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Joshua:1:1 @ And it came to pass after the death of Moses, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Naue, the minister of Moses, saying,
bes@Joshua:1:2 @ Moses my servant is dead; now then arise, go over Jordan, thou and all this people, into the land, which I give them.
bes@Joshua:1:4 @ The wilderness and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and as far as the (note:)Or, last, or, farthest sea(:note) extremity of the sea; your coasts shall be from the setting of the sun.
bes@Joshua:1:5 @ Not a man shall stand against you all the days of thy life; and as I was with Moses, so will I also be with thee, and (note:)Heb strkjv@13:5(:note) I will not fail thee, or neglect thee.
bes@Joshua:1:6 @ Be strong and «quit thyself like a man, for thou shalt divide the land to this people, which I sware to give to (note:)Gr. to your fathers, to give them(:note) your fathers.
bes@Joshua:1:7 @ Be strong, therefore, and quit thyself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded thee; and thou shalt not turn (note:)Gr. from them, sc. the commands(:note) therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest be wise in whatsoever thou mayest do.
bes@Joshua:1:8 @ And the book of this law shall not depart out of thy mouth, and thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest know how to do all the things that are written in it; then shalt thou prosper, and make thy ways prosperous, and then shalt thou be wise.
bes@Joshua:1:9 @ Lo! I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord thy God is with thee in all places whither thou goest.
bes@Joshua:1:10 @ And Joshua commanded the scribes of the people, saying,
bes@Joshua:1:11 @ Go into the midst of the camp of the people, and command the people, saying, Prepare provisions; for yet three days and ye (note:)Gr. do go over(:note) shall go over this Jordan, entering in to take possession of the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives to you.
bes@Joshua:1:12 @ And to Ruben, and to Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasse, Joshua said,
bes@Joshua:1:13 @ Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, the Lord your God has caused you to rest, and has given you this land.
bes@Joshua:1:14 @ Let your wives and your children and your cattle dwell in the land, which he has given you; and ye shall go over (note:)Or, in good order(:note) well armed before your brethren, every one of you who is strong; and ye shall fight on their side;
bes@Joshua:1:15 @ until the Lord your God shall have given your brethren rest, as also to you, and they also shall have inherited the land, which the Lord your God gives them; then ye shall depart each one to his inheritance, which Moses gave you beyond Jordan eastward.
bes@Joshua:1:16 @ And they answered Joshua and said, We will do all things which thou commandest us, and we will go to every place whither thou shalt send us.
bes@Joshua:1:17 @ Whereinsoever we hearkened to Moses we will hearken to thee; only let the Lord our God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
bes@Joshua:1:18 @ And whosoever shall disobey thee, and whosoever shall not hearken to thy words as thou shalt command him, let him die; but be thou strong and courageous.
bes@Joshua:2:1 @ And Joshua the son of Naue sent out of Sattin two young men to spy the land, saying, Go up and view the land and Jericho: and the two young men went and entered into Jericho; and they entered into the house of a harlot, whose name was Raab, and lodged there.
bes@Joshua:2:2 @ And it was reported to the king of Jericho, saying, Men of the sons of Israel have come in hither to spy the land.
bes@Joshua:2:3 @ And the king of Jericho sent and spoke to Raab, saying, Bring out the men that entered into thine house this night; for they are come to spy out the land.
bes@Joshua:2:4 @ And the woman took the two men and hid them; and she spoke to (note:)Gr. them(:note) the messengers, saying, The men came in to me,
bes@Joshua:2:5 @ but when the gate was shut in the (note:)Gr. dark(:note) evening, the men went out; I know not whither they are gone: follow after them, if ye Gr. shall may overtake them.
bes@Joshua:2:6 @ But she had brought them up upon the house, and hid them in the flax-stalks that were spread by her on the house.
bes@Joshua:2:7 @ And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut.
bes@Joshua:2:8 @ And it came to pass when the men who pursued after them were gone forth, and before the spies had lain down to sleep, that she came up to them on the top of the house;
bes@Joshua:2:9 @ and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land; for the fear of you has fallen upon us.
bes@Joshua:2:10 @ For we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of the land of Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
bes@Joshua:2:11 @ And when we heard it we were amazed in our heart, and there was no longer any spirit in any of us because of you, for the Lord your god is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath.
bes@Joshua:2:12 @ And now swear to me by the Lord God; since I deal mercifully with you, so do ye also deal mercifully with the house of my father:
bes@Joshua:2:13 @ and save alive the house of my father, my mother, and my brethren, and all my house, and all that they have, and ye shall rescue my soul from death.
bes@Joshua:2:14 @ And the men said to her, Our life for yours even to death: and she said, When the Lord shall have delivered the city to you, ye shall deal mercifully and truly with me.
bes@Joshua:2:15 @ And she let them down by the window;
bes@Joshua:2:16 @ and she said to them, Depart into the hill-country, lest the pursuers meet you, and ye shall be hidden there three days until your pursuers return from after you, and afterwards ye shall depart on your way.
bes@Joshua:2:17 @ And the men said to her, We are clear of this thy oath.
bes@Joshua:2:18 @ Behold, we (note:)Gr. do enter(:note) shall enter into a part of the city, and thou shalt set Gr. the sign a sign; thou shalt bind this scarlet cord in the window, by which thou hast let us down, and thou shalt bring in to thyself, into thy house, thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the family of thy father.
bes@Joshua:2:19 @ And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall go outside the door of thy house, his guilt shall be upon him, and we shall be quit of this thine oath; and we will be responsible for all that shall be found with thee in thy house.
bes@Joshua:2:20 @ But if any one should injure us, or betray these our matters, we shall be quit of this thine oath.
bes@Joshua:2:21 @ And she said to them, Let it be according to your word; and she sent them out, and they departed.
bes@Joshua:2:22 @ And they came to the hill-country, and remained there three days; and the pursuers searched all the roads, and found them not.
bes@Joshua:2:23 @ And the two young men returned, and came down out of the mountain; and they went over to Joshua the son of Naue, and told him all things that had happened to them.
bes@Joshua:2:24 @ And they said to Joshua, The Lord has delivered all the land into our power, and all the inhabitants of that land tremble because of us.
bes@Joshua:3:1 @ And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and departed from Sattin; and they came as far as Jordan, and lodged there before they crossed over.
bes@Joshua:3:2 @ And it came to pass after three days, that the scribes went through the camp;
bes@Joshua:3:3 @ and they charged the people, saying, When ye shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord our God, and our priests and the Levites bearing it, ye shall depart from your places, and ye shall go after it.
bes@Joshua:3:4 @ But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way (note:)Gr. from yesterday and the third day; A frequent Hebraism(:note) before.
bes@Joshua:3:5 @ And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
bes@Joshua:3:6 @ And Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and go before the people: and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and went before the people.
bes@Joshua:3:7 @ And the Lord said to Joshua, This day do I begin to exalt thee before all the children of Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I also be with thee.
bes@Joshua:3:8 @ And now charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, As soon as ye shall enter on a part of the water of Jordan, then ye shall stand in Jordan.
bes@Joshua:3:9 @ And Joshua said to the children of Israel, (note:)Gr. bring hither, sc. yourselves(:note) Come hither, and hearken to the word of the Lord our God.
bes@Joshua:3:10 @ Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and will utterly destroy from before our face the Chananite, and the Chettite and Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Amorite, and the Gergesite, and the Jebusite.
bes@Joshua:3:11 @ Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over Jordan.
bes@Joshua:3:12 @ Choose for yourselves twelve men of the sons of Israel, one of each tribe.
bes@Joshua:3:13 @ And it shall come to pass, when the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth rest in the water of Jordan, the water of Jordan below shall fail, and the water coming down from above shall stop.
bes@Joshua:3:14 @ And the people removed from their tents to cross over Jordan, and the priests bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord before the people.
bes@Joshua:3:15 @ And when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord entered upon Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were dipped in part of the water of Jordan; (now Jordan overflowed (note:)Gr. its whole channel(:note) all its banks Gr. as on the days about the time of wheat harvest:
bes@Joshua:3:16 @ then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as (note:)Gr. a part(:note) the region of Kariathiarim, and Gr. that which came down the lower part came down to the sea of Araba, the salt sea, till it completely failed; and the people stood opposite Jericho.
bes@Joshua:3:17 @ And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry land in the midst of Jordan; and all the children of Israel went through on dry land, until all the people had completely gone over Jordan.
bes@Joshua:4:1 @ And when the people had completely passed over Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
bes@Joshua:4:2 @ Take men from the people, one of each tribe,
bes@Joshua:4:3 @ and charge them; and ye shall take out of the midst of Jordan twelve (note:)Gr. ready; Hebrews. Nykh; A. V. firm, applied to the feet of the priests(:note) fit stones, and having carried them across together with yourselves, place them in your camp, where ye shall encamp for the night.
bes@Joshua:4:4 @ And Joshua having called twelve men (note:)Gr. of the distinguished, or, illustrious(:note) of distinction among the children of Israel, one of each tribe,
bes@Joshua:4:5 @ said to them, Advance before me in the presence of the Lord into the midst of Jordan, and each having taken up a stone from thence, let him carry it on his shoulders, according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel:
bes@Joshua:4:6 @ that these may be to you continually for an appointed sign, that when thy son asks thee (note:)Gr. tomorrow(:note) in future, saying, What are these stones to us?
bes@Joshua:4:7 @ then thou mayest explain to thy son, saying, The river Jordan (note:)Gr. failed(:note) was dried up from before the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth, when it passed it: and these stones shall be for a memorial for you for the children of Israel for ever.
bes@Joshua:4:8 @ And the children of Israel did so, as the Lord commanded Joshua; and they took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, (as the Lord commanded Joshua, when the children of Israel had completely passed over,) and carried these stones with them into the camp, and laid them down there.
bes@Joshua:4:9 @ And Joshua set also other twelve stones in Jordan itself, in the place that was under the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and there they are to this day.
bes@Joshua:4:10 @ And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood in Jordan, until Joshua had finished all that the Lord commanded him to report to the people; and the people hasted and passed over.
bes@Joshua:4:11 @ And it came to pass when all the people had passed over, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord passed over, and the stones before them.
bes@Joshua:4:12 @ And the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse passed over (note:)Or, equipped(:note) armed before the children of Israel, as Moses commanded them.
bes@Joshua:4:13 @ Forty thousand (note:)Or, in good order(:note) armed for battle went over before the Lord to war, to the city of Jericho.
bes@Joshua:4:14 @ In that day the Lord magnified Joshua before all the people of Israel; and they feared him, as they did Moses, as long as he lived.
bes@Joshua:4:15 @ And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
bes@Joshua:4:16 @ Charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, to go up out of Jordan.
bes@Joshua:4:17 @ And Joshua charged the priests, saying, Go up out of Jordan.
bes@Joshua:4:18 @ And it came to pass when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were gone up out of Jordan, and set their feet upon the land, that the water of Jordan returned impetuously to its place, and went as before over all its banks.
bes@Joshua:4:19 @ And the people went up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month; and the children of Israel encamped in Galgala in the region eastward from Jericho.
bes@Joshua:4:20 @ And Joshua set these twelve stones which he took out of Jordan, in Galgala,
bes@Joshua:4:21 @ saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones?
bes@Joshua:4:23 @ when the Lord our God had dried up the water of Jordan from before them, until they had passed over; as the Lord our God did to the Red Sea, which the Lord our God dried up from before us, until we passed over.
bes@Joshua:4:24 @ That all the nations of the earth might know, that the power of the Lord is mighty, and that ye might worship the Lord our God in every work.
bes@Joshua:5:1 @ And it came to pass when the kings of the Amorites who were beyond Jordan heard, and the kings of Phoenicia by the sea, that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan from before the children of Israel when they passed over, that (note:)Gr. their minds or thoughts melted(:note) their hearts failed, and they were terror-stricken, and there was no sense in them Gr. from the face of because of the children of Israel.
bes@Joshua:5:2 @ And about this time the Lord said to Joshua, Make thee stone knives of sharp stone, and sit down and circumcise the children of Israel the second time.
bes@Joshua:5:3 @ And Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the "Hill of Foreskins."
bes@Joshua:5:4 @ And this is the way in which Joshua purified the children of Israel; as many as were born in the way, and as many as were uncircumcised of them that came out of Egypt,
bes@Joshua:5:5 @ all these Joshua circumcised; for forty and two years Israel wandered in the wilderness of Mabdaris—
bes@Joshua:5:6 @ Wherefore most of the fighting men that came out of the land of Egypt, were uncircumcised, who disobeyed the commands of God; concerning whom also he determined that they should not see the land, which the Lord sware to give to their fathers, even a land flowing with milk and honey.
bes@Joshua:5:7 @ And in their place he raised up their sons, whom Joshua circumcised, because they were uncircumcised, having been born by the way.
bes@Joshua:5:8 @ And when they had been circumcised they rested (note:)Gr. sitting; A frequent Hebraism(:note) continuing there in the camp till they were healed.
bes@Joshua:5:9 @ And the Lord said to Joshua the son of Naue, On this day have I removed the reproach of Egypt from you: and he called the name of that place Galgala.
bes@Joshua:5:10 @ And the children of Israel kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, to the westward of Jericho on the opposite side of the Jordan in the plain.
bes@Joshua:5:11 @ And they ate of the grain of the earth unleavened and new corn.
bes@Joshua:5:12 @ In this day the manna failed, after they had eaten of the corn of the land, and the children of Israel no longer had manna: and they took the fruits of the land of the Phoenicians in that year.
bes@Joshua:5:13 @ And it came to pass when Joshua was in Jericho, that he looked up with his eyes and saw a man standing before him, and there was a drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua drew near and said to him, Art thou for us or on the side of our enemies?
bes@Joshua:5:14 @ And he said to him, I am now come, the chief captain of the host of the Lord.
bes@Joshua:5:15 @ And Joshua fell on his face upon the earth, and said to him, Lord, what commandest thou thy servant?
bes@Joshua:5:16 @ And the captain of the Lord’s host said to Joshua, Loose thy shoe off thy feet, for the place whereon thou now standest is holy.
bes@Joshua:6:2 @ And the Lord said to Joshua, Behold, I deliver Jericho into thy power, and its king in it, (note:)Gr. mighty in strength(:note) and its mighty men.
bes@Joshua:6:3 @ And do thou set the men of war round about it.
bes@Joshua:6:4 @ And it shall be that when ye shall sound with the trumpet, (note:)Gr. let all the people, etc.(:note) all the people shall shout together.
bes@Joshua:6:5 @ And when they have shouted, the walls of the city shall fall (note:)Or, of their own accord(:note) of themselves; and all the people shall enter, each one rushing direct into the city.
bes@Joshua:6:6 @ And Joshua the son of Naue went in to the priests, and spoke to them, saying,
bes@Joshua:6:7 @ And let seven priests having seven (note:)Hebrews. Mylbwyh twrpwv; A. V. «rams’ horns’; Only in this place(:note) sacred trumpets proceed thus before the Lord, and let them sound loudly; and let the ark of the covenant of the Lord follow.
bes@Joshua:6:8 @ Charge the people to go round, and encompass the city; and let your men of war pass on armed before the Lord.
bes@Joshua:6:9 @ And let the men of war proceed before, and the priests bringing up the rear behind the ark of the covenant of the Lord proceed sounding the trumpets.
bes@Joshua:6:10 @ And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Cry not out, nor let any one hear your voice, until he himself declare to you the (note:)Gr. day(:note) time to cry out, and then ye shall cry out.
bes@Joshua:6:11 @ And the ark of the covenant of God having gone round immediately returned into the camp, and lodged there.
bes@Joshua:6:12 @ And on the second day Joshua rose up in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
bes@Joshua:6:13 @ And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets went on before the Lord; and afterwards the men of war went on, and the remainder of the multitude went after the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
bes@Joshua:6:14 @ And all the rest of the multitude compassed the city six times from within a short distance, and went back again into the camp; this they did six days.
bes@Joshua:6:15 @ And on the seventh day they rose up early, and compassed the city on that day seven times.
bes@Joshua:6:16 @ And it came to pass at the seventh circuit the priests blew the trumpets; and Joshua said to the children of Israel, Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.
bes@Joshua:6:17 @ And the city shall be (note:)Gr. Or, an accursed thing(:note) devoted, it and all things that are in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do ye save Raab the harlot, and all things in her house.
bes@Joshua:6:18 @ But keep yourselves strictly from the accursed thing, lest ye set your mind upon and take of the accursed thing, and ye make the camp of the children of Israel an accursed thing, and destroy us.
bes@Joshua:6:19 @ And all the silver, or gold, or brass, or iron, shall be holy to the Lord; it shall be carried into the treasury of the Lord.
bes@Joshua:6:20 @ And the priests sounded with the trumpets: and when the people heard the trumpets, all the people shouted at once with a loud and strong shout; and all the wall fell round about, and all the people went up into the city:
bes@Joshua:6:21 @ and Joshua devoted it to destruction, and all things that were in the city, man and woman, young man and old, and calf and ass, with the (note:)mouth(:note) edge of the sword.
bes@Joshua:6:22 @ And Joshua said to the two young men who had acted a spies, Go into the house of the woman, and bring her out thence, and all that she has.
bes@Joshua:6:23 @ And the two young men who had spied out the city entered into the house of the woman, and brought out Raab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and her kindred, and all that she had; and they set her without the camp of Israel.
bes@Joshua:6:24 @ And the city was burnt with fire with all things that were in it; only of the silver, and gold, and brass, and iron, they gave to be brought into the treasury of the Lord.
bes@Joshua:6:25 @ And Joshua saved alive Raab the harlot, and all the house of her father, and caused her to dwell in Israel until this day, because she hid the spies which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
bes@Joshua:6:26 @ And Joshua adjured them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his first-born, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Baethel; he laid the foundation in Abiron his first-born, and set up the gates of it in his youngest (note:)Gr. saved(:note) surviving son.
bes@Joshua:6:27 @ And the Lord was with Joshua, and his name was in all the land.
bes@Joshua:7:1 @ But the children of Israel committed a great trespass, and purloined part of the accursed thing; and Achar the son of Charmi, the son of Zambri, the son of Zara, of the tribe of Juda, took of the accursed thing; and the Lord was very angry with the children of Israel.
bes@Joshua:7:2 @ And Joshua sent men to Gai, which is by Baethel, saying, Spy out Gai: and the men went up and spied Gai.
bes@Joshua:7:3 @ And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up thither the whole people, for the enemy are few.
bes@Joshua:7:4 @ And there went up about three thousand men, and they fled from before the men of Gai.
bes@Joshua:7:5 @ And the men of Gai slew of them to the number of thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed and became as water.
bes@Joshua:7:6 @ And Joshua tore his garments; and Joshua fell on the earth on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they cast dust on their heads.
bes@Joshua:7:7 @ And Joshua said, I pray, Lord, wherefore has thy servant brought this people over Jordan to deliver them to the Amorite to destroy us? (note:)Gr. and if we had(:note) would we had remained and settled ourselves beyond Jordan.
bes@Joshua:7:8 @ And what shall I say since Israel has turned his (note:)Gr. neck; Hebrews. Pre the back of the neck(:note) back before his enemy?
bes@Joshua:7:9 @ And when the Chananite and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round and destroy us from off the land: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
bes@Joshua:7:10 @ And the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up; why hast thou fallen upon thy face?
bes@Joshua:7:11 @ The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store.
bes@Joshua:7:12 @ And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless ye remove the cursed thing from yourselves.
bes@Joshua:7:13 @ Rise, sanctify the people and tell them to sanctify themselves for the morrow: thus says the Lord God of Israel, The accursed thing is among you; ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies, until ye shall have removed the cursed thing from among you.
bes@Joshua:7:14 @ And ye shall all be gathered together by your tribes in the morning, and it shall come to pass that the tribe which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring by families; and the family which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring by households; and the household which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring man by man.
bes@Joshua:7:15 @ And the man who shall be pointed out, shall be burnt with fire, and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and has wrought wickedness in Israel.
bes@Joshua:7:16 @ And Joshua rose up early, and brought the people by their tribes; and the tribe of Juda was pointed out.
bes@Joshua:7:17 @ And it was brought by their families, and family of the Zaraites was pointed out.
bes@Joshua:7:18 @ And it was brought man by man, and Achar the son of Zambri the son of Zara was pointed out.
bes@Joshua:7:19 @ And Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession; and tell me what thou hast done, and hide it not from me.
bes@Joshua:7:20 @ And Achar answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel: thus and thus have I done:
bes@Joshua:7:21 @ I saw in the spoil an embroidered mantle, and two hundred didrachms of silver, and one golden wedge of fifty didrachms, and I desired them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them.
bes@Joshua:7:22 @ And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent into the camp; and these things were hidden in his tent, and the silver under them.
bes@Joshua:7:23 @ And they brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them before the Lord.
bes@Joshua:7:24 @ And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people were with him; and he brought them to (note:)Hebrews. rwke qme valley of trouble(:note) Emec Achor.
bes@Joshua:7:25 @ And Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? the Lord destroy thee (note:)Gr. as also today(:note) as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.
bes@Joshua:7:26 @ And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called (note:)Gr. it(:note) the place Emecachor until this day.
bes@Joshua:8:1 @ And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear not, nor be timorous: take with thee all the men of war, and arise, go up to Gai; behold, I have given into thy hands the king of Gai, and his land.
bes@Joshua:8:2 @ And thou shalt do to Gai, as thou didst to Jericho and its king; and thou shalt take to thyself the spoil of its cattle; set now for thyself an ambush for the city behind.
bes@Joshua:8:3 @ And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Gai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night.
bes@Joshua:8:4 @ And he charged them, saying, Do ye lie in ambush behind the city: do not go far from the city, and ye shall all be ready.
bes@Joshua:8:5 @ And I and all with me will draw near to the city: and it shall come to pass when the inhabitants of Gai shall come forth to meet us, as before, that we will flee from before them.
bes@Joshua:8:6 @ And when they shall come out after us, we will draw them away from the city; and they will say, These men flee from before us, as also before.
bes@Joshua:8:7 @ And ye shall rise up out of the ambuscade, and go into the city.
bes@Joshua:8:9 @ And Joshua sent them, and they went to lie in ambush; and they lay between Baethel and Gai, westward of Gai.
bes@Joshua:8:10 @ And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and (note:)Gr. reviewed(:note) numbered the people; and he went up, he and the elders before the people to Gai.
bes@Joshua:8:11 @ And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward.
bes@Joshua:8:12 @ And the ambuscade was on the west side of the city.
bes@Joshua:8:14 @ And it came to pass when the king of Gai saw it, he hasted and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people that were with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade formed against him behind the city.
bes@Joshua:8:15 @ And Joshua and Israel saw, and retreated from before them.
bes@Joshua:8:16 @ And they pursued after the children of Israel, and they themselves went to a distance from the city.
bes@Joshua:8:17 @ There was no one left in Gai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
bes@Joshua:8:18 @ And the Lord said to Joshua, Stretch forth thy hand with the spear that is in thy hand toward the city, for I have delivered it into thy hands; and the liers in wait shall rise up quickly out of their place.
bes@Joshua:8:19 @ And Joshua stretched out his hand and his spear toward the city, and the ambuscade rose up quickly out of their place; and they came forth when he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and (note:)Or, set it on fire(:note) burnt the city with fire.
bes@Joshua:8:20 @ And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.
bes@Joshua:8:21 @ And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambuscade (note:)Gr. took(:note) had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they turned and smote the men of Gai.
bes@Joshua:8:22 @ And these came forth out of the city to meet them; and they were in the midst of the army, some being on this side, and some on that; and they smote them until there was not left of them one who survived and escaped.
bes@Joshua:8:23 @ And they took the king of Gai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
bes@Joshua:8:24 @ And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them even to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
bes@Joshua:8:25 @ And they that fell in that day, men and women, were twelve thousand: they slew all the inhabitants of Gai.
bes@Joshua:8:27 @ Beside the spoils that were in the city, all things which the children of Israel took as spoil for themselves according to the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua.
bes@Joshua:8:28 @ And Joshua burnt the city with fire: he made it an uninhabited heap for ever, even to this day.
bes@Joshua:8:29 @ And he hanged the king of Gai on a (note:)Gr. double tree(:note) gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into a Gr. the pit or trench pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.
bes@Joshua:8:30 @ Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel in mount Gaebal,
bes@Joshua:8:31 @ as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, on which (note:)Gr. was not lifted up(:note) iron had not been lifted up; and he offered there whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, and a peace-offering.
bes@Joshua:8:32 @ And Joshua wrote upon the stones a (note:)Or, a Deuteronomy(:note) copy of the law, even the law of Moses, before the children of Israel.
bes@Joshua:8:33 @ And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other before the ark; and the priests and the Levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native were there, who were half of them near mount Garizin, and half near mount Gaebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people.
bes@Joshua:8:34 @ And afterwards Joshua read accordingly all the words of this law, the blessings and the curses, according to all things written in the law of Moses.
bes@Joshua:8:35 @ There was not a word of all that Moses charged Joshua, which Joshua read not in the ears of all the assembly of the children of Israel, the men, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that joined themselves to Israel.
bes@Joshua:9:1 @ And when the kings of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan, who were in the mountain country, and in the plain, and in all the coast of the great sea, and those who were near Antilibanus, and the Chettites, and the Chananites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Amorites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites, heard of it,
bes@Joshua:9:2 @ they came all together at the same time to make war against Joshua and Israel.
bes@Joshua:9:3 @ And the inhabitants of Gabaon heard of all that the Lord did to Jericho and Gai.
bes@Joshua:9:4 @ And they also wrought craftily, and they went and made provision and prepared themselves; and having taken old sacks on their shoulders, and old and rent and patched bottles of wine,
bes@Joshua:9:5 @ and the upper part of their shoes and their sandals old and clouted on their feet, and their garments old upon them—and the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy and (note:)Gr. eaten, sc. of worms or maggots(:note) corrupt.
bes@Joshua:9:6 @ And they came to Joshua into the camp of Israel to Galgala, and said to Joshua and Israel, We are come from a far land: now then make a covenant with us.
bes@Joshua:9:7 @ And the children of Israel said to the Chorrhaean, Peradventure thou dwellest amongst us; and how should I make a covenant with thee?
bes@Joshua:9:8 @ And they said to Joshua, We are thy servants: and Joshua said to them, Whence are ye, and whence have ye come?
bes@Joshua:9:9 @ And they said, Thy servants are come from a very far country in the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard his name, and all that he did in Egypt,
bes@Joshua:9:10 @ and all that he did to the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain.
bes@Joshua:9:11 @ And our elders and all that inhabit our land when they heard spoke to us, saying, Take to yourselves provision for the way, and go to meet them; and ye shall say to them, We are thy servants, and now make a covenant with us.
bes@Joshua:9:12 @ These are the loaves—we took them hot for our journey on the day on which we came out to come to you; and now they are dried and become mouldy.
bes@Joshua:9:13 @ And these are the skins of wine which we filled when new, and they are rent; and our garments and our shoes are worn out because of the very long journey.
bes@Joshua:9:14 @ And the chiefs took of their provision, and asked not counsel of the Lord.
bes@Joshua:9:15 @ And Joshua made peace with them, and they made a covenant with them to preserve them; and the princes of the congregation sware to them.
bes@Joshua:9:16 @ And it came to pass (note:)Gr. after three days after, etc.(:note) three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were near neighbours, and that they Gr. dwell dwelt among them.
bes@Joshua:9:17 @ And the children of Israel departed and came to their cities; and their cities were Gabaon, and Kephira, and Berot, and the cities of Jarin.
bes@Joshua:9:18 @ And the children of Israel fought not with them, because all the princes sware to them by the Lord God of Israel; and all the congregation murmured at the princes.
bes@Joshua:9:19 @ And the princes said to all the congregation: We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel, and now we shall not be able to touch them.
bes@Joshua:9:20 @ This we will do; take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.
bes@Joshua:9:21 @ They shall live, and shall be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes said to them.
bes@Joshua:9:22 @ And Joshua called them together and said to them, Why have ye deceived me, saying, We live very far from you; whereas ye are fellow-countrymen of those who dwell among us?
bes@Joshua:9:23 @ And now ye are cursed: there shall not fail of you a slave, or a hewer of wood, or a drawer of water to me and my God.
bes@Joshua:9:24 @ And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord thy God charged his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that dwelt on it from before you; and we feared very much for our lives (note:)Gr. from before you(:note) because of you, and therefore we did this thing.
bes@Joshua:9:26 @ And they did so to them; and Joshua rescued them in that day out of the hands of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.
bes@Joshua:9:27 @ And Joshua made them in that day hewers of wood and drawers of water to the whole congregation, and for the altar of God: therefore the inhabitants of Gabaon became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the altar of God until this day, even for the place which the Lord should choose.
bes@Joshua:9:30 @ Then Joshua built an alter to the Lord God of Israel in mount Gebal,
bes@Joshua:9:31 @ as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it was written in the law of Moses, an alter of unhewn stones, on which iron had not been lifted up:
bes@Joshua:9:32 @ and he offered there whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, and a piece offering. And Joshua wrote upon the stones a copy of the law, even the law of Moses, before the children of Israel.
bes@Joshua:9:33 @ And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other, before the ark; and the priests and the levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native were there, who were half of them near mount Gebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people.
bes@Joshua:9:34 @ And afterwards Joshua read accordingly all the words of this law, the blessings and the curses, according to all things written in the law of Moses.
bes@Joshua:9:35 @ There was not a word of all that Moses charged Joshua, which Joshua read not in the ears of all men, and the women, and the children of Israel, and the strangers that joined themselves to Israel.
bes@Joshua:10:1 @ And when Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Gai, and had destroyed it, as he did to Jericho and its king, even so they did to Gai and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gabaon had gone over to Joshua and Israel;
bes@Joshua:10:2 @ then they were greatly terrified by them, for the king knew that Gabaon was a great city, as one of the (note:)Gr. mother-cities(:note) chief cities, and all its men were mighty.
bes@Joshua:10:3 @ So Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem sent to Elam king of Hebron, and to Phidon king of Jerimuth, and to Jephtha king of Lachis, and to Dabin king of Odollam, saying,
bes@Joshua:10:4 @ Come up hither to me, and help me, and let us take Gabaon; for (note:)Gr. they(:note) the Gabaonites have gone over to Joshua and to the children of Israel.
bes@Joshua:10:5 @ And the five kings of the Jebusites went up, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam, they and all their people; and encamped around Gabaon, and besieged it.
bes@Joshua:10:6 @ And the inhabitants of Gabaon sent to Joshua into the camp to Galgala, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy servants: come up quickly to us, and help us, and rescue us; for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered together against us.
bes@Joshua:10:7 @ And Joshua went up from Galgala, he and all the people of war with him, every one mighty in strength.
bes@Joshua:10:8 @ And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear them not, for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not one of them be left before you.
bes@Joshua:10:9 @ And when Joshua came suddenly upon them, he had advanced all the night out of Galgala.
bes@Joshua:10:10 @ And the Lord struck them with terror before the children of Israel; and the Lord destroyed them with a great slaughter at Gabaon; and they pursued them by the way of the going up of Oronin, and they smote them to Azeca and to Makeda.
bes@Joshua:10:11 @ And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword in the battle.
bes@Joshua:10:12 @ Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day in which the Lord delivered the Amorite into the power of Israel, when he destroyed them in Gabaon, and they were destroyed from before the children of Israel: and Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gabaon, and the moon over against the valley of Ælon.
bes@Joshua:10:13 @ And the sun and the moon stood still, until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of (note:)i. e., additional day without night between(:note) one day.
bes@Joshua:10:14 @ And there was not such a day either before or after, so that God should hearken to a man, because the Lord fought on the side of Israel.
bes@Joshua:10:16 @ And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave that is in Makeda.
bes@Joshua:10:17 @ And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found hid in the cave that is in Makeda.
bes@Joshua:10:18 @ And Joshua said, Roll stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men to watch over them.
bes@Joshua:10:19 @ But do not ye stand, but pursue after your enemies, and (note:)Gr. fasten upon or seize(:note) attack the rear of them, and do not suffer them to enter into their cities; for the Lord our God has delivered them into our hands.
bes@Joshua:10:20 @ And it came to pass when Joshua and all Israel ceased destroying them utterly with a very great slaughter, that they that escaped took refuge in the strong cities.
bes@Joshua:10:21 @ And all the people returned (note:)Gr. sound or healthy(:note) safe to Joshua to Makeda; and no one of the children of Israel murmured with his tongue.
bes@Joshua:10:22 @ And Joshua said, Open the cave, and bring out these five kings out of the cave.
bes@Joshua:10:23 @ And they brought out the five kings out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam.
bes@Joshua:10:24 @ And when they brought them out to Joshua, then Joshua called together all Israel, and the chiefs (note:)Gr. of the war(:note) of the army that went with him, saying to them, Come forward and set your feet on their necks; and they came and set their feet on their necks.
bes@Joshua:10:25 @ And Joshua said to them, Do not fear them, neither be cowardly; be courageous and strong, for thus the Lord will do to all your enemies, against whom ye fight.
bes@Joshua:10:26 @ And Joshua slew them, and hanged them on five trees; and they hung upon the trees until the evening.
bes@Joshua:10:27 @ And it came to pass toward the setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave into which they had fled for refuge, and rolled stones to the cave, which remain till this day.
bes@Joshua:10:28 @ And they took Makeda on that day, and slew (note:)Gr. it(:note) the inhabitants with the Gr. mouth edge of the sword, and they utterly destroyed every living thing that was in it; and there was none left in it that was preserved and had escaped; and they did to the king of Makeda, as they did to the king of Jericho.
bes@Joshua:10:30 @ And the Lord delivered it into the hands of Israel: and they took it, and its king, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and every thing breathing in it; and there was not left in it any that survived and escaped; and they did to its king, as they did to the king of Jericho.
bes@Joshua:10:31 @ And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lebna to Lachis, and he encamped about it, and besieged it.
bes@Joshua:10:32 @ And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and (note:)Gr. he, i. e., Israel(:note) they took it on the second day, and they put the inhabitants to death with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Lebna.
bes@Joshua:10:33 @ Then Elam the king of Gazer went up to help Lachis; and Joshua smote him and his people with the edge of the sword, until there was not left to him one that was preserved and escaped.
bes@Joshua:10:34 @ And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lachis to Odollam, and he besieged it and (note:)Or, vigorously attacked it(:note) took it.
bes@Joshua:10:35 @ And the Lord delivered it into the hand of Israel; and he took it on that day, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and slew every thing breathing in it, as they did to Lachis.
bes@Joshua:10:36 @ And Joshua and all Israel with him departed to Chebron, and encamped about it.
bes@Joshua:10:37 @ And he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the living creatures that were in it; there was no one preserved: they destroyed it and all things in it, as they did to Odollam.
bes@Joshua:10:38 @ And Joshua and all Israel returned to Dabir; and they encamped about it;
bes@Joshua:10:39 @ and they took it, and its king, and its villages: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and they destroyed it, and every thing breathing in it; and they did not leave in it any one that was preserved: as they did to Chebron and her king, so they did to Dabir and her king.
bes@Joshua:10:40 @ And Joshua smote all the land of the hill country, and (note:)Hebrews. south(:note) Nageb and the plain country, and Asedoth, and her kings, they did not leave of them one that was saved: and they utterly destroyed every thing that had the breath of life, as the Lord God of Israel commanded,
bes@Joshua:10:42 @ And Joshua smote, once for all, all their kings, and their land, because the Lord God of Israel fought on the side of Israel.
bes@Joshua:11:1 @ And when Jabis the king of Asor