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Bible Reading for March 13
Joshua 7
[1] But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for
Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of
Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled
against the children of Israel. [2] And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai,
which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them,
saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. [3] And
they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but
let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the
people to labour thither; for they are but few. [4] So there went up thither
of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
[5] And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased
them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going
down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. [6] And
Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of
the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon
their heads.
[7] And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this
people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy
us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
[8] O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their
enemies!
[9] For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it,
and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt
thou do unto thy great name?
[10] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus
upon thy face?
[11] Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I
commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also
stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
[12] Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies,
but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed:
neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among
you.
[13] Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow:
for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst
of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take
away the accursed thing from among you. [14] In the morning therefore ye shall
be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the
LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which
the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD
shall take shall come man by man.
[15] And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be
burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the
covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. [16] So
Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and
the tribe of Judah was taken: [17] And he brought the family of Judah; and he
took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man
by man; and Zabdi was taken:
[18] And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the
son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. [19] And
Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of
Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done;
hide it not from me.
[20] And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the
LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: [21] When I saw among the
spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a
wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them;
and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver
under it. [22] So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and,
behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. [23] And they took
them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all
the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.
[24] And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the
silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his
daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all
that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. [25] And Joshua
said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all
Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had
stoned them with stones. [26] And they raised over him a great heap of stones
unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore
the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
Joshua 8
[1] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take
all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given
into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: [2]
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king:
only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto
yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. [3] So Joshua arose,
and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty
thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
[4] And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the
city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
[5] And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city:
and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first,
that we will flee before them,
[6] (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city;
for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will
flee before them.
[7] Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the
LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. [8] And it shall be, when ye
have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the
commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
[9] Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and
abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that
night among the people.
[10] And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and
went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. [11] And all
the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh,
and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a
valley between them and Ai. [12] And he took about five thousand men, and set
them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
[13] And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north
of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that
night into the midst of the valley. [14] And it came to pass, when the king of
Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went
out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed,
before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him
behind the city. [15] And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten
before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
[16] And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after
them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. [17]
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel:
and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. [18] And the LORD said
unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will
give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his
hand toward the city. [19] And the ambush arose quickly out of their place,
and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into
the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. [20] And when the
men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city
ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and
the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
[21] And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city,
and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the
men of Ai.
[22] And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the
midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote
them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. [23] And the king of Ai
they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. [24] And it came to pass, when
Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in
the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the
edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned
unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
[25] And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were
twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. [26] For Joshua drew not his hand
back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all
the inhabitants of Ai. [27] Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel
took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he
commanded Joshua. [28] And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even
a desolation unto this day.
[29] And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the
sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the
tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a
great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. [30] Then Joshua built an
altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, [31] As Moses the servant of
the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the
law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any
iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed
peace offerings. [32] And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of
Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. [33] And all
Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side
the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among
them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against
mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they
should bless the people of Israel. [34] And afterward he read all the words of
the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the
book of the law. [35] There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which
Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the
little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
Joshua 9
[1] And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in
the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over
against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite,
the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; [2] That they gathered themselves
together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
[3] And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho
and to Ai,
[4] They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors,
and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and
bound up;
[5] And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and
all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. [6] And they went to
Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel,
We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
[7] And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among
us; and how shall we make a league with you? [8] And they said unto Joshua, We
are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come
ye? [9] And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come
because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him,
and all that he did in Egypt,
[10] And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond
Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at
Ashtaroth.
[11] Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us,
saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say
unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. [12]
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we
came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
[13] And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they
be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the
very long journey.
[14] And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of
the LORD.
[15] And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them
live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. [16] And it came to
pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that
they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
[17] And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the
third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and
Kirjath-jearim.
[18] And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the
congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the
congregation murmured against the princes. [19] But all the princes said unto
all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now
therefore we may not touch them. [20] This we will do to them; we will even
let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto
them. [21] And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be
hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes
had promised them.
[22] And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore
have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
[23] Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from
being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
[24] And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy
servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you
all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you,
therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this
thing.
[25] And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto
thee to do unto us, do.
[26] And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the
children of Israel, that they slew them not. [27] And Joshua made them that
day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the
altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
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