Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully &#8211; I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants<n id="1" /> will possess it.

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">When the Canaanite king of Arad<n id="2" /> who lived in the Negev<n id="3" /> heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When the <sc>Lordsc> your God eliminates the nations from the place where you are headed and you dispossess them, you will settle down in their land.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When you enter the land the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

The <sc>Lordsc> will plague you with deadly diseases<n id="1" /> until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess.

He said:p><t /><p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> came from Sinaip> <p class="poetry">and revealed himself<n id="1" /> to Israel<n id="2" /> from Seir.p> <p class="poetry">He appeared in splendor<n id="3" /> from Mount Paran,p> <p class="poetry">and came forth with ten thousand holy ones.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">With his right hand he gave a fiery law<n id="5" /> to them.p>

<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.

Not one of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s faithful promises to the family of Israel<n id="1" /> was left unfulfilled; every one was realized.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">A long time<n id="1" /> passed after the <sc>Lordsc> made Israel secure from all their enemies,<n id="2" /> and Joshua was very old.<n id="3" />

He said to them, &#8220;Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely!<n id="1" /> I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

Gaal again said, &#8220;Look, men are coming down from the very center<n id="1" /> of the land. A unit<n id="2" /> is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.&#8221;<n id="3" />

The woman ran at once and told her husband,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Come quickly,<n id="2" /> the man who visited<n id="3" /> me the other day has appeared to me!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now at that very moment,<n id="1" /> Boaz arrived from Bethlehem<n id="2" /> and greeted<n id="3" /> the harvesters, &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> be with you!&#8221; They replied,<n id="4" /> &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> bless you!&#8221;

The Philistines were scared because they thought that gods had come to the camp.<n id="1" /> They said, &#8220;Too bad for<n id="2" /> us! We&#8217;ve never seen anything like this!

They replied, &#8220;Yes, straight ahead! But hurry now, for he came to the town today, and the people are making a sacrifice at the high place.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, &#8216;No! A king will rule over us&#8217; &#8211; even though the <sc>Lordsc> your God is your king!

He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel.<n id="1" /> But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul.<n id="2" />p>

The Philistine said to David, &#8220;Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?&#8221;<n id="1" /> Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, &#8220;God has delivered<n id="1" /> him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates.&#8221;<n id="2" />