When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,

When the entire nation was on the other side, the Lord told Joshua,

He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’

When all the men had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed.

When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them.

The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

When you capture the city, set it on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders.”

When they finished dividing the land into its regions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun some land.

When Joshua dismissed the people, they went to their allotted portions of land.

and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed as the people looked on.

So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.

When King Jabin of Hazor heard the news, he organized a coalition, including King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,

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?

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

When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, they were satisfied.

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.

When I brought your fathers out of Egypt, you arrived at the sea. The Egyptians chased your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.

One time Acsah came and charmed her father so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.