Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.”

but as a reminder to us and you, and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’

“Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! Cross the Jordan River! Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them.

But the woman hid the two men and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.

No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

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

Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.

the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.

But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. The Lord was furious with the Israelites.

These were the cities of refuge appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly.

The men said to her, “If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the Lord hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”

This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt.

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

or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them!

Now obey the Lord and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the Lord.

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

that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”

The men said to her, “We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met: