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1 ¶ Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD
it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of
Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
2 Moses my
servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this
people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
3 Every place
that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I
said unto Moses.
4
From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the
river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward
the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
5 There shall not
any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with
Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
6
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide
for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
7 Only be thou
strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the
law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand
or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
8
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all
that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then
thou shalt have good success.
9 Have not I
commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither
be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
10 ¶ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people,
saying,
11 Pass through
the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within
three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
12 And to the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake
Joshua, saying,
13 Remember the
word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your
God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.
14
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land
which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your
brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
15 Until the LORD
have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have
possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which
Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
16 ¶ And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou
commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
17 According as
we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee:
only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
18 Whosoever he
be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words
in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and
of a good courage.
1 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun sent out
of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And
they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
2 And it was told
the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the
children of Israel to search out the country.
3
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men
that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to
search out all the country.
4 And the woman
took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I
wist not whence they were:
5
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was
dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them
quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
6 But she had
brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax,
which she had laid in order upon the roof.
7
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as
soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
8 ¶ And before they were laid down, she came up unto them
upon the roof;
9 And she said
unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your
terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
10 For we have
heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out
of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the
other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
11 And as soon as
we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the
LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
12 Now therefore,
I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that
ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
13
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren,
and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
14 And the men
answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it
shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and
truly with thee.
15
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was
upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
16 And she said
unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide
yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may
ye go your way.
17
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which
thou hast made us swear.
18 Behold, when we
come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window
which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy
mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
19
And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house
into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless:
and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head,
if any hand be upon him.
20 And if thou
utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
21 And she said,
According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed:
and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22 ¶ And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode
there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought
them throughout all the way, but found them not.
23 So the two men
returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua
the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
24 And they said
unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for
even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
1 ¶ And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they
removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel,
and lodged there before they passed over.
2 And it came to
pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
3
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye
shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4 Yet there shall
be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not
near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
5 And Joshua said
unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders
among you.
6 And Joshua
spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over
before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin
to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was
with Moses, so I will be with thee.
8 And thou shalt
command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When
ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in
Jordan.
9 And Joshua said
unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your
God.
10 And Joshua
said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will
without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and
the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
11 Behold, the
ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into
Jordan.
12 Now therefore
take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
13 And it shall
come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark
of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan,
that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from
above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
14 ¶ And it came to pass, when the
people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing
the ark of the covenant before the people;
15 And as they
that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare
the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his
banks all the time of harvest,)
16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an
heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came
down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and
the people passed over right against Jericho.
17 And the
priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed
over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
1 ¶ And it came to pass, when all the people were clean
passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
2
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
3 And command ye
them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where
the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with
you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
4 Then Joshua
called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel,
out of every tribe a man:
5 And Joshua said
unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of
Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according
unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
6 That this may
be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
7 Then ye shall
answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the
covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut
off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for
ever.
8
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up
twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried
them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
9 And Joshua set
up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood:
and they are there unto this day.
10 ¶ For the priests which bare the ark stood in the
midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua
to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the
people hasted and passed over.
11 And it came to
pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD
passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
12 And the
children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh,
passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
13 About forty
thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the
plains of Jericho.
14 On that day
the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as
they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
15
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
16 Command the
priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
17 Joshua
therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
18 And it came to
pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of
the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan
returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
19 And the people
came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in
Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
20 ¶ And those twelve stones, which
they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
21 And he spake
unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers
in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
22 Then ye shall
let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
23 For the LORD
your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed
over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before
us, until we were gone over:
24 That all the
people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
1 ¶ And it came to pass, when all the kings of the
Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the
Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters
of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were
passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any
more, because of the children of Israel.
2 At that time
the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the
children of Israel the second time.
3 And Joshua made
him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
4 And this is the
cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that
were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after
they came out of Egypt.
5 Now all the
people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of
Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
6 For the
children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people
that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they
obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers
that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
7 And their children,
whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were
uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
8 And it came to
pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
9 And the LORD
said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off
you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
10 ¶ And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and
kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of
Jericho.
11
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the
passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
12 And the manna
ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither
had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the
land of Canaan that year.
13 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joshua
was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood
a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto
him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
14 And he said,
Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua
fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith
my lord unto his servant?
15 And the
captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot;
for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
1 ¶ Now Jericho was straitly shut up
because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
2 And the LORD said
unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof,
and the mighty men of valour.
3 And ye shall
compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
4 And seven
priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the
seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow
with the trumpets.
5 And it shall
come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people
shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat,
and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
6 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and
said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear
seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
7 And he said
unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass
on before the ark of the LORD.
8 And it came to
pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing
the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the
LORD followed them.
9 And the armed
men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came
after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
10 And Joshua had
commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your
voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the
day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
11 So the ark of
the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp,
and lodged in the camp.
12 And Joshua
rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
13
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark
of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men
went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests
going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
14 And the second
day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so
they did six days.
15 And it came to
pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and
compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they
compassed the city seven times.
16 And it came to
pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given
you the city.
17 ¶ And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all
that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all
that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
18 And ye, in any
wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves
accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a
curse, and trouble it.
19 But all the
silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD:
they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
20 So the people
shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the
people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the
people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the
city.
21 And they
utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old,
and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
22
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go
into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath,
as ye sware unto her.
23 And the young
men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her
mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
24 And they burnt
the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold,
and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house
of the LORD.
25 And Joshua
saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day;
because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26 And Joshua
adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that
riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof
in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout
all the country.