Hello, and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you
for joining with me to read the
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word of God today.
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Before we start,
let's pray together.
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Dear Lord, may the time that we
spend now in Your word make us
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fruitful to be used by You.
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May we not just hear
these words but may we do them.
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May they become a light
to our path and make the path
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firm for us.
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We love You so much.
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Thank You for loving us.
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Amen.
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We're starting today in the
book of Deuteronomy, chapter 33,
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and we're going
to start in verse 26.
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I have a list of some of my very
favorite Bible texts, and these
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next two verses
are a part of that.
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This is the King James Version.
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There is none like unto the God
of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the
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heaven in thy help, and
in his excellency on the sky.
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The eternal God is thy
refuge, and underneath are the
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everlasting arms: and he shall
thrust out the enemy from before
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thee; and shall
say, Destroy them.
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Israel then shall dwell in
safety alone: the fountain of
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Jacob shall be upon a land of
corn and wine; also his heavens
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shall drop down dew.
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Happy art thou, O Israel:
who is like unto thee, O people
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saved by the Lord, the shield of
thy help, and who is the sword
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of thy Excellency!
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And thine enemies shall be found
liars unto thee; and thou shalt
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tread upon their high places.
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We're continuing in
Deuteronomy, chapter 34.
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And Moses went up from the
plains of Moab unto the mountain
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of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah,
that is over against Jericho.
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And the Lord showed him all
the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
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and all Naphtali, and the
land of Ephraim, and Manasseh,
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and all the land of Judah, unto
the utmost sea, and the south,
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and the plain of the valley of
Jericho, the city of palm trees,
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unto Zoar.
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And the Lord said unto him,
this is the land which I sware
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unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and
unto Jacob, saying, I will give
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it unto thy seed: I have caused
thee to see it with thine eyes,
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but thou shalt
not go over thither.
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So Moses the servant of the
Lord died there in the land of
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Moab, according to
the word of the Lord.
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And he buried him in a valley in
the land of Moab, over against
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Bethpeor: but no man knoweth
of his sepulcher unto this day.
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And Moses was an hundred and
twenty years old when he died:
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his eye was not dim, nor
his natural force abated.
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And the children of Israel wept
for Moses in the plains of Moab
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thirty days: so
the days of weeping and
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mourning for Moses were ended.
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And Joshua the son of Nun was
full of the spirit of wisdom;
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for Moses had laid his hands
upon him: and the children of
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Israel hearkened unto him, and
did as the Lord commanded Moses.
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And there arose not a prophet
since in Israel like unto Moses,
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whom the Lord knew face to
face, in all the signs and the
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wonders which the Lord sent
him to do in the land of Egypt,
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to Pharaoh, and to all his
servants, and to all his land,
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and in all that mighty hand,
and in all the great terror
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which Moses showed in
the sight of all Israel.
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We're continuing now to read in
the book of Joshua, chapter 1.
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This is the King James Version.
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Now after the death of Moses the
servant of the Lord, it came to
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pass, that the Lord spake
unto Joshua the son of Nun,
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Moses' minister, saying,
Moses my servant is dead;
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now therefore arise, go over
this Jordan, thou, and all this
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people, unto the land which
I do give to them, even to the
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children of Israel.
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Every place that the sole
of your foot shall tread upon,
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that have I given unto
you, as I said unto Moses.
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From the wilderness and
this Lebanon even unto the great
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river, the river Euphrates,
all the land of the Hittites,
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and unto the great sea toward
the going down of the sun,
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shall be your coast.
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There shall not any man be able
to stand before thee all the
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days of thy life: as I was with
Moses, so I will be with thee:
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I will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee.
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Be strong and of a good courage:
for unto this people shalt thou
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divide for an inheritance the
land, which I sware unto their
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fathers to give them.
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Only be thou strong and very
courageous, that thou mayest
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observe to do according to all
the law, which Moses my servant
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commanded thee: turn not from
it to the right hand or to the
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left, that thou mayest prosper
whithersoever thou goest.
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This book of the law shall
not depart out of thy mouth;
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but thou shalt meditate therein
day and night, that thou mayest
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observe to do according to
all that is written therein:
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for then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou shalt
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have good success.
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Have not I commanded thee?
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Be strong and of a good courage;
be not afraid, neither be thou
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dismayed: for the Lord thy
God is with thee whithersoever
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thou goest.
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Then Joshua commanded the
officers of the people, saying,
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Pass through the host, and
command the people, saying,
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Prepare you victuals; for within
three days ye shall pass over
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this Jordan, to go in to possess
the land, which the Lord your
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God giveth you to possess it.
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And to the Reubenites, and
to the Gadites, and to half the
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tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua,
saying, Remember the word which
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Moses the servant of the
Lord commanded you, saying,
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The Lord your God
hath given you rest, and
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hath given you this land.
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Your wives, your little ones,
and your cattle, shall remain in
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the land which Moses gave you on
this side Jordan; but ye shall
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pass before your brethren armed,
all the mighty men of valor,
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and help them; until the Lord
have given your brethren rest,
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as he hath given you, and they
also have possessed the land
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which the Lord your God giveth
them: then ye shall return unto
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the land of your possession, and
enjoy it, which Moses the Lord's
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servant gave you on this side
Jordan toward the sunrising.
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And they answered Joshua,
saying, All that thou commandest
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us we will do, and whithersoever
thou sendest us, we will go.
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According as we hearken unto
Moses in all things, so will we
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hearken unto thee: only
the Lord thy God be with thee,
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as he was with Moses.
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Whosoever he be that doth
rebel against thy commandment,
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and will not hearken unto
thy words in all that thou
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commandest him, he shall be
put to death: only be strong
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and of a good courage.
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Chapter 2 of the book
of Joshua, and this is the
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King James Version.
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And Joshua the son of Nun sent
out of Shittim two men to spy
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secretly, saying, Go
view the land, even Jericho.
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And they went, and came into
a harlot's house, named Rahab,
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and lodged there.
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And it was told the king
of Jericho, saying, Behold,
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there came men in hither tonight
of the children of Israel
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to search out the country.
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And the king of Jericho sent
unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth
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the men that are come to thee,
which are entered into thine
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house: for they be come to
search out all the country.
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And the woman took the two men,
and hid them, and said thus,
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There came men unto me, but
I wist not whence they were:
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And it came to pass about the
time of shutting of the gate,
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when it was dark, that the men
went out; whither the men went
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I wot not: pursue
after them quickly;
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for ye shall overtake them.
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But she had brought them
up to the roof of the house,
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and hid them with the stalks
of flax, which she had laid in
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order upon the roof.
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And the men pursued after
them the way to Jordan unto the
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fords: and as soon as
they which pursued after them
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were gone out,
they shut the gate.
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And before they were laid down,
she came up unto them upon the
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roof; and she said unto the men,
I know that the Lord hath given
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you the land, and that
your terror is fallen upon us,
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and that all the inhabitants of
the land faint because of you.
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For we have heard how the
Lord dried up the water of the
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Red sea for you, when ye came
out of Egypt; and what ye did
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unto the two kings of the
Amorites, that were on the other
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side Jordan, Sihon and
Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
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And as soon as we had heard
these things, our hearts did
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melt, neither did there remain
any more courage in any man,
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because of you: for the Lord
your God, he is God in heaven
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above, and in earth beneath.
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Now therefore, I pray you, swear
unto me by the Lord, since I
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have showed you kindness, that
ye will also show kindness unto
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my father's house, and give me
a true token: and that ye will
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save alive my father, and
my mother, and my brethren,
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and my sisters, and all
that they have, and deliver our
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lives from death.
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And the men answered her, Our
life for yours, if ye utter not
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this our business.
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And it shall be, when the Lord
hath given us the land, that we
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will deal kindly
and truly with thee.
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Then she let them down by
a cord through the window:
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for her house was upon
the town wall, and she dwelt
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upon the wall.
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And she said unto them,
Get you to the mountain,
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lest the pursuers meet you;
and hide yourselves there three
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days, until the pursuers
be returned: and afterward
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may ye go your way.
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And the men said unto her, We
will be blameless of this thine
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oath which thou
hast made us swear.
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Behold, when we come into the
land, thou shalt bind this line
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of scarlet thread in the window
which thou didst let us down by:
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and thou shalt bring thy
father, and thy mother, and thy
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brethren, and all thy father's
household, home unto thee.
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And it shall be, that whosoever
shall go out of the doors of thy
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house into the street, his
blood shall be upon his head,
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and we will be guiltless:
and whosoever shall be with thee
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in the house, his blood shall
be on our head, if any hand
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be upon him.
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And if thou utter this our
business, then we will be quit
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of thine oath which
thou hast made us to swear.
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And she said, According
unto your words, so be it.
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And she sent them away, and
they departed: and she bound the
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scarlet line in the window.
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And they went, and came unto the
mountain, and abode there three
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days, until the pursuers
were returned: and the pursuers
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sought them throughout all
the way, but found them not.
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So the two men returned,
and descended from the mountain,
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and passed over, and came to
Joshua the son of Nun, and told
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him all things that befell
them: and they said unto Joshua,
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Truly the Lord hath delivered
into our hands all the land;
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for even all the inhabitants
of the country do faint
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because of us.
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We're continuing this story in
Joshua, chapter 3, and this is
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the King James Version.
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And Joshua rose early in the
morning; and they removed from
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Shittim, and came to Jordan, he
and all the children of Israel,
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and lodged there
before they passed over.
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And it came to pass after three
days, that the officers went
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through the host; and they
commanded the people, saying,
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When ye see the ark of the
covenant of the Lord your God,
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and the priests the Levites
bearing it, then ye shall remove
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from your
place, and go after it.
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Yet there shall be a
space between you and it,
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about two thousand cubits by
measure: come not near unto it,
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that ye may know the way by
which ye must go: for ye have
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not passed this way heretofore.
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And Joshua said unto the
people, Sanctify yourselves:
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for tomorrow the Lord
will do wonders among you.
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And Joshua spake unto the
priests, saying, Take up the ark
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of the covenant, and
pass over before the people.
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And they took up
the ark of the covenant,
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and went before the people.
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And the Lord said unto Joshua,
This day will I begin to magnify
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thee in the sight of all
Israel, that they may know that,
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as I was with Moses,
so I will be with thee.
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And thou shalt command the
priests that bear the ark of the
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covenant, saying, When ye are
come to the brink of the water
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of Jordan, ye shall
stand still in Jordan.
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And Joshua said unto the
children of Israel, Come hither,
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and hear the words
of the Lord your God.
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And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall
know that the living God is
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among you, and that he
will without fail drive out from
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before you the Canaanites, and
the Hittites, and the Hivites,
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and the Perizzites, and the
Girgashites, and the Amorites,
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and the Jebusites.
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Behold, the ark of the covenant
of the Lord of all the earth
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passeth over
before you into Jordan.
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Now therefore take you twelve
men out of the tribes of Israel,
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out of every tribe a man.
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And it shall come to pass,
as soon as the soles of the feet
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of the priests that bear the ark
of the Lord, the Lord of all the
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earth, shall rest in the waters
of Jordan, that the waters of
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Jordan shall be cut off from
the waters that come down from
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above; and they
shall stand upon an heap.
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And it came to pass, when the
people removed from their tents,
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to pass over Jordan, and the
priests bearing the ark of the
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covenant before the people;
and as they that bare the ark
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were come unto Jordan, and the
feet of the priests that bare
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the ark were dipped in the
brim of the water, (for Jordan
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overfloweth all his banks all
the time of harvest,) that the
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waters which came down from
above stood and rose up upon a
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heap very far from the city
Adam, that is beside Zaretan:
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and those that came down
toward the sea of the plain,
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even the salt sea, failed,
and were cut off: and the people
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passed over
right against Jericho.
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And the priests that bare the
ark of the covenant of the Lord
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stood firm on dry ground in
the midst of Jordan, and all the
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Israelites passed over on
dry ground, until all the people
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were passed clean over Jordan.
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Continuing the story
in Joshua, chapter 4.
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And it came to pass, when
all the people were clean passed
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over Jordan, that the Lord spake
unto Joshua, saying, Take you
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twelve men out of the people,
out of every tribe a man,
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and command ye them, saying,
Take you hence out of the midst
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of Jordan, out of the place
where the priests' feet stood
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firm, twelve stones, and ye
shall carry them over with you,
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and leave them in the lodging
place, where ye shall lodge
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this night.
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Then Joshua called the twelve
men, whom he had prepared of the
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children of Israel, out of every
tribe a man: and Joshua said
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unto them, Pass over before
the ark of the Lord your God
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into the midst of Jordan, and
take you up every man of you a
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stone upon his shoulder,
according unto the number of the
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tribes of the
children of Israel:
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