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They have provoked My jealousy with their so-called gods; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will provoke their jealousy with an inferior people; I will enrage them with a foolish nation.

he said to them, "Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

So He became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered with the tribes of Israel.

Lord , bless his possessions, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of his adversaries and enemies, so that they cannot rise again.

So Israel dwells securely; Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine; even his skies drip with dew.

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

Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Above all, be strong and very courageous to carefully observe the whole instruction My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go.

This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to recite it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from the Acacia Grove, saying, "Go and scout the land, especially Jericho." So they left, and they came to the house of a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, "Yes, the men did come to me, but I didn't know where they were from.

"Go to the hill country so that the men pursuing you won't find you," she said to them. "Hide yourselves there for three days until they return; afterward, go on your way."

So the two men went into the hill country and stayed there three days until the pursuers had returned. They searched all along the way, but did not find them.

But keep a distance of about 1,000 yards between yourselves and the ark. Don't go near it, so that you can see the way to go, for you haven't traveled this way before."

Then he said to the priests, "Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people." So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.

The Lord spoke to Joshua: "Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they will know that I will be with you just as I was with Moses.

So Joshua summoned the 12 men he had selected from the Israelites, one man for each tribe,

so that this will be a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?'

So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up from the Jordan."

This is so that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord 's hand is mighty, and so that you may always fear the Lord your God."