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Bible Reading for March 12
Joshua 4
[1] And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan,
that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, [2] Take you twelve men out of the
people, out of every tribe a man, [3] And command ye them, saying, Take you
hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet
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, out of every tribe a man: [5] And Joshua said unto them, Pass over
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 unto 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 in time to come, saying, What mean ye 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 of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a
memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
[8] And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve
stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to
the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with
them unto 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 which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are
there unto this day.
[10] For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until
everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the
people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted
and passed over.
[11] And it came to pass, when all the people were clean 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 spake
unto them:
[13] About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto
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 spake unto 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 bare the ark of the covenant
of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the
priests' feet were lifted 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 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 pitch in Gilgal.
[21] And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children
shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 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 were passed 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.
Joshua 5
[1] And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the
side of Jordan westward, 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 Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted,
neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
[2] At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and
circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. [3] And Joshua made
him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the
foreskins.
[4] And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: 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 circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the
way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
[6] For the children of Israel 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 sware that
he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware 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 circumcised: for they
were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
[8] And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that
they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. [9] And the LORD
said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off
you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
[10] And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on
the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. [11] And
they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover,
unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame 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 Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of
the land of Canaan that year. [13] And it came to pass, when Joshua was by
Jericho, that he lifted 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 said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? [14] And he said,
Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on
his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord
unto his servant? [15] And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua,
Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.
And Joshua did so.
Joshua 6
[1] Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none
went out, and none came in.
[2] And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho,
and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. [3] And ye shall compass
the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou
do six days. [4] And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of
rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and
the priests shall blow with the trumpets. [5] And it shall come to pass, that
when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of
the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of
the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man
straight before him. [6] And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and
said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear
seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. [7] And he said unto
the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on
before the ark of the LORD. [8] And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken
unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams'
horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of
the covenant of the LORD followed them.
[9] And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and
the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the
trumpets.
[10] And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make
any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth,
until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. [11] So the ark of the
LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and
lodged in the camp. [12] And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests
took up the ark of the LORD.
[13] And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of
the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men
went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests
going on, and blowing with the trumpets. [14] And the second day they
compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
[15] And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the
dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times:
only on that day they compassed the city seven times. [16] And it came to pass
at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto
the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
[17] And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the
LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the
house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. [18] And ye, in any wise
keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed,
when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and
trouble it. [19] But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron,
are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
[20] So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it
came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people
shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people
went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
[21] And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman,
young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
[22] But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go
into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she
hath, as ye sware unto her.
[23] And the young men that were spies went in, and brought Rahab, and her
father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they
brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. [24]
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver,
and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury
of the house of the LORD. [25] And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and
her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even
unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out
Jericho. [26] And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man
before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay
the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set
up the gates of it.
[27] So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the
country.
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