Joshua 9:27
and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the divinely chosen site.(They continue in that capacity to this very day.)
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- Deut 12:5 : 5 But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
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- Josh 9:21-244 verses81%
21 The leaders then added,“Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.
22 Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them,“Why did you trick us by saying,‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby?
23 Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
24 They said to Joshua,“It was carefully reported to your subjects how the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.
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26 Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them
- Josh 4:7-93 verses74%
7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”
8 The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the LORD had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.
9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.
- Josh 11:9-102 verses74%
9 Joshua did to them as the LORD had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time the leader of all these kingdoms.
- Josh 10:26-272 verses73%
26 Then Joshua executed them and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.
27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave.(They remain to this very day.)
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11 your infants, your wives, and the resident foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water–
- Josh 8:28-314 verses72%
28 Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound(it remains that way to this very day).
29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones(it remains to this very day).
30 Covenant Renewal Then Joshua built an altar for the LORD God of Israel on Mount Ebal,
31 just as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. On it they offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD and sacrificed tokens of peace.
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7 The people worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.
- Josh 4:3-53 verses71%
3 Instruct them,‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”
4 Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.
5 Joshua told them,“Go in front of the ark of the LORD your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.
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23 They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the LORD.
- Josh 11:6-72 verses71%
6 The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”
7 Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.
- Josh 7:25-262 verses70%
25 Joshua said,“Why have you brought disaster on us? The LORD will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death.(They also stoned and burned the others.)
26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones(it remains to this very day) and the LORD’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.
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12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
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15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.
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22 So Moses did as the LORD commanded him; he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community.
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25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.
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3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins.
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9 Joshua told the Israelites,“Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God!”
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6 Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD until evening and threw dirt on their heads.
- Josh 24:22-232 verses70%
22 Joshua said to the people,“Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the LORD?” They replied,“We are witnesses!”
23 Joshua said,“Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the LORD God of Israel.”
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24 When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him,“Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.
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26 Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.
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35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.
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8 But they said to Joshua,“We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them,“Who are you and where do you come from?”
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13 So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword.
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1 Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
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12 Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh: