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Josh1: The LORD said to Joshua, "Arise, cross into the land. Be strong and courageous." So Joshua told the officers to prepare provisions.
11 Feb 2011.
Joshua 1.
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Josh2: Joshua sent two spies to Jericho. A prostitute called Rahab hid them, so they promised to spare her family. They reported to Joshua.
12 Feb 2011.
Joshua 2.
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Josh3: The Israelites camped by the Jordan. When the priests carrying the ark reached the river it stopped, so Israel crossed on dry ground.
Josh4: The LORD told Joshua to set up memorial stones from the Jordan. When the priests brought the ark up to the bank the waters returned.
Josh5: The LORD told Joshua to circumcise the men. They called the place Gilgal. Joshua met the commander of the LORD's army and bowed down.
Josh6: The LORD said that the army should march around Jericho. On the seventh day they shouted and the walls fell. They destroyed the city.
16 Feb 2011.
Joshua 6.
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Josh7: Achan took some banned items. When the army went against Ai they were defeated. The LORD identified Achan and the people stoned him.
17 Feb 2011.
Joshua 7.
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Josh8: The LORD told Joshua to take the army against Ai. They set up an ambush and destroyed the city. Joshua read out the book of the law.
18 Feb 2011.
Joshua 8.
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Josh9: The Gibeonites sent envoys. They pretended that they were from far away and made a treaty. The Israelites found out but spared them.
Josh10: Five Amorite kings attacked the Gibeonites. The sun stood still while the Israelites took revenge. Joshua defeated the whole region.
20 Feb 2011.
Joshua 10.
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Josh11: The kings of the north joined forces to fight against Israel but the LORD gave Joshua victory. So Joshua took the whole land.
21 Feb 2011.
Joshua 11.
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Josh12: Israel defeated the kings east of the Jordan under Moses and the kings west of the Jordan under Joshua. Thirty-one kings in total.
22 Feb 2011.
Joshua 12.
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Josh13: Now Joshua was old. The LORD said, "Divide the remaining land among the tribes." Moses had given land to Reuben, Gad and Manasseh.
23 Feb 2011.
Joshua 13.
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Josh14: Judah came to Joshua. Caleb said, "Moses promised me the mountain because I obeyed the LORD fully." So Joshua gave Hebron to Caleb.
24 Feb 2011.
Joshua 14.
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Josh15: Judah's land bordered with Edom to the south. Caleb took Hebron, Othniel took Kiriath-sepher but Judah could not defeat Jerusalem.
25 Feb 2011.
Joshua 15.
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Josh16: Joseph's land was from the Jordan to the sea. Ephraim's territory was within Manasseh's. Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites.
26 Feb 2011.
Joshua 16.
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Josh17: There was a lot for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and a lot for the rest of Manasseh. Manasseh did not drive out the Canaanites.
27 Feb 2011.
Joshua 17.
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Josh18: Joshua sent surveyors from the remaining tribes and then divided the land. Benjamin's lot was from Kiriath-jearim to the Salt Sea.
28 Feb 2011.
Joshua 18.
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Josh19: Simeon's lot was within Judah's. There were lots for Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Dan. The Israelites gave Joshua a city.
Josh20: The LORD said to Joshua, "Appoint the cities of refuge." So they set apart Kedesh, Shechem, Hebron, Bezer, Ramoth and Golan.
Josh21: The Israelites gave cities and pasture lands to the Levites. So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had promised to their fathers.
3 Mar 2011.
Joshua 21.
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Josh22: Reuben, Gad and Manasseh went back to their land and built an altar. They reassured Phinehas that they had not turned from the LORD.
Josh23: Joshua summoned Israel and said, "You have seen all that the LORD has done. Hold fast to the LORD or you will perish from the land."
5 Mar 2011.
Joshua 23.
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Josh24: Joshua said to the people, "Choose this day whom you will serve," and they replied, "We will serve the LORD." Then Joshua died.
6 Mar 2011.
Joshua 24.
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