Then<n id="1" /> Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll.

The men journeyed<n id="1" /> through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

Be very strong! Carefully obey<n id="1" /> all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won&#8217;t swerve from it to the right or the left,

Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s shrine.

This law scroll must not leave your lips!<n id="1" /> You must memorize it<n id="2" /> day and night so you can carefully obey<n id="3" /> all that is written in it. Then you will prosper<n id="4" /> and be successful.<n id="5" />

just as Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool.<n id="1" /> They offered burnt sacrifices on it and sacrificed tokens of peace.<n id="2" />

<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" />