fracks excellency. Chap. xxxiv. 29 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlafting arms and he fhall thruft out the enemy from before thee, and hall fay, Destroy them. 28 Ifrael then thall dwell in fafety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; alfo his heavens fhall drop down dew. Jofbua fucceedeth Mofer it unto thy feed: I have caused thee to fee it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So Mofes the fervant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his fepulchre unto this day. 29 Happy art thou, O Ifrael: who is like CHAP. XXXIV. Mofes, from mount Nebo, vieweth the land: top of Pifgah, that is over againft Jericho 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manaffeh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost fea, And the fouth, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the LORD faid unto him, This is the land which I fware unto Abraham, unto Ifaac, and unto Jacob, faying, I will give 8 And the children of Ifrael wept for Mofes in the plains of Moab thirty days e fo the days of weeping and mourning for Mofes were ended. 9 And Jofhua the fon of Nun was full of the fpirit of wifdom; for Mofes had laid his hands upon him: and the chilaren of Ifrael commanded Mofes. 10 And there arofe not a prophet fince la Ifrael like unto Mofes, whom the LORD knew face to face; II In all the figns and the wonders which the LORD fent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his fervants, and to all his land, 12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Mofes thewed in the fight of all Ifrael. 1 The Book of JOSHUA. СНАР. К The Lord appointeth Jofua to fucceed MoJet. 3 The borders of the promised land. 5,9 God promifeth to affift Joshua: 8 be giveth him infructions. TOW after the death of Mofes the fervant do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way profperous, and then thou shalt have good fuccefs. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be ftrong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither/ be thou difmayed: for the LORD thy God i Now of the with thee whitheroever thou geeft. LORD fpake unto Joshua the fon of Nun, 2 Mofes my fervant is dead; now there fore arife, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Ifrael. Every place that the fole of your foot fhall tread upon, that I have given unto you, as I faid unto Mofes. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great fea toward the going down of the fun, thall be your coaft. 5 There thall not any man be able to ftand before thee all the days of thy life. As I was with Mofes, fo I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forfake thee. 6 Be trong and of a good courage; for unto this people halt thou divide for an inherit. ance the land which I fware unto their ta thers to give them. 7 Only be thou ftrong, and very coura geous, that thou mayeft obferve to do according to all the law which Mofes my fer. vant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayeft profper whitherfoever thou goeft. 8 This book of the law thall not depart out of thy mouth; but thoufhalt meditate therein lay and night, that thou maye obferve to 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, faying, 11 Pats through the hoft, and command the people, faying, Prepare your victuals; for within three days ye thall pafs over this Jor dan, to go in to poffefs the land which the LORD your God giveth you to poffefs it. 12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manaffeh, fpake Joshua, faying, 13 Remember the word which Mofes the fervant of the LORD commanded you, fayings The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, fhall remain in the land which Mofes gave you on this fide Jordan; but ye shall pafs before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them, 15 Until the LORD have given your bre thren rett, as he hath given you, and they al fo have poffeffed the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your poffeffion, and enjoy it, which Mofes the LORD's fervant gave you on this fide Jordan, toward the fun-rifing. 16 And they anfwered Joshua, faying, All that thou commandeft us we will do, and whitherfoever thou fendeft us we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unto Mo. fes in all things, fo will we hearken unto Rabab receiveth the Spies: JOSHUA, thee only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Mofes. 18 Whosoever be be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandeft him, he shall be put to death; only be strong, and of a good courage. CHA P. II. Rabab receiveth and concealeth the two Spies fent from Shittim: 8 the covenant be tween her and them: 23 their return. AND Joshua the fon of Nun fent out of Shittim two men, to fpy fecretly, faying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house named Rahab, and lodge here. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, faying, Behold, there came men in hither tonight of the children of Ifrael, to fearch out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho fent unto. Rahab, faying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine houfe: for they be come to fearch out all the country. 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and faid thus, There came men unto me, but I wift not whence they were. 5 And it came to pafs about the time of fhutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out, whither the men went wot not purfue after them quickly; for ye fhall overtake them. 6 But the had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the italks of flax which the had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan, unto the tords and as foun as they which pursued after them were gone out, they that the gate. 8 And before they were laid down, the came up unto them upon the root; 9 And the faid unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror 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 fea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other file Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly deftroyed. 11And as foon as we had heard these things, 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 in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore I pray you, fwear unto me by the LORD, fince I have thewet you kindaefs, that ye will alfo thew kindnefs unto my father's houfe; and give me a true token: 13 And that ye will fave alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my fifters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men anfwered her, Our life for your's; if ye utter not this our business. And it thall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with Her covenant with them. upon the town-wall, and the dwelt upon the 17 And the men faid unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us wear. 18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou that bind this line of farlet thread in the window which thou didit let us down by : and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mo ther, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. 19 And it thall be, that whofoever shall go out of the doors of thy houfe into the street, his blood ball be upon his head, and we will be guiltlefs: and whofoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood feall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou haft made us to wear. 21 And the faid, According unto your words, fo be it. And the feat them away, and they departed: and the bound the fearlet line in the window. 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the purfuers were returned. And the pur fuers fought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 So the two men returned, and defcended from the mountain, and paifed over, and came to Joshua the fon of Nun, and tel him all things that burell them. 24 And they faid unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land: for even all the inhabitants of the cous try do faint because of us. CHAP. III. fua cometh to Jordan. 1 The Lord en courageth Jud. 9 Feftua encourageth the people. 14 The waters divided. AND Joshua rofe early in the mind and they removed from Shittim, and cant to Jordan, he and all the children of lfrael, and lodged there before they pafed over. 2 And it came to pafs after three days, that the officers went through the hoft; 3 And they commanded the people, faying When ye fee the ark of the covenant of th LORD your God, and the priests the Levits bearing it, then ye thall remove from y place, and go after it. 4 Yet there thall be a space between and it, about two thoufand cubits hy fure; come not near unto it; that ye pay know the way by which ye must go for ye have not paffed this way heretofore. $ And Jofhua faid unto the people, Sandily yourfelves: for to-morrow the LORD will de wonders among you. 6 And Joshua fpake unto the priests, faying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pas over before he people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the peo ple. 7 And the LORD faid unto Jofhus, Th day will I begin to magnify thee in the f of all Ifrael,hat they may know that a was with Mofes, fo I will be with thee. 8 An hou bait command the pricks Jordan divided. Chap. iv. bear the ark of the covenant, faying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of JorCena daa, ye shall and fill in Jordan. 9And Jothua faid unto the children of Ifrael, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. 10 And Jothun faid, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hi. vites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgalhites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. II Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Los of all the earth palleth over before you into Jordan. 12 Now therefore take ye twelve men out of the tribes of Ifrael, out of every tribe à 13 And it thall come to pafs, as foon as the foles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the LORD of all the earth, thall ret in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan ihall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they hall stand upon an neap. 14 And it came to pafs, when the people removed from their tents to pafs over jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time on harveft,) 16 That the waters which came down from above food, and role up upon an heap, very far from the city Adam, that is befide Zaretan: and thofe that came down toward the fea of the plain, even the falt fea, failed, and were cut off; ant the people paffed over right agant jericho. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the Covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midit of Jordan, and all the Ifraclites parfed over on dry groun, until all the people were paffed clean over Jordan. CHAP. IV. Twelve fones taken for a memorial out of Jordany twelve other flones are fet up in the mid thereof. 10, 19 The people pastover. 14 God magnifieth Jobuc. A were clean paed over fordan, that the ND it came to pafs, when all the people Loxo fpake unco Joshua, faying,, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out ofevery tribe a man; 3 And command you them, faying, Take ye henceout of the midst of Jorian, out of the place where the priests feet food firm twelve tones; and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place where ye thall loage this night. 4 Then joihua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Ifrael, out of every tribe a man; 5 And Joshua faid unto them, Pafs over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a tone upon his thoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Ifrael; 6 That this may be a fign among you, that when your children atk their fathers in time to come, faying, What mean ye by thefe Bones The people pass over it. 7 Then ye shall answer them, That the w ters of Jordan ere cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it paffed over Jordan, te waters of Jordan were cut off: and there ones thall be for a memorial unto the children of Ifrael forever. 8 And the children of Ifrael did so as Jothua commanded, and took up twelve itones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD fpake unto fofhua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of ifrael, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Joshua fet up twelve ftones in the midit of Jordan, in the place where the leet of the priests which bare the ark of the co. venant tood: and they are there unto this day. io For the priests which bare the ark flood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to fpeak unto the people, according to all that Mofes commanded Jothua: and the people afted and paffed over. 11 And it came to pafs, when all the peo ple were clean paffed over, that the ark of the LORD pailed over, and the priests, in the prefence of the people. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Ma maffeh, paffed over armed before the children oflirael, as Mofes fpake unto them. 13 About forty thousand, prepared for war, paffed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14 On that day the LORD magnified Jofhua in the fight of all Ifrael; and they teared him, as they feared Moles, all the days of his life. 15 And the LORD fpake unto Joshua, faying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, faying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came to pafs, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midit of Jor. dan, and the foles of the priests feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of his banks, as they did beford Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed 19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Je. richo. 20 And thofe twelve ftones, which they took out of jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilga!. 21 And he spake unto the children of If rael, faying, When your children thall afk their fathers in time to come, faying, What mean thefe ftones? 22 Then ye thall let your children know, faying, Ifrael came over this Jordan on dry land." 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were patfed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red fea, which he dried up from be. fore us, until we were gone over; 24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is migh ty; that ye night fear the LORD your God for ever. Circumcifion renewed. CHAP. V. JOSHUA. 1 The Canaanites are afraid. 2 Circumcifion AND it came to pafs, when all the kings of Canaanites, which were by the fea, heard 2. At that time the LORD faid unto Jofhua, 4 And this is the caufe why Joshua did circumcife: All the people that came out of Egypt that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. 5 Now all the people that came out were circumcifed; but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way, as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcifed. 6 For the children of Ifrael walked forty years in the wilderness, tili all the people, that were men of war, which came out of Egypt were confumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD fware, that he would not fhew them the land which the LORD fware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that noweth with milk and honey. And their children, whom he raifed up in their ftead, them Joshua circumcifed: for they were uncircumcifed, because they had not circumcifed them by the way. 8 And it came to pafs, when they had done circumcifing all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp till they were whole. 9 And the LORD faid unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you: wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. To And the children of Ifrael encamped in Gilgal, and kept the paffover on the fourteenth day of the month at even, in the plains of Jericho. 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the paffover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the felf. fame day. 12And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Ifrael manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 13¶ And it came to pafs, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man over against him, with his fword drawn in his hand and Joshua went unto him, and faid unto him, drt thou for us, or for our adverfaries? 14 And he faid, Nay; but as captain of the hott of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worfhip, and faid unto him, What faith my lord unto his fervant ? 15 And the captain of the LORD's hoft faid unto Joshua, Loose thy thoe from off thy Jericho deftroyed. foot; for the place whereon thou ftandeft f holy. And Joshua did fo. CHAP. VI. 1 Jericho is but up. 20 The walls fall down. 22 Rabab is faved. 26 The rebuilder of Jericho is curfed. Now Jericho was fraitly fhut up, be caufe of the children of Ifrael: none went out and none came in. 2 And the LORD faid unto Jofhua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour, 3 And ye fhall compafs the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus thalt thou do fix days. 4 And seven priests fhall bear before the ark feven trumpets of rams' horns: and the feventh day ye thall compafs the city feven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pafs, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the found of the trumpet, all the people thail fhout with a great fhout; and the wall of the city hall fall down flat, and the people thall afcend up, every man straight before him. 6 And Joshua the fon of Nun called the prieffs, and faid unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let feven priefts bear feven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. And he faid unto the people, País on, and compafs the city, and let him that is armed pafs on before the ark of the LORD. 8 And it came to pafs, when Joshua had fpoken unto the people, that the feven priests bearing the feven trumpets of rams' horns paf fed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. 9 And the armed men went before the priefs that blew with the trumpets, and the rere-ward came after the ark, the priefs go ing on, and blowing with the trumpets. 10 And Joshua had commanded the people, faying, Ye fhall not fhout, nor make any noife with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth until the day I bid you shout; then thall ye shout. 11 So the ark of the LORD compared the city, going about it once: and they came in. to the camp, and lodged in the camp. 12 And Joshua rofe early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. 13 And feven priefts bearing feven trum pets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD, went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went be fore them; but the rere-ward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on and blowing with the trumpets. 14 And the fecond day they compaffed the city once, and returned into the camp: fo they did fix days. 15 And it came to pafs on the feventh day, that they rofe early, about the dawning of the day, and compaffed the city after the fame manner feven times: only on that day they compaffed the city feven times. 16 And it came to pafs at the feventh time, when the priests biew with the trumpets, Joshua faidanto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city, 17 And the city thall be accurfed, even Rahah is preferved. Chap. vil. thu find It, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot thall live, the and all that are with her in the houfe, because the hid nemeffengers that we fent. 18 And ye in any wife keep yourselves from the accurfed thing, left ye make yourkjelves accuried when ye take of the accurf. ed thing, and make the camp of Ifrael a curse, and trouble it. 19 But all the filver, and gold, and veffels 20 So the people shouted when the pries 22 But Joshua had faid unto the two men 2; And the young men that were fpies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that the had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Ifrael. 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that wear therein: only the filver, and the gold, and the veffels of brais, and of iron, they put into the treafury of the house of the LORD. 25 And Jofua faved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's houfehold, and all that the had, and the dwelleth in Ifrael even unto this day because the hid the meffengers which John fent to fpy out Jericho. 26 And Jofhua adjured them at that time, faying, Curfed be the man before the LORD, that rifeth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he thall lay the foundation thereof in his firftborn, and in his youngest fon shall he fet up the gates of it. 27 80 the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noifed throughout all the country. СНА Р. VII. 5 The Ifraelites fmitten at Ai. 6 Jofbua's complaint: 10 God infiracleth him what to do. 16 Acban is taken by lot: 19 bis confefon: 22 he and all be bad are deftroyed. UT the children of Ifrael committed a chan, the fon of Carmi, the fon of Zabdi, the fon of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accurfed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of 2 And Jofhus fent men from Jericho to Ai, which is befide Beth-aven, on the eaft fide of Beth-el, and fpake unto them, faying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and faid unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and fmite Al, and make not all the people to la. bour thither; for they are but few. Draelfmitten at AI, 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men; and they fled be fore the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Aifmote of them about thirty and fix men for they chafed them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and Imote them in the going down; wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fellte the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the even-tide, he and the elders of Ifrael, and put duft upon their heads. 7 And Jothua faid, Alas! O Lord God, wherefore haft thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to deftroy us! Would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other fide Jordan! 8 O LORD, what shall I fay, when Ifrael turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites, and all the inhabi tants of the land fhall hear of it, and fhall en viron us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? Jo And the LORD faid unto Joshua, Ger thee up; Wherefore lieft thou thus upon thy face? 11 Ifrael hath finned, and they have alfo tranfgreffed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the ac curfed thing, and have alfo ftolen, and dif. fembled alfo, and they have put it even a mong their own ftuff. 12 Therefore the children of Ifrael could not fland before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, becaufe they were accurfed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye deftroy the accurfed from among you. 13 Up, fanctify the people, and fay, Sanc tify yourfelves againft to-morrow; for thus faith the LORD God of Ifrael, There is an ac curfed thing in the midft of thee, Ifrael: thou cauft not ftand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accurfed thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it thall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh fhail come according to the families therent; and the family which the LORD fhall take fhall come by houfeholds; and the household which the LORD thall také fhall come man by man. 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accurfed thing fhall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath because he hath wrought folly in Ifrael. 16 So Jofhua rofe up early in the morn ing, and brought Ifrael 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 fon of Zabdi, the fon of Zerah, of the tribe of judah, was taken. 19 And Joshua faid unto Achan, My fon, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Ifrael, and make confcffion unto him and |