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And it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, Jehovah spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

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My servant Moses is dead. Now, therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people to the land which I give to them, to the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftRivers And StreamsDivine DirectionCrossing Into The Promised LandServant Leadershipbridges

From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

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Be strong and of good courage. For you shall divide for an inheritance to this people, the land which I swore to their fathers, to give it to them.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, From Godly PeopleStrength Of PeopleGod Gave The LandBe Courageous!Be Strong!CourageCourage And Strength

Only be strong and very courageous so that you may be careful to do according to all the Law which My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may act wisely wherever you go.

Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesBeing ConfidentSuccessMoving ForwardStrength Of PeopleNot Turning AsideBe Courageous!Be Strong!Keep The Commandments!Success Through GodCourageCourage And Strength

Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare food for yourselves, for within three days you are crossing over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving you to possess it.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsPreparing Food

And Joshua spoke to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half tribe of Manasseh, saying:

Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you saying, Jehovah your God has given you rest and has given you this land.

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan. But you shall go armed before your brothers, all the mighty men of valor, and help them

Verse ConceptsRiver CrossingsPeople HelpingBeyond JordanRules About Young People

until Jehovah has given your brothers rest, even as you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God gives them; and you shall return to the land of your possession and enjoy it, which Moses Jehovah's servant gave you on this side Jordan, towards the sunrise.

Verse ConceptseastBeyond JordanTime Of PeaceRest

And they answered Joshua, saying: We will do all that you command us, and wherever you send us we will go.

Verse ConceptsPeople Sending PeopleObeying People

Whoever rebels against your command and will not listen to your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death. Only be strong and of a good courage.

Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRebellion Against God, Shown InBraveryStrength Of PeopleBe Courageous!Be Strong!Courage

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go look over the land, even Jericho. And they went and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab. And they stayed there.

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And the king of Jericho was told about it, saying, Behold, men from the sons of Israel came in here tonight, to search out the country.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Movements

And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring out the men that have come to you, those who have entered into your house. For they have come to search out all the country.

Verse ConceptsPeople Made Known

And the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, Two men came to me, but I did not know from where they came.

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessPeople Hiding PeopleGodly WomanMan And Womanhiding

And it happened when it was dark, at the time of shutting the gate, the men went out. Where the men went I do not know. Go after them quickly, for you shall overtake them.

Verse ConceptsGatesShutting Gates

But she had brought them up on the roof, and had hidden them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order upon the roof.

Verse ConceptsFlaxHousesStoringHousetopsRooftopPeople Hiding People

And the men went after them on the way to Jordan, to the fords. And when they who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsPursuing PeopleShutting GatesFords

And before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof.

Verse ConceptsRoofRooftop

And she said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that your terror has fallen on us, and that all those who live in the land faint because of you.

Verse ConceptsPessimismEasy For PeopleLosing CourageWithout Strength

For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

Verse ConceptsdrynessMoses, Life OfAnnihilationDry LandGod Drying Things UpA Way Through The Red SeaThe Sea DividedTwo Other Menrehabilitation

And we had heard, and our hearts melted, nor did any more spirit remain in any man, because of you. For Jehovah your God, He is God in Heaven above and in earth beneath.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfHeart, HumanHuman EmotionBraveryLosing CourageThe Lord [Yahweh] Is GodCourageCourage And Strength

Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt with you in kindness, that you will also deal with kindness to my father's house. And give me a true token,

Verse ConceptsSwearing

and shall save alive my father and my mother, and my brothers and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A MotherDeath Of A FatherFamily DeathProtecting Your Family

And the men answered her, Our life shall be for yours, if you do not tell our business. And when Jehovah has given us the land, we will deal kindly and truly with you.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsReward, HumanNegotiationDo Not TellExchange Of Individuals

Then she let them go down by a cord through the window. For her house was on the town wall, and she lived on the wall.

Verse ConceptsCityRopesWallsLowered From WindowsLowering People

And she said to them, Get up into the mountain lest the pursuers meet you. And hide yourselves there three days until the pursuers have returned. And afterward you may go your way.

Verse ConceptsHillsThree DaysEscaping To MountainsHiding From People

And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this oath to you which you have made us swear.

Behold, when we come into the land, you shall set this line of scarlet thread in the window from which you let us down. And you shall bring your father and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household, home to you.

Verse ConceptsCordsRed CordsGathering Friends

And it shall be, whoever shall go out of the doors of your house, his blood shall be on his head, and we will be blameless. And whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is on him.

Verse ConceptsHeadsRoadsStreetsGoing OutsideResponsibility

And if you tell our business, then we will be free of the oath which you have made us swear to you.

And she said, Let it be according to your word. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she set the scarlet line in the window.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Making AgreementsCordsRed Cords

And they went and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days until the pursuers had returned. And the pursuers looked for them throughout all the way, but did not find them.

Verse ConceptsThree DaysEscaping To MountainsThose Looking For People

And the two men returned and came down from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun. And they told him all that happened to them.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Happenings

And they said to Joshua, Truly Jehovah has delivered all the land into our hands, for even all those who live in the country faint because of us.

Verse ConceptsFaintingEasy For PeopleLosing CourageThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And Joshua rose early in the morning. And they moved from Shittim and came to Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

Verse ConceptsMorningRising EarlyCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsThose Who Rose Early

And it happened after three days the officers went through the host.

And they commanded the people saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place and go after it.

Verse ConceptsThe Ark Moved AroundPriests In Action

Yet keep a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, so that you may know the way by which you must go. For you have not passed this way before now.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionNot Coming Near To GodUnuseddistancespace

And Joshua spoke to 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.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionThe Ark Moved AroundCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsThings Going BeforePriests In ActionArk Of The Covenant

And Jehovah said to Joshua, Today, I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel so that they may know that I will be with you, as I was with Moses.

Verse ConceptsAssurance, nature ofGod With Specific PeopleSource Of Honour

And you shall command the priests that carry the ark of the covenant, saying, When you have come to the brink of the water of Jordan, you shall stand still in Jordan.

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And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, Come here and hear the Words of Jehovah your God.

And Joshua said, By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and 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.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingJerusalem, History OfKnowledge, Of GodArmies, Against IsraelGod Is Among You

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into Jordan.

Verse ConceptsThe Ark Moved AroundIn The JordanNature Of GodThings Going Before

And now take yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveTwelve Tribes

And it shall be, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that carry the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above. And they shall stand all in a heap.

Verse ConceptsEarth, Belonging To GodBearingCessationDry LandFeet In ActionIn The JordanNature Of GodThings Stopping

And it happened, when the people moved from their tents to pass over Jordan, and as the priests carried the ark of the covenant before the people,

Verse ConceptsThings Going BeforePriests In Action

and as those who bore the ark had come to Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for Jordan overflows all its banks, all the time of harvest);

Verse ConceptsHarvestWalking Through WaterSwellingFeet In Action

that the waters which came down from above stopped and rose up all in a heap, very far from the city Adam that is beside Zaretan. And those that came down toward the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over across from Jericho.

Verse ConceptsDead SeaCrossing Into The Promised LandRoses

And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the middle of Jordan. And all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had passed completely over Jordan.

Verse ConceptsDry LandIn The JordanPriests In Action

And it happened when all the people had completely passed over the Jordan, Jehovah spoke to Joshua saying,

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised Land

and command them saying, Take twelve stones from here, out of the middle of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm. And you shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the place where you shall stay tonight.

Verse ConceptsStones As MonumentsTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

And Joshua said to them, Pass over in front of the ark of Jehovah your God into the middle of the Jordan. And every man take a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

Verse ConceptsThe MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve TribesTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

Then you shall answer them, The waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. When it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off, and these stones shall be for a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.

Verse ConceptsCessationStones As MonumentsThings Stopping

And the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded. And they took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Jehovah spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they stayed, and laid them down there;

Verse ConceptsThe MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve TribesTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

even the twelve stones Joshua lifted up in the middle of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant, stood. And they are there to this day.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesThe MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve ThingsIn The JordanPlaces To This Day

For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until everything was finished, all that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and passed over.

Verse ConceptsThe MiddleHasty ActionPriests In Action

And it happened, when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of Jehovah and the priests passed over before the people.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, Names ForThe Ark Moved Around

And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed in front of the sons of Israel, as Moses spoke to them;

On that day Jehovah made Joshua great in the sight of all Israel. And they feared him, even as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourSource Of Honourreverence

And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

And it happened, when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, the soles of the feet of the priests were lifted up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and flowed over all its banks, as before.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of JoshuaPriests In Action

And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and camped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelEastern Borders

And those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, were raised by Joshua in Gilgal.

Verse ConceptsStones As MonumentsTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

And he spoke to the sons of Israel saying, When your sons shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?

Verse ConceptsAskingMeaning

so that all the people of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah is mighty, and so that you might fear Jehovah your God forever.

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelReverence, And God's NatureFear Of GodGod's HandFear God!Knowing God's Character

And it happened, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that Jehovah had dried up the waters of Jordan in front of the sons of Israel until we had passed over, that their hearts melted. Neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsIndependencedrynessWestMeltingDry LandBeyond JordanLosing CourageOvercoming Obstacles

At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make sharp knives for yourselves and circumcise the sons of Israel again, the second time.

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesDoing Things Twice

And Joshua made sharp knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

Verse ConceptsCommemoration

And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised. All the people that came out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the wayside, after they came out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsDying In The WildernessDeath As PunishmentDeath Of All Males

For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the people, the men of war, who came out of Egypt, were destroyed, because they did not obey the voice of Jehovah. To them Jehovah swore that He would not show them the land which Jehovah swore to their fathers that He would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey.

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And Joshua circumcised their sons, whom He raised up in their place. For they were not circumcised, because they had not been circumcised by the wayside.

And it happened when they had finished circumcising all the people, they stayed in their places in the camp until they were well.

Verse ConceptsHope And Healing

And Jehovah said to Joshua, Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you. Therefore, the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.

Verse ConceptsRolling

And the sons of Israel camped in Gilgal and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.

Verse ConceptsPassoverThe Number Fourteen

And they ate of the old grain of the land on the next day after the Passover, unleavened cakes and roasted grain in the same day.

Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of Food

And the manna stopped on the next day after they had eaten the old grain of the land. And there was no more manna to the sons of Israel, but they ate the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Verse ConceptsMannaCessationNo FoodThings Stopping

And it happened, when Joshua was beside Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked. And, behold, there stood a Man in front of him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, Are You for us, or for our foes?

Verse ConceptsStandingGod's Sword

And He said, No, but I have come as the Commander of the army of Jehovah. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth. And he worshiped and said to Him, What does my Lord say to His servant?

Verse ConceptsGesturesAttitudes, in prayerProstrationGod As A WarriorDivinityServant LeadershipResolving Conflictarmyreverence

And the Commander of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Take your shoe off your foot, for the place on which you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.

Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodBarefeetHoliness, As Set Apart For GodSandalsGodly ReverenceShoesSacred PlacesHoly Land

And Jericho was completely shut up because of the sons of Israel. None went out and none came in.

Verse ConceptsShutting GatesGoing Out And Coming Innegativity

And Jehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given Jericho into your hand, and its king, and the mighty men of war.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfAttackingGod's Activity In IsraelWarfare, Examples OfThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And you shall go around the city, all the men of war. Go around the city once. So you shall do for six days.

Verse ConceptsSix DaysOrder Of MarchFalling

And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of ram's horns in front of the ark. And the seventh day you shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

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And it shall be when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout. And the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up, each man straight before him.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsShoutingWallsBattle CriesThings Falling

And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry seven ram's horns in front of the ark of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsSeven PeopleSeven ThingsThe Ark Moved AroundSeven Trumpets

And he said to the people, Pass on, and go around the city. And let him who is armed pass on in front of the ark of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsFallingMoving OnSpiritual Warfare

And it happened when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven ram's horns passed on before Jehovah and blew the ram's horns. And the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalMusical Instruments, Made OfSeven PeopleSeven ThingsThe Ark Moved AroundSeven Trumpets

And the armed men went before the priests who blew with the ram's horns. And the gathering army came after the ark, as the priests were going on and blowing with the ram's horns.

And Joshua had commanded the people saying, You shall not shout nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.

Verse ConceptsSilenceNo ShoutingCurbing SpeechSpiritual Warfare

And the ark of Jehovah went around the city, going around it once. And they came into the camp and stayed in the camp.

Verse ConceptsCirclesThe Ark Moved AroundFalling

And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesThose Who Rose Early

And seven priests carrying seven ram's horns before the ark of Jehovah went on without stopping and blew with the ram's horns. And the armed men went in front of them. But the rear guard came after the ark of Jehovah as the priests were going on and blowing with the ram's horns.

Verse ConceptsSeven PeopleSeven ThingsTrumpets For BattleSeven Trumpets

And the second day they went around the city once, and returned to the camp. So they did six days.

Verse ConceptsSix DaysFalling

And it happened on the seventh day they rose early, at the dawning of the day, and circled the city in the same way seven times. Only on that day did they go around the city seven times.

Verse ConceptsDawnRising EarlySeven TimesThe Seventh Day Of The WeekAt DaybreakThose Who Rose EarlyDay 7Falling