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So Moses, the Lord 's servant, died there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had said he would.

so he sent word to Rahab: "The men in your house have come to spy out the whole country! Bring them out!"

Rahab lived in a house built into the city wall, so she let the men down from the window by a rope.

The spies went into the hills and hid. The king's men looked for them all over the countryside for three days, but they did not find them, so they returned to Jericho.

You have never been here before, so they will show you the way to go. But do not get near the Covenant Box; stay about half a mile behind it."

Joshua did so,

So Joshua did as the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the Israelites at a place called Circumcision Hill.

So, just as Joshua had ordered, an advance guard started out ahead of the priests who were blowing trumpets; behind these came the priests who were carrying the Covenant Box, followed by a rear guard. All this time the trumpets were sounding.

So he had this group of men take the Lord 's Covenant Box around the city one time. Then they came back to camp and spent the night there.

So the priests blew the trumpets. As soon as the people heard it, they gave a loud shout, and the walls collapsed. Then all the army went straight up the hill into the city and captured it.

So they went and brought Rahab out, along with her father and mother, her brothers, and the rest of her family. They took them all, family and slaves, to safety near the Israelite camp.

So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread through the whole country.

The Lord 's command to Israel not to take from Jericho anything that was to be destroyed was not obeyed. A man named Achan disobeyed that order, and so the Lord was furious with the Israelites. (Achan was the son of Carmi and grandson of Zabdi, and belonged to the clan of Zerah, a part of the tribe of Judah.)

Joshua sent some men from Jericho to Ai, a city east of Bethel, near Bethaven, with orders to go and explore the land. When they had done so,

So about three thousand Israelites made the attack, but they were forced to retreat.

So tell them that in the morning they will be brought forward, tribe by tribe. The tribe that I pick out will then come forward, clan by clan. The clan that I pick out will come forward, family by family. The family that I pick out will come forward, one by one.

Among the things we seized I saw a beautiful Babylonian cloak, about five pounds of silver, and a bar of gold weighing over one pound. I wanted them so much that I took them. You will find them buried inside my tent, with the silver at the bottom."

So Joshua sent some men, who ran to the tent and found that the condemned things really were buried there, with the silver at the bottom.

So Joshua got ready to go to Ai with all his soldiers. He picked out thirty thousand of his best troops and sent them out at night

So Joshua sent them out, and they went to their hiding place and waited there, west of Ai, between Ai and Bethel. Joshua spent the night in camp.