<t /><p class="bodytext">When Joshua was very old,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> told him, &#8220;You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the <sc>Lordsc>, died off.<n id="1" /> For the <sc>Lordsc> had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them,<n id="2" /> a land rich in<n id="3" /> milk and honey.

Joshua replied to them, &#8220;Since you have so many people,<n id="1" /> go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.&#8221;

So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside<n id="1" /> the Israelite camp.

tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing<n id="1" /> before the ark of the covenant of the <sc>Lordsc>. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing.<n id="2" /> These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One.<n id="1" /> The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day.<n id="2" />

but as a reminder to us and you,<n id="1" /> and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the <sc>Lordsc> in his very presence<n id="2" /> with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace.<n id="3" /> Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, &#8216;You have no right to worship the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;<n id="4" />

The one who committed manslaughter<n id="1" /> should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city.<n id="2" /> They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.<n id="3" />

Your fathers<n id="1" /> cried out for help to the <sc>Lordsc>; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark,<n id="2" /> and then drowned them in the sea.<n id="3" /> You witnessed with your very own eyes<n id="4" /> what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time.<n id="5" />

Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city<n id="1" /> (that is, Jerusalem),<n id="2" /> Gibeah, and Kiriath &#8211; a total of fourteen cities and their towns.<n id="3" /> This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin<n id="4" /> by its clans.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.<n id="1" />

until the <sc>Lordsc> gives your brothers a place like yours to settle and they conquer the land the <sc>Lordsc> your God is ready to hand over to them. Then you may go back to your allotted land and occupy the land Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant assigned you east of the Jordan.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Joshua campaigned against<n id="1" /> these kings for quite some time.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">That day Joshua drew up an agreement<n id="1" /> for the people, and he established rules and regulations<n id="2" /> for them in Shechem.

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);<n id="1" /> they had to conquer all of them,<n id="2" />

No men were left in Ai or Bethel;<n id="1" /> they all went out after Israel.<n id="2" /> They left the city wide open and chased Israel.p>

But stay about three thousand feet behind it.<n id="1" /> Keep your distance<n id="2" /> so you can see<n id="3" /> which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">The five Amorite kings<n id="1" /> ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.

Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.<n id="1" />

The <sc>Lordsc> routed<n id="1" /> them before Israel. Israel<n id="2" /> thoroughly defeated them<n id="3" /> at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass<n id="4" /> of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.