Old Testament
Joshua
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Chapters
Chapter I: Joshua Installed as Leader
1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying, 2 “…
Chapter II: Rahab and the Spies
1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” T…
Chapter III: Crossing the Jordan
1 Joshua got up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Isr…
Chapter IV: Twelve men from among the people
1 When all the nation had completely crossed over the Jordan, Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Take twelve men out of …
Chapter V: Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal
1 When all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were…
Chapter VI: I have delivered Jericho into your hands
1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in. 2 Yahweh said …
Chapter VII: Achan’s Sin
1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, …
Chapter VIII: Ai Destroyed
1 Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed. Take all the warriors with you, and arise, go up to Ai…
Chapter IX: The Gibeonite Deception
1 When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the gr…
Chapter X: The Sun Stands Still
1 Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to …
Chapter XI: Northern Kings Defeated
1 When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,…
Chapter XII:List of Defeated Kings
1 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan to…
Chapter XIII: Land Still to Be Taken
1 Now Joshua was old and well advanced in years. Yahweh said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remai…
Chapter XIV: Division of the Land West of the Jordan
1 These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua t…
Chapter XV: Allotment for Judah
1 The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wild…
Chapter XVI: Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh
1 The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the…
Chapter XVII: allotment for the tribe of Manasseh
1 This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasse…
Chapter XVIII: Division of the Rest of the Land
1 The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeti…
Chapter XIX: Allotment for Simeon
1 The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. Their in…
Chapter XX: Cities of Refuge
1 Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Assign the cities of refuge, of which I s…
Chapter XXI: Towns for the Levites
1 Then the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to…
Chapter XXII: Eastern Tribes Return Home
1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 2 and said to them, “You have kept all…
Chapter XXIII: Joshua’s Farewell to the Leaders
1 After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advan…
Chapter XXIV: The Covenant Renewed at Shechem
1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their j…
