Mofes ordered to mount Nebo. DEUTERONOMY. is no god ita me : i kill, and I make alive; wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and lay, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering fword, and nine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my fword fhall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the flain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the eremy. 43 Rejoice, Ŏ ye nations, with his people; for he will avenge the blood of his fervants, and will render vengeance to his adverfaries, and will be merciful unto his land, ana to his people. 44 And Mofes came and fpake all the words of this fong in the ears of the people, he, and Hothea the fon of Nun. 45 And Mofes made an end of fpeaking all thefe words to all Ifrael. 46 And he faid unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I teftity among you this day; which ye shall command your chil dren to obferve,to do all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; beCaufe it is your life: and through this thing ye thall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to poffefs it. 48 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes that felt fame day, faying, 49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over againft jericho, and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Ifrael for a poffeffion; 50 And die in the mount whither thou goeft up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gatheret unto his people: 51 Because ye trefpaffed againft me among the children of Ifrael at the waters of Meribah-kadefh, in the wildernefs of Zin; because ye fanclified me not in the midft of the children of Ifrael. 52 Yet thou shalt fee the land before thee; But thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Ifrael. CHAP. XXXIII. The majesty of God. 6 The bleffings of the twelve tribes. 26 The excellency of Ifrael. The bleings of the tribes. fuficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. 8 And of Levi he faid, Let thy Thummin and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didit prove at Maifah, and with whom thou lidt ftrive at the waters of Meribah; 9 Who faid unto his father and to his mother, I have not feen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have obferved thy word, and kept thy covenant. 10 They thall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Ifrael thy law they thalf put incenfe before thee, and whole burnt-facritice upon thine altar. i Blefs, LORD, his fubftance, and accept the work of his hands: fmite through the loins of them that rife against him, and of them that hate him, that they rife not again. 12¶ And or Benjamin he faid, 'The beloved of the LORD thall dwell in fate.y by him; and the LORD thall cover him all the day long, and he thall dwell between his thoulders. 13 And of Jofeph he faid, Bleifed of the LORD be his land, for the previous things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucherh beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the fun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lafting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof; and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush; let the bleng come upon the head of Jofeph, and upon the top of the head of him that was feparated from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he thall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thoufends of Manaffeh. 18¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and Iffachar, in thy tents. 19 They hall call the people unto the mountain; there they thall offer facrifices of righteoufnefs: for they thall fuck of the a bundance of the feas, and of treasures hid in the fand. the man of God bleifed the children of Ifrael before his death. this is the wherewith Mofes as a lion, and 2 And he faid, The LORD came from Sinai, and rofe up from Scir unto them; he fhined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands offaints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people: all his faints are in thy hand: and they fat down at thy feet; every one thall receive of thy words. 4 Mofes commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And he was king in Jethurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Ifrael were gathered together. 5 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let And this is the bleffing of Judah: and 20 And of Gad he faid, Blessed he he that teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for himfelf, because there, in a portion of the law. giver, was he feated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the juftice. of the LORD, and his judgments with Ifrael. 22 And of Dan he faid, Dan is a lion's whelp: he thall leap from Bathan. 23 And of Naphtali he faid, O Naphtali, fatisfied with favour, and full with the bleffing of the LORD; poffefs thou the weft and the fouth. 24 And of Ather he faid, Let Ather be bleffed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy thoes shall be iron and brafs; and as thy days, fo fall thy strength be. 26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 27 ТА Ifrael's excellency. Chap. xxxiv. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he fhall thrust out the enemy from before thee, and shall fay, Destroy them. 28 Ifrael then thall dwell in fafety alone: the fountain of Jacob fall be upon a land of corn and wine; alfo his heavens thall drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Ifrael: who is like unto thee, O people faved by the LORD, the fhield of thy help, and who is the fword of thy excellency! and thine enemies thall be found liars unto thee, and thou shalt tread upon their high places. CHAP. XXXIV. 1 Mofes, from mount Nebo,vieweth the land: 5 be dieth there: 6,7 His age, and burial. 8Thirty days mourning for him: 9 Fofbua Jucceedeth him. 10 The praife of Mojes. A ND Mofes went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over againit Jericho and the LORD thewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manalleh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost fea, 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the LORD faid unto him, This is the land which I fware unto Abraham, unto Ifaac, and unto Jacob, faying, I will give Jofua fucceedeth Mofer it unto thy feed: I have caufed thee to fee it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So Mofes the fervant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his fepulchre unto this day. 7 And Mofes was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. 8 And the children of Ifrael wept for Mofes in the plains of Moab thirty days: fo the days of weeping and mourning for Mofes were ended. 9¶ And Jothua the fon of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Mofes had laid his hands upon him and the chilaren of Ifrael hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commandei Mofes 10 And there arofe not a prophet fince in Ifrael like unto Moles, whom the LORD knew face to face; 11 In all the figns and the wonders which the LORD fent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his fervants, and to all his land, 12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Mofes thewed in the fight of all Jfrael. 1 The Book of JOSHUA. CHAP. I. 1 The Lord appointeth Foskua to succeed MoJes. 3 The borders of the promised land. 5,9 God promijeth to affi Fofbua: 8 he giveth him inftructions. do according to all that is written therein a for then thou shalt make thy way profperous, and then thou shalt have good fuccefs. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be Arong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither of the LORD, it came to pafs, that the LORD fpake unto Jothua the son of Nun, Mofes's minitter, faying,, 2 Mofes my fervant is dead; now therefore arife, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Ifrael. 3 Every place that the fole of your foot hall tread upon, that I have given unto you, as I faid unto Mofes. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphra tes, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great fea toward the going down of the fun, fhall be your coaft. 5 There fhall not any man be able to ftand before thee all the days of thy life. As I was with Mofes, fo I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong and of a good courage; for unto this people halt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I fware unto their tathers to give them. Only be thou ftrong, and very courageous, that thou mayet obferve to do according to all the law which Mofes my fervant commande i thee: turn not from it ro the right hand or to the left, that thou mayeft profper whitherfoever thou goeft. 8 This book of the law fhall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayeft obferve to with thee whitherfoever thou goeft. 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, faying, 11 Pats through the hoft, and command the people, faying, Prepare your victuals ; for within three days ye thall pals over this Jor. dan, to go in to poffets the land which the LORD your God giveth you to poffefs it. 12 And to the Reubeniles, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manaffleh, fpake Joshua, faying, 13 Remember the word which Mofes the fervant of the LORD commanded you, faying, The LORD your God hath given you reit, and hath given you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, fhall remain in the land which Mofes gave you on this fide Jordan; but ye thall pais before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them, 15 Until the LORD have given your bre thren reft, as he hath given you, and they alfo have poifeiled the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your polemion, and enjoy it, which Mofes the LORD's fervant gave you on this fide Jordan, toward the fun-riting. 16 And they answered Joshua, faying, All that thou commandeft us we will do, and whitherfoever thou fendeft us we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unto Mo. fes in all things, fo will we hearken unto G6 the JOSHUA. Rabab receiveth the spies: thee only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moles. 18 Whofoever be be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandet him, he shall be put to death: only be strong, and of a good courage. CHAP. II. 1 Rabab receiveth and concealeth the two Spies fent from shittim: 8 the covenant between her and them: 25 their return. AND Joshua the fon of Nun fent out of Shittim two men, to fpy iecretly, fay. ing, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's houfe named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, faying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Hrael, to fearch out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho fent unto Rahab, faying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine houfe: for they be come to fearch out all the country. 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and faid thus, There came men unto me, but I wift not whence they were. 5 And it came to país about the time of fhutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out, whither the men went I wot not: purfue after them quickly; for ye thall overtake them. 6 But the had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the ftaiks of flax which the had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan, unto the tords, and as foon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. 8 And before they were laid down, the came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And the faid unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red fea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other fide Jordan, Sinon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as foon as we had heard thefe things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore I pray you, fwear unto me by the LORD, fince I have fhewed you kindaefs, that ye will alfo fhew kindness unto my father's houfe; and give me a true token: 13 And that ye will fave alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my Lifters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men answered her, Our life for your's if ye utter not this our businefs. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. 15 Then the let them down by a cord Through the window, for ber house was Her covenant with them. upon the town-wall, and the dwelt upon the 17 And the men faid unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hait made us fwear. 18 Behoid, when we come into the land, thou that bind this line of farie. thread in the window which thou didit let us down by and thou thalt bring thy father, and thy mo ther, and thy brethren, and all thy tather's household, home unto thee. 19 And it thall be, that whofoever shall go out of the doors or thy noufe into the treet, his bloo ifbalt be upon his head, and we will be guilclefs: and whofoever thall be with thee in the houfe, his blood fall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hart made us to wear. 21 And the faid, According unto your words, fo be it. And the fent them away, and they departed: and the bound the scarlet line in the window. 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the purfuers were returned. And the pur fuers fought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 So the two men returned, and defcended from the mountain, and paifed over, and came to Joshua the fon of Nun, and told him all things that befell them. 24 And they faid 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. CHA P. III. Joshua cometh to Jordan. 7 The Lord en courageth Joshua. 9 Foskua encourageth the people. 14 The waters aïvided, AND Johut rufe early in the morning: and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Urael, and lodged there before they pauled over. 2 And it came to pafs after three days, that the officers went through the hott; 3 And they commanded the people, faying, When ye fee the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye thall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet there thall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by meafure; come not near unto it; that ye may know the way by which ye muft go; for ye have not paffed this way heretofore. s And Jothua faid unto the people, Sanctity yourselves: for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. 6 Ani Jothua fpake unto the priests, faying Take up the ark of the covenant, and pafs over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the peo ple. 7 And the LORD faid unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnity thee in the fight of all Ifrael, that they may know that as I was with Mofes, foI will be with thee. 8-And thou thait command the prefts that bear Jardan divided. Chap. iv. bear the ark of the covenant, faying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye thali stand till in jordan. yAna jothua faid unto the children of Ifrael, Come mither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. 10 And jothua fard, 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 H. vites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgathites, and the Amorites, and the jebuiites. 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth paffeth over before you into Jordan. 12 Now therefore take ye twelve men out of the tribes of lfrael, out of every tribe a man. 13 And it shall come to país, as foon as the foles of the feet of the prieits that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, fhall rett in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan thall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they fhall itand upon an heap. 14 And it came to pafs, when the people removed from their tents to pafs over jordan, and the prieits bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the rim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) 16 That the waters which came down from above stood, ana rote up upon an heap, very far from the city Adam, that is belide Zaretan: and those that came down toward the ica of the plain, even the fait fea, failed, and were cut off; and the people parfed over right against Jericho. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD food firm on dry ground in the midft of jordan, and all the Ifraelites pafed over on dry ground, until all the people were paffed clean over Jordan. CHAP. IV. ▲ Twelve flanes taken for a memorial out of Jordan: 9 twelve other ones are fet up in the mid thereof. 10, 19 The people pass over. 14 Goa magnineth Jofua. it when all the were clean pafiea over Jordan, that the LORD fpake unto Jofhua, faying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man; 3 And command you them, faying, Teke ye hence out of the midit 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 thall lodge this night. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Ifrael, out of every tribe a man; 5 And Jothua faid unto them, Pafs over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midit of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a tone upon his thoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Ifrael; 6 That this may be a fign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, faying, What mean ye by these stones? The people pass over it, 7 Then ye shall anfwer them, That the was ters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it paifed over jordan, the waters of jordan were cut off: and theie ftones fhall be for a memorial unto the children of Ifrael for ever. 8 And the children of Ifrael did fo as Jothua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midit of Jordan, as the LORD spake untoJothua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Ifrael, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Joshua fet up twelve ftones in the midit of jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant itood: and they are there unto this day. io For the priests which bare the ark flood in the midit of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Johua to fpeak unto the people, according to all that Mofes commanded Joshua: and the people hatted and pailed over. 11 And it came to pats, when all the peo ple were clean paffed over, that the ark of the LORD pafled over, and the priests, in the prefence of the people. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manailen, paffed over armed before the children of Ifraei, as Mofes fpake unto them. 13 About forty thousand, prepared for war, paffed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14 On that day the LORD magnified Jo fhua in the fight of all Ifrael; and they teared him, as they teared Motes, all the days of his lite. 15 And the LORD fpake unto Jothua faying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, faying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came to pafs, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the foles of the pricits' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of 19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the firit month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the eaft border of je richo. 20 And thofe twelve ftones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the children of if rael, faying, When your children thall ak their fathers in time to come, faying, What mean thefe ftones? 22 Then ye thall let your children know, faying, Ifrael came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were paffed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red fea, which he dried up from be fore us, until we were gone over; 24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is migh ty; that ye might fear the LORD your God Circumcifionrenewed. CHAP. V. JOSHUA. 1 The Canaanites are afraid. 2 Circumcifion A 2 At that time the LORD faid unto Jofhua, 4 And this is the caufe why Joshua did circumcife: All the people that came out of Egypt that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after, they came out of Egypt. 5 Now all the people that came out were circumcifed; but all the people that were born in the wildernefs by the way, as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcifed. 6 For the children of Ifrael walked forty years in the wildernefs, till all the people, that were men of war, which came cut of Egypt were confumed, becaufe they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD fware, that he would not thew them the land which the LORD fware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 7 And their children, whom he raifed up in their ftead, them Joshua circumcifed: for they were uncircumcifed, because they had not circumcifed them by the way. 8 And it came to pafs, when they had done circumcifing all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp till they were whole. 9 And the LORD faid unto Joshua, This day bave I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you: wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. TC And the children of Ifrael encamped in Gilgal, and kept the paffover on the fourteenth day of the month at even, in the plains of Jericho. II And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the paffover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the feltfame day. 12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Ifrael manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 13 And it came to país, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and look ed, and behold, there flood a man over againft him, with his fword drawn in his hand and Joshua went unto him, and faid unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And he faid, Nay; but as captain of the hoft of the LORD am I now come. And Jofhua fell on his face to the earth, and did worhip, and faid unto him, What faith. my lord unto his fervant ? 15 And the captain of the LORD's hoft faid nto Joshua, Loofe thy hoe from off thy Jericho deftroye®.. foot; for the place whereon thou ftandeft is holy. And Jofhua did fo. CHAP. VI. 1 Jericho is fout up. 20 The walls fall down. caufe of the children of Ifrael: none 2 And the LORD fai unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye thall compafs the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus thalt thou do fix days. 4 And feven priests hall bear before the ark feven trumpets of rams horns and the feventh day ye thall compafs the city feven times, and the priests thall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it fhall come to pafs, that when they make a long blaf with the ram's horn, and the people thall fhout with a great thout; and when ye hear the found of the trumpet, all the wall of the city thall fall down flat, and the people thall afcend up, every man ftraight before him. 6 And Joshua the fon of Nun called the priefts, and faid unto them, Take up the ark or the covenant, and let feven priests bear feven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. 7 And he faid unto the people, Pafs on, and compafs the city, and let him that is armed pafs on before the ark of the LORD. 8 And it came to pafs, when Joshua had bearing the feven trumpets of rams' horns paffpoken unto the people, that the feven priefts fed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpecs: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. 9And the armed men went before the priefts that blew with the trumpets, and the rere-ward came after the ark, the pries go. ing on, and blowing with the trumpets. 10 And Joshua had commanded the people, faying, Ye fhall not fhout, nor make any proceed out of your mouth until the day I no fe with your voice, reither fhall any word bid you fhout; then thal! ye fhout. II So the ark of the LORD compaffed the to the camp, and lodged in the camp. city, going about it once and they came in 12 And Jothua rofe early in the morning, 13 And feven priefts bearing feven trumand the priests took up the ark of the LORD. peis 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 rere-ward came after the blowing with the trumpets. ark of the LORD, the pricfis going on and 14 And the fecond day they compaffed the city once, and returned into the camp: fo they did fix days. 15 And it came to pafs on the feventh day, day, and compaffed the city after the fame that they rofe early, about the dawning of the manner feven times only on that day they compaffed the city feven times. 16 And it came to pass at the feventh time, Jothun faid unto the people, Shout; for the when the priests blew with the trumpets, 17¶And the city thall be accurfed, even LORD hath given you the city. |