Joshua:1-4
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Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass ,
that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun ,
Moses '
minister ,
saying ,
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Moses my servant is dead ;
now therefore arise ,
go over this Jordan ,
thou ,
and all this people ,
unto the land which I do give to them ,
even to the children of Israel .
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Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon ,
that have I given unto you ,
as I said unto Moses .
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From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river ,
the river Euphrates ,
all the land of the Hittites ,
and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun ,
shall be your coast .
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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 .
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Be strong and of a good courage :
for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land ,
which I sware unto their fathers to give them .
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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 from it to the right hand or to the left ,
that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest .
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This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth ;
but thou shalt meditate therein day and night ,
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 have good success .
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Have not I commanded thee ?
Be strong and of a good courage ;
be not afraid ,
neither be thou dismayed :
for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest .
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Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people ,
saying ,
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Pass through the host ,
and command the people ,
saying ,
Prepare you 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 .
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And to the Reubenites ,
and to the Gadites ,
and to half the tribe of Manasseh ,
spake Joshua ,
saying ,
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Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you ,
saying ,
The LORD your God hath given you rest ,
and hath given you this land .
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Your wives ,
your little ones ,
and your cattle ,
shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan ;
but ye shall pass before your brethren armed ,
all the mighty men of valour ,
and help them ;
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Until the LORD have given your brethren rest ,
as he hath given you ,
and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them :
then ye shall return unto the land of your possession ,
and enjoy it ,
which Moses the LORD '
S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising .
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And they answered Joshua ,
saying ,
All that thou commandest us we will do ,
and whithersoever thou sendest us ,
we will go .
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According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things ,
so will we hearken unto thee :
only the LORD thy God be with thee ,
as he was with Moses .
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Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment ,
and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him ,
he shall be put to death :
only be strong and of a good courage .
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And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly ,
saying ,
Go view the land ,
even Jericho .
And they went ,
and came into an harlot '
s house ,
named Rahab ,
and lodged there .
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And it was told the king of Jericho ,
saying ,
Behold ,
there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country .
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And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab ,
saying ,
Bring forth the men that are come to thee ,
which are entered into thine house :
for they be come to search out all the country .
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And the woman took the two men ,
and hid them ,
and said thus ,
There came men unto me ,
but I wist not whence they were :
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And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate ,
when it was dark ,
that the men went out :
whither the men went I wot not :
pursue after them quickly ;
for ye shall overtake them .
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But she had brought them up to the roof of the house ,
and hid them with the stalks of flax ,
which she had laid in order upon the roof .
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And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords :
and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out ,
they shut the gate .
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And before they were laid down ,
she came up unto them upon the roof ;
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And she said 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 .
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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 unto the two kings of the Amorites ,
that were on the other side Jordan ,
Sihon and Og ,
whom ye utterly destroyed .
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And as soon 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 .
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Now therefore ,
I pray you ,
swear unto me by the LORD ,
since I have shewed you kindness ,
that ye will also shew kindness unto my father '
s house ,
and give me a true token :
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And that ye will save alive my father ,
and my mother ,
and my brethren ,
and my sisters ,
and all that they have ,
and deliver our lives from death .
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And the men answered her ,
Our life for yours ,
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 .
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Then she let them down by a cord through the window :
for her house was upon the town wall ,
and she dwelt upon the wall .
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And she said unto them ,
Get you to the mountain ,
lest the pursuers meet you ;
and hide yourselves there three days ,
until the pursuers be returned :
and afterward may ye go your way .
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And the men said unto her ,
We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear .
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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 bring thy father ,
and thy mother ,
and thy brethren ,
and all thy father '
s household ,
home unto thee .
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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 .
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And if thou utter this our business ,
then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear .
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And she said ,
According unto your words ,
so be it .
And she sent them away ,
and they departed :
and she bound the scarlet line in the window .
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And they went ,
and came unto the mountain ,
and abode there three days ,
until the pursuers were returned :
and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way ,
but found them not .
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So the two men returned ,
and descended from the mountain ,
and passed over ,
and came to Joshua the son of Nun ,
and told him all things that befell them :
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And they said unto 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 .
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And Joshua rose early in the morning ;
and they removed from Shittim ,
and came to Jordan ,
he and all the children of Israel ,
and lodged there before they passed over .
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And it came to pass after three days ,
that the officers went through the host ;
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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 .
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Yet there shall be a space between you and it ,
about two thousand cubits by measure :
come not near unto it ,
that ye may know the way by which ye must go :
for ye have not passed this way heretofore .
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And Joshua said unto the people ,
Sanctify yourselves :
for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you .
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And Joshua spake unto the priests ,
saying ,
Take up the ark of the covenant ,
and pass over before the people .
And they took up the ark of the covenant ,
and went before the people .
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And the LORD said unto Joshua ,
This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel ,
that they may know that ,
as I was with Moses ,
so I will be with thee .
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And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant ,
saying ,
When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan ,
ye shall stand still in Jordan .
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And Joshua said unto the children of Israel ,
Come hither ,
and hear the words of the LORD your God .
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And Joshua said ,
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 Hivites ,
and the Perizzites ,
and the Girgashites ,
and the Amorites ,
and the Jebusites .
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Behold ,
the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan .
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Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel ,
out of every tribe a man .
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And it shall come to pass ,
as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD ,
the Lord of all the earth ,
shall rest in the waters of Jordan ,
that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above ;
and they shall stand upon an heap .
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And it came to pass ,
when the people removed from their tents ,
to pass over Jordan ,
and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people ;
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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 of harvest ,)
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That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam ,
that is beside Zaretan :
and those that came down toward the sea of the plain ,
even the salt sea ,
failed ,
and were cut off :
and the people passed over right against Jericho .
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And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan ,
and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground ,
until all the people were passed clean over Jordan .
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And it came to pass ,
when all the people were clean passed over Jordan ,
that the LORD spake unto Joshua ,
saying ,
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Take you twelve men out of the people ,
out of every tribe a man ,
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And command ye them ,
saying ,
Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan ,
out of the place where the priests '
feet stood firm ,
twelve stones ,
and ye shall carry them over with you ,
and leave them in the lodging place ,
where ye shall lodge this night .
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Then Joshua called the twelve men ,
whom he had prepared of the children of Israel ,
out of every tribe a man :
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And Joshua said unto them ,
Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan ,
and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder ,
according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel :
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That this may be a sign among you ,
that when your children ask their fathers in time to come ,
saying ,
What mean ye by these stones ?
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Then ye shall answer them ,
That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD ;
when it passed over Jordan ,
the waters of Jordan were cut off :
and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever .
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And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded ,
and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan ,
as the LORD spake unto Joshua ,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel ,
and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged ,
and laid them down there .
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And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan ,
in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood :
and they are there unto this day .
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For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan ,
until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people ,
according to all that Moses commanded Joshua :
and the people hasted and passed over .
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And it came to pass ,
when all the people were clean passed over ,
that the ark of the LORD passed over ,
and the priests ,
in the presence of the people .
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And the children of Reuben ,
and the children of Gad ,
and half the tribe of Manasseh ,
passed over armed before the children of Israel ,
as Moses spake unto them :
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About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle ,
to the plains of Jericho .
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On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel ;
and they feared him ,
as they feared Moses ,
all the days of his life .
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And the LORD spake unto Joshua ,
saying ,
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Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony ,
that they come up out of Jordan .
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Joshua therefore commanded the priests ,
saying ,
Come ye up out of Jordan .
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And it came to pass ,
when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan ,
and the soles of the priests '
feet were lifted up unto the dry land ,
that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place ,
and flowed over all his banks ,
as they did before .
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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 Jericho .
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And those twelve stones ,
which they took out of Jordan ,
did Joshua pitch in Gilgal .
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And he spake unto the children of Israel ,
saying ,
When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come ,
saying ,
What mean these stones ?
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Then ye shall let your children know ,
saying ,
Israel came over this Jordan on dry land .
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For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you ,
until ye were passed over ,
as the LORD your God did to the Red sea ,
which he dried up from before us ,
until we were gone over :
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That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD ,
that it is mighty :
that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever .
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And it came to pass ,
when all the kings of the Amorites ,
which were on the side of Jordan westward ,
and all the kings of the Canaanites ,
which were by the sea ,
heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel ,
until we were passed over ,
that their heart melted ,
neither was there spirit in them any more ,
because of the children of Israel .
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