11 shall consume the earth with her in-1 crease, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend my arrows upon them. 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with 12 burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. 25 The sword without, and terror Before CHRIST, 1451. 11 or, hath 12Heb.burn of the captives from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. 43 19 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful to his land, and to his people. 44 T And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and 20 Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speak 13 within, shall 14 destroy both the young 13 Heb. from ing all these words to all Israel; man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men ; 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, 15 Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. the cham- 14 Heb. be- 15 or, Our LORD all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in Josh. 23.10. them. 16 or, is worse than the vine of 30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, ex-Rom. 12.19. cept their Rock had sold them, and the Hebr. 10.30. LORD had shut them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges: 17Heb.hand. 18 Heb. an 32 For their vine 16 is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clus-a 1 Sam. 2. 6. ters are bitter: 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. C 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. : 19 or, Praise 46 And he said to them, Set your hearts to all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you: because it is your life; and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 48 And the LORD spoke to Moses that same day, saying, 49 Ascend this mountain Abarim, te mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan which I give to the children of Israel for a possession: 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest, and be gathered to thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered to his people: 51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of 21 Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. 52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee, but thou shalt not go thither to the land which I give the children of Israel. CHAP. XXXIII. 2 The majesty of God. 6 The blessings of the twelve tribes. 26 The excellency of Ïzrael. AND this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Rom. 15.10. children of Israel before his death. 2. And he said, the LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir to them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went 1 a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. Jacob. 4 Moses commanded us a law; even 39 See now that I, even I am he, and 25, 28. & 33. the inheritance of the congregation of there is no god with me: a I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were assembled. 6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 7¶ And this is the blessing of Judah : and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people: let his hands be sufficient for him, and be thou a help to him from his enemies. 8 And of Levi he said, a Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy 3 11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, 4 Heb. at thy that they rise not again. 12¶ And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety nose. 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone; the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine, also his heavens shall drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like to thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellence! and thy ene by him; and the LORD shall cover him & Gen. 49. 25. mies 9 shall be found liars to thee; and all the day long, and he shall dwell be tween his shoulders. 13 And of Joseph he said, & Blessed & Heb.thrust of the LORD be his land, for the precious forth. things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things 5 put forth by the 6 moon, Heb. moons. 15 And for the chief things of the an c thou shalt tread upon their high places. bo, to the top of 1 Pisgah, that is over against Jericho: and the LORD showed cient mountains, and for the precious Gen. 49. 26. him all the land of Gilead, to Dan, things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fullness of it, and for the good 7 Heb.ceiled. will of him that dwelt in the bush; let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated 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 shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. sor, Under iron. 18 ¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and Issachar, Jer. 23. 6. in thy tents. be subdued. 19 They shall call the people to the mountain; there they shall offer sacri-9 or, shall fices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the utmost sea, 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to Zoar. 4 And the LORD said to him, & This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thy eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5 So Moses the servant 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 sepulcher to this day. 7 ¶ And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his 2 natural force 3 aba 20 And of Gad he said: Blessed be1 or, the hill. ted. he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the law-giver, was he seated: and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. 22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. & c. 3. 27. Gen. 12.7. & 13. 15. 8¶ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. 9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened to him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. 10 ¶ And there arose not a prophet afterwards in Israel like to Moses, whom 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naph-2 Heb. mois the LORD knew face to face, tali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south. 24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. ¶ JOSHUA. TOW Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses's a minister, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, to the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given to you, as I said to Moses. 1 Heb. Frat. 5. Hebr. 13. 2 or, thou this people * Deut. 5. 32. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river 1 Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, & 28. 14. and to the great sea towards the setting of the sun, shall be your border. 3 or, do wisely. 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 4 or, do thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake wisely. thee. 6 & Be strong and of a good courage: for 2 to this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 20. 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do Num. 32. according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee: e turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest 3 prosper whithersoever thou goest. five. 8 This book of the law shall not depart 5 Heb. marout of thy mouth; but thou shalt medi- shaled by tate in it 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 4 have good success. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not a Hebr. 11. afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the 31. LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 10 Then Joshua commanded the of ficers of the people, saying, 11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you provisions; 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. James 2. 25. 1 Heb. lay. 12 ¶ And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying, 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. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren 5 armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them; 15 Until the LORD shall 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 to the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side of Jordan towards the sun-rising. 16 T And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us, we vill do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 17 According as we hearkened to Moses in all things, so will we hearken to thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 18 Every one that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken to thy words in all that thou commandest him, shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. CHAP. II. 1 Rahab receiveth and concealeth the two spies sent from Shittim: 8 The covenant between her and them: 23 Their return and relation. AND Joshua the son of Nun sent from Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go, view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and a came into the house of a harlot, named Rahab, and 1 lodged there. 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. 3 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that have come to thee, who have entered into thy house: for they have come to search out all the country. 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men to me, but I knew not whence they were: 5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men 7 And the men pursued them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they who pursued them had gone out, 2 Heb. melt. they shut the gate. 8 And before they had lain down, she came up to them upon the roof; Ex. 14. 21. c. 4. 23. 9 And she said to the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the lande Num. 21. 2 faint because of you. 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 to the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side of Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither 3 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, swear to me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness to my father's house, and give me a true token: 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. 14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the 24. 3 Heb. rose up. 4 Heb. instead of you to die. 5 Heb. gather. words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 22 And they went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers had returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 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: 24 And they said to Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country, do 6 faint because of us. CHAP. III. 1 Joshua cometh to Jordan. 2 The officers in. struct the people for the passage. 7 The Lord encourageth Joshua. 9 Joshua encour ageth the people. 14 The waters of Jordan are divided. AND Joshua rose early in the morn ing; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; 3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the cov enant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4. Yet there shall be a space 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 i heretofore. 5 And Joshua said to the people, a Sanc LORD hath given us the land, that we Heb. melt. tify yourselves: for to-morrow the LORD will deal kindly and truly with thee. 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. 16 And she said to them, Depart to the mountain, 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 of this thy oath which thou hast made us swear. 18 Behold, 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 s bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household home to thee. 19 And it shall be, that whoever 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 whoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 20 And if thou shalt utter this our bu siness, then we will be quit of thy oath which thou hast made us to swear. 21 And she said, According to your will do wonders among you. 6 And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. 7 And the LORD said to 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. 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye have come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. 9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. 10 And Joshua said, By this 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. 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. 12 Now therefore take you twelve 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 Ps. 114. 3. in a heap. 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the midst of Jordan, as the the LORD commanded Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark there to this day. 14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents to pass d Acts 7. 45. of the covenant stood: and they are over Jordan, and the priests bearing the dark of the covenant before the people; 15 And as they that bore the ark had come to Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brim 15. 10 For the priests who bore the ark 1 Chr. 12. stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth a Deut. 27. 2. Joshua: and the people hasted and passed all its banks all the time of harvest,) 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap c. 8. 12. very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan; and those that came down towards the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 17 And the priests that bore 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 had passed quite over Jordan. 1 Heb. to-morrow. • Num. 32. 2 or, ready plucked up. 3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet 3 Heb. 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 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, of every tribe a man: 4 Heb. 5 And Joshua said to them, Pass over went. before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers 5 Heb. 1 in time to come, saying, What mean ye to-morrow. by these stones? 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 over. 11 And it came to pass, when all the people had quite passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests in the presence of the people. 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 directed them: 13 About forty thousand 2 prepared for war passed over before the LORD to battle, to the plains of Jericho. 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. 15 And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD had come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were 3 lifted up upon the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned to their place, and 4 flowed over all its banks, as they did before. 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. 20 ¶ And those twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal. 21 And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers 5 in time to come, say ing, What mean these stones? 22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye had passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, a which he of Jordan were cut off: and these stones & Ex. 14. 21. dried up from before us, until we had shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel for ever. gone over: 24 That all the people of the earth |