THE HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. (SCHOOL AND FAMILY EDITION.) PUBLISHED Under the auspices of Congregation Adath Israel, Louisville, Ky., and Congregation BY ADOLPH MOSES AND ISAAC S. MOSES. MILWAUKEE, WIS. CHAPTER I. JOSHUAFOR: AFTER the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying: 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I 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 to you, as I said to Moses. 4 From the [southern] desert and this Lebanon even unto the Great River, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea [or the Mediterranean] toward the going down of the sun, shall be your boundary. 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 good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit 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 aside from it to the right hand or to the left, so that thou mayest do wisely withersoever thou goest. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, so 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 do wisely. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of 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 middle of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare for yourselves 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 the Half Tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying: 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, the LORD your Gad 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 beyond the Jordan; but ye shall cross over armed before your brethren, all the warriors of valour, and help them; 15 Until the LORD shall give rest to your brethren, as to you, and they also have possessed the land. which ting of the city gate, when it was the LORD your God giveth them. dark, that the men went out. Whither Then ye shall return to the land of the men went I know not. Pursue your possession, and possess it, which after them quickly; for ye will overMoses the servant of the LORD gave take them. you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising. 16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and withersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 17 According as we hearkened to Moses in all things, so will we hearken to thee. Only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy command, and will not hearken to thy words in all that thou commandest us, he shall be put to death; only be strong, and of good courage. CHAPTER II. AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Sittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go view the land, and Jericho. And they went, and came into the house of a woman, named Rahab, and they lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night, out of the children of Israel, to search out the land. 3 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, who are come into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land. 6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and had hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan unto the fords. And as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the city gate. 8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said to the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that the fear of you 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 to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard, 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 on earth beneath. 12 Now, therefore, I pray you, swear to me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness to my father's house; and give me a true token; 4 And the woman took the two men and hid them, and said thus, There 13 And that ye will save alive my came men unto me, but I know not father, and my mother, and my brethwhence they were. ren, and my sisters, and all that they 5 And it came to pass at the shut-have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours unto death, 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 wall of the rampart, and she dwelt upon the rampart. 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the Hill country, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there for three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward may ye go your way. 17 And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to 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 gather 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 But if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. Hill country, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned. 23 So the two men returned, and went down from the Hill country, and crossed over [the Jordan], and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and related to him all that had befallen them. 24 And they said to 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. CHAPTER III. AND Joshua rose early in the morn ing; and they removed from Sittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over. 2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the camp; 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, in order that ye may know the way by which ye must go. For ye have not passed this way heretofore. 5 And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. 6 And Joshua spake to the priests, 21 And she said, According unto saying, Take up the Ark of the your words, so be it. And she sent Covenant, and cross over [the Jordan] them away, and they departed. And before the people. And they took she bound the scarlet line in the up the Ark of the Covenant, and window. went before the people. 22 And they went and came to the 7 And the LORD said to Joshua |