Nu was full of the spirit of wis- | the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, and in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel. dom; for Moses had laid his hands apon him: and the children of Ismel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. And there arose not a prophet since Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, in all MARCH 10. the NOW after the death of Moses TOW after the death of Moses to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 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, even to the children of Isnel. Every place that the sole of foot shall tread upon, that have given unto you, as I said unto Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the and of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of sun, shall be your coast. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 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. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that on mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses My ervant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. 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 prosperGas, and then thou shalt have good ccess. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou MARCH 10. dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 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. And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 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. 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; 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. And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 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. 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. MARCH 11. Morning, JOSHUA II. AND Joshua the son of Nun sent MARCH 11. therefore the LORD, since I have me by shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: and that ye will save alive my fa ther, and my mother, and my bre thren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. And the men answered her, Our life for your's, 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. 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. 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 af terward may ye go your way. And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 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. 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. And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 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. 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 were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there And they went, and came remain any more courage in any unto the mountain, and abode there man, because of you: for the LORD three days, until the pursuers were your God, He is God in heaven returned: and the pursuers sought found them not. So the two men returned, and descended from the tain, and passed over, and me to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell MARCH 11. them 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. Ebening, JOSHUA III. AND Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, e and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed rer. And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; and they commanded the people, saying, When see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests Levites bearing it, then ye shall emove from your place, and go fer it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thou and cabits by measure: come not runto it, that ye may know the ay by which ye must go: for ye ave not passed this way heretofore. And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. 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 befor the people. And the LORD id 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, so I will be with thee. 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. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD Four God. And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living Ged is among you, and that He 153 MARCH 11. 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. Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 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, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap. 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; 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,) that the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 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. MARCH 12. AN Morning, JOSHUA IV. ND it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 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. Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 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. 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. 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. 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. And MARCH 12. 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. And the children of Reaben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: about forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 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. And the LORD spake unto Joshua, say ing, Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 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. And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jor dan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, say ing, What mean these stones? Then ye shall let your children know, say. ing, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 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 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. MARCH 12. Ebening, ND it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which cised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. 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. 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. 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. And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after were on the side of Jordan westTard, and all the kings of the Camanites, which were by the sea, beard 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 y more, because of the children f Israel. At that time the LORD aid unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the dren of Israel the second time. And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Isnel at the hill of the foreskins. the passover, unleavened cakes, and And this is the cause why Joshua parched corn in the selfsame day. did circumcise: All the people that And the manna ceased on the morfame out of Egypt, that were males, row after they had eaten of the old tren all the men of war, died in the corn of the land; neither had the wilderness by the way, after they children of Israel manna any more; out of Egypt. Now all the but they did eat of the fruit of the people that came out were circum- land of Canaan that year. And it ed: but all the people that were came to pass, when Joshua was by born in the wilderness by the way Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes them they had not circumcised. For they came forth out of Egypt, and looked, and, behold, there stood the children of Israel walked forty sword drawn in his hand: and Joa man over against him with his years in the wilderness, till all the shua went unto him, and said unto people that were men of war, which him, Art thou for us, or for our adcame out of Egypt, were consumed, versaries? And he said, Nay; but as because they obeyed not the voice captain of the host of the LORD am of the LORD: unto whom the LORD I now come. And Joshua fell on his ware that He would not shew face to the earth, and did worship, them the land, which the LORD fad said unto him, What saith my ware unto their fathers that He lord unto his servant? And the capwould give us, a land that floweth tain of the LORD's host said unto Jowith milk and honey. And their shua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; children, whom He raised up in for the place whereon thou standest their stead, them Joshua circum- is holy. And Joshua did so. MARCH 13. Morning, JOSHUA VI. MARCH 13. TOW Jericho was straitly shut | of war, and go round about the city Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the LORD said unto once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' hand Jericho, and the king thereof, compass the city seven times, and Joshan, See, I have given into thine horns: and the seventh day ye shall and the mighty men of valour. And the priests shall blow with the trum ye shall compass the city, all ye men 155 pets. And it shall come to pass, that |