did unto the two Kings of the Amorites that were on the other fide Iordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly deftroyed. 11 And affoone as wee had heard thefe things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remaine any more courage in any man, beçaufe of you: for the LORD your God, hee is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, fweare unto me by the LORD, fince I have fhewed you kindnes, y ye will alfo fhew kindnes unto my fathers houfe, and give me a true token, 13 And that ye will fave alive iny father and iny mother, and my brethren, and my fifters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the inen anfwered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our bufinefle. And it fhalbe when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deale kindly and truely with thee. 15 Then he let them downe by a coard thorow y window:for her houfe was upon the town wall,and the dwelt upon y wall. 16 And the faid unto them, Get you to the mountaine, left the purfuers meet you: and hide your felves there three dayes untill the purfuers be returned, and afterward may you goe your way. 17 And the men faid unto her, We will be blameleffe of this thine oath which thou. haft made us fweare. 19 Behold, when we coine into the land, thou shalt bind this line of skarlet-thread in the window Which thou diddeft let us dovne by: and thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy fathers houfhold home unto thee. 19 And it fhalbe that whofoever fhall goe out of the doores of thy houfe into the freet, his blood fall be upon his head, and we will be guiltleffe. and whofoever fhalbe. with thee in the houfe, his blood ball be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 20 And ifthou utter this our bufineffe, then will wee be quit of thine oath which thou haft made us to fiveare. 21 And the faid, According to your words,fo be it. And the feat then away,and they departed: And thee bound the skarlet line in the window, 22 And they went and came unto the mountaine, and abode there three dayes, untill the purfuers were returned. And the purfuers fought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 So the two men returned, and defcended from the mountaine, and paffed over, and came to Iofhua the fon of Nun,and told him all things that befell them. 24 And they faid unto lofhua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land for even the inhabitants of the Countrey doe faint because of us, The Arke is borne, CHA P. III. ANd Joshua rofe early in the morning? and they removed from Shittin, and came to Iordan,he and al the children of Ifrael, & lodged there before they paffed over. And it came to paffe after three daies, that the officers went thorow the holt. 2 ·2 And they commanded the people,fay ing, When ye fee the Arke of the Cove nant of the LORD your God, & the Priefts the Levites bearing it, then yee fhall re move from your place,and goe after it. 4 Yet there fhalbe a fpace between you and it, about two thousand cubits by mea fure, come not neere unto it, that yee may know the way by which ye muft goe: for ye have not pafled this way heretofore. s And Iofhua faid unto the people, San&tifie your felves: for tomorrovy the Lord will doe wonders among you." 6. And loftua fpake unto the Priests,faying, Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and patie over before the people. And they tooke up the Arke of the Covenant, and went before the people. 7 And the LORD faid unto Tofhua, Thus will I begin to magnifie thee in the fight of all Ifrael, that they may know that as I was with Mofes fo will I be with thee 8 And thoufhalt command the Priefts that beare the Arke of the Covenant,faying, When ye are come to the brink of the wa ter of Loidan ye fall ftand fillin Jordan. 9 And Iofua faid unto the children of Ifrael, Coine hither, and heare the worde of the LORD your God. 19 And lofhua faid, Hereby ye fhal knowthat the living God is among you, and that he will without faile drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites,and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girga fhites,and the Amorites, and the Iebufités. 11 Behold, The Arke of the Covenant, even the Lord of all the earth, palleth over before you into Iordan." 12 Now therefore take ye twelve men out of the Tribes of Ifrael; out of euery Tribe a man. 13 And it fhall come to paffe, affoone as the foles of the feet of the Priefts, that beare the Arke of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth,fhall reft in the vyaters of Iordan,that the waters of Iordan fhalbe cut off, from the waters that come downe froin above: and they fhall ftand opon an heaps. 14 And it came to paffe when the people remooved from their tents to palle over fordan, and the Priéfts bearing the Ark of the Covenant before the people. 15 And as they that bare the Arke were come unto lordan, and the feer of the Triefts that bare the Arke were dipped in the brin of the water (for fordan overfloweth all his banks at the time of baryeft.) 16 That the waters which came dowvie H 3 from from above, flood,and arofe up upon an heap very farre from the city Adam, that is befade Zaretan: and thofe that came downe toward the fea of the plaine, euen the falt fea, failed, and were cut off,and the people paffed over right against Iericho. 17 And the Priefts that bare the Arke of the Covenant of the LORD, ftood firme on dry ground in y midst of Iordan, and all the Ifraelites paffed over on dry ground, untill al the people were paffed cleane over Iordan. CHAP. IIIL, A Nd it came to paffe, when all the peo- 3 And command you then, faying, Take you hence out of the midst of lordan, out of the place where the Priefts feet ftood firine, twelve ftones, and ye fhall carry them over with you,& leave them in the lodging place where you fhall lodge this night. 4 Then Ioihua called the twelve men whom hee had prepared of the children of Ifrael, out of every tribe a man: 5 And Iofhua faid unto then,Paffe over before the Ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Iordan, and take ye up every anan of you a ftone upon his fhoulder according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Ifrael. 6 That this may be a figne among you, that when your children aske their fathers in tine to coine, faying, What meane you by shefe ftones ? 7 Then ye fhall anfwere them, That the waters of Iordan were cut off before y Arke of the Covenant of the LORD, when it paffed over Iordan, the waters of Iordan were cut off, and the fe ftones fhalbe for a memoriall unto the children of Ifrael for ever. 8 And the children of Ifrael did to as loflaua commanded, and took up twelve ftones out of the midft of Iordan, as the LORD fpake unto lofhua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Ifrael, and carried them over with them, unto the place where they lodged, & laid then down there. 9 And fofhua fet up twelve ftones in the midft of lordan, in the place where the feet of the Priests which bare the Arke of the. Covenant flood: and they are there unto this day. 10 For the Priefts which bare the Arke ftood in the midst of Iordan, untill every thing was finished that the LORD coinman-, ded fofhua to fpeake unto the people, according to all that Mofes commanded Ioshua : and the people hafted and paffed over. 11 And it came to paffe when all the people were cleane paffed over, that the Arke of the LORD paffed ouer, and the Priefts in the prefence of the people. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the Stones pitched in Gilgal children of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manaffeh, paffed over armed before the children of Ifrael, as Mofes fpake unto them: 13 About fourtie thousand prepared for warre, palled over before the LORD unto battell unto the plaines of Iericho. 14 On that day the LORD magnified Iofhua in the fight of all Ifrael, and they feared him, as they feared Mofes, all the dayes of his life. 15 Andy Lord fpake unto Iofhua,faying 16 Command the Priefts that beare the Arke of the Teftimonie, that they come up out of Iordan: 17 Iofhua therefore commanded the Priefts, faying, Cone ye up out of Zordan. 18 And it came to paffe, when the Priests that bare the Arke of the Covenant of the LORD, were come up out of the midst of Iordan, and the foles of the Priests feet were lift up unto the drie land, that the waters of Iordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his bankes,as they did before. 191 Andy people came up out of Iordan on y tenth day of the first moneth, & incan ped in Gilgal, in the Eaft border of Iericho. 20 And those twelv ftones which they took out of Iordan, did Ioflua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the children of If rael, faying, when your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, faying, What meane thefe ftones ? 22 Then ye fhall ler your children know faying, Ifrael came over this Iordan on dry land. 23 For the Lord your God dryed up the water of Iordan from before you, untill ye were paffed over, as the LORD your God did to the red Sea, which he dryed up from before us, untill we were gone over: 24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty, that yee might feare the LORD your God for ever. CHAP. V. A Ndi: came to paffe when all the Kings of the Amorites which were on the fide of Iordan Weftward, and all the Kings of the Ganaanites, which were by the Sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the wa rers of Iordan from before the children of Ifrael, untill we were paffed over,that their heart melted,neither was there spirit in them any more,because of the children of Ifrael. 2 At that time the LORD faid unto Iofhua, Make thee fharpe knives, and cir cumcife againe the children of Ifrael the fe cond time. 3 And Lofhua made him fharpe knives, and circuncifed the children of Ifrael at the hill of the foreskinne. 4 And this is the cause why Ioshua did circuncife: all the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, cuen all the men of warre, died in the wildernesse by the way, after Manna ceaseth after they came out of Egypt. Chap.v 5. Now all the people that came out, were circumcifed, but all the people that were borne in the wilderneffe, by the way as they came foorth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcifed. 6 For the children of Ifrael walked forty yteres in the wilderneffe, till all the people that were men of warre which came out of Egypt were confumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD, unto whom the LORD fware that he would not ihew them the land which the LORD fware unto their fathers, that he would give us,a land that floweth with initke and honey. 7 And their children whom hee raifed up in their ftead; them Iofhua circumcifed, for they were uncircumcifed: because they had not circumcifed them by the way. 3 And it came to paffe when they had done circumcifing all the people, that they abode in their places in the campe till they were whole. 9 And the LORD faid unto Iofhua, 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. And the children of Ifrael encamped in Gilgal, and kept the paffeover on the fourteenth day of the inoneth at Even,in the the plaines of Iericho. 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land, on the inorrow after the Paffeover, unleavened cakes, and parched corne in the felfe fame day. 12 And the Manna ceafed on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land, neither had the children of Ifrael Manna any more: but they did eate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that yeere. How Tericho is taken. 4 And feven Priefts fhall beare before the Ark, feven trumpets of samunes hornes: and the feventh day ye fhall compaffe the ci ty feven times, and the Priefts hall blow" with the trumpets. 5 And it fhall come to paffe, that when they make a long blat with the rammes hornes, and when ye heare the found of the trumpet, all the people fhall fhout with a great fhout: and the wall of the city fhall" fall downe flat, and the people fall afcend up every man ftraight before him, 6 And Iofua the fonne of Nun called' the Priefts, and faid unto them, Take up the Arke of the Covenant, and let feven Priefts beare feven trumpets of rains hones before the Arke of the LORD. 7 And he faid unto the people, Paffe on, and compafle the city,and let him that is ar med, paffe on before the Ark of the LORD. 8 And it came to paffe, when lofhua had spoken unto the people, that the feven Priests bearing the feven trumpets of rams hoines paffed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the Arke of the Covenant of the LORD followed them. 9And the arned inen weat before the Priefts that blew with the trumpets: and the rereward came after the Ark, the Priefta going on,and blowing with the trumpets. 10 And Iofhua had coinmanded the people,faying Ye fhall not fhout, nor inake any noife with your voice, neither hall any word proceed out of your mouth, untill the the day I bid you fhout, then fhall ye fhout, 11 So the Arke of the LORD compaffed the city going about it once, and they came into the campe, and lodged in the campe. 12 And Iofhua rofe early in the mor ning, and the Priests tooke up the Arke of the LORD. 13 And it came to palle when Iofhua was by Iericho, that he lift up his eyes, and 13 And feven Priefts bearing feven trumlooked,and behold there ftood a man over a- pdts of rainmes hornes before the Arke of gainst him, with his fword drawne in bis the LORD, went on tontinually, and blew band, & Iofhua went unto hiin,& faid upto with the trainpets and the annet men him, Art thou for us, or for our adverfaries? went before thein, but the rereward came: after the Arke of the LORD, the Priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 14 And he faid, Nay, but as captain of the hofte of the LOR Dam I now come. And Iofhua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and faid unto Lin, What faith my Lord unto his fervant? 15 And the captain of the LORDS hofte faid unto lofhua, Loofe thy fhooe from off thy foot, for the place whereon thou ftandeft is holy and lofhua did fo. CHAP. VI. Now Iericho was Itraitly fhut up, be 14 And the fecond day they compaffed the city once, and returned into the cainpe: fo they did fixe dayes. 15 And it came to paffe on the feventà day, that they rofe early about the daw ning of the day, and compaffed the city af ter the fame maner feven times: only on that day they compaffed the city feven times. 16 And it came to paffe at the feventh caufe of the children of Ifrael: "none time, when the Priests blew with the trumwent out,and none came in. pets Jofhua faid unto the people, Shout, for the LORD bath given you the city. I 2 And the LORD faid unto Iofua, See, 17 And the city fhalbe accurfed, euen it,and all that are therein, to the LORD: onely Rahab the harlot shall live, fhee and all that are with her in the houfe, becaufe The hid the mellengers that we fent. H 4 18 And 出 р Tericho deftroyed. Tofhua. 18 And you in any wife keep your felves from the accursed thing, left ye make your Selves accurfed when ye take of the accarfed thing, and make the campe of Ifrael a surfe, and trouble it. 19 But all the filver and gold, and veffels of braffe and yron, are confecrated unto the LORD, they fhall come into the treafury of the LORD. 20. So the people fhouted when the Priefts blew with the trumpets: and it came to paffle when the people heard the found of the trumpet,and the people houted with a great hout, that the wall fell down flat,fo the people went up into y city, every man traight before him. & they took the city. And they utterly deftroyed all that was in the city,both inan and woman,yong and old, and oxe, and affe, and fheepe,with the edge of the fword. 21 22 But Iofhua had faid unto the two nen that had fpied out the countrey, Go into the harlots houfe, and bring out thence the woinan,and ally fhe hath, as ye fvyareunto her 23 And the yong men y were fpies, went in and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother,& her brethren,and all that fhe had, & they brought out all her kinred, and left them without the camp of Ifrael. 24 And they burnt the city with fire,and all that was therein: onely the filver, and the gold, and the veffels of braffe and of yron they put into the treafury of the house of the LORD. 25 And Iofhua faved Rahab the harlot alive, and her fathers houfhold, aud all that fhe had and the dwelleth in Ifrael even unto this day, becaufe fhe hid the meffengers which Iofhua fent to fpie out Iericho. 26 And Iofhua adjured them at that time, faying, Curfed be the man before the LORD,that rifeth up and buildeth this city Iericho: he fhall lay the foundation thereof in his first borne, and in his yongest fonne fhall he fet up the gates of it. 27 So the Lord was with Ioflua and his fame Was noifed throughout al y countrey. CHAP. VII. Vr the children of Ifrael cominitted a B trefpake in the accurfed thing: for Achan the fon of Carini the fon of Zabdi, the fon of Zerah, of the tribe of Iudah, tooke of the accurfed thing; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Ifrael. 2 And Ioshua fent men from Iericho to Ai, which is befide Beth-aven, on the Eaft fide of Bethel,and fpake unto them, faying, Goe up, and view the countrey. And the men went up,and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Iofhua, and faid unto him, Let not all the people go up: but let about two or three thoufand men goe up and fmite Ai, and make not all the peo, plete labour thither, for they are but fewy." Ai repelleth Ifrael. So there went up thither of the peo ple, about three thousand men, and they fled before the men of Ai. s And the men of Ai fmore of them about thirty and fixe men: for they chafed the in from before the gate, even to Sebarim, and finote them in the going downe: Wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6 And Iofhua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face, before the Arke of the LORD untill the even-tide, he & the Elders of Ifrael, and put duft upon their heads. 7 And Iofhua faid, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore haft thou at all brought this people overlordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to deftroy us? Would to God we had beene content, and dwelt on the other fide lordan. 8 O Lord, what fhall I fay, when Ifrael turneth their backes before their enemies? 9 For the Canaanites,and all the inhabi tants of the land fhall heare of it, and fhall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth, and what wilt thou do un to thy great Name? 10 And the LORD faid unto Ioshua, Get thee up; wherefore lieft thou thus up on thy face? 11 Ifrael hath finned,and they have also tranfgreffed my Covenant which I com nanded then for they have even taken of the accurfed thing, and have also stol len,and diffembled alfo, and they have put it even amongst their owne stuffe. 12 Therefore the children of Ifrael could nor ftand before their enemies, but turned their backes before their enemies, becaufe they were accurfed, neither will I be with you any more, except you deftroy the accur fed thing from amongst you. 13 Vp, fanctifie the people, and fay, San&tifie your felves against to morrow: for thus faith the LORD God of Ifrael, there it an accurfed thing in the midft of thee, Olf rael, thou canst not ftand before thine ene. mies; untill yee take away the accurfed thing from among you. ye 14 In the morning therefore fhall be brought according to your tribes and it fhall be that the tribe which the LORD ta keth, fhall come according to the families thereof, and the familie which the LORD fhall take, fhall come by boufholds: and the houfhold which the LORD fhall take fhall come man by man. 15 And it fhalbe that he that is taken with the accurfed thing, fhall be burnt with fire, he, and all y he hath: becaufe he hath transgreffed the Covenant of the LORD, and becaufe he hath wrought folly in Ifrael. 16 So Iofhua arofe up early in the mor. ning, and brought Ifrael by their tribes,and the tribe of Iadah was taken. 17 And he brought the family of Iudah, and hee tooke the family of the Zarhites : and he brought the family of the Zarhites, man by man and Zabdi was taken. 18 And he brought his houfhold man by man, and Achan the fon of Carmy, the fon ⚫ of Zabdi, the fonne of Zerah,of the tribe of Iudah, was taken. 19 And Iodhua faid unto Achan,my fon, giue I pray thee,glory to the LORD God of Ifrael, and make confeffion unto him, and tell me now what thou hast done,bide it not from ine. 20 And Achan answered Iofhua,and faid, Indeed I have finned against the Lord God of Ifrael,and thus and thus have I done. 21 When I saw among the fpoiles a goodly Babylonifh garment,and two hundred fhekels of filver, and a wedge of gold of fifty fhekels weight, then I coveted then,& took then, and behold.they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the filver under it. 22 So lofhua fent meffengers, and they ran unto the tent, and behold,It was hidin. his tent,and the filver under it. 23 And they tooke them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unzo Iofhua, and unto all the children of Ifrael, and laid *them out before the LORD. fet on fire. s And I,and all the people that are with me, will approch unto the city: and it shal come to paffe, when they come out againft us,as at the first, we will flee before then. 6(For they will come out after us) till wee have drawne them from the city; for they will fay, They flee before us as at the firft: therefore we will flee before then. 7 Then ye fhall rife up from the ambush, and feize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And it fhal he when ye have taken the city, that ye fhall fet the city on fire: according to the commandement of the LORD. fhall ye doe. See, I have commanded you. 9¶lofhua therefore fent them forth.& they went to lie in ambush, and abode betweene Bethel and Ai, on the Weft fide of Ai: but Iofhua lodged that night among the people. 10 And Iofhua rofe up early in the morning,and numbred the people and went up; he and the Elders of Ifrael before the peo. pleto Ai, 11 And all the people,even the people of war that were with hir,went up, & drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the North fide of Ai now there was a valley betweene then and Ai. 12 And he tooke about five thousand men, and fet them to lie in ambush between Be 24 And Iofhua and all Israel with him, tooke Achan the sonne of Zerah, and the fil-thel and Ai,on the Weft fide of the city. ver,and the garment,and the wedge of gold, and bis fonnes, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his affes, and his fheepe, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought ⚫ them unto the valley of Achor. 25 And Iofhua faid. Why haft thou trou bled us the LORD fall trouble thee this day. And all Ifrael stoned him with ftones, and burned them with fire, after they had ftoned then with Rones. 26. And they raifed over him a great beap of tones unto this day:to the LORD turned - from the fierceneffe of bis anger: Wherefore the name of the place was called, The valley of Achor unto this day, . CHAP. VIII. Nd the LORD faid unto Iofhua, Feare A not, neither be thou difinaled take al the And thou fhalt do to Ai and her King, 3 So lofhua arofe, and all the people of war, to goe up againft Ai,and Loihua chofe outthirty thousand mighty men of valour, and fent them away by night. 4 And he commanded then,faying, Be hold, yee fhall be in wait against the city, even bebinde the city: goe not very farre from the city bat be ye all ready 13 And when they had fer the people,even all the hofte that was on the North of the city, and their liars in wait on the Welt of the city: Ioshua went that night into the m midft of the valley. 14.1 And it came to paffe when the King of Ai faw it, that they hafted; and rofet up earely, and the men of the city went out a gainit Ifrael to battell, he and all his ple, at a tine appointed before the plaine, but he wift not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city," peo 15 And Iofhua and all Ifrael made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderneffe..: 16 And all the people that were in Ai, were called together to purfue after them : and they pursued after lofhua, and were drawne away from the city. 17 And there was not a man left in Ai; or Bethel,that went not out after Ifrael:& they left the city open and purfued after Ifrael, 13 And the LORD faid unto Iofhua, Stretch out the fpeare that is in thine hand, toward Ai; for I will give it into thine baud. And Iofhua ftretched out the speare that he had in bis hand toward the city. 19 And the ambush arofe quickly out of their place, and they ran affoone as he had ftretched out his hand; and they entred in to the city, and tooke it and hafted, and setthe city on five. 20 And when the men of Ai looked be hind then, they fay, and behold the finoke |