1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake
unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people,
unto the land which I do give to them, evento the children of Israel.
3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said
unto Moses.
4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the
land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your
coast.
5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with
Moses, soI will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the
land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the
law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it tothe right hand or tothe left,
that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day
and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou
shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou
dismayed: for the LORD thy God iswith thee whithersoever thou goest.
10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
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 givenyou, 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 bethat 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.
1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the
land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged
there.
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,
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 timeof 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.
10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out
of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that wereon 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 isGod in heaven above, and
in earth beneath.
12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness,
that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
13 And thatye 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 wasupon 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.
17 And the men said unto her, We will beblameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us
swear.
18 Behold, whenwe 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.
19 And it shall be, thatwhosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his
blood shall beupon his head, and we will beguiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the
house, his blood shall beon our head, if anyhand 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 beit. And she sent them away, and they
departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers
were returned: and the pursuers sought themthroughout all the way, but found themnot.
23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to
Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all thingsthat befell them:
24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for
even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he
and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your
God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come
not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed thisway
heretofore.
5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do
wonders among you.
6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over
before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel,
that they may know that, as I was with Moses, soI will be with thee.
8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are
come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your
God.
10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God isamong you, and thathe will
without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the
Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into
Jordan.
12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of
the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, thatthe waters of Jordan
shall be cut off fromthe waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the
priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare
the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time
of harvest,)
16 That the waters which came down from above stood androse up upon an heap very far from
the city Adam, that isbeside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain,
eventhe salt sea, failed, andwere 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.
1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake
unto Joshua, saying,
2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place
where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and
leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of
every tribe a man:
5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of
Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of
the tribes of the children of Israel:
6 That this may be a sign among you, thatwhen your children ask their fathersin time to come,
saying, What meanye by these stones?
