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Rahab Shelters Spies 1 Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there. 2 It was told the king of Jericho, saying, “Behold, men from […]

Israel Crosses the Jordan 1 Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and he and all the sons of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they lodged there before they crossed. 2 At the end of three days the officers went through the midst of the camp; 3 and they […]

Memorial Stones from Jordan 1 Now when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lordspoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe, 3 and command them, saying, ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from […]

Israel Is Circumcised 1 Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites whowerebeyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites whowereby the sea, heard how the Lordhad dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until they had crossed, that their hearts melted, […]

The Conquest of Jericho 1 Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in. 2 The Lordsaid to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its kingandthe valiant warriors. 3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war […]

Israel Is Defeated at Ai 1 But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things under the ban, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the things under the ban, therefore the anger of the Lordburned against […]

The Conquest of Ai 1 Now the Lordsaid to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. 2 You shall do to Ai and […]

Guile of the Gibeonites 1 Now it came about when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland and on all the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of it, 2 […]

Five Kings Attack Gibeon 1 Now it came about when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had utterly destroyed it (just as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel […]

Northern Palestine Taken 1 Then it came about, when Jabin king of Hazor heardof it,that he sent to Jobab king of Madon and to the king of Shimron and to the king of Achshaph, 2 and to the kings who were of the north in the hill country, and in the Arabah-south ofChinneroth and in […]