The Old Testament of the
King James Version of the Bible
The Book of 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, 1:2 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.
1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot
shall tread upon, that have
I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
1:4 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.
1:5 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.
1:6 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.
1:7 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 withersoever thou goest.
1:8 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.
1:9 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.
1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of
the people, saying, 1:11
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.
1:12 And to the Reubenites, and to the
Gadites, and to half the tribe
of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 1:13
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.
1:14 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; 1:15 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.
1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All
that thou commandest us we
will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us,
we will go.
1:17 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.
1:18 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.
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.
2:2 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.
2:3 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.
2:4 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: 2:5 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.
2:6 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.
2:7 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.
2:8 And before they were laid down, she came
up unto them upon the
roof; 2:9 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.
2:10 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.
2:11 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.
2:12 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:
2:13 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.
2:14 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.
2:15 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.
2:16 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.
2:17 And the men said unto her, We will be
blameless of this thine
oath which thou hast made us swear.
2:18 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.
2:19 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.
2:20 And if thou utter this our business,
then we will be quit of
thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
2:21 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.
2:22 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.
2:23 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: 2:24 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.
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.
3:2 And it came to pass after three days,
that the officers went
through the host; 3:3 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.
3:4 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.
3:5 And Joshua said unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves: for to
morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
3:6 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.
3:7 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.
3:8 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.
3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of
Israel, Come hither, and hear
the words of the LORD your God.
3:10 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.
3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the
LORD of all the earth
passeth over before you into Jordan.
3:12 Now therefore take you twelve men out
of the tribes of Israel,
out of every tribe a man.
3:13 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.
3:14 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; 3:15 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,) 3:16 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.
3:17 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.
4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people
were clean passed over
Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua,
saying, 4:2 Take you twelve
men out of the people, out of every tribe a
man, 4:3 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 them over with you, and leave them in
the lodging place, where
ye shall lodge this night.
4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom
he had prepared of the
children of Israel, out of every tribe a
man: 4:5 And Joshua said unto
them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD
your God into the midst of
Jordan, and take you up every man of you a
stone upon his shoulder,
according unto the number of the tribes of
the children of Israel: 4:6
That this may be a sign among you, that when
your children ask their
fathers in time to come, saying, What mean
ye by these stones? 4:7
Then ye shall answer them, That the waters
of Jordan were cut off
before the ark of the covenant of the LORD;
when it passed over
Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off:
and these stones shall be
for a memorial unto the children of Israel
for ever.
4:8 And the children of Israel did so as
Joshua commanded, and took up
twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as
the LORD spake unto
Joshua, according to the number of the
tribes of the children of
Israel, and carried them over with them unto
the place where they
lodged, and laid them down there.
4:9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the
midst of Jordan, in the
place where the feet of the priests which
bare the ark of the covenant
stood: and they are there unto this day.
4:10 For the priests which bare the ark
stood in the midst of Jordan,
until everything was finished that the LORD
commanded Joshua to speak
unto the people, according to all that Moses
commanded Joshua: and the
people hasted and passed over.
4:11 And it came to pass, when all the
people were clean passed over,
that the ark of the LORD passed over, and
the priests, in the presence
of the people.
4:12 And the children of Reuben, and the
children of Gad, and half the
tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before
the children of Israel, as
Moses spake unto them: 4:13 About forty
thousand prepared for war
passed over before the LORD unto battle, to
the plains of Jericho.
4:14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua
in the sight of all Israel;
and they feared him, as they feared Moses,
all the days of his life.
4:15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
4:16 Command the priests
that bear the ark of the testimony, that
they come up out of Jordan.
4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests,
saying, Come ye up out of
Jordan.
4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests
that bare the ark of the
covenant of the LORD were come up out of the
midst of Jordan, and the
soles of the priests' feet were lifted up
unto the dry land, that the
waters of Jordan returned unto their place,
and flowed over all his
banks, as they did before.
4:19 And the people came up out of Jordan on
the tenth day of the
first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the
east border of Jericho.
4:20 And those twelve stones, which they
took out of Jordan, did
Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
4:21 And he spake unto the children of
Israel, saying, When your
children shall ask their fathers in time to
come, saying, What mean
these stones? 4:22 Then ye shall let your
children know, saying,
Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
4:23 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, which he dried up from before us, until
we were gone over: 4:24
That all the people of the earth might know
the hand of the LORD, that
it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD
your God for ever.
5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings
of the Amorites, which
were on the side of Jordan westward, and all
the kings of the
Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard
that the LORD had dried up
the waters of Jordan from before the
children of Israel, until we were
passed over, that their heart melted,
neither was there spirit in them
any more, because of the children of Israel.
5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua,
Make thee sharp knives,
and circumcise again the children of Israel
the second time.
5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and
circumcised the children of
Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
5:4 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.
5:5 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.
5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty
years in the wilderness,
till all the people that were men of war,
which came out of Egypt,
were consumed, because they obeyed not the
voice of the LORD: unto
whom the LORD sware that he would not shew
them the land, which the
LORD sware unto their fathers that he would
give us, a land that
floweth with milk and honey.
5:7 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.
5:8 And it came to pass, when they had done
circumcising all the
people, that they abode in their places in
the camp, till they were
whole.
5:9 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 Gilgal unto this day.
5:10 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.
5:11 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.
5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow
after they had eaten of the
old corn 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.
5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by
Jericho, that he lifted
up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there
stood a man over against
him with his sword drawn in his hand: and
Joshua went unto him, and
said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our
adversaries? 5:14 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?
5:15 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.
6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because
of the children of
Israel: none went out, and none came in.
6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I
have given into thine hand
Jericho, and the king thereof, and the
mighty men of valour.
6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye
men of war, and go round
about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six
days.
6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the
ark seven trumpets of
rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall
compass the city seven
times, and the priests shall blow with the
trumpets.
6:5 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 flat, and the people shall ascend
up every man straight
before him.
6:6 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.
6:7 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.
6:8 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.
6:9 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.
6:10 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.
6:11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the
city, going about it once:
and they came into the camp, and lodged in
the camp.
6:12 And Joshua rose early in the morning,
and the priests took up the
ark of the LORD.
6:13 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 the
rereward came after the
ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and
blowing with the trumpets.
6:14 And the second day they compassed the
city once, and returned
into the camp: so they did six days.
6:15 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.
6:16 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.
6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even
it, and all that are
therein, 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.
6:18 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.
6:19 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.
6:20 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.
6:21 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.
6:22 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.
6:23 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 the
camp of Israel.
6:24 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 into the treasury of the house of the
LORD.
6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot
alive, and her father's
household, and all that she had; and she
dwelleth in Israel even unto
this day; because she hid the messengers,
which Joshua sent to spy out
Jericho.
6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time,
saying, Cursed be the man
before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth
this city Jericho: he
shall lay the foundation thereof in his
firstborn, and in his youngest
son shall he set up the gates of it.
6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his
fame was noised throughout
all the country.
7:1 But the children of Israel committed a
trespass in the accursed
thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son
of 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.
7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai,
which is beside Bethaven,
on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them,
saying, Go up and view the
country.
And the men went up and viewed Ai.
7:3 And they returned to Joshua, and said
unto him, Let not all the
people go up; but let about two or three
thousand men go up and smite
Ai; and make not all the people to labour
thither; for they are but
few.
7:4 So there went up thither of the people
about three thousand men:
and they fled before the men of Ai.
7:5 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.
7:6 And Joshua rent 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.
7:7 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 had
been content, and dwelt
on the other side Jordan! 7:8 O LORD, what
shall I say, when Israel
turneth their backs before their enemies!
7:9 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? 7:10 And the LORD said unto
Joshua, Get thee up;
wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
7:11 Israel hath sinned, and
they have also transgressed my covenant
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.
7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could
not stand before their
enemies, but turned their backs before their
enemies, because they
were accursed: neither will I be with you
any more, except ye destroy
the accursed from among you.
7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say,
Sanctify yourselves against to
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.
7:14 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.
7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken
with the accursed thing
shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he
hath: because he hath
transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and
because he hath wrought
folly in Israel.
7:16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning,
and brought Israel by
their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was
taken: 7:17 And he brought
the family of Judah; and he took the family
of the Zarhites: and he
brought the family of the Zarhites man by
man; and Zabdi was taken:
7:18 And he brought his household man by
man; and Achan, the son of
Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah,
of the tribe of Judah, was
taken.
7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son,
give, I pray thee, glory to
the LORD God of Israel, and make confession
unto him; and tell me now
what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
7:20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said,
Indeed I have sinned against
the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus
have I done: 7:21 When I saw
among the spoils a goodly Babylonish
garment, and two hundred shekels
of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty
shekels weight, then I coveted
them, and took them; and, behold, they are
hid in the earth in the
midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
7:22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran
unto the tent; and,
behold, it was hid in his tent, and the
silver under it.
7:23 And they took them out of the midst of
the tent, and brought them
unto Joshua, and unto all the children of
Israel, and laid them out
before the LORD.
7:24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him,
took Achan the son of Zerah,
and the silver, and the garment, and the
wedge of gold, and his sons,
and his daughters, and his oxen, and his
asses, and his sheep, and his
tent, and all that he had: and they brought
them unto the valley of
Achor.
7:25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled
us? the LORD shall
trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned
him with stones, and
burned them with fire, after they had stoned
them with stones.
7:26 And they raised over him a great heap
of stones unto this day. So
the LORD turned from the fierceness of his
anger. Wherefore the name
of that place was called, The valley of
Achor, unto this day.
8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not,
neither be thou dismayed:
take all the people of war with thee, and
arise, go up to Ai: see, I
have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and
his people, and his city,
and his land: 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai
and her king as thou didst
unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil
thereof, and the cattle
thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto
yourselves: lay thee an ambush
for the city behind it.
8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of
war, to go up against Ai:
and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty
men of valour, and sent
them away by night.
8:4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold,
ye shall lie in wait
against the city, even behind the city: go
not very far from the city,
but be ye all ready: 8:5 And I, and all the
people that are with me,
will approach unto the city: and it shall
come to pass, when they come
out against us, as at the first, that we
will flee before them, 8:6
(For they will come out after us) till we
have drawn them from the
city; for they will say, They flee before
us, as at the first:
therefore we will flee before them.
8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush,
and seize upon the city:
for the LORD your God will deliver it into
your hand.
8:8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the
city, that ye shall set
the city on fire: according to the
commandment of the LORD shall ye
do. See, I have commanded you.
8:9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and
they went to lie in ambush,
and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west
side of Ai: but Joshua
lodged that night among the people.
8:10 And Joshua rose up early in the
morning, and numbered the people,
and went up, he and the elders of Israel,
before the people to Ai.
8:11 And all the people, even the people of
war that were with him,
went up, and drew nigh, and came before the
city, and pitched on the
north side of Ai: now there was a valley
between them and Ai.
8:12 And he took about five thousand men,
and set them to lie in
ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west
side of the city.
8:13 And when they had set the people, even
all the host that was on
the north of the city, and their liers in
wait on the west of the
city, Joshua went that night into the midst
of the valley.
8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of
Ai saw it, that they hasted
and rose up early, and the men of the city
went out against Israel to
battle, he and all his people, at a time
appointed, before the plain;
but he wist not that there were liers in
ambush against him behind the
city.
8:15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if
they were beaten before
them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
8:16 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.
8:17 And there was not a man left in Ai or
Bethel, that went not out
after Israel: and they left the city open,
and pursued after Israel.
8:18 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.
8:19 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.
8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind
them, they saw, and, behold,
the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven,
and they had no power to
flee this way or that way: and the people
that fled to the wilderness
turned back upon the pursuers.
8:21 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.
8:22 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 them, so that they let none of
them remain or escape.
8:23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and
brought him to Joshua.
8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel 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
Israelites returned unto Ai,
and smote it with the edge of the sword.
8:25 And so it was, that all that fell that
day, both of men and
women, were twelve thousand, even all the
men of Ai.
8:26 For Joshua drew not his hand back,
wherewith he stretched out the
spear, until he had utterly destroyed all
the inhabitants of Ai.
8:27 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.
8:28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an
heap for ever, even a
desolation unto this day.
8:29 And 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
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 day.
8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the
LORD God of Israel in mount
Ebal, 8:31 As Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded the children of
Israel, as it is written in the book of the
law of Moses, an altar of
whole stones, over which no man hath lift up
any iron: and they
offered thereon burnt offerings unto the
LORD, and sacrificed peace
offerings.
8:32 And he wrote there upon the stones a
copy of the law of Moses,
which he wrote in the presence of the
children of Israel.
8:33 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 LORD had commanded before,
that they should bless the
people of Israel.
8:34 And afterward he read all the words of
the law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written
in the book of the law.
8:35 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.
9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings
which were on this side
Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys,
and in all the coasts of the
great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite,
and the Amorite, the
Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and
the Jebusite, heard thereof;
9:2 That they gathered themselves together,
to fight with Joshua and
with Israel, with one accord.
9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard
what Joshua had done unto
Jericho and to Ai, 9:4 They did work wilily,
and went and made as if
they had been ambassadors, and took old
sacks upon their asses, and
wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
9:5 And old shoes and
clouted upon their feet, and old garments
upon them; and all the bread
of their provision was dry and mouldy.
9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at
Gilgal, and said unto
him, and to the men of Israel, We be come
from a far country: now
therefore make ye a league with us.
9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the
Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell
among us; and how shall we make a league
with you? 9:8 And they said
unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua
said unto them, Who are
ye? and from whence come ye? 9:9 And they
said unto him, From a very
far country thy servants are come because of
the name of the LORD thy
God: for we have heard the fame of him, and
all that he did in Egypt,
9:10 And all that he did to the two kings of
the Amorites, that were
beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and
to Og king of Bashan,
which was at Ashtaroth.
9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the
inhabitants of our country spake
to us, saying, Take victuals with you for
the journey, and go to meet
them, and say unto them, We are your
servants: therefore now make ye a
league with us.
9:12 This our bread we took hot for our
provision out of our houses on
the day we came forth to go unto you; but
now, behold, it is dry, and
it is mouldy: 9:13 And these bottles of
wine, which we filled, were
new; and, behold, they be rent: and these
our garments and our shoes
are become old by reason of the very long
journey.
9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and
asked not counsel at the
mouth of the LORD.
9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and
made a league with them, to
let them live: and the princes of the
congregation sware unto them.
9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three
days after they had made
a league with them, that they heard that
they were their neighbours,
and that they dwelt among them.
9:17 And the children of Israel journeyed,
and came unto their cities
on the third day. Now their cities were
Gibeon, and Chephirah, and
Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
9:18 And the children of Israel smote them
not, because the princes of
the congregation had sworn unto them by the
LORD God of Israel. And
all the congregation murmured against the
princes.
9:19 But all the princes said unto all the
congregation, We have sworn
unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now
therefore we may not touch
them.
9:20 This we will do to them; we will even
let them live, lest wrath
be upon us, because of the oath which we
sware unto them.
9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let
them live; but let them be
hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all
the congregation; as the
princes had promised them.
9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he
spake unto them, saying,
Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We
are very far from you; when
ye dwell among us? 9:23 Now therefore ye are
cursed, and there shall
none of you be freed from being bondmen, and
hewers of wood and
drawers of water for the house of my God.
9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said,
Because it was certainly told
thy servants, how that the LORD thy God
commanded his servant Moses to
give you all the land, and to destroy all
the inhabitants of the land
from before you, therefore we were sore
afraid of our lives because of
you, and have done this thing.
9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand:
as it seemeth good and
right unto thee to do unto us, do.
9:26 And so did he unto them, and delivered
them out of the hand of
the children of Israel, that they slew them
not.
9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of
wood and drawers of water
for the congregation, and for the altar of
the LORD, even unto this
day, in the place which he should choose. |
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