And He called together the  ¹twelve and gave them power and  ²authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.

And He sent them to proclaim the  ¹kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

And He said to them, Take nothing for the journey, neither a staff nor a bag  ¹nor bread nor money, nor have two tunics apiece.

And into whatever house you enter, remain there and from there go out.

And as many as do not receive you, as you go out from that city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.

And they went out and passed through village after village, announcing the gospel and healing everywhere.

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was happening and was utterly perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,

And by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that a certain prophet of the ancients had risen up.

And Herod said, John I  ¹beheaded, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things? And he sought to see Him.

And when the apostles returned, they related to Him the things they had done. And taking them aside, He withdrew privately into a city called Bethsaida.

But the crowds found out and followed Him, and He welcomed them and spoke to them concerning the kingdom of God; and those who had need of healing He healed.

And the  ¹day began to decline, and the twelve came and said to Him, Send the crowd away so that they may go into the surrounding villages and  ²fields to lodge and find provisions, because we are here in a deserted place.

But He said to them, You give them something to eat. But they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.

For there were about five thousand men. And He said to His disciples, Make them recline in  ¹groups of about fifty each.

And they did so and made them all recline.

And He took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

And they ate and were all satisfied. And what was left over among them was taken up,  ¹twelve handbaskets of broken pieces.

And Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and he struck it and its king with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them and every soul that was in it; he left no survivors. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah, and he fought with Libnah.

And Jehovah delivered it also with its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, as well as every soul that was in it; he left no survivors in it. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to Lachish, and he camped against it and fought against it.

And Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword as well as every soul that was in it, just as he had done to Libnah.

Then Horam the king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people, so that he left him no survivor.

Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped against it and fought against it.

And they captured it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; and every soul that was in it he utterly destroyed on that day, just as he had done to Lachish.

Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.

And they captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword as well as its king and all its cities and every soul that was in it. He left no survivor, just as he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it and every soul that was in it.

Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to Debir, and he fought against it.

And he captured it and its king and all its cities; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed every soul that was in it; he left no survivor. As he had done to Hebron, and as he had done to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and its king.

Thus Joshua struck the whole land: the hill country and the Negev and the lowland and the slopes and all their kings; he left no survivor but utterly destroyed everything that breathed, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded.

And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the land of Goshen even unto Gibeon.

Now all these kings and their lands Joshua took at one time, for Jehovah the God of Israel fought for Israel.

Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.

And when Jabin the king of Hazor heard of this, he sent word to Jobab the king of  ¹Madon and to the king of Shimron and to the king of Achshaph

And to the kings who were on the north in the hill country and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth and in the lowland and in the highland of Dor on the west;

To the Canaanites on the east and on the west; and the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country; and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

And they went out, they and all their camps with them, a people as great as the sand on the seashore in number, and very many horses and chariots.

And all these kings met together, and they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight with Israel.

Then Jehovah said to Joshua, Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will deliver all of them up slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.

So Joshua and all the people of war with him went against them at the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fell on them.

And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them and pursued them to Great Sidon and to Misrephoth-maim and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward. And they struck them until no survivor was left to them.

So Joshua did to them according to what Jehovah had spoken to him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

Then Joshua returned at that time and took Hazor, and he struck its king with the sword; for Hazor had formerly been the head of all these kingdoms.

And they struck every soul that was in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it; nothing that breathed was left. And he burned Hazor with fire.

And all the cities of these kings with all their kings, Joshua took; and he struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded.

However as for all the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them except Hazor alone; Joshua burned it.

And all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, the children of Israel took as their plunder; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them; they left nothing that breathed.

As Jehovah had commanded Moses His servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that Jehovah had commanded Moses.

So Joshua took all that land, the hill country and all the Negev and all the land of Goshen and the lowland and the Arabah and the hill country of Israel and its lowland;

From Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir, unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. And he took all their kings and struck them and put them to death.

Joshua made war with all these kings a long time.

There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon; they took all in battle.

For it was  ¹of Jehovah to harden their heart to meet Israel in battle so that He might utterly destroy them and that they might not receive mercy but be destroyed as Jehovah commanded Moses.

And Joshua went at that time and cut off the  ¹Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and all the hill country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did some remain.

So Joshua took the whole land according to all that Jehovah had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.

Now these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel struck and whose land they possessed across the Jordan toward the rising of the sun from the river Arnon to Mount Hermon and all the eastern Arabah:

Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the river Arnon, and from the city in the middle of the river valley, that is, half of Gilead even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;

And the eastern Arabah unto the Sea of Chinneroth, even unto the eastern side of the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, toward Beth-jeshimoth, that is, southward to the foot of the slopes of Pisgah;

And the territory of Og the king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the  ¹Rephaim, who dwelt in Ashtaroth and Edrei,

And ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, that is, half of Gilead, to the border of Sihon the king of Heshbon.

Moses the servant of Jehovah and the children of Israel struck them. And Moses the servant of Jehovah gave  ¹this land as a possession to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck across the Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon unto Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,

The land that is in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Arabah and on the slopes and in the wilderness and in the Negev — the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites; the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

The king of Jericho, one;
The king of Ai, which is by Bethel, one;

The king of Jerusalem, one;
The king of Hebron, one;

The king of Jarmuth, one;
The king of Lachish, one;

The king of Eglon, one;
The king of Gezer, one;

The king of Debir, one;
The king of Geder, one;

The king of Hormah, one;
The king of Arad, one;

The king of Libnah, one;
The king of Adullam, one;

The king of Makkedah, one;
The king of Bethel, one;

The king of Tappuah, one;
The king of Hepher, one;

The king of Aphek, one;
The king of  ¹Lasharon, one;

The king of Madon, one;
The king of Hazor, one;

The king of Shimron-meron, one;
The king of Achshaph, one;

The king of Taanach, one;
The king of Megiddo, one;

The king of Kedesh, one;
The king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

The king of Dor in the highland of Dor, one;
The king of Goiim of Gilgal, one;

The king of Tirzah, one.
Thirty-one kings in all.