The Book of JOSHUA.

Year before the Common Year of Christ, 1451....Julian Period, 3263.... Creation from Tisri, or September, 2553.

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.

CHAPTER I.

The Lord appointeth Joshua to succeed Moses.

a Deut.34.5.

Now after the death of Most Ex.24.13.

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the servant

it

c Deut. 11.24.

came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, b saying,

3 Every c place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you as I said unto Moses.

B. C. 1451. 10 T Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

11 Pass through the host and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for m 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, n 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 4 armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

d Ge. 15. 18.

Nu.34.2-12.

e Deut.7.24.
fch.3.7.

6.27.

g De.31.6,8.

Heb. 13.5.

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or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit. h De.31.7,23. Ep.6.10. 2Ti.2.1.

4 From d 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 e shall not any man be
able to stand before thee all the
days of thy life: as f I was with
Moses, so I will be with thee: Igi 1Ch.28.20
will not fail thee, nor forsake
thee.

Hag.2.4.
Zec.8.9.

k Ge.28.15.
Ps. 27.1.
Jer. 1.8.
Ps.46.7.
Is. 43.1,5.

2 or, do

wisely, Deut.29.9. 3 or, do

wise'y, ver.7.

6 Be strong and of a good courage: for 1 unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

7 Only be h thou strong and very
courageous, that thou mayest ob-
serve to do according to all the lawm ch.3.2.
which Moses my servant command-
n ch.22.1-4
ed thee turn not from it to the Nu.32.20-
right hand or to the left, that thou
28.
mayest 2 prosper whithersoever 4 marshalled
thou goest.

by five,
Ex. 13.18.

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 3 have good success.

9 Have not I commanded thee? i Be strong and of a good courage; (CHAP. 2.) be k not afraid, neither be thou dis-1 or, had mayed for the LORD thy God is with theewhithersoever thou goest.

sent.

o Deut.5.27.

p ver.5.
1Sa.20.13.
IKI.1.37.
q Ro.13.1-5.

7 ver.6,7,9.
1Cor. 16. 13.

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 sun-ris

Rahab receiveth the spies.

JOSHUA, II, III to spy a secretly, saying, Go view | B. C. 1451. the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's a Nu. 13.2. house, named Rahab, b and 2 lodged there.

2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the child-2 lay. ren of Israel, to search out the country.

b Mat. 1.5.

14 And the men answered her, Our life 5 for your's, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when Heb. 11.31. the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly m and truly with thee.

Jam.2.25.

c 2-a.17.19,

15 Then she let n them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall,

20.

3 And the king of Jericho sent
unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth d Ex.1.15-21. and she dwelt upon the wall.

the men that are come to thee,
which are entered into thine house:
for they be come to search out all
the country.

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.

4 And c the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless o of this thine oath which thou hast made us

6 But d 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.

e Ge.35.5.

Ex. 15. 15,
16.
23.27.
Deut.2.25.
11.25.

3 melt,

1Sa. 14.16.
2Sa.17.10.

5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when

it was dark, that the men went out: ƒ Ex. 14.21. whither the men went I wot not:

pursue after them quickly; for ye

shall overtake them.

8 Nu.21.21.

35.

h ch.5.1.

7.5. Is. 13.7.

rose up.

i Deut.4.39.

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 e is fallen upon us, and that all the mhabitants of the land 3 faint because of you.

10 For we have heard how the
LORD dried f up the water of the
Red sea for you, when ye came out n Acts 9.25.

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of Egypt; and what g ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

k Ge.24.3,9.

1Sa.20.16,

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 Rom.1.31. be guiltless: and whosoever shall 1Ti.5.8.

17.

be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, q if any hand be upon him.

20 And if thou utter r this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast inade us to

I ver, 18.

Ex. 12. 13.
Eze.9.4-6.

5 instead of
you to die.
m Ge.24.49.

Ju. 1.24.
1 Sam.20.8.

o Lev. 19.11

12.

Nu.30.2.
2 Sam.21.1,
2,7.

Their covenant with her.

that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts h did melt, p ch.6.23. neither did there remain any gather. more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

q IKI.2.32.
Mat.27.25.
r Pr. 11. 13.

12 Now therefore, I pray you, s Mat.7.24. swear unto me by the LORD, since t ch.21.44. I have shewed you kindness, that

Ex.23.31.

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ye will also shew kindness unto my k father's house, and give me a true token: l

melt, v.9.

(CHAP. 3.)

13 And that ye will save alive my fner, and my mother, and my a ch.2.1. brethren, and my sisters, and all

swear.

18 Behold, when we come into the

land, thou shalt bind this line of

thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and p thou shalt 6 bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household home unto thee.

Joshua cometh to Jordan.

JOSHUA, IV. dan, he and all the children of Is- B. C. 1452. rael, and lodged there before they passed over.

b ch.1.10.11.

2 And it came to pass after three c Nu. 10.33.
days, that the officers went bid De.31.9,25.
through the host;
e Ex. 19.12.

since yes-
terday and

the third
day.

Ex. 19. 10,

3 And they commanded the peo-1 ple, saying, When ye see the ark c of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the d priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove fch.7.13. from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet there shall be a space e 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 1 heretofore.

14.
Lev. 20.7.
Nu. 11. 18.
1Sam. 16.5.

Job 1.5.
Joel 2.16.
Jno.17.19.

5 And ƒ Joshua said unto the peo-g Ps.86.10. ple, Sanctify yourselves: for toh Nu4. 15. inorrow the LORD will do won-i ch.4.14. ders g among you.

6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take h 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 i thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as k 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.

ICh.29.25.

2Ch.1.1.
Ps. 18.35.

k ch.1.5.

I

ver. 17

m Deut.5.26.

Mat. 16.16.

1Th.1.9.

n ch.21.45.

o Ex.33.2. Deut.7.1. Ps.44.2. p ver. 13.

Is.54.5.
Mi.4.13..
Zec.4.14.
6.5.

9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

Jer.3. 16.
Heb.9.4.

10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye
shall know that the living m Godt De.31.26.
is among you, and that he will with-
out fail n drive o out from before
you the Canaanites, and the Hit-u
tites, and the Hivites, and the Pe-
rizzites, and the Girgashites, and
the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

ver. 13.
1Ch. 12.15.

Jer. 12.5.

11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the p 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 r 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 s1 stand upon an heap.

14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents to pass over Jordan, and the priests

q ch.4.2.

r ver. 15, 16.
& Ps.78. 13.

w Ps. 114.3.
x IKI.4.12,
Zartanah.
1K1.7.46,
Zarthan.
y Deut.3 17.
z Ex. 14.29.
(CHAP. 4.)
a Deut.27.2.

b ver.21.

Ex. 13.14.
Deut.6.20.
Ps.44.1.

78.3-8.

to morrow,

c ch.3. 13.16.
d Nu. 16.40.

Ps. 11.4.

The waters are divided.

bearing the t ark of the covenant before the people;

15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet u of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan v overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)

16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up w upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan; r and those that came down toward the y 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 z 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. Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memorial out of Jordan.

ND it came to pass, when all

A 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, a and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place where ye shall Hodge 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 lover before the ark of the LORD your God 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 b your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying. What mean ye by these stones? 7 Then ye shall answer them, c 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 d 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