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God has always been your defense; his eternal arms are your support. He drove out your enemies as you advanced, and told you to destroy them all.

Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I, the Lord your God, am with you wherever you go."

go through the camp and say to the people, "Get some food ready, because in three days you are going to cross the Jordan River to occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you."

"Remember how the Lord 's servant Moses told you that the Lord your God would give you this land on the east side of the Jordan as your home.

until they have occupied the land west of the Jordan that the Lord your God has given them. When he has given safety to all the tribes of Israel, then you may come back and settle here in your own land east of the Jordan, which Moses, the Lord 's servant, gave to you."

We will obey you, just as we always obeyed Moses, and may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses!

We were afraid as soon as we heard about it; we have all lost our courage because of you. The Lord your God is God in heaven above and here on earth.

The men said to her, "May God take our lives if we don't do as we say! If you do not tell anyone what we have been doing, we promise you that when the Lord gives us this land, we will treat you well."

and told the people, "When you see the priests carrying the Covenant Box of the Lord your God, break camp and follow them.

Then Joshua said to the people, "Come here and listen to what the Lord your God has to say.

As you advance, he will surely drive out the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites. You will know that the living God is among you

and he told them, "Go into the Jordan ahead of the Covenant Box of the Lord your God. Each one of you take a stone on your shoulder, one for each of the tribes of Israel.

Tell them that the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan for you until you had crossed, just as he dried up the Red Sea for us.

Because of this everyone on earth will know how great the Lord 's power is, and you will honor the Lord your God forever."

Get up! Purify the people and get them ready to come before me. Tell them to be ready tomorrow, because I, the Lord God of Israel, have this to say: ‘Israel, you have in your possession some things that I ordered you to destroy! You cannot stand against your enemies until you get rid of these things!'

Joshua said to him, "My son, tell the truth here before the Lord , the God of Israel, and confess. Tell me now what you have done. Don't try to hide it from me."

"It's true," Achan answered. "I have sinned against the Lord , Israel's God, and this is what I did.

Then you will come out of hiding and capture the city. The Lord your God will give it to you.

Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal an altar to the Lord , the God of Israel.

Then they told him this story: "We have come from a very distant land, sir, because we have heard of the Lord your God. We have heard about everything that he did in Egypt