20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him; (for he is thy life, and the length 25.& 17,3 of thy days;) that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD Sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. Acts 17, 25. k Josh. 10, 25. 13. m 3. 7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto Chron. 22, him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage for thou must go with this people unto the Heb. 13,5 land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. m 91 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it Ex. 29, unto the priests the sons of Levi, which " bare the 171ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. Mal. Num. 3, 3. • Hos. 4, 6. Micah 31 p ch. 15, 1. qLuke 4, 18. Lev. 23, ch. 16, 2. t Neh. 8 1, 2 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 11 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their "hearing. e 2. Lev. 20, & Ezek. 34, & 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in dEx. 54,16 that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and e ch. 7, 16. many evils and troubles shall † befall them; so that & 36, 12. they will say in that day, Are not these evils come + Heb. upon us, because our God is not among us? 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day, for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, 20 For when I shall have brought them into the 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the "side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thec. 22, 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: o Ex. 52, a behold, while I am yet alive with you this day ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? 28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and 12 Gather the people together, men, and women, your officers, that I may speak these words in their and children, and thy stranger that is within thyears, and call heaven and earth to record against Neh. 8, a. gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, EL 23,17. and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; Isa. 4. 4, 1. p ch. 9, 7. r Josh. 24, 31. 29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly si corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way Acts 20, 30. which I have commanded you; and evil will befalls ch. 11, 16 you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the Lev. 2 sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through {the work of your hands. 15. rh. 28. 14 g Ps. 92, 15. h Gal. 3, 19. 1 Isa. 42, 16. k Ps. 116, 12, 13. in 1 Cor. 6, 20. i h 5 They have corrupted themselves; their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. m D 6 Doye thus requite the LORD? O foolish people and unwise! is not he thy father that hath " bought 11 Pet. 1,8. thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? 7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew Ps. 44,1,2 thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee; 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he P. Num. 81, P set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. ⚫ ch. 2, 5. 13. 9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the ch. 8, 15. Waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his Jer. 2, 6. Rzek. 20,35. 11 As an "eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over Zech 2, 8. her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, Ex. 19, beareth them on her wings; 12 So the LORD alone did y lea. 43, 11. was no strange god with him. .x Isa. 40, 11. z Pe. 78, 14. a ch. 1, 28. 1. 58, 14. lead him, and there a 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; grape. 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink Isa. 63. 2. the pure blood of the 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness: then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Rev. 4, 10. e ch. 33, 5. Isa. 44, 2. d Neh. 9, 25. ⚫ 1 Sam. 2, 29. d e 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange fch. 4, 24. gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. g 2 Cor. 11, 15. Jer. 2, 32. i Lam. 2. 6. Ps. 27, 8. 11 Cor. 9, 4, 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art " unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which &&10, 13, is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with? Moses ordered to mount Nebo. Refore CHRIST 1451. e Ps. 101, 1. 17. CHAPTER XXXIII....XXXIV. song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD CHRIST son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: e 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto Sum 13, all the words which I testify among you this day, ch 31, 14 which ye shall command your children to observe to e ch. 6, 6.& do, all the words of this law. 11, 13. Ezek. 40, 4. 14,5. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life and through this thing ye shall prolong (Ps. 19, 11. your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to Rom. 10, possess it. 12. shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. 1451. x Josh. 18, 11. z Num. 34 11. 13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be y Ps. 91, 1 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 a1 Chr. 5,2 sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, b Gen. 21, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient moun- 35 tains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and ful d c Gen. 27, 28. 48 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses that self-ness thereof, and for the 'good will of him that dwelt Hab. 3, 4 Num. 27, same day, saying, in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of e Ps. 24, 1. Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was fLuke 2,114 separated from his brethren. ¡Num. 27, 12. chap. 34, 1. k Gen. 15, 49 Get thee up into this mountain 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 pos session : m 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother 15.25, died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: 51 Because ye trespassed against me among the 2527, 14 children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, Num. 20, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified" me not in the midst of the children of Israel. 1 Nam. 20, 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 Gen. 49,3. be thou a help to him from his enemies. Ex. 23, 30. n 8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and Job 19,2 thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst P strive at the waters of Meribah; Ps. 81, 7. 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother I Ex. 32, 26. have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his 21, 11. brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. Lev. 10, 2 & 21 Ezek. 44, 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt-sacrifice 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. 18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun," in 1 Gen. 48, thy going out; and, " Issachar, in thy tents. 19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; m Gen 49, there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of is treasures hid in the sand. n Gen. 49, o Isa. 2, 3. 20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that ' enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the Gen. 49, arm with the crown of the head. 19. 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seat- q Num. 32, and the justice of the Lead, and his judgments rt Kinge 16, ed; and he came with the heads of the people, he with Israel. ri 40. 22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: Josh. 19, he shall leap from Bashan. t 47. Judg. 16, 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied 27. with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: Mat. 4, possess thou the "west and the south. t & 3, 1. 24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed u Luke 5,1 with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. x Jer. 10, 4. y Ps. 68, 34. 26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, 2 Ps. 68, 33 who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his a Ps. 55, 17 excellency on the sky. C 27 The eternal God is thy neath are the everlasting arms: out the enemy from before thee; stroy them. d b Ps. 91, 1. c Song 2, 6. d Num. 23, refuge, and underand he shall thrust and shall say, De- 9. e Ps. 104, 28. g 2 Sam. 7, 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the 10. fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and Gen. 27, wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy h Jer. 23, 6. help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and Rev. 1, 16. thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee: and Eph. 6,17 thou shalt tread upon their high places. Moses' death and burial. JOSHUA. Joshua succeedeth Moses. Before Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the ut-old when he died his eye was not dim, nor his Before : most sea, natural force abated. CHRIST 1451. d Isa. 8, 8. Zech. 2, 12. & 22, 16. 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 e Gen. 127. Which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed; I have Gen. 12, 6 caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. Heb. 11, 3. g Num. 20, 12. g h i 5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there h. Josh. 1, 2. in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. i run. 20, 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of * Jude 9. Moab, over against Beth-peor : but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 1 Jude 9. a Rom. 1, 1. b1 Kings13, 16. 24. 7 And Moses was a hundred and twenty years NOW ¶ The BOOK of JOSHUA. CHAPTER I. a b The Lord appointeth Joshua to succeed Moses. 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, 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto Deut. 11, the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 2 Cor. 5, 12 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 or, ha help them, 15 " Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed Rev. 17, 14 the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then 1 Cor. 12, ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and P 2, 4 enjoy it, which Moses, the LORD's servant, gave you on this side Jordan, toward the sun-rising. Heb. Our eud be to die for you. 2 Tim. 1,16 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 Sam 31.deal kindly and truly with thee. Mat. 5, 7. Acts 9, 25. # verse 22. Eccl. 9, 18. * Ex. 20, 7. 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. 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 be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 18 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 Acts 27, 24 father's household, home unto thee. 1 Heb. gether, Gen. 7, 1. Mat. 23, 37. 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall Sum. 35, be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whoMat. 27, 25. soever 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. 21 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. 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. b 23 So the two men returned, and descended from bel. 1, 8. the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua Am. 13,32 the son of Nun, and told him all things that befel them: 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD F. 15, 15. hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all Rev., 16. the inhabitants of the country do † faint because of us. CHAPTER III. P. 48, 4. 6, Gen. 243. tar. 4, 18. Ps 19,60 1 Joshua cometh to Jordan....14 The waters of Jordan are divided. Athey removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, ND Joshua *rose early in the morning; and b 2 And it came to pass, after three days, that the officers went through the host; Before CHRIST 1451. b ch. 1, 11. 14. 1 Sam. 6, 7 3 And they commanded the people, saying, When e Num. 4, ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall 2 Sam. 6, 3 "remove from your place, and go after it. e 1 Chr. 15, 12. 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, dEx. 13,21 about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near e Ex. 19, 12 unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. h hi ver. 13, 5 And Joshua said unto the people, 'Sanctify your- ? Ex. 19, 10. selves: for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders g Rev. 6, 16. among you. 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, ' Take 15. up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the iNum. 4,15 people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, Rev.19, and went before the people. 7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will 11. 11 Sam. 2, I begin to magnify thee in the sight cf all Israel, that they may know that," as I was with Moses, so I will so." be with thee. m ch. 1, 7. Isa. 30, 15. 8. 13 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 n Ex. 14,4 Jordan. 9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come o Deut. 12, hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. 10 And Joshua said, P Hereby ye shall know that verse 19 the living God is among you, and that he will without fail 'drive out from before you the Canaanites, and 26. the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and Thes. 1, the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. r Deut. 7, 1, 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of 2 all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. s Micah 4, 12 Now therefore take ye twelve men out of the is tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. |