Just as we obeyed<n id="1" /> Moses, so we will obey you. But<n id="2" /> may the <sc>Lordsc> your God be with you as he was with Moses!

Then<n id="1" /> Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll.

That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they<n id="1" /> annihilated it just as they<n id="2" /> had done to Lachish.p>

Make sure you are<n id="1" /> very strong and brave! Carefully obey<n id="2" /> all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep!<n id="3" /> Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful<n id="4" /> in all you do.<n id="5" />

This law scroll must not leave your lips!<n id="1" /> You must memorize it<n id="2" /> day and night so you can carefully obey<n id="3" /> all that is written in it. Then you will prosper<n id="4" /> and be successful.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,

The <sc>Lordsc> handed Lachish over to Israel and they<n id="1" /> captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they<n id="1" /> left no survivors. As they<n id="2" /> had done at Eglon, they<n id="3" /> annihilated it and all who lived there.p>

Joshua conquered<n id="1" /> the whole land, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had promised Moses,<n id="2" /> and he assigned Israel their tribal portions.<n id="3" /> Then the land was free of war.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> made them secure,<n id="1" /> in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors.<n id="2" /> None of their enemies could resist them.<n id="3" />