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The Canaanites are afraid.

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1 ch. 3. 15. $ Heb. went.

m ch. 5. 9.

n ver. 3.

o ver. 6.

8 Heb. to morrow.

p ch. 3. 17.

Ex. 14. 21.

r 1 Kings 8. 42, 43.

2 Kings

19.

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Ps. 106. 8.

Ex. 15. 16.

1 Chr. 29. 12.

Ps. 89. 13.

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and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

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And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped min Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. 20 And " those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

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21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying What mean these

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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, 9 which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

24 That all the people of the Ex. 14. 81. earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for

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2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee dsharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. 6 For the children of Israel walked 'forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war,

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CHRIST 1451.

which came out of Egypt, were con- BEFORE sumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD Sware that he would not shew Num. 14. them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, ha land that floweth with milk and honey.

7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.

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8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the till they were whole. camp, 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 m 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 corn in the selfsame day.

Ps. 95. 11. Heb. 3. 11.

Ex. 3. 8.

Num. 14. Deut. 1. 20.

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people had end to be circumcised.

See Gen. 4. 25. Sam. 14.& See Lev. 18

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12 And the manna ceased on Ex. 16. the morrow after they had eaten of

the old com 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 Pa man over against him with his sword drawn in his hands and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

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14 And he said, Nay; but as 'captain 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 is holy. And Joshua did so.

CHAPTER VI.

1 Jericho is shut up. 2 God instructeth Joshua how to besiege it. 12 The city is compassed. 17 It must be accursed. 20 The walls fall down. 22 Rahab is saved. 26 The builder of Jericho is cursed.

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TOW Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of

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Jericho is shut up.

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a ch. 2. 9, 24. & 8. 1. b Deut. 7. 24.

22.

See

JOSHUA, VI.

Israel: none went out, and none came in.

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2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of Judg. 7. 16, rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, Num.10.8. and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

Heb. under it.

• Num. 10. 25.

8 lieb. gathering host.

4 Heb. make your voice to be heard.

f Deut. 31. 25.

5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when 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 2 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 priests going 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 any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: 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

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the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going 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.

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2 Or,

devoted,

Mic. 4. 13.

17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are there- Lev. 27. 28. in, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from 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.

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19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

20 So the people shouted when the priests blew 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 was in 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.

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8 ch. 2. 4.

Deut.7.26. ch.7.1,11,12.

& 13. 17.

17, 18.

! ch. 7. 25. 1 Kings 18. Jonah 1, 12. 8 Heb.

holiness.

ver. 5. Heb. under it.

Heb. 11. 30.

1 Deut. 7.2.

m ch. 2. 14. Heb. 11. 31.

a ch. 2. 18.

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 5 Heb. the camp of Israel.

24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put

families.

O ver. 19.

The Israelites smitten at Ai.

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into the treasury of the house of the had been content, and dwelt on the
LORD.
other side Jordan!

25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's housep See Matt. hold, and all that she had; and Pshe dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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ch. 22. 20. 21 Chron.2. 8 Or, Zimri. 1 Chron.2.6.

7, Achar.

CHAPTER VII.

1 The Israelites are smitten at di. 6 Joshua's complaint. 10 God instructeth him what to do. 16 Achan is taken by the lot. 19 His confession. 22 He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor.

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8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before 2 Heb. their enemies!

9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

10 T And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore 3 liest thou thus upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned, they have also transgressed myvenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and 'dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

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g Ps. 83. 4. h See Ex. 32. 12. Num. 14.13.

8 Heb. fallest.

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1 ver. 1.

ch.6.17,18.

See Acts

5. 1, 2.

14. 45.

12 Therefore the children of Is-m See Num. rael could not stand before their ene- Judg. 2. 14. mies, but turned their backs before

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BUT the children of Israel com- their enemies, because they were ch.6, 17-26-
accursed: neither will I be with you
any more, except ye destroy the ac-
cursed from among you.

mitted a trespass in the accursed thing: for a 2 Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of 3 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.

And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

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So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

6 And Joshua drent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we

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13 Up, sanctify the people, and Ex. 19.10. say, P Sanctify yourselves against top ch. 3. 5. morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

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appointed, before the plain; but he Iwist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel Eccles.9.12.made as if they were beaten before Judg. 20. them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

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16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

The king of Ai is hanged.

spear, until he had utterly destroyed
all the inhabitants of Ai.

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27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he "commanded Joshua.

28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

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29 PAnd the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his ch. 10. 27. carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this & 10. 27. day.

r ch. 7. 26.

30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in Deut. 27. mount Ebal,

4,5.

Deut. 27.

31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of Ex. 20. 25. the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and "they offered there-Ex. 20. 2420 And when the men of Ai look-on burnt offerings unto the LORD, ed behind them, they saw, and, be- and sacrificed peace offerings. hold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no Heb.hand. power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pur

suers.

21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote 1 Deut. 7. 2. them, so that they 'let none of them remain or escape.

23 And the king of Ai they took
alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 And it came to pass, when Is-
rael had made an end of slaying all
the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in
the wilderness wherein they chased
them, and when they were all fallen
on the edge of the sword, until they
were consumed, that all the Israel-
ites returned unto Ai, and smote it
with the edge of the sword.

25 And so it was, that all that fell
that day, both of men and women,
were twelve thousand, even all the

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2,8.

32 ¶ And he wrote there upon the Deut. 27. stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

Deut. 31.

9, 25.

Deut. 31.

33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Deut. 11. LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

34 And afterward bhe read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

CHAPTER IX.

The kings combine against Israel. 3 The
Gibeonites by craft obtain a league. 16 For
which they are condemned to perpetual
bondage.

AN
ND it came to pass, when all the
kings which were on this side
Jordan, in the hills, and in the val-

12.

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