Joshua 10:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:

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  • Josh 10:22 : 22 Then Joshua said, Take away the stones from the mouth of the hole in the rock, and make those five kings come out to me.
  • Judg 9:46-49 : 46 Then all the townsmen of the tower of Shechem, hearing of it, went into the inner room of the house of El-berith. 47 And word was given to Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were there together. 48 Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me do. 49 So all the people got branches, every man cutting down a branch, and they went with Abimelech at their head and, massing the branches against the inner room, put fire to the room over them; so all those who were in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, were burned to death with it.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
  • Amos 9:1 : 1 I saw the Lord stationed by the side of the altar, giving blows to the tops of the pillars so that the doorsteps were shaking: and he said, I will let all of them be broken with earth-shocks; I will put the last of them to the sword: if any one of them goes in flight he will not get away, not one of them will be safe.
  • Matt 27:66 : 66 So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 10:15-17
    3 verses
    81%

    15And Joshua, with all Israel, went back to the tent-circle at Gilgal.

    16But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

    17And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

  • Josh 10:27
    80%

    27And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.

  • Josh 10:19-25
    7 verses
    79%

    19But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands.

    20Now when Joshua and the children of Israel had come to the end of their war of complete destruction, and had put to death all but a small band who had got safely into the walled towns,

    21All the people went back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Makkedah in peace: and no one said a word against the children of Israel.

    22Then Joshua said, Take away the stones from the mouth of the hole in the rock, and make those five kings come out to me.

    23And they did so, and made those five kings come out of the hole to him, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

    24And when they had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near and put their feet on their necks.

    25And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.

  • Josh 24:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26And Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord.

    27And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

  • Josh 8:4
    69%

    4And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:

  • Josh 4:3-9
    7 verses
    69%

    3And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.

    4So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,

    5And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

    6So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

    7Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.

    8So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.

    9And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

  • Josh 4:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.

    21And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

  • Josh 8:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.

    13So all the people were in their places, the army on the north side of the town and the secret force on the west; and that night Joshua went down into the valley.

  • Josh 6:10
    67%

    10And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.

  • Josh 2:7
    67%

    7So the men went after them on the road to Jordan as far as the river-crossing: and when they had gone out after them, the door into the town was shut.

  • Josh 1:10
    67%

    10Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,

  • Josh 7:22
    67%

    22So Joshua sent men quickly, and looking in his tent, they saw where the robe had been put away secretly with the silver under it.

  • Josh 7:25-26
    2 verses
    67%

    25And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.

    26And over him they put a great mass of stones, which is there to this day; then the heat of the Lord's wrath was turned away. So that place was named, The Valley of Achor, to this day.

  • Josh 8:9
    67%

    9So Joshua sent them out: and they took up a secret position between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua kept with the people that night.

  • Josh 6:7
    67%

    7And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.

  • Josh 8:2
    66%

    2And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.

  • Josh 18:8
    66%

    8So the men got up and went; and Joshua gave orders to those who went, to make a record of the land, saying, Go up and down through the land, and make a record of it and come back here to me, and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord in Shiloh.

  • 1 Sam 13:6
    66%

    6When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.

  • Josh 10:8
    66%

    8And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.

  • Josh 6:1-2
    2 verses
    66%

    1(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)

    2And the Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hands Jericho with its king and all its men of war.

  • Josh 2:2
    66%

    2And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.

  • Josh 10:10
    66%

    10And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah

  • Josh 7:9
    65%

    9For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?