&#8220;Moses my servant is dead. Get ready!<n id="1" /> Cross the Jordan River!<n id="2" /> Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them.<n id="3" />

&#8220;Go through the camp and command the people, &#8216;Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the <sc>Lordsc> your God is ready to hand over to you.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

&#8220;Remember what Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant commanded you.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you.<n id="2" />

Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers.<n id="1" /> You must help them

She said to the men, &#8220;I know the <sc>Lordsc> is handing this land over to you.<n id="1" /> We are absolutely terrified of you,<n id="2" /> and all who live in the land are cringing before<n id="3" /> you.<n id="4" />

So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s name.<n id="1" /> Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family.<n id="2" /> Give me a solemn pledge<n id="3" />

The men said to her, &#8220;If you<n id="1" /> die, may we die too!<n id="2" /> If you do not report what we&#8217;ve been up to,<n id="3" /> then, when the <sc>Lordsc> hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance<n id="4" /> to you.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

Joshua prayed,<n id="1" /> &#8220;O, Master, <sc>Lordsc>! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us?

So Joshua said to Achan, &#8220;My son, honor<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel and give him praise! Tell me what you did; don&#8217;t hide anything from me!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> told Joshua, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid and don&#8217;t panic!<n id="1" /> Take the whole army with you and march against Ai!<n id="2" /> See, I am handing over to you<n id="3" /> the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> told Joshua, &#8220;Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city<n id="1" /> over to you.&#8221; So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.

<p class="bodytext">The day the <sc>Lordsc> delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the <sc>Lordsc> before Israel:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;O sun, stand still over Gibeon!p> <p class="poetry">O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!&#8221;p>

The <sc>Lordsc> handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel<n id="1" /> put the sword to all who lived there; they<n id="2" /> left no survivors. They<n id="3" /> did to its king what they<n id="4" /> had done to the king of Jericho.<n id="5" />p>

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.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> told Joshua, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn<n id="1" /> their chariots.&#8221;

The <sc>Lordsc> handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon,<n id="1" /> Misrephoth Maim,<n id="2" /> and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

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>

<p class="bodytext">These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes,<n id="1" />

The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.<n id="1" />

Now, assign me this hill country which the <sc>Lordsc> promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities.<n id="1" /> But, assuming the <sc>Lordsc> is with me, I will conquer<n id="2" /> them, as the <sc>Lordsc> promised.&#8221;