Nobody will be able to resist you; the <sc>Lordsc> your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.p>

Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you &#8211; in one of your villages<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you &#8211; who sins before the Lord your God<n id="2" /> and breaks his covenant

you must select without fail<n id="1" /> a king whom the <sc>Lordsc> your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens<n id="2" /> you must appoint a king &#8211; you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">If a man is caught having sexual relations with<n id="1" /> a married woman<n id="2" /> both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge<n id="3" /> evil from Israel.p>

You must not do anything to the young woman &#8211; she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person<n id="1" /> and murders him,

If there is someone among you who is impure because of some nocturnal emission,<n id="1" /> he must leave the camp; he may not reenter it immediately.

<p class="bodytext">If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive<n id="1" /> in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

<p class="bodytext">When a man is newly married, he need not go into<n id="1" /> the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to<n id="2" /> the wife he has married.p>

Joshua told them, &#8220;Go in front of the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Joshua was near<n id="1" /> Jericho,<n id="2" /> he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword.<n id="3" /> Joshua approached him and asked him, &#8220;Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?&#8221;<n id="4" />

When you hear the signal from the ram&#8217;s horn,<n id="1" /> have the whole army give a loud battle cry.<n id="2" /> Then the city wall will collapse<n id="3" /> and the warriors should charge straight ahead.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The rams&#8217; horns sounded<n id="1" /> and when the army<n id="2" /> heard the signal,<n id="3" /> they gave a loud battle cry.<n id="4" /> The wall collapsed<n id="5" /> and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.<n id="6" />

The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures<n id="1" /> and defeated them on the steep slope.<n id="2" /> The people&#8217;s<n id="3" /> courage melted away like water.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, &#8220;You know what the <sc>Lordsc> said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph&#8217;s firstborn son, was also allotted land.<n id="1" /> The descendants of Makir, Manasseh&#8217;s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors.<n id="2" /> They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.<n id="3" />

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" />

When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city&#8217;s riches, the entire Israelite community was judged,<n id="1" /> though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When the Israelites cried out for help to the <sc>Lordsc>, he<n id="1" /> raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man.<n id="2" /> The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.<n id="3" />

He said to them, &#8220;Follow me, for the <sc>Lordsc> is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!&#8221;<n id="1" /> They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River<n id="2" /> opposite Moab,<n id="3" /> and did not let anyone cross.

<p class="bodytext">She summoned<n id="1" /> Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him, &#8220;Is it not true that the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel is commanding you? Go, march to Mount Tabor! Take with you ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun!