And the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses. Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: "When you reach the edge of the Jordan's waters, go and stand in the river.' "    . . . "And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the LORD -- the LORD of all the earth -- set foot in the Jordan, ...  Read More

Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof and said to them, "I know that the LORD has given you this land . . .  Now then, please swear to me by the LORD that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign that you will show kindness to my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them -- and that you wi...  Read More

Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. After three days the officers went throughout the camp, giving orders to the people: "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out of your positions and follow it. Then you will know which wa...  Read More

Now the men had said to her, "This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house. If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will no...  Read More

Now the men had said to her, "This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house. If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will no...  Read More

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. "Go, look over the land," he said, "especially Jericho."  So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.   . . . Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof and said to them, "I know the LORD has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us . . . Give me a sure s...  Read More

So Joshua ordered all the officers of the people: "Go through the camp and tell the people, get your provisions ready. Three days from now, you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.". . . Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go . . . only may the LORD your ...  Read More

After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua, son of Nun, Moses' aide: "Moses my servant is dead. Now, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give them...I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river the Euphrate...  Read More

So Joshua ordered the officers of the people:  "Go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get your provisions ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.' "  . . . Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.   . . . Only may the LORD y...  Read More

After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide:  "Moses my servant is dead. No then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give them . . .   I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, t...  Read More

While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to Him a second time:  "This is what the LORD says, He who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it -- the LORD is His name:  'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'  For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses in...  Read More

But if you refuse to listen to the LORD your God and do not obey all the commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you:Your towns and your fields will be cursed. Your fruit baskets and your breadboards (food baskets) will be cursed. Your children and your crops will be cursed.   . . . Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be cursed. The LORD Himse...  Read More