Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel.

Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.

and he displayed great power and awesome might in view of all Israel.

Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.

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

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

Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.

Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.

Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time.

to the south; all the Canaanite territory, from Arah in the region of Sidon to Aphek, as far as Amorite territory;

Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon – a total of twenty-nine cities and their towns.

Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns.

The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.

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

They stood in order all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away.

Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.

“So all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘You come and be our king!’

When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.