Bofure ye make yourselves accursed, when CHRIST ye take of the accursed thing, and 1451. make the camp of Israel a curse, i and trouble it.

i ch. 7. 25. I Kin. 18. 17, 18.

Jonah 1. 12. ↑ Heb. holiness.

k ver. 5. Heb. 11. 20. + Heb. under it.

1 Deut. 7. 2.

m ch. 2. 14. Heb. 11. 31.

n ch. 2. 13.

+ Heb. families.

over. 19.

5.

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 k the wall fell down fflat, 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 sware unto her.

23 And the young men that were spies 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.

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 housepSee Matt. i. hold, and all that she had; and Pshe dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

26 And Joshua adjured them at 1 Kin.16.34. 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.

r ch. 1. 5. sch. 9. 1, 3.

a ch. 22, 20.

11 Chr. 2. 7, Achar. 10r, Zimri,

1 Chr. 2. 6.

27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.

CHAPTER VII.

G

1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. Joshua's complaint. 10 God instructeth him what to do. 16 Achan is taken by the lot. 19 His confession. 22 He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor.

BUT the children of Israel committed 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.

Achan troubleth Israel. Before

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cho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake CHRIST unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let tabout two or three + Heb, about thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

2000 men, or about 3000 men.

4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men; band they fled before the men of Lev. 26. 17. Ai.

Deut. 28. 25

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 10r. in hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

Morad. ech. 29, 11. Lev. 26. 36. Ps. 22. 14.

34.

6 And Joshua drent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his faced Gen, 37, 29, before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amo- fEx. 5. 22. rites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

11 i Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: k for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and I dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 m Therefore the children of Is-m See Num. rael could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because "they a Deut. 7. 26 were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, P Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed

thing in the midst 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

14. 45.

Judg. 2. 14

ch. 6. 18.

Ex. 19. 10. pch. 3.5.

family which the LORD shall take CHRIST 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 in Israel.

■ ver. 11,

t Gen. 34. 7. Judg. 20, 6. | Or, wickedness,

16 T 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:

18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of ul8am.14.42. Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, "was taken.

x See 1 Sam. 0.5.

Jer. 13. 16. John 9. 24. y Num. 5.6.7. 2Chr. 30. 22. Ps. 51. 3. Dan. 9. 4. z1 Sam. 14.43.

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 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 ↑ Heb, tongue. 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.

↑ Heb. poured.

aver, 28.

ch. 15. 7. b ch. 6. 18.

1 Chr. 2. 7.
Gal. 5. 12.

c Deut. 17. 5. d ch. 8. 29, 28am. 18. 17. Lam, 3, 53.

e Deut, 13, 17. 2 Sam. 21.14. f ver. 21. Is. 65. 10. Hos. 2, 15. That is, Trouble.

22 T 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.

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The stratagem for taking Ai

CHAPTER VIIL

God encourageth Joshua. 3 The stratagem whereby Ai was taken. 29 The king thereof is hanged. 30 Joshua buildeth an altar, 32 writeth the law on stones, 83 propoundeth blessings and cursings.

AND the LORD said unto Joshua,

Before CHRIST 1451.

a Deut. 1. 21. & 7, 18, & 31.

8.

ch. 1. 9.

"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 bch. 6. 2. king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

e ch. 6. 21.

2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto "Jericho and her king: only d the spoil thereof, a Deut, 20, 14 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 Judg. 20, 29. against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

5 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 f we will flee before Judg. 20. 39, them,

6(For they will come out after us,) till we have † drawn them from the Hob. pulled, 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 to 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.

g2 Sam. 13.28.

25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all rael 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 Achior, unto this day.

12 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.

13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua

1 Or, of Ai.

Heb. their lying in wait, ver. 4

Ai is taken, and

Before

went that night into the midst of the CHRIST valley. 1451.

14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted 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 plain; but 1Judg. 20.34. he i wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel k made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilder

Eec. 9. 12. kJudg. 20.36,

ness.

16 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.

17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-cl, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to + Heb. hand. heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

1 Deut, 7.2.

m Num. 31. 22, 20,

21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

the king thereof hanged.

Before

of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the CHRIST 1451. word of the LORD which he "commanded Joshua.

28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

n ver. 2.

Deut. 13.18. peh. 12. 23. Ps. 107. 40. & 110. 5.

10.

29 P And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take hut. 27.23. his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great rch, 7. 23. & heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

10. 27.

Dent, 27.5.6.

30 T Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Deut.27.4,5. Ebal, 31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the Ex. 20. 25. law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lifted up any iron: and "they offered thereonu Ex. 20. 24. burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. 32 T And he wrote there upon the Deut, 27. 2, stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

8.

y Deut. 31. 9,

25,

Deut. 31. 12.

33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Deut. 11.29. LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Isracl.

34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, d with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that † were conversant among them.

3 T And when the inhabitants of d Gibeone heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

+ Heb. mouth.

d ch. 10. 2. ? Bumi. 21. 1, 2.

⚫ ch. 6. 27.

5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

obtain a league.

Before

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19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn un- CHRIST to them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest "wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be

r8ee 2 Sam. 21. 1, 2, 6. Ez. 17.13.15, 18, 19. Zech. 5. 3, 4 Mal. 3, 5.

t ver. 15.

8 And they said unto Joshua, i We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

9 And they said unto him, k From a very far country thy servants are come, because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.

11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.

12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

161 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were P Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

22 T And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, "We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

+ Heb. not be cut of from you. sver. 21, 27.

u ver. 6, 9. x ver. 16. 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, y Gen. 9. 25. and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

a Ex. 23. 32. Deut. 7. 1. 2.

b Ex. 15. 11.

25 And now, behold, we are in Gen. 16.6. thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

27 And Joshua made them that day dhewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

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CHAPTER X.

Five kings war against Gibeon. 6 Joshua rescueth it. 10 God fighteti against them with hailstones. 12 The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua. 16 The five kings are mured in a cave. 23 They are brought forth, 24 scornfully used, 28 and hanged. 28 Seven kings more are conquered. 43 Joshua returneth to Gilgal.

Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to b Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibcon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; 2 That they d feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of

+ Heb. gave, or, delivered to be.

1 Chr. 9. 2.
Ezra 8, 20.

d ver. 21, 23. e Deut. 12. 5.

ach. 6. 21.

1 ch.8.22,36,

28.

cch. 9. 15.

dEx. 15. 14.

15, 18. Deut, 11.25. + Heb, cities of the king. dom.

Before Hebron, and unto Piram king of CHRIST Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

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e ver. 1.

ch. 9. 15.

fch. D. 2.

gch. 5. 10. & 9. 6.

h ch. 8. l.

ich. 11. 6. Judg. 4. 14. keh. 1. 5.

1Judg. 4. 15.

12.

4 Come up unto me, and help me. that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. 6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua Eto the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and hall the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of val

our.

8 T And the LORD said unto Joshua, i Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; k there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

10 And the LORD discomfited them 1 Sam. 7. 10, before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up in to Beth-horon, and smote them to "Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

Ps. 18. 14
I.. 28. 21.

m ch. 16, 3, 5. n ch 15. 35.

o Pa. 18.13,14. & 77. 17. Is. 30, 30. Rev. 10. 21.

pls. 28. 21. Hab, 3, 11, + Hob. be silent. q Judg. 12.12.

r28am. 1. 18. Or, The upright?

See Is, 38. 8.

t Deut. 1. 30. ver. 42. ch. 23. 3. u ver. 43.

11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, "that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

127 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, t stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of 4 Ajalon.

13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel. 15 T" And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

The five combined kings slain.

16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

Before CHRIST 1451.

18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and f smite the hind- + Hob. eut most of them; suffer them not to of the tail. enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.

20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue Ex. 11. 7. against any of the children of Israel. 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.

23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon y Ps. 107. 40. the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

y

25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight."

26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

& 110. 5. & 149. 8, 9. Is. 28. 5. 6. Mal. 4. 3.

Deut.31.6,8.

ch. 1. 9.

Deut. 3. 21.

& 7. 19.

beh. 8. 29.

e Deut. 21.23 ch. 8. 29.

28 T And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah das he did deh. 6. 21. unto the king of Jericho.

29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: