The song DEUTERONOMY, XXXII. of Moses. 3 Because I will publish the name of the B. C. 1451. for they are a very froward generation, LORD: ascribe " ye greatness unto our God. b d 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are judgment: a God of Struth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 5 They have corrupted themselves; their 2 spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? a 1 Ch.29.11. Re.7.11-12. Ps.18.2. d Da.4.37. c Ec.3.14. e Ro.10.19. f Ps.92.15. children in whom is no faith. 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with 1 He hath cor- those which are not a people; I will himself. provoke them to anger with a foolish or, that they nation. children, 2 rupted to are not his that is, their blot. g La.4.11. or, hath burned. h Ex.15,16. 1 Co.6.20. 7 Remember the days of old, consider the years 5 of many generations: ask thy consumed. father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee; 1 Zep.3.8. Eze.20.13. 5 generation and generation. k Eze.5.16. Hab.3.5. 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separa- coals. ted" the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 1 Ac.17.26. m Eze.14.21. n Ge.11.8. 7 from the 9 For the LORD's portion is his people; chambers. Jacob is the lot of his P inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he 10 led him about," he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; 12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. t 8 bereare. o Ex.19.5. Ps.135.4. 9 cord. p Ps.78.71. Ep.1.18. q Is.63.16. 10 or, compassed. r Zec.2.8. $ Is.63.9. or, our high not the Lord, hand, and hath done 13 He made him ride on the high places t 18.58.14. of the earth, that he might eat the increase a Ps.81.13. of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; Ps.81.16. 25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, 11 Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste 36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent " himself for his servants, when he seeth that their 14 power is gone, and there is none shut up or left. 37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted; 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacri The song of Moses. DEUTERONOMY, XXXIII. fices, and drank the wine of their drink- B. C. 1451. he came offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be 2 your protection. b 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and I live for ever. say, h 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to mine enemies, will reward them that hate me. and a Ps.68.17. or, fire of. for you. 22. d Hos.11.1. Re.1.17,18. Ps.31.15. 15. g 1 Th.1.6. j Ge.49.3,&c. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh;k and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. 433 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge m the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: Ex.18.16,19. or, sing ye, or, praise his people, ye nations. Ps.146.5. Re.19.2. Ps.85.1. n Ex.28.30. 4 or, Joshua. P Ex.32.25-28. T Pr.3.1-4. Mal.2.5-7. & Ex.30.7,8. t Le.1.9,17. Le.18.5. Pr.4.22. v Job 42.8. Eze.20.40,41. .13. 49 Get thee up into this mountain 20 Nu.27.12, Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: x Ge.27.28. Nu.20.24-29. 7 or, thrust. Nu.20.11,12. from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people: all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. 6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. 8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim" and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither ? did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.' 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: 5 they shall put incense 6 before thee, and whole burntsacrifice upon thine altar. 11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept "the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. 13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things 7 put forth by the moon, 8 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: 51 Because ye trespassed against mez among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of or, strife at the lasting hills, Zin; because ye sanctified" me not in the midst of the children of Israel: 52 Yet thou shalt see b thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush; let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of 10 unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, on the twelve tribes. JOSHUA, I. Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, | B. C. 1451. in thy tents. 2 cieled. f Ge.12.7. 21 And he provided the first part for e Nu.32.1,&c. himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he 2 seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. 22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp; he shall leap from Bashan. 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south. k Jos.4.12,13. h c.3.26,27. i Jos.19.47. Ps.36.8. 90.14. Je.31.14. k Jos. 19.32, &c. Jude 9. m Job 29.6. Jos.14.10,11. 3 or, under thu. c.8.9. 4 moisture. fled. 1 Co.10.13. p Je.10.6. Nu.20.29. r Ps.68.4,33. Ps.90.1. Is.25.4. t Da.6.3. u Nu.27.18, 23. v Je.23.6. Nu.23.9. c.18.15,18. He.3.5,6. y Ps.144.15. c.4.34. a Ps.115.9-11. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield" of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; or, subdued. and thou shalt tread upon their high places. NOW CHAP. I. b Re.1.16. c c.7.19. Moses's view from Pisgah. CHAP. XXXIV. AND Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his " eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. 5 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses was ended. t 9 9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses " had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Mo ses. 10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, 11 In all 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, 12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel. The Book of JOSHUA. OW 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, B. C. 1451. a De.34.5. b Ge.15.18. Nu 34.2-12. c Ex.24.13. d De.7.24. e c.3.7. 6.27. f De.31.6,8. He.13.5. 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, even to the children of g De.11.24. Israel, g 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 1 or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit. 184 b 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, so I 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. Joshua succeedeth Moses. JOSHUA, II. 7 Only be a 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 to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest 2 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 3 have good success. Be 9 Have not I commanded thee? strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: f for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, h g Ex.1.15-21. 11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over c.3.2. 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; Ge.35.5. land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Mo-4 ses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall before pass your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them. 5 N210-28 c.22.1-4. Ex.15.15,16. 23.27. De.2.25. meit. 11.25. 1 Sa.14.16. Ex.14.21. by fire. marshalled 2 Sa. 17.10. Ex.13.18. Nu.21.21-35. 7.5. Is.13.7. 15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they mc.5.1. also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye rose up. 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 sun-rising. n De.4.39. o De.5.27. 16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do,p Ge.24.3,9. and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. 1 Sa.20.16, 17. Ro.1.31. 1 Ti.5.8. q Ex.12.13. ver.18. Eze.9.4-6. 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee,r ver.5. he was with Moses. as 1 Sa.20.13. 1 Ki.1.37. you to die. 8 Ro.13.1-5. ver.6,7,9. 18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel instead of against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto all thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. A CHAP. II. 1 Co.16.13. u Ge.24.49. Ju.1.21. 1 Sa.20.8. v Ac.9.25. or, had sent. 20 Nu.13.2. 185 The two spies and Rahab. 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, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country. 5 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. 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. 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 4 because of you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried k up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what he did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom he utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts" did melt, neither 6 did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for " the LORD your God, he is God 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: 9 13 And that ye 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 was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. Nu.30.2. 25a.21.1,2,7. c.6.23. 1 gather. Mat.16.16. 1 Th.1.9. 18 Behold, when we come into the land, a ver.i7. 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, that whosoever shall ƒ De.5.23. go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and 21.45, 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. 20 And if thou utter this our business,; then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. เ A Ex.33.2. De.7.1. Ps.44.2. 1 Ki.2.32. Pr.11.13. ver. 13. Mat.27.25. Is.54.5. 6.5. m Mat.27.24. 21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, c.4.2. 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 them throughout all the way, but found them not. n ver.15,16: 23 So the two men returned, and de- Ps.78.13. scended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the De.31.26. LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint 2 because of us. CHAP. III. Je.3.16. He.9.4. Ex.23.31. c.21.44. 2 melt. ver.9. r ver. 13. The passage over Jordan 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, so I will be with thee. b 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. out 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living f God is among you, and that he will without fail 5 drive 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, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the 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 Park 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 AND Joshua rose early in the morne.12.5. brim of the water the time of "overflow t ing; and they removed from Shit tim, and came to Jordan, he and all the c.2.1. children of Israel, and lodged there before u Ps.114.3. they passed over. b 2 And it came to pass, after three days, v 1 Ki.4.12. 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 yes inay know the way by which ye must go: ye have not passed this way 3 heretofore. 5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders d 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. for e third day. c Ex.19.10,14. Le.20.7. N.11.18. c.7.13. 1 Sa. 16.5. Joel 2.16. P.86.10. e Nu.4.15. 186 16 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. the covenant of the LORD stood firm on 17 And the priests that bare the ark of dry a ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. α CHAP. IV. AND it came to pass, when all the peo ple 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 |