Joshua 1:2
1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready!
Cross the Jordan River!
Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them.
Joshua 1:11
1:11 “Go through the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the
Lord your God is ready to hand over to you.’”
Joshua 3:3
3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the
Lord your God
being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here
and walk
behind it.
Joshua 3:16
3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing.
It piled up far upstream
at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea).
The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.
Joshua 6:8
6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders, the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind.
Joshua 6:10
6:10 Now Joshua had instructed the army,
“Do not give a battle cry
or raise your voices; say nothing
until the day I tell you, ‘Give the battle cry.’
Then give the battle cry!”
Joshua 7:5
7:5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures
and defeated them on the steep slope.
The people’s
courage melted away like water.
Joshua 7:7
7:7 Joshua prayed,
“O, Master,
Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us?
Joshua 7:13
7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the
Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated,
O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.”
Joshua 8:9
8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place
west of Ai, between Bethel
and Ai.
Joshua spent that night with the army.
Joshua 8:14
8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. But he did not realize men were hiding behind the city.
Joshua 8:20
8:20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw
the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction.
In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.
Joshua 17:14-15
17:14 The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you assigned us only one tribal allotment? After all, we have many people, for until now the Lord has enabled us to increase in number.”
17:15 Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”
Joshua 17:17
17:17 Joshua said to the family
of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.
Joshua 24:2
24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the
Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors
lived beyond the Euphrates River,
including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped
other gods,
Joshua 24:17
24:17 For the
Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery
in the land of Egypt
and performed these awesome miracles
before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations.
Joshua 24:19
24:19 Joshua warned the people, “You will not keep worshiping the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
Joshua 24:27
24:27 Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the
Lord said to us.
It will be a witness against you if
you deny your God.”