Joshua 24:11 Cross References - NSB

¹¹ »‘You crossed the Jordan and traveled to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought you, as did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. I gave you victory over all of them.

²³ »My messenger will go ahead of you. I will lead you to the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites. I will wipe them out.

¹ »Jehovah your God will bring you into the land you are to possess. He will clear away many nations ahead of you. The nations he will clear: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, Hivites, and the Jebusites. These seven nations are larger and mightier than you.

¹⁴ When the people set out from their camp to cross the Jordan, and the priests bearing the Ark of the Covenant before the people and ¹⁵ As they carried the ark into the Jordan and the feet of the priests dipped into the water, for Jordan is at food stage at the time of harvest. ¹⁶ The waters stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam that is beside Zaretan. The waters that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off. The people passed over the Jericho. ¹⁷ The priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan River. All the Israelites passed over the Jordan River on dry ground.

¹⁰ The priests who carried the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan River. They stood there until every thing that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak to the people was carried out, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua. During this time the people hurried to the other side of the river. ¹¹ All the people crossed over. Then the priests, in the presence of the people, carried the Ark of Jehovah across. ¹² The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them.

²³ »For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you, until you all crossed over. As Jehovah your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we crossed over.

¹ Now Jericho was tightly shut up because the people were afraid of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in. ² Jehovah said to Joshua: »See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and the king there, and the mighty men of valor. ³ »March around the city with all your armed men. Go around the city once per day for six days. ⁴ »Seven priests will carry before you seven trumpets of rams’ horns along with the Ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times. The priests shall blow the trumpets. ⁵ »When you hear a long blast with the ram’s horn, all the people will shout with a great shout. The wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people will go up, every man straight in to the city.« ⁶ Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them: »Take up the Ark of the Covenant. Seven priests should carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the Ark of Jehovah.« ⁷ He said to the people: »Pass on, and circle the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the Ark of Jehovah.« ⁸ As soon as Joshua spoke to the people the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed before Jehovah. They blew the trumpets and the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah followed them. ⁹ The armed men marched ahead of the priests that blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the Ark. All the time the priests kept blowing the trumpets. ¹⁰ Joshua commanded the people, saying: »You will not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither will any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout. Then you will shout.« ¹¹ So the Ark of Jehovah went around the city one time. They came to the camp, and stayed in the camp. ¹² Joshua rose early in the morning. The priests picked up the Ark of Jehovah. ¹³ Seven priests carrying seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the Ark of Jehovah went on continually, and blew with the trumpets. The armed men went before them. The rear guard followed the Ark of Jehovah. The priests were blowing the trumpet. ¹⁴ And the second day they went around the city once, and returned to the camp. They did this for six days. ¹⁵ They rose early at dawn on the seventh day. They circled the city in the same manner. Only on that day they went around the city seven times. ¹⁶ On the seventh time when the priest blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people: »Shout for Jehovah has given you the city. ¹⁷ »The city and everything in it will be destroyed. It belongs to Jehovah. Only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in her house will live. Because she hid the messengers we sent. ¹⁸ »You people must stay away from anything devoted to destruction. You should not take things from the city. You will cause trouble for the camp of Israel is you take of the accursed things. ¹⁹ »All the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated to Jehovah. They must come into the treasury of Jehovah.« ²⁰ So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, the wall fell down flat. The people went into the city, every man straight ahead. They captured the city. ²¹ They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. ²² Joshua said to the two men that had spied out the country: »Go into the harlot’s house, and bring the woman out as you swore to her.« ²³ The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, mother, and her brothers and all that she had. They brought out all her relatives and left them outside the camp of Israel. ²⁴ They burned the city and all its contents. They put the silver, gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of the house of Jehovah. ²⁵ Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had. She dwells in Israel even to this day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. ²⁶ Joshua pronounced an oath at that time, saying: »Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that rises up and builds this city Jericho. He will lay the foundation at the cost of his firstborn. He will set up the gates at the cost of his youngest son.« ²⁷ Jehovah was with Joshua and his fame spread throughout all the country.

¹ When Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king. The inhabitants of Gibeon made peace with Israel and were living near them. ² They were very afraid because Gibeon was a great royal city. It was larger than Ai and all the men there were great fighters. ³ Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying: ⁴ »Come to me and help me, that we may strike Gibeon: for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.« ⁵ Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon gathered together. They and all their hosts came before Gibeon and camped. Then they made war against it. ⁶ The men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal saying: Do not abandon your servants. Come to us quickly and save us. Help us for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains have gathered together against us. ⁷ So Joshua and all the people of war, the mighty warriors, ascended from Gilgal. ⁸ Jehovah said to Joshua: »Do not fear them. I have delivered them into your hands. Not one man of them will stand before you.« ⁹ Joshua came against them suddenly by surprise at night. ¹⁰ Jehovah threw them into confusion before Israel. They were killed in a great battle at Gibeon. They were chased along the road that goes up to Beth-horon. They were slaughtered all the way to Azekah, and Makkedah. ¹¹ As they fled from Israel, and were going down to Beth-horon, Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them all the way to Azekah and they died. In fact hailstones killed more than the children of Israel killed using their swords.

²⁴ »So the children went in and took the land. You overcame before them the people of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them up into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them whatever it was their pleasure to do. ²⁵ »And they took walled towns and a fat land. They became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees. They had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.

⁵⁴ He brought them into his holy land, to this mountain that his power had won. ⁵⁵ He drove nations out of their way and gave them the land of the nations as their inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their own tents.

⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of other nations. They inherited what others had worked for.

³ The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. The Jordan River turned back.

⁵ Red Sea, why did you run away? Jordan River, what made you turn back?

⁴⁵ »Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Joshua into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, until the days of David;

¹⁹ »He destroyed seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to his people as their inheritance.