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