You saw everything the <sc>Lordsc> your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the <sc>Lordsc> your God fights for you.<n id="1" />

The <sc>Lordsc> was with Joshua and he became famous throughout the land.<n id="1" />p>

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

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

<p class="bodytext">Joshua and all Israel turned to Debir and fought against it.

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

<p class="poetry">the king of Tirzah (one),p> <p class="poetry">a total of thirty-one kings.p>

from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns;

The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.p>

The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.p>

<p class="bodytext">When Israel had finished killing all the men<n id="1" /> of Ai who had chased them toward the desert<n id="2" /> (they all fell by the sword),<n id="3" /> all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

<p class="bodytext">Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands,<n id="1" /> the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel had commanded.

The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people<n id="1" /> and allowed no one who breathed to live.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Joshua conquered the whole land,<n id="1" /> including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands,<n id="2" /> the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands,

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" />

But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant gave you. Love<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> your God, follow all his instructions,<n id="2" /> obey<n id="3" /> his commands, be loyal to him,<n id="4" /> and serve him with all your heart and being!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

Israel worshiped<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> throughout Joshua&#8217;s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive.<n id="2" /> These men had experienced firsthand everything the <sc>Lordsc> had done for Israel.<n id="3" />p>

Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler<n id="1" /> 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 <sc>Lordsc> and the priests crossed as the people looked on.<n id="1" />

When all the men<n id="1" /> had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed.