Now today you dare to turn back from following the Lord! You are rebelling today against the Lord; tomorrow he may break out in anger against the entire community of Israel.

Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?” They replied, “We are witnesses!”

The Lord responded to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down?

Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.

But they said to Joshua, “We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them.

Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, ‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.’”

But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster.

He told them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?”

Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, “Why did you trick us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby?

Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! Don’t allow them to retreat to their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.”

When Joshua was very old, the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.

You saw everything the Lord your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the Lord your God fights for you.

“The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.

“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.

“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.’”