Joshua prepareth the people.

Rahab concealeth the spies.

11 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. 12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

13 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.

14 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;

15 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.

16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

17 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.

18 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. CHAPTER II.

Rihab receiveth and concealeth the two spies sent from Shittim. 8 The covenant between her and them. 23 Their return and report. [B. c. 1451.] ND Joshua the son of Nun 'sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying,

q ch. 3. 2. See Deut. 9. 1. & 11. 31.

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1 Sam. 20. 13. 1 Kings 1. 37.

CHAP. II. Or, had sent.

2 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.

3 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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4 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:

5 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.

6 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.

7 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.

8¶ And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

9 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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10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for 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.

11 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.

12 Now therefore, I pray you, "swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

13 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.

14 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.

15 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.

16 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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17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

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18 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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19 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.

20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

21 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.

The Israelites come to

CHAP. III.-a ch. 2. 1.

d Deut. 31. 9, 25. e Ex. 19. 12. f Ex. 19. 10, 14. 15. Lev. 20. 7. Joel 2. 16. g Num. 4. 15.

y will I begin to magnify thee in the ht of all Israel, that they may know hat, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

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And thou shalt command the priests t bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jonian.

9 And Joshua said unto the children f Israel, Come hither, and hear the words f the LORD your God.

10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall ow that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail "drive out from *re you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, int the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the le sites.

Il Behold, the ark of the covenant of 'the Lord of all the earth passeth over are you into Jordan.

12 Now therefore P take you twelve men of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe

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14 And it shall come to pass, as soon as holes of the feet of the priests that bear lark of the LORD, the Lord of all the arth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that waters of Jordan shall be cut off from ir waters that come down from above; they shall stand upon a heap.

And it came to pass, when the e removed from their tents, to pass - Jordan, and the priests bearing the rk of the covenant before the people;

And as they that bare the ark were unto Jordan, and "the feet of the nests that bare the ark were dipped in the of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth is banks all the time of harvest,)

Stones taken out of Jordan.

and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

17 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. CHAPTER IV.

Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memorial out of Jordan. 9 Twelve other stones are set up in the midst of Jordan. 10 The people pass over. 14 God magnifieth Joshua. 20 The twelve stones are pitched in Gilgal. [B. c. 1451.]

7 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.

8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the

z 1 Kings 4. 12. & 7. 46. e See Ex. 14. 29. b ch. 3. 12.

12. 5. & 49. 19. y ch. 4. 18. & 5, 10, 12, a Deut. 3. 17. b Gen. 14. 3. Num. 34. 3. CHAP. IV. -a Deut. 27. 2. ch. 3 17. d ver. 19. 20. e ver. 21. Ex. 12. 26. & 13. 14. 1 IIeb. to morrow. fch. 3. 13, 16.

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2 Kings 19. 4. 7. 1. Ps. 44. 2. q ver. 15. 16.

k ver. 3. Ilos. 1. 10. o ver.

r ver. 11. x 1 Chr. 12. 15. Jer.

78. 3, 4, 5, 6.

1 IT. L. 9. 4% Zech. 4. 14. & 6. 5. p ch. 4. 2. t Acts 7. 45. u ver. 13.

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Deut. 6. 20. g Ex. 12. 14. Num

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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.

9 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.

10 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.

11 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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12 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:

13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

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19 And the people came up out of Jor dan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

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20 And "those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

21 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?

22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel 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 passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, a which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

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24 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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The Canaanites are afraid. 2 Joshua reneweth circumcision. The passover is kept at Gilgal. 12 The manna ceaseth. 13 An angel appeareth to Joshua. [B. c. 1451.]

15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

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16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

18 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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of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, bheard 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

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