be discovered.
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¶ And the Priests did offer up sacrifices, and the Priestesses did pour out their libations;
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Yea, and the Priests and the Priestesses did remember the Holy Days, and they did read the night skys;
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And the young men did play their harps and bang the drums, and the young women did dance in worship in revelation.