If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”

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

The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans.

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.

It then crossed to Azmon, extended to the Stream of Egypt, and ended at the sea. This was their southern border.

You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites this entire time, right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God.

The men said to her, “If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the Lord hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”

It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan River. This was the southern border.

So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.