1And it was after the death of Moses that the Lord said to Joshua the son of

2Rise up and pass the Jordan to the land which I have given to the children

3Every place upon which the sole of your feet shall tread shall belong to

4No man shall stand up against thee all the days of thy life; as I was with

5And Joshua commanded the officers of Israel, saying, Pass through the camp

6And the officers of the children of Israel did so, and they commanded the

7And Joshua sent two men to spy out the land of Jericho, and the men went

8And at the end of seven days they came to Joshua in the camp and said to

9And it came to pass after that, that Joshua rose up in the morning and all

10And the people went up from Jordan on the tenth day of the first month,

11And the children of Israel kept the Passover in Gilgal, in the plains of

12And the manna ceased at that time on the morrow of the Passover, and there

13And Jericho was entirely closed against the children of Israel, no one

14And it was in the second month, on the first day of the month, that the

15And the priests shall blow upon trumpets, and when you shall hear the

16And Joshua did so according to all that the Lord had commanded him.

17And on the seventh day they went round the city seven times, and the

18And at the seventh round, Joshua said to the people, Shout, for the Lord

19Only the city and all that it contains shall be accursed to the Lord, and

20But all the silver and gold and brass and iron shall be consecrated to the

21And the people blew upon trumpets and made a great shouting, and the walls

22And they burned the whole city with fire; only the vessels of silver and

23And Joshua swore at that time, saying, Cursed be the man who builds

24And Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, son of

25And it was after this when the children of Israel had returned from

26And the men went up and spied out Ai, and they returned and said, Let not

27And Joshua did so, and there went up with him of the children of Israel

28And the battle was severe against Israel, and the men of Ai smote

29And when Joshua saw this thing, he tore his garments and fell upon his

30And Joshua said, Why O Lord didst thou bring this people over the Jordan?

31Now therefore all the Canaanites, inhabitants of the land, will hear this

32And the Lord said to Joshua, Why dost thou fall upon thy face? rise, get

33And Joshua rose up and assembled the people, and brought the Urim by the

34And Joshua said to Achan, Tell me my son, what hast thou done, and Achan

35And Joshua sent men who went and took them from the tent of Achan, and

36And Joshua took Achan and these utensils, and his sons and daughters and

37And Joshua burned them there with fire, and all the Israelites stoned

38And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed, behold I

39So Joshua did according to the word of the Lord, and he chose from amongst

40And he commanded them, saying, When you shall see us we will flee before

41And Joshua fought, and the men of the city went out toward Israel, not

42And Joshua and all the Israelites feigned themselves wearied out before

43And the men of Ai gathered all the people who were in the city to pursue

44And those who were lying in ambush rose up out of their places, and

45And all the men of Ai were in the midst of Israel, some on this side and

46And the children of Israel took Melosh king of Ai alive, and they brought

47And the children of Israel returned to the city after having burned it,

48And the number of those that had fallen of the men of Ai, both man and

49And all the kings on this side Jordan, all the kings of Canaan, heard of

50Only the inhabitants of Gibeon were greatly afraid of fighting against the

51And the inhabitants of Gibeon over-reached the children of Israel, and the

52But the children of Israel slew them not; for they had sworn to them by

53And Joshua said to them, Why did you deceive me, to do this thing to us?

54And Joshua appointed them on that day to hew wood and to draw water, and

55And when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem heard all that the children of

56Come up to me and help me, that we may smite the children of Israel and

57And they gathered themselves together and the five kings of the Amorites

58And all these kings came and encamped before Gibeon, and they began to

59And Joshua and all the fighting people went up from Gilgal, and Joshua

60And the Lord confounded them before the children of Israel, who smote them

61And whilst they were fleeing, the Lord sent upon them hailstones from

62And the children of Israel pursued them, and they still smote them in the

63And when they were smiting, the day was declining toward evening, and

64And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Joshua, and the sun stood still in

65And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord

Chapter 88

The Lord commands Joshua to prepare the People to pass over Jordan