God has spoken from his sanctuary:“ In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.

神已经指着他的圣洁说：“我要欢乐；我要分开示剑，丈量疏割谷。

上帝在他的圣所说：“我要欢乐；要划分示剑，丈量疏割谷。

神在他的圣所说：“我要欢乐；要划分示剑，丈量疏割谷。

上帝在祂的圣所说：“我要欢然划分示剑，丈量疏割谷。

神在自己的圣所（“神在自己的圣所”或译：“神指着自己的圣洁”）说：“我必夸胜，我必分开示剑，我必量度疏割谷。

神在他的圣所中说：“我要欢跃，我要分割示剑，我要测量疏割谷。

神已經指着他的聖潔說：我要歡樂；我要分開示劍，丈量疏割谷。

上帝在他的聖所說：「我要歡樂；要劃分示劍，丈量疏割谷。

神在他的聖所說：「我要歡樂；要劃分示劍，丈量疏割谷。

上帝在祂的聖所說：「我要歡然劃分示劍，丈量疏割谷。

神在自己的聖所（“神在自己的聖所”或譯：“神指著自己的聖潔”）說：“我必誇勝，我必分開示劍，我必量度疏割谷。

上帝在他的聖所中應許說：『我要歡躍；我要分示劍，測量疏割谷。

神在他的聖所中說：「我要歡躍，我要分割示劍，我要測量疏割谷。

上帝以其聖而言曰、我必歡欣、分割示劍、勘丈疏割谷兮、

上帝至聖、曾有應許、余聞之而竊喜兮、余將分封示劍、量度數割兮、

天主發聖言應許我、我必得喜樂、使我分示劍量疎割之平原、

祈爾賜佑。祈爾垂聽。引手拯拔。爾之所親。

God has spoken from his temple. He has said,“ I will win the battle. Then I will divide up the land around Shechem. I will divide up the Valley of Sukkoth.

God has promised in his holiness:“ With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Valley of Succoth.

God has promised this by his holiness:“ I will divide up Shechem with joy. I will measure out the valley of Succoth.

God has spoken in his sanctuary:“ I will celebrate! I will divide up Shechem. I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.

God has spoken in His holiness:“ I will triumph, I will divide up Shechem, And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

God has spoken in His holiness:“ I will rejoice; I will divide Shechem And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

God has spoken in His sanctuary:“ I will triumph! I will divide up Shechem. I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

God has spoken in his sanctuary:“ I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem, the valley of Succoth I will measure off.

God has spoken from his sanctuary:“ In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:“ The time will surely come when you will be taken away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks.

Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

“ What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign Lord.For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.“ How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.And who is like your people Israel— the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.“ And now, Lord God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised,so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say,‘ The Lord Almighty is God over Israel!’ And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight.“ Lord Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying,‘ I will build a house for you.’ So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.”

So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba( that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness— and I will not lie to David—that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

He said to the men of Sukkoth,“ Give my troops some bread; they are worn out, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”But the officials of Sukkoth said,“ Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your troops?”

The territory of Manasseh extended from Asher to Mikmethath east of Shechem. The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah.

Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.