Deuteronomy 32

1 Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the words of my mouth. 2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like…

Deuteronomy 33

Moses blesses the tribes 1 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death. 2 He said: ‘The Lordcame from Sinai and…

Deuteronomy 34

The death of Moses 1 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, opposite Jericho. There the Lordshowed him the whole land –…

Joshua 1

Joshua installed as leader 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lordsaid to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant: 2 ‘Moses my servant is dead….

Joshua 2

Rahab and the spies 1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. ‘Go, look over the land,’ he said, ‘especially Jericho.’ So they went and entered…

Joshua 3

Crossing the Jordan 1 Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. 2 After…

Joshua 4

1 When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lordsaid to Joshua, 2 ‘Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, 3 and tell them…

Joshua 5

1 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the Lordhad dried up the Jordan before the Israelites…

Joshua 6

1 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. 2 Then the Lordsaid to Joshua, ‘See, I…

Joshua 7

Achan’s sin 1 But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted things; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri,the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah,…