This day will I begin to magnify thee of the Jordan, and all the Israelites in the eyes of all Israel, that they crossed over on dry ground, until all may know that as I was with Moses, the nation had finished passing over so I will be with thee. the Jordan. 10 Behold the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan. 11 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the Ark of the Eter nal, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they will stand up in a heap. CHAPTER IV. AND it came to pass, when all the nation had finished crossing over the Jordan, that the LORD spake to Joshua saying, 2 Take to you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 And command ye them, saying, Take up to you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the firm foot-way of the priests, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night. 4 And thus the children of Israel did, as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD had spoken to Joshua, according to the number and carried them over with them to of the tribes of the children of Israel, them down there. 5 And it came to pass, when all the people had finished crossing over, that the Ark of the LORD crossed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 12 And the people removed from the place where they lodged, and laid their tents to cross over the Jordan, and the priests bearing the Ark of the Covenant went before the people; 13 And as they that bare the Ark were come to the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in the brim of the water, (for the Jordan is full on all its banks during all the time of harvest,) the waters which were coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap; and those that were going down toward the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over [the Jordan] right against Jericho. 14 And the priests that bare the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst 6 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, crossed over armed in the presence of the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them. 7 About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before the LORD unto battle, to the barren plains of Jericho. 8 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all he days of his life. 9 And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho. 10 And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal. 11 And he spake to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What are these stones? 12 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land. 13 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye had crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over; 14 In order that all the peoples of the land might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty; and in order that you might fear the LORD your God, forever. 15 And the children of Israel encamped at Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho. 16 And they did eat of the produce of the land on the morrow of the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the course of that day. 17 And the Manna ceased on the morrow as they did eat of the produce of the land. 18 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 to him, and said to him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 19 And he said, Nay; but as prince of the LORD of hosts am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and said to him, What saith my lord to his servant? 20 And the prince of the LORD of hosts said to Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. CHAPTER V. NOW Jericho was closely shut up None went out and none came in. because of the children of Israel. 2 And the LORD said to Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the warriors of valour. 3 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and let seven priests bear seven jubilee trumpets before the Ark of the LORD. 4 And he said to the people, Pass on and encompass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the Ark of the LORD. 5 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven jubilee trumpets before the LORD passed on, and blew with the trumpets; and the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD followed after them. 6 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rear-guard came after the Ark, going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 7 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 when I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. 8 So the Ark of the LORD encompassed the city, going round it once. And they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 9 And on the second day they encompassed the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did for six days. 10 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the rising of the dawn, and encompassed the city after the same manner seven times. 11 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given to you the city. 12 And the city is accursed, it and all that is therein, to the LORD; only Rahab shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 13 Only do ye keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, and make the camp of Israel to become accursed, and trouble it. 14 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of copper and iron, shall be holy unto the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. 15 So the people shouted; and they 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 the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and took the city. 16 But Joshua had said to the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the house of Rahab and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 17 And the men 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. 18 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of copper and of iron, they put into the treasury. 19 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD that riseth up and buildeth up this city of Jericho; he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the doors of it. and his fame was throughout all the 20 So the LORD was with Joshua ; land. CHAPTER VI. BUT the children of Israel commit ted a tresspass in the accursed thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabbi, the son of Zarah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the accursed thing; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Bethaven, (on the east side of Beth-el,) and spake to them, saying, Go up and spy the land. And the men went up and spied Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two thousand or about three thousand men go up and smite Ai. Weary not all the people by sending them thither: for they could not stand up before their eneare but few. 4 So they went up thither of the people about three thousand men; but they fled before the men of Ai. mies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they had become accursed. Neither will I be with you any more except ye destroy 5 And the men of Ai smote of them the accursed thing from among you. about thirty and six men. For they 13 Get thee up, sanctify the peochased them from before the city ple, and say, Sanctify yourselves gate unto the breaches, and smote against to-morrow; for thus said the them in the going down. Therefore LORD the God of Israel, There is the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6 And Joshua rent 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 they put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh that we had been content, and had dwelt on the other side of the Jordan; 8 O Lord, what is to be said after Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies? 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth. And what wilt thou do for thy great name? 10 And the LORD said to Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken some of the accursed thing, and have both stolen, and dissembled, and they have also put it among their own baggage. 12 Therefore the children of Israel an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand up before thine enemies until ye put away the accursed thing from among you. 14 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought up Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken. 15 And he brought up the families of Judah; and the family of the Zarhites was taken. And he brought up the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken. 16 And he brought up his house man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zarah, of the tribe of Judah was taken. 17 And Joshua, said to Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. 18 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done. 19 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels [or twenty-five ounces], then I coveted them, and took them; and behold, they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 20 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver under it. 4 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city. the the 5 And when the people had set all camp that was on the north of city, and their liers in wait on 21 And they took them out of the the west of the city, Joshua went midst of the tent, and brought them that night into the midst of the to Joshua, and all the children of Israel, and laid them before the LORD. 22 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zarah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and all that he had; and they brought them to the valley of Achor [or Trouble]. 23 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? The LORD will trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones. And they raised over him a great heap of stones which remain until this day. Therefore the name of that place has been called, The Valley of Achor, unto this day. CHAPTER VII. valley. 6 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hastened and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the Barren Valley; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city. 7 And Joshua and all Israel were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the desert. 8 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them. And they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 9 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out af AND the LORD said to Joshua, ter Israel. And they left the city Fear not, neither be thou dis-open, and pursued after Israel. mayed. Take all the people of war 10 And the ambush arose quickly with thee, and arise, go up to Ai. out of their place. And they See, I have given into thy hand the and entered into the city, and king of Ai, and his people, and his took it, and hastened, and set the city, and his land. city on fire. 2 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 3 And all the people of war of them that were with him went up,and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai. And there was a valley between them and Ai. ran 11 And when the men of Ailooked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. 12 And the people that fled to the desert turned upon the pursuers. And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, |