He replaced them with their sons, whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way.

The manna stopped appearing the day they ate some of the produce of the land; the Israelites never ate manna again.

Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.

The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,

but all the leaders told the whole community, “We swore an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt them!

We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.”

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

The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”

There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!

Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. No one dared threaten the Israelites.

They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword – no one who breathed remained – and burned Hazor.

But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, except for Hazor; it was the only one Joshua burned.

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,

But the Israelites did not conquer the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.

However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the sacrificial offerings made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed them.

However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed them.

Now Moses had assigned land to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.

The Ephraimites did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.

Not one of the Lord’s faithful promises to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; every one was realized.