The Lord replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is such a spirit, and lay your hand on him;

Indeed, may the Lord, the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you just as he said he would!

Next we set out on the route to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power

So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

for you may do so only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas – there you may do everything I am commanding you.

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, “I don’t want to marry her,”

So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the Lord around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there.

Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.

Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north.

and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.

Hear, O kings! Pay attention, O rulers! I will sing to the Lord! I will sing to the Lord God of Israel!

They said to one another, “Who did this?” They investigated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it.

He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

They did not treat the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.

They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

Now as she and her two daughters-in-law began to leave the place where she had been living to return to the land of Judah,

She said, “He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

Then the spirit of the Lord will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.