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 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.
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.
14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as
they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
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, andthe 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
didbefore.
19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth dayof the first month, and encamped in
Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
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 meanthese 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, which he dried up from before us, until we were
gone over:
24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it ismighty: that ye
might fear the LORD your God for ever.
1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which wereon the side of Jordan
westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which wereby the sea, heard that the LORD had
dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over,
that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of
Israel.
2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the
children of Israel the second time.
3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the
foreskins.
4 And this isthe cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that
weremales, evenall the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of
5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that wereborn in the
wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, themthey had not circumcised.
6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were
men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the
LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware
unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
7 And their children, whomhe raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were
uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their
places in the camp, till they were whole.
9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off
you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of
the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened
cakes, and parched cornin the selfsame day.
12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither
had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan
that year.
13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and,
behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went
unto him, and said unto him, Artthou for us, or for our adversaries?
14 And he said, Nay; but ascaptain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on
his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
15 And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for
the place whereon thou standest isholy. And Joshua did so.
1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none
came in.
2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof,
andthe mighty men of valour.
3 And ye shall compass the city, all yemen of war, andgo round about the city once. Thus shalt
thou do six days.
4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh
day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blastwith the ram's horn, andwhen ye
hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the
city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on
before the ark of the LORD.
8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing
the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and
the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward
came after the ark, the priestsgoing on, and blowing with the trumpets.
10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with
your voice, neither shall anyword proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then
11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about itonce: and they came into the camp,
and lodged in the camp.
12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on
continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward
came after the ark of the LORD, the priestsgoing on, and blowing with the trumpets.
14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six
days.
15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day,
and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the
city seven times.
16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua
said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
17 And the city shall be accursed, evenit, and all that aretherein, to the LORD: only Rahab the
harlot shall live, she and all that arewith her in the house, because she hid the messengers that
we sent.
18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselvesfrom the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves
accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble
it.
19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, areconsecrated unto the LORD:
they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
20 So the people shouted when the priestsblew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when
the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the
wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and
they took the city.
21 And they utterly destroyed all that wasin the city, both man and woman, young and old, and
ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's
house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her
mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left
them without the camp of Israel.
24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that wastherein: only the silver, and the gold, and
the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and
she dwelleth in Israel evenunto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to
spy out Jericho.
26 And Joshua adjured themat that time, saying, Cursed bethe man before the LORD, that
riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and
in his youngest sonshall he set up the gates of it.
27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noisedthroughout all the country.
1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of
Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and
the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which isbeside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel,
and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two
or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; andmake not all the people to labour thither; for they
