Today you have declared the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.

The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship them.

I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out nor have your sandals deteriorated.

They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.

Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or tremble before them, for the Lord your God is the one who is going with you. He will not fail you or abandon you!”

The Lord is indeed going before you – he will be with you; he will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”

I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.”

They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.

When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them.

The army was in position – the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.

they did something clever. They collected some provisions and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.

They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”

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.

From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim by its clans.

The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Micmethath which is near Shechem. It then went south toward those who live in Tappuah.

Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.

The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.