The Book of JOSHUA. ye shall return unto the land of your 16 And they answered Joshua, saying, e verse 5. 1 Sa. 20. 13. do, and whithersoever thou sendest us 1 Ki. 1. 37. we will go. 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 CHAPTER 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 Everyd 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: ask 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 y 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 slay. 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. Be 9 Have not I commanded thee? strong and of a good courage; ber notr 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; B. C. 1451. a De. 34. 5. Ex. 24. 13. c De. 5. 27. d De. 11. 24. f Ge. 15. 18. Nu. 34.2..12 Ro. 13.1..5. hver. 6, 7, 9. 1 Co. 16. 13. i De. 7. 24. chap. 3. 7. 6. 27. De. 31.6, 8. He. 13. 5. Bor, had sent. m Nu. 13. 2. Yor, thou shalt cause this people to inherit. n Mat. 1. 5. He. 11. 31. Ja. 2. 25. • De.31.7,23. Ep. 6. 10. 2 Ti. 2. 1. Sor, dowisely, De. 29. 9. 2 Sa. 17. 19, 20. nor, do wisely, verse 7. 91 Ch. 28. 20. Hag. 2. 4. Zec. 8. 9. Ge. 28. 15. Ps. 27.1. Je. 1. 8. 8 Ps. 46. 7. Is. 43.1, 5. t Ex.1.15..21 u chap. 3. 2. v Ge. 35. 5. Ex.15.15,16 23.27. De. 2. 25. 11. 25. melt. 1 Sa. 14. 16. 2 Sa. 17.10. w ch. 22. 1..4. Nu.32.20..28 Ex. 14. 21. y Nu. 21. 21.. 35. marshalled by five, Ex. 13. 18. z chap. 5. 1. 7.5. Is. 13. 7. rose up. a De. 4. 39. 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 CHAPTER II. courage. AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spym 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 Andr 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 Butt 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 ere on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 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. 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. a Nu. 4. 15. Ro. 1. 31. 1 Ti. 5. 8. verse 18. Ex. 12. 13. Eze. 9.4..6. chap. 4. 14. 1 Ch.29.25. 2 Ch.1.1. Ps. 18. 35. 14 And the men answered her, Our life for your's, 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 cordechap. 1. 5. through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. Binstead of you to die. f Ge. 24. 49. Ju. 1. 24. 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. Ge. 24.3,9. 1 Sa. 20. 16, 17. s Pr. 11. 13. tDe. 31. 26. Je. 3. 16. Mat. 7. 24. verse 13. w1 Ch. 12. 15. Je. 12. 5. * Ps. 114. 3. 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 all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do & faint because of us. CHAPTER III. nds C 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 re-i move 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 Sheretofore. v1 Ki. 4. 12, 1 Ki. 7. 46, Zartanah. Zarthan. De. 3. 17. a chap. 21.44. Ex. 23. 31. Smelt, ver. 9. Ex. 14. 29. chap. 2.1. d ch. 1.10, 11. C e Nu. D:31.925. g De. 27. 2. h Ex. 19. 12. S since yesterday and the third day. Le. 20. 7. Nu. 11. 18. 1 Sa. 16. 5. Job 1. 5. Joel 2. 16. John 17.19. 5 Andi Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Ps. 86. 10. LORD will do wonders* among you. The passage over Jordan. 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 them 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. CHAPTER IV. 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 Twelve stones taken from Jordan. into the midst of Jordan, and take you 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? That 7 Then ye shall answer them, 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 memoriale unto the children of Israel for ever. JOSHUA, V. 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. Ceasing of the manna. Jordan on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the 24 That all the people of the earth a Ex. 14. 21. b verse 21. 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 Ex. 13. 14. 2 Ki. 19. 19. Je. 10. 6, 7. Ps. 106. 8, y all days. e Ps. 111. 4. Nu. 13. 29. g Ex.15.14,15 chap.2.9,11 Ps. 48. 6. Eze. 21. 7. 1 Ki. 10. 5. * Ex. 24. 12. 28. 21. 1 Ki. 18.31. 9 And Joshua set up twelvek 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. 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All m 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. 2.7,14. 8.4. 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 Nu.32.20..29 they had not circumcised. P Ps.95.10,11 He. 3. 11. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the triben or, ready of Manasseh, passed over armed before armed. the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: 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. a chap. 3. 7. 6 For the children of Israel walked forty 13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 8 Ex. 14. 31. 14 On that day the LORD magnified the people had made 7 And their children," whom he raised up be circum- 15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 16 Command the priests that bear the arkt of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 8 or, knives 1 chap. 3. 13. haaraloth. m Nu.26.64,65 De. 1. 3. your CHAPTER V. 2 At that time the LORD said unto 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, rolling. chap. 4. 19. Ꮎ tEx.25.16,21 "Ge. 34. 14. 1 Sa. 17.26. chap. 24.14. Eze.20.7,8. 23.3,8. 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. K 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came K that is, 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 Jor- chap. 3. 15. over, unleavened cakes and parched corn 9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This * 12. 6. A plucked up. 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the pass μ went. in the selfsame day. * Ex. 16. 35. dan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. Ne. 9. 20. 12 And the manna* ceased on the mor- c verse 6. Siege of Jericho. JOSHUA, VII. Jericho destroyed. 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain | B. C. 1451. | pets, Joshua said unto the people," Shout; of the host of the LORD am I now come. for the LORD hath given you the city. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? 17 And the city shall be y 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 hide the messengers that we sent. 15 And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loosed thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. CHAPTER VI. 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 trumpetsm 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 long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shouts 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. 0 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. Bor, prince, 12. 1. Ge. 17.3. Nu. 16. 22. yor, devoted, Le. 27. 28. Mi. 4. 13. dEx. 3. 5. Ac. 7. 33. e 4. chap. 7. 1. De. 7. 26. 2 Co. 6. 17. i De. 7. 24. 1 Ki. 7. 51. n under it. 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. n Nu. 10. 8. • De. 7. 2, 16. Je. 48. 10. 16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trum Re. 18. 21. 22. P2 Ch.20.21, 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. And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the came after 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. CHAPTER VII. 12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of your voice BUT the children of Israel committed the LORD. to be heard. De. 31. 25. 1 Ch. 2. 7. πor, Zimri, 1 Ch. 2. 6. ƒverse 4. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. about two thousand 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said about three unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let Pabout two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled go under it. chap. 2. 14. chap. 2. 18. xfamilies. 3. 6. u verse 3. v De. 13. 16. w verse 19. Ju.1. 24, 25. z Ja. 2. 25. gathering host. a Nu. 10. 25. ρ 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 swarer unto her. 23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and ther 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 Israely even unto this day; because she hid the messengers which 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. a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi," the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. The sin of Achan. before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.d 6 And Joshua rente his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. JOSHUA, VIII. B. C. 1451. 9 Form the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land, shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off" our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? 1 Ti. 6. 10. Ja. 1. 15. g Mi. 2. 1. 7 And Joshua said, Alas! O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us intoh Is. 29. 15. the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! il Sa. 4. 12. 2 Sa. 1. 2. 13. 19. Ne. 9. 1. Job 2. 12. 8 O Lord, what' shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! k Ex. 5. 22. 2 Ki. 3. 10. a De. 1. 44. b Pr. 28. 22. Bor, in Morad. 18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and y tongue. Le. 26. 36. d Ps. 22. 14. e Ge.37.29,34 ƒ Hab. 2. 9. Ro. 7. 7. poured. I Hab. 2. 1. 10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore ʼn liest thou thus upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken" of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. w verse 24. Is. 65. 10. Ho. 2. 15. * Nu. 14. 45. Ju. 2. 14. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst that is, of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly Aing Israel. 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken : 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken : Snecks. m Ex. 32. 12. Nu. 14. 13. " De.32.26,27 Ps. 83. 4. Eze.36.22,23 1 Ch. 2. 7. He. 12. 15. q De. 17. 5. nfallest. 218. 17: chap. 29. sch. 6. 17, 18. De. 13. 17. u verse 21. Ac. 5.1, 2. trouble. y chap. 6. 18. De. 7. 26. a Hag.2.13,14 chap. 3. 5. chap. 6. 21. De. 20. 14. c1 Sa. 10. 19. 14.38..42. d Pr. 16. 33. Jon. 1. 7. e Ju.20.29,&c fchap. 7. 5. pulled. or, wicked ness. g Ge. 34. 7. Ju. 20. 6. 1 Sa. 26. 21. h 2 Sa. 13. 28. 1 Sa. 6. 5. Je. 13. 16. Nu. 5. 6, 7. 2 Ch.30. 22. 33. 12, 13. Ezr. 10. 10, 11. Ps. 32. 5. 51.3. Je. 3. 12, 13. Da. 9. 4. Ro. 10. 10. 1Jno. 1. 8.. 10. The siege of Ai. said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a Y wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD. 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee | th day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. CHAPTER VIII. AND the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. 3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready; And I, and all the people, that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 6 (For they will come out after us,) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. 9 Joshua therefore sent them forth : and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. 10 And Joshua rose up early in the |
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