i Rom. 15. 10.

k Rev. 6. 10. &

19. 2. 1 ver. 41.

m Ps. 85. 1.

g

42 I will make mine arrows & drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives from the beginning of revenges upon the

enemy.

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43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and 1 will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

44 ¶ And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of Or, Joshua. the people, he, and "Hoshea the son of Nun.

n ch. 6. 6. & 11. 18. Ez. 40. 4.

o ch. 30. 19. Lev. 18. 5.

45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 46 And he said unto them, "Set your hearts unto 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 Prov. 8. 2, 22. this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

& 4. 22, Rom. 10. 5.

p Num. 27. 12, 13.

q Num. 33. 47, ch. 34. 1.

48.

48 P And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession :

50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto r Num. 20. 25, thy people; as "Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people :

28. & 33. 38.

8 Num. 20. 11, 12, 13. & 27. 14.

|| Or, Strife at Kadesh.

t See Lev. 10. 3.

u Num. 27. 12. ch. 34. 4.

a Gen. 49. 28. b Ps. 90, title.

1491.

c Ex. 19. 18. Judg. 5. 4, 5. Hab. 3. 3.

6 ¶ Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 7¶ And this is the blessing of Ju-John 1. 17. & dah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto 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, ' Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah ;

10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they ||x shall put incense before thee, whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. † Heb. at thy 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, that they rise not again.

12 ¶ And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

Rahab concealeth the spies.

B. C. 1451.

+ Heb. lay. b Heb. 11. 31. James 2. 25.

c Matt. 1. 5. d Ps. 127. 1. Prov. 21. 30.

e See 2 Sam. 17. 19, 20.

f See Ex. 1.17.

even Jericho. And they went, and b came into a harlot's house, named * Rahab, and lodged there.

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2 And dit 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 unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house for they be come to search out all the country. 4 e And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went, I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

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6 But she had brought them up to 2 Sam. 17. 19. the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

g Gen. 35. 5. Ex. 23. 27. Deut. 2. 25. & 11. 25.

† Heb. melt, Ex. 15. 15.

h Ex. 14. 21. ch. 4. 23.

7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

8 ¶ And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of i Num. 21. 24, Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

34, 35.

k Ex.15. 14, 15. 1 ch. 5. 1. & 7. 5. Is. 13.7.

11 And as soon as we had heard these things, 1our hearts did melt, + Heb.rose up. 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.

m Deut. 4. 39.

Their covenant with her.

19 And it shall be, that 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: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, Matt. 27. 25. if any hand be upon him.

20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

y Ex. 23. 31. oh. 6. 2. & 21. 44.

24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly y the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint † Heb. melt, because of us.

CHAPTER III.

The Israelites come to Jordan. 2 The officers instruct them how they are to pass over it. 7 The Lord encourageth Joshua. 9 Joshua encourageth the people. 14 The waters of Jordan are divided.

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ND Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed

ver. 9.