CHAP. XXXIV.-Then Moses went up from the plains 1 of Moab to mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite to Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, 2 and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the farther sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, 3 the City of palm-trees, unto Zoar. And Jehovah said to 4 him, "This is the land which I sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to thy seed :' I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither." So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there 5 in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah. And he was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, over 6 against Bethpeor; but no one knoweth of his sepulchre to this day. And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old 7 when he died his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the 8 plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of 9 wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened to him, and did as Jehovah commanded Moses. And there arose not a prophet since in 10 Israel, like to Moses, whom Jehovah knew face to face, in all 11 the signs and the wonders which Jehovah sent him to do in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh, and all his servants, and all his land, and in all that mighty hand, and in all the 12 great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.

THE BOOK OF JOSHUA.

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CHAP. I.-It came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake to Joshua the son of 2 Nun, the minister of Moses, saying,-" Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, to the land which I give to them, even the children 3 of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread 4 upon, I give to you, as I said to Moses. From the desert 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 boundary. 5 No man shall be able to stand against thee all the days of thy life as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will 6 not fail thee, neither will I forsake thee. Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt divide for an inheritance to this people the land, which I sware to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. 8 Let not this book of the law depart out of thy mouth; but 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 9 good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 "Pass through the camp, and command the people, saying, 'Prepare for yourselves victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, 12 which Jehovah your God giveth you to possess."" And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half of the

tribe of Manasseh, Joshua spake, saying, "Remember the 13 word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, 'Jehovah your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. Your wives, your little ones, and your 14 cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them, until 15 Jehovah shall have given rest to your brethren, as he hath given to you, and they also shall have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth to them: then ye shall return to the land of your possession, which Moses, the servant of Jehovah, gave you on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun; and enjoy it."

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And they answered Joshua, saying, "All that thou com- 16 mandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. According as we hearkened to Moses in all:17 things, so will we hearken to thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. Every one who rebel- 18 leth against thy commandment, and who will not hearken to thy words in all that thou commandest him, shall be put to death: only be strong and of good courage."

CHAP. II.-And Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent out of Setim two spies, saying, "Go view the land and Jericho." And they went, and came to the house of a harlot, whose name was Rahab, and lodged there...

And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Lo, there 2 came in hither to-night men of the children of Israel, to search out the country." Then the king of Jericho sent to 3 Rahab, saying, "Bring forth the men that are come to thee, who are entered into thy house: for they are come to search out the whole land." And the woman took the two men, 4 and hid them; and she said, "Truly the men came unto me, but I know not whence they came; and when it was dark 5 and the gate was about to be shut, the men went out: whither the men went I know not: pursue them quickly, for ye may overtake them." But she had taken them up to the roof of 6 the house, and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. And the men pursued 7 them on the way to the Jordan, unto the fords: and as soon as they who pursued them were gone out, the gate was shut. Now they had not yet lain down, when she came up to them 8 upon the roof, and said to the men, "I know that Jehovah 9

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hath given you the land, and that the dread of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint before 10 you. For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye have done to the two kings of the Amorites, on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly 11 destroyed. When we heard these things, our hearts melted, and there remained no more courage in any man, because of you; for Jehovah your God he is God in the heavens above, 12 and on the earth beneath. Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness to my father's house; and give 13 me a token of truth. And ye shall save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that 14 they have, and deliver our lives from death." And the men answered her, "Our life for yours, if thou tell not this our business. And it shall be, when Jehovah hath given us the 15 land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee." Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall; 16 and said to them, "Go ye to the mountains, lest the pursuers meet you, and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; and afterward ye may go your way." 17 And the men said to her, "We will be blameless in respect 8 of this thy oath which thou hast made us swear. Lo, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window by which thou didst let us down; and thou shalt bring unto thee into the house, thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household. 9 And 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; but whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his 20 blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. But if thou tell this our business, then we will be blameless in 21 respect of thy oath which thou hast made us swear." " And

she said, "According to your words so be it." And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet 22 cord in the window. And they went and came to the mountains, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned. And the pursuers sought them throughout all 23 the way, but found them not. So the two men returned, and descended from the mountains, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all that had

befallen them; and they said to Joshua, "Truly Jehovah 24 hath delivered into our hands all the land; for already all the inhabitants of the land faint before us."

CHAP. III.-And Joshua rose early in the morning; and 1 they removed from Setim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. And at the end of three days, the officers went 2 through the camp, and commanded the people, saying, 3 "When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it; (yet there shall be a space 4 between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near to it ;) that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way before."

And Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for 5 to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders among you." And 6 Joshua spake to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people." And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

And Jehovah said to Joshua, "This day will I begin to 7 magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. And thou 8 shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, 'When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan."" And Joshua said 9 to the children of Israel, "Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God." And Joshua said, "Hereby shall 10 ye 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. Lo, the 11 ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth on before you into the Jordan. Now therefore take ye twelve 12 men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of 13 the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan, the waters that come down from above, shall be cut off, and they shall stand in one heap." And it came 14 to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, and when they who bare the ark were 15