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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
 showed you kindness, that ye will also show 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.

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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 tomorrow 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.

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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
 every thing 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.

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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 show 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.

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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.

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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 side 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 tomorrow:
  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.

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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.

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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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10:1 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how
 Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to
 Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the
 inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
10:2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of
 the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men
 thereof were mighty.
10:3 Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron,
 and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto
 Debir king of Eglon, saying,
10:4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon:  for it hath
 made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the
 king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of
 Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts,
 and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying,
 Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us,
 and help us:  for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains
 are gathered together against us.
10:7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him,
 and all the mighty men of valour.
10:8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not:  for I have delivered
 them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all
 night.
10:10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a
 great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to
 Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in
 the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from
 heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died:  they were more which died
 with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the
 sword.
10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up
 the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of
 Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of
 Ajalon.
10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had
 avenged themselves upon their enemies.  Is not this written in the book
 of Jasher?  So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not
 to go down about a whole day.
10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD
 hearkened unto the voice of a man:  for the LORD fought for Israel.
10:15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
10:16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
10:17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave
 at Makkedah.
10:18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set
 men by it for to keep them:
10:19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the
 hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities:  for the LORD
 your God hath delivered them into your hand.
10:20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made
 an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were
 consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced
 cities.
10:21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in
 peace:  none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
10:22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five
 kings unto me out of the cave.
10:23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of
 the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth,
 the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
10:24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua,
 that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of
 the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks
 of these kings.  And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of
 them.
10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of
 good courage:  for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom
 ye fight.
10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on
 five trees:  and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that
 Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into
 the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's
 mouth, which remain until this very day.
10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the
 sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls
 that were therein; he let none remain:  and he did to the king of
 Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto
 Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
10:30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of
 Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that
 were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as
 he did unto the king of Jericho.
10:31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish,
 and encamped against it, and fought against it:
10:32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it
 on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the
 souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
10:33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him
 and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
10:34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him;
 and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
10:35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword,
 and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day,
 according to all that he had done to Lachish.
10:36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron;
 and they fought against it:
10:37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the
 king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were
 therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to
 Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
10:38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought
 against it:
10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and
 they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the
 souls that were therein; he left none remaining:  as he had done to
 Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to
 Libnah, and to her king.
10:40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of
 the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings:  he left none remaining,
 but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel
 commanded.
10:41 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the
 country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,
 because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

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11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things,
 that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the
 king of Achshaph,
11:2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the
 plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on
 the west,
11:3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the
 Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the
 mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
11:4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people,
 even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and
 chariots very many.
11:5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched
 together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
11:6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them:  for to
 morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: 
 thou shalt hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
11:7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the
 waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
11:8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them,
 and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the
 valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none
 remaining.
11:9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him:  he hocked their horses,
 and burnt their chariots with fire.
11:10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the
 king thereof with the sword:  for Hazor beforetime was the head of all
 those kingdoms.
11:11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the
 sword, utterly destroying them:  there was not any left to breathe:  and
 he burnt Hazor with fire.
11:12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did
 Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly
 destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
11:13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel
 burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
11:14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of
 Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the
 edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to
 breathe.
11:15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua,
 and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded
 Moses.
11:16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country,
 and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain
 of Israel, and the valley of the same;
11:17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad
 in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon:  and all their kings he took,
 and smote them, and slew them.
11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save
 the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon:  all other they took in battle.
11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come
 against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that
 they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD
 commanded Moses.
11:21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the
 mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains
 of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel:  Joshua destroyed them
 utterly with their cities.
11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of
 Israel:  only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said
 unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to
 their divisions by their tribes.  And the land rested from war.

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12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel
 smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising
 of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on
 the east:
12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from
 Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of
 the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the
 border of the children of Ammon;
12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the
 sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to
 Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
12:4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the
 giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
12:5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the
 border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border
 of Sihon king of Heshbon.
12:6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel
 smite:  and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto
 the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
12:7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children
 of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley
 of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua
 gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their
 divisions;
12:8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the
 springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the
 Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the
 Jebusites:
12:9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel,
 one;
12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
12:11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12:12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
12:13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
12:16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
12:17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
12:18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
12:19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
12:20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
12:22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
12:23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of
 Gilgal, one;
12:24 The king of Tirzah, one:  all the kings thirty and one.