After an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua took them by surprise
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An imposing altar
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Early next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes ... and Achan ... was taken
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Five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah, The
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Get ready to cross the Jordan River
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Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.
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How could you brake faith with the God of Israel like this?
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I am old and well advanced in years
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Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh ... Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron
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Joshua said to all the people, ...
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Joshua said to the Lord ... "O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon"
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Lord handed Lachish over to Israel, and Joshua took it ... and everyone ... he put to the sword, The
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Lord hurled large hailstones down on them from the sky, The
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March around the city ... Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams' horns
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Men of Ai ... killed about thirty-six of them, The
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Men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising against the sky, The
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Men of Israel said to the Hivites, "But perhaps you live near us", The
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Now then, please swear to me
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Now when Joshua was near Jericho ... a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword
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Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage
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Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks
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People of Gibeon ... they went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks, The
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Priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground, The
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Return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you
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Reubenites ... built an imposing altar there by the Jordan, The
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She went up on the roof ... to them
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Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water
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So she let them down by a rope through the window
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Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak
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Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem
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Then Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their homes
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Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim
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They said to Joshua, "The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands"
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They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan
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Thirty thousand ... men ... to set an ambush behind the city
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When the king of Ai saw this, he and all the men ... hurried ... to meet Israel in battle
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When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted ... the wall collapsed
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You will spare the lives of my father and mother
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