29 O that they were wife, that they understood this, that they would confider their latter end!

The majesty of God. hearts unto all the words which I teftify 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; becaufe it is your life and through this thing ye fhall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to poffefs it. 48 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes that felf fame day, faying,

30 How fhould one chafe a thoufand, [barim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the 49 Get thee up into this mountain Aand two put ten thousand to flight, ex-land of Moab that is over against Jericho; cept their Rock had fold then, and the and behold the land of Canaan, which LORD had fhut them up? I give unto the children of Ifrael for a

31 For their rock is not as our Rock poffeffion : even our enemies themfelves being judges. 50 And die in the mount whither thou 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sod-goeft up, and be gathered unto thy peoom, and of the fields of Gomorrah their grapes are grapes of gall, their ciufters are bitter :

33 i heir wine is the poifon of dragons, and the cruel venom of afps.

34 Is not this laid up in ftore with me, and fealed up among my treasures ?

55 To me belongeib vengeance,and recompenfe; their foot fhall flide in due time for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that fhall come upon them make hafte.

86 For the LORD thall judge his people, and repent himfelf for his fervants, when he feeth that their power is gone, and there is none fhut up, or left.

ple, as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

51 Because ye trefpaffed against me among the children of Ifrael at the waters of Meribah Kadeth in the wilderness of Zin; becaufe ye fanctified me not in the midft of the children of Ifrael.

52 Yet thou thalt fee the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Ifrael. CHAP. XXXIII.

1 The majesty of God. 6 The blessing of
the twelve tribes. 26 The excellency
of Ifrael.
AND this is the bleffing, wherewith
Mofes the man of God bleifed the chil-
dren of Ifraei before his death.

37 And he shall fay, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trufted, 2 And he faid. The LORD came from 38 Which did eat the fat of their facri-Sinai,and rofe up from Seir unto them; he fices, and drank the wine of their drink thined forth from mount Paran, and he offerings? Let them rife up and help you, came with ten thousands of faints: from and be your protection. his right hand went a fiery law for them:

39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no God with me: I kill, and make alive: I wound, and I heal. neither is there anythat can deliver out of my hand 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and fay, I live for ever.

41 If whet my glittering fword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

3 Yea, he loved the people; all his faints are in thy hand: and they fat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

4 Mofes commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

5 And he was king in Jethurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Ifrael were gathered together,

6 Let Reuben live, and not die; fand let at his men be few.

42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my fword fhall devour flesh ; 7 And this is the bleffing of Judah and and that with the blood of the flain and of the faid, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, the captives from the beginning of re- and bring him unto his people: let his venges upon the enemy. hands be fufficient for him; and be thou 43 Rejoice, O ye nations with his an help to him from his enemies. people for he will avenge the blood of 8 And of Levi he faid, Let thy Thumhis fervants, and will render vengeance to mim and thy Urimbe with thy holy One, his adverfaries, and will be merciful unto whom thou didst prove at Maffah, and his land, and to his people.

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44 And Mofes came and fpake all the words of this fong in the ears of the people, he, and Hofhea the fon of Nun.

45 And Mofes made an end of fpeaking all these words to all Ifrael :

46 And he faid unto them, Set your

with whom thou didst trive at the waters of Meribah;

9 Who faid unto his father and to his he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew mother, I have not feen him; neither did his own children: for they have obferved thy word, and kept thy covenant. to They

The twelve tribes blessed.

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10 They fhall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Ifrael thy law; they hall put incenfe before thee, and whole burnt facrifice upon thine altar.

11 Blefs, LORD, his fubftance, and accept the work of his hands: fmite through the loins of them that rife against him, and of them that hate him, that they rife not again.

12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD hall dwell in fafety by him: and the LORD hall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his boulders.

15 And of Jofeph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

14 And for the precious fruits brought forib by the fun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

25 Thy fhoes ball be iron and brass; and as thy days fo ball thy ftrength be." 26 there is noue like unto the God of Jefhurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the (ky.

27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlating arms: and he shall thruft out the enemy from before thee; and shall fay, Destroy them. 28 Ifrael then fhall dwell in fafety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; alío his heaven fhall drop down dew.

29 Happy are thou, O Ifrael: who is like unto thee, O people faved by the LORD, the fhield of thy help, and who is the fword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies fhall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. CHAP. XXXIV.

15 And for the chief things of the an-1Mofes from mount Nebo vieweth the land. cient mountains, and for the precious things of the lafting hills,

5 He dieth there, 6 His burial. This age. 8 Thirty days mourning for him. 9 Jobua fucceedeth him. 10 The praise of Mafes.

AND Mofes went up from the plains

16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof and for the good will of him that dwelt in the buth: let the biefing come upon the head of of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to Jofeph, and upon the top of the head of the top of Pifgah, that is over against him that was feparated from his breth-Jericho. And the LORD fhewed hiin all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

Ten.

17 His glory is like the firstling of his 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of bullock, and his horns are like the horns Ephraim, and Manaffeh, and all the land of unicorns: with them he thall push the of Judah, unto the utmost fea. people together to the ends of the earth: S And the fouth, and the plain of the and they are the ten thousands of E-valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, phraim, and they are the thousands of unto Zoar Manaffeh.

18 And of Zebulun he faid, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Iffachar, in thy tents.

4 And the LORD faid unto him, This is the land which I fware unto Abraham, unto Ifaac, and unto Jacob, faying, I will give it unto thy feed: I have cauled thee to fee it with thine eyes,but thou shalt not go over thither.

19 They fhall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer facrifices of righteoufnefs; for they fhall fuck of 5 So Mofes the fervant of the LORD the abundance of the feas, and of treaf-died there in the land of Moab, accordures hid in the fand. ing to the word of the LORD.

And he buried him in a valley in

20 And of Gad he faid, Bleffed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a li-the land of Moab,over againt Bethpeor : on, and teareth the arm with the crown but no man knoweth of his fepulchreunof the head. to this day.

7 ¶ And Mofes was an hundred and twenty years old when he died his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

21 And he provided the firft part for himfelf, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was be feated; and he came with the heads of the people. he executed 8¶ And the children of Ifrael wept the justice of the LORD, and his judg-for Mofes in the plains of Moab thirty ments with Ifrael. days: fo the days of weeping and mourn22 And of Dan he faid, Dan is a lion's ing for Mofes were ended. whelp he shall leap from Bathan.

9 And Joshua the fon of Nun was 23 And of Naphtali he faid, O Naph-full of the fpirit of wifdom; for Moles tali, fatisfied with favour, and full with had laid his hands upon him: and the the bleffing of the LORD: poffefs thou children of Ifrael hearkened unto him, the west and the fouth. and did as the LORD commanded Mofes.

And of After he faid, Let Ather be bleffed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot.in oil,

10 And there arofe not a prophet fince in Ifrael like unto Mofes,whom the LORD knew face to face;

11 In all the figns and the wonders,

JOSHUA.

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which the LORD fent him to do in the
land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all
his fervants, and to all his land,

Rabab concealeth the fpies.

12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Mofes thewled in the fight of all Ifrael.

THE BOOK OF JOSHUA.

CHAP. I.

1 The Lord appointeth Fobua to Succeed Mojes. 3 The borders of the promifed land. 5,9 God promiferb to fift Jofbua. 8 He giveib bim inftruction. NOW after the death of Mofes, the fervant of the LORD, it came to pats, that the LORD fpake unto Jofhua the fon of Nun, Mofes's minifter, faying,

1 13 Remember the word which Mofes the fervant of the LORD commanded you, faying, The LORD your God hath given you reft, and hath given you this land.

14 Your wives, your little ones, and your catule, fhall remain in the land which Mofes gave you on this de Jordan, but ye shall país before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them.

2 Mofes my fervant is dead; now there. fore arife, go over this Jordan, thou, and 15 Until the LORD have given your all this people, unto the land which Ibrethren reft, as be hath given you, and do give to them, even to the children of they alfo have poffeffed the land which Ifrael. the LORD your God giveth them then ye thall return unto the land of your poffeffion, and enjoy it, which Mofes the LORD's fervant gave you on this fide Jordan towards the funrifing.

3 Every place that the fole of your foot thall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I faid unto Mofes.

4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great fea, toward the going down of the fun, fhall be your coaft.

5 There fhall not any man be able to ftand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Mofes, fo I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forfake thee.

6 Be ftrong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I fware unto their fathers to give them.

16 And they anfwered Joshua, faying, All that thou commandeit us we will do, and whitherfoever thou fendeft us, we will go.

17 According as we hearkened unto Mofes in all things, fo will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Mofes.

18 Whofoever be be that doth rebel a gaint thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandeft him, he thall be put to death: 7 Only be thou (trong and very coura-only be ftrong and of a good courage. geous,that thou mayeft observe to do according to all the law, which Mofes my fervant commanded thee: turn not from it 10 the right hand or to the left, that thou mayeft profper whitherfoever thou goeft.

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CHAP. II.

Rabab receiveth and concealeth the two Spies fent from Skittim. 3 The covenant between her and them, 231 beir return, AND Joshua the fon of Nun fent out 8This book of the law fhall not de-of Shittim two men, to fpy fecretly, faypart out of thy mouth but thou fhalting, Go view the land, even Jericho. meditate therein day and night, that thou And they went, and came into an harlot's mayeft obferve to do according to all that houfe,named Rahab, and lodged there. is written therein for then thou fhait 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, make thy way profperous, and then thou faying, Behold, there came men in hither fhalt have good fuccefs. to night of the children of Hraci,to fearch out the country.

9 Have not I commanded thee? Be ftrong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou difmayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whitherfoev. er thou goeft.

5 And the king of Jericho fent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine houfe for they be come to fearch

10 Then Joshua commanded the offi-out all the country. cers of the people, faying,

4 And the woman took the two men

11 Pafs through the hoft, and com-and hid them, and faid thus, There came mand the people, faying, Prepare you men unto me, but I wift not whence victuals; for within three days ye fhall they were: pafs over this Jordan, to go in to poffefs the land which the LORD your God giv. eth you to poffels it.

5 And it came to pafs about the time of fhutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not; purfue after them quick. for ye shall overtake them.

12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manafly feh, frake Joshua, faying,

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But the had brought them up to

the

Rabab's covenant with the fpies. Chap. iii. the roof of the house, and hid them with talks of flax. which the had laid in order upon the roof.

7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan, unto the fords and as foon as they which purfued after them were gone out. they fhut the gate.

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

And the faid unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint becaufe of you.

10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red fea for you, when ye came out of Egypt: and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other fide Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly deftroyed.

11 And as foon as we had heard thefe things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, becaufe of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

12 Now therefore, I pray you, fwear unto me by the LORD, fince I have fhewed you kindnefs, that ye will alfo fhew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token :

13 And that ye will fave alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my fifters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

14 And the men anfwered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our banels. And it hall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

15 Then the let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and the dwelt upon the wall.

16 And the faid unto them, Get ye to the mountain, left the purfuers meet your; and hide yourselves there three days, until the purfuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

17 And the men faid unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou haft made us fwear.

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

21 And the faid, According unto your words, fo be it. And the fent them away, and they departed: and the bound the fcarlet line in the window.

22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the purfuers were returned and the purfuers fought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

23 So the two men returned, and defcended from the mountain, and paffed over, and came to Jofhua the fon of Nun, and told him all things that befel them:

24 And they faid unto Jofhua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land: for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. CHAP. III.

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Jofbua cometh to Jordan 7 The Lord encourageth Jofbua. 9Jofbua encouragetb the people. 14 The waters divided. AND Joshua rofe early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Ifrael, 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, fay. ing, When ye fee the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye fhall remove from your place. and go after it.

4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thoufand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not patied this way heretofore.

5 And Joshua faid unto the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

6 And Joshua fpake unto the priests, 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 fight of all Ifrael, that they may know that, as I was with Mofes, fo I will be with thee.

18 Behold, wen we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of fcarlet thread in the window which thou didfi 8 And thou fhalt command the priests let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy that bear the ark of the covenant, faying, father, and thy mother, and thy breth-When ye are come to the brink of the ren, and all thy father's household, home water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jorunto thee. dan.

19 And it shall be, that whofoever shall go out of the doors of thy houfe into the fireet, his blood tall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whofoever fhall be with thee in the houfe, his blood shall be on our head,if any hand be upon him.

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 shall know that the living Ged is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the

Hittites,

JOSHUA,

192 Jordan divided. God magnifierb Jafbua. Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Periz- 6 That this may be a fign among you? zites, and the Girgahites, and the Amo-that when your children ask their fathers. rites, and the Jebutites. in time to come, faying, What mean ye by thefe ftones ?

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

7 Then ye shall anfwer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it paffed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and thefe ftones thall be for a memorial unto the children of Ifrael for ever.

13 And it fhall come to pafs, as foon as the foles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD,the LORD of all 8 And the children of Ifrael did fo as the earth, fhall reft in the waters of Jor- Joshua commanded, and took up twelve dan,tbar the waters of Jordan fhall be cut ftones out of the midft of Jordan, as the off from the waters that come down from LORD fpake unto Joshua,according to the above; and they shall tand upon an heap.number of the tribes of the children of lí 14 And it came to pafs, when the rael, and carried them over with them people removed from their tents, to pafs unto the place where they lodged, and over Jordan, and the priests bearing the laid them down there.

ark of the covenant before the people; 9 And Jofhua fet up twelve stones. 15 And as they that bare the ark were in the midst of Jordan, in the place where come unto Jordan, and the feet of the the feet of the priests which bare the ark priefts that bare the ark were dipped in the of the covenant flood: and they are there brim of the water (for Jordan overflow- unto this day. eth all his banks all the time of harvest)

10 For the priests which bare the 16 That the waters which came down ark ftood in the midst of Jordan, until from above itood and role up upon an every thing was finished that the LORD heap very far from the city Adam, that commanded Joshua to speak unto the peois befide Zaretan: and thofe that came ple, according to all that Mofes comdown toward the fea of the plain, even manded Joshua: and the people hasted the falt fea, failed and were cut off: and and passed over. the people paffed over right against Jericho.

1 Twelve ftones taken as a memorial our of Jordan. 9 Twelve other ftones are Jet up in the midft thereof. 10, 19 The people pafs over. 14 God magnifieth Jofbua.

AND it came to pafs when all the people were clean paffed over Jordan, that the LORD fpake unto Joshua, faying,

11 And it came to pafs, 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 Moses spake unto them:

18 About forty thousand prepared for war, paffed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

14 On that day the LORD magnified. Joshua in the fight of all Israel; and they feared him as they feared Mofes, all the days of his life.

15 And the LORD fpake unto Joshua,

2 Take you twelve men out of the peo-faying, ple, out of every tribe a man,

16 Command the priests that bear the 3 And command you them, faying, ark of the teftimony, that they come up Take ye hence out of the midst of Jor-out of jordan. dan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve ftones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

17 Joshua therefore commanded the prefts, faving, Come ye up out of Jordan.

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 midst of Jordan, and the foles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of jordan returned unto their 5 And Joshua faid unto them, Pafs o-place, and flowed over all his banks, as ver before the ark of the LORD your God they did before.

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Ifrael, out of every tribe a man ·

into the midft of Jordan, and take ye up 19 And the people came up out every man of you a stone upon his shoulof Jordan on the tenth day of the first der, according unto the number of the month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the tribes of the children of Ifrael : leaft border of Jericho.