In being the head over brothers. His beauty is that of a firstling bull, His horns are the horns of an Unicorn, With these he will push the nations at once, These are the myriads of Ephraim; Rejoice, O Zabulon, in thine outgoings; And there offer the sacrifice of righteousness. And a commerce with the dwellers on the sea coast. Blessed is he who enlargeth Gad. Like a lion he lay down to rest, Because land was there divided. When chiefs assembled with the leaders of tribes; The Lord executed Justice And determined his cause with Israel. And of Dan he said Dan is a lion's whelp; He will make excursions beyond Basan. And of Nephthaleim he said, Nephthaleim hath abundance of good things; And of Aser he said, Aser is blessed with children, He will be acceptable to his brethren. His shoe shall be iron and brass. As thy days so shall be thy strength. He who rideth on the heaven is thy helper, 27 28 29 And he is mighty to give support. In the land of Jacob, fed with corn and wine: Who is like thee, O people saved by the Lord! His sword shall be thy boast, Thine enemies shall submit to thee, And thou shalt ride upon their neck. XXXIV. Then Moses went up from Araboth Moab to mount Nabo, to the top of Phasga, which is over against Jericho, and the Lord shewed him all the land of Galaad, even to Dan, and 2 all the land of Nephthaleim, and all the land of Ephraim, and Manasses, and all the land of Juda, even to the farther sea, and 3 the wilderness, and the country around Jericho, the city of palm 4 trees, even to Segor. And the Lord said to Moses, This is the land which I solemnly promised to Abraham, and Isaak, and Jacob, saying, To your seed I will give it. I have pointed it out to thine eyes, but thou shalt not go thither. 5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died, by the command 6 of the Lord, in the land of Moab; and he was buried at Gai near the house of Phogor. But none knoweth his sepulchre at this day. 7 Though Moses was an hundred and twenty years old, his 8 eyes were not dim, nor was his natural strength abated. And the children of Israel mourned for Moses, in Araboth Moab, 9 by the Jordan, over against Jericho, thirty days. And when the days of mourning for Moses were fulfilled, as Joshua son of Nave was filled with a spirit of wisdom, (for Moses had laid his hands upon him) the children of Israel hearkened to him, and 10 did as the Lord commanded Moses. But there no more arose a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, in all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, on Pharao and his servants, and on all his land, the great miracles, and the strong hand, which Moses exhibited in the sight of all Israel. JOSHUA. I. After the death of Moses, the Lord spoke to Joshua, son of 2 Nave, the lieutenant of Moses, saying, My servant Moses is dead, now therefore arise, and cross the Jordan, thou and all 3 the people, into the land which I give them. Every place, on which you tread with the sole of your feet, I will give you, as 4 I said to Moses. The wilderness, and yonder Antilibanus, to the river, the great river Euphrates, and to the farthest sea, at 5 the setting of the sun, shall be your boundaries. Not a man shall withstand you all the days of thy life. As I was with Mo6 ses, so will I be with thee. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt parcel out to this people the land, which I solemnly promised their fa7 thers to give to them. Therefore be strong, and courageous, to watch, and to do as my servant Moses commanded. Thou 8 must not deviate from them, to the right or to the left. That thou mayst clearly understand all that thou art to do, the book of the Law must never be out of thy mouth. Thou must study it day and night, that thou mayst know how to do all that are written. Then shalt thou be prospered; and thou wilt make thy ways prosperous; and then thou shalt have a good understand9 ing. Behold I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous: fear not, nor be dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 10 Upon this Joshua gave orders to the officers of the people, saying'; Go through the camp of the people, and give them or11 ders, saying, Prepare all necessary provisions; for in three days you are to cross the Jordan, to go in and take possession of the 12 land which the Lord the God of your fathers giveth you. Then Joshua said to Reuben, and Gad, and to the half of the tribe 13 of Manasses, Remember what Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you saying; The Lord your God hath given you 14 rest, and hath given you this land. Let your wives, and your children, and your cattle abide in the land which he hath given you; but you, all your able bodied men, well equipt, shall cross over before your brethren, and assist them; until the Lord 15 our God shall give your brethren rest, as well as you; and until they possess the land which the Lord our God giveth them. Then you shall return, every one to his possession, which Moses gave you on the east side of the Jordan. 16 Thereupon they answered and said to Joshua, All that thou commandest we will do. And wherever thou sendest us we will go. As we have hearkened to Moses in all things, so will 17 we hearken to thee. Let but the Lord our God be with thee, 18 as he was with Moses, and whosoever shall disobey thee, and not hearken to all thy commands which thou shalt give him, let him be put to death. But be thou strong and courageous. II. Now Joshua son of Nave had sent from Sattin two young men to spy, saying, Go up, and take a view of the land, and particularly of Jericho. And the two young men, having set out, entered Jericho, and went to the house of a harlot, 2 whose name was Rahab, and lodged there. And news being carried to the king of Jericho, saying, Some men of the chil3 dren of Israel are come here to spy the land, the king of Jericho sent a message to Rahab, saying, Bring out the men, who came to thy house to night; for they are come to spy the 4 land. Now the woman had taken the two men, and hid them: 5 so she spoke to the messengers, saying, The men came to me; but at dark, when the gate was shutting, the men went out, and 6 I do not know where they are gone. Pursue them: perhaps you may overtake them. Now she had taken them up to the top of the house, and concealed them under flax, which was 7 piled up for her on the top of the house. And the men pursu ed them by the way to the Jordan, to the fords, and the gate 8 was shut. So when the pursuers were gone after them, she went up to the men, on the top of the house, before they had 9 gone to sleep, and said to them, I know that the Lord hath given you this land; for the dread of you is fallen upon us: 10 for we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red sea on your account, when you came out of Egypt, and all that he hath done to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the borders of the Jordan, to Seon and Og, whom you have utterly 11 destroyed: and, upon hearing these things, we became faint hearted, and there was no spirit in any of us because of you. Since, then, the Lord your God is God in heaven above, and 12 in the earth beneath, swear now to me by the Lord your God, because I shew mercy to you, that you will shew mercy to my 13 father's house; and that you will save alive my father's house hold, my mother, and my brothers, and all my family, and all that belong to them, and that you will deliver my soul from 14 death. And the men said to her, Our life for yours even to death. Then she said to them. When the Lord delivereth up to you this city, you will deal mercifully and truly with me. 15 So she lowered them down through a window. Now she said 16 to them, Flee to the mountains, lest the pursuers meet you, and hide yourselves there three days, until they who are in pursuit of you have returned, and afterwards you may go 17 your way. And the men said to her, We are sincere in the 18 oath which we have sworn to thee. Behold when we enter any part of the city, thou shalt put up this signal-Thou shalt tye this scarlet rope to the window, through which thou shalt have let us down; and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brothers, and all thy father's household, home to thy 19 house. And it shall be that whoever goeth out of the door of thy house, into the street, shall incur the guilt of his own death, and we shall be clear of blame in regard to this oath which we have sworn to thee. But for all who are with thee in the house 20 we will be answerable. But if any one injure us, or if thou dis close these our terms, we shall be clear of this oath to thee. 21 And she said to them, Let it be as you say. So she dismis22 sed them, and they went away, and came to the hilly country, and stayed there three days. And the pursuers examined all 23 the roads, but did not find them. Then the two young men turned, and came down from the mountain, and crossed over to Joshua son of Nave, and told him all that had happened to 24 them. And they said to him, Because the Lord hath delivered up all that land into our hands, therefore all the inhabitants of III. the land are in the utmost consternation because of us. Thereupon Joshua arose early next morning, and removed from Sattin; and having come to the Jordan, they halted there some 2 time before they crossed. And after three days the officers went through the camp, and gave a charge to the people, say3 ing, When you see the Ark of the covenant of the Lord our |