23 So the two Men returned, and defcended from the Mountain, and paffed over, and came to Jofhua, and told him all Things that befel 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 becaufe of us. CHA P. III. 1 Joshua cometh to Jordan. 7 The LORD encourageth Joshua 9 Joshua encourageth the People. 14 Jordan divided. Ver. 1 A removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he ND Joshua rofe early in the Morning, and they and all the Children of Hrael, and lodged there before they paffed over. 2 And it came to pafs after three Days, that the Officers went through the Hoft; 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 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 unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye muft go for ye have not paffed this way heretofore. 5 And Jofhua faid unto the People, Sanctify yourselves: for To-morrow the LORD will do WONDERS among you. 6 And Joshua fpake unto the Priefts, 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 People. 7 And the LORD faid unto Joshua, This Day will I begin to MAGNIFY thee in the Sight of all Ifrael, that they may know that, as I was with Mofes, fo I will be with thee. 8 And thou fhalt command the Priests that bear the Ark of the Covenant, faying, When ye are come to the Brink of the Waters of Jordan, ye fhall stand ftill in Jordan. 9 And Joshua faid unto the Children of Ifrael, Come hither, and hear the Words of the LORD your God. 10 And Joshua faid, Hereby ye fhall know that the LIVING GOD is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, & 11 Behold, 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 Ifrael, out of every Tribe a Man. 13 And it fhall come to pafs, as foon as the Soles of the Feet of the Priests that bear the Ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the Earth, fhall reft in the Waters of Jordan, that the Waters of Jordan fhall be cut off from the Waters that come down from above: and they shall stand upon an Heap. 14 And it came to pafs when the People removed from their Tents, to pafs over Jordan, and the Priests 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 Brim of the Water (for Jordan overfloweth all his Banks all the time of Harvest.) Pfal. cxiv. I When Ifrael went out of Egypt, the Houfe of Jacob from a People of ftrange Language; 16 That the Waters which came down from above, stood and rofe up upon an Heap very far from the City Adam, that is befide Zaretan: and thofe that came down toward the Sea of the Plain, even the Salt-fea, failed, and were cut off and the People paffed over right against Jericho. 17 And the Priests that bare the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD ftood firm on dry Ground in the midft of Jordan, and all the Ifraelites paffed over on dry Ground, until all the People were paffed clean over Jordan. 2 Judah was his Sanctuary, and Ifrael his Dominion. 3 The SEA faw it, and FLED; JORDAN was DRIVEN BACK. 4 The Mountains skipped like Rams, and the little Hills like Lambs. Is What ailed thee, O thou SEA, that thou fleddeft? thou JORDAN, that thou waft driven back? 7 TREMBLE thou Earth at the PRESENCE of the LORD, at the Prefence of the Gop of Jacob. CHA P. IV. Twelve Stones taken for a Memorial out of Jordan: 9 Twelve other Stones fet up in the midst thereof, o The People pass over. 14 GOD magnifieth Joshua. Ver.9 TOSHUA fet up twelve Stones in the midst of J Jordan. 10 For io For the Priefts which bare the Ark, ftood in the midft of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the People, according to all that Mofes commanded Joshua: and the People hafted and paffed over. 11 And it came to pass when all the People 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 Manaffeh, paffed over armed before the Children of Ifrael, as Mofes fpake unto them: 13 About forty thoufand prepared for War, paffed over before the LORD unto Battle, to the Plains of Jericho. 14 On that Day the LORD MAGNIFIED Jofhua in the fight of all Ifrael, and they feared him as they feared Mofes, all the Days of his Life. 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 mids of Jordan, and the Soles of the Priefts Feet were lift up unto the dry Land, that the Waters of Jordan returned unto their Place, and flowed over all his Banks, as they did before. 19 And the People came up out of Jordan on the tenth Day of the firft Month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the Eaft Border of Jericho. 20 And thofe twelve Stones which they took out of Jordan, did Jofhua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the Children of Ifrael, faying, When your Children fhall afk their Fathers in time to come, faying, What mean these Stones. 22 Then ye fhall 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 Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over. 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. СНАР The Canaanites are afraid. Ver. 1 ND it came to pafs when all the Kings of the Amorites, which were on the Side of Jordan Weft-ward, 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 Ifrael, until we were paffed over, that their Heart melted; neither was there Spirit in them any more, becaufe of the Children of Ifrael. 2 At that Time the LORD faid unto Joshua, Make thee fharp Knives, and circumcife again the Children of Ifrael the fecond time. 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 Wilderness, 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 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 fware that he would not fhew 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 raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcifed. 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 Jofhua, This Day have I rolled away the Reproach of Egypt from off you: where fore the Name of the Place is called Gilgal unto this Day. 10 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. ir And they did eat of the old Corn of the Land on the Morrow after the Paflover, unleavened Cakes, and parched Corn in the felf-fame 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 pafs when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lift 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 faid unto him, Art thou for us, or for our Adversaries? 14 And he faid, Nay, but as CAPTAIN of the HOST of the LORD am I now come. And Jofhua fell on his Face to the Earth, and did wORSHIP, and said unto him, What faith my LORD unto his Servant! 15 And the CAPTAIN of the LORD'S HOST faid unto Jofhua, Loose thy Shoe from off thy Foot, for the Place whereon thou ftandeft, is HOLY and Joshua did fo. 15 And his Feet like unto t Rev. i. 1o I was in the SPIRIT ON the LORD'S-DAY, and heard behind me a great Voice, as of a Trumpet, II Saying, I am ALPHA, and OMEGA, the FIRST. and the LAST: and, What thou feeft, write in a Book, which are in Afia and fend it unto the feven Churches 12 And I turned to fee the Voice that fpake with me. And being turned, I faw 13 One like unto the SON OF MAN cloathed with a Garment down to the Foot, and girt about the Paps with a golden Girdle. 14 His Head and his Hairs were white like Wool, as white as Snow; and his Eyes were as a Flame of Fire; fine Brafs, as if they burned in a Furnace; and his Voice as the Sound of many Waters. 16 And he had in his Right Hand feven Stars: and out of his Mouth went a fharp two edged SwoRD: and his COUNTENANCE was as the SUN fhineth in his Strength. 17 And when I faw him, I fell at his Feet as dead: and he laid his Right Hand upon me, faying unto me, FEAR NOT; I am the FIRST and the LAST. 18 I am he that LIVETH, and WAS DEAD; and behold, I AM ALIVE for EVERMORE, Amen; and have the Keys of Hell and of Death. CHAP. VI. 1 Jericho is shut up: zo The Walls fall down. is faved, 26 and the Builder thereof cursed. 22 Rahab Ver. 1 TOW Jericho was ftraitly fhut up, because of the NOW |