THE BOOK OF
JOSHUA
Joshua 1 1 Now 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 the
land which I do give to them, even to the children
of Israel.
3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall
tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto
Moses.
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.
7 Only be 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
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 have good success.
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a
good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:
for the LORD
thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
10 ¶ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the
people, saying,
11 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.
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 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 help them;
15 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.
16 ¶ And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou
commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest
us, we will go.
17 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.
18 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.
Joshua 2 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent 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.
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.
4 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:
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.
7 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 because of you.
10 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.
11 And as soon as we had heard these things,
our hearts did melt, neither 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:
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 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.
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
father's household, home unto thee.
19 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.
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.
23 ¶ So the two men returned, and descended 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 LORD hath delivered into
our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of
the country do faint because of us.
Joshua 3 1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they
removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the
children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed
over.
2 And it came to pass after three days, 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 ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye
have not passed this way heretofore.
5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders 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.
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.
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.
10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that he 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.
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 ark 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 brim of the water, (for Jordan
overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
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.
17 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.
CAPH
PSALM 119 81 My soul fainteth
for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
82 Mine eyes fail
for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet
do I not forget thy statutes.
84 How many are the days
of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that
persecute me?
85 The proud have
digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
87 They had almost consumed me upon
earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
88 Quicken me after thy
lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy
mouth.
LAMED
89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
90 Thy faithfulness is unto
all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 They continue this day according
to thine ordinances: for all are thy
servants.
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then
have perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget thy
precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am thine, save me; for
I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to
destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen an
end of all perfection: but thy commandment is
exceeding broad.
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