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JOS-1:1 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,
JOS-1:2 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.
JOS-1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon,
that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
JOS-1:4 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.
JOS-1:5 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.
JOS-1:6 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.
JOS-1:7 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.
JOS-1:8 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.
JOS-1:9 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.
JOS-1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people,
saying,
JOS-1:11 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.
JOS-1:12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half
the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
JOS-1:13 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.
JOS-1:14 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;
JOS-1:15 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.
JOS-1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou
commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we
will go.
JOS-1:17 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.
JOS-1:18 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.
*JOS-2:1 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.
JOS-2:2 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.
JOS-2:3 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.
JOS-2:4 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]:
JOS-2:5 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.
JOS-2:6 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.
JOS-2:7 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.
JOS-2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them
upon the roof;
JOS-2:9 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.
JOS-2:10 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.
JOS-2:11 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.
JOS-2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD,
since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show
kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
JOS-2:13 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.
JOS-2:14 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.
JOS-2:15 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.
JOS-2:16 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.
JOS-2:17 And the men said unto her, We [will be] blameless of
this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
JOS-2:18 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.
JOS-2:19 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.
JOS-2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be
quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
JOS-2:21 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.
JOS-2:22 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.
JOS-2:23 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:
JOS-2:24 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.
*JOS-3:1 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.
JOS-3:2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers
went through the host;
JOS-3:3 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.
JOS-3:4 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.
JOS-3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves:
for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
JOS-3:6 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.
JOS-3:7 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.
JOS-3:8 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.
JOS-3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come
hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
JOS-3:10 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.
JOS-3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the
earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
JOS-3:12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of
Israel, out of every tribe a man.
JOS-3:13 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.
JOS-3:14 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;
JOS-3:15 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,)
JOS-3:16 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.
JOS-3:17 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.
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