Joshua:5-8
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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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At that time the LORD said unto Joshua ,
Make thee sharp knives ,
and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time .
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And Joshua made him sharp knives ,
and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins .
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And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise :
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 .
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Now all the people that came out were circumcised :
but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt ,
them they had not circumcised .
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For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness ,
till all the people that were men of war ,
which came out of Egypt ,
were consumed ,
because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD :
unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land ,
which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us ,
a land that floweth with milk and honey .
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And their children ,
whom he raised up in their stead ,
them Joshua circumcised :
for they were uncircumcised ,
because they had not circumcised them by the way .
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And it came to pass ,
when they had done circumcising all the people ,
that they abode in their places in the camp ,
till they were whole .
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And the LORD said 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 .
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And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal ,
and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho .
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And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover ,
unleavened cakes ,
and parched corn in the selfsame day .
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And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ;
neither had the children of Israel manna any more ;
but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year .
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And it came to pass ,
when Joshua was by Jericho ,
that he lifted up his eyes and looked ,
and ,
behold ,
there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand :
and Joshua went unto him ,
and said unto him ,
Art thou for us ,
or for our adversaries ?
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And he said ,
Nay ;
but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come .
And Joshua fell on his face to the earth ,
and did worship ,
and said unto him ,
What saith my lord unto his servant ?
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And the captain of the LORD '
S host said unto Joshua ,
Loose thy shoe from off thy foot ;
for the place whereon thou standest is holy .
And Joshua did so .
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Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel :
none went out ,
and none came in .
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And the LORD said unto Joshua ,
See ,
I have given into thine hand Jericho ,
and the king thereof ,
and the mighty men of valour .
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And ye shall compass the city ,
all ye men of war ,
and go round about the city once .
Thus shalt thou do six days .
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And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams '
horns :
and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times ,
and the priests shall blow with the trumpets .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that when they make a long blast with the ram '
s horn ,
and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet ,
all the people shall shout with a great shout ;
and the wall of the city shall fall down flat ,
and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him .
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And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests ,
and said unto them ,
Take up the ark of the covenant ,
and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams '
horns before the ark of the LORD .
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And he said unto the people ,
Pass on ,
and compass the city ,
and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD .
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And it came to pass ,
when Joshua had spoken unto the people ,
that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams '
horns passed on before the LORD ,
and blew with the trumpets :
and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them .
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And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets ,
and the rereward came after the ark ,
the priests going on ,
and blowing with the trumpets .
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And Joshua had commanded the people ,
saying ,
Ye shall not shout ,
nor make any noise with your voice ,
neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth ,
until the day I bid you shout ;
then shall ye shout .
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So the ark of the LORD compassed the city ,
going about it once :
and they came into the camp ,
and lodged in the camp .
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And Joshua rose early in the morning ,
and the priests took up the ark of the LORD .
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And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams '
horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually ,
and blew with the trumpets :
and the armed men went before them ;
but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD ,
the priests going on ,
and blowing with the trumpets .
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And the second day they compassed the city once ,
and returned into the camp :
so they did six days .
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And it came to pass on the seventh day ,
that they rose early about the dawning of the day ,
and compassed the city after the same manner seven times :
only on that day they compassed the city seven times .
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And it came to pass at the seventh time ,
when the priests blew with the trumpets ,
Joshua said unto the people ,
Shout ;
for the LORD hath given you the city .
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And the city shall be accursed ,
even it ,
and all that are therein ,
to the LORD :
only Rahab the harlot shall live ,
she and all that are with her in the house ,
because she hid the messengers that we sent .
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And ye ,
in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing ,
lest ye make yourselves accursed ,
when ye take of the accursed thing ,
and make the camp of Israel a curse ,
and trouble it .
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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 .
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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 the wall fell down flat ,
so that the people went up into the city ,
every man straight before him ,
and they took the city .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive ,
and her father '
s household ,
and all that she had ;
and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day ;
because she hid the messengers ,
which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho .
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And Joshua adjured them at 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 .
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So the LORD was with Joshua ;
and his fame was noised throughout all the country .
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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 .
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And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai ,
which is beside Bethaven ,
on the east side of Bethel ,
and spake unto them ,
saying ,
Go up and view the country .
And the men went up and viewed Ai .
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And they returned to Joshua ,
and said unto him ,
Let not all the people go up ;
but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai ;
and make not all the people to labour thither ;
for they are but few .
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So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men :
and they fled before the men of Ai .
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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 hearts of the people melted ,
and became as water .
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And Joshua rent his clothes ,
and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide ,
he and the elders of Israel ,
and put dust upon their heads .
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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 Amorites ,
to destroy us ?
would to God we had been content ,
and dwelt on the other side Jordan !
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O Lord ,
what shall I say ,
when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies !
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For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it ,
and shall environ us round ,
and cut off our name from the earth :
and what wilt thou do unto thy great name ?
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And the LORD said unto Joshua ,
Get thee up ;
wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face ?
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Israel hath sinned ,
and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them :
for they have even taken of the accursed thing ,
and have also stolen ,
and dissembled also ,
and they have put it even among their own stuff .
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Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies ,
but turned their backs before their enemies ,
because they were accursed :
neither will I be with you any more ,
except ye destroy the accursed from among you .
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Up ,
sanctify the people ,
and say ,
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 .
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In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes :
and it shall be ,
that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof ;
and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households ;
and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man .
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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 .
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So Joshua rose up early in the morning ,
and brought Israel by their tribes ;
and the tribe of Judah was taken :
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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 :
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And he brought his household man by man ;
and Achan ,
the son of Carmi ,
the son of Zabdi ,
the son of Zerah ,
of the tribe of Judah ,
was taken .
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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 .
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And Achan answered Joshua ,
and said ,
Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel ,
and thus and thus have I done :
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When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment ,
and two hundred shekels of silver ,
and a 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 .
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So Joshua sent messengers ,
and they ran unto the tent ;
and ,
behold ,
it was hid in his tent ,
and the silver under it .
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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 .
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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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And Joshua said ,
Why hast thou troubled us ?
the LORD shall trouble thee this day .
And all Israel stoned him with stones ,
and burned them with fire ,
after they had stoned them with stones .
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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 Achor ,
unto this day .
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And the LORD said unto Joshua ,
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 king of Ai ,
and his people ,
and his city ,
and his land :
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And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king :
only the spoil thereof ,
and the cattle thereof ,
shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves :
lay thee an ambush for the city behind it .
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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 .
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And he commanded them ,
saying ,
Behold ,
ye shall lie in wait against the city ,
even behind the city :
go not very far from the city ,
but be ye all ready :
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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 we will flee before them ,
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For they will come out after us )
till we have drawn them from the city ;
for they will say ,
They flee before us ,
as at the first :
therefore we will flee before them .
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Then ye shall rise up from the ambush ,
and seize upon the city :
for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand .
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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 .
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Joshua therefore sent them forth :
and they went to lie in ambush ,
and abode between Bethel and Ai ,
on the west side of Ai :
but Joshua lodged that night among the people .
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And Joshua rose up early in the morning ,
and numbered the people ,
and went up ,
he and the elders of Israel ,
before the people to Ai .
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And all the people ,
even the people of war that were with him ,
went up ,
and drew nigh ,
and came before the city ,
and pitched on the north side of Ai :
now there was a valley between them and Ai .
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And he took about five thousand men ,
and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai ,
on the west side of the city .
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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 went that night into the midst of the valley .
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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 he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city .
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And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them ,
and fled by the way of the wilderness .
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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 .
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And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel ,
that went not out after Israel :
and they left the city open ,
and pursued after Israel .
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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 .
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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 .
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And when the men of Ai looked behind them ,
they saw ,
and ,
behold ,
the smoke of the city ascended up to 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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the king of Ai they took alive ,
and brought him to Joshua .
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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 .
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And so it was ,
that all that fell that day ,
both of men and women ,
were twelve thousand ,
even all the men of Ai .
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For Joshua drew not his hand back ,
wherewith he stretched out the spear ,
until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai .
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Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves ,
according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua .
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And Joshua burnt Ai ,
and made it an heap for ever ,
even a desolation unto this day .
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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 his carcase down from the tree ,
and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city ,
and raise thereon a great heap of stones ,
that remaineth unto this day .
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Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal ,
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As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel ,
as it is written in the book of the law of Moses ,
an altar of whole stones ,
over which no man hath lift up any iron :
and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD ,
and sacrificed peace offerings .
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And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses ,
which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel .
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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 LORD had commanded before ,
that they should bless the people of Israel .
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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 .
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There was not a word of all that Moses commanded ,
which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel ,
with the women ,
and the little ones ,
and the strangers that were conversant among them .
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And it came to pass ,
when all the kings which were on this side Jordan ,
in the hills ,
and in the valleys ,
and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon ,
the Hittite ,
and the Amorite ,
the Canaanite ,
the Perizzite ,
the Hivite ,
and the Jebusite ,
heard thereof ;
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