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Apocryphon of Joshua

[1:0] Frag. 3 Col. i

[1:1] [...] to make them impure and to [...] them

[1:2] [...] your [dau]ghters to their sons. Blank

[1:3] [... and] many troubles will befall you, and all

[1:4] [... ma]n of God

[1:5] [...] ... from you, and you will become food

[1:6] [... from one end of the] earth to its other end. And he will cause you to wander

[1:7] [...] and even to destruction, and to disloyalty

[1:8] [... of YHW]H, your God, have come upon you

[1:9] [... al]l the nations which

[1:10] [...] like you did

[1:11] [... w]ho ruled over you

[1:12] [...] ...

[1:13] [...] to be for him

[1:14] [...] ... [...]

[1:15] [...] ... [...]

[3:0] Frags. 3 Col. iii + 4

[3:1] and he brought out [...]

[3:2] and this very day[...]

[3:3] and we listened to Moses [...]

[3:4] a just and great man [... chiefs of thousands, chiefs of]

[3:5] hundreds, chiefs of fif[ties and chiefs of tens ... to the judges]

[3:6] and (to) the inspectors [...]

[3:7] he will listen and not [...]

[3:8] and do not be afraid, be strong and re[solute becau]se you will cause [this people] to take possession [... he will not]

[3:9] leave you or desert [you. Let] your hands be strong [...]

[3:10] to set out in [front of the people ...]

[4:0] Frag. 6 Col. i

[4:1] [...] for in ... [...]

[4:2] [...] a prayer for our sins

[4:3] [...] ... do not resemble my brothers who [de]scend

[4:4] [...] his deeds for ever, for to its ages

[4:5] [...] your [g]uilt. Woe, my brothers, upon you

[4:6] [...] ... and like a father speaks to his son

[5:0] Frag. 6 Col. ii*

[5:1] [... he te]sted me and placed m[e ...]

[5:2] to stand before God and before [...]

[5:3] my heart, because God tests ... [...]

[5:4] and he will test. Blank Woe, me ... [...]

[5:5] above my head [...]

[5:6] we acknowledged and said [...]

[5:7] against you, Lord, and ... [...]

[5:8] and not ... [...]

[5:9] [...] ... [...]

[6:0] Frag. 11

[6:1] [...] because yhwh [you]r [God] ... [...]

[6:2] [... in order to] establish his words which he spoke

[6:3] [...] who swore to Abraham to give

[6:4] [...] good and spacious, a land of streams of water,

[6:5] [of springs and well-heads which gush in the p]lain and on the mountain, a land of wheat and grai[n,]

[6:6] [... olive oil and] honey, for it is a land which flows with milk and honey

[6:7] [... who]se [st]ones are iron and whose mountains are copper

[6:8] [...] ... to inspect and [you] will take possession of [...]

[6:9] [...] ... and [...]

[7:0] Frag. 14

[7:1] [...] And the children [of Israel] wept [over Moses in the steppes of Moab]

[7:2] [by the Jordan, close to] Jericho, in Bet-Yeshimot [as far as Abel ha- Shittim, for thirty days]

[7:3] [and they completed the days of weeping and] mourning for Moses. And the children of Is[rael ...]

[7:4] [... wh]ich yhwh es- tablished with [...]

[7:5] [... fe]ar of you and dread of you [...]

[8:0] Frag. 19 Col. ii

[8:1] [...] ... [...]

[8:2] and God established [...]

[8:3] and us, he cleansed us with ... [...]

[8:4] and like slaves to the hand of [their] lord [...]

[8:5] and in the dry land, in the desert for the cattle to [...]

[8:6] [and al]l the chiefs of [...]

[9:0] Frag. 22 Col. i

[9:1] [...] Moses, my God. And you did not destroy them for their guilt

[9:2] [...] your people through the hand of Joshua, minister of your servant Moses

[9:3] [...] your ... through the hand of Moses to Joshua, on behalf of your people

[9:4] [...] ... which [you] es[tablished with Abraham

[9:5] [...] compassion with thousands

[10:0] Frag. 26

[10:1] [...] having the knowledge of the Most High and [seeing] the vision [of Shaddai ...]

[10:2] [...] the man of God an[no]unced us, according [...]

[10:3] [...] and the assembly of Elyon; they pa[y]ed attention to the voice of Mo[ses ...]

[10:4] [...] ... [...] God Most Hig[h ...]

[10:5] [...] great signs; and in anger he re- strained [...]

[10:6] [... m]an of the [pi]ous ones and until its ages remember [...]

[10:7] [...] eternal, to [...]

[10:8] [...] Blank [...]

[10:9] [...] ... [...] ... [...]

[11:0] 4Q379 (4QApocryphon Of Joshua/Psalms Of Joshua) Frag. 1

[11:1] [...] and you made him exult with twe[lve ...]

[11:2] [...] eternal to Levi, the beloved, [...]

[11:3] [... and] Reuben and J[udah ...]

[11:4] [... and] Gad and Dan and [...]

[11:5] [...] the twelve tribes of [Israel ...]

[11:6] [...] forever, and from [...]

[11:7] [...] ... [...]

[12:0] Frag. 3 Col. i

[12:1] [...] Aroer

[12:2] [...] yhwh Blank [...]

[12:3] [...] ... they will raise up tested ones

[12:4] [...] ... of yhwh, and not

[12:5] [...] and they shall not defile them- selves with all

[12:6] [...] dedicated to him for ever ...

[12:7] [...] ... [...]

[13:0] Frag. 4

[13:1] [...] the border of the land of

[13:2] [...] and seeing his wonder

[13:3] [...] and great

[13:4] [...] it was like it

[13:5] their [...] for I will remove

[13:6] [...] ...

[14:0] Frag. 12

[14:1] [... the waters] which come down ...

[14:2] [... the waters] which come down stood piled up

[14:3] [...the sons of Israel cr]ossed over when it was dry, in the

[14:4] [fi]rst month of the forty-fi[rst] year of their departure from the la[nd of]

[14:5] Egypt; it was the year of the Jubilees at the start of their entry into the land of

[14:6] Canaan; and the Jordan was full with wat[er] towards all its banks and it flooded

[14:7] [with] its water from the month ... [...] until the month of the wheat harvest

[14:8] [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... Israel

[15:0] Frag. 17

[15:1] [...] ... [...]

[15:2] [...] ... and blessing [...]

[15:3] [...] with his words and he relied upon [his] La[w ...]

[15:4] [...] Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; and Moses

[15:5] [... E]leazar and Itamar. I will rejoice ...

[15:6] [...] ... [...]

[16:0] Frag. 18

[16:1] [...] ... the man ... [...]

[16:2] [...] ... against those who [le]ave God and with [your] manifold w[o]rds [...]

[16:3] [...] to the way. And I will trust in you and I will [...]

[16:4] [... to] be for me, [ou]r Lord, like a father ... [...]

[16:5] [...] God, I will keep your words, for [...]

[16:6] [...] and by the decree[s] of the Most High you have given wisdom ... [...]

[16:7] [...] my God, I will rely upon all [your] words [...]

[17:0] Frag. 22 Col. i

[17:1] [...] his mighty deeds

[17:2] [...] and he has no refuge

[17:3] [...] his [...] and I understand

[17:4] [... there is n]o God apart from him, and there is no

[17:5] [...] ... for the God of knowledge

[17:6] [...] ... there is not with him

[17:7] [...] there is not any

[18:0] Frag. 22 Col. ii (cf. 4Q175)

[18:1] the man wh[o ...]

[18:2-3] ... [...]

[18:4] asked, and ... [...]

[18:5] Blessed be yhwh, God of [Israel ...]

[18:6] God [...]

[18:7] At the moment when Josh[ua] fi[nis]hed pra[ising and giving] thanks with [his] psalms, [he said:]

[18:8] «Cu[rsed be the ma]n who re[bui]lds this [cit]y! Upon [his] first-born] [he will found it]

[18:9] [and with his youngest son he will] erect its gates» Blank And [now, cursed be the man of Belial,]

[18:10] [who rises to b]e a fowler’s trap for his people and ruin for all his neighbour[s]. And there will ari[se]

[18:11] [...] to be the two instruments of violence. And they will rebuild

[18:12] this [city,] and erect for it a rampart and towers, to make it [into a fortress of wickedness]

[18:13] [in the country, and] a great [e]vil {amongst the sons of Jacob. And they will sh[ed blood]} /in Israel, and a horror in Ephraim [and Judah;]

[18:14] [And they will commit a profanation] in the land and a great blasphemy ‹among the sons of Jacob. And they will shed blood› like wa[ter upon the ramparts of the daugh- ter of Zion]

[18:15] [and in the precincts of Jerusalem.] ... [...]

[19:0] 4Q522 (4QProphecy Of Joshua) Frag. 3

[19:1] [...] he will drive [out ...]

[19:2] [...] and the Canaanites who [...]

[19:3] [... nor]th of the Vale of Achor [...]

[19:4] [...] ... [...]

[20:0] Frag. 8

[20:1] [... Jud]ah and Sime[on ...] ... [...]

[20:2] [...] to them; and Dan, nor did he destroyed the [...]

[20:3] [...] and Issachar to Bet Shean; and Asher to [...]

[20:4] [... to Si]don and to ... [...]

[20:5] [...] ... [...]

[21:0] Frags. 9 Col. i + 10

[21:1] [...] and to Ain Qeber, Bet ...

[21:2] [... to] Beqa‘a and to Bet Zippor, to

[21:3] [... and] they smote all the valley of Mitzpah, to

[21:4] [... and] to Hykalym, to Ya‘apor and to

[21:5] [...] ... and to Manu, to Ain Kober

[21:6] [... Mou]nt Garizim, to Hadita and to ‘Oshel

[21:7] [...] ... [... and Si]don, which

[21:8] [...] ... [...] ... and t[o ... and A]shkelon

[21:9] [...] Galilee and the two Sh [...] the Sharon

[21:10] [... Ju]dah, to Beer-Sheba‘ [and] to Be‘alot

[21:11] [... and] to Qe‘ilah, to ‘Adullam and to

[21:12] [... to] Gezer, to Timno and to Gimzon and to

[21:13] [...] Hiqqar and Qitr[on] and Ephranim, and to Soccoth

[21:14] [...] Bet Horon, Lowe[r] and Up[per], to

[21:15] [... t]o the Upper and Lo[wer] Gulot

[21:16] [...] the torrent [...] ... [...]

[21:17] [...] we will remove [...]

[21:18] [...] ... [...]

[22:0] Frag. 9 Col. ii

[22:1] [...] ... [...]

[22:2] not [...] ... to establish there the tent of me[eting ...]

[22:3] of the times. For, behold, a son is born to Jesse, son of Perez, son of Ju[dah ...]

[22:4] the Rock of Zion, and he will drive out from there /all/ the Amorites, from [...]

[22:5] to build the house for YHWH, God of Israel. Gold and silver [...]

[22:6] he will bring cedar and cypress [from] Lebanon for its construc- tion; but his son, the younger, [...]

[22:7] he will officiate there first [...] ... [...] and to him [...]

[22:8] [in al]l the [re]sidence from the heaven[s, because] the be- loved of yhw[h] will dwell in safety [...]

[22:9] [the] days, [and] his people will dwell forever. But now, the Amorites (are) there, and the Canaan[ites ...]

[22:10] dwellers who have made them sin, because I have not inquired [the jud]gment of [...]

[22:11] from you. And the Shilonite, and be[ho]ld, I have made him the servant of the pe[ople of ...]

[22:12] And now, let us establish the t[ent of mee]ting far from [...]

[22:13] Eleazar [and Joshu]a the t[ent of me]eting from Bet [El ...]

[22:14] Joshua [... ch]ief of the army ... [...]

[23:0] 5Q9 (5QApocryphon Of Joshua) Frag. 1

[23:1] [...] and Joshua was [...]

[23:2] [...] and Qidah [...]

[23:3] [...] ... [...]

[24:0] Frag. 5

[24:1] [... and] Kochabah and [...]

[24:2] [...] and Saridi (?) and [...]

[24:3] [...] at the waters of Dan, and [...]