That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they annihilated it just as they had done to Lachish.

That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.

On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before – only this time they marched around it seven times.

Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer them, as the Lord promised.”

That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected him all his life, just as they had respected Moses.

They marched around the city one time on the second day, then returned to the camp. They did this six days in all.

Twelve thousand men and women died that day, including all the men of Ai.

This bread of ours was warm when we packed it in our homes the day we started out to meet you, but now it is dry and hard.

So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities – Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.)

Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.

Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.)

The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”

That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho.

The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

That day Moses made this solemn promise: ‘Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’